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Jymbob@jymbob.bsky.social |
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Human. Technophile. Linguaphile. Bibliophile. Epistemophile. Husband. Dad. I also like other things.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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"What the report finds is that Biden held on to 94% of the people who said they would support him before the debate. For Trump, 86% of people who said they would support him before the debate said they would do so after the debate."
news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/09/b...
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Molly Shah
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Voting is OPEN for the competition on the best art of @jamalzuhir.bsky.social's kitten Haiah! For a 5£ donation you can vote on any of these amazing pieces and if your vote wins get a exclusive photo of Haiah! forms.gle/2p4EKdZkj6uNBN5L7
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Jymbob
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I think the guy I met was involved with the "emerging MIDI transcription software" she mentions, if that was the mid 90s I would have been about 12-14, so the specifics are somewhat hazy. I think he also had some "Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff" - super cool
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Jymbob
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Assuming it hasn't happened multiple times, Iet the guy behind the original technology which took player piano reels and converted them to MIDI files 25 years ago in a small B&B
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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The upgrade from cassette tape to 5.25" disc in terms of loading speed and ease of use is life-changing
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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One of the funniest things skeumorphism has given us is a ubiquitous "save" image which encapsulates a physical media format that hasn't been manufactured for over a decade. GenZ: "then click the weird box thing to save. I don't know why" That and this still being a telephone ☎️
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Jymbob
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Most people describe mine as "Blue. Wait..."
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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Liked because I took am almost* 40 and this man Gets It. *almost is the same as "close to" right? Direction is just semantics
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Boston Tom Levenson
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This. We already know Trump is not cognitively up to doing the job of POTUS. He didn't last time. Remember "executive time" & an inability to process information so profound his staff had to prepare "briefings" as single sheet bullet points. Then all this: his clear speech/communication decline.
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Jymbob
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The news here is that Cannon has formed an opinion on, well, anything.
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Tilly Bridges
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can we maybe also not forget the part where they want to make being trans illegal
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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social
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I’m gonna need all 370 of you who reposted above to share this:
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-wind...
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Gabe Ortíz
@tusk81.bsky.social
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“ … every Republican running for office should be asked if they support Trump’s mass deportation agenda—and, if they’re going to allow him to commit mass family separation in their states and districts. He and Republicans need to answer the question.”
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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The actual collection here is no louder than the obnoxious reversing noise the truck makes backing into our road, but I can see how that'd suck in a city block at 4am
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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Every once in a while, when I start to think America is ahead of the UK on everything, I am reminded that we've had wheelie-bins for 30 years.
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Jymbob
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It's almost like there's a view that things might work better under competent people who know what they're talking about rather than "my mate Mark who's been really solid at backing me, even back when I wasn't PM, give it to him, he deserves it"
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Jymbob
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Euro 96 semi-final was a 120 minute whole school assembly for me!
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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This. Also people who claim to want to imitate/venerate Churchill need to look at his track record a /lot/ more closely. Not least: he switched parties twice, annoyed everyone and spent 10 years in the parliamentary dog-house before gaining support and becoming PM.
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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"I BELIEVE I have already INDICATED that I am FINE. Shall we move on?"
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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Yep. When scheduling: "It's a little inconvenient" = Annoying but I'll make it work "It's rather inconvenient" = I am having open heart surgery that day, also it's the day my childhood dog is getting put down & if you make me do this too I will PROBABLY SNAP BUT I'M STILL GOING TO MAKE IT YOUR CALL
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Jymbob
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"Why do dolphins get so much attention in the ocean? They're not even proper fish!" AKA Just Asking Crustaceans
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Jymbob
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I'm gonna guess it was generating Pokémon for every location globally all the time rather than just rolling the 10 nearby you care about. Kind of thing that works fine in testing.
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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See also "it's not a protest vote if the 'protest' result actually wins" Citation: Brexit
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Jymbob
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Exactly. As it happens I once spent a week confidently informing a bunch of 10 year olds on their school activity week that actually there were only 12 sheep in Wales, they just moved around a lot.
