Bart Crisp
@crispybart.bsky.social
Aspiring Renaissance dude, special interests include education, politics, history, heavy metal, tabletop roleplaying, being a massive nerd in general, and a bit of rugby here and there. Views entirely my own* (subject to conditions)
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Church historians now believe that St Pancake was not actually martyred by being flattened by a series of increasingly heavy weights, but rather was burnt alive in a giant pan. The former death is now attributed to Pseudo-Pancake the Areopagite, as attested in the Codex Libum of Nicomedia.
February 17, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Church historians now believe that St Pancake was not actually martyred by being flattened by a series of increasingly heavy weights, but rather was burnt alive in a giant pan. The former death is now attributed to Pseudo-Pancake the Areopagite, as attested in the Codex Libum of Nicomedia.
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This is just blatant self soothing, it refers to global events like covid or the war in Ukraine as explanations for Britain's malaise, but then ignores them for other countries, the reality is the UK was hit worse and has recovered worse, in part due to brexit, in part because you were in government
February 17, 2026 at 9:10 AM
This is just blatant self soothing, it refers to global events like covid or the war in Ukraine as explanations for Britain's malaise, but then ignores them for other countries, the reality is the UK was hit worse and has recovered worse, in part due to brexit, in part because you were in government
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I am open to the idea that Brexit is not the driver of Britain's lackluster economy, but if I accept that then the answer becomes "the Conservative party."
February 17, 2026 at 9:14 AM
I am open to the idea that Brexit is not the driver of Britain's lackluster economy, but if I accept that then the answer becomes "the Conservative party."
Italy have had to live on scraps so far but have absolutely taken what they've been offered. Need to see them take the game by the scruff of the neck now
February 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Italy have had to live on scraps so far but have absolutely taken what they've been offered. Need to see them take the game by the scruff of the neck now
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My position is that I do not intend to vote for Gavin Newsom in a Democratic primary, that I would vote for any Democrat against JD Vance in a general election, and that Hasan Piker is both an idiot and a bad person.
February 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
My position is that I do not intend to vote for Gavin Newsom in a Democratic primary, that I would vote for any Democrat against JD Vance in a general election, and that Hasan Piker is both an idiot and a bad person.
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This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
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Ben Evans is one of the brightest tech analysts around, and I think he nails it here
February 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Ben Evans is one of the brightest tech analysts around, and I think he nails it here
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I think I'll wait for Minnesotans to tell us when it's over.
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I think I'll wait for Minnesotans to tell us when it's over.
Great thread, which helped something click for me. Tech-bros tend to assume that they know how to do everything because they know how to do the thing that generates the largest piles of VC cash - "AI is going to kill knowledge jobs" is a take that is propagated by the exact same people
Alright fine, enough people have sent me this viral post from Elon's hellscape that I am, reluctantly, now going to fiske the damn thing here. I'm doing this hurriedly so forgive the typos to come. Let's dive in...
x.com/mattshumer_/...
x.com/mattshumer_/...
Matt Shumer on X: "Something Big Is Happening" / X
Something Big Is Happening
x.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Great thread, which helped something click for me. Tech-bros tend to assume that they know how to do everything because they know how to do the thing that generates the largest piles of VC cash - "AI is going to kill knowledge jobs" is a take that is propagated by the exact same people
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪 🔭 🟰
I have taken the first 100 Fellows recently announced by the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences and considered them by pronouns. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
I have taken the first 100 Fellows recently announced by the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences and considered them by pronouns. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
February 11, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪 🔭 🟰
I have taken the first 100 Fellows recently announced by the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences and considered them by pronouns. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
I have taken the first 100 Fellows recently announced by the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences and considered them by pronouns. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
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Like most of us the rich tend to build their worldview around their own interests. (Welfare = taxes on me so bad).
But their interests diverge more from the majority than the norm. And they have fewer people around them willing to point out when they're wrong.
But their interests diverge more from the majority than the norm. And they have fewer people around them willing to point out when they're wrong.
February 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Like most of us the rich tend to build their worldview around their own interests. (Welfare = taxes on me so bad).
But their interests diverge more from the majority than the norm. And they have fewer people around them willing to point out when they're wrong.
