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Ex-seismic layabout. Former editor of PCW magazine. Copywriter, guitarist, grandad. Coach parties welcome.
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I don't think I've ever had (or given) a performance review that achieved anything. Compete waste of everyone's energy, purely designed for control freak managers.

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Your move, Donald

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Synths have been around a lot longer than you think

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Delicious

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Just watched Zero Day on Netflix. Wow, talk about unsubtle...

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Scottish tourguide vs Outlander youtu.be/iPXvjUhpwAQ?...

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I'm rereading my book Serving The Reich with increasing dismay, even horror. This, for example. Broaden "European" to "Western" and I have to say that I am no longer as confident in this statement as I was in 2013. That frightens me.

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This. See also 'leaving on time no matter what'.

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Ah, those innocent days when slashdotting was the worst thing on the internet

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Musk needs to be deorbited first

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You can return James Bond at your local Shell station. No need for packaging.

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EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Offices are great. You can just pick up your laptop near the half hour, walk with purpose away from your desk, then just go and hide somewhere for a while and people will think you're Doing Something

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Tu ne veut pas parquer là, mon brave. Or something.

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The next Bond movie will be titled "Time to Die Mister Bond, Handcrafted Artisanal Film Movie for Men – Perfecf Christmas Gift and Funny Realistic Spy Gag, Harmless Entertainment Prank for Kids and Adults, Realistic Vanilla Scent 7.9 Ounce Motion Picture (Pack of 1)"

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In my continuing series of 1950s Batman's inexplicably frequent encounters with oversized everyday objects: From 1959, a giant record player and audio equipment.

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Trying to unfreeze my fingers after a couple of months not playing my guitar! This is a bit of my 2024 tune Chrysanthemum.

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Or as it will soon be known, the Far Eastern Sea Of America

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New post, in which I get quite angry.

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I'm not getting old, I'm being deprecated

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RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen. 1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.

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Unintended consequences, always www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...

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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

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This is what Plato would have wanted

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And now here's one I call Wonderwall

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Awkward.

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"Meta has spent over $100 billion on VR"

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They missed the last entry 'what music?'

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If only Trump had explained that he was going to create 1000s of jobs simply by laying off 1000s of people.

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This storage company (Lok N' Store aka Shurgard) doesn't make it easy to cancel your contract - has to be 15 days notice *in writing*. So much for their high-tech app.

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