Evan Hensleigh

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I look after interactive charts and things at the Economist. Not quite sure what I'm doing here yet. @futuraprime.net on Bluesky
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Evan HensleighApr 13, 2025
Evan HensleighFeb 27, 2025
Truly, who among us has not had days like the parents of Aaaaaaaah, legendary goatfolk qlippoth.
Evan HensleighAug 24, 2024
One assumes the sound drove most people to move up the road.
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Attached: 1 image I found England’s least believable address.

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Evan HensleighAug 21, 2024
You’d better be very sure about your Argos order.
Evan HensleighAug 3, 2024
Amazon has discovered my secret identity as Lord Buckethead
Evan HensleighMay 31, 2024
I feel like the Guardian has answered its own question here.
Evan HensleighMay 29, 2024
One of these days.
Evan HensleighMay 1, 2024
Sure it is, mate.
Evan HensleighApr 23, 2024
This is never a good sign.
Evan HensleighApr 21, 2024

TIL that Étienne is the French variant of Stephen, which surprised me because I assumed Stephen was French.

This led me to look up Stephen of Blois, a poorly regarded usurper-king of England. Sure enough in French he is called Étienne d‘Angleterre (because in French the distinguishing thing about him is the ruling England, not the being from Blois).

Which is how I learned that Stephen of Blois/Étienne d’Angleterre had one of the best coats of arms I’ve ever seen. Behold the lion-centaur: