Ervin Sperla
@ervinsperla.bsky.social
European. Interested in linguistics, politics, science, humour. Good to be here.
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Utterly surreal that a key part of the pre Budget narrative from the government hasn’t been ‘Russian planes keep buzzing the Essex coast, US support for NATO is looking shaky, and thanks to the Tories our army fits in Old Trafford - that’s why we need to raise taxes’.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Utterly surreal that a key part of the pre Budget narrative from the government hasn’t been ‘Russian planes keep buzzing the Essex coast, US support for NATO is looking shaky, and thanks to the Tories our army fits in Old Trafford - that’s why we need to raise taxes’.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
This is really good. 🤌
We started showing our 8yo Back to the Future tonight. My Spanish wife texted her aunt about it & she said she never heard of it. Then she said do you mean Back to the Past which is its Spanish title.
Shouldn’t be surprised by the literalness as Knight Rider is called The Fantastic Car over there.
Shouldn’t be surprised by the literalness as Knight Rider is called The Fantastic Car over there.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is really good. 🤌
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November 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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![[Scene is JESUS sat behind a boss’s desk in his office on a cloud in HEAVEN]
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JESUS [speaking into intercom]
Hi can you send in Saint Nicholas please
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SANTA [entering in full Santa garb]:
Hi boss
JESUS:
Hi Nick
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JESUS:
Listen - about this ‘my birthday’ thing...
SANTA:
Ohh not this again boss
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JESUS:
Nick, it’s out of hand. *You’ve* got out of hand.
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JESUS:
I mean when I hired you, you was all humble, hiding under windows, lobbing in dowries…
And now you’re like…
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JESUS [gesturing disdainfully at Santa’s clothing]:
I mean - what’s this.
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SANTA:
This is my get up! I’ve had this since the Coca Cola deal in the 30s
JESUS:
*That’s what I mean.*
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JESUS:
You’ve just gone too -
SANTA:
Oh no, oh no -
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SANTA:
Sorry boss but waaay back in the Reformation, right, Martin Luther said: “why don’t we have Jesus delivering the presents?”. And when he prayed to ask you, do you remember what you said? Eh?
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SANTA:
You said: “I ain’t going back there”
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SANTA:
If you wanna take over -
JESUS:
Oh yeah! Kids coming downstairs to find me resurrected in their living room going "I got you an Xbox"...
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SANTA:
You’re just feeling threatened cos I’m doing a bloody good -
JESUS:
*WATCH IT NICK*.
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"Men are in trouble, is the solution making them a problem for women and children too"
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Men are in trouble, is the solution making them a problem for women and children too"
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
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The Valley Girl’s prayer
make me ready, Lord, for whatever
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Valley Girl’s prayer
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Describing a society that can produce this level of science and also elect a guy who says your neighbours eat your dogs and cats would never work in fiction.
NASA just captured a comet from another solar system, from nearly every angle. 🛰️🧪
Comet 3I/ATLAS isn’t just any comet, it’s interstellar, formed in a different star system and now offering a rare look at alien material passing through ours.
Comet 3I/ATLAS isn’t just any comet, it’s interstellar, formed in a different star system and now offering a rare look at alien material passing through ours.
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Describing a society that can produce this level of science and also elect a guy who says your neighbours eat your dogs and cats would never work in fiction.
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Loving this Larry Summers arc where he’s like, wow taking a step back from leadership now that I found out about my own behavior which I have had access to at all times
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Loving this Larry Summers arc where he’s like, wow taking a step back from leadership now that I found out about my own behavior which I have had access to at all times
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private equity buys a company and immediately starts torturing their employees and the money
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
private equity buys a company and immediately starts torturing their employees and the money
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AI slop gracing the cover of Royal Society B. Not only in AI yellow but scientifically nonsensical. Come on. I'm certain human photographs and artworks were ignored to platform ... this.
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
AI slop gracing the cover of Royal Society B. Not only in AI yellow but scientifically nonsensical. Come on. I'm certain human photographs and artworks were ignored to platform ... this.
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How big a piece of shit would you have to be to buy the confiscated jewelry of asylum seekers at a government auction?
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
How big a piece of shit would you have to be to buy the confiscated jewelry of asylum seekers at a government auction?
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All PMs are flawed but I think if you have no coherent vision, no ability to make decisions quickly, no humour or charisma when addressing the public, no strong roots in your party, no talent for charming MPs and no control over your own office, then you are unlikely to be able to turn it around
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
All PMs are flawed but I think if you have no coherent vision, no ability to make decisions quickly, no humour or charisma when addressing the public, no strong roots in your party, no talent for charming MPs and no control over your own office, then you are unlikely to be able to turn it around
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James Rebanks -- Sheepdogs Enjoying Sunshine
#foto #photo #fotografia #fotografía #photography #photografie #fotografie #jamesrebanks #dogs #perros #EastCoastKin
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#foto #photo #fotografia #fotografía #photography #photografie #fotografie #jamesrebanks #dogs #perros #EastCoastKin
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November 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
James Rebanks -- Sheepdogs Enjoying Sunshine
#foto #photo #fotografia #fotografía #photography #photografie #fotografie #jamesrebanks #dogs #perros #EastCoastKin
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R...
#foto #photo #fotografia #fotografía #photography #photografie #fotografie #jamesrebanks #dogs #perros #EastCoastKin
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on the other site, a magnificent post of extraordinary proportions
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
on the other site, a magnificent post of extraordinary proportions
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I would prefer it if Wes Streeting did not become Prime Minister
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I would prefer it if Wes Streeting did not become Prime Minister
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
If he gets to take his headline editor with him, I'm all in.
Looking forward to the new DG, Adrian Chiles
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If he gets to take his headline editor with him, I'm all in.
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Cartoon by @rubenbolling.bsky.social.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Cartoon by @rubenbolling.bsky.social.