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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 7h

1. A thread about the very serious young woman who told me off for allowing my learning disabled eight year old daughter to dance in front of the big screens at a modern art installation.

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 2h

Mephitic forms
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Dominion Of Musk

I read Uncertain Sons And Other Stories by Thomas Ha, as I saw a mention of it on BlueSky months ago and it seemed interesting at the time. I had forgotten I’d ordered a copy when it finally turned…

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 5h

And he's now an old lag, so this next GE is his last shot at making a difference. He's not going to sit out another 4 years after that and there's no line of succession either.

Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 5h

This is the price we have to pay for all those "historical dramas" in which Churchill etc. storm in and out of Whitehall offices in 2 minutes and apparently that's how we fixed all the difficulties in D-Day.

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 5h

To be fair, we don't yet know how much of this is being written by never-had-a-job 24 year-olds who sincerely have no idea about anything at all.

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 5h

I've properly costed a holiday in the Seychelles next month. Now I just need to afford it.

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 5h

or they powdered their noses

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 8h

If Britain had tried to build 5 nuclear reactors we can sure it would be Tory-voting NIMBYs at the forefront of making it never happen within budget or finished in this century.

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 10h

In my tech team meeting today, someone said that coding was going to be less important than "soft skills" in the future.

As the humanities graduate, I said I felt fine about that, as I am soft skills all the way down and never had a tech bone in my body all along.

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 10h

The brand name is strong enough to survive, like "W.H.Smiths" or "Titbits".

Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 10h

Why is it that blandly uncharismatic men like Jenrick, Vance and Rubio are suddenly possessed of the idea of themselves as Man Of Destiny when they barely made an impression as plodding lobby fodder?

Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 10h

The correct Conservative definition of a woman is "someone who can build 5 nuclear reactors and still find time to be a wife and mother".

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 10h

No no no, you see the *real* Conservatives haven't been in power since... dunno, but in recent times it's all been Lib Dems brought in by the traitor Cameron.

Just read the comments on ConservativeHome articles, it's all explained there, on every topic.

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 12h

Gold mines discovered near Lodz?

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 14h

"Robert Jenrick owns a property with an imperial history"

Is it the Death Star?

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 15h

Remarkable that the far Right can't find anyone with even the tiniest trace amount of charisma or fitness these days.

At least when you look at old footage of Mussolini you can see "this guy would be a good bouncer or landlord".

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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 15h

NOT ANY MORE
The DfE has shuttered the Maths Scholarships scheme putting an end to the £31k scholarships that had previously been available.
This is a scandal, as it integrated ITT with support from the IMA, LMS, RSS, MEI, MA and STEM.

HotMinute @hotminuteuk.bsky.social · 1d

People with the potential to become teachers are being offered bursaries and scholarships worth up to £31,000 to train to teach in subjects including chemistry, maths, physics, and computing.

UK to offer £31,000 tax-free to get more teachers into classrooms

People with the potential to become teachers are being offered bursaries and scholarships worth up to £31,000 to train to teach in subjects including chemistry, maths, physics, and computing.

hotminute.co.uk

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 15h

Masters of the Dark Arts degree.

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 15h

Of course the whole thing is an allegory for neoliberalism.

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 15h

IDEA FOR A MODERN HORROR FILM: someone checks the numbers and realises that "too many are *finishing* university", ie. some sort of sinister cloning experiment is going on

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 15h

There's only one Mickey Mouse degree and it's Cartoon Studies.

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 15h

I have been totally focused on Delivery in 2025, and one of the key goals I Delivered was to upgrade my desktop PC from 10 to 11.

Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 15h

Real Trussism has never been tried.

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 15h

Yes yes Economics is only in there because they needed a 3rd letter, but *apart from that*

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 15h

And if you think PPE is a Bad Thing, please give us some detail on what is wrong with it. Also, show your full range of opinion-having by being critical of a few science courses as well.

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