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@mspurrfect

EFL teacher in Sardinia. MA English Language and Linguistics. Interesed in ideas around language prescriptivism. Also massive history nerd. Cat slave. Chocolate lover.

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Well indeed & until I read the article I had the same idea as you. Click bait all the way under Tony Gallagher.

06.03.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In fairness to him, it's a bad headline. In the article he says that he strongly disagrees with that view and relationships should 100% be a partnership.

06.03.2026 07:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A heraldic-style portrait of the Year of the Curious Squid. The squid looks somewhat startled, and has a green body with blue tentacles and a blue stripe along its mantle

A heraldic-style portrait of the Year of the Curious Squid. The squid looks somewhat startled, and has a green body with blue tentacles and a blue stripe along its mantle

I choose to take this as a positive omen.

(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)

17.12.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 1039 πŸ” 395 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

This is one heck of a story.

30.12.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Not every day you have the Olympic torch for Milano Cortina 2026 stop right outside your apartment.

13.12.2025 11:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

love this. 100% historical truth!

05.11.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Minority representation on TV causes outrage

There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP
Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television.
Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg."
She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce."
"I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough.
There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”

Minority representation on TV causes outrage There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television. Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg." She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce." "I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough. There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”

Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.

31.10.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 2663 πŸ” 853 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 33
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Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:

manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

02.11.2025 07:45 πŸ‘ 698 πŸ” 354 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 11
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_newsΒ in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

12.10.2025 11:29 πŸ‘ 2244 πŸ” 1498 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 79

The comments underneath the article are so depressing. When people try and say what's claimed is incorect and cite The Good Friday Agreement etc, the pushback they get is strong. Rather than trying to engage with the facts, it's just vibes all the way.

01.09.2025 08:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really clear explanation. Saving this for when my Telegraph-reading mum starts going on about it.

29.08.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well worth listening to her episode(s) on the Rex Factor podcast.

25.08.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bonus Muse reference?

07.08.2025 08:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That must be awful. Are the phone company able to help in any way? I do worry about how my mum will cope as she gets older and if she starts getting confused.

05.08.2025 20:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly this. Also, although papers were to the left or right, journalists and editors wanted to report facts and do proper investigative journalism.

05.08.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In fairness, at the moment she's pretty good with that and if she's in the right mood will string them along for a bit before telling them to f off! It's all the online stuff that she finds so hard and things like GB news.

05.08.2025 20:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I asked my mum (75) about why she finds it so hard to critically evalaute stuff online, news etc. She said that in the 50s (in the UK at least) you respected and trusted authority. In return 'authority' was reasonably honest. It's really hard for her to process that & be more sceptical.

05.08.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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I laughed at this video for like 2 minutes straight last night and now you get to

25.07.2025 14:36 πŸ‘ 3624 πŸ” 1383 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 178

Used to be home to the Royal Artillery until it was sold off and turned into luxury flats. Last I heard the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery were now stationed there and could sometimes been seen exercising the horses across the common.

06.07.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Have just seen this on FB, and made me love Tim Curry even more.

From an interview he gave about an ill-fated on-set affair while filming Muppet Treasure Island.

27.06.2025 09:52 πŸ‘ 2236 πŸ” 516 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

This is an absolutely fascinating read.

22.06.2025 18:19 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's when you find out she's writing it!

20.06.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.

19.06.2025 11:28 πŸ‘ 10970 πŸ” 2214 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 71
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Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome is currently an Amazon Kindle monthly deal, priced at 99p as opposed to Β£20 for the newly published hardback. Why don't you give it a try and brace yourself for one of the most dynamic women of the Roman Republic (and Empire, frankly)?

18.06.2025 07:40 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Proof that karma can be preemptive - my absolute wrongun of an ex was chopping jalapenos, went for a pee and forgot to wash his hands first. The scream was truely something.

17.06.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Two 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships available at UCL for Black British candidates. One in History of the legacy of Transatlantic slavery and reparations; the other on reparations and the media/culture focusing on reparations and the media/culture. Here's the History one. 1/2

16.06.2025 08:54 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
4 small comic panels
top left two people talking, one holding a box
'ive got this mousetrap'
'hows it work?'
top right panel
close up on a small work cubicle
'the mouse works in this cubicle assuming something better will come along but the 30 years go by'
bottom left
'look its working'
'whoa'
a small mouse runs for the cubicle
bottom right.
a mouse in the small cubicle using the tiny computer
'its already googling old highschool class mates'
'this is cruel'

4 small comic panels top left two people talking, one holding a box 'ive got this mousetrap' 'hows it work?' top right panel close up on a small work cubicle 'the mouse works in this cubicle assuming something better will come along but the 30 years go by' bottom left 'look its working' 'whoa' a small mouse runs for the cubicle bottom right. a mouse in the small cubicle using the tiny computer 'its already googling old highschool class mates' 'this is cruel'

Mikey Heller.
timetrabble.com

16.06.2025 07:58 πŸ‘ 399 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

In a tank. Can someone photoshop that please.

15.06.2025 10:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

These are both amazing. And if you've not seen the earlier thread.

14.06.2025 10:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0