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Trent Bridge legend, socialist hero, Lauderhill hype man, Chris Read historical consultant. Had this handle and @erikpetersen at The Other Place. For E.M. Petersen, read Petersen, E.M.
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Remarkable that the right is successfully going after Starmer with the same hard left cliches they'd attack any actual left-winger with and these guys think middle-of-the-road compromise is a pragmatic strategy.

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I asked why MIT - the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - is not an Ivy League school, and the AI answer was that all Ivy League schools must be in the northeastern United States. Not quite "There are bees in the computers" levels of stupid, but still.

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Genuinely confused about what point this thread is meant to make. The most leftwing members of a society hold more leftwing views? Got it, thanks. Beyond that, I wish centrists would stop thinking there's some nicer, gentler way of talking about issues to people who think we're all traitors.

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When I did the Nottingham Post's Today in History column, I had a strict Seymour Cocks Several Times a Week policy.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Hurricane Milton asked for fresh thinking about planning and zoning in coastal Florida.

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Screw Trump, this is how we declare war on Canada.

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Oh god my grandkids are going to have weird friends who say this, aren't they.

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If I was PM, the Heathrow debate wouldn't be about how many runways it needs, it would be about why you can't find any cricket magazines in the airside shops.

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Gotta be on rollers so they can constantly move it.

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Genuinely remarkable that the entire "Yes, but where's my WHITE History month?" mentality has made it all the way to court with this idiotic case against Sam Kerr.

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"You know what people would like to buy at the airport? A nice, classic Agatha Christie mystery for the flight." "Good idea! Which one should we stock?" "Eh, I'm sure they're all fine."

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

On the club's Facebook, Trent Bridge announced discounted 2024 Hundred merch and the replies would have made Pavlov's dog look mysterious in his wants and desires.

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I am not even joking when I tell you that England should come over for some winter training and maybe a few matches at Lauderhill. We have excellent training facilities! Nice hotels! Weird airboat rides or paddleboard nonsense suitable for off-season team bonding crap!

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I know it involves really difficult things, but if leaders suffering because of what he does could maybe not make him look like a bold leader who gets results, that'd be awesome.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

This new Seth Rogen/Jonah Hill film sucks.

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Buy cheap tools. If they work, you didn't need the fancy ones. If they break, you're not out much money.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Get ready to hear more and more about how Sleepy Joe is also a surprisingly energetic behind-the-scenes evil mastermind.

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Not gonna lie, I've been struggling with Kern-uary. The spacing between my characters frequently remains all wonky.

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I am a man/ of Konstas sorrow...

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I continue begging everybody to please come up with a way of saying this series name that doesn't sound like a grim Swedish murder mystery.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

One of my least favourite social media interactions the one where you make a statement about a problem, and somebody says no you're wrong, THIS is the real problem, and it's something you agree is also a problem but it doesn't negate what you said.

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

My air conditioner occasionally tries to chat. It's unnerving.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

"Is the PM proud of our role in the Battle of Agincourt?" is the sort of question you can really only hear in an annoyed David Mitchell voice.

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Happy “Large Boulder the size of a Small Boulder” Day to all those who celebrate.

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On weeks when the Bills played the Dolphins in the '90s, a Buffalo radio station would play a game called "Citizen or Green Card" where they'd call Miami convenience stores and ask "Citizen or Green card?" until they found an immigrant.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Chiefs haters are the IPL fans of the NFL.

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