Neil Turner
@neilturner.me.uk
Millennial Yorkshire queer partially deaf geek dad/husband. Works in university admissions, specialising in PhD and MBA. Likes photography and social media, doesn't like writing in the third person. He/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️#LGBwiththeT https://neilturner.me.uk
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Neil Turner
@neilturner.me.uk
· Nov 16
Hello. - Neil Turner's Blog
I’m Neil Turner, a UK-based queer higher education professional with interests in technology, social media and photography, and this is my presence on the web. I have a blog (here), and I am also on t...
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I guess it's time for another #introduction post? I'm Neil, I work in Higher Education and have been *very* online for a long time. Currently a co-chair of LGBTQ+ staff network at work, hearing aid user, interested in transport and live in Yorkshire. Blog at neilturner.me.uk updated every other day.
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Watched that Melania film because I was interested in what happened after she left her family and the trouble she had with Miss Trunchbull and went to live with Miss Honey, but it’s almost like they didn’t care about continuity in this sequel 2/10 wouldn’t recommend
February 5, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Watched that Melania film because I was interested in what happened after she left her family and the trouble she had with Miss Trunchbull and went to live with Miss Honey, but it’s almost like they didn’t care about continuity in this sequel 2/10 wouldn’t recommend
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Another comic I never bothered posting
This one from 2023. Topical galileo humour apropos of precisely nothing at all
This one from 2023. Topical galileo humour apropos of precisely nothing at all
![1. [Title Panel]: Is Your 17th Century Astronomer Spending Too Much Time on His Telescope?
2. [Text -only panel] These days, more and more 17th Century Astronomers have access to telescopes. Here are some warning signs that they are on the slippery slope to Godless heliocentrism!
3. STAYING UP LATE WITH THEIR TELESCOPE
[GALILEO is looking through his telescope out the window at a starry sky].
GALILEO'S WIFE:
Go to bed, Galileo!
GALILEO: In a minute...
4. ‘FOMO’ (FEAR OF MISSING OBSERVATIONS)
GALILEO'S WIFE:
Dinner, Galileo!
GALILEO [Looking through telescope]:
Just need to check my orbits
5. WITHDRAWING FROM REAL-WORLD ACTIVITIES
[Galileo's friend the POPE is now standing next to Galileo, who is still looking through his telescope]
THE POPE: Come to church, Galileo!
GALILEO: Not now...
6. FALLING OUT WITH FRIENDS
GALILEO: [Showing The Pope the book he's working on) I'm just working on my book challenging the Bible's view of the Universe
7. BEING ARRESTED BY THE INQUISITION
[GALILEO is being dragged out of the room, hands outstretched to his telescope. He is calling to it]:
GALILEO: Telescooope
9. GETTING SENTENCED TO HOUSE ARREST UNTIL DEATH FOR HERESY
[GALILEO sitting in front of his telescope, now with bars over the windows]
GALILEO: Ah, crap.
10. CONTINUED TELESCOPE USE DESPITE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES
[GALILEO in same position but now with long white beard, he is looking through his telescope through a barred jail window at the sky]
GALILEO'S WIFE:
Go to bed, Galileo!
GALILEO: In a minute...
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibook423m77cuwcpoahuocnd5dmylnlfi7jdhgaladuzytsynr7q4@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Another comic I never bothered posting
This one from 2023. Topical galileo humour apropos of precisely nothing at all
This one from 2023. Topical galileo humour apropos of precisely nothing at all
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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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Absolute chills
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Absolute chills
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they got rid of the CIA world factbook?????
February 4, 2026 at 11:40 PM
they got rid of the CIA world factbook?????
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February 5, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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just walked out of a dainty little west London café as their "fancy bacon roll" costs 18 (eighteen) pounds and for that price I'd need the "fancy" to mean "contains both caviar and cocaine"
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
just walked out of a dainty little west London café as their "fancy bacon roll" costs 18 (eighteen) pounds and for that price I'd need the "fancy" to mean "contains both caviar and cocaine"
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Fun fact: Bovril was created by a British company, at the request of the French Emperor Napoleon III, during the Franco-Prussian war.
It was known as "Fluid Beef" and was for distribution to French troops.
Unsurprisingly, they rebranded it pretty fast.
It was known as "Fluid Beef" and was for distribution to French troops.
Unsurprisingly, they rebranded it pretty fast.
World War One advert for Bovril, in which a patriotic cow offers to be boiled down and sent down to France.
The beef-extract was consistently marketed as a drink for soldiers. Members of the public were encouraged to send Bovril to the front line to support the forces.
The beef-extract was consistently marketed as a drink for soldiers. Members of the public were encouraged to send Bovril to the front line to support the forces.
February 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Fun fact: Bovril was created by a British company, at the request of the French Emperor Napoleon III, during the Franco-Prussian war.
It was known as "Fluid Beef" and was for distribution to French troops.
Unsurprisingly, they rebranded it pretty fast.
It was known as "Fluid Beef" and was for distribution to French troops.
Unsurprisingly, they rebranded it pretty fast.
