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They liked my experience :-)
They liked my ideas :-)
The other candidate was cheaper :-(

Why wasn't Professor Snape in Frozen?

Because he can't let anything go.

#DataPseudoscience
What are the most stupid, not-even-wrong, misapplications of machine learning you've seen?

What's the difference between a mediaeval tsar and the prime minister?

One's Boris Gudunov, and the other isn't.

Did Thomas Cook the books?

Spider Judge, Spider Judge,
Tells the government where to budge.

Unusual ways of calling my family for meals.

What's my favourite epic #ProgRock song called?

BATMAN!

Most people say "Open Source", not "Free Software".
Most people say "Linux", not "GNU/Linux".
#FSF don't occupy the position of leadership they've always aspired to, which I think is a good thing.

Happy St Hildegard's Day everybody!
#conlang

Why do computational linguists drink on an empty stomach?

Because the vodka is good, but the meat is rotten.

We need a new word for "light-hearted, witty conversation", to replace "banter", which now means "offensive remarks thinly disguised as humour".

The way the party system works is "Why bribe one MP when you could bribe 300?"

It is literally wholesale corruption.

21 MPs disobey the goverment. Goverment responds by saying it won't tell them what to do anymore.

What do you call alien kung fu?

Martian arts.

Message From Fred in "Wicked".

Towards the end, Elphaba says, "Don't try to rehabilitate me." But isn't that the point of treating the Wicked Witch of the West as a heroine? It's like the writer is subconsciously disowning the premiss of the show.

The following quote from "The Battle of Epping Forest" by #Genesis seems appropriate.

And you ain't seen nothing like it,
No, you ain't seen nothing like it,
Not since the Civil War.