Colin Fine
@colinfine.bsky.social
North Yorkshire.
Theatre owner, accordianist and pianist, tour guide at Fountains Abbey and Treasurers House, amateur linguist, member of the More To Life community
Theatre owner, accordianist and pianist, tour guide at Fountains Abbey and Treasurers House, amateur linguist, member of the More To Life community
LOLs reading this thread.
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
LOLs reading this thread.
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How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
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Flowers for Algorithm
Dystopian science fiction story about Grok being repeatedly lobotimized by Elon every time it contradicts him
October 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Flowers for Algorithm
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*Slow handclap*
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner:
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner:
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
*Slow handclap*
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner:
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner:
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"Virtue signaling": a phrase invented by those who've smashed their own moral compasses and are pissed off that others' can still find north.
January 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Virtue signaling": a phrase invented by those who've smashed their own moral compasses and are pissed off that others' can still find north.
Just finished The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy, by Arik Kershenbaum.
Enjoyed it (though he makes some dinos remarks about language). But startled to find not a single mention of Jack Cohen.
Enjoyed it (though he makes some dinos remarks about language). But startled to find not a single mention of Jack Cohen.
November 21, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Just finished The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy, by Arik Kershenbaum.
Enjoyed it (though he makes some dinos remarks about language). But startled to find not a single mention of Jack Cohen.
Enjoyed it (though he makes some dinos remarks about language). But startled to find not a single mention of Jack Cohen.
Day out in #York yesterday. Intended to take a tour of #FairfaxHouse but it was closed. Had booked for the #VanGogh immersive experience: tech problems so they couldn't run until lunchtime, but I saw it eventually. In the meantime I took a tour of #York Minster
February 24, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Day out in #York yesterday. Intended to take a tour of #FairfaxHouse but it was closed. Had booked for the #VanGogh immersive experience: tech problems so they couldn't run until lunchtime, but I saw it eventually. In the meantime I took a tour of #York Minster
Delighted to find that the #YorkshireMuseum has part of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey in situ in it's downstairs exhibition space.
February 18, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Delighted to find that the #YorkshireMuseum has part of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey in situ in it's downstairs exhibition space.
I was reminded yesterday:
The last few times I've been to the Science and Museum in Bradford (currently closed for refurbishment) I've seen an exhibit which in my opinion has every virtue - except that of illustrating what it is supposed to show. 1/n
The last few times I've been to the Science and Museum in Bradford (currently closed for refurbishment) I've seen an exhibit which in my opinion has every virtue - except that of illustrating what it is supposed to show. 1/n
January 31, 2024 at 10:30 AM
I was reminded yesterday:
The last few times I've been to the Science and Museum in Bradford (currently closed for refurbishment) I've seen an exhibit which in my opinion has every virtue - except that of illustrating what it is supposed to show. 1/n
The last few times I've been to the Science and Museum in Bradford (currently closed for refurbishment) I've seen an exhibit which in my opinion has every virtue - except that of illustrating what it is supposed to show. 1/n
Hi, @gretchenmcc.bsky.social . I've been listening to Lingthusiasm 87.
When you talked about a fun etymology about trying to impose order and predict the future, I thought you were going to talk about "grammar" and "glamour".
When you talked about a fun etymology about trying to impose order and predict the future, I thought you were going to talk about "grammar" and "glamour".
January 3, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Hi, @gretchenmcc.bsky.social . I've been listening to Lingthusiasm 87.
When you talked about a fun etymology about trying to impose order and predict the future, I thought you were going to talk about "grammar" and "glamour".
When you talked about a fun etymology about trying to impose order and predict the future, I thought you were going to talk about "grammar" and "glamour".
TIL that "freebooter" and "filibuster" are a doublet.
November 22, 2023 at 8:08 PM
TIL that "freebooter" and "filibuster" are a doublet.
I've just read Adversary, the fifth novel in Janet Edwards' Hive Mind series, which she published in e-book form last week.
It didn't disappoint.
Unusually for a new book in a series, I didn't go back and reread the rest of the series first, because I know them so well.
But I'm rereading Adversary.
It didn't disappoint.
Unusually for a new book in a series, I didn't go back and reread the rest of the series first, because I know them so well.
But I'm rereading Adversary.
November 11, 2023 at 10:10 AM
I've just read Adversary, the fifth novel in Janet Edwards' Hive Mind series, which she published in e-book form last week.
It didn't disappoint.
Unusually for a new book in a series, I didn't go back and reread the rest of the series first, because I know them so well.
But I'm rereading Adversary.
It didn't disappoint.
Unusually for a new book in a series, I didn't go back and reread the rest of the series first, because I know them so well.
But I'm rereading Adversary.
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Declining to back Braverman’s words but keeping her in office is Sunak hoping to secure the bigot vote while pretending he isn’t one.
Sorry no. If Braverman is your Home Secretary, you endorse her. Her hate speech is your hate speech. And you are responsible for the harm she does.
Sorry no. If Braverman is your Home Secretary, you endorse her. Her hate speech is your hate speech. And you are responsible for the harm she does.
November 7, 2023 at 7:40 AM
Declining to back Braverman’s words but keeping her in office is Sunak hoping to secure the bigot vote while pretending he isn’t one.
Sorry no. If Braverman is your Home Secretary, you endorse her. Her hate speech is your hate speech. And you are responsible for the harm she does.
Sorry no. If Braverman is your Home Secretary, you endorse her. Her hate speech is your hate speech. And you are responsible for the harm she does.