@FurtherOr

A barrister. Catholic. Read PPE once upon a time.

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Joined June 2020
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New post! At the risk of being completely obscure, I could say that it's about being about. Which is true, but it's also me telling a cracking good story which would make a first-rate film. furtheroralternatively.blogs…
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Maybe AI has already won?
Keith Edwards
@keithedwards23h
this is so bleak
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Rory Sutherland
@rorysutherlandOct 24
This is an extraordinary advertisement because it's effectively spending 60 seconds to tell us how technology is ruining our lives. Incidentally, it fails to point out that not only is French toast not toast, but Canadian bacon is not technically bacon.
Austen Allred
@AustenOct 13
This might be the first time I’ve ever watched an Apple ad that made me actively not want to buy the product
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Interesting LRB article reviewing a book on the justifications for slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries (link below). The basic point is that the English couldn't really justify it, but just quietly did it anyway, out of sight and out of mind. Many such cases?
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Equally, the puritans and evangelicals who campaigned (and campaign) about slavery, child prostitution, bear-baiting, abortion, alcohol, gambling, sexual immorality and so on were (and are) regarded as ridiculous kill-joys. (That's a deliberately mixed list.)
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I suppose I'd rather have a society that doesn't even try to justify slavery rather than an ante-bellum South that did. But there's a moral price to be paid somewhere else. A certain degree of hypocrisy is necessary for civilised life. But we mustn't take it too far.
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Sometimes the questions asked on this site are really tricky. But sometimes they're not.
Brittany Hugoboom
@BritHugoboomOct 24
An ultra feminine lingerie brand that discovers the next generation of most beautiful models in the world? Is that something people would be interested in?
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Yes, I take creatine: I need more wrist muscles for the Schubert G flat impromptu.
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Just wondering whether Tutankhamun, the boy king, was Gillick-competent to give informed consent. I just hope we find an inscription from his mum signing off on everything.
Graham Grant@GrahamGGrantOct 21
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum has removed Egyptian mummies from display because there was no 'informed consent from the deceased individual'👇 mol.im/a/16227743 #Exclusive #Scotland #Glasgow #Museums #EgyptianMummies #Woke @MailOnlineScot

'Woke madness' as museum removes Egyptian mummies from display...

Bosses at one of Scotland's most popular museums are at the centre of a 'woke' row after removing mummies from display because of a lack of 'informed consent from the deceased individual'.

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Suddenly worried about the GDPR implications of the Rosetta Stone
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I've been to Renoir & Love at the National Gallery, hence the weather-appropriate picture. I have 3 observations. 1) Lovely. Only a poseur would deny that Renoir is charming. 2) Busy. So many people. Too many. 3) Renoir should stick to ladies wearing clothes and avoid the nudes.
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Here's a bonus for you. Just next to The Ambassadors is this, Moroni's La Dama in Rosso. Pretty cool, eh? (Not the Angel Moroni, but presumably another member of that distinguished family.)
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This seems to be legit:
High Court (Australia) Trivia@HighCourtTriviaOct 21
Edelman J asking Herzfeld SC whether Roman law answers the question before the Court (last Thursday) 1/3
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Ben Sixsmith
@BDSixsmithOct 19
This might be true of Facebook or Instagram but it's absolutely not true of X. An impartial observer would look at very few of our accounts and think, "Yep. This person is doing fine."
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Seriously?
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Ah, the joys of LinkedIn. "Someone from Wiltshire" has looked me up. Real "Person from Porlock" vibes (wrong county, I know).
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