This Magpie Mixture @magpiemixture
"Acquiescent temper, miscellaneous opinions, and uncertain vote.” Occasional blog posts at https://t.co/V8eJBTpFrd Joined June 2021-
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If I was campaigning for a change in the law on a sensitive and morally fraught health-related issue then I guess Matt Hancock is the person I would really want on my side.
"I want a Scotland marked by generosity of spirit" - so Kate Forbes' religion means she can't be FM. Cant and humbug. Diversity-speak at its very worst.
"I want a Scotland marked by generosity of spirit" - so Kate Forbes' religion means she can't be FM. Cant and humbug. Diversity-speak at its very worst.
A bluebell wood, beside an ancient earthwork named for a mysterious god, on the eve of May. It doesn't get much more magical than that.
The perils of being on the Right Side of History
The perils of being on the Right Side of History
This has made my day. It’ll be Sorabji’s Opus Clavicembalisticum next…
This has made my day. It’ll be Sorabji’s Opus Clavicembalisticum next…
@magpiemixture One of my favourite records growing up was "The Greates Hits of 1874". Bangers all!
I would vote for the 20s. That's to say, the 1820s.
I would vote for the 20s. That's to say, the 1820s.
Did the train trip from New York to Westport in 2007. Lovely journey, maddening delays, terrible on-board food.
Did the train trip from New York to Westport in 2007. Lovely journey, maddening delays, terrible on-board food.
Social worker represented by Naomi Cunningham wins exemplary damages against her regulator, and aggravated damages against both SWE and her employer, for discrimination on grounds of her gender-critical belief. @thetimes: thetimes.co.uk/article/social… Details: outertemple.com/naomi-cunningh…
Or in the formulation of Ray Kurzweil of Google: “A person is a mind file. A person is a software program — a very profound one, and we have no back-up. So when our hardware dies, our software dies with it.”
Or in the formulation of Ray Kurzweil of Google: “A person is a mind file. A person is a software program — a very profound one, and we have no back-up. So when our hardware dies, our software dies with it.”
'What is democracy? It is what it says, the rule of the people. It is as good as the people are, or as bad' (Mary Renault, The Last of the Wine)
@BertDalziel Due to a spelling error, I am now in a power-sharing agreement with Abba.
Iris Murdoch's "A Fairly Honourable Defeat" is a fine example of an idiot plot.
Iris Murdoch's "A Fairly Honourable Defeat" is a fine example of an idiot plot.
Probably the greatest cartoon in history
Probably the greatest cartoon in history
It would be interesting to know if there are any other jurisdictions with non-Charles III KCs
It would be interesting to know if there are any other jurisdictions with non-Charles III KCs
It is a bad idea for children's books to encourage damaging medical decisions.
It is a bad idea for children's books to encourage damaging medical decisions.
Fair questions, asked in a courteous way. Dreadful response. Lib Dems do not yet realise how vulnerable they are on these issues, esp in "blue wall" seats they hope to gain.
Fair questions, asked in a courteous way. Dreadful response. Lib Dems do not yet realise how vulnerable they are on these issues, esp in "blue wall" seats they hope to gain.
It’s incredible how few people are still unaware that #EdBallsDay was once a pagan festival in honour of Baals, only in later centuries corrupted to ‘Balls’ and overlaid with a modern interpretation
It’s incredible how few people are still unaware that #EdBallsDay was once a pagan festival in honour of Baals, only in later centuries corrupted to ‘Balls’ and overlaid with a modern interpretation
You can test someone’s underlying true tolerance of others by their reaction after you disagree with them. If you sense a negative reaction towards you after the end of the interaction, they are not as truly tolerant as they would believe themselves to be
Library at Sakya Monastery in Tibet
Maya Forstater @MForstater
103K Followers 10K Following Worthy of respect in a democratic society https://t.co/Rm0F6mUtl7
Sonia Sodha @soniasodha
78K Followers 4K Following Observer columnist & chief leader writer, Radio 4 Analysis presenter & @ThisMorning news reviews. Highly commended @EditorsUK Commentator of the Year 2023
Barbara Rich @BarbaraRich_law
20K Followers 3K Following Barrister/mediator, law of mental capacity, death, & inheritance, interested in rules of crowdfunding https://t.co/Hs7liAYpNr law, history & literature
Audrey Ludwig @AudreySuffolk
18K Followers 4K Following Discrimination Solicitor. My thoughts (not my employers) on Equality Act/Disability/Feminism/A2J /Art etc. https://t.co/jyntMuKJT2 RT not endorsement.
