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mathematician, depressive, agnostic, European, SF fan, ancestor. (he/him/his). Assistant Professor in Maths and Economics at the University of Warwick. Mastodon: @[email protected] Instagram: dr.nicholas.jackson
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YOUNG MAN, there's no need to feel down i said YOUNG MAN, pagliacci the clown you can SEE HIM he is playing in town you should go and have a good time

submitted 20 hours ago • 50 comments

In the mood for some hardcore banging dance music this Saturday lunchtime.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS: Write books warning against a thing for sixty years THING: *Happens* MEDIA AND POLITICIANS: How could anyone possibly have foreseen this?

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

[Edgar Allan Poe tries to tell a joke] “Knock knock” “Who's there?” “Villains! I shrieked, dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — tear down the door! — here, here! — it is the knocking of his hideous heart!”

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Having concussion. Aged 7, I'd slipped on some ice in the playground and hit my head. I told my teacher, who said "oh dear" and began the lesson. A while later, she told me off for not paying attention. I cried that my head hurt, I felt sick and I couldn't see properly. Mum took me to A&E.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Apparently it's 13 years since I made the Judge Dredd episode of Bod youtu.be/CFVq7vPtWno?...

submitted 16 days ago • 34 comments

🎶 I heard there was a sacred kerb That geologists thought was quite superb But you don't care for plate tectonics, do you? It goes like this: a fourth, a fifth, a major fault, a minor shift, The Hayward council paving California. California, California... 🎶 www.npr.org/sections/the...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Buster Keaton, roi du voguing ? Dans The Cook, en 1918, l'acteur danse aussi bien que Madonna. Strike the pose et tout.

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments

"We'd like your feedback" says Microsoft Teams. The thing is, though, I really don't think you would. I don't think you'd like it at all. So let's just pretend you didn't ask, and we'll both go about our day as best we can.

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

The Execution of the Doge, by Delacroix, 1825. He was beheaded for attempting a coup d'etat. Apropos of, you know, absolutely nothing at all.

submitted 19 days ago • 80 comments

Next Doctor Who actor announced.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

All institutions are made up of individuals. Individuals can say "no". If enough individuals refuse, orders don't get carried out. It's hardest for the first person, but often you discover that others want to say "no", but haven't the practice that gives you courage. 1/3

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

look at this absolute unit

submitted 129 days ago • 341 comments

One of many reasons I love Twin Peaks is Denise. A well-rounded and interesting trans character, liked and respected by the people around her. You can often do more to challenge boundaries in SFF television than mainstream shows.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Next week I'm going to see a performance of Agamemnon, by Aeschylus. The title character is an angry, inadequate man, utterly unfit for high office, a weak and petulant leader who relies on more competent people to actually do the hard work for him, and throws a tantrum when things don't go his way.

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

We have just been asked by Tom's friends and family to share this picture of Tom Baker MBE with his birthday cake. Tom thanks everyone for there warm wishes and kind words. The cake was lovely and was bigger on the inside!

submitted 34 days ago • 29 comments