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Paul Fernandez

@exilefromgroggs.bsky.social

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Books. Music. Language. Science. Theology. Family. Talk. Think. #FBPE #NHS 🩵 #KTTO Remarried widower. Retd pilot. PhD research (applied linguistics)

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 15d

In the unlikely event anybody is interested in trekking to Herts to hear me talk about my research and career in flying, I'm, erm, talking about my research and career in flying. www.tickettailor.com/events/unive... Tickets are free but spaces need to be booked due to limited capacity.

Book your space – Language in the Sky: Can Linguistics Shape Airline Safety? – Rucklers Lane Village Hall, Hertfordshire

Language in the Sky: Can Linguistics Shape Airline Safety? – Rucklers Lane Village Hall, Hertfordshire, Wed 5 Nov 2025 -

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2h

I can't think of ANY Nobel Prize that has been given to someone not motivated by the pursuit of their ideal, but instead by the pursuit of a prize. Pursuing a Nobel Peace Prize rather than simply pursuing peace is grotesque.

Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2h

Weird, isn't it?

Recently, I've been struck by the fact that at some point, people were living in a world in which "The times they are a'changin", Mona Lisa and Captain America didn't exist. And, presumably, their absence wasn't considered remarkable.

Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2h

Various articles talk about Trump's "bid" to win the Nobel Peace Prize. I can't think of ANY winner of a Nobel who has been fundamentally motivated by the prize itself. Particularly for the Peace Prize, it's grotesque to think about people "pursuing peace" not because it's right, but for adulation.

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 19h

If anyone is interested in an ONLINE presentation about my research (rather than one in darkest Hertfordshire), that's now happening, following my being inundated with a message requesting it. www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...

6th November, 7.30-9 pm ish.

www.tickettailor.com

Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 19h

(6th November, 7.30pm-9pm ish)

Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 19h

Book your space – Language in the Sky: Can Linguistics Shape Airline Safety? – ONLINE

Language in the Sky: Can Linguistics Shape Airline Safety? – ONLINE, Thu 6 Nov 2025 -

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 1d

I used to play the piano.

Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 1d

Dear BBC News.

A reality TV entertainment show is not news.

I hope that's cleared it up.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

Yours,

Reality

Celebrity Traitors: Celebrities enter castle as first three Traitors are revealed - live updates

There's £100,000 up for grabs for the charity of the winner's choosing - but will the Traitors remain undetected?

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 1d

Did not have "Robert Jenrick deconstructing ventriloquism" on my bingo card for the autumn but here we are.

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2d

A quick plug for the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, for those who are unaware of the actual value of "worthless" degrees. Here's the website: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/search/

Events | Festival of Social Science

Festival of Social Science 2025 Event list page. The festival runs from Saturday 18 October to Saturday 8 November 2025

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2d

It was Darren Hutchinson that said that?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2d

Plus the NRA - their justification for the right to bear arms is to oppose dictatorships.

But I suspect most of them were more interested in getting their guns out to cosplay as important people for ICE.

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2d

I get that the genie can't go back in the bottle, but I really can't see a bad side to what Clegg "threatens". AI is doing what every other new tech has done but more so - concentrating power and wealth in the hands of a few whilst screwing everyone else.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2d

a woman says that doesn 't sound so bad

ALT: a woman says that doesn 't sound so bad

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2d

I've reached the point where I've concluded that if Badenoch says something, it's almost certainly wrong.

On the back of Eng Lang at OU, I'm doing a PhD in linguistics, looking at how to make multilingual high-risk environments safe.

festivalofsocialscience.com/events/langu...

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2d

CompSci at Cambridge? We were taught stuff that five people in the world needed to know.

I was not one of them.

Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2d

I did an OU English Language and Literature degree (my degree when I was young was CompSci at Cambridge).

On the back of Eng Lang, I'm doing a PhD in linguistics, looking at how to make multilingual high-risk environments safe.

festivalofsocialscience.com/events/langu...

a cartoon character says kronk this is kind of important in yellow letters

ALT: a cartoon character says kronk this is kind of important in yellow letters

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 2d

Has Trump used his executive authority to have the Epstein files released yet?

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 3d

Netflix Three-Body Problem already dated. The death of children was supposed to be shocking. In the last three years, the removal of children's innocence by adult powers has been normalised.

Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 3d

Hmm.

a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face with a caption .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face with a caption .

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 3d

I may be wrong, but I don't think you can make a Wulferhampton website with that.

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Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 3d

When you put it like that, it does sound like @mrpipsbarkings.bsky.social.

Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 3d

The enemies identified by US presidents.

Washington: The British
Lincoln: The Confederacy
Franklin delano Roosevelt: Nazis
John F Kennedy: Communism
George W Bush: Terrorism
Donald J Trump: Portland, Oregon

Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 3d

The UK is flirting with this. Abandoning ECHR, continuing to brand undesirable political protest as terrorism, biased media, flawed electoral processes and permitting the corruption of foreign money in political processes are all on the edge of dispensing with international legal standards.

Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 3d

... in a good way, though?