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Maxine Roper
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Writer. Voiceover. ‘No Heels, No Problem: A Neurodivergent Survival Guide To Adult Life When You’re Dyspraxic or ADHD ‘ out now https://maxinefrancesroper.co.uk 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪
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Deadass thought this was a promo still from a new Wes Anderson movie
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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#InternetHistory
January 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Polly 💔🐈‍⬛ (2011-2026)
January 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Closedown
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Luckily, if you’re dyspraxic and in your 40s, shifting an arm counts as risky behaviour…
January 27, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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Something I saw today and thought I’d share here.

Reasons to Stay is a suicide prevention project reaching people at difficult moments through anonymous letters written by volunteers.

Each letter on the site was written by a real person and is delivered at random when you visit the page.
Reasons to Stay - Letters From Strangers
Reasons to Stay is a suicide prevention project reaching people at difficult moments through anonymous letters written by volunteers. Each letter on this site was written by a real person and delivere...
www.reasonstostay.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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I’ve just realised that the darkest ten weeks of the winter are behind us & just now we’re gaining 2 minutes of daylight each day here in the UK. A hopeful thought 🌿
January 26, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Apparently if you imitate the bit from the advert, no one much younger than me has a clue what you’re talking about, so I won’t…
January 25, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Art in the afternoon and then my man took me to a veggie restaurant in Islington. The Friday of my teenage dreams… *

*minus the dead cat and AI-ing myself out of an RSD flare…
January 23, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.

I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Pierre Novellie…
January 20, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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Every ADHD person's CV looks like
If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.
January 18, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Oh go on then…

2016:
January 17, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Oh dear god, Usenet…
Okay, let's get nostalgic

What was the VERY FIRST online platform that you became addicted to posting on?????
January 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Everyone’s memory of Polly The Missing Cat is some variation of: “She almost let me touch her head once…”
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Today’s thing I didn’t know I needed…a Japanese man and woman covering ‘Wonderwall’. Someone get them to do Bittersweet Symphony! www.instagram.com/reel/DQZdR42...
Good Music on Instagram: "It sounds so good tbh but, It’s a mashup that mixes an old Japanese TV performance with the song Wonderwall by Oasis. The man and woman in the clip aren’t actually singing th...
158K likes, 1,307 comments - top.music.songs on October 29, 2025: "It sounds so good tbh but, It’s a mashup that mixes an old Japanese TV performance with the song Wonderwall by Oasis. The man and wom...
www.instagram.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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Something's brewing with NHS ADHD services. My feeling is that Wes Streeting can't quite gage the public mood, so cynically exploiting it is on hold. But consent it actively being manufactured for limiting access, so if you've been considering it, I'd advise you to get yourself in the system ASAP.
January 15, 2026 at 8:45 PM
At least when chatGPT misunderstands what I’m trying to say, I can clarify or introduce nuance without having to strangle the urge to swear at it first.
January 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I’ve gone in. Err, so to speak… #HeatedRivalry 🏒
January 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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imagine a cheery BBC news report in 1938 breezily asking "which countries could be in Hitler's sights after the Sudetenland?"
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Jealous of all your snow 😢❄️
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 PM
My phone just corrected “acts of parliament” to “cats of parliament”…
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Pal: “Is there a compound noun for ‘
book slagger in German…?”
January 6, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR THE NEXT OUTSIDERS ARTS CLUB

February 10! Handbag Factory in Vauxhall! over 50 pieces of original art from up-and-coming artists, all between £200 and £500! free wine! a 10-minute talk from the FT's Josh Spero on the art market! join us!

outsidersartsclub.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM