Lerrup
@lerrup.bsky.social
Cyclist, slack arse and Cornish in exile in England. Tired, in-house lawyer.
Like to pretend views my own, but are they really? What really is free will, etc.
Like to pretend views my own, but are they really? What really is free will, etc.
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Left: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home
Right: Nigel Farage's Reform UK advertising a job which is working form home
Right: Nigel Farage's Reform UK advertising a job which is working form home
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Left: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home
Right: Nigel Farage's Reform UK advertising a job which is working form home
Right: Nigel Farage's Reform UK advertising a job which is working form home
Can see this having a tough time getting legislative approval in Europe (and possibly the UK), or I can naively hope
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Can see this having a tough time getting legislative approval in Europe (and possibly the UK), or I can naively hope
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Just beyond parody at this point
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Just beyond parody at this point
Just thought I should share this as it's, just what is that sentient haystack and why isn't he in jail?
February 7, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Just thought I should share this as it's, just what is that sentient haystack and why isn't he in jail?
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The system we have now quite literally embeds the income and wealth inequalities HE is supposed to alleviate. It is outrageous and incredible that a progressive govt could describe it in any way as “fair.” Too many senior politicians today think we have Plan 1 loans. They just don’t understand it.
February 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The system we have now quite literally embeds the income and wealth inequalities HE is supposed to alleviate. It is outrageous and incredible that a progressive govt could describe it in any way as “fair.” Too many senior politicians today think we have Plan 1 loans. They just don’t understand it.
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IOC will remove this soon due to copyright, but here it is
February 6, 2026 at 10:08 PM
IOC will remove this soon due to copyright, but here it is
And as an aside, anyone who claims to be British and says the math ain't mathing deserves all the contempt you can muster
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
And as an aside, anyone who claims to be British and says the math ain't mathing deserves all the contempt you can muster
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"But surely the biggest issue is we simply have a different legal relationship with our streets from that of almost any major US city. It’s not so much that jaywalking is legal here, as that it’s an entirely non-existent concept."
Of self-driving cars, and the non-existence of jaywalking
Also this week: the unexpected indeterminacy of rivers; and a barcode map of the UK.
jonn.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
"But surely the biggest issue is we simply have a different legal relationship with our streets from that of almost any major US city. It’s not so much that jaywalking is legal here, as that it’s an entirely non-existent concept."
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I will vote for any political party which promises to end the scourge of structural engineers.
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I will vote for any political party which promises to end the scourge of structural engineers.
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It’s very loud in Kyiv.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
February 2, 2026 at 11:43 PM
It’s very loud in Kyiv.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
I've never understood the fatal attraction he had for Labour leaders
February 2, 2026 at 8:08 AM
I've never understood the fatal attraction he had for Labour leaders
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Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
I did enjoy this, and it just makes my desire to ban the word devolution stronger and instead replace it with a more dispersed constitutional settlement.
Subsidiarity isn't it?
open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/c...
Subsidiarity isn't it?
open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/c...
Could Cornwall really become the fifth nation of the UK?
Or: what is a nation, anyway?
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:52 AM
I did enjoy this, and it just makes my desire to ban the word devolution stronger and instead replace it with a more dispersed constitutional settlement.
Subsidiarity isn't it?
open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/c...
Subsidiarity isn't it?
open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/c...
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This was from 2024, but sadly it remains just as relevant today. Deeply troubling.
January 30, 2026 at 10:08 PM
This was from 2024, but sadly it remains just as relevant today. Deeply troubling.
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A bunch of Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas are available for fourteen quid on The Humble Bundle just for whoever needs to know.
Humble Audio Drama Bundle: Doctor Who Audio Adventures by Big Finish
Join the Doctor and his many companions on audio adventures through time and space! Pay what you want and support BBC’s Children in Need with your purchase.
www.humblebundle.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:42 PM
A bunch of Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas are available for fourteen quid on The Humble Bundle just for whoever needs to know.
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The government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
January 28, 2026 at 8:37 AM
The government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
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Zelenskyy: Today, Russia struck a passenger train in the Kharkiv region with attack drones. In any country, a drone strike on a civilian train would be regarded in the same way – purely as an act of terrorism
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Zelenskyy: Today, Russia struck a passenger train in the Kharkiv region with attack drones. In any country, a drone strike on a civilian train would be regarded in the same way – purely as an act of terrorism
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Television began on this day in 1926. Shortly after that, Doctor Who fans started a campaign to get rid of the current producer.
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Television began on this day in 1926. Shortly after that, Doctor Who fans started a campaign to get rid of the current producer.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
How does AI teach you to fry an egg?
What's wrong with Delia?
What's wrong with Delia?
January 22, 2026 at 1:43 PM
How does AI teach you to fry an egg?
What's wrong with Delia?
What's wrong with Delia?
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If you live in the UK and you were shocked to see the US ICE seize a 5 year old boy, don't forget this is what Nigel Farage and the Reform Party UK want for our country.
January 22, 2026 at 9:15 AM
If you live in the UK and you were shocked to see the US ICE seize a 5 year old boy, don't forget this is what Nigel Farage and the Reform Party UK want for our country.