The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 07/10/2026PLEASE NOTE "Paddington Bear" has the same number of syllables as "Winnie the Pooh" meaning that the songs from the Disney Pooh movies can be adapted for Paddington. 110
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Paddington is a civic-nationalist/ assimilationist totem. An upwardly mobile subject of Empire who came here, Anglicised his name, learnt the language and eventually our funny national customs --as my own ancestors did. For the far right of course this can never be enough, which makes PB "woke". 0104
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Instant traditions enumerated by Hobsbawm and Ranger. 000
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Those look to me more like a punnet-ful of miniature sweet tomatoes decorating the armadillo. 000
Reposted by The Real FursonaAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026lol the vibe shift in AI hype feels like a ploy by U.S. tech bros to permanently keep out competitors. They are cosplaying concern so they can "regulate" their competitors out of existence. It's not about safety. It's about money. 16486105
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 24/09/2026One song to the tune of another. I'm afraid I cannot get the pirates' song out of my head: "With Cat-Like Tread / Upon Our Prey We Steal" 111
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You mean "The Evolution of the Gospel"? A novel take on the Griesbach Hypothesis, demonstrating that, in keeping with tradition, Matthew's was the first gospel to be written. is that sinister? 011
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I once went to a superb display by Ronald Lancaster ! 000
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026BA never sent us a link. The staff just told us to "leave the airport and get a hotel". How? 110
Reposted by The Real FursonaPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Anthropic, Meta, and Google "breaking containment" incidents all resulted from setup errors (or a stunt) by the same company: Irregular. Irregular created a sandbox that wasn't really a sandbox because it had a live internet connection, and gave instructions that were then carried out online. 61835497
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Enjoying re-reading C H Sisson's review of A N Wilson's biog of Lewis which I read when it came out. Author of "theologically-uninformed apologetics, and a series of best-selling children’s books" www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v1...lrb.co.ukC.H. Sisson · Trounced 010
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 14/09/2026At the last election we had a mock hustings in my workplace, our next "Prime Minister" ran on a platform of, if you have points on your licence, you get a point removed for each cyclist you run over. I mention this only as an anecdote that indicates a general hatred of cyclists. 030
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I still have a blue silk tie from A. Sulka in the back of my wardrobe, bought late 80s I think? 010
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 06/09/2026At the time of the Reformation, they used to say "Build a man a fire, you'll keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." 020
Reposted by The Real FursonaLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 02/09/2026Do not speak to the BBC if you are trans. Just don't do it. Tell them to go fuck themselves. Even if you know the reporter and they are not an ass, tell them to go fuck themselves anyway because they work for the BBC and their editors will do this regardless of the journalist's intent. 2532171197
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This reminded me, it's 20 years since Frank Ellis, formerly of Leeds University, had his 15 mins of fame before taking early retirement. I think he was radicalised by reading The Bell Curve. It's also 35 years since I first heard someone trying to win an argument by saying "I'm a member of Mensa." 010
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A corporate solicitor is the odd one out, falling outside the "institutional not-for-profit/ public sector" category which is intrinsic to this concept of lanyardism. In interest-group theory, "institutional not-for-profit/ public sector" forms an interest group. 000
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I once worked for a rather-unpopular public sector org, senior colleagues warned me to remove insignia etc outside of the workplace. Passed thru Westminster tube station during rush hour yesterday, all these Home Office staff on the way home brazenly flaunting their lanyards! 010
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 23/08/2026For reasons I can't discern, it is supposed to be funny to spell it that way in your memes or tweets. 001
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Dependent on the amount of US influence on that Reform bandwagon, we may have to distinguish American football from "soccer", to answer this ! 000
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 22/08/2026They would get a bonus point for knowing that Oliver Reed was Carol Reed's nephew. 000
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 22/08/2026For folks who know about sport, sport is just "general knowledge." I'm very proud that last weekend I was able to discuss football with an Arsenal fan for an hour without being rumbled ! 100
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Also, if you happen to know what you're talking about -- that's a conflict of interest right there, you may need to recuse yourself. 030