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Jymbob
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I think people are mainly upset that Macron called RN's bluff after the EU election results, rather than letting them control the media cycle for the next year
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Jymbob
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In the spirit of Bluesky, when they started trolling (so less than a day after they started posting), "block, don't engage" kicked in for 90% of us.
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Jymbob
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Okay but hear me out maybe there's only two but they're faster than you think?
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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"can you imagine? _Three_ options? How would I know who to get mad at?"
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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Also on record saying grass is green, farts are smelly, sun is hot...
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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Some serious Robert ap Gwilliam vibes
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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In the final scene the protagonist is sitting in the middle of a room wearing only threads of frayed underwear, surrounded by empty lotion bottles & garments which are cut to pieces. His body is covered with cuts and welts. He furiously scratches his rear & sobs pathetically as we fade to black.
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Jymbob
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Xeno's Prime Minister paradox: if a prime minister achieves nothing is that better or worse than doing something huge but awful?
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Jymbob
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The correct wish is "hopefully the Tory party will splinter into at least two factions, none of which has a hope of winning any form of power for the next 25 years" but unfortunately that relies on Tories hating each other more than they crave power and influence.
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Jymbob
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Post flagged as data smut
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Jymbob
@jymbob.bsky.social
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Yeah, be nice for any party to have someone with that level of passion and drive but who isn't also utterly reprehensible and against everything I hold dear
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Jymbob
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I have no intention of ever having either the attitude or the influence to feel the wrath of the T&S elders, but holy hell if extra incentive were ever needed! The full Twilight Zone episode of the recipient of this curse is playing out in my mind.
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Jymbob
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I've been telling anyone who'll listen that the biggest change any 21st century UK government could make would be to rethink the seating arrangements in the House of Commons. In a world that's increasingly driven by optics, it would show everyone watching that compromise and negotiation is possible.
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Aunt Sylvia’s Home for Wayward Women and Lurid Tulips
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Happy #primeweek! I just want to let y’all know that the Amazon shipping warehouse where my husband works is denying workers fans during a nationally recognized heat emergency and everything you order during time week places workers’ lives at risk.
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Kevin M. Kruse
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This semester I’m going to tell my students I don’t care if they use ChatGPT to write their papers, much as I don’t care if they use LSD and a ouija board write their papers. I’ll give fancy-sounding bullshit a failing grade no matter how it’s produced.
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wade of mutilation
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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:
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Dr Seán DOOLAN
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Those switching from the Tories to Labour or the LibDems strongly support the net zero climate target (73%). This compares to 61% of people overall who support Net Zero. Even 42% of Reform voters support climate action, despite Farage's grifting climate denial.
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Jymbob
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"one of you has been found guilty of a bunch of crimes & made thinly veiled threats about abusing power if reelected, & the other has performed badly in a TV debate. Mr Biden, should you consider withdrawing your candidacy? Same question Mr Trump: should Biden consider withdrawing his candidacy?"
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Jymbob
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We have it but we celebrate on 7th April
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Micah
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the Gaiman allegations are incredibly disappointing and I am so tired of famous men using their power and status to exploit young women like this
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Jymbob
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She's such a record breaker!
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Mark Chadbourn
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Why you absolutely can’t consider Reform an extension of the Conservatives and just add the two voting totals together. New polling from MiC shows barely a third would ever vote Conservative. Why the Tories are crazy for chasing the Reform vote.
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Jymbob
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No caps. Not him
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Jymbob
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The "simultaneously make everything nice about the UK measurably worse while being horrible to anyone visiting" move has been the primary plan for cutting immigration for at least the last 6 years . I'm frankly astounded it hasn't worked in more concrete terms
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Jymbob
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I'll see your "FPTP is terrible" and add my flavour of "the /physical layout/ of the house of commons needs to change at the same time to support a fairer government" (my preference would be to move it out of London but I'd settle for rearranging the seating)
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Jymbob
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Have a like for "stubarb"
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