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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 12h

A point I made recently in a co-edited book, although on a different subject.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 12h

Classic albums well past fifty In the locker. That's not nifty!

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's a remarkable building, but I find it utterly hideous.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

du-de du du du-de-du-de-du du-de-du-de...

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Do you ever stop and contemplate the warp & weft of European Jewish culture that was simply gone, never to return, by the mid-1940s. We lost a whole colour from the European rainbow. Never diminish what it did to those of Jewish race, but in harming them it harmed the whole of Europe beyond repair.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey pal - efter ane Buckfast A'm feckin Lǎozǐ!

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Will I EVER stop reading "Colleen Coover" for "Colleen Hoover"?

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The filme ys the thynge shall catche the consciaunce of the kynge.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Time to debate the difference between involvement and commitment, then.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is it too much to hope (from this side of the Atlantic) that if the Democrats win control of the House and the Senate that they will instantly introduce 'The Great Repeal Everything Trump Has Every Enacted' bill?

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have to admit that "honourable" is doing some work there, in my case.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"For the comfort and convenience of our customers..." commercialspeak for "F**k you!"

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hopefully that the current situation has arisen because of the system, not despite it.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If they're supporting Arsenal they all are.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Suggestion from over the Atlantic (where we don't have "Homecoming Queens" [yet!]): If they enforce this, organise an alternative ceremony and crown a trans girl anyway.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fog. Guessing Stephen King fog. Guessing wrong. I guess.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Nice suit." "Thank you." "How much did it cost?" "Fifty quid." "Blimey, you could have got a new one for that!"

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Nice suit." "Thank you." "Is it 'made-to-measure'?" "Yes" "Who for?"

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That's nothing. There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every once in a while, I - a 20c literature specialist - slip back into the 19c to enjoy Poe. #Poe #EAPoe #TheRaven #ChristopherLee www.youtube.com/watch?v=Befl...

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The Raven (Christopher Lee)

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Which in itself is extremely interesting, from a philosophical, cultural, and ideological point of view.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There's a whole philosophical line of thought about permanence & preservation I could write a 10K-word essay on, if I had the time. In fact I did something like that a few years ago - a conference paper & journal article, not directly analogous but parallel. Here's a para from the conference script.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ah, I see - you're looking for examples of transphobia from people who consider themselves allies.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Be careful what you wish for! If they come down, what could go up? More buildings that you consider to be hideous? Pastiches?

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here in the UK the Labour Party, historically, was actually founded by trades unions, to represent them in parliament. Big business already had its paid men in the Commons. Labour has long since abandoned its working-class roots. Forbidding funding to unions prevents collective political activism.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

[Honestly, asking for friends of mine] Are you including GCs who merely CLAIM that they are 'left', 'leftist', or 'leftish'? I seem to recall that even JKR claims to be left of centre, and you can't get much more transphobic than her.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1] All wars last longer than planned. 2] No war goes according to plan. 3] No war ever has the outcome you hoped for. 4] This is just simple history. 5] Leaders who start a war (e.g. Putin, Trump, Netanyahu, etc.) are too stupid to take account of the above.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

2/2 Dans le pay de Mme Ta Chère il y a trop de "laisser," pas assez de "faire." Except what we don't want to do, then she'll essay to force us to faire what we'd much rather laisser.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

1/2 Back in Thatcher's day it was called "laissez faire capitalism." So much so that I wrote the following verse, playing with the way the French pronounced her name:

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'll choose Hannah Arendt over Egon Toast any day.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's a tiny touch early in the year for the turn. But we've had a stressful summer for trees.

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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well, I say let him go ahead, as long the official name is 'The Big Boob Baseball Park'.* [*lost on anyone who doesn't speak French]

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