But their interests diverge more from the majority than the norm. And they have fewer people around them willing to point out when they're wrong.
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Well done to Sky for correcting this bit of ignorance.
As shown extensively in the Epstein files there's plenty of proof that being rich doesn't mean you have any great insights into the world.
As shown extensively in the Epstein files there's plenty of proof that being rich doesn't mean you have any great insights into the world.
February 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Well done to Sky for correcting this bit of ignorance.
As shown extensively in the Epstein files there's plenty of proof that being rich doesn't mean you have any great insights into the world.
As shown extensively in the Epstein files there's plenty of proof that being rich doesn't mean you have any great insights into the world.
It's a specific point being made in context, but also fairly evergreen
The UK state *desperately needs* tax revenue, public trust and educational infrastructure - unfortunately, it appears to have found the least efficient means of doing all three with everything focussed on making the next two years of life in govt fractionally easier.
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM
It's a specific point being made in context, but also fairly evergreen
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When chatbots are given complete information on medical conditions, they typically spit out correct diagnoses and recommendations.
Actual patients, however, often describe their conditions with incomplete or irrelevant information and the chatbots cannot handle it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Actual patients, however, often describe their conditions with incomplete or irrelevant information and the chatbots cannot handle it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
When chatbots are given complete information on medical conditions, they typically spit out correct diagnoses and recommendations.
Actual patients, however, often describe their conditions with incomplete or irrelevant information and the chatbots cannot handle it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Actual patients, however, often describe their conditions with incomplete or irrelevant information and the chatbots cannot handle it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cable tv is the carcinisation of business models
Sky have announced that Disney+, HBO Max, Hayu and Netflix will be rolled into a single subscription. It comes to £24 a month.
February 11, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Cable tv is the carcinisation of business models
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Because what 'enough to live off' varies from person to person. The living costs of a single person with no dependents or a married person whose partner also works are lower than someone raising a child alone. That's why you can't fight poverty with wages alone.
February 10, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Because what 'enough to live off' varies from person to person. The living costs of a single person with no dependents or a married person whose partner also works are lower than someone raising a child alone. That's why you can't fight poverty with wages alone.
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No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
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it's like our entire sense of morality has been filtered through the act of consumption, and the highest good we can imagine is feeling good and clean and pure as individuals, unpolluted by the obvious evil are around us
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
it's like our entire sense of morality has been filtered through the act of consumption, and the highest good we can imagine is feeling good and clean and pure as individuals, unpolluted by the obvious evil are around us
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
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the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
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On Starmer/McSweeney appointing Mandelson.
Great piece full of gems.
Great piece full of gems.
February 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM
On Starmer/McSweeney appointing Mandelson.
Great piece full of gems.
Great piece full of gems.
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Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 6, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
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5/5 PMs with approval ratings of measles isn't just a feature of failed leadership. It's Brexit Britain. There's no money for anything people want and were promised they would have, and no one can blame the people who got us into this mess because they got 52% of the vote (let alone reverse it).
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
5/5 PMs with approval ratings of measles isn't just a feature of failed leadership. It's Brexit Britain. There's no money for anything people want and were promised they would have, and no one can blame the people who got us into this mess because they got 52% of the vote (let alone reverse it).
Finally getting around to checking out @bobchipman.bsky.social's video on Hopalong Cassidy and the American Western, and my God it's good to get back to his long-form video essay content. If you're remotely interested in the history of Westerns, check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Kc...
February 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Finally getting around to checking out @bobchipman.bsky.social's video on Hopalong Cassidy and the American Western, and my God it's good to get back to his long-form video essay content. If you're remotely interested in the history of Westerns, check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Kc...
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Why the new narrative that 2024 Labour MPs are Mandelson clones is nonsense. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
February 6, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Why the new narrative that 2024 Labour MPs are Mandelson clones is nonsense. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
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"Normal person" is a character, and he plays it really well
(seen a bunch of people sharing this/talking in general about how "normal" Mamdani is but imo this doesn't show a normal person, but an *exceptionally* skilled communicator - a normal person wouldn't react like that to having a speech interrupted by a child! give him his due!)
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM
"Normal person" is a character, and he plays it really well