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Because I'd been indoctrinated into the belief that "rest was something I must earn" (instead of an inherent need of all creatures), it left me vulnerable to workplace exploitation.

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I always regret not going on this silly tube branch to Aldwych before it closed in 1994. (Still, at least I did make it to Ongar before that closed in the same year.)

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A cat 89 years ago that I still think of quite often. Seems very happy with wearing a helmet.

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Defied the trans toilet ban in parliament and used the men’s 🏳️‍⚧️✊

submitted 10 hours ago • 63 comments

Bit rich complaining about New York being taken over by immigrants when there's a big fucking statue in the harbour that invites everyone to come live there.

submitted 8 hours ago • 48 comments

Due to reverse engineering works, all bus services on Sunday will be replaced by trains. (Yes, I came up with the 'reverse engineering works' phrase and worked back from there.

submitted 10 hours ago • 11 comments

this baby burrowing owl being weighed on a scale is how we all feel

submitted 10 hours ago • 24 comments

This is straight out of Futurama. Even the name “Urobot”.

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why do they say Autistic ppl have poor social skills? I was on a woodsy walk today when a deer came bounding across my path - so I waved & said hi that’s A+ socializing if you ask me 🤗

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I do some exercises immediately after getting out of bed. Nothing major just a couple of minutes of weights. The idea is to trick myself onto doing it when I'm not fully awake yet. But my subconscious is wily and no sooner have I started than it tells me I really need to go and pee. 1/3

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

"Science does not deal with such properties of existence as absurdity. Science explains the world, but only art can reconcile us with it." Stanisław Lem.

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If Parliament changed a rule they didn't have to change to specifically ban you the day before you were due to turn up to Parliament, you'd think it was targeted, too.

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This rock crystal sphere with an inscription in Greek letters was found in a woman's grave in Årslev (Denmark) dating to the 3rd c. AD. The inscription, "ΑΒΛΑΘΑΝΑΛΒΑ" is presumably an abbreviation of the palindrome ΑΒΛΑΝΑΘΑΝΑΛΒΑ, a textual sequence exhibiting symmetry in its . ...🧵1/4 📷 me 🏺

submitted 20 hours ago • 7 comments

Here's your periodic reminder that political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

submitted 23 hours ago • 410 comments

Incontinence sheets are only thing I could find since leaving hospital: safe foods, incontinence pants, & kool paks for seizure muscle tears are urgent. I desperately need help as I’m having to pay a big unexpected bill & £180pm on council tax. Share pls 🙏 www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/...

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I've reached the "swearing at household objects" point in the day.

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TIL that I can scroll back to October 1582 in my phone’s calendar and see the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar.

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In my head I read this in Odo's voice.

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I don't know what a tatterdemalion is but it's a brilliant word.

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I think we can all agree as we approach this blessed day that Daniel Hannan was a fucking psychic and not an execrable piece of idiotic garbage living in a fantasy world stoked by reality-challenged British nationalists.

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As a child I loathed being in the car when we were driving on the motorway and it's only just occurred to me that the distinctive relentless roar of the engine was giving me sensory overload. The sense of relief when we turned off onto minor roads is something I still remember to this day.

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To stop people sticking them in their ears, they should make cotton buds really loud.

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The historic Hotspur Press building on fire this afternoon, after the owners let it rot for years. (Son took the picture from the top floor of a nearby multi-storey car park)

submitted 2 days ago • 41 comments

Underestimated cause of death in Icelandic feuds: eepiness

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How it feels to have executive dysfunction

submitted 13 days ago • 21 comments

If your MP is labour and their name is on this list please write to thank them. If it isn't, please write and ask why not!

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@catmachine.com Hello 💔 I’m reaching out with a heavy heart. My family in Gaza has been living in a tent with no essentials after losing our home and father. If you can help or just share, it could ease our pain. Thank you 🙏 Link in bio.

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