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In my mid-level Italian class last night, I forgot the (irregular) verb for ‘I will speak’. So my teacher threatened to throw herself out the window. Language apps might help you drill the basics. But they’ll never beat the cultural insights that come from learning in person. #langsky

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1/12 Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town However it’s a bit odd By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵

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A reassuring post about process and genius, once you realise Lord of the Rings started as a Tom Bombadil vanity project.

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There are whole worlds in that em dash.

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Saw a woman on the train who had not only run the London Marathon, but also ran and caught the train in the 30 seconds before the doors closed. Well done, Katie, I hope you’re proud of both your achievements.

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King Charles was there the week before and settled for seeing the outside of the Colosseum rather than screw over thousands of tourists. JD Vance = Maximus Dickus

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My family has a themed movie month and I've picked the theme for the next quartet of films: Nicholas Cage: Good or Bad. Since I set the theme I kick things off. But after this week, I get no say in what comes next. And I'm have trouble deciding which film to choose.

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Glad to see that the EHCR has issued clear guidelines on going into a pub toilet cubicle with a fox and a chicken and a bag of grain.

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My peony plant has bloomed its first flower and I keep staring at it in love and wonder. Like it’s Pedro Pascal sat at my kitchen table.

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Most foods that end in pie, pud, or crumble. Perfect for sitting out a winter's day. Fish pie; cottage pie; shepherd's pie; any meat/vegetarian pies Yorkshire pud; sticky toffee pudding; bread n butter pud Every single variation of crumble Shove 'em all straight in my face.

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The end of a Saturday night when I was 22 and drunk and living in my first apartment in New York City and following the aroma to the most delicious pizza I’d ever smelled.

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The Germans knew about Johnny Depp all along.

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Many people are saying: where is the Conclave larp? Think of the pageantry, the intrigue, the clothes, the vape pens! Good news: there are already multiple Papal conclave larps, including @adapalmer.bsky.social's epic annual event at the University of Chicago, and Willow Parecek's 2018 game!

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Just to say, if like me your feed is alot of US politics to the exclusion of UK/Ireland accounts, then reposting content you like - even if it's just the picture of a beach - rather than just liking it, really works. My feed has improved (along with some judicious muting) immeasurably.

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Can someone please research the ‘second best bed’ thing and show it was one last comic bit on Shakespeare’s part? An inside joke meant to make his wife laugh. I’d like that for them.

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William Shakespeare was born and also died on April 23rd. Incredible to think he wrote all those plays in just one day.

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PLEASE CIS ALLIES Have you said “I support trans people?” Now’s your chance to really follow through. @goodlawproject.bsky.social is crowdfunding to challenge the recent UK decision to effectively strip trans people of all our rights. PLEASE DONATE. Any amount helps. goodlawproject.org/s/8d966c

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Nando's has a 32,000 piece collection of South African art that it displays in its restaurants around the world. It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists

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I’m a day late to Sean Bean’s party. But why shouldn’t every day be a celebration of Sean Bean saying ‘bastard’?

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While politicians & the press SHOULD have been talking about rent price gouging, water companies polluting our rivers while extorting its customers, mismanagement of tax payers money through pandemic & beyond, child poverty, underfunding & devaluing the NHS, they actually focussed on women’s toilets

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Browsing my online Italian deli and I’ve found a new cheese goal.

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'So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes, time and time again.'

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It's okay Amy. We don't want to be in their stupid film anyway.

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I don’t know, handing Europe’s largest non-fossil fuel power plant to President Drill Baby Drill (and, by extension, his Russian best bud) seems like a bad idea?

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I’ve just seen an American advise that you should book seats on the left side of London theatres because ’they do everything on the left there’ and whut?

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Using the levers of the law to bring accountability to Thames Water. I’ll gladly throw a few £ behind them. Esp as that will cost less than the rise to my water bills.

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No, grazie.

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TIL that America initiated the Guatemalan coup (and the 40 yr civil war that followed) because American companies were terrible at growing bananas. Apart from bananas being at the heart of this, I realise none of this surprises me.

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In my mid-level Italian class last night, I forgot the (irregular) verb for ‘I will speak’. So my teacher threatened to throw herself out the window. Language apps might help you drill the basics. But they’ll never beat the cultural insights that come from learning in person. #langsky

A reassuring post about process and genius, once you realise Lord of the Rings started as a Tom Bombadil vanity project.

There are whole worlds in that em dash.

Saw a woman on the train who had not only run the London Marathon, but also ran and caught the train in the 30 seconds before the doors closed. Well done, Katie, I hope you’re proud of both your achievements.

King Charles was there the week before and settled for seeing the outside of the Colosseum rather than screw over thousands of tourists. JD Vance = Maximus Dickus

My family has a themed movie month and I've picked the theme for the next quartet of films: Nicholas Cage: Good or Bad. Since I set the theme I kick things off. But after this week, I get no say in what comes next. And I'm have trouble deciding which film to choose.

Glad to see that the EHCR has issued clear guidelines on going into a pub toilet cubicle with a fox and a chicken and a bag of grain.

My peony plant has bloomed its first flower and I keep staring at it in love and wonder. Like it’s Pedro Pascal sat at my kitchen table.

Most foods that end in pie, pud, or crumble. Perfect for sitting out a winter's day. Fish pie; cottage pie; shepherd's pie; any meat/vegetarian pies Yorkshire pud; sticky toffee pudding; bread n butter pud Every single variation of crumble Shove 'em all straight in my face.

The end of a Saturday night when I was 22 and drunk and living in my first apartment in New York City and following the aroma to the most delicious pizza I’d ever smelled.

The Germans knew about Johnny Depp all along.

Many people are saying: where is the Conclave larp? Think of the pageantry, the intrigue, the clothes, the vape pens! Good news: there are already multiple Papal conclave larps, including @adapalmer.bsky.social's epic annual event at the University of Chicago, and Willow Parecek's 2018 game!

Just to say, if like me your feed is alot of US politics to the exclusion of UK/Ireland accounts, then reposting content you like - even if it's just the picture of a beach - rather than just liking it, really works. My feed has improved (along with some judicious muting) immeasurably.

Can someone please research the ‘second best bed’ thing and show it was one last comic bit on Shakespeare’s part? An inside joke meant to make his wife laugh. I’d like that for them.

William Shakespeare was born and also died on April 23rd. Incredible to think he wrote all those plays in just one day.

Nando's has a 32,000 piece collection of South African art that it displays in its restaurants around the world. It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists

I’m a day late to Sean Bean’s party. But why shouldn’t every day be a celebration of Sean Bean saying ‘bastard’?

Browsing my online Italian deli and I’ve found a new cheese goal.

'So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes, time and time again.'

It's okay Amy. We don't want to be in their stupid film anyway.

I don’t know, handing Europe’s largest non-fossil fuel power plant to President Drill Baby Drill (and, by extension, his Russian best bud) seems like a bad idea?

I’ve just seen an American advise that you should book seats on the left side of London theatres because ’they do everything on the left there’ and whut?

Using the levers of the law to bring accountability to Thames Water. I’ll gladly throw a few £ behind them. Esp as that will cost less than the rise to my water bills.

No, grazie.

TIL that America initiated the Guatemalan coup (and the 40 yr civil war that followed) because American companies were terrible at growing bananas. Apart from bananas being at the heart of this, I realise none of this surprises me.

Invest in Oxford, where present (your flushed toilet) meets past (streets awash in the miasma of sewer).

Maslow's Hierarchy of Knees

Perfect casting.