Stephen JC

@stephenjcol

I got a PhD and somehow I ended up live streaming Dark Souls. Living the dream in west London. He/him and Welsh. (Profile pic is my black cat.)

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Stephen JC@stephenjcol· 24d

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his faithful servant Patsy (Terry Gilliam) from ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ (1974).

In a woodland setting we see a bearded man wearing a shining crown. He is dressed in a suit of chainmail, covered by a white tabard with a sun emblem on it. He looks concerned, confused or possibly just silly.

Behind his left shoulder stands a shorter man with a dirty face. His head is covered by a tight-fitting cap; we cannot see the rest of his clothing. On his back is a huge set of paraphernalia, like the sort of ridiculous oversized backpacks worn by teenagers going round Europe. I’m not sure what all the items are, I’d have to watch the film again. He definitely does look concerned, albeit in a silly way.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· 29d

I’ve gone on holiday (on purpose!) so here’s a view of the sunset over Camber Sands on the south coast. The wind is very strong here, and I got *really* cold taking this shot. I haven’t been cold since April.

Streaks of pink-tinted cloud sprawl against a grey-blue sky, hovering above a darkened mass of wavering long grasses.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Jul 9

Tonight I had the incredible privilege of seeing both Ravi Coltrane and Terence Blanchard play. Colossi of jazz. And the rest of the band were incredible too. I wish I’d broken the rules and grabbed some video.

Six men, two white, four black, holding their instruments, line up on a stage with their arms round each other. They look relaxed and full of joy. The stage is bathed in pink and purple light. Before them the audience is clapping wildly. You had to be there, but this captures the mood pretty well.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Jul 3

We’re basically Italy now.

Long range weather forecast for my part of London (redacted), showing a remorseless long string of sunny days with temperatures ranging from 27° to 33°

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Jun 27

I’m flattered but… hmm, I dunno if I can live up to that. Also I’m not as much of a Luddite as this implies. britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...

Your Results:
78% Woke, 22% Chud
25% Techbro, 75% Neo-Luddite
55% Hopepilled, 45% Doomer
78% Davos, 22% Dubai
Your Closest Match: Zohran Mamdani

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Jun 10

We don't often see each others headers. Here's mine. This is a misericord in the Oude Kirk, Amsterdam. Misericords (a word autocorrect refuses to believe exists) are carved designs placed under the seats in a church. Quote post with yours.

A carved wooden misericord of a bird with its wings spread. However it has the head of a human, not a bird. The head is of a man with strong features and receding hair, who somewhat resembles Julius Caesar. Assuming Julius Caesar looked like he looks in the Asterix books.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Jun 8

Fucksake. What is so difficult about just hovering around 25°C all the time?

Weather forecast for next weekend onwards shows temperatures once again exceeding 30°C

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Jun 6

Oh no.

Weather forecast for next weekend shows temperatures climbing into the high 20s Celsius again.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· May 26

And, sadly, this comes the day after another jazz giant, Sonny Rollins - who played with Miles - has died. RIP, one of the very greatest.

Sonny Rollins. B&W pic of a man wearing a dinner suit playing the tenor saxophone with his eyes closed.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· May 25

Pick a Bond villain from the pictures you already have on your phone.

The Frenzied Flame ending of Elden Ring. A middle-aged woman with dark hair and a severe expression. She wears a brown robe with some kind of lacy cape over the top. She is staring at her right hand which has caught fire. Soon she will be engulfed (willingly) in fierce golden flame, but that’s not in this photo. I called this character Fiamma, which is the Italian word for flame.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· May 25

We had a visitor in the front garden just now.

A baby fox, looking a bit startled. It stuck around to eat the unwanted cat food, though.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· May 23

I speak my father’s RP all the time, except that I cannot avoid my mother’s Welsh accent when saying the name of former Welsh rugby captain Alun Wyn Jones. It feels like a sin to say it any other way.

Former Welsh rugby captain Alun Wyn Jones, may God bless him.

A man with thinning hair and stubble stands with his massive arms akimbo. He wears a red rugby shirt stained with dirt and toil. On his face is an expression of fatigue and indefatigability. If that’s not a contradiction. It is, isn’t it? Never mind, that’s how he was - never give up.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· May 19

It’s May. This is not acceptable in May. I live in London, not fucking Miami.

Forecast for the week ahead shows temperatures approaching 30°C every day

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· May 18

Both the US- and UK-centric quizzes have me as a social democrat, so I’m not sure if that means I’d be a SD in both countries or if the term is too vague.

