Pete Bleackley @PeteBleackley@wandering.shop

Would flying saucers actually be a good shape for a spaceship?

Anybody ever see the word "Discord" and read it as "Discworld"?

It's unfortunately not surprising that the kind of people who like to provoke conflict are spreading lies about Notre Dame. I don't think the fact that the Al-Aqsar Mosque caught fire at the same time would fit their agenda, though.

Always make sure your software is working correctly before you write the unit tests.

I've heard on the news that Mass was being celebrated in Notre Dame when the fire broke out.

I take it that the idiots who want to deny Katie Bourman the due credit for her work don't want to be reminded about Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered pulsars.

When people don't get credit for their achievements because of unconscious cultural biases, that's bad enough.

But deliberately setting out to deny somebody credit out malice is disgusting.

The most vicious debates occur when both sides are wrong.

Given that a law has been passed to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal, and the chances of anyone agreeing to a deal are remote, come October we should be able to bring an injuction to force the government to revoke Article 50.

Tonight I'm listening to #ProgressiveRock and compiling the dictionary of my #conlang, iljena

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My MP

https://youtu.be/kCBxI9yKLgw

LINGUIST List 30.1441: Saving Endangered Languages with Prescriptivism

The LINGUIST List issue 30.1441, topic: Fund Drive, title: Saving Endangered Languages with Prescriptivism

https://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-1441.html

Giant April Fools joke makes everybody get up and go to work an hour early.

Both #Genesis and #REM have written songs that mention Lenny Bruce.

Typography fail, a bit rude.

Also, free higher education, universal basic income and nuclear disarmament.