Dennis Noel Kavanagh @Jebadoo2
52K Followers 7K Following Director at Gay Men’s Network (@MensNetwork1) , garrulous male homosexual. Lawyer. https://t.co/0OGiPeWn12
Norann Voll @NorannV
12K Followers 9K Following A farmer's daughter from NY married to Chris & raising 3 sons in rural Australia @TheBruderhof. I write @Plough, @CTmagazine, and @PittsburghPG.
Michael Foran @michaelpforan
22K Followers 4K Following Lecturer in public law @UofGLaw | Equality law + constitutional theory | "Equality Before the Law" Out Now | "Sex, Gender Identity and the Law" forthcoming 2025
Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyi_z
48K Followers 17K Following Assistant to the professor of international relations and international law. All views mine alone.
Scott Wortley @Scott_Wortley
9K Followers 3K Following Scottish Law lecturer. Interest in statutory interpretation & legislation, Accidental mental health advocate.
Girls To The Front @obsolete__units
7K Followers 2K Following I didn’t realise that you wrote tweets, I didn’t realise you wrote such bloody awful tweets
Taliah Beardslee @BeardsleeT35411
79 Followers 5K Following
Kieron Smith @KieronJS
2K Followers 3K Following Bookseller & author 'The Politics of Down Syndrome', PhD (Workplace Democracy), Critical Management. FRSA. Materialist. Views personal.
συμπαpανεκρ.. @symparanekro
115 Followers 696 Following
imogen makepeace @greenhamwoman
1K Followers 847 Following gender critical feminist. let's have the 2nd wave again! all views are my own https://t.co/CyoKrC69kp #ForWomenAndPlanet
Christopher @RasselasSJ
134 Followers 585 Following
Zoe Hollowood 🔶 �.. @hollowood_zoe
5K Followers 5K Following PhD Scientist. Allowing insults to silence you cedes your right to free speech to anybody who wants to take it. Banner Rawls. Chair @LibVoice4Women|Views my own
Mike Starkey @MikeStarkers
355 Followers 2K Following Writer ❧ Broadcaster ❧ Speaker ❧ Priest ❧ Flâneur
🌳 Folklore of Tree.. @ReWild_Belfast
10K Followers 8K Following (photographs all my own. Artwork is not)
Emily Rogers @EmilyRDent
809 Followers 3K Following London based PR, specialising in financial services, legal and reputation management.
Joanne Luke @JoanneLuke7
13 Followers 172 Following
Emma MacOuch 🧙�.. @Brightandvast
725 Followers 5K Following Geordie, feminist, ADHD, loves knitting, Cub Scout helper; agent 3339
Woman | the word no-o.. @gettagripfolks
6K Followers 6K Following Feminist. GC. Scared, Sad, Angry. Under Cover Agent 16486 now promoted (!) to 41796. Supporting girls' & women's rights. #WomenWereRight
Terfism @SilencedReality
1K Followers 2K Following Reality is not allowed. Long live Reality. RealityIsBeautiful. Trying to find my Tribe again.💜🤍💚
Justine Lattimer @JustineLattimer
923 Followers 2K Following Barrister specialising in the protection of children and vulnerable adults. Views my own. RT not necessarily endorsement.
Eleri Wilson-Davies �.. @eswwd
378 Followers 860 Following Adult human female, wife, mother, daughter, lesbian.
JMG @JoMG002
472 Followers 1K Following I like books and coffee. I'm passionate about the NHS and I work there. I have lots opinions - all my own.🎀
Undesertisland @Undesertisland
584 Followers 4K Following
Jelly Bean @MsPeacheeKeen
4K Followers 5K Following Pro women, pro child safeguarding, pro LGB, pro science. Ex Labour voter. If you don't respect my sex, don't expect my X.
