jim
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music writer, regularly hit by bicycles
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This is so good and reminds me of my colourful past as a competition winner. The holy grail was when I won a Playstation from The Times in about 1997.
It came with the top 10 best-selling games and a year's subscription to UK Official Playstation Magazine.
My life was changed.
It came with the top 10 best-selling games and a year's subscription to UK Official Playstation Magazine.
My life was changed.
Years ago (around 2008, maybe?) when I was a writer for a PlayStation magazine, we ran a competition to win the worst promo stuff we could find in the office. I had a lot of fun writing this copy. THOUSANDS of people entered.
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is so good and reminds me of my colourful past as a competition winner. The holy grail was when I won a Playstation from The Times in about 1997.
It came with the top 10 best-selling games and a year's subscription to UK Official Playstation Magazine.
My life was changed.
It came with the top 10 best-selling games and a year's subscription to UK Official Playstation Magazine.
My life was changed.
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nancy panels recreated in blender. ernie bushmiller surrealist king
July 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
nancy panels recreated in blender. ernie bushmiller surrealist king
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Earbud fell in my salad #EarbudFellInMySalad
July 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Earbud fell in my salad #EarbudFellInMySalad
kinda scary seeing fairly bad ai images used politically like this. like, yes it’s inevitable, but it’s still super weird.
July 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
kinda scary seeing fairly bad ai images used politically like this. like, yes it’s inevitable, but it’s still super weird.
chief of national school inspectorate worries that reforming their systems might have an adverse effect on… house prices? because they’ll get CHEAPER? this is insane nah
End to school rating system could play havoc with house prices, says Ofsted chief
End to school rating system could play havoc with house prices, says Ofsted chief
Martyn Oliver says he knows of property values shooting up by £15,000 after schools were graded as outstanding
House prices in England could be put in turmoil by the government’s scrapping of headline school grades such as outstanding or inadequate, according to Ofsted’s chief inspector.
Speaking at an education conference, Martyn Oliver said parents and schools had become familiar with headline grades after 30 years of use, saying he knew of house prices shooting up by £15,000 after nearby schools were graded as outstanding. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
chief of national school inspectorate worries that reforming their systems might have an adverse effect on… house prices? because they’ll get CHEAPER? this is insane nah
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Ok, with great trepidation I’m sharing this comparison photo.
Eating disorders, depression and pretending to be someone you’re not does a lot to a person.
7years and 70pounds difference.
Eating disorders, depression and pretending to be someone you’re not does a lot to a person.
7years and 70pounds difference.
July 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Ok, with great trepidation I’m sharing this comparison photo.
Eating disorders, depression and pretending to be someone you’re not does a lot to a person.
7years and 70pounds difference.
Eating disorders, depression and pretending to be someone you’re not does a lot to a person.
7years and 70pounds difference.
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EU gang, I'd recommend reading up on Stop Killing Games if you can! You can get a signature in here to support it too if you're an EU resident. Here's the objective of it taken from the site! www.stopkillinggames.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
EU gang, I'd recommend reading up on Stop Killing Games if you can! You can get a signature in here to support it too if you're an EU resident. Here's the objective of it taken from the site! www.stopkillinggames.com
avoiding any harsh shadows on my face my entire life to ensure the NYT never has a gloomy, symbolic portrait to use when i die
Étienne-Émile Baulieu, the French biochemist and physician who was often called the father of the abortion pill — and who was also known for his pioneering studies on the role of steroid hormones in human reproduction and aging — died on Friday. He was 98. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/h...
June 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
avoiding any harsh shadows on my face my entire life to ensure the NYT never has a gloomy, symbolic portrait to use when i die
my money’s still on pizzaballa
May 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
my money’s still on pizzaballa
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🇱🇹🇺🇸🕯️ Thousands of Lithuanians in Vilnius honored the four American soldiers who tragically lost their lives.
April 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🇱🇹🇺🇸🕯️ Thousands of Lithuanians in Vilnius honored the four American soldiers who tragically lost their lives.
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reporter: donald trump has announced that americans must evolve into a race of hardy metal men via mandated injections of liquid mercury. your response?
klobuchar: *visibly straining to remember line consultants came up with* donkey kong donald’s economic policies are “bananas” for small business
klobuchar: *visibly straining to remember line consultants came up with* donkey kong donald’s economic policies are “bananas” for small business
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
reporter: donald trump has announced that americans must evolve into a race of hardy metal men via mandated injections of liquid mercury. your response?
klobuchar: *visibly straining to remember line consultants came up with* donkey kong donald’s economic policies are “bananas” for small business
klobuchar: *visibly straining to remember line consultants came up with* donkey kong donald’s economic policies are “bananas” for small business
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Sam Reich vs Newt Gingrich
April 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Sam Reich vs Newt Gingrich
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Man Sneaks Bag Of Outside Stimuli Into Sensory Deprivation Tank
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March 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Man Sneaks Bag Of Outside Stimuli Into Sensory Deprivation Tank
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picked a great day to fly to london 👍
March 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
picked a great day to fly to london 👍
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
i love the bluesky algorithm so much. the last two months half of my discover page is people posting about their sleep issues. recently it took a turn into fans of one specific type of hockey. very refreshing 👍
March 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
i love the bluesky algorithm so much. the last two months half of my discover page is people posting about their sleep issues. recently it took a turn into fans of one specific type of hockey. very refreshing 👍
i live in the storm zone and my phone died before i went to bed, so i just found out that emergency alerts REPLAY AT FULL EMERGENCY VOLUME when your phone comes back to life.
in an otherwise silent, pitch black bedroom at 2am. scariest shit in the world
in an otherwise silent, pitch black bedroom at 2am. scariest shit in the world
January 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
i live in the storm zone and my phone died before i went to bed, so i just found out that emergency alerts REPLAY AT FULL EMERGENCY VOLUME when your phone comes back to life.
in an otherwise silent, pitch black bedroom at 2am. scariest shit in the world
in an otherwise silent, pitch black bedroom at 2am. scariest shit in the world
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Gotta say that our new doorbell camera is not very flattering
January 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Gotta say that our new doorbell camera is not very flattering
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if you really dedicate yourself to an instrument you can, over many years of rigorous practice, become so skilled that you can only produce music that is completely unlistenable
December 29, 2024 at 5:40 AM
if you really dedicate yourself to an instrument you can, over many years of rigorous practice, become so skilled that you can only produce music that is completely unlistenable
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NEW VIDEO! youtu.be/2yCjO-wRxyM
SNL VFX Mystery | Quick D
YouTube video by Captain Disillusion
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December 20, 2024 at 5:56 PM
NEW VIDEO! youtu.be/2yCjO-wRxyM
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all the information is on the task
December 17, 2024 at 5:30 PM
all the information is on the task