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If America has gone rogue can we finally reclaim our spelling?

Perplexity got it wrong, certainly. The original programme says "TUESDAY OCTOBER 9th." which is pretty hard evidence it should be read as 9/10 not 10/9 (in the UK). I wonder where it read the date from.

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 12h

TBH that confuses me sometimes too :-) Context is everything; you have to know that dates are written differently in different places.

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 12h

Answer: Gordon Jephtas accompanied Corelli and Tebaldi at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 October 1973. So while an LLM might misremember things, it can definitely reason through problems and look things up the way we do. That's impressive. 7/7

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 13h

- A biographical study describes Gordon Jephtas (1943–1992), a South African pianist and opera coach who "worked with the biggest names in the opera world, from Renata Tebaldi to Plácido Domingo" — matching exactly. 6/

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 13h

and finally: The "Jephtas" listed on the Tebaldi archives wasn't a typo at all — it's the real surname of Gordon Jephtas. Confirmed by two sources: - The official Renata Tebaldi concert archive lists for 9 October 1973, Royal Albert Hall, London: "concerto, pianista Jephtas, con Corelli. 5/

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 13h

then it thought the name was unusual, chuntered some more, and found: There's a commercial release, "Tebaldi & Corelli in Vienna 1973" (Myto Records) — the same European tour as the London concert. Its liner-note credits may give the correct pianist name. Let me check it. 4/

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 13h

then it did 3 web searches and said: Found it — the Tebaldi archives list a pianist named "Jephtas" for the 9 October 1973 Royal Albert Hall concert with Corelli. Let me read that page directly to confirm and clarify the name. 3/

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 13h

This is a factual question that requires web search since it's beyond my knowledge cutoff potentially, and it's a specific historical detail. 2/

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 13h

Then I tried it in my local coding llm and it said: The user is asking about a specific historical music event: the piano accompanist in a 1973 Franco Corelli/Renata Tebaldi duets recital at London's Royal Albert Hall. Let me search for this information. 1/

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 13h

I tried Perplexity and got this: "The piano accompanist was Gordon Jephtas. A Corelli performance-annals listing records the 10 September 1973 Royal Albert Hall concert with Renata Tebaldi and identifies Jephtas as the pianist." It makes a big thing of providing references, too

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

you don't even need to chop them before freezing, frozen herbs chop up quite easily

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A boycott only works if the other side don't actually want to live in a bubble. The far right rely on it.

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I love that they are using flamingo as their weapon brand name - it's pink - is this peak woke fightback?

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Trump Economics, explained:

meme panel of Trump saying:
If we lose $50 billion a year with a
country, and we say 'we're not going to trade with you anymore,' we don't lose $50 billion a year. It's very simple. Right?

Then Joshua Reed Eakle @JoshEakle puts it into easy-to-visualise terms:
Today, I went to the grocery store and purchased $20 worth of vegetables.
I now have a $20 trade deficit with the grocery store.
They clearly ripped me off.
I will now cut off all trade with the grocery store and let my family starve in order to Make My Household Great Again.

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

tonymurray1964 You see, Richard, your problem is that Reform is, basically, a bunch of horrible bastards doing horrible bastard things in a conspicuously horrible bastard way. In general, people don't like horrible bastards. I hope that's cleared things up for you Richard, you horrible bastard.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Reform MP Danny Kruger went on Question Time to deliver a furious moral lecture about how wrong it is for governments to pass retrospective laws, only for Fiona Bruce to instantly point out Reform’s own official policy involves retroactively stripping settled status from migrants" via The Poke +1

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Reminds me of that joke - never argue with an idiot; they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

or if regulators issue fines so small that GBNews can accept them as "the cost of doing business".

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026

🤔 Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he now hosts his own weekly primetime show on GB News. 🚨Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias. 👇 Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.

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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

via Ministry of Wibble

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If her principles are negotiable, can you trust her at all?

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Trouble is, I don't get to decide what other people do

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'd rather people like that stay out of politics altogether

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For accepting an ex-reform person

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Liz Truss was a Lib Dem once. Have they changed their position or are they telling different things to different people?

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Plaid's just dropped in my estimation

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Good morning & welcome to… 🎂 12 BREAKFAST DAY! 🎂 Apparently the hoomans are calling it my 12th birthday. I heard 12 and breakfast and have therefore interpreted the arrangements accordingly. Breakfast 1 of 12, please. We can discuss the birthday bit later. George 12 years old. Still hungry.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026

Excellent letter in The Times. "Greater hate hath no person than to accuse those who put their lives on the line for others of being traitors."

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

yes there is - we think the americans are special, and the americans think they are special.

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Falsely claiming diplomatic immunity

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

or how about central taxation matches individual (capped) donations?

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I was asked "What do other countries do about big money in politics?" Canada is a useful case study as their parliamentary system closely mirrors the UK's (for obvious reasons) - except they've totally clamped down on mega-donations.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

He's basically saying "Are you corrupt, like me? Can I buy you?"

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.

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Andy P @andyp2.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What are you supposed to do, demand to see their papers before hauling them out of the water?

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This space is intentionally left blank @jenpea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We're going to see Coyote vs. Acme at Clapham Picture-house. WB shelved this finished film in 2023 as a $30m tax write-off meaning it was never going to be released. Ketchup Entertainment saved it from the vault. Support the little distributor that gave it a chance. Wile E. has waited long enough.

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Coyote vs. Acme - Wikipedia

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports

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