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Presumably the paragraph containing any actual facts of the case got edited out for brevity.
A company for carrying out an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is.
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Presumably the paragraph containing any actual facts of the case got edited out for brevity.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Why the hell does this article end up talking about fences?
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
"What do young people like to do?" "You're not going to believe this sir, but our focus groups reveal that sex is popular."
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course, getting everything going upfront takes an awful lot of backstage work.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
"I thought this was opening night."
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Are they making it out of something other than mild steel now?
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Have been reading Patrick O'Brien and he makes it sound fine.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social)
Had to click through to confirm it wasn't actually AI because these days
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
One of my favourite influencer-like stories is from an acquaintance who proposed to his now wife on top of the Eiffel tower but had to wait until two other couples had got engaged first. Which must have taken a bit of unique romance off it.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Would dearly like to see the prompts used and how they weight the "focus group" because this feels very much like "you get the answers you have set the group up for".
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
I believe this is the traditional method, however it is less effective with today's culture and expectations.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social)
Always informative to think about the opposite of a political question and "How can you take on Farage when your policy on immigration is the same?" is illustrative of the paucity of this question.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Cat ions are what cause the attraction between cat hair and dark clothing
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"For marital read martial throughout."
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Feel bad for the person writing a thesis on martial arts.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
🎶but the only boy who could ever reach me was the son of a toolmaker🎶
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
"subtle but crucial shit" is a pitch for a le Carré film
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean if they're good enough for schoolkids
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
The traditional Scottish merkin
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
"Space is like an ocean. It's the final frontier. No-one has ever called it that before. Space Captain, that's a good title, isn't it?"
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Great minds etc
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Ad Astra Redux
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
It's Space Force II
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
wait this is all I do
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
considering posting bollocks
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
I have it on good authority that five is beyond the point when you're your own tribe: you need different transport, friends can no longer put you up for the night, you have to become internally self-sufficient.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Only primates, sir, no monkeys.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Still enormously amused by those white South Africans who escaped to the US and then complained that they couldn't get the domestic staff they were used to.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Come and see the violence inherent in the system
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
He grew up reading the generation of sci-fi where Earth colonists steamrollered the native Mars population and he sees nothing wrong with this.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
As a parent of a 1yo you've just spent a year becoming attuned to their moods and coming to a mutual agreement on a routine. Dog- or baby-sitting an entity you don't have that relationship with is always going to seem harder on an immediate timescale...!
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Any government that wanted to encourage more childbirth would have to find ways of giving willing parents housemaids.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Kids are great but the work increases exponentially with each additional one and you have to really want more than two to go for it.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Germany has very child-friendly policies and quite pro-natalist politics and yet
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
... what do you think "everyone can read the exchange" means?
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social)
There's nothing like name recognition in the brands business.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sure everyone can read the exchange and form their own opinions.
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Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Surely anyone can spin a "there's a new theory of quantum gravity and it overturns everything that scientists thought they knew" piece?
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Any science feature writers? We pay £350-450, send your pitches today or tomorrow!
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Can see how you might be miffed about this
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait what's the point of being king if you have to do everything yourself?
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
"This is all straightforward" the kind of thing people who have never personally engaged with an immigration process say.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social)
If I were Prime Minister I would simply appoint the grown-ups first time round.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Does it mean he's been lished in a pub?
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social)
Stickman lives in the family tree. All his furniture is made of the bones of relatives.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Just... act in the manner of the society you want to live in. How hard is that?
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
It may convince the speaker that they feel wise, but it feels absolutely the opposite of wise to take a position opposite to "society is just the behaviour of people, and therefore my behaviour matters in shaping society".
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Great for the whole family, you can even bring your Naan.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Ticket masala is what you need to get into the British Curry Festival surely? Rogan josh for the comedy tent, located near the vindaloos.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Possibly just with the ironing.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Went up 1300m in about 10km today just going to a National park.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Weird that Croatia doesn't produce more TdF cyclists given that from any place along the coast you can find an Alpine-style climb just by heading inland.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Can't explain what makes it a good insult if it isn't a good insult.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Just off the Croatian coast. Not quite a peninsula, translation makes sense.
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Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe you update the AI Wiki by just updating the real Wikipedia and waiting for the AI to steal it.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social)
Sir Plus of Testosterone Sir Osis of The Liver Sir Cumference of Belly Sir Loin of Steak
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait is Putin the Dread Pirate Roberts?
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Vance hasn't got the popularist base and the Republican power manoeuvring will cripple him.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social)
Vance right now
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
The best Mandate of Heaven, most popular president in Heaven ever
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Hasn't been on TV for two days, clearly a slam-dunk case.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it's probably true that if you're a politician you should never try to be clever on your taxes.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Probably more "cuntbubbles" or something like it.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
What does it even convey other than a jamming together of alliteration?
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Sturgeon's Law applies to lyrics too.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean we need insincere words too, we have a subtle language
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
But Afternoon Delight doesn't scan otherwise.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
What's the Izzard sketch about rising up and kicking in the doors of Parliament, then apologising for the mess?
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
But regifted is quite a useful word.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
There's a relatively long history of particularly American English tending to add syllables to words over time.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Procured some research services recently from the best and most established company in the field and realised in the early stages that it had been set up by someone I'd lectured, who fortunately turned out to be very happy to be working with me.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Definitely athletes though.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
That reminds me, I keep meaning to make some hexaflexagons.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
The amusing thing about the Official Secrets Act is that it applies to you whether you've signed it or not.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
I still don't believe that Britain has much of an "illegal migration" problem. If he means refugees, he should say that, but seeking asylum isn't illegal and those people will still need to be accommodated even if the UK has ID cards.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Gotta have a system as soon as you have more than a few cars.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
"general preference for mounting horses" come on man
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Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Now thinking about the chaos someone could cause running around at night with a tin of vantablack paint.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
🎶I am 36 Going on 37 I know that I'm naïve Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet And willingly I believe That we should leave the ECHR🎶
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
These Weebles fall down, because they're dead
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Best kind of wife.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Uh, 13?
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Got the impression that Starmer was already on strike tbh
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Reminder that Ann Coulter described Christians as "perfected Jews".
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Never trust an adult who doesn't appreciate dinosaurs.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Never mind that, consider all the extra bedroom tax space you'd need to keep it.
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Well it's an innovative solution
Richard K (@rkemb.bsky.social) reply parent
Tbh I just assume that a keyed ignition is just a costly bit of performative technology these days from the manufacturer's perspective since the immobiliser is electronic anyway, so it's gone to save money rather than for any convenience rationale.
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🤨
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If you want to talk about inflation in fish you need to know that puffer fish are poisonous unless very carefully dissected.