Chris Davies
@crd37.bsky.social
Complexity, politics, public policy and helping things be better. Welshman in south London.
Quite - it’s what survived
My ancient history tutor had a mixed view of the loss of sources.
On the one hand: so much we can’t know.
On the other: we don’t have to wade through a lot of crap…
My ancient history tutor had a mixed view of the loss of sources.
On the one hand: so much we can’t know.
On the other: we don’t have to wade through a lot of crap…
December 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Quite - it’s what survived
My ancient history tutor had a mixed view of the loss of sources.
On the one hand: so much we can’t know.
On the other: we don’t have to wade through a lot of crap…
My ancient history tutor had a mixed view of the loss of sources.
On the one hand: so much we can’t know.
On the other: we don’t have to wade through a lot of crap…
What will be *really* interesting is whether any popular culture stuff survives very long, even the stuff that gets celebrated.
Will our descendants still be playing the Beatles? I'm doubtful.
And then what is the proper 'classic' stuff that will persist from this era?
Will our descendants still be playing the Beatles? I'm doubtful.
And then what is the proper 'classic' stuff that will persist from this era?
December 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
What will be *really* interesting is whether any popular culture stuff survives very long, even the stuff that gets celebrated.
Will our descendants still be playing the Beatles? I'm doubtful.
And then what is the proper 'classic' stuff that will persist from this era?
Will our descendants still be playing the Beatles? I'm doubtful.
And then what is the proper 'classic' stuff that will persist from this era?
One of my favourites
December 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
One of my favourites
It was the inevitable trajectory: years of dicking about to get a slightly worse version of what we had.
My mistake was thinking it would only take ten years…
My mistake was thinking it would only take ten years…
December 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It was the inevitable trajectory: years of dicking about to get a slightly worse version of what we had.
My mistake was thinking it would only take ten years…
My mistake was thinking it would only take ten years…
Looking forward to lots of kids in America being called Theoderic
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Looking forward to lots of kids in America being called Theoderic
Really a Zak McCracken reference
December 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Really a Zak McCracken reference
Slightly different domain, but I always remember a Chief Probation Officer extolling the potential of some drug dealers, because they needed to operate a P&L in their heads
December 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Slightly different domain, but I always remember a Chief Probation Officer extolling the potential of some drug dealers, because they needed to operate a P&L in their heads
Wonder if any of his friends has a beef about rigged voting….?
December 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Wonder if any of his friends has a beef about rigged voting….?
Progress is a *Western* phenomenon but it’s a pretty secular idea really, with Enlightenment roots and refined in the C19th
December 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Progress is a *Western* phenomenon but it’s a pretty secular idea really, with Enlightenment roots and refined in the C19th
There’s an irony to this coming from Utah
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
There’s an irony to this coming from Utah
Oh god, the hand tools 😔
December 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Oh god, the hand tools 😔
Unless Julie Walters is involved
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Unless Julie Walters is involved
And there was the whole antisemitism thing.
Giant did a great job of exploring that whole dynamic of Dahl’s
Giant did a great job of exploring that whole dynamic of Dahl’s
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And there was the whole antisemitism thing.
Giant did a great job of exploring that whole dynamic of Dahl’s
Giant did a great job of exploring that whole dynamic of Dahl’s
Let Keir be Keir etc
December 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Let Keir be Keir etc
And it gets a bit wearing when they have the final cataclysmic battle to save the world for the fourth time
December 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
And it gets a bit wearing when they have the final cataclysmic battle to save the world for the fourth time
They are now they are Yaxley-Lennonists
December 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
They are now they are Yaxley-Lennonists