A further plug for this event on Friday 22nd September - three weeks today which opens the Sevenoaks Literary Festival. Reliably informed that tickets are now going quite quickly so get em while you can
Otto English
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You know - unless you live in Arizona or Madrid..... might be a bit of a stretch
Over at the other place there's a South African... living in South Africa.... complaining about ULEZ I mean the fs in FFFFFFFFFFFFFS simply don't do it justice
In the run up to the ULEZ roll out today I've (annoyingly) ended up engaging with all sorts of lunatic opinions and hot takes.... so I wrote this
https://thepinprickcom.wordpress.com/2023/08/29/the-ulez-terror/
https://thepinprickcom.wordpress.com/2023/08/29/the-ulez-terror/
Feel I should be offering a sort of Mastodon special offer - but no such facility exists - I'll flaps my ears or something
I'm going to be speaking about Fake Heroes on Friday September 22nd at the Sevenoaks Literary Festival. It's Sevenoaks so I'll be ironing my shirt! THAT is a promise. Come along be lovely to see you.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/sevenoaks-literary-festival-2023/otto-english-on-his-book-fake-heroes/e-xrgdgr
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/sevenoaks-literary-festival-2023/otto-english-on-his-book-fake-heroes/e-xrgdgr
When Jordan Peterson did the How to Academy he got 21 million views. Currently on 331 so not far behind
Anyway it was a very enjoyable conversation (I hope) we covered everything from Che Guevara to Douglas Bader with my father and Byron in between. Hope you like it.
https://youtu.be/LardvYIUiXo
Beware Fake Heroes | Otto English on Che Guevara, Mother Theresa and more (Full Event)
Honestly at this point in time I'm happy to park my social media camper van at any spot where there's no mention of that turnpi brained, tinkering turd Musk
Andy Arthur / ThreadinburghThe thread about the Pennybap Stane, an enchanted rock on the Seafield foreshore that summons the bogle “Shellycoat”
This isn't just any old random boulder, in fact this is a very particular boulder and it's not even random, it was placed here intentionally during the landscaping of the car park for Seafield Sewage Works technical department in the late 1970s. This stone is a large glacial erratic, left behind by a retreating ice sheet, and although it would have been…
The thread about the Pennybap Stane, an enchanted rock on the Seafield foreshore that summons the bogle “Shellycoat”
This isn’t just any old random boulder, in fact this is a very particular boulder and it’s not even random, it was placed here intentionally during the landscaping of the car park for S…
Morning Mastodon friends just a reminder that I'm doing this event tonight - it's virtual so come in your pyjamas if you like ... or a comical outfit... either way would be lovely to see you there
https://howtoacademy.com/events/fake-heroes-ten-false-icons-and-how-they-altered-the-course-of-history/
https://howtoacademy.com/events/fake-heroes-ten-false-icons-and-how-they-altered-the-course-of-history/