Helen Ess 🌸🏴�.. @Lilutro
771 Followers 2K Following
WWW @WWW1858
26 Followers 754 Following
Caroline ffiske @carolinefff
9K Followers 6K Following Politics, democracy, freedom, community, education, life generally, #TeamTerf #ToryTerf @CforWomenUK
Fendidthat @TyrrelK
424 Followers 1K Following
🦫 Leave It To Beav.. @theadoracleaver
2K Followers 4K Following Inhabitant of “Terf Island”. TRA: “Sporadic dots here and there meanwhile terf island lit up like it’s gone nuclear!”
Sarah P @sarahwprior
631 Followers 2K Following Once a City dweller and worker - Interested in tax, poems, banking, progress of women, & the oddities of life. Views absolutely no one else’s
Loobylou @ricketytricks
404 Followers 773 Following
Fair Go for Queenslan.. @fg4_qw
2K Followers 2K Following Feminist discussion regarding sex-based rights. Views my own.
weka 🐬 ✊🐬 @wekatweets
1K Followers 4K Following Transition is hope with its sleeves rolled up (Rob Hopkins) | Climate solutions: https://t.co/mRbgXKnpn7 | weka.bsky.soc + https://t.co/FCnauRHlNJ
Sweet Poison @Notabene101
789 Followers 2K Following Harridan, woman (the old fashioned kind), and arbitrary obstacle. Also, lawyer.
Pip Cooper 🤐💜 @Pixil8
2K Followers 3K Following Repeal GRA 💜💚💜 Truth Is Not Hate -Agent 14905 Liked a tweet and made it onto a list! -Flushed out sheet music & a whole orange from a tuba once 😬
Cyclefree 🇺🇦 �.. @Cyclefree2
1K Followers 384 Following https://t.co/ypC5v8qhQc. Cyclefree on Bluesky. Yearning to tell tales. Irish-Italian. Lawyer. Investigator. Writer. Gardener. Lake District. "Be not afraid"
Nixster 🇬🇧🇮�.. @Running_inHeels
412 Followers 655 Following Barrister, mother, occasional runner. Doesn't like idiots.
Sisters of Anne @SistersOfAnne
898 Followers 727 Following In a previous life we would have danced the night away behind the green door, 239 days of the year. 'L' as in LGB. Inimitable adult human females. LGB✂️TQI+
SB @vossofnorway
113 Followers 1K Following
PanBillyBraggWoman �.. @Karen21001230
3K Followers 4K Following North London. Mother. Feminist. Teacher.
TinaAnitS @TinaAnitS
346 Followers 2K Following Brussels bubble, bottom of the food chain. Mostly silent but susceptible to bitchy comments. 💜🤍💚#YNWA
SaltyDalty @DaltonJone1
1K Followers 3K Following "In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺💜🤍💚
Londoner @londoner_woman
4K Followers 6K Following That’s my daughter in the water. Domesticated zombie 🧟♀️, birth-registered dinosaur 🦖, thoroughly indecent 🧙♀️. KPSS. Not/now 🚺
Jozinhagirl (Activist.. @Jozinhagirl
2K Followers 3K Following 24yrs PQE public admin (immigration/employment) NZ solicitor #BrainTumor but still I fight for my ASD/APD & ASD/PDA/ADHD/SPD/GAD sons & young carer daughter 🕎
Tigger @Tigger60954075
338 Followers 1K Following Quite Terfy, living on Terf Island. Real mixed bag of views.
Helen Nettleship @Nettleshippy
3K Followers 4K Following Barrister, parent, cyclist and lapsed artist.
