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@true_wheel Easily the best episode. "It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times." is my favourite Simpsons line too. about 3 hours ago via web in reply to true_wheel
Saw Grimes earlier; she was awesome. about 18 hours ago via web
Current German language regime: bilingual edition of Georg Trakl's selected poems and the back of my housemate's toiletries. about 18 hours ago via web
immolations i just can not grasp reality anymore. this world is all too confusing. i must consult the Sunny Hundal for his guidance about 20 hours ago via web Retweeted by bombthepast and 2 others
stavvers IMAGINE trying to critique sex work without any critique of all work. 6:40 AM Jun 2nd via web Retweeted by bombthepast and 5 others
lemonbloodycola Despair all ye who enter here yfrog.com/z/mmfse1j #againsttheworld #againstlife 5:40 PM Jun 1st via web Retweeted by bombthepast and 1 other
@LizzyAB If you have the FUNDZ and don't mind a state in an austerity death spiral. Had considered Berlin but feel settled in London now. 2:28 PM Jun 1st via web in reply to LizzyAB
On reflection, I could have chosen a better time to apply for a postdoc that'd pay wages in Euros. 1:58 PM Jun 1st via web
@KAInosaur Though you might like this Flannery O'Connor self-portrait. -- bit.ly/KR1vs2 8:20 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to KAInosaur
piercepenniless '...regina monologues, the queen’s mogadonnish 3pm telly broadcasts, like a séance at which the medium herself had passed to the other side' 7:47 AM Jun 1st via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by bombthepast and 1 other
adamkotsko Man, if only there were some entity that could print money at will and hire some of these unemployed people. 5:36 AM Jun 1st via web Retweeted by bombthepast and 8 others
danhancox Really enjoying @petepaphides' doc about one of my favourite albums, Suede's Dog Man Star bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b… ht @rosagilbert 4:01 PM May 31st via web Retweeted by bombthepast and 1 other
@lemonbloodycola My memory is like a sieve, so when even I reckon they're absolutely taking the piss, it's got to be bad. 11:21 AM May 31st via web in reply to lemonbloodycola
You'd get a decent approximaion of criminal justice by giving Leveson witnesses 3 month's jail-time for each conversation they can't recall. 11:11 AM May 31st via web
voyou On a very bad blog post about a pretty bad episode of Mad Men: blog.voyou.org/2012/05/30/on-… 5:05 PM May 30th via Hotot Retweeted by bombthepast and 2 others
'If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Radio 4 announcer emoting into a human face — forever.' 4:49 PM May 30th via web
@roolbg This analysis grounds his attack on involuntary treatment. Some more quotes from Szasz. -- bit.ly/JVTbUT 1:26 PM May 30th via web in reply to roolbg
@roolbg Depends what you think is wrong with it. Classic criticism of psychiatric category of mental illness is Szasz: bit.ly/JVSICb 1:25 PM May 30th via web in reply to roolbg
Going to Marie McGinn's seminar on Wittgensteinian naturalism at Birkbeck later. Always find her mesmerisingly intense and lucid. 6:42 AM May 30th via web
Excellent roundup on trans-exclusionary radical feminism. Makes important point about not ceding the term 'radical'. -- bit.ly/L2BHsb 4:22 PM May 29th via web