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James McNaught
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Pedantic love of arcane rules, dressing up, and esoteric bits of technology.
Turns out I’ve been autistic the entire time.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“What do you actually do?”

This is, in fact, a trick question. Nobody really knows.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This is the sort of important information that the internet was invented for.
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Good morning to everyone, except for the lady on the Northern Line who has just taken her shoes and socks off and is now minutely examining her toenails.
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Because of Black Friday, I now have a whole bunch of Shelly plugs.
I need odd ideas for really stupid automations.
#HomeAssistant #Smarthome
November 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.

Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph

Because this does NOT add up!

No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…

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November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Good morning. Please enjoy this Thanksgiving composition by a burgeoning young writer.
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This week, I have had a reasonably long WhatsApp conversation, followed by a face to face conversation with a different person, on the subject of getting leaflets printed.
I have not googled anything.
My podcast adverts are all for printing and marketing companies.
How does this work?
November 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Remembering that time the late Queen set off from the Shire to take a ring to Mordor.
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Does it matter which Batman?
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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It’s 55 years to the month since they blew up that whale. Seeing as we are doomed to repeat our mistakes, and that it is scientifically proven we are in the stupidest timeline, I say we do it again.
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Have I ever mentioned my mortal fear of former BBC News substitute presenter Mishal Husain? Probably not, since it's not a big issue generally.

Anyway, best get to work
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Camden Town people, whatever happened to that guy who used to get onto the tube and sing Elvis songs, wearing a gold suit?
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Can it also answer with inspiration quotes from the Book of Om, or in the voice of Offler the Crocodile God?
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a marble statue of Louis Agassiz fell from 2nd floor of Stanford's Zoology building into main quad.

Professor Frank Angell reportedly quipped:
"Agassiz was great in the abstract but not in the concrete."

The statue was unharmed, returned to its perch...
April 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Hey, Dead Granny, what’s the best way to dispose of a corpse?
For real, check this out. Evil.
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Happy Fenton Day to all who celebrate. Jesus Christ, fourteen years.

youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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'Camden Town, London' (1940) by Priscilla Ann Siebert

(Dresden State Art Collections)
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
That simplicity cremations advert with the twee song.
What the actual fuck?
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM