David Hackston

Translator, countertenor, viola player, composer and Remoaner – in no particular order. #IamEuropean #WeAreEurope #ScottishEU #AsOne

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Many thanks to @lahoare for this wonderful review of Pajtim Statovci's My Cat Yugoslavia at @Slate: https://t.co/HxUOyPApHr

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@S_Pankki Hei. Oletan, että tämä yhteydenotto on jonkinlainen huijaus. Eikö niin? Kiitos kun vahvistatte.

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@TomSwarbrick1 @LBC How do you know you "hate" opera if you've never been?

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Stop the planned closure of the BBC Singers - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/5qNCn4gC7H via @Change

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@mrjamesob @lbc The opposite of imposter syndrome is the Dunning-Kruger effect: "a cognitive bias whereby people with low ability, expertise, or experience regarding a certain type of task or area of knowledge tend to overestimate their ability or knowledge" #LizTruss

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@ravencrime @antti_tuomainen @OrendaBooks Aww, thank you ❤️ So glad you enjoyed the book! I'm reading Part 3 of the trilogy right now!

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Meanwhile in Finland - Part 3 of #TheRabbitFactor trilogy, hot off the press! Now we find out how it all ends 🙏 Kiitos, @antti_tuomainen! English translation, courtesy of yours truly and publ @OrendaBooks, to follow soon! @FinnishLit @OtavanKirjat #nordicnoir #finnishliterature

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@OrendaBooks @antti_tuomainen Meanwhile in Finland... Part 3 #TheRabbitFactor trilogy, hot off the press!

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@hollyainley @antti_tuomainen @BBCNorfolk @KettsBooks @OrendaBooks @Edd_Smith https://t.co/GyQhTz2Bm0 Finally found it! Starts at around 2 hours 36 mins.

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@hollyainley @antti_tuomainen @BBCNorfolk @KettsBooks @OrendaBooks @Edd_Smith Excellent! Is there a direct link to the relevant catch-up episode? I've tried using all the search terms I can think of, to no avail. Many thanks!

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@krzysztofdzi3 @Airport_FRA 3. On top of this, the extra boarding-pass and hand-luggage checks took almost all the time I had left to reach my new gate. You can appreciate how far it is from Terminal B to Gate A17. Normally I find @Airport_FRA very easy to negotiate. Today I was most disappointed.

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@Airport_FRA Today I travelled LIS-FRA-HEL. I have taken this route many times and there are never extra TSA checks in FRA, because 🇵🇹, 🇩🇪 and 🇫🇮 are all members of #Schengen. So why were there extra passport+security checks today, nearly causing me to miss my connecting flight?

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@krzysztofdzi3 @Airport_FRA 2. My flight LIS-FRA TP574 arrived on time at 1235, but then because doors were locked we stood in a corridor for half an hour, with no information as to why, before discovering there would be a superfluous passport check, where, initially, only two gates were operational.

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@givemeawave Hi! I only just saw this (I'm terrible at Twitter...) Sadly I won't be in the UK then, but let's hope we can do a meet the translator thing soon - maybe in Canada?!

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@LBC @BenKentish If I feel offended by something someone says, so what? It's narcissistic to imagine that my right not to be offended is more important than our shared right to freedom of expression. Not taking offence at other people's views is actually very liberating.

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@Verouutiset #asiakaspalvelu @Postigroup Veropäätökseni saapui tänään tällä lailla avattuna. Mitähän tässä on tapahtunut?

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PS. I think we should have PR as soon as possible. @UKLabour should get behind it, then we wouldn't be stuck with the Tories forever and a day. Coalition shouldn't be a dirty word. They force politicians to work together towards a concensus and behave like adults.

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@LBC @BenKentish Pls ask @sarahjolney1 why the @LibDems always avoid Qs about coalitions? They literally advocate PR which would result in a coalition every single time, so why the shiftiness? Thank you for a great show!

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@LBC @TomSwarbrick1 That last caller from Glasgow is the worst type of advocate for indy2. The correct answer is, the currency will be the €, & that is totally ok. There will be a border, and that too is totally ok. If the SNP would only own these points, they might actually win

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@StAustellBrew Mena Dhu, what an excellent pint. Thank you! #menadhu #stout #CraftBeer #Cornwall