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Oh my god I remember this story last year, but only that a number of children had been taken ill at a summer camp
He gave the children sweets laced with drugs so he could sexually assault them and also drugged his wife so she wouldn't wake up while he did it 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He gave the children sweets laced with drugs so he could sexually assault them and also drugged his wife so she wouldn't wake up while he did it 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stathern summer camp sex offender Jon Ruben admits drugging wife
Jon Ruben was arrested after eight children and one adult fell ill at Stathern Lodge in Leicestershire.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Oh my god I remember this story last year, but only that a number of children had been taken ill at a summer camp
He gave the children sweets laced with drugs so he could sexually assault them and also drugged his wife so she wouldn't wake up while he did it 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He gave the children sweets laced with drugs so he could sexually assault them and also drugged his wife so she wouldn't wake up while he did it 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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France’s Foreign Ministry owns Elon Musk in this response:
February 4, 2026 at 10:33 AM
France’s Foreign Ministry owns Elon Musk in this response:
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Really harrowing figures. In particular it *really* frustrates me that a non-zero number of autistic children end up out of education entirely due to minor uniform infractions to meet sensory needs - if uniform is meant to be a leveller that's not how to do it!
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
One in six autistic pupils in UK have not attended school at all since September
Data comes as government prepares to publish plans to overhaul Send system in England
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Really harrowing figures. In particular it *really* frustrates me that a non-zero number of autistic children end up out of education entirely due to minor uniform infractions to meet sensory needs - if uniform is meant to be a leveller that's not how to do it!
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Remember kids, anyone being transphobic is, whether they know it or not, working at the behest of a cabal of paedophilic elites and sex traffickers in order to stop you questioning them making everything shitty.
February 4, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Remember kids, anyone being transphobic is, whether they know it or not, working at the behest of a cabal of paedophilic elites and sex traffickers in order to stop you questioning them making everything shitty.
Replies to this made me aware of nohello.net/en/ - don't just send a message that says 'hello' or 'hi', include the ACTUAL request as well.
February 4, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Replies to this made me aware of nohello.net/en/ - don't just send a message that says 'hello' or 'hi', include the ACTUAL request as well.
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As a roadgeek I loved "old" Paris with the tunnels/flyovers and weird little car shortcuts everywhere. Think of Ronin.
But I cannot say that this is not one of the best success stories going on the planet right now - Paris used to have yellow skies from the smog, I remember those as a kid.
But I cannot say that this is not one of the best success stories going on the planet right now - Paris used to have yellow skies from the smog, I remember those as a kid.
It's incredible how Paris has just absolutely smashed down air pollution (and congestion) in a relatively short time, by taking simple measures like building a truck load of cycle lanes. Lessons to be learnt
February 4, 2026 at 10:25 AM
As a roadgeek I loved "old" Paris with the tunnels/flyovers and weird little car shortcuts everywhere. Think of Ronin.
But I cannot say that this is not one of the best success stories going on the planet right now - Paris used to have yellow skies from the smog, I remember those as a kid.
But I cannot say that this is not one of the best success stories going on the planet right now - Paris used to have yellow skies from the smog, I remember those as a kid.
Sad news about John Virgo. I'll have to dig out my flamboyant waistcoat in his honour. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooke...
John Virgo dies aged 79
John Virgo, who co-presented TV show Big Break and commentated on the BBC for 47 years, has died.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Sad news about John Virgo. I'll have to dig out my flamboyant waistcoat in his honour. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooke...
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Incandescent. One of the best pieces I've read about what university means to people and their communities - and what will happen to a city and people after one closes. The *Labour* government and Jaqui Smith in particular should be ashamed of themselves and shamed into doing something. Deplorable.
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Incandescent. One of the best pieces I've read about what university means to people and their communities - and what will happen to a city and people after one closes. The *Labour* government and Jaqui Smith in particular should be ashamed of themselves and shamed into doing something. Deplorable.
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Apparently morale at DOJ is so low that line attorneys are asking to be held in contempt so they can get some sleep yikes
February 3, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Apparently morale at DOJ is so low that line attorneys are asking to be held in contempt so they can get some sleep yikes
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Former academic and newly-minted Reform candidate Matt Goodwin trying desperately to move the Overton Window all on his own.
Or “lying” as it’s known everywhere else.
Or “lying” as it’s known everywhere else.
February 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Former academic and newly-minted Reform candidate Matt Goodwin trying desperately to move the Overton Window all on his own.
Or “lying” as it’s known everywhere else.
Or “lying” as it’s known everywhere else.
Oh blimey. I use Notepad++ regularly.
February 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Oh blimey. I use Notepad++ regularly.
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It just feels like erecting a golden statue of yourself is starting a countdown timer
February 3, 2026 at 11:29 PM
It just feels like erecting a golden statue of yourself is starting a countdown timer
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Where do you think our name comes from, Greg?
February 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Where do you think our name comes from, Greg?
'I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor' by Arctic Monkeys.
Controversially I'm not a big fan of most of their other songs, but this one is a certified banger.
Controversially I'm not a big fan of most of their other songs, but this one is a certified banger.
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 AM
'I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor' by Arctic Monkeys.
Controversially I'm not a big fan of most of their other songs, but this one is a certified banger.
Controversially I'm not a big fan of most of their other songs, but this one is a certified banger.
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Apparently the emails in the Epstein files show that, not only did Bill Gates get an STD from his extramarital sexual activity, he was planning to give STD meds to his then-wife without her knowing:
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Apparently the emails in the Epstein files show that, not only did Bill Gates get an STD from his extramarital sexual activity, he was planning to give STD meds to his then-wife without her knowing: