The Stylite

Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 10:30 UTC

"There are good political and economic reasons for commissioning a thorough official review of the impact of Brexit. The first and simplest is that it has not been done."
www.ft.com/content/b828... by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 20:57 UTC

Never in doubt guys

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 20:38 UTC

She also wanted to know why one guy had a lion on his top.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 20:18 UTC

Ha! An actual telling off.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 20:17 UTC

The kid just looked up at the football and asked how people score points.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 20:07 UTC

Need to send that to my medical doctor dad.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:49 UTC

Philippe is a philosopher tbf

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:46 UTC

Here it is.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 19:43 UTC

We will win. And then win the tournament. I have seen a sign of incontrovertible prophetic authority.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 18:00 UTC

Starting to feel like the grandpa in Gilmore Girls

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 17:30 UTC

I’ve changed my mind a bit on this. My hunch is they engineer things so there’s neither a socialist PM nor a socialist minority government. Instead there’s a LR / Ensemble minority government which relies on the socialists and RN hating each other so much they don’t jointly VONC.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:06 UTC

JdP has some robust ‘fun’ with him.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:19 UTC

I would like to propose ‘neurovergent’.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 13:20 UTC

Self epigrams

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 13:18 UTC

Also because < small voice > that’s the kinda thing I’ll end up writing when I eventually look at novels again.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 13:17 UTC

It really is. Just bought it for the 16 year old niece (who’s v v interested in writing) i) because it’s great with a for the ages female character ii) because it’s in its own way about writing.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 13:13 UTC

Bone Clocks is such an interesting example here.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 13:12 UTC

It would have enormously helped me if some nice person like your good self had told me that about 7 years ago. Ofc now I get it but it’s quite radically different to the writing advice schools of writing.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 12:51 UTC

And the pollster guy.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 12:07 UTC

Yes, yes he does. It’s an entire sub genre. Colvile as well.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 22:31 UTC

@bskyttrpg.bsky.social ok I’m in!

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 21:42 UTC

Exactly! Plus I think I’ve broadly opted out of the politics stuff. It’s just so boring.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 21:10 UTC

By Han Kang. Amazing if errrrrrrrm rather bracing.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 21:05 UTC

That’s the one.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 21:05 UTC

Oh. The Vegetarian.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 21:03 UTC

Ooooh. So much fun with this stuff. Almost finished my dissertation. Relationship between Indeterminacy and metaphor by way of Agamben and Kafka and many other weird texts.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 20:49 UTC

🧐 Gertrude Stein criticism + a bit of that there language poetry.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 20:47 UTC

WAIT WHAT. there’s been a bit of fetish in my recent reading.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 20:36 UTC

You big tease

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 20:31 UTC

Oh I see. In which case there’s no government in my view.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 20:06 UTC

Really amazing.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:59 UTC

No chance Macron will do anything with the LFI.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:53 UTC

Yeah don’t have the numbers. But does illustrate the problem. LR about the same as the moderate socialists.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:24 UTC

WAIT WHAT

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:21 UTC

Absolutely no worries at all. I do recognise an emergency and you’re 100% right to push the emergency button. Go for it.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:13 UTC

DM me if that’s of use ❤️

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:13 UTC

Can tweet on your behalf. Would cc your local MP, Streeting. Amelia Gentleman.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:10 UTC

Are you still on Twitter?

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:09 UTC

I mean. No one in their right mind should want to be the first post election newly elected LOTO.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:09 UTC

Omg. She’s so not up to the job (Badenoch) it’s just ridiculous.

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The Stylite @columnist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:03 UTC

If anyone can help…

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