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Here’s this week’s cartoon for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

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Given the news about Andrew Tate being platformed on Spotify (and Spotify has other problems, too - this is the last straw), I'm trialling Tidal. Any thoughts about the latter or alternative suggestions? #MusicSky

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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:

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Animalgesics. #art #pills #moles

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Here’s this week’s cartoon for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

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What could they possibly be thinking?

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On the 1% Club, every time Lee Mack says 'Let's see who got it right' they show all the people who got it wrong.

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Hard to disagree with any of this from @jayrayner1.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

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Why do so many research papers have grammatical errors in the paper's title? I understand that non-native English speakers make such mistakes, but how do prestigious journals from big publishers not spot them? This copy-editor is available! #AcademicSky

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Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, dies at 69 after short illness

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Pub quiz music round last night: 70s New Wave pop. From Lena Lovich to The Stranglers, all those hours listening to the radio over 40 years ago finally paid off with a perfect 20/20 score. open.spotify.com/playlist/7yX... #MusicSky

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Lichfield City Council by-election today: Con, Lab, LibDem, Green and Reform candidates. Two are beyond the pale, and Lab seems to be trying to outdo them in nastiness, so the choice was LibDem or Green. FPTP, so LibDem, without enthusiasm.

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Just cleaned up my timeline by muting the word "podcast". I just don't have time for them, no matter how good they are.

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Just told the Reform Party candidate in our local council by-election to "Go away". That was as polite as I could be. #politics

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I sometimes wonder why certain albums get overlooked. This, by Anastasia Minster, is quite beautiful and deserves to be heard: open.spotify.com/album/4hDaIp... #MusicSky

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Tony Book, RIP. My dad took to me to Upton Park to watch City play out a dour 0-0 draw with West Ham when I was about eight. We were standing in the West Stand paddock near the dugouts. Skip noticed I was struggling to see and let me sit on the bench with him. Unforgettable.

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In early 2020, a pandemic was spreading. The UK’s PM went on a 10 day half-term holiday during which he was uncontactable and the government went into panic mode, focusing, as Hancock related to the COVID enquiry, on buying enough body bags. 1/8

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Sad news: the BitterSuite pub on Upper St John Street in Lichfield closed its doors for good last night, announced by the owner at the end of the Monday night quiz.

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This, from the Guardian today: 'But as the one-year anniversary of Ineos’s takeover looms...'. Why on earth not 'first anniversary'? #grammar

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Morning walk aborted because we're not Torvill and Dean.

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Because 2025 = 45² and 45 is a triangle number, we get these lovely sums: 2025 = (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9)² 2025 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ + 4³ + 5³ + 6³ + 7³ + 8³ + 9³ Pleasingly the next triangle number 55 is 10 more, so get ready for a repeat of this fact in the year 3025.

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In case anyone is interested, here's the dress code for the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024: worldrapidandblitz2024.fide.com/wp-content/u... Jeans are specifically banned. #chess #MagnusCarlsen #FIDE

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Public service announcement for those who have not yet been defeated by #Whamageddon : do not watch the Netflix film Carry-On until after Christmas.

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Why do people say 'one year anniversary'? 'Year' is redundant in that phrase. 'First anniversary' is all that's needed! #Grammar

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Did Ding just forget that his bishop couldn't move off the long diagonal? Horrible way to lose the title. #chess #DingGukesh

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Well, that looks like another FIFA World Cup that I won't be watching. www.theguardian.com/football/liv...

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Could football reporters please stop describing any game with five or more goals as a 'thriller'? #football #soccer #cliche

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Seems I underestimated Ding's resilience. Game 12 was brutal. #chess #DingGukesh.

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Not going to be easy for Ding to come back from a horror like that. #chess #DingGukesh

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Spotify Wrapped: Nos. 3-5 might have been higher if they'd been released earlier in the year. @josienneclarke.com is the only one on BlueSky. Parenthesis, I is a fine album.

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Finally got round to listening to the new Cure album, after seeing so many people here raving about it. You were all right.

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Today, in 'Things I've Never Done Before': melting the ice in a frozen padlock.

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My local Tesco playing Bananarama's 'Cruel Summer' when the store is full of Christmas goods is a nice subversive touch.

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