Clattermonger
@clattermonger.bsky.social
Writing and music. Music and writing.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
December 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Watching Jane Pollard & Iain Forsyth's forthcoming Marianne Faithfull doc, Broken English and I love that they choose this as the first track to represent early Marianne. It's such a perfect cover. Donovan is the observer but MP is completely inside the song. youtu.be/3fp0wo3qA1c?...
Marianne Faithfull - Sunny Goodge Street
YouTube video by I♥MarianneFaithfull
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November 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Watching Jane Pollard & Iain Forsyth's forthcoming Marianne Faithfull doc, Broken English and I love that they choose this as the first track to represent early Marianne. It's such a perfect cover. Donovan is the observer but MP is completely inside the song. youtu.be/3fp0wo3qA1c?...
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None of the talk about how harmful social media is for kids balances that with a discussion of how useful and beneficial it is for them. It helps with loneliness, is a source of friendship and of information, and helps them find solace when their ‘offline’ lives are harmful or miserable. 1/4
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
None of the talk about how harmful social media is for kids balances that with a discussion of how useful and beneficial it is for them. It helps with loneliness, is a source of friendship and of information, and helps them find solace when their ‘offline’ lives are harmful or miserable. 1/4
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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When you are the music
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 AM
When you are the music
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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Every time a pop-up window in an application asks if I'd like to use the AI option it's like a waiter smoothly asking if sir would care to try the shit platter
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Every time a pop-up window in an application asks if I'd like to use the AI option it's like a waiter smoothly asking if sir would care to try the shit platter
Just finished My Family and Other Rock Stars by @tiffmurray.bsky.social. A beautifully told book depicting her life growing up at Rockfield studios, where her mother, Joan, was the chef. So many brilliant anecdotes, with characters so vividly draw that the acknowledgements made me cry. A must read!
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just finished My Family and Other Rock Stars by @tiffmurray.bsky.social. A beautifully told book depicting her life growing up at Rockfield studios, where her mother, Joan, was the chef. So many brilliant anecdotes, with characters so vividly draw that the acknowledgements made me cry. A must read!
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Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
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Mangione was especially bad for how not to cover this and social media isn't helping either
September 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Mangione was especially bad for how not to cover this and social media isn't helping either
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I am (self-evidently) very interested in language. And also in technology. From that perspective, the rise of LLMs has created many new things for me to think about.
One is: why is it that certain very small clusters of words are *clearly written by an LLM*? What is the quality of that writing?
One is: why is it that certain very small clusters of words are *clearly written by an LLM*? What is the quality of that writing?
September 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I am (self-evidently) very interested in language. And also in technology. From that perspective, the rise of LLMs has created many new things for me to think about.
One is: why is it that certain very small clusters of words are *clearly written by an LLM*? What is the quality of that writing?
One is: why is it that certain very small clusters of words are *clearly written by an LLM*? What is the quality of that writing?
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Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
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"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
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So the political journalist who appeared to be Boris Johnson’s stenographer through Covid was *actually* his co-conspirator who broke lockdown rules with him & then failed to report on the lies he told to cover it up. I’m shocked I tell you, shocked.
September 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
So the political journalist who appeared to be Boris Johnson’s stenographer through Covid was *actually* his co-conspirator who broke lockdown rules with him & then failed to report on the lies he told to cover it up. I’m shocked I tell you, shocked.
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Are you young, highly educated and driven, and want to contribute to our stagnant economy with its aging population and low productivity? Well out you go
September 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Are you young, highly educated and driven, and want to contribute to our stagnant economy with its aging population and low productivity? Well out you go
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The worst legacy of the Beatles is that singers are expected to be writers to be legitimate. No one complains that Dame Judy Dench didn't write Shakespeare.
August 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The worst legacy of the Beatles is that singers are expected to be writers to be legitimate. No one complains that Dame Judy Dench didn't write Shakespeare.
Just listened to @nickharkaway.com on Monocle Meet the Writers. Very enjoyable. He's taken a very sane approach to managing a legacy that might have been overwhelming, if he wasn't careful.
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Nick Harkaway and the legacy of Le Carré - Monocle
Nick Harkaway joins Georgina Godwin to discuss life with John le Carré as a father and carrying on his legacy...
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August 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Just listened to @nickharkaway.com on Monocle Meet the Writers. Very enjoyable. He's taken a very sane approach to managing a legacy that might have been overwhelming, if he wasn't careful.
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
monocle.com/radio/shows/...