IndyReset @IndyReset
323 Followers 728 Following "I will no longer be complicit in genocide” “FREE PALESTINE” RIP Aaron Bushnell
West London Women @WestLondonWomen
2K Followers 3K Following For women and children. Safeguarding first. #SexMatters 🟩⬜️🟪 🦕 supporting 🦎
bookgirl @bookgirl1982
148 Followers 1K Following Girly swot. Remainer. Politically homeless. Fiercely feminist.
Sonia Nolten KC @sonianolten
2K Followers 1K Following Barrister. Bencher @TheInnerTemple. Also 🌹 @UKLabour, rabbits and rural E.Anglia. Usual disclaimers re likes & retweets.
Susannah Black Robert.. @suzania
14K Followers 1K Following Christian, postliberal / Journo / Editor @Plough, @mereorthodoxy / Rooted cosmopolitan / Wife to @zugzwanged / A spider sitting at the center of my web
Maya Forstater @MForstater
103K Followers 10K Following Worthy of respect in a democratic society https://t.co/Rm0F6mUtl7
Sonia Sodha @soniasodha
78K Followers 4K Following Observer columnist & chief leader writer, Radio 4 Analysis presenter & @ThisMorning news reviews. Highly commended @EditorsUK Commentator of the Year 2023
Elaine Miller, Venus .. @GussieGrips
28K Followers 2K Following Frank, funny, factual, Fellow, physio. Come for the fanny, stay for the feminism. #DoYourPelvicFloorExercises. Hoping to be proved wrong (#terflon protected🍳)
Barbara Rich @BarbaraRich_law
20K Followers 3K Following Barrister/mediator, law of mental capacity, death, & inheritance, interested in rules of crowdfunding https://t.co/Hs7liAYpNr law, history & literature
Audrey Ludwig @AudreySuffolk
18K Followers 4K Following Discrimination Solicitor. My thoughts (not my employers) on Equality Act/Disability/Feminism/A2J /Art etc. https://t.co/jyntMuKJT2 RT not endorsement.
Norann Voll @NorannV
12K Followers 9K Following A farmer's daughter from NY married to Chris & raising 3 sons in rural Australia @TheBruderhof. I write @Plough, @CTmagazine, and @PittsburghPG.
Kathleen Stock @Docstockk
149K Followers 3K Following Sapphist sophist. Contributing writer @UnHerd. Co-directs @project_lesbian. Highly commended columnist @pressawardsUK ('24). Agent: @littlehardman
Michael Foran @michaelpforan
22K Followers 4K Following Lecturer in public law @UofGLaw | Equality law + constitutional theory | "Equality Before the Law" Out Now | "Sex, Gender Identity and the Law" forthcoming 2025
Tom Holland @holland_tom
327K Followers 1K Following New history of Rome's heyday - Pax - out now! Dinosaur lover. Stonehenge Tunnel hater. A 'leading English cricketer' - The Times. Podcast: @theresthistory
Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyi_z
48K Followers 17K Following Assistant to the professor of international relations and international law. All views mine alone.
Jennifer A. Frey @jennfrey
29K Followers 1K Following Dean Honors College @utulsa, fellow @HumanEcologyCUA, host @eudaimoniapod, academic advisor @CLT_Exam. Mother to many. Frequently argues w/ @FreyChristopher.
Sarah Phillimore @SVPhillimore
33K Followers 3K Following Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. Family lawyer. Hoarder of Rights. All views my own and protected by Article 10 ECHR.
Dr Karen Ingala Smith @K_IngalaSmith
55K Followers 2K Following Woman. Feminist. Northerner. @femicidecensus @countdeadwomen. Author of Defending Women’s Spaces.
Joan Smith @polblonde
32K Followers 3K Following Journalist. Author of novels & non-fiction inc Misogynies. Member of Sex Matters Advisory Group. New book about Roman women and VAWG available in November 2024
Joanna Cherry KC @joannaccherry
131K Followers 3K Following SNP MP for Edinburgh South West, King’s Counsel and Feminist.
Colin Wright @SwipeWright
210K Followers 2K Following Evolutionary Biology PhD | Founding Editor @RealLastStand | Fellow @ManhattanInst | Advisor @AtheistsLiberty | Whiskey, cats, ideas.
Tim Gee @TimQuaker
3K Followers 3K Following General Secretary, Friends World Committee for Consultation (https://t.co/KWyIVJA8HA). Contemplative, compassionate Christianity + action for climate justice.
