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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World

@fantasticlife.bsky.social
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I make ontologies for the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. An odd job and not one I would have chosen for myself

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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 10h
830 million great British pounds? They could have bought Oldham for that. And the football club
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The old LLMs are technically interesting and financially disasterous. But the financial folks love them and the technologists loath them. Riddle me this ….
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Well, that doesn’t bode well for
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A brief update from @anyaso.bsky.social and I ukparliament.github.io/ontologies/m... #week #notes Read em while you can
ukparliament.github.io
2026 - Week 38
Work in progress to design data models for UK Parliament
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I try to stay clear of culture wars de jour, but surely taking your own drink to an interview is better than being presented with one of those floppy plastic cups of water they only give you to check how badly your hands shake?
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I fail to see why a bunch of mill workers having an innocent kick about on a Saturday should be of any interest to a so-called “independent commission” #citeh
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A brief update from @anyaso.bsky.social and I ukparliament.github.io/ontologies/m... #week #notes Read em while you can
ukparliament.github.io
2026 - Week 38
Work in progress to design data models for UK Parliament
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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
New Civil Engineer was more po-faced in their review www.newcivilengineer.com/archive/baff...
newcivilengineer.com
Baffling M25 show a symbol of motorway madness | New Civil Engineer
Billed ambitiously as a 'parallelist performance in three lane theatre', the event was ultimately a publicity exercise for author Iain Sinclair's latest
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Apropos of nothing: quotepark.com/quotes/17358...
quotepark.com
A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left…
“A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.” - Akio Morita
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J G Ballard bot @ballardbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
These days one needed a full-scale emergency kit built into one's brain, plus a crash course in disaster survival, real and imagined.
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Even when you’ve never been all that into the idea of children, when they go away you miss them enormously. Then they come back and you’re lumbered with an unemployable goth in the household
Vodka, Coke, Robert Smith
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I, for one, shall be buying the dip
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Well, that’s nice. I appear to taught the infernal machines all about the Todmorden Peace Corridor. Those rubes will believe anything
A Google “AI” result stating

