commamonger 😷 (analogue writing assistant)
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Dilettante at 56°N.
Writer, copy-editor, proofreader, TV subtitler, molecular biologist, one-time fashion model, two-time star* of STV's Take The High Road. Fiction, history of science and medicine.
* corridor nurse, woman on the loch shore
Writer, copy-editor, proofreader, TV subtitler, molecular biologist, one-time fashion model, two-time star* of STV's Take The High Road. Fiction, history of science and medicine.
* corridor nurse, woman on the loch shore
Pinned
We live in cretinous times, and the cretins would appear to be winning. Join the resistance and read a book.
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Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
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It was planned at a time when Resurrectionists - or body snatchers - were rife. However, completion was planned for 1832, but delays meant that it was only ready for use in January 1833. By this time the 1832 Anatomy Act had passed which would largely put the body snatchers out of business.
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It was planned at a time when Resurrectionists - or body snatchers - were rife. However, completion was planned for 1832, but delays meant that it was only ready for use in January 1833. By this time the 1832 Anatomy Act had passed which would largely put the body snatchers out of business.
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This is Udny Green Morthouse, Aberdeenshire, a round building with a heavy oak door. Inside is a 5.5m cast iron turntable. Coffins would be put in and moved around for up to 3 months before being taken out for burial - by which point they were no use to anatomists
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is Udny Green Morthouse, Aberdeenshire, a round building with a heavy oak door. Inside is a 5.5m cast iron turntable. Coffins would be put in and moved around for up to 3 months before being taken out for burial - by which point they were no use to anatomists
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PLEASE SHARE:
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
PLEASE SHARE:
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
🎶 ... so good they named it thrice ...
The scientific name for bison is actually Bison bison bison (genus: Bison, species: bison, subspecies: bison).
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🎶 ... so good they named it thrice ...
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Been in touch with a medical provider in Gaza who says “this ceasefire is even less of a ceasefire than the last ceasefire” — nothing’s getting in, no one’s getting out, people are still being killed and badly injured every day
“Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers.”
The stories will get worse over time as censorship erodes. But we knew and didn’t stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The stories will get worse over time as censorship erodes. But we knew and didn’t stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Been in touch with a medical provider in Gaza who says “this ceasefire is even less of a ceasefire than the last ceasefire” — nothing’s getting in, no one’s getting out, people are still being killed and badly injured every day
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
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The one thing every single one of us can count on in this life is that you will become disabled.
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
Yall real silent about disability injustices because most of you don’t see disability as a thing that can happen to you.
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The one thing every single one of us can count on in this life is that you will become disabled.
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
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News Chronicle, December 1936. Those were the days...
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
News Chronicle, December 1936. Those were the days...
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Caught two minutes of the BBC stuff on the news and feel sick at the idea of this pillar falling. Farage and the other cunts chomping at the bit will take the NHS next and we'll be sat listening to Third Reich FM hoping our minor injury infections take us sooner than later.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Caught two minutes of the BBC stuff on the news and feel sick at the idea of this pillar falling. Farage and the other cunts chomping at the bit will take the NHS next and we'll be sat listening to Third Reich FM hoping our minor injury infections take us sooner than later.
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This headline over a photo of a man who leads a party with five MPs. Or is it four this week?
Nigel Farage is a grifting charlatan, not the arbiter of British culture.
Nigel Farage is a grifting charlatan, not the arbiter of British culture.
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This headline over a photo of a man who leads a party with five MPs. Or is it four this week?
Nigel Farage is a grifting charlatan, not the arbiter of British culture.
Nigel Farage is a grifting charlatan, not the arbiter of British culture.
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
He really is not.
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
He really is not.
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Your Assyrian cat omen for today: "If a cat discharges urine onto a man, he will become rich."
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Your Assyrian cat omen for today: "If a cat discharges urine onto a man, he will become rich."
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
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Belongs alongside this magnificent specimen
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Belongs alongside this magnificent specimen
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“WE REMEM WILL BEP THEM”
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“WE REMEM WILL BEP THEM”
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Monday coming
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Monday coming
Vote for me for DG and I will personally recommission Let Them Eat Cake.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Vote for me for DG and I will personally recommission Let Them Eat Cake.
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The BBC when there is a real scandal: takes years to do anything, drags its feet, is very defensive
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The BBC when there is a real scandal: takes years to do anything, drags its feet, is very defensive
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately
The BBC when the right wing goes for it: has a panic attack then throws itself on its sword immediately
🚨🚨ONE OF THE HOUSES ON THE ESTATE HAS PUT ALL THEIR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS OUT THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING A TREE WITH A STAR AND AN INFLATABLE SNOWMAN 🚨🚨
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🚨🚨ONE OF THE HOUSES ON THE ESTATE HAS PUT ALL THEIR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS OUT THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING A TREE WITH A STAR AND AN INFLATABLE SNOWMAN 🚨🚨
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“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19”
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3Lspwi0
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3Lspwi0
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Nature - Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.
go.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19”
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3Lspwi0
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3Lspwi0
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If you’re out of ideas, invent a place where you could find ideas. An orchard of regret where the fruit on the bough are unsent love letters. A grocery store where you can buy a better childhood. You do not have to begin with something; it is often more useful to begin with somewhere.
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you’re out of ideas, invent a place where you could find ideas. An orchard of regret where the fruit on the bough are unsent love letters. A grocery store where you can buy a better childhood. You do not have to begin with something; it is often more useful to begin with somewhere.
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"Hey boss, I have some stock photos here for the article that shows that longer walks beat several shorter walks. Which one do you want?"
"Uh, good, just whichever one is on top"
"I dunno, this one has a guy with a walker taking his pony..."
"I said WHICHEVER ONE IS ON TOP."
"Uh, good, just whichever one is on top"
"I dunno, this one has a guy with a walker taking his pony..."
"I said WHICHEVER ONE IS ON TOP."
Accumulating daily steps in longer bouts of walking is better for the heart than taking multiple short walks
go.nature.com/47LvbXE
go.nature.com/47LvbXE
Longer walks beat shorter strolls for heart health
Nature - People who rack up most of their daily steps in walks lasting less than five minutes have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease than do those who amass their steps in big blocks.
go.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Hey boss, I have some stock photos here for the article that shows that longer walks beat several shorter walks. Which one do you want?"
"Uh, good, just whichever one is on top"
"I dunno, this one has a guy with a walker taking his pony..."
"I said WHICHEVER ONE IS ON TOP."
"Uh, good, just whichever one is on top"
"I dunno, this one has a guy with a walker taking his pony..."
"I said WHICHEVER ONE IS ON TOP."
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The last time a guy on an airplane turned around and kneeled in his seat to say to me that I should just take off my mask, I stared at him, leaned in a little and calmly said: “Mind your own goddamned business”.
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The last time a guy on an airplane turned around and kneeled in his seat to say to me that I should just take off my mask, I stared at him, leaned in a little and calmly said: “Mind your own goddamned business”.
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A plate from Anatomie générale des viscères by Jacques-Fabien Gautier D’Agoty (1752). It is an early example of colour printing, using engraved metal plates to make four separate impressions in black, red, yellow, and blue inks to produce the final image
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A plate from Anatomie générale des viscères by Jacques-Fabien Gautier D’Agoty (1752). It is an early example of colour printing, using engraved metal plates to make four separate impressions in black, red, yellow, and blue inks to produce the final image