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These scarves have now reached their owners in the form of birthday presents so can share my adventures in #crochet now

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A Predator movie where the Predator shows up in Washington DC, but gets all bummed because there are no spines for him take as a trophy.

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Dave McCrone reviews Born to Rule: the making and remaking of the British Elite, a remarkable study of elite power in Britain bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/02/27/j...

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These stories amount to "the left was so annoying about pronouns or liberals made people feel so guilty about plastic straws they had no choice but to get on board with the second coming of the Third Reich and the destruction of the planet."

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INTERVIEWER: When somebody asks you to describe your book LANARK, what do you say to them? ALASDAIR GRAY: I say it is a Scottish petit bourgeois model of the universe. I: Just like that? AG: Yes, I’ve rehearsed it and honed it down to as few words as possible. A #GrayDay 🧵 preface/

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In #Glasgow we had "Alien War" to pull us through

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Here are some nice mushrooms

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A little reminder that there is purpose beyond that which is sold and bought…

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Gen-X knows 🤣

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NEW: Reform UK have ruled out backing an independence referendum, after speculation spread online. The party said it's pro-UK, 'no ifs or buts', after figures like Wings Over Scotland promoted the rumours.

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The Scottish Labour Nightmare open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

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‼️ NEW | Reform lead with ANOTHER pollster: 🟣 REF 26% (+1) 🔴 LAB 25% (-1) 🔵 CON 22% (-) 🟠 LD 12% (-) 🟢 GRN 7% (-1) Via techneUK, 19-20 Feb (+/- vs 12-13 Feb)

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Me watching the headlines

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Alien movie where the folk getting eviscerated are billionaire space tourists

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An opportunity to post my favorite map

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It's my birthday! So my partner that takes care of our bills has been in the hospital for a bit, and will be for a few more weeks. Thankfully I was able to get my job back, but things are still really tight and we really need to pay the heat bill. So I'm doing a b-day sale! liliumbrickyards.com

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Just watched #theBrutalist, a bit too much in the mix there for me. I've had tough design projects with difficult client relationships but... Oh boy. Don't think the film really needed that either.

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Mary Midgeley was a brilliant non-conformist. She understood how the entanglements of housework might shape the way women view the world long before others cottoned on. aeon.co/essays/for-m...

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yoinked this image from Twitter, then ordered my copy join me

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This should win San Remo and become the Italian Eurovision entry. But it won't because San Remo will be won by something trad. youtu.be/TpJzc0b34FA?...

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Burgh

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So this morning the #NowPlaying feature on my android phone surprised me by telling me what I was listening to, when there was no music playing. So folks, apparently this is what Google thinks my microwave sounds like: open.spotify.com/track/2ZiwkQ...

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It's been a long time since Private Eye's satire has made me audibly wince, but this is so to the point if it were a knife people would demand it be banned.

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📊 Scotland seat estimate (based on poll average): 🟡 SNP: 43 seats (+34) 🟠 LD: 6 seats (-) 🔵 CON: 5 seats (-) 🔴 LAB: 3 seats (-34) +/- vs GE2024

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Adding some 35mm slide film behind these window ports. Also, two windows get a photoetch mesh per the 11 foot model.

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Here's a comparison of the hull of the USS Enterprise-D (using the 6-feet model) in the original ⬆️ and remastered ⬇️ versions of #StarTrekTNG's "Galaxy's Child". This is one of the closest shots we ever get of this part of the saucer on the show.

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This is an excellent summation of the #StarTrek's most common tropes.

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BEST Valentines ever #TheExpanse