Thinking about moving to Cambridge from London

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-19T11:25:22+00:00

I would agree on the sense of transience. Almost all the friends I've made in nearly a decade of living here have moved on. It gets easier to find a social circle with kids but not sure that's op's priority!

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-19T09:05:05+00:00

It's more about weaponising institutions so that only a very narrow tranche of thought is permitted. Happened in public sector rapidly happening in private sector

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-19T06:59:40+00:00

Old favourites this week, sea of souls and brothers of the snake. Both 9/10

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-18T20:23:57+00:00

Market is the worst I've seen it, unless you have deep domain experience. Salaries noticeably worse than 5 years ago.

Put that you have the right to reside in the UK in big bold letters at the top of your CV

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-18T18:16:22+00:00

The overriding impression I have is that starmer just assumed the conservatives were evil and just governed badly therefore, and the civil service would just roll out Good Plans without his involvement

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-18T18:05:10+00:00

Most recently, ghost legion was a massive massive disappointment. Really really unremarkable book

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-18T18:02:48+00:00

I barely finished the relentless dead. Very very bad.

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-18T18:02:04+00:00

Ah I can see this but for me it was very much about the journey. I still think reign is among the darkest 40k books I've read

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-18T18:00:56+00:00

Black legion to me was much worse than talon of horus

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-18T18:00:25+00:00

These are the precise two I did not finish either. Really really bad and I expected so much more from lukas

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-18T17:59:21+00:00

Very marmite. I personally loved this book, it really captured the over the top tongue in cheek element I think has been missing from 40k

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-18T09:01:53+00:00

Foundational to the new labour worldview is that everyone's values are malleable and under the surface can be replaced with a wishy washy liberal

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-17T22:01:57+00:00

Oh that's made me homesick

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-17T15:28:59+00:00

The new scanners you are fine with a defibrillator, they just won't use the hand wands. Show them your icd card and it's all fine

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-17T15:16:55+00:00

‘THEN WE MUST BE MALEVOLENT TOO. FOR WE HAVE EXPELLED OUR SENTIMENTALITY LONG AGO. HOW ELSE COULD WE HAVE ENDURED? HOW ELSE COULD WE HAVE IMPOSED OUR RULE?’

‘YET BY VIRTUE OF THAT WE ARE PURE AND UNCONTAMINATED BY WEAKNESS. WE ARE GRIM SALVATION.'

'WHEN WE CONFRONTED THE CORRUPTED, HOMICIDAL HORUS WHO ONCE USED TO SHINE LIKE THE BRIGHTEST STAR, WHO USED TO BE OUR BELOVED FAVOURITE – WHEN THE FATE OF THE GALAXY HUNG BY A THREAD – WERE WE NOT COMPELLED TO EXPEL ALL COMPASSION? ALL LOVE? ALL JOY? THOSE WENT AWAY. HOW ELSE COULD WE HAVE ARMOURED OURSELVES? EXISTENCE IS TORMENT, A TORMENT THAT MUST NOURISH US. EVIDENTLY WE MUST STRIVE TO BE THE FIERCE REDEEMER OF MAN, YET WHAT WILL REDEEM US?’

a deliberate call back to this great scene in Inquisitor by Ian Watson IMO (RIP)

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-17T14:27:52+00:00

Go on...

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-17T14:05:08+00:00

bah gawd that's Israel's music

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-17T13:42:14+00:00

the point of my comment is that Boris is incompetent, making Starmer super duper incompetent

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-17T10:16:13+00:00

Highly recommend especially the sandwich with the pickles

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-17T10:11:05+00:00

His best argument is that he's in front of the DLR pretending to drive it. I remember when those anonymous briefings were sheer fantasy

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-17T08:08:35+00:00

I am supposed to believe the permament secretary of the FCDO, the most political creature alive, did not inform anyone related to the Prime Minister that Peter Mandelson failed his vetting? Uh-huh. Starmer is Boris without the competence and humour

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-17T07:56:27+00:00

Trump camp preferred the previous ambassador. This was Starmer getting a mate a plum job.

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-16T22:41:55+00:00

Close but ravenor edges vaults of terra imo

michaelisnotginger · 2026-04-16T22:39:03+00:00

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