Scott Wortley @Scott_Wortley
9K Followers 3K Following Scottish Law lecturer. Interest in statutory interpretation & legislation, Accidental mental health advocate.
Sacred Cows @sacredcows_ldn
73 Followers 20 Following Sacred Cows is a new series of talks in London dedicated to investigating the science behind society's 'sacred cows'. Our mailing list: https://t.co/PvxSSfuSfA
Coleman Hughes @coldxman
352K Followers 905 Following Conversations w/Coleman Podcast | Forbes 30 Under 30 | Contributor at @theFP | Analyst at @CNN https://t.co/cwLQsfPK19
Society of GK Chester.. @chestertonsoc
20K Followers 995 Following Register for our summer conference today! Visit https://t.co/URwOYHQ5em. Renewing the World Through Christian Joy & Common Sense
James Lee @jamessflee
13K Followers 6K Following Law Professor. I research and teach in the areas of judges, law reform & private law. Views, and any errors, are my own, not those of my employer.
James MacCleary 🔶 @JamesMacCleary
2K Followers 2K Following .@LibDems parliamentary spokesperson for #Lewes constituency. District Cllr, #Newhaven South; County Cllr, Newhaven and Bishopstone.
Lewes Lib Dems @Lewes_Lib_Dems
1K Followers 862 Following Promoted by Lewes Liberal Democrats, 46 Malling Street, Lewes, BN7 2RH. Parliamentary spokesperson: @jamesmaccleary
Kieron Smith @KieronJS
2K Followers 3K Following Bookseller & author 'The Politics of Down Syndrome', PhD (Workplace Democracy), Critical Management. FRSA. Materialist. Views personal.
Backwoods Engineer - .. @BackwoodsEnginr
1K Followers 365 Following Christian, husband, father, RF engineer living in the back woods. Southern culture, freedom & self-defense. Not GOP. No more v*ting. PAYING for blue check.
Turing Public Policy @TuringPubPol
2K Followers 508 Following We are the Public Policy Programme at @turinginst, a world-leading group of researchers working on #DataScience and #AI for #PublicPolicy
συμπαpανεκρ.. @symparanekro
115 Followers 696 Following
Culture Critic @Culture_Crit
1.3M Followers 998 Following Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.
Dr. Jennifer Cassidy @OxfordDiplomat
188K Followers 33K Following Irish • Diplomacy and Tech Lecturer @UniofOxford • A.I Expert - War Crimes - Cyber War • Former Diplomat @UN @EU • TED Speaker • Insta: @mynameisjennifer
James Wright @jms_wright
2K Followers 3K Following Programme specialist at @UNESCO working on AI ethics and governance. Anthropology/STS research on care and tech. Author of "Robots Won't Save Japan". Own views
Laura Pearson @LauraPAuthor
31K Followers 6K Following Number 1 bestselling author. Also mum, feminist, reader of proofs. Agent: @jslwilliamson. Publisher: @boldwoodbooks. She/her.
MigrationObservatory @MigObs
33K Followers 566 Following The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford provides independent, authoritative, evidence-based analysis on UK migration. Based at @COMPAS_oxford
Standin_In_My_Light @Little_Less_Ego
318 Followers 1K Following Interested in evidence-based policies to improve outcomes in schools, justice and more
imogen makepeace @greenhamwoman
1K Followers 847 Following gender critical feminist. let's have the 2nd wave again! all views are my own https://t.co/CyoKrC69kp #ForWomenAndPlanet
Landmark Engagement T.. @LandmarkEngage1
682 Followers 1K Following News and updates from @LandmarkTrust Engagement Team. Events, public open days, volunteering & community outreach
Eliza Mondegreen @elizamondegreen
24K Followers 887 Following Researcher and freelance writer/photog. “The enemy is the gramophone mind, whether or not one agrees with the record that is being played at the moment.”—Orwell
Mike Starkey @MikeStarkers
355 Followers 2K Following Writer ❧ Broadcaster ❧ Speaker ❧ Priest ❧ Flâneur
Zoe Hollowood 🔶 �.. @hollowood_zoe
5K Followers 5K Following PhD Scientist. Allowing insults to silence you cedes your right to free speech to anybody who wants to take it. Banner Rawls. Chair @LibVoice4Women|Views my own
Horry @Horry_HB
191 Followers 263 Following Ha... h'm. Just about to finish my PhD in microbiology/molecular biology. Likes: Rabbits, football, science and board games. Arte suave 🤙
Gerard Russell @GSJRussell
2K Followers 863 Following Writer and consultant, Arabic speaker, author of Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms (on MidEast minorities). RT = interest not endorsement.
