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Good thread here. Very confusing why, after many years of people underestimating the power of slings, people now insist that they were the equivalent of an ancient sniper rifle. I have a few things to add because there's a lot of weird Hebrew words in 2 Samuel 17 whose meaning is not very clear.

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This is everything to me

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Teachers and our unions must not let these people target a very vulnerable group of young people who deserve our unwavering support and care.

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Unbound did precisely fuck-all PR for my book when it came out, despite promises. Didn't even send copies to the obvious people. It was a Brexit satire. Easiest sell on earth at the time. I wouldn't piss on Archna Sharma and John Mitchinson if they were on fire. Avoid their revived Boundless brand.

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I love my echo chamber where everyone values the humanity of other people and enjoys the arts.

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Daredevil fight scenes really making me wince this new season 😬

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Please boost if you can 💜 I really need the sales at the moment

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I remember he also picked on Eugene Terreblanche's white supremacist movement in South Africa. Why, oh why?

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Today's absolutely delightful Norwegian word:

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I hate that I had to read such a sentence, much less that I actually understood every word. What a terrible day to have eyes.

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Happy 77th, Terry Pratchett.

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"This paper studies whether working from home (WFH) affects workers' performance in public sector jobs... we find that WFH increases productivity by 12%." @afenizia.bsky.social Evidence that administrations that reject WFH harm efficiency. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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RTD every time someone whines about "w*ke" on Who :

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I am not an enamel pin person generally. My observation from recent geek events with art/craft stalls though is that there are PLENTY of cool "cat mom" pins out there at these things and precisely zero "cat dad" ones. In case any of you pin people are looking for an underserved market.

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Finally! At last! Someone is thinking of that hideously overlooked demographic, the — white male?

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Apparently telecoms impacted as well, "most of the country". *SPAIN HIT BY MAJOR BLACKOUT, GOVERNMENT SAYS

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“I used to drink in the Admiral Duncan, so personally to me it was an attack on a space that I use, it was an attack on people that I care about, it was a horrendous attack on our community.” The anniversary of the Admiral Duncan nail bombing is on Wednesday. www.gaytimes.com/originals/ad...

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Today is Ed Balls Day.

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At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?

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A company called "The Woodlander Initiative Ltd" (TWI) has been purchasing plots of land in Cymru. According to HOPE not hate, TWI is “a land-buying scheme aimed at far-right activists and conspiracy theorists with links to Patriotic Alternative (PA), the UK’s largest fascist group”.

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This is such a good piece and such an interesting phenomenon. He looks healthy & happy in both pics, and it’s his body to wear how he likes. But it doesn’t surprise me at all that the male gaze and female gaze diverge so sharply on which photo is more appealing.

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I wish to stress that despite his appearance below Ozymandias is in fact just a tiny baby

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Love this...

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“If I let you ride my back across the river, you must promise not to get any weird slime on me,” said the tiger. “We promise,” said the frogs. But as they were halfway across, the tiger felt some weird slime,

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I am Ozymandias, Kit of Kits! Look upon my chonk ye mighty, and despair!

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“When I was younger, there were never people who liked to spend time home alone by themselves, but now it’s a national epidemic,” said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. theonion.com/rfk-jr-...

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I put my trans and "safe to be" badges on indeed, and as it happened someone known for sexist/homophobic/transphobic "jokes" turned up, so I'm glad I made the effort.

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Just from my experience over the last few days, I have had so many cis friends who have told me they’ve bought a badge and are doing this (two bought a badge whilst in my flat this evening). Cause confusion. Make the guidance unworkable. Protect your trans friends.

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@g-sharp-major.bsky.social congrats on the win!

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When auto generated voice narration goes wrong

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Saving "I can't even, so I certainly will not just," for later use.

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In case you missed it ... Researchers from Cambridge University's Archaeological Journal have uncovered evidence of non-binary people existing in ancient times, accounting for around 10% of the Neolithic and Bronze Age population. #NonBinary 🏳️‍🌈

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