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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, given what happened to the last two...

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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 3d

*excited to see what, ffs

Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 3d

I think this is making my head spin so will file away for tomorrow when I am fresher, but this does not sound good

Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 3d

I've come to the conclusion that AI is not particularly useful for my job, but is *very* useful for all the busywork I have to do to justify filling a 40 hour week, so I'm very excited what new busywork gets invented to fill that gap

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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 3d

@stephenkb.bsky.social If it's useful to know, I did a legitimate spit-take and just gobbed tea everywhere thanks to the first line of your op-ed this morning

Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting. I guess if you've ever worked in a large organisation, it's probably obvious that the figurehead won't be the one doing the comms?

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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 4d

Much of this is my fault, but for someone with an English degree I basically managed to skirt doing all the canonical stuff, which is scandalous really.

Finally enjoying getting to them now, and seeing everything that would've totally gone over my head then

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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 4d

Whereas "rich people are knobs and loads of people around me are kinda gay" is extremely relevant to anyone starting undergraduate life!

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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 4d

Theory: the reason literature departments have become more about Marxist and gender theory than actually studying literature is in response to market demand, because the great canonical works are totally wasted on you when you're 19

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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 6d

Liverpool also still extremely popular when they were doing bugger all in the 90s (although, granted, they never got quite as bad)

Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 8d

Hence "Starmer is a Tory" is a dumb political take but a decent comedic premise.

"Starmer is a prisoner of global events and his promise not to raise taxes" is a good political take that is too obscure and nuanced to possibly be made funny.

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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 8d

This is very true, and I think inherently has to be the way. Good comedy simplifies and paints things with a broad brush, whereas good politics involves understanding complex issues and trade-offs...

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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 8d

Not awful for the PM that this appears to have become a meme

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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 9d

But what's the value of that?

All that's happened is people's opinions have changed from "I don't know anything about Saudi Arabia" to "I know a bit about Saudi Arabia and I don't like it".

Great success!

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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 9d

I am once again asking for a shred of evidence that this whole "throw money at sports and entertainment to change the perception of Saudi Arabia" thing is in any way working

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10d

The Saudis didn’t pay big money for famous American comedians because they were super eager for comedy, they paid for PR like this.

Bill Burr Defends Performing at Controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival: “They’re Just Like Us”

The actor-comedian details his experience at the event: "Definitely one of the top three experiences I've ever had ... I think it's going to lead to a lot of positive things."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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