Roy Lonergan
@roylonergan.bsky.social
Son of immigrants. Not integrated. East, east, east London.
Some photographs: https://t.co/B0HT8DtgRg
Some photographs: https://t.co/B0HT8DtgRg
Writing is on the wall for conservatives coming up to their 75th birthday.
"Timothy Dolan" is such a Meanest Teacher In School name.
Pope Leo XIV has replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced, sidelining a prominent US Church figure in a major shake-up of the country's Catholic leadership.
December 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Writing is on the wall for conservatives coming up to their 75th birthday.
Woh!
This - “probable existence of material misstatement within the underlying transactions” - is polite auditor language for “it’s a complete shit show and someone should be prosecuted”.
This - “probable existence of material misstatement within the underlying transactions” - is polite auditor language for “it’s a complete shit show and someone should be prosecuted”.
Auditors and new officials have been turning over stones at the body in charge of Teesworks. Turns out the Tees Valley Combined Authority has been lending hundreds of millions of £ to connected orgs, without loan agreements, and those orgs are now struggling to repay
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as.ft.com/r/ac457745-4...
Auditors raise red flags at public body run by Ben Houchen
[FREE TO READ] EY said errors included ‘material misstatements’ in latest setback for Conservative metro mayor Lord Houchen
as.ft.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Woh!
This - “probable existence of material misstatement within the underlying transactions” - is polite auditor language for “it’s a complete shit show and someone should be prosecuted”.
This - “probable existence of material misstatement within the underlying transactions” - is polite auditor language for “it’s a complete shit show and someone should be prosecuted”.
Went to a showing of The Ballad of Narayama at Japan House. Features snow, but definitely not a Christmas movie.
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Went to a showing of The Ballad of Narayama at Japan House. Features snow, but definitely not a Christmas movie.
Apart from the general craziness of this scheme, four cubic kilometers of refective satellites would be a massive new source of light pollution.
"AI appears to be a foundational general-purpose technology — akin to electricity or the steam engine — we should anticipate that its use will continue to broaden across all aspects of human endeavor... helping to tackle some of humanity’s greatest challenges." /1
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.19468
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.19468
arxiv.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Apart from the general craziness of this scheme, four cubic kilometers of refective satellites would be a massive new source of light pollution.
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W. Eugene Smith, Factory Reflected in River, 1955-6
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
W. Eugene Smith, Factory Reflected in River, 1955-6
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
Reef shark
Lobster
Basking shark
Conger eel
Julian Dicks
Reef shark
Lobster
Basking shark
Conger eel
Julian Dicks
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
Eagle
Marmot
Chamois
Otter
Seal
Eagle
Marmot
Chamois
Otter
Seal
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Mongoose
Barracuda
Chamois
Dolphin
Badger
Mongoose
Barracuda
Chamois
Dolphin
Badger
December 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
Reef shark
Lobster
Basking shark
Conger eel
Julian Dicks
Reef shark
Lobster
Basking shark
Conger eel
Julian Dicks
Having cup of tea. And went for a choccy from the advent calendar. I get the even days but I’ve just noticed that R missed her choccy yesterday.
Do I get to scoop the pot?
Do I get to scoop the pot?
December 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Having cup of tea. And went for a choccy from the advent calendar. I get the even days but I’ve just noticed that R missed her choccy yesterday.
Do I get to scoop the pot?
Do I get to scoop the pot?
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It’s even funnier when you remember that he won the popular vote
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It’s even funnier when you remember that he won the popular vote
1. Abolish USGAAP.
2. Abolish all audit requirements, and
3. Make all board members personally jointly and severally responsible for any loss arising from a material misstatement.
2. Abolish all audit requirements, and
3. Make all board members personally jointly and severally responsible for any loss arising from a material misstatement.
December 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
1. Abolish USGAAP.
2. Abolish all audit requirements, and
3. Make all board members personally jointly and severally responsible for any loss arising from a material misstatement.
2. Abolish all audit requirements, and
3. Make all board members personally jointly and severally responsible for any loss arising from a material misstatement.
This is a beautiful livery. Gollancz adjacent - which is good.