The "Todmorden Peace Corridor" is not an official geographical feature or a real-world infrastructure project; rather, it appears to be a tongue-in-cheek reference or hyper-local joke popularized on social media platforms like Bluesky. The phrase has been used humorously by accounts online—such as joking about "traveling down the Todmorden Peace Corridor wrapped in a blanket in the back of Dave’s Burger Van".
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We need to slow down development of the Torment Nexus by ensuring the Chinese don’t steal the things we’ve stolen and build their own Torment Nexus before us
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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A Computer Weekly data analysis reveals a steady revolving door between Whitehall and major technology suppliers, mapping 63 moves by senior officials to AI and IT suppliers since 2010... 👉 [read]
Data dive: The revolving door between Whitehall and big tech
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mitch has thelook of man who’s accidentally been out drinking with librarians
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I wonder if Crapita will have their Civil Service Pension Portal up and running before the Global Financial Meltdown
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ah, yes. The old “robust recruitment process”. Can you tell the panel about a time you cut costs on a project? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
Director who oversaw Grenfell cost-cutting given senior council housing role
Fire survivors and bereaved urge Barnet Group to ‘reconsider’ appointment of Laura Johnson, who pushed for cheaper contractor
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
GUT HEALTH JUST GOT SNACKABLE
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J G Ballard bot @ballardbot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
People now realize that the moon is about as interesting as an old gravel quarry.
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Back down the Todmorden Peace Corridor. I’m colour blind and even I can see that’s a piss poor attempt at a red border.
Shocking attempt at cross-border peace keeping
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Should the electorate act in their best interests and elect my brother in law, Dave, to the Palatinian Senate, you have the word of everyone’s favourite Emperor (me!) that all Palatinians of voting age will be rewarded with £500 in vouchers. To be redeemed at Woolworths or Our Price. E.P.
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Written Statements to Parliament @written-statements.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Civil Service Pension Scheme. Statement made by Sally Jameson on behalf of the Cabinet Office questions-statements.parliament.uk/…
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I continue to be astonished that @ddcms-answers.bsky.social only managed to garner 16 followers. One would have thought that if UK Bluesky folks were interested in anything, some combination of the "Westminster bubble", matters "digital" (computers), culture, meeja and, erm, sport would fit the bill
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Library transport shelf showing solidarity with the lifeboat lads
RNLI Land Rover and bo-at on the Commons Library transport shelf
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Given the “engagement metrics” on this platform, it’s difficult to know if anyone still reads these. Or if @anyaso.bsky.social and I are just whistling in the wind. Nevertheless, if you are interested in tales of crack librarians and semantic web warriors trying again / failing better ….
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Our police forces, working in conjunction with our security services, have stamped out football hooliganism. Well, god love you, but I think you’ll find that was mostly acid house. But the ones that didn’t neck Es are no longer fighting on the terraces. Mate, they’re blocking your major ports
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Young Robert has brought us to South London where they have a thing called “organic fire lighters”
Packed with protein
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Phil Gorman @philbgorman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It's about that time again where I call councils around the country and rank their hold music. Wigan Council: 6/10. Hold music was fine, calming and sound quality was clear. The hold messages gaslit me slightly, saying I was moving forward in the queue then telling me I was in the same position...
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
You can take Kevin’s name out of your filthy mouth
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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
As we come to the end of this first post-summer back-to-reality week, a reminder that I am now officially freelance! Do get in touch if you think we might be able to worth together
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
There's a lot of good material here, but, if you're anything like me, you'll have stopped reading in disgust at point 1 tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...
tomforth.co.uk
Why North England is poor.
And why Thatcher is partly to blame, but not in the way most people argue.
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
John Redwood should be applauded and put in charge of all museums
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I’ve never met Chris, but I think I like him. Disappointed to see him share entirely the wrong reckon. When it comes to hating Normans, I consider myself a master of the craft
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Service designers and delivery managers
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Look BBC, it’s not that I’m not interested in the so-called “Bayeux Tapestry”, it’s that, if I saw it in person, I’d take a pair of pinking sheers to it
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It’s alive. Quite a relief
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Minutemen Bot @minutemenbot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We learned punk rock in Hollywood Drove up from Pedro
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I fear this will only date me and place me and make me look even whiter than I actually am
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Having applied a light dusting of makeup - just enough to bring a blush of colour to the cheeks - dear daughter and I are off for a trip into the Devonshire countryside
Dear daughter and I aboard a West Country bus service
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Anya @anyaso.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hi Parliament
An email:

Hi Parliament,

I came across Parliament and wanted to reach out with a quick idea.

As more people use ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and other AI search tools to discover products and businesses, brand visibility is no longer limited to Google.

I help businesses build visibility […] This includes strategic Reddit/Quora marketing, relevant community participation, and improving the third-party visibility that can support stronger AI search presence over time.

I thought this could be relevant for Perliament.

Would you be open to me sending you a quick overview of how this could work for your brand?
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Happy Bosworth Field Day to those who celebrate. Boo shucks to the haterz. E.P.
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Service designers and insight managers one assumes
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
As I’ve said before, I am not a natural FT reader. Just trying to work this out. Mr Bessent attempted to reassure the bond markets that the US (of A) was serious about bringing down its debt by going into debt to buy long terms bonds with more short terms bonds? Is that what happened?
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Shift right. To commodity. They said.
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Well, you’d hope not. Risks really upsetting the Northern Irish
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Never explain a complex problem to a complicated brain
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Re-upping this for the breakfast crowd. Written answers to parliamentary questions from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport direct to your doom scroll screen from @ddcms-answers.bsky.social
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Seen enough to eye you .....
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Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Find it hard to believe there are only two people in the UK interested in business, innovation, science and technology and I know them both
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