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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 26m

It sounds exhausting - is it worth it?

Every chapter is a long paragraph which does not contain line breaks -quote from wikipedia

Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 15h

Daisy is joining the #corgi, #corgicrew & #corgisky gang tonight.

She's a corgi-cross, so of course she sleeps like this!

Daisy the corgi cross, kipping on her back - the best way for corgis to kip

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 21h

It would be more fun if AI had to learn creativity from scratch rather than copying existing styles or conventions.

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 21h

Kind of agree, but the owner would no longer have the apples to use themselves. This is more like piracy, I guess.

Is an artist painting a picture of a house stealing from the architect who designed the house?

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 22h

Just finished reading The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald.

Have to confess, I didn't love it. It wasn't a fun read & didn't do much for me. Lots of unlikable privileged characters & felt a lot like work 🙂

Enjoyed some of the prose, but left cold overall. Maybe I missed something?

#booksky

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 1d

This sound an awful lot like a job for hypothesised taxes on emissions / impact, which would influence both behaviours & investment.

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 2d

Impossible Soul - Sufjan mangling a load of notes like it's 3AM, he's had way too much sugar & he needs he needs something extra to stitch together his 25 minute song 👌

youtu.be/RFXzbe2UAR0?...

Impossible Soul

YouTube video by Sufjan Stevens - Topic

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 2d

I forgot this song had such a classic idiosyncratic guitar solo.

I *LOVE* a weird guitar solo so much, I'm going to gradually list out the best ones here, if only for my own procrastinative gratification.

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 2d

Missed opportunity for avant gardening.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcnI...

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 2d

Missed opportunity for avant gardening.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcnI...

Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 2d

Also, this is really great - welcome aboard! 🙂

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, I think this is the very best option right now.

Even if they can't get the votes (& there's no reason why not!) a left surge of the Greens can pull Labour back towards their traditional voter base 🤞

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 2d

I found 3 bottles of champagne in the cupboard.

One of them is now wet woodland celebration fizzy wine, so get on with it 🙂

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 2d

I'm 90% sure I can join you.

Wanna lift?

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 2d

This message is absolutely spot on.

Genuinely excited to see the Green Party growing in size & confidence.

I've been a member for a few years after bailing on Labour. I'm now fully nailed on to help make this change happen & make hope normal again. 💚

Jane @janeb1234.bsky.social · 2d

Let's Make Hope Normal Again....

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...

@zackpolanski.bsky.social is giving me hope again, I'd almost given up. I felt overwhelmed by the mess we're all in. Now I see a better future for us all. I feel hopeful things will change.

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 2d

It deserves it 👍

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 3d

I'd love for every person involved in council funding cuts to read this book & understand the massively underestimated value of the incredible people who work in public services.

Evie/Christina thank you for writing this. I loved it completely 🙏

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 3d

Just finished reading Ashes to Admin by Evie King / christinamartin.bsky.social

This book is an absolute joy - so funny, so much humanity & you'd be a psychopath if it didn't make you cry, even a little bit.

#booksky

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 3d

Sure

Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not confused thanks.

No one in this thread has suggested mass veganism would be a climate solution - that was the straw-man argument that you "chimed in with" 🙂

Hope that clears up the confusion.

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for pasting the part where I didn't challenge your straw man proposition, thus showing the claim I did was itself also a straw-man argument, in a rare & wonderful straw-manception.

It's like being back on Twitter 😂

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 4d

Please show me where I challenged your straw man proposition.

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 4d

I think you need to read the thread a little more carefully. I never advocated giving up meat. In fact, I specifically said advocating reduction is a plan with more chance of succeeding.

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 4d

With respect, if you think it's about "sharing my preferences" then I'd suggest it's you that's missing the point & failing to engage with the evidence.

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Duncan Porter @misterduncan.bsky.social · 4d

Eating less meat isn't a drastic lifestyle change & framing it as "for the worse" is very subjective 🙂

For perspective, there's plenty of great alternative options. I used to eat & enjoy meat. Haven't missed it once.

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