Dr Charlotte Proudman @DrProudman
85K Followers 2K Following Advocate of the year, Women in Law Awards 2023 | Family Law | Cambridge Academic | Founder @Right2Equality. Personal account; RT/likes not endorsements.
William Matthews @ForebodingQuail
115 Followers 558 Following Cognitive anthropology | worldviews, reasoning, cultural change | communitarianism | Chinese thought | writing about our Disembodied Age Views my own
🌳 Folklore of Tree.. @ReWild_Belfast
10K Followers 8K Following (photographs all my own. Artwork is not)
Polly Clark @MsPollyClark
5K Followers 570 Following Author of TIGER (Quercus, 2019), LARCHFIELD (Quercus, 2017) & four collections of poetry. TS Eliot Prize shortlistee. Find me on SUBSTACK:
Lea Ypi @lea_ypi
49K Followers 999 Following Professor @LSEnews from 🇦🇱 in orderly transition to @leaypi.bsky.social
Dr P @Psychgirl211
15K Followers 2K Following TERF/GC ULTRA 30-year qualified DClinPych C.Psychol Certified Expert Witness/ADOS Assessor Transgender 'healthcare' is a crime against humanity 🦕 💚 💜 🤍
Annie Jacobsen @AnnieJacobsen
40K Followers 994 Following Bestselling author & Pulitzer Prize finalist AREA 51; PAPERCLIP; PENTAGON'S BRAIN; PHENOMENA; SURPRISE, KILL, VANISH; 1ST PLATOON. TV write/prod JACK RYAN etc
Rachel Bovard @rachelbovard
63K Followers 2K Following David Brooks says I am terrifying. Friend to all dogs. Header from @Jacobin.
David Lidington @DLidington
30K Followers 3K Following Chair @rusi_org, @conseurope, UK chair #Königswinter & #AuroraForum Ex Cabinet & MP [email protected]
Robert Colvile @rcolvile
52K Followers 3K Following Director of @CPSThinkTank, EIC of @CapX, Sunday columnist for @thetimes, author of 'The Great Acceleration'. Politics, policy and parenting.
Andres @Daedalus6
620 Followers 745 Following
Andy @lecanardnoir
19K Followers 557 Following Remember the Golden Rule of AI: Always count the fingers.🦚😾
Justine Lattimer @JustineLattimer
923 Followers 2K Following Barrister specialising in the protection of children and vulnerable adults. Views my own. RT not necessarily endorsement.
JMG @JoMG002
472 Followers 1K Following I like books and coffee. I'm passionate about the NHS and I work there. I have lots opinions - all my own.🎀
Amy Colleen @sewistwrites
11K Followers 1K Following Christian, writer, married @Hubby2SewWrites. Humor, historical fashion, "several niche accts in a trench coat." Will turn anything into a Jane Austen reference.
Social Democratic Par.. @SDPhq
27K Followers 6K Following We are a patriotic, economically left-leaning, and culturally traditional political party. We believe in family, community, and nation.
The Liberal Party �.. @LiberalParty_UK
3K Followers 2K Following Campaigning for a Liberal Society - This is the official Twitter account for The Liberal Party 🔥 #VoteTheLiberalParty Freedom, Property & Security.
Helen Nettleship @Nettleshippy
3K Followers 4K Following Barrister, parent, cyclist and lapsed artist.
