Patrick Andelic
@pkandelic.bsky.social
Historian of US liberalism, Congress, and the C20th Democratic Party. Trade unionist. Lanyard class warrior.
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Researching a bit of historic Budget trivia and TL;DR- it's Gladstone. It's always Gladstone.
The red box? Gladstone. The tradition the Chancellor can drink while speaking? Gladstone. Longest Budget speech? Gladstone. Most Budget speeches? Gladstone.
The red box? Gladstone. The tradition the Chancellor can drink while speaking? Gladstone. Longest Budget speech? Gladstone. Most Budget speeches? Gladstone.
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Researching a bit of historic Budget trivia and TL;DR- it's Gladstone. It's always Gladstone.
The red box? Gladstone. The tradition the Chancellor can drink while speaking? Gladstone. Longest Budget speech? Gladstone. Most Budget speeches? Gladstone.
The red box? Gladstone. The tradition the Chancellor can drink while speaking? Gladstone. Longest Budget speech? Gladstone. Most Budget speeches? Gladstone.
Did I miss the Rapture?
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Did I miss the Rapture?
I love the interviews at the end of Mastermind where they get the contestants to explain their game strategy of "answering the most questions correctly."
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I love the interviews at the end of Mastermind where they get the contestants to explain their game strategy of "answering the most questions correctly."
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November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The last safe day to vote is Wednesday 26 November.
The ballot closes Friday 28 November.
If you haven’t voted, do it now.
If you have, talk to colleagues, ask if they’ve voted.
Post your ballot today.
We are the university.
The ballot closes Friday 28 November.
If you haven’t voted, do it now.
If you have, talk to colleagues, ask if they’ve voted.
Post your ballot today.
We are the university.
What's that about my cables?
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What's that about my cables?
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I think the "no Scorpios" thing is kind of burying the lede.
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I think the "no Scorpios" thing is kind of burying the lede.
I'm not sure this is *that* much of a dilemma.
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I'm not sure this is *that* much of a dilemma.
I still find it a bit mad that the first episode of Doctor Who aired on Saturday, November 23rd, 1963, the day after JFK's assassination. What a crazy weekend that must have been.
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I still find it a bit mad that the first episode of Doctor Who aired on Saturday, November 23rd, 1963, the day after JFK's assassination. What a crazy weekend that must have been.
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Counterpoint: I also live in a country where, decades ago, an elected leader was shot in the street, and nobody knows who did it (to all intents and purposes who shot JFK is known), and trust in politics is relatively high; if jfk’s murder exposed anything, it was something that was already there.
My first political memory - exactly 62 years ago right now, a 4-year-old boy trying to understand his mom's tears - is still the biggest event in my lifetime. We still (IMO) don't *really* know who killed JFK, but we know the public's trust was shattered. It's a straight line to today's mess
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Counterpoint: I also live in a country where, decades ago, an elected leader was shot in the street, and nobody knows who did it (to all intents and purposes who shot JFK is known), and trust in politics is relatively high; if jfk’s murder exposed anything, it was something that was already there.
He's Charles Foster Kane-maxxing. He's going Rosebud mode.
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
He's Charles Foster Kane-maxxing. He's going Rosebud mode.
Absolutely cannot get over one of the photos Trump posted to Truth Social being this nice one of Mamdani solo in front of the FDR portrait. He's totally smitten.
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Absolutely cannot get over one of the photos Trump posted to Truth Social being this nice one of Mamdani solo in front of the FDR portrait. He's totally smitten.
I wasn't surprised, I just didn't expect it to be Donald Trump himself.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I wasn't surprised, I just didn't expect it to be Donald Trump himself.
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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Find you somebody who looks at you like Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Find you somebody who looks at you like Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
1-0 to socialism.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
1-0 to socialism.
I smell a sitcom!
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I smell a sitcom!
I think I might start randomly saying, "Where's your breaking point in these dilutions?" in my emails.
Folks, I don’t know how it’s possible, but it gets funnier.
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I think I might start randomly saying, "Where's your breaking point in these dilutions?" in my emails.
"issuing a correction on a previous order of ours regarding the fascist symbol the swastika, you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta consider it potentially divisive."'
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"issuing a correction on a previous order of ours regarding the fascist symbol the swastika, you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta consider it potentially divisive."'
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November 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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The UK government:
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The UK government:
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I think these really only work when approached in the fandom spirit of “transformative works.” @benaaronovitch.bsky.social’s novella “Masquerades of Spring” is a case in point for me - it’s got elements of (very good) Jeeves parody, but it’s its own thing. If I want Wodehouse pure I can read him!
I find these cash-grab pastiches particularly pointless in the case of Wodehouse. He wrote 71 novels and 200+ short stories! There's almost certainly some Wodehouse you haven't read yet!
Jeeves Again review – new Jeeves and Wooster stories by celebrity fans
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I think these really only work when approached in the fandom spirit of “transformative works.” @benaaronovitch.bsky.social’s novella “Masquerades of Spring” is a case in point for me - it’s got elements of (very good) Jeeves parody, but it’s its own thing. If I want Wodehouse pure I can read him!
I find these cash-grab pastiches particularly pointless in the case of Wodehouse. He wrote 71 novels and 200+ short stories! There's almost certainly some Wodehouse you haven't read yet!
Jeeves Again review – new Jeeves and Wooster stories by celebrity fans
Jeeves Again review – new Jeeves and Wooster stories by celebrity fans
This collection of new short stories about Bertie and his valet pays homage to the genius of PG Wodehouse – just in time for Christmas
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I find these cash-grab pastiches particularly pointless in the case of Wodehouse. He wrote 71 novels and 200+ short stories! There's almost certainly some Wodehouse you haven't read yet!
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one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
