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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 11h

Just watched Terminator with my 13yo. Not that I'm preparing him for anything. Honest. 😂

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 16h

Roasted chicken and veg with coleslaw. Sunday lunch

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is not a UK specific problem. Which tells you something about the problem IMO.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You either bow down to the assumption that voters’ preferences are fixed or at least exogenous. Or you decide that they’re malleable and endogenous - and so prepare to make a political argument. Better, perhaps, to risk dying on your feet than live on your knees.

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ok, so my phone is blowing up somewhat since the PM’s Today interview… Let’s do this! #rejoin bestforbritain.org/fundraising/...

bestforbritain.org

Help us Fight to Restore our EU Membership - Best for Britain

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/09/2026

Access to culture is a right, not a privilege. Keeping museums free means millions can continue to explore, learn and be inspired, regardless of their background or income. That's good for London, and good for ensuring cost is never a barrier to discovery.

theartnewspaper.com

Culture secretary confirms free admission for all at England’s national museums will remain

The announcement by Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, came after recent discussions of introducing admission fees for overseas visitors

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just finished my final week of "Couch to 5K". Which is great but I'm not sure what to do next. 🤔

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Simon de Belleme and the Sheriff of Nottingham in the same Bergerac episode!!!

Anthony Valentine and Nicholas Grace who played Simon de Belleme and the Sheriff of Nottingham, respectively, in "Robin of Sherwood"

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's supposed to be a strength day but I feel like a run might help me get my head together 🙏

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Armoured gauntlets owned by Maximilian I (1459-1519) who was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death. Located in the Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer (Imperial Armoury) branch, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria @andreygalevskiy

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm curious what makes them "groovy". 😋

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 18/09/2026

Being a computer scientist who refuses to find anything about LLMs interesting right now is a bit like being a geneticist who refuses to find anything interesting about the recently opened Jurassic Park

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of the joys of watching old school Bergerac is the reliability of having at least one and sometimes several actors who make you go "ooh it's them". Today's episode its the guy who played Catweazle.

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Once in a blue moon I make a decaf coffee.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you read out (for example) the parts of Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech about world government, without saying who they were by, you'd be treated like some mad communist or delusional romantic. It's the lesson of the two World Wars that we've most comprehensively forgotten.

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Mysterious area of extra gravity making getting out of bed harder today.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There was a very active critic of the history syllabus in the 90s. Very wise people scoffed at how much time kids were forced to spend learning about the Nazis and democratic decay in the 30s. Turns out we should have gone much harder.

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A little more challenge please Duolingo

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

But my point was that believing, despite actual data, that the problem must be bigger than anyone can see and spreading, that "the rise of the far right", which media has been half-warning, half-wishing-for, is inevitable, and telling others "nothing you do matters" is the worst kind of complacency.

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This analysis certainly explains what we see. I wish I had more confidence in the solution described but this topic is too important to give in to despair.

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Every nation/state/person for themselves is ultimately the most counterproductive strategy. Why do so many humans struggle to internalize this? 😭

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The UN just voted to adopt a new world map which better reflects Africa’s actual size. 164 nations agreed, only the USA voted against www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - with the US as the only nation to vote against it.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pollster JL Partners' slogan - "giving you the conviction to lead" - has really taken on a new meaning tonight...

Giving you the
conviction to lead.
We are a global stakeholder research firm. We listen to those who matter to your organisation, learn what moves them, advise on how you lead them.

We specialise in combining rigorous research with strategic insight, helping governments, companies and institutions navigate moments of complexity – giving you the conviction to make decisions.

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

TIL Goscinny lived in Buenos Aires for 17 years.

Picture of Obelisk in Buenos Aires showing images of Asterix and Obelix.

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If you like playing "how do I close this bloody advert page" then... Here’s my invite link: invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWK... But I am proud of my 700 days of German. Ich habe viele Wörter gelernt. Ich habe viele Wörter vergessen.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/08/2026

🇩🇪 "The metalworking and chemical industries of southern Saxony-Anhalt were hit particularly hard. During the spring of 1991, hundreds of thousands lost their jobs." "Over the rest of the decade, many areas experienced industrial dismantling, mass unemployment and large-scale outmigration."

theguardian.com

My home state is set to hand a breakthrough to the German far right. It’s a disaster decades in the making | Marcus Böick

A sense of abandonment could make Saxony-Anhalt the first state government to be solely led by the AfD. But the party’s

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"What's the matter Jack Straw, too chicken shit scared to bring the peasants out on revolt?"

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Funny kind of mulch (look closely) 🤔 #KFTree

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Downgrade a movie: Evening Cowboy

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Questions that answer themselves #9453

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Was not really up for my C25K run this morning (was telling myself I'd do it later and I nearly believed me) but I'm going for it. 🤞

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Make a band bigger The The The

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is super weird given I only started to play because I am waiting at the Social Security Administration on 16th.

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I wasn't a huge fan of later ZZ top stuff but this song is just an incredible groove youtu.be/xi3c0HjLfJo?... #RIPFrankBeard

youtu.be

ZZ Top - Heard It on the X (1975) [4K]

YouTube video by V-Rock

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Smoked trout salad. Not expecting this to be well received but I think I will like it

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Giles Brown @polkapiquee.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I just had a really weird interaction in the supermarket. In a slightly larger than normal queue the woman in next to me said "I think we're overpopulated". "Overpopulated?" "That's kinda Malthusian isn't it?" She gives me an angry look and walks off. Is Malthusian an insult? WDYT?

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 15/08/2026

I wrote a thing. I'll try not to make it a habit but it was either start typing or keep furiously pacing. dmitryopines.substack.com/p/listening-...

dmitryopines.substack.com

Listening to the Monsters

A scream into the void about Professor Arday and flawed institutions in a bad faith ecosystem.

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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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