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I had a relative, now deceased, who was a VERY senior person in UK medicine. In his day, Wakefield would have been called in and told that a post as a GP in the Falkland Islands had been arranged for him, if he wished to ever work in medicine again in the English-speaking world. 090
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 15/08/2026“barbeciwiau” are the invading bearded warriers ?or is that a false friend? Not a chance I'm taking anyway -- went home and double-locked the front door. 010
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 07/08/2026If memory serves, this "global cargo freight" idea was one of the original justifications for the Space Shuttle. 000
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I quit my job partly because my boss made us use some "AI-enabled" software in which it was not possible to switch the AI off. 0241
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 05/08/2026One of the Apollo missions left a King James Bible on the moon. They would not refrain from spreading the Word of the Lord to Lunar aliens and other inhabitants of outer space because of some abstract principle about not junking up the universe with abandoned human-generated paraphernalia. 000
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Georgian houses on the riverbank. So we can see a subtle blend of Listed Building stuff and flood defences. 040
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I wish my neck folds could be neatly tidied away when not in use. 000
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 22/07/2026An anecdote has it that in the 80s, a Revd Pope was considered for the Anglican chaplaincy in Rome. 010
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 22/07/2026When I left home my mother gave me some advice. "To descale your kettle, just turn it on without any water in it. The coefficient of expansion will cause the scale to crack and fall off." I later discovered it also makes flames come out of your kettle, so have a fire blanket handy. 060
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 20/07/2026And I had hoped that Monsignor Charles Pope would become the first American pope. 110
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 20/07/2026They have copious information about allergies -- it's an EU thing. Everywhere I went into on my last trip (last year), the menus were coded with allergy info. 030
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I did not know that. Meanwhile my brother just told me that to visit his new house, I had to get the train to Bromley, NOT Bromley by Bow. I reminded him that I used to work for London Transport, so, if *I* found this sort of thing confusing, plenty of other people would too ! 000
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Were I an officer, I should be very afraid rn 000
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Train map suggests this is actually Catford. As Jude Bellingham is from Stourbridge, W. Midlands, they dont have the excuse that this is his home district. "Bellingham" and "Catford" sound dissimilar and have a different number of syllables. Still baffled as to why this is a witty renaming. 100
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I might have been amused by this when I was age 6. I've put away childish things now, but I still feel slightly ashamed of the days when I was easily amused. That and anything with a face (Binface, Boatface) is liable to provoke my Queen Vic reaction WE ARE NOT AMUSED. 200
Reposted by The Real FursonaTracy King @tracyking.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Well I’ve spent the whole of #NorEng drawing the three English lions on a tote bag, time well spent even if we don’t win 872753549
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Please also note the presence of the Revs. Abbott and Vicary on the original Liturgical Commission, 1955. 110
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Uncle Dan voice, to kids: 'This is what you, in your country, call "hard cider".' 010
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I got an A, and I thought "Poubelle" was Pooh Bear's girlfriend. 050
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 05/07/2026There was even a spurious Almanach de Gotha produced, dated 1946, and used as the basis for some of these claims. I could tell it was a fake instantly, because it was set in Hermann Zapf's elegant typeface Palatino which was issued only in 1948. 020
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Didn't TS Eliot say something similar about Billy Graham. 010
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Currently reading Chadwick's biog of MR and my opinion of Macmillan has improved. He said "We've had enough of Martha, we need Mary now." In today's context, Martha is no longer just "good at admin", she is managerial. One would have to be, to line-manage all those bishops ! 000
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Last time I used my 7 lb sledgehammer was years ago when I had to disassemble some IKEA flatpack furniture in a hurry, and it's feeling unused and unloved. Far as I am concerned, if your'e not a pedestrian or a small kid on a tricycle, you can get off my pavement. 040
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Overheard while out for a walk yesterday evening: "I'm going to lay all my eggs on the table, ... I mean, ... er, in the same basket." 030
The Real Fursona @therealfursona.bsky.social · 28/06/2026“There are certain environmental issues where it is not easy to achieve a broad consensus. Here I would state once more that the Church does not presume to settle scientific questions or to replace politics.” (LS 188). The C of E sounds a lot more dogmatic -- in the bad sense of that word. 010