Beautiful book post; coming soon from @goldsf.bsky.social! @darusha.ca
December 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is a beautiful livery. Gollancz adjacent - which is good.
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I assume this is because their tops are made out of rubber their bottoms are made out of springs
December 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I assume this is because their tops are made out of rubber their bottoms are made out of springs
This looks interesting. I was going to say fun, but Russ didn‘t do fun.
the 30th December is a very betwixt and between date. Enliven it with a discussion of The Female Man, with four passionate enthusiasts for Joanna Russ's strange little book. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1697987549... Link goes out on the day.
Discussing the Female Man
The Female Man is Farah Mendlesohn's favourite science fiction novel. Melanie Fishbane has been thinking about its Jewishness. Jed Hartman h
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This looks interesting. I was going to say fun, but Russ didn‘t do fun.
I’ve just watched a YouTube video that accuses Ken Macleod of having gone woke.
December 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’ve just watched a YouTube video that accuses Ken Macleod of having gone woke.
“The humanities and social sciences combat misinformation, global disorder and vaccine hesitancy.” Discuss.
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“The humanities and social sciences combat misinformation, global disorder and vaccine hesitancy.” Discuss.
There's a relatively unkind answer to this question.
This is Econ 101-level misunderstandings, easily avoidable by picking up a textbook (like mine) or having a chat with any PhD student in the field. I don't understand how this keeps happening. /6
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
There's a relatively unkind answer to this question.
Some fraud in the Covid support schemes is a sign that it was working. I don’t know the optimum level of fraud to target for next time, but £10.9bn of “lost” support is peanuts in the long run.
December 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Some fraud in the Covid support schemes is a sign that it was working. I don’t know the optimum level of fraud to target for next time, but £10.9bn of “lost” support is peanuts in the long run.
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"These disparate sources have never before been brought together in a way that offers such an insight into the nature of Celtic languages spoken in these islands at the dawn of the historical period."
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"These disparate sources have never before been brought together in a way that offers such an insight into the nature of Celtic languages spoken in these islands at the dawn of the historical period."
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
On the one hand, fuck those Brits. On the other hand, there is a plethora of pro-Palestine organisations in the UK whose members don’t beat women with sledgehammers.
A totalitarian world is being constructed - the consequences of speaking against genocide and the vital necessity of giving support to those brave souls who do so. Very proud of our Sally Rooney.
Philippe Sands on the chilling effect of order 803:
"Readers, poets and writers who wish to protest, take note! Peaceful protest and expression should not ever be an act of terror or a crime."
"Readers, poets and writers who wish to protest, take note! Peaceful protest and expression should not ever be an act of terror or a crime."
December 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
On the one hand, fuck those Brits. On the other hand, there is a plethora of pro-Palestine organisations in the UK whose members don’t beat women with sledgehammers.
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Eugène Atget, Quai d’Anjou, Paris in a morning fog, 1926
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Eugène Atget, Quai d’Anjou, Paris in a morning fog, 1926
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Léonard Misonne, Sortie De La Gare, Namur, Belgium, 1938
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Léonard Misonne, Sortie De La Gare, Namur, Belgium, 1938
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Happy to see eco-fiction When There Are Wolves Again on this intiguing list. More for the book pile! 📚💚📚
@catamaroon.bsky.social @adamroberts.bsky.social
@catamaroon.bsky.social @adamroberts.bsky.social
Five of the best science fiction books of 2025
An eco-masterpiece, icy intrigue, cyberpunkish cyborgs, memory-eating aliens and super-fast travel sends the world spinning out of control
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Happy to see eco-fiction When There Are Wolves Again on this intiguing list. More for the book pile! 📚💚📚
@catamaroon.bsky.social @adamroberts.bsky.social
@catamaroon.bsky.social @adamroberts.bsky.social
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Don’t listen to the haters and the losers - Spotify Wrapped day is good, actually. Take a moment out of what ever discourse is currently driving you demented and enjoy a bit of whimsy.
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Don’t listen to the haters and the losers - Spotify Wrapped day is good, actually. Take a moment out of what ever discourse is currently driving you demented and enjoy a bit of whimsy.