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UrsulaWrites: Ada Lovelace: Sex and Algorithms Shocker
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A blogsite what I write. My short stories, and thoughts on people, politics, places and culture. Tuesday, 16 October 2012. Ada Lovelace: Sex and Algorithms Shocker. Today is Ada Lovelace Day. If you thought Ada Lovelace. Let's start in 1792. French revolution in full swing. English King mad as a parrot. All kinds of bonkers ideas afoot. People literally losing their heads. Mary Wollstonecraft. Later, she has a daughter with the philosopher William Godwin. In 1816, their daughter, Mary. When he dumps her,...
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UrsulaWrites: Pussy Riot, Mad Vlad & the Bristol MP: updated
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A blogsite what I write. My short stories, and thoughts on people, politics, places and culture. Thursday, 9 August 2012. Pussy Riot, Mad Vlad and the Bristol MP: updated. Pussy Riot have just been sentenced to two years in prison for 'Hooliganism'. Lock me up, somebody. I really think Putin might have done something very stupid this time. I think that being able to do exactly as you want, to anyone, within your own fiefdom, makes people very stupid after a while. Kerry described the courtroom, with its ...
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UrsulaWrites: Jeremy Corbyn: Messiah, or Just A Very Naughty Boy?
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A blogsite what I write. My short stories, and thoughts on people, politics, places and culture. Friday, 24 July 2015. Jeremy Corbyn: Messiah, or Just A Very Naughty Boy? Fourth question: Greece again - how would Corbyn defend the UK if we ended up in a similar situation? At the time, I thought this was a daft question - later, I decided it was the most salient one asked all night, but more of that later.) Final question in this section: was he in favour of Universal Basic Income? Unlike the other leader...
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UrsulaWrites: Review: Midnight's Pumpkin, Kneehigh Theatre
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A blogsite what I write. My short stories, and thoughts on people, politics, places and culture. Friday, 5 August 2011. Review: Midnight's Pumpkin, Kneehigh Theatre. Somewhere in a field in Cornwall. Midnight's Pumpkin is the ninth show I've seen by Kneehigh. And the first in their brand-spanking-new tent, the Asylum. I went with about a dozen people of varying ages, and the first thing to say is that everyone loved it. Photo (C) Steve Tanner. Photo (C) Steve Tanner. Midnight's Pumkpin - 5 stars. I dont ...
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UrsulaWrites: فوسي ماكوسي
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A blogsite what I write. My short stories, and thoughts on people, politics, places and culture. كان فوسي ماكوسي متفائلاً إلى أبعد مدى، كان متفائلاً على الرغم من أنه كان يعيش في بقعة من أفقر بقاع الأرض، وعلى الرغم من أنه لم يكن يملك سوى بدلة واحدة لا يكاد بنطالها يصل إلى كاحليه. حين أنهى فوسي ماكوسي دراسته، قرر أن التحاقه بالخدمة المدنية سيوفر له مهنة محترمة، نظر الرجل المسئول عن التوظيف مليًا إلى فوسي، ورأى على الفور أنه لن يصلح أبدًا لأي شيء. أتعرف، أعتقد أن لدي وظيفة شاغرة لشاب طموح مثلك. أنا موظف الح...
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UrsulaWrites: Some Uncharitable Thoughts
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A blogsite what I write. My short stories, and thoughts on people, politics, places and culture. Saturday, 11 July 2015. I don't know whether you've seen this upsetting story from Bristol. Recently. An elderly lady who had spent time doing charity fundraising committed suicide, allegedly prompted, in part, by a deluge of fundraising communications from organisations asking for support. Sending out recipe cards? The worst guilt-tripping tactics came from World Villages for Children,. Which sellotaped 12 p...
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UrsulaWrites: Literary Turkish Delight, anyone?
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A blogsite what I write. My short stories, and thoughts on people, politics, places and culture. Thursday, 14 June 2012. Literary Turkish Delight, anyone? Why did nobody notice while all that happened? Were we all asleep? Just Eat This. Everything Will Be Fine. To which I answer, no, we were lulled into a false sense of security. It's like when Edmund. And the White Witch. Gives him Turkish Delight. Everything goes all sugary and rosy and you just do what they tell you. Anyway, some of that Narnia stuff ...
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UrsulaWrites: Los Barretiempo
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A blogsite what I write. My short stories, and thoughts on people, politics, places and culture. El diez por ciento del material más concentrado se vende a laboratorios criogénicos en California. Otro veinte por ciento o más se vende discretamente a una variedad de clientes privados, viejos en su mayoría, hombres ricos que se han casado con jóvenes hermosas. No hay moraleja en esta historia, sólo que si planeas desperdiciar tu tiempo, por favor recuerda, alguien. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Short Story: ...
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UrsulaWrites: Người chồng bằng mây đan
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A blogsite what I write. My short stories, and thoughts on people, politics, places and culture. Người chồng bằng mây đan. ƯỜI CHỒNG BẰNG MÂY ĐAN. Nguyên tác : The Wicker Husband. Truyện ngắn của Ursula Wills-Jones. Nguyễn Khắc Phước chuyển ngữ. Ngày xưa có một cô gái xấu xí, vừa mập vừa lùn, chân đi khập khiễng, hai lông mày dính liền nhau. Cô gái xấu xí sống bằng nghề làm ruột cá. Căn nhà xiêu vẹo của cô nằm ở ngoài làng. Cô không bao giờ than thở chuyện gì. Một tháng nữa trở lại," lão đáp. Sau đó anh ...
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