Ted Morris
@tedmorris.bsky.social
62, independent minded, tolerant pluralist, increasingly grumpy rationalist, sceptic and test cricket lover.
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Really haven't been on here for a while. Funny to see names I remember through the old days of Twitter.
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Really haven't been on here for a while. Funny to see names I remember through the old days of Twitter.
A gentle plug for the book, as I haven't mentioned it on here. Managing Decline - available from Waterstones, Hatchard's & Blackwells websites now. And Amazon when they get round to updating their systems 😏 share.google/N8mK6TMnmf37...
Managing Decline
A compendium and history of the men who held the role of British Foreign Secretary during the 20th Century.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A gentle plug for the book, as I haven't mentioned it on here. Managing Decline - available from Waterstones, Hatchard's & Blackwells websites now. And Amazon when they get round to updating their systems 😏 share.google/N8mK6TMnmf37...
So there's this guy in my local. At least 75. Always immaculately dressed, suit and tie. I started chatting with him this evening about that, and discovered we have a lot of common ground in terms of reading. My new best mate!
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So there's this guy in my local. At least 75. Always immaculately dressed, suit and tie. I started chatting with him this evening about that, and discovered we have a lot of common ground in terms of reading. My new best mate!
Not sure I've been on here for more than half a year. How are things?
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Not sure I've been on here for more than half a year. How are things?
How far are we from a boycott American products movement?
February 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
How far are we from a boycott American products movement?
Later this year, I hope to publish a book on Foreign Secretaries of the Twentieth Century, from Lansdowne to Robin Cook. These will be whole life profiles, but as a taster, I plan to post on Substack extracts covering just their time as Foreign Secretary. 1/2
January 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Later this year, I hope to publish a book on Foreign Secretaries of the Twentieth Century, from Lansdowne to Robin Cook. These will be whole life profiles, but as a taster, I plan to post on Substack extracts covering just their time as Foreign Secretary. 1/2
Just done a Myers Briggs test (ok, I'm bored). Curious that while I'm in the same group as last time - 18 years ago - the scores are so much more emphatic in every measure.
Is that unusual? Have I changed? Am I just being more honest now? Or gaming the questions more?
Is that unusual? Have I changed? Am I just being more honest now? Or gaming the questions more?
December 26, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Just done a Myers Briggs test (ok, I'm bored). Curious that while I'm in the same group as last time - 18 years ago - the scores are so much more emphatic in every measure.
Is that unusual? Have I changed? Am I just being more honest now? Or gaming the questions more?
Is that unusual? Have I changed? Am I just being more honest now? Or gaming the questions more?
In case anyone was unaware the BBC Sport app was reaching a largely domestic audience 😁
December 9, 2024 at 10:30 AM
In case anyone was unaware the BBC Sport app was reaching a largely domestic audience 😁
At least one nice thing for Assad: now he's living in Moscow, he has a fair chance of having his first white Christmas.
December 9, 2024 at 10:05 AM
At least one nice thing for Assad: now he's living in Moscow, he has a fair chance of having his first white Christmas.
It is surely possible and not inconsistent to be at the same time pleased Assad is out, delighted at the setback to Russian and Iranian ambitions, yet fearful for the future prospects for the Syrian people.
December 8, 2024 at 10:56 AM
It is surely possible and not inconsistent to be at the same time pleased Assad is out, delighted at the setback to Russian and Iranian ambitions, yet fearful for the future prospects for the Syrian people.
Seems only yesterday that it was the wobbly French government that was our concern.
December 3, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Seems only yesterday that it was the wobbly French government that was our concern.
So many political posts I can't be bothered to reply to.
I've been out with a friend of 45 years' standing and had a great afternoon. If the bombs want to fall, it's not a bad time tbh.
I've been out with a friend of 45 years' standing and had a great afternoon. If the bombs want to fall, it's not a bad time tbh.
December 3, 2024 at 5:18 PM
So many political posts I can't be bothered to reply to.
I've been out with a friend of 45 years' standing and had a great afternoon. If the bombs want to fall, it's not a bad time tbh.
I've been out with a friend of 45 years' standing and had a great afternoon. If the bombs want to fall, it's not a bad time tbh.
Just setting up a linktree (in the bio now).
Can anyone please tell me how to link in my Bluesky account? Struggling on that one. Ta.
Can anyone please tell me how to link in my Bluesky account? Struggling on that one. Ta.
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November 26, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Just setting up a linktree (in the bio now).
Can anyone please tell me how to link in my Bluesky account? Struggling on that one. Ta.
Can anyone please tell me how to link in my Bluesky account? Struggling on that one. Ta.
Is there a material 'cricket Bluesky'? I haven't found it yet.
November 24, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Is there a material 'cricket Bluesky'? I haven't found it yet.
Grim day. But on the bright side...
November 24, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Grim day. But on the bright side...
Just been flicking through the apps. I've got a reasonable approximation of my old X on here. My main issue with X is practical rather than ideological: it keeps crashing on me.
Threads just has little activity. Disappointing.
Mastadon is somehow different. A bit edgy.
Threads just has little activity. Disappointing.
Mastadon is somehow different. A bit edgy.
November 22, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Just been flicking through the apps. I've got a reasonable approximation of my old X on here. My main issue with X is practical rather than ideological: it keeps crashing on me.
Threads just has little activity. Disappointing.
Mastadon is somehow different. A bit edgy.
Threads just has little activity. Disappointing.
Mastadon is somehow different. A bit edgy.
Post you from a different era.
Ooh. Like this trend. Gives me a chance to repost the Captain Scarlet years.
Ooh. Like this trend. Gives me a chance to repost the Captain Scarlet years.
November 21, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Post you from a different era.
Ooh. Like this trend. Gives me a chance to repost the Captain Scarlet years.
Ooh. Like this trend. Gives me a chance to repost the Captain Scarlet years.
And then there's the problem of which apps are on my phone's home screen.
November 19, 2024 at 8:52 PM
And then there's the problem of which apps are on my phone's home screen.
Finally cracked and set up an account. Now going through the tedious stage of finding people to follow.
November 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Finally cracked and set up an account. Now going through the tedious stage of finding people to follow.