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danwaterfield.bsky.social

Wrote a History PhD on The Burney Family / Social Democrat / gam zu l'tovah. Interested in lit, theology, history, software, systems, &c. Soon to be Pākehā.

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No, she’s unfortunately right about this.

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okay, it’s time for me to finally weigh in: it’s probably a bad sign that guys are just doing sieg heils in public again

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Tho tbf there seems to be a split between the fascist zoomers & the civic nationalists embodied by the rejection of farage for actually wanting more commonwealth migrants.

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I was so thrown that the barista at the cafe I go to every Friday, at the same time, remembered the drink I always order that I panicked and did a double thumbs up, all while sweating profusely for some reason.

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Strangest possible response to the very ordinary phenomenon of a writer who reviews books asking for a galley. Unless this can't be done across gender? Mike Pence logic.

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£520 later: Rabies tests done, blood sent to the government lab.

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Nope!

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Charity shop I went in yesterday had 3 copies of Russell Brand’s Revolution, why I am no longer talking to white people about race, Norman Baker’s autobiography, Fully Automated Luxury Communism and 12 Rules for life which makes it an immaculate discourse time capsule for years 2010-20

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"If only Comrade Stalin knew!"

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In Bristol. So many different types of guy.

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Great letter.

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Family tree research partially hobbled by the fact the Boggs / Quinn / Lowry / Barr lines tended to have ~10 children per couple

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Ah, dignity

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TONIGHT WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING A CLOWN-DISCO.

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The word 'loom' starts to appear with the meaning of 'machine for weaving' in the fifteenth century. Before then, its origins become unclear, but it does seem to have referred more broadly to any kind of tool, including tools and valued objects passed down – the sense behind the word 'heirloom'.

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Went to the woods today. Foggy, slightly boggy King Alfred’s Tower.

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This is a fair representation of me attempting any household task with my dog in the vicinity.

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hot take on EA: my canary in the coal mine for knowing when a center-left movement will eventually go off the moral rails is excessive philosophical investment in utilitarianism and/or consequentialism

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Can announce I’ve signed up with Studio Ghibli to make an animated film about an ex-kids tv host giving a heart-rending performance of a famous beat poem. That’s “Castle’s moving Howl”, coming soon.

No, she’s unfortunately right about this.

okay, it’s time for me to finally weigh in: it’s probably a bad sign that guys are just doing sieg heils in public again

Tho tbf there seems to be a split between the fascist zoomers & the civic nationalists embodied by the rejection of farage for actually wanting more commonwealth migrants.

I was so thrown that the barista at the cafe I go to every Friday, at the same time, remembered the drink I always order that I panicked and did a double thumbs up, all while sweating profusely for some reason.

Up next

Strangest possible response to the very ordinary phenomenon of a writer who reviews books asking for a galley. Unless this can't be done across gender? Mike Pence logic.

£520 later: Rabies tests done, blood sent to the government lab.

Nope!

Charity shop I went in yesterday had 3 copies of Russell Brand’s Revolution, why I am no longer talking to white people about race, Norman Baker’s autobiography, Fully Automated Luxury Communism and 12 Rules for life which makes it an immaculate discourse time capsule for years 2010-20

"If only Comrade Stalin knew!"

In Bristol. So many different types of guy.

Great letter.

Up next

Family tree research partially hobbled by the fact the Boggs / Quinn / Lowry / Barr lines tended to have ~10 children per couple

Ah, dignity

TONIGHT WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING A CLOWN-DISCO.

The word 'loom' starts to appear with the meaning of 'machine for weaving' in the fifteenth century. Before then, its origins become unclear, but it does seem to have referred more broadly to any kind of tool, including tools and valued objects passed down – the sense behind the word 'heirloom'.

Went to the woods today. Foggy, slightly boggy King Alfred’s Tower.

This is a fair representation of me attempting any household task with my dog in the vicinity.

hot take on EA: my canary in the coal mine for knowing when a center-left movement will eventually go off the moral rails is excessive philosophical investment in utilitarianism and/or consequentialism

Can announce I’ve signed up with Studio Ghibli to make an animated film about an ex-kids tv host giving a heart-rending performance of a famous beat poem. That’s “Castle’s moving Howl”, coming soon.

When you’ve massively misunderstood the story of Sisyphus.

New arrival

Barista: hi, how are you? Me, my eyes closed for some reason: iced, :-)