Your result: social democrat

Centre-left on economics, cosmopolitan anc pro-European, with a belief in strong public services and a broadly Atlanticist foreign policy.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· May 17

Seems about right for me. Apparently I’m Nelson Mandela. I call that a win.

FindMyPolitics result: social democrat.

Economic: strongly left-wing
Social: moderately libertarian
Civil liberties: slightly pro-liberty
Governance: moderately globalist
System trust: slightly high trust

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· May 13

Spending a day at a trade fair. Joined the lanyard class for 24 hours. (Reposted with alt text this time, not that it helps much.)

Me with a jacket, sensible shirt and lanyard on

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· May 9

OMFG NOOOO 😱

WHY ACCOUNTANTS NEED TO PUT BITCOIN ON THEIR BALANCE SHEETS

14.20-15.00 | Theatre 3 - Practice Excellence

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Apr 23

I think about this a lot. (cc @flipchartrick.bsky.social)

Tweet (14 Dec 2017) by @FlipChartRick

It’s not the people who lived through the war who gave us Brexit. It’s the ones who grew up on the war films afterwards.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Apr 18

Without stating your age, post your favourite film released the year you turned 18.

‘The Mission’. Jeremy Irons, dressed as a Catholic priest, holding an enormous gold cross, stands in front of a large group of indigenous South American children. In the background, their village is on fire

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Apr 13

How I Fucked Everything Up and Fucked Off by David Fucking Cameron

A mocked-up book cover showing Cameron’s face staring arrogantly at the reader, set against a painting of London on fire

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Apr 13

If you see this, post something you saved because it's funny.

A series of pictures showing increasingly complex puns in Welsh. A loaf of bread (bara in Welsh) is featured with a capybara (also capybara in Welsh) in ever more bizarre combinations; the last of which is pâr o gapybara’n byta pâr o fara capybara’n ara’ (a pair of capybaras eating a pair of bite-sized capybara loaves)

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Apr 12

Recommend a film from the 50s.

Poster for The Night of the Hunter (1955), the only film directed by Charles Laughton (it’s a shame he didn’t make more). Robert Mitchum glares at Shelley Winters, who is clinging to his arm

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Apr 10

One of Alex Norris’s ‘Oh No’ cartoons (webcomic name.com).

In the first frame, a magenta-coloured blob person stands in the middle of a room, declaring “I want things to be different.”

In the second frame, all the objects in the room fly up in the air to find new places to lie.

In the third frame, the whole room has now become an unsightly mess. The person stands dejectedly in the middle and says: “Oh no.”

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Apr 9

I finally did the german.millermanschool.com test and… yep, pretty much as I expected. Especially given I got a bit stressed that some of the questions seemed ambiguous.

Your Result
AUTISTIC
Not necessarily German about it.

GERMAN 20%
AUTISTIC 73%

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Mar 24

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MUTTAR.

A bowl of muttar paneer: chunks of paneer with peas in curry sauce. I love this stuff

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Mar 21

Look at this utter dogshit reporting by BBC Scotland political correspondent Phil Sim. Proud of yourself, Phil?

BBC News website: Built in the "straight talking" image of Nigel Farage, Reform has always been a party comfortable with saying things that others might hesitate to voice.

If that causes controversy - as it frequently does - then it gets people talking about the issues they want to discuss.

Other parties know this, but are quite happy to play along by piling in with criticism - because they like the idea of Reform as a sort of bogeyman to encourage their supporters out to vote.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Mar 14

Brother and sister. Nine years old today. Middle-aged, but still babies. #Caturday

Two sleeping cats, side by side. On the left, a male brown tabby. On the right, a female all-black. They lie on a yellow and blue patchwork bedspread.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Mar 13

I propose that we keep everyone happy by merging the statesman and wildlife categories, and place former Idaho governor Butch Otter on the ten pound note.

Former Governor of Idaho, Clement Leroy “Butch” Otter. Supposedly named Butch because he got into a lot of fights as a kid, not because he’s especially tough. Although, as a Republican, he probably thinks he is.

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Feb 28

Oh for absolute fuck’s sake.

BBC News website item. A smug-looking Laura Kuenssberg stands in front of a black and white picture of Farage and Polanski. Accompanying caption: “Polanski and Farage don’t agree. But they have more in common than you might think.”

Stephen JC@stephenjcol· Feb 23

No cheating, your last saved pic of a celebrity is your therapist. (Not complaining.)