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Frankfurt widower. Aspiring guitarist and korfballer. Glorified mercenary typist.
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Nominations are open for this year's Maddox Prize! Awarded by @Nature.com and @senseaboutsci.bsky.social for those who stood up for science, especially if they faced push-back and harassment. More information here: www.nature.com/immersive/ma...

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i'm looking for a web accessibility consultant, if anyone has any recommendations!

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Crappy's Galesburg, IL

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Tonight's kitchen disco banger music.youtube.com/watch?v=gM65...

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I steal Sudafed from pharmacies in Central London because I don't want to pay a Congestion Charge.

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Hello folks interested in user research! I've opened up a couple slots a week to offer free mentoring/advice/CV reviews. Take a look here: www.cyberwomen.co.uk/mentoring if you're keen

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£4bn eh? Grid needs updating and decentralisation? Ok, force them to drop solar and a battery on a million homes, for free, asap. Growth. Boom. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Love the detail in this piece, not least that an archaeologist burst into tears after discovering the tomb (rather than being baffled, mystified or cursed).

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Not all news is bad www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Oh damn Prime actually published their failed chatgpt prompt in the description

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We're recruiting for a content designer to join our teacher services division in the fantastic schools group. SEO / £41,458 / London, Manchester, Coventry or Sheffield Closes at 11:59pm on 2 March www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi... #Jobs #CivilServiceJobs #Design #ContentDesign

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Forget armed bodyguards: I need someone to invent an Auntie app. It pairs you with an Auntie (any gender/race) about a generation older than you. They spend the day on the phone with you, tell you not to worry because you’re amazing, and make you give the phone to strangers so they can talk you up

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Finally got round to counting all the plastic sunglasses/glasses (and fragments thereof) that we've picked up over the last few years. These are all from one beach. They don't float and have washed up from the seabed with the kelp after storms. How many do you reckon?

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Sadly I only have a Phillips screwdriver

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On my profile there’s a still of the man with the shopping bags halting a line of tanks in Tiananmen Sq because on 4/6/89 I smuggled the video out of the Beijing Hotel & lay for 30 mins in the gutter in Changan Ave with bullets flying round me before we sent them off to be broadcast round the world.

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If you find an account that constantly posts stolen artwork, you can subscribe and report to @arttheft.bsky.social

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The Maximum Size of a PDF www.swiss-miss.com/2025/01/tha-...

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Come join us this summer! INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS AND TEAMS ARE INVITED! To learn more and submit your application, click here: https://buff.ly/40UN446 #korfball #USKorfball #invitational #hoops #basketball #international #internationalSports #TeamUSA

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Reasons to own an emotional support falcon: - people will give you space on the bus - can spot burrito shops from many miles away - will retrieve burritos for you at 200 mph - high pitched screeching to surprise your rivals - newfound swagger from looking so cool

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This is probably my most popular tweet this year and it seems everyone is responding to the image and not the words.

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