Polly James @Mid_WifeCrisis
1K Followers 1K Following Welsh novelist. Also known as Molly Bennett, author of the Orwell Prize shortlisted blog, Mid-Wife Crisis. Ex-MP’s staffer. https://t.co/SfWNMaKy30
bookgirl @bookgirl1982
148 Followers 1K Following Girly swot. Remainer. Politically homeless. Fiercely feminist.
Sonia Nolten KC @sonianolten
2K Followers 1K Following Barrister. Bencher @TheInnerTemple. Also 🌹 @UKLabour, rabbits and rural E.Anglia. Usual disclaimers re likes & retweets.
Peter Purves @purves_peter
7K Followers 171 Following former Dr Who companion Steven Taylor 1965/6 ; Blue Peter 1967/78; Stopwatch etc, BBC Darts, Kickstart, Crufts, The Office, This Morning, YuMove Ambassador
Ciderrock @DawnSpeck680078
26 Followers 136 Following
Michele Moore @michelemooreEd
8K Followers 3K Following Professor, International Inclusive Education, Disability Studies. Own views. Questions things happening. Insistent on inclusion. Do right, fear no one. Survivor
Our Lady of the Isles, South Uist. Erected after a successful 1950’s campaign by the local Catholic priest against the British govt’s proposal to turn mist the island into a missile firing range. She now protects the integrity of the Hebridean legacy.
Wisteria in the Sexby Garden, Peckham Rye
@HStromeyer3500 @magpiemixture @holysmoke @CatholicHerald Once the fox is embedded in the henhouse, he subtly brings in all his friends who, properly, are disguised as chickens. When the actual chickens start squawking for help, they find the "competent authority" in many cases are in fact foxes. So, where does that leave the chickens?
Rosie Duffield and I get on very well, we discuss a number of issues… No, not that Rosie Duffield, another Rosie Duffield. You wouldn't know her, she goes to a different parliament.
@magpiemixture One of my favourite records growing up was "The Greates Hits of 1874". Bangers all!
This has made my day. It’ll be Sorabji’s Opus Clavicembalisticum next…
Part 2 - now I've seen everything. When a mention of Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony becomes an attractive chat-up line.
Social worker represented by Naomi Cunningham wins exemplary damages against her regulator, and aggravated damages against both SWE and her employer, for discrimination on grounds of her gender-critical belief. @thetimes: thetimes.co.uk/article/social… Details: outertemple.com/naomi-cunningh…
@magpiemixture Bradley and Julian are, respectively, pompous and simpering idiots in The Black Prince 🤔
Or in the formulation of Ray Kurzweil of Google: “A person is a mind file. A person is a software program — a very profound one, and we have no back-up. So when our hardware dies, our software dies with it.”
“the brain is merely a meat machine” - the more people repeat this, the easier it is for them to declare that AI can have human intelligence. The phrase is from Marvin Minsky. In 1970, he predicted that in 3-8 years, AI would reach the general intelligence of an average human.
'What is democracy? It is what it says, the rule of the people. It is as good as the people are, or as bad' (Mary Renault, The Last of the Wine)
@bencooper @magpiemixture @BertDalziel You'll be facing your Waterloo soon enough.
@BertDalziel Due to a spelling error, I am now in a power-sharing agreement with Abba.
quick poll: have you ever heard the phrase "and bob is your uncle" before
@magpiemixture Thanks to my learned friend, I now see that the Swazis also have non Charles III KCs. Curious if there are others
@legalstyleblog I’m sure that when you spotted Lesotho having this designation under a different King, you checked a few of the other possible jurisdictions? 🙂 See the above from the Legal Practitioners Act 1964 (as amended) in Eswatini (Swaziland, in old money).
It’s incredible how few people are still unaware that #EdBallsDay was once a pagan festival in honour of Baals, only in later centuries corrupted to ‘Balls’ and overlaid with a modern interpretation
Today is a great day to enjoy the rich spectacle of robes and gowns as academics take part in traditional #EdBallsDay ceremonies throughout the country
You can test someone’s underlying true tolerance of others by their reaction after you disagree with them. If you sense a negative reaction towards you after the end of the interaction, they are not as truly tolerant as they would believe themselves to be
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