Cory @Doctorow says ‘I live in England now..as you can tell by my accent’. Maybe they could at @TatteredCover, but… authorsontourlive.com/cory-doct…
The @Doctorow podcast covers the arts, digital rights, internet access and cats. Well worth a listen authorsontourlive.com/cory-doct…
‘Breakages’ also complained about by Horace Trubridge of the magnificent Darts here: www.theguardian.com/media/201…
Thing about mp3 ‘breakages’ charge is from @Doctorow podcast on Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free' authorsontourlive.com/cory-doct…
#WhatILearnedToday record companies deduct money for ‘breakages’ (originally of vinyl/shellac records) from royalties on digital sales.
#WhatILearnedToday Stereo Kicks are splitting up www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/…
Politician on the radio just said that the electorate are firmly on the centre ground. Lib-Dems might suggest otherwise.
Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture by David Blight on the US Civil War bbc.in/1E8HdmD . Interesting on legacy, Confederate Flag etc
#WhatILearnedToday the financial ‘value’ of the USA’s slaves in 1860 was $3.5 billion. Possibly $75b in todays money oyc.yale.edu/transcrip…
My most-used #Powershell function:
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(especially for @stevewhart1)
I’d like First Aid Kit to do the #Spectre theme song, please
Left-wingers are unelectable…apart from Sturgeon, Lucas, Galloway, Livingstone, Attlee.
Got the @Argos_Online catalog at the weekend. Either the words and pictures have got a lot smaller or I’ve got a lot older.. #OldBlokeTweet
RT @Beathhigh: Reverend Spooner was born on this day in 1844. Despite reports, he was not killed by a blushing crow.
RT @StanCarey: Myles na Gopaleen’s plan for reducing road accidents “may seem simple, naïve – poetic, almost. Teach the Irish people to hav…
RT @afcbournemouth: FULL TIME: @SalisburyFC 2-1 #afcb. t.co/7iV8k2mdh…
Thought @SalisburyFC looked very good against @AFCBournemouth. Well worth 2-1 win
RT @BournemouthBRA: Fim de jogo: o Bournemouth U21 perdeu para o Salisbury FC pelo placar de 2-1 t.co/UEf8pdtHP…
2-1 to Salisbury t.co/qnw54rIoZ…
1-1 :)