Rupert Stubbs
@rupertstubbs.bsky.social
Proudest of the posts I didn’t send.
Most embarrassed by the ones I do.
Most embarrassed by the ones I do.
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The French for 92—quatre-vingt-douze, or 4,20,12—is a bit wild, no?
The Danes: “Hold our Carlsberg!”
buff.ly/NvguscZ
The Danes: “Hold our Carlsberg!”
buff.ly/NvguscZ
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The French for 92—quatre-vingt-douze, or 4,20,12—is a bit wild, no?
The Danes: “Hold our Carlsberg!”
buff.ly/NvguscZ
The Danes: “Hold our Carlsberg!”
buff.ly/NvguscZ
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Life goals: batting in greaves instead of pads.
Richard Burton playing cricket on the set of Alexander The Great during filming in Spain in the summer of 1955
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Life goals: batting in greaves instead of pads.
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Ohmigod. "Zosia: What ever happened to Andrea Sylvester who kissed me at the 4th grade science fair then said she liked that asshole Matt Grass a week later, then moved to Florida the next year?"
Making the pluribus tell me who had crushes on me and what I did to make them change their mind
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Ohmigod. "Zosia: What ever happened to Andrea Sylvester who kissed me at the 4th grade science fair then said she liked that asshole Matt Grass a week later, then moved to Florida the next year?"
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November 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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One of the greatest moments of orchestral music
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
One of the greatest moments of orchestral music
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“Mirek, could you provide a photo of you looking anxious”
“Sorry I only have this”
“Sorry I only have this”
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“Mirek, could you provide a photo of you looking anxious”
“Sorry I only have this”
“Sorry I only have this”
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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People always look surprised when you throw a baby at them
August 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
People always look surprised when you throw a baby at them
Wonderful piece.
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Wonderful piece.
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For the record, as far as I'm concerned the alternative to juries isn't single-judge courts, but a panel of three judges. The theory is that they cancel out each other's biases. (And that they have to explain their reasoning anyway.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-short-de...
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-short-de...
A short defence of juries
The jury system is not without faults but there is a good reason why they exist.
emptycity.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
For the record, as far as I'm concerned the alternative to juries isn't single-judge courts, but a panel of three judges. The theory is that they cancel out each other's biases. (And that they have to explain their reasoning anyway.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-short-de...
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-short-de...
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Every spec fic take on the British: oh they all want to run about looking like medieval knights
Me: nonsense
Actual British futurism:
Me: nonsense
Actual British futurism:
real Lunar spacesuit designed by the British interplanetary society.
I think it would be perfect for a comic, (it even has a cape!!!!)
I think it would be perfect for a comic, (it even has a cape!!!!)
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Every spec fic take on the British: oh they all want to run about looking like medieval knights
Me: nonsense
Actual British futurism:
Me: nonsense
Actual British futurism:
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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There is never any daylight between the positions of Russia and JD Vance.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
There is never any daylight between the positions of Russia and JD Vance.
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You can now watch #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge if you have Apple TV. Look out for the killer koalas!
I've watched all the episodes and highly recommend it. My main complaint - the bits at the end featuring the researchers talking the science are way too short!
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
I've watched all the episodes and highly recommend it. My main complaint - the bits at the end featuring the researchers talking the science are way too short!
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
Extinct animals in Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age make it a must-watch
From woolly mammoths to giant sloths, via some lesser-known ice-age beasts like 'killer koalas', the visuals in this documentary are simply astounding
www.newscientist.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
You can now watch #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge if you have Apple TV. Look out for the killer koalas!
I've watched all the episodes and highly recommend it. My main complaint - the bits at the end featuring the researchers talking the science are way too short!
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
I've watched all the episodes and highly recommend it. My main complaint - the bits at the end featuring the researchers talking the science are way too short!
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
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Love to be trying to work out if the entire budget just leaked on a financial newswire that I'm reading via a knock-off third party aggregator so can't tell if it's real.
UK OBR: MILEAGE-BASED CHARGE ON ELECTRIC CARS RAISES 1.4 BLN STG IN 2029-30
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Love to be trying to work out if the entire budget just leaked on a financial newswire that I'm reading via a knock-off third party aggregator so can't tell if it's real.
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Having served on a jury in a rape trial, I'd have preferred a judge to decide guilt/innocence than a bunch of people who were sadly incapable of applying any logic to the clear evidence they were presented with and prepared, given their blatant sexism, to see the defence counsel destroy the victim.
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Having served on a jury in a rape trial, I'd have preferred a judge to decide guilt/innocence than a bunch of people who were sadly incapable of applying any logic to the clear evidence they were presented with and prepared, given their blatant sexism, to see the defence counsel destroy the victim.
