Xander Flatt

@xanderflatt

Working in local government policy, data (analysis and visualisation), and making information accessible. Interested in film, music, art, culture, politics, sport, news and the weather. East Lothian/Edinburgh Nae Paseran He/him

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Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· 10d

I say, I SAY, boy...

A comic panel with Doctor Doom raising a horn to his mouth and tooting it after saying 'Doctor Doom toots as he pleases!'

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· 22d

After 800 miles, two taxis, six trains, three missed connections and about 50ft of a mild jog, I finally got my well-read copy of Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art signed by @daisydixon.bsky.social It changed how I view art. Bought @portybooks.bsky.social signed @bookspacecardiff.bsky.social

A copy of Dr Daisy Dixon's 'Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art' stands upright on a wooden table

The inside cover of the book, signed by Daisy Dixon.

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Jun 11

A black iron gate across a path that leads into a garden. The sign on it reads "Welcome to the Garden. Please respect the rules"

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Apr 12

Front row for @gregjenner.bsky.social and @marjoleinrobertson.bsky.social at The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. Been really looking forward to this.

A stage with four empty seats behind two desks. The background is a poster for the podcast "You're Dead to Me" in the style of the Bayeux EMBROIDERY.

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Mar 3

The news of Starmer standing up to Trump will likely be accompanied by this image...

An image of a man. It is framed from the shoulders up. He is wearing a black polo shirt, has stubble and has male pattern baldness.
The image is famous for accompanying a story on The Onion with the headline "Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Good Point"

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Mar 2

Legendary Radio One DJ John Peel sits behind a mixing desk.

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Feb 24

Happy Twin Peaks Day to all who celebrate.

A man in a suit and tie sits in the driver's seat of a moving car. He is holding a Dictaphone up to his mouth and saying "Diane, 11.30am. February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks"

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Feb 15

It does, sometimes, have its moments.

The home screen is Disney plus. It shows a link to "The Emperor's New Groove", but the accompanying image is from Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith"

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Feb 15

Same, random pair of trousers on Vinted. Same

A close up picture of the top of a pair of trousers. The buttons, belt loop and pocket form a face that looks like it's seen some things.
Things you people wouldn't believe. Like, attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. C-beams glistening at the Tannhauser Gate....

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Dec 17

Me: *tries to poach an egg* The Egg:

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Dec 9

In sports news elsewhere on the BBC website: "Partial victory for boxer who lost by knock out, but slightly hurt opponent's fist with their face in the process"

Screenshot of the BBC news website. The headline reads "partial victory for nurse in NHS trans changing room row"
The nurse in question overwhelmingly lost the case she brought but one small point was upheld.

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Nov 10

Almost forgot to wish everyone a happy There's a Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day. I hope you all remembered to leave a wee dram out for the circulatory system walking through the kitchen.

A panel from the graphic novel "Watchmen".
It shows the ghostly apparition of a human circulatory system appearing in a kitchen as several horrified people look on.

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Oct 2

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Sep 23

Bring back the knitting machine!

A magazine advert for a knitting machine designed to work with the Nintendo NES.

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Sep 14

Surely a plum job for Eunuch Powell over here

A mugshot of a man who participated in a riot targeting minorities who was hit in the groin with a brick. It was thoroughly deserved

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Sep 8

A picture of a roast potato. The caption underneath says "Let the potato rest for five minutes".

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Sep 8

The skull that the RSC uses for performances of Hamlet is that of the composer André Tchaikovsky. Fun wee fact there.

A man, David Tennant, is dressed in a blue parka jacket, a red woollen jumper and a dark blue woollen hat. He is looking at a skull that he is holding up in his right hand.

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Aug 31

Happy birthday to one of the greatest retractions ever printed. It's still pretty indicative of the press today

"We apologise for the Princess Diana page one headline DI GOES SEX MAD, which is still on the stands at some locations. It is currently being replaced with a special 72-page tribute issue: A FAREWELL TO THE PRINCESS WE ALL LOVED."

Statement published by the National Enquirer, August 31, 1997

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Aug 20

A graph showing the correlation between the percentage of British people surveyed who viewed immigration as an important issue, and the percentage of daily mail articles mentioning immigration

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Aug 19

Live footage from inside the OpenAI office:

Two old men with long grey hair and beards wearing robes stand in front of a large green metal box. The box is Deep Thought. A supercomputer from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Deep thought was programmed to give the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. After thinking for 7.5 million years, it gave the answer "42". And then was tasked with designing an even more super computer that took 10 million years to figure out what the question actually was.

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· May 15

Coming outta my cave and I've been doing just fine...

Jesus of Nazareth playing a fender telecaster. This is not historically accurate as the guitar player for Nazareth was actually Manny Charlton, who played a Les Paul

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Apr 29

So, the table of Premier League winning teams since 1992 is a Fibonacci sequence*. That's nice *Each number is the sum of the two numbers before it. E.g. 13=8+5. 8=5+3. 5=3+2. 3=2+1. 2=1+1. 1=1.

A list of teams that have won the English premier League since 1992.
Man united 13, Man City 8, Chelsea 5, Arsenal 3, Liverpool 2, Blackburn 1, Leicester 1

A Fibonacci spiral made from the sequence 1 1 2 3 5 8 13

Xander Flatt@xanderflatt· Apr 20

The Overview Effect is when people see the earth from space and are overwhelmed by a profound connection to humanity. The question isn't "Why did Katy Perry turn into a hippy after 11 minutes in space?", it's "Why did Jeff Bezos come back an even greedier, morally bankrupt bawbag?"