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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 13h

True, but those are distorted versions of things they don’t like: satanic panic = kids listening to metal, litter boxes = trans people existing, etc. A bit like witch-hunts = widows making a living back in the day. (* Thesis incomplete and inexpert)

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 15h

I’m still avoiding tackling my office

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 15h

I’ll settle for “doing things” at this point

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 15h

Oh for sure, we had a whole lecture about that at uni. You don’t put the effort into condemning something that no-one actually does (the actual mechanism for preventing stuff is shame, and it’s usually unwritten)

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 16h

It crossed my mind! Genuinely worthy it for Pulp’s set though. And 99 was immediately after a-levels and gloriously sunny

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 16h

Have they aggressively ID’d you for ordering a beer?

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 16h

Horrifically. Lost one lens from my glasses watching the Foos whilst everyone rushed to watch the football and spent the rest of the weekend feeling very weird

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 16h

Did a bit more research - apparently there were sumptuary laws controlling what you could serve depending on status. Cardinals were allowed to serve up to 9 dishes per meal vs 7 for dukes. Potatoes would have been classed as peasant food. And this little snippet about another cardinal of the time:

“In 1527, Cardinal Wolsey served a superlative feast for the French embassy, including subtleties of castles, of the church and spire of St Paul’s, of “beasts, birds, fowls of diverse kinds, personages… some fighting… some leaping… some dancing”, and a whole chess set of sugar paste, which the French delighted in so much it was boxed up and sent home with them.”

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 17h

Excellent set at Glasto 98 (I was 17 but who’s counting?)

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 17h

“The vote was a real result and we respect the right of all those participating to have made their decision. However, it is also right that we investigate and discuss foreign campaigns of disinformation if only to try to prevent malign influence in future ballots.” Not hard.

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

No it’s easy enough but I’m strongly of the opinion that it should be for business owners, landlords etc and that most people should never touch it. Which is why it’s annoying that someone on 55k PAYE now has to use it just because they’ve had kids

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

“We’ll deal with it all in self-assessment” is one of the more pernicious ideas to come out of HMRC

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

No, he died in 1540 and the potato wasn’t introduced in England until 1588.

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The HR system is a very juicy target. Get the CEO’s home address and medical records - or better yet, the Ops manager’s who has root access.

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We have an old diesel generator at the office, literally from an Scania truck. Having to replace it because the neighbouring houses complain about the noise whenever we test it (and there’s only one old guy who can maintain it). So yeah, this makes sense.

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

So, the missile strikes on the Yandex data centres show that we can, actually, turn This Shit off?

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Not a bad steak night, now to pass out by the fire with a glass of red

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Poor old house, hope it finds a good owner

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My father would still proclaim into the 90s that it was the worst invention ever.

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I once implemented a big red button which reminded you that “the delete button is not your friend. Please type ‘I understand’ to continue.”

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m keeping my bet on a violent reaction - either to the computers, or the people who own them

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

He was very tired and off his game, apparently - that and being horrifically miscast

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Still refusing to watch those seasons in the vain hope of the books being finished

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So much of a letdown. Could have been saved up until the 2nd half of S4, but the ending to S3 left it mortally wounded. Still grateful for the first two-and-a-bit seasons though.

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Consequential certainly, and pretty deadly - but short and contained enough that it didn’t put everyone off in the way that the wars of the next century did. 1848’s interesting because it’s the beginning of the end of the post-Napoleonic order and eventually leads to the late C19th wars

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Every couple of decades in the C20, but you also have a prolonged period of peace after 1815 - nothing really big until the 1860s, and even that’s minor compared to 1792-1815 and 1914-18

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

But you can move them easier than land-based batteries

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There’s a space for “you might not agree with me, and that’s ok, but I hope to persuade enough of you because I think this is the best course of action.” I’d love to be spoken to like a grown-up.

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A thing that’s never happened in history, except when we allied with Portugal… and Prussia, Austria, Russia and others against France… and France and Italy against Germany.. and France and Russia against Germany and Italy… but other than those one-off events, never.

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

(Obviously that money doesn’t exist so this is all just hot air)

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Haven’t we always relied on ship-based missiles? Therefore using that money to buy a few more missile frigates would be more efficient, surely?

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Same answer in York - it’s just standard, and their “expensive” solution would be to remove the cobbles first, but you’re spot on about tarmac being linked to progress. It’s also better for bike lanes and wheelchairs so there’s an element of accessibility

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Had a conversation with someone in procurement about this and it’s a nightmare for them buying (and to an extent, to you as a vendor). “What will it cost me?” “Shrug?”

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cobbles are more expensive to lay because you have to set them down by hand, whilst you can use a machine for tarmac. I do agree with you though.

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Perhaps we should start dusting off the carbon paper systems and clean out a filling cabinet or two. Just in case.

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well I’m 45 so it’s all up from here, right?

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Darn it, missed out on that opportunity to traumatise the lad!

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My mother almost did that with a book of illustrations by Tomi Ungerer (he’d drawn a few books I read as a child). Apparently the librarian gave it to her in plain covers, and she and my gran had a great laugh at the pictures before politely handing it back

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You’re talking to a Brit who has three large jars full of dried chillies in the larder because the local Chinese supermarket had a deal on

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nah, the Victorians loved spices - mince pies, mulled wine, curries, bath buns, gingerbread, etc. As others have said, it’s rationing and general shortages during the wars that kill it off.

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think it’s more that the French cooked slowly, reducing things down etc - vs the English who just stuck a cow on a spit and slathered it in mustard!

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hah, I had a similar experience except it was age 10 and when we lived with my grandparents for a couple of months between house moves!

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Keith Williams @keithwilliams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fun fact (if true): the English tended not to use sauces or seasoning much because good meat was more plentiful (green grass country makes for lots of cows). Then because the French got good at sauces, they decided that “plain” food was patriotic

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