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@ENortonHistory Original source for those quotes here: gutenberg.org/files/49011/49…

@ollstweets That’s really interesting, thanks. I can see why the barber-surgeons would see this as their role.

Does anyone know why wax chandlers were often employed in embalm bodies and prepare them for burial in medieval and Tudor times? I’ve come upon it quite regularly and I’m actually very curious. Their role involved removing entrails and organs etc, so they’re not there just to wrap the bodies or provide candles #historian #historians

@oldenoughtosay Lorry = HGV or Artic.

@bruceclarkprof @tomfgoodwin @DigitalSapience Similar to what @faris described as the 'Yolo economy' last year: warc.com/newsandopinion…

@tomfgoodwin @DigitalSapience Best (?) one I've seen so far is "Nouveau Nihilism" from Ipsos. The world is screwed, so let's party.

So what are 2025 trends that were not trends in 2022, 2023 or 2024? I can't think of any, it's just the same stuff a little bit further down the road Yep, buying from social media is a big thing, Yep, commerce is democratized and anyone with an audience is a shop. Yep, Gen AI can make stuff Yep, TV is now streaming. Yep, QR codes are popular now. Yep, the wealth gap is growing Yep, Ozempic is big, just now called Wegovy Yep, young people are acting like young people. Yep, people are trying to be healthier Yep, people are lonely. Yep, old people live longer and people have dogs not kids Yep, the middle of retail is dying, stores are fine, luxury is wavering. Yep, we have culture wars and division What's actually that new? or worth talking about?

@AliSanguis @Lalalollypoop @archronus1 @luinalaska This is absolute, Grade A, 100% bullshit.

@Lalalollypoop @archronus1 @luinalaska That will create a weak, broken man if you let a boy indulge in crying the same way you let a girl do it. That's not how males deal with stress.

On the other hand, Kaos (Netflix) is a gem. Inventive, fun, beautifully filmed, full of great performances, and awesome tracklist.

@clairestrickett I'll give him everything except Bach.

As usual the man is 95% bang on

@Will_Humphrey We always enjoy the Science Museum (Power Up is fun if they're into gaming, but free galleries are also good if not). Postal Museum was unexpectedly fun (esp. the mail train ride). Horniman is also good and full of fascinating weird stuff (though not very central)

@spaceghost @dieworkwear (according to Westwood's biographer, Jane Mulvagh, and former HTA chief exec Ian Angus Mackenzie, as quoted in this article stornowaygazette.co.uk/business/the-q…)

@spaceghost @dieworkwear When she did her original Harris Tweed collection, she took their orb and added Saturn-like rings to nod towards a futuristic vibe. The Harris Tweed Association almost sued (thankfully didn't), but did beef up protection of their trademark via the Harris Tweed Act.

The Harris Tweed Act of 1993 doesn't stop other people from producing tweed. It only regulates who gets to use the Harris Tweed Orb logo, which is a trademarked symbol. Let me give you some examples. 🧵

@Slightly_Random I'm fascinated by the Concierge Car Wash one. A silver award, but the case study images make it look a bit thin, so really curious about the details!

@clairestrickett @Groves17Diana @latourdeloon @rcolvile "Diana" created her profile in 2022, sat on it posting nothing for a year and a half, and then posted 35,000 times between July October... I suspect you're arguing with a Tufton Street budget line item...

@Groves17Diana @latourdeloon @rcolvile Instead, you have turned to condescension and vague ad hominem attacks. If we disagree, my view is that we could have a calm and logical argument - rather than one littered with insults and petty jibes. Clearly, another area where we differ.

The problem with this generation is that they fritter all their money away on Rolex watches. If they just cut down on these unnecessary fripperies they’d easily be able to afford a winter fuel payment.

@tomfgoodwin No problem - as others have said, I think the quote is from Orlando Wood's Cannes talk (no source mentioned), but that article was the only source I could find anywhere that mentioned 6% specifically.

@ollstweets This is extremely helpful thank you so much

This stat is used a lot these days, does anyone know where it comes from and what the methodology was? "Last year brands spent upwards of $750 billion globally on advertising. It’s estimated that only 6% of it is truly effective" Is it about fraud/middlemen, or about shit ads?

@Will_Humphrey Always found it disconcerting how much new client onboarding meetings usually focus almost entirely on telling them how 'we' work, and very little on teasing out how 'they' do (players, priorities, processes, politics...)

@Slightly_Random I was part of the cast in the last one, and it was great until we got to the point where half of the audience were pissed up city workers courtesy of free tickets for corporate sponsors.

@Slightly_Random This place introduced me to you, and @zoescaman, and @JCPHankins and @Robertc1970 and @tomroach and many others. Listening in on their chats was an education in itself, and gave me the shove to hang up my CS suit and start over as a Planner. For me, serendipity lives here.

@ItsAndyRyan @daf1999 @alexandrakuri I think the word order of those earlier versions, and especially the 'still' in the second one point to it meaning that it can't simultaneously be eaten and no-eaten. But to be fair, that's not definitive, so you may well be right all the same!

@ItsAndyRyan @daf1999 @alexandrakuri Ah, fair enough! I'm basing that on early usage (quoted in some collections of proverbs - both from the late 1500s I think) 'Wolde ye bothe eate your cake, and haue your cake' ‘A man cannot eat his cake and haue it still, That may he, unlesse his retention be ill'

@ItsAndyRyan @daf1999 @alexandrakuri This thread is about the original meaning of proverbs. The version I mentioned above is recorded as far back as the 1600s, and does make sense: you can't eat your cake and also have it uneaten.

@ollstweets @daf1999 @alexandrakuri "Not quite" Who says? Like, how do you know what I said above is wrong? It's not really a "Not quite" situation when you're completely disagreeing with me, and just to insist the standard interpretation, which most people agree makes little sense, is the correct one.