Robert Ramsay
@robertramsay.org
Wizard, Author, Lyricist and Voiceover. Will word for food.
Book: 'The Engineering of Coincidence' https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/embed?asin=B0834BLHNS
Album: 'Confound and Disturb' robertramsay.bandcamp.com
Book: 'The Engineering of Coincidence' https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/embed?asin=B0834BLHNS
Album: 'Confound and Disturb' robertramsay.bandcamp.com
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Robert Ramsay
@robertramsay.org
· Oct 18
The Engineering of Coincidence: a scientific explanation of magic
Shared via Kindle. Description: <p><i>“Magic is the engineering of coincidence”</i></p><p>Fireballs. Wands. Turning people into frogs. Everyone knows that wizards like Harry Potter are fictional. But ...
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My book is a real scientific explanation of real magic, thirty years in the making. Paperback and e-book available from Amazon :-)
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YouGov with the hot (pyjama) button issues there.
Is it acceptable to wear pyjamas on a flight?
61% of Brits say no, echoing US transport secretary Sean Duffy who criticised PJ-clad passengers yesterday
However, generations differ: 71% of 18-24yr olds say it is acceptable, compared to 11% of over-65s
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
61% of Brits say no, echoing US transport secretary Sean Duffy who criticised PJ-clad passengers yesterday
However, generations differ: 71% of 18-24yr olds say it is acceptable, compared to 11% of over-65s
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
YouGov with the hot (pyjama) button issues there.
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Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
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"People who are good at their jobs should do be doing their jobs, not admin related to their job that they may not be any good at."
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"People who are good at their jobs should do be doing their jobs, not admin related to their job that they may not be any good at."
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
Evergreen skeet.
It's so hard to know what matters these days
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Evergreen skeet.
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Black shirts. Sure.
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Black shirts. Sure.
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New analysis by the House of Commons library estimates that Brexit is costing the Treasury up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenue.
To fix our nations finances we must get closer to Europe and fix the problems caused by Brexit...
https://bit.ly/4pobLzs
To fix our nations finances we must get closer to Europe and fix the problems caused by Brexit...
https://bit.ly/4pobLzs
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New analysis by the House of Commons library estimates that Brexit is costing the Treasury up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenue.
To fix our nations finances we must get closer to Europe and fix the problems caused by Brexit...
https://bit.ly/4pobLzs
To fix our nations finances we must get closer to Europe and fix the problems caused by Brexit...
https://bit.ly/4pobLzs
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An update on this. Roughly half the people who got through to a screening interview clearly didn't have the skills to do the job.
I AM BEGGING YOU. Don't use LLMs for your job application. They all read exactly the same.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
An update on this. Roughly half the people who got through to a screening interview clearly didn't have the skills to do the job.
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"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Tim Davie misled audience about the BBC’s supposed leftwing agenda | Good Law Project
Speaking at a book festival, the former director general suggested the BBC newsroom was full of BLM T-shirts and Kamala mugs. But that’s fake news.
goodlaw.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
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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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This really is the most awesome product. Male (gay) sheep are usually culled because they don’t reproduce, but a sheep farmer has rescued them and they have a line of clothing produced from their wool to support the gay sheep.
a man is sitting on a couch and saying " i feel like that needs to be celebrated "
ALT: a man is sitting on a couch and saying " i feel like that needs to be celebrated "
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This really is the most awesome product. Male (gay) sheep are usually culled because they don’t reproduce, but a sheep farmer has rescued them and they have a line of clothing produced from their wool to support the gay sheep.
This is fascinating stuff!
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
Thirty years ago, an entire section of the Northern line had to be replaced because it was under attack from acid, and hardly anyone noticed that it was happening.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This is fascinating stuff!
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November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I look forward to hiring a Chief AI Officer whose job will be to just tell anyone who suggests using AI for anything to shut the fuck up.
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I look forward to hiring a Chief AI Officer whose job will be to just tell anyone who suggests using AI for anything to shut the fuck up.
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The Universal Truth with Musk is that where he buys things and lets others run it he looks successful (SpaceX, mostly Tesla) where he puts his direct touch on things they go to utter shit (Cybertruck, Twitter, managing Paypal) because he is a moronic trash human
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Universal Truth with Musk is that where he buys things and lets others run it he looks successful (SpaceX, mostly Tesla) where he puts his direct touch on things they go to utter shit (Cybertruck, Twitter, managing Paypal) because he is a moronic trash human
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The guy was doing "code reviews" from printouts to decide which engineers to keep. Tesla engineers were doing maintenance wihout really any time to get familiar with the platform. It was/probably still is a rancid shitshow.
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The guy was doing "code reviews" from printouts to decide which engineers to keep. Tesla engineers were doing maintenance wihout really any time to get familiar with the platform. It was/probably still is a rancid shitshow.
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Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Someone is having concerns about Twitter privacy all of a sudden
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
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Almost half the US economy is now based on Nvidia selling GPUs to itself using other companies as proxies
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Almost half the US economy is now based on Nvidia selling GPUs to itself using other companies as proxies
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if the telegraph can’t find a new buyer maybe it should just be towed out into the north sea and sunk
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
if the telegraph can’t find a new buyer maybe it should just be towed out into the north sea and sunk
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They have given up the ability to think long term, because they have evolved into perfect quarterly profit creatures. They are essentially blind to the future, which is why the rob it with abandon. When the cliff comes, they will be demanding to know what happened and who did this.
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
They have given up the ability to think long term, because they have evolved into perfect quarterly profit creatures. They are essentially blind to the future, which is why the rob it with abandon. When the cliff comes, they will be demanding to know what happened and who did this.
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This year I stood among 25,000 non-conforming, neurodiverse, LGBTQIA+, multicultural, HAPPY people, and recognised my people.
@cormacmccafe.bsky.social gets it.
“Everyone welcomed me with the joke that ‘It’s cheaper than therapy.’"
@cormacmccafe.bsky.social gets it.
“Everyone welcomed me with the joke that ‘It’s cheaper than therapy.’"
After 10 years talking to knights, squires and wizards, I understand why ren fairs are booming
As the loneliness epidemic worsens, young people are finding themselves and each other through the thriving culture of medieval and renaissance fairs
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This year I stood among 25,000 non-conforming, neurodiverse, LGBTQIA+, multicultural, HAPPY people, and recognised my people.
@cormacmccafe.bsky.social gets it.
“Everyone welcomed me with the joke that ‘It’s cheaper than therapy.’"
@cormacmccafe.bsky.social gets it.
“Everyone welcomed me with the joke that ‘It’s cheaper than therapy.’"
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can tell it's hiphop if you can sing 'Jingle Bells' to it.
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can tell it's hiphop if you can sing 'Jingle Bells' to it.
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Christmas songs are how Jews punished everyone (including ourselves) for having to put up with the Christmas season.
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Christmas songs are how Jews punished everyone (including ourselves) for having to put up with the Christmas season.
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We prefer the word 'vegetarians.' Rude.
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We prefer the word 'vegetarians.' Rude.