Harmless Drudgery

Random thoughts from a wordsmith, budding lexicographer, and 'snapper up of unconsidered trifles'.

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Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Of vests and waistcoats

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A guest on this week's Westminster Hour described Donald 'There goes my Nobel' Trump as holding his cards 'close to his che...

Sunday, 25 May 2025

Computer says ON

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Last December, before Elon Musk started wielding his billion dollar chainsaw, an article in Futurism ... <parenthesis subje...

Friday, 9 May 2025

For The Record

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Earlier this week I received the latest copy ('latest' being the 2023-24 edition, celebrating 40 years of 'women at Corpus')...

Saturday, 3 May 2025

Exofarts?

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Good old Cambridge. Researchers there have really got their finger on the pulse. Theyve been looking at hycean planets ... <glossary>...

Monday, 14 April 2025

Summit or nuffink

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In 2008 the New York Times published this report: RIO de JANEIRO — Marina Silva, the environmental minister who resigned this week, blamed...

Saturday, 8 February 2025

Drill baby drill

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At the end of last month, an article in New Scientist announced a research project that, if it goes ahead ( I wonder if USAID is involved...

Saturday, 11 January 2025

Moreish

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Last July I wrote ( here ) about Ultra Processed Food (UPF), a concept introduced by Dr Carlos Monteiro at a conference in São Paolo in 201...

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@BobKLite: After a misspent youth as an aspiring folk-rock hero and freelance polymath, I became a technical writer in the IT world and then - when I finally ran out of lives, having dodged redundancy for more than 10 years (towards the end of which I coined the word 'sub-Damoclean', to refer to my own position) - a teacher, resource creator, and writer.

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