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I love you FT Editor who signed off on the this chart header 🤌
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I love you FT Editor who signed off on the this chart header 🤌
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What a remarkably detailed song. Every cubic inch of this song is thoroughly considered and emotionally optimized.
Imagine being in a room in 1964 and hearing this happening.
youtu.be/q3NTVkHwD5I?...
Imagine being in a room in 1964 and hearing this happening.
youtu.be/q3NTVkHwD5I?...
The Beatles - Please Please Me
YouTube video by Paulo Roberto
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What a remarkably detailed song. Every cubic inch of this song is thoroughly considered and emotionally optimized.
Imagine being in a room in 1964 and hearing this happening.
youtu.be/q3NTVkHwD5I?...
Imagine being in a room in 1964 and hearing this happening.
youtu.be/q3NTVkHwD5I?...
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Imagine TV News covering this farmer protest - banned, but turned up anyway, grinding capital to a halt - if it were about Palestine or climate change, not inheritance tax. Would they present protesters as heroes? Or showing "I need to get to work" and "me auld mam missed her hip operation" voxpops?
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Imagine TV News covering this farmer protest - banned, but turned up anyway, grinding capital to a halt - if it were about Palestine or climate change, not inheritance tax. Would they present protesters as heroes? Or showing "I need to get to work" and "me auld mam missed her hip operation" voxpops?
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Christ, this is heartbreaking. Looking around my bit of Cornwall... the sheer scale of what was thrown away... millions for farmers, hundreds of thousands for schools, more hundreds for young people and culture and...
www.myeu.uk
www.myeu.uk
myeu.uk – see what the EU has done for you
The EU invests around £5 billion a year in the UK. Search by your address or postcode to see some of the investments near you.
www.myeu.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Christ, this is heartbreaking. Looking around my bit of Cornwall... the sheer scale of what was thrown away... millions for farmers, hundreds of thousands for schools, more hundreds for young people and culture and...
www.myeu.uk
www.myeu.uk
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The Mary Rose is over 500 years old, so her timbers need to be monitored to make sure they're not moving too much.
This total station rotates regularly, shooting lasers at reflectors all over the ship to see if anything has moved.
maryrose.org/discover/con...
#Museum30 #Moving
This total station rotates regularly, shooting lasers at reflectors all over the ship to see if anything has moved.
maryrose.org/discover/con...
#Museum30 #Moving
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Mary Rose is over 500 years old, so her timbers need to be monitored to make sure they're not moving too much.
This total station rotates regularly, shooting lasers at reflectors all over the ship to see if anything has moved.
maryrose.org/discover/con...
#Museum30 #Moving
This total station rotates regularly, shooting lasers at reflectors all over the ship to see if anything has moved.
maryrose.org/discover/con...
#Museum30 #Moving
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Martin Wolf wonders whether the US or China will be the first to abandon its current follies on trade imbalances, but I don't think this is the right way to understand the current "fracturing" of globalization.
www.ft.com/content/b515...
Martin Wolf wonders whether the US or China will be the first to abandon its current follies on trade imbalances, but I don't think this is the right way to understand the current "fracturing" of globalization.
www.ft.com/content/b515...
The fracturing of the world economy
Will the US or China abandon their current follies sooner?
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Martin Wolf wonders whether the US or China will be the first to abandon its current follies on trade imbalances, but I don't think this is the right way to understand the current "fracturing" of globalization.
www.ft.com/content/b515...
Martin Wolf wonders whether the US or China will be the first to abandon its current follies on trade imbalances, but I don't think this is the right way to understand the current "fracturing" of globalization.
www.ft.com/content/b515...
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yeah, this is good. I am seeing an awful lot of people who usually wouldn't trust Musk as far as they could throw him suddenly nodding along and agreeing that yes, obviously this geolocation feature is absolutely fine because it aligns with their priors.
The Twitter/X account geolocation feature should be treated with scepticism (FREE TO READ!)
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-twitte...
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-twitte...
The Twitter/X account geolocation feature should be treated with scepticism
And surely BBC Verify should actually... verify... things?
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
yeah, this is good. I am seeing an awful lot of people who usually wouldn't trust Musk as far as they could throw him suddenly nodding along and agreeing that yes, obviously this geolocation feature is absolutely fine because it aligns with their priors.
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Fantastic(ally depressing) article and this rather sums it all up
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Fantastic(ally depressing) article and this rather sums it all up
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This is what Peak Male Performance looks like.
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is what Peak Male Performance looks like.