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@chrisbham

Birmingham UK Interests: Ontology for Data integration, Rail Data, Stage lighting, learning Italian and cycling. Work for University of Birmingham and MoniRail

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Where do they stand on internal convention centres?

Only we have one in Birmingham and I used to be there alot in my lighting tech days, now go as a deligate instead

01.03.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fortunately it seems he is an unpopular NAZI at least

27.02.2026 09:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's true of course

27.02.2026 07:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Famed for his ~~midas~~Β merdeasΒ touch

26.02.2026 10:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm going to be depressed by how few it wasn't aren't I?
I reckon we hit double figures though....15?

26.02.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The thing is, I have a frame that was intended to be a mountain bike which is currently masquerading as a utility bike. It does at least have mudguards though (and a followme so I can take my daughter to school)

25.02.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is why I really *must* get a chain guard: I'm limited to cycling with trousers that can get at least a little grubby at the minute. Dark trousers are mostly ok, but I worry about expensive suit trousers.

25.02.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry to hear that

23.02.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Having read this, it makes really solid, sensible, easily implement-able suggestions, that would upset only the most determinedly cantankerous.

I assume therefor I'll die of old age before they come to pass

17.02.2026 10:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But is this an act of resistance against a former colonial power, famed for it's love of tea, or unintentional?

16.02.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mogg is particularly annoying in the UK as he is some sort of weird victorian throw back of a politian who was very involved in brexit.

... And it turns out helped by Steve bannon, so even Americans can know he's a wrongun

14.02.2026 07:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oooh
Total Car production?
It feels in the UK as if China is producing a lot of cars at the minute

13.02.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That and practicality has changed: fuel and time to cook things for a long time is no longer so cheap. People can now afford the parts of the cow they considered high status, so they no longer need to eat so much suet.

Which is a shame, because steak and kidney pudding is awesome

12.02.2026 10:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

....so this is how I learn I can't vote for my local labour candidate in 2029.

I never much agreed with Steve McCabe either, the problem is it's (or was) a safe labour seat, so it was given to Al.

07.02.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't imagine driving with the random lag associated with a 5g connection is particularly easy or safe.
It's not like London has exactly flawless 5G coverage either.

06.02.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, if anything the weakness here is Glasman being against something would make me wonder if perhaps I'd miss-understood and actually it was a good idea after all.

05.02.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You are right of course, but also the word grindcore is already taken: It's a heavy metal sub-genre that I never really got into, of which napalm death are surely the most famous example.

30.01.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Children.
Children are why I'm up at the crack of dawn

30.01.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Terry Pratchett describes a character as (approximately, from memory) "Feeling the discomfort of an educated man faced with someone much smarter than him who can't read"

Intelligence is distributed more equally than education.

27.01.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely: seeing a different view point is valuable, a tirade of ill thought out hate has no value no matter who is spewing it

23.01.2026 10:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

... I'm too young, but the inability of people to call things by their new name means I get it anyway

21.01.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, never forget if he dies and doesn't rule as a semi-animated corpse (has that happened already?) then we get JD Vance, which isn't necessarily better.

21.01.2026 09:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The thing is, unlike others who've made millions, I'm not even slightly tempted to copy that approach. It's not a question of whether I could (though I probably couldn't), but rather whether it would be worth it. It simply wouldn't be worth being rich if *you also had to be farage*

21.01.2026 09:05 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

He's right, it is good

20.01.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(I don't believe you)

20.01.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yuan Zi Shu and John Oxley are both worth reading, whether or not you agree with them

20.01.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It seems I'm following him, but I never saw anything interesting from him on here to be fair

20.01.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Likewise, I already follow quite a chunk of them

Sanity is lets face it a matter of opinion

20.01.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I have gotten myself on some most unflattering lists for following a few right wingers I disagree with on here.

Honestly if you only follow people you agree with, you'd never have an original thought

20.01.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Equally it could be something Nathan Barely would attend

20.01.2026 10:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0