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Steven Miles
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Northumbrian interloper
Blending into local culture in SE Asia means that a Brit like me must somehow get used to some slightly different crisp flavours.
January 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The only thing which would make this story any better would be if the bear jumped up and yelled: “I’m alright, don’t worry!”

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Virginia man dies after bear shot by fellow hunter falls on top of him from tree
The man, named as 58-year-old Lester C. Harvey, was rushed to two different hospitals after the bear fell on him. He died from his injuries on 13 December.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Even if, as a linguist and polyglot, this runs counter to everything I believe about language learning, I utterly applaud that this bizarre achievement has actually happened.

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Spanish Scrabble Winner Does Not Speak Spanish
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December 18, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Great article as ever by Ronay, but outrage to one side for a moment, what I don’t get is this: if South America, Europe & Africa are all locked out of the cycle for the 2038 WC, and Asia also can’t go again, then that leaves only who exactly?
December 13, 2024 at 9:29 AM
This is offal news.
An Oklahoma-based cleaning company has been fined nearly $172,000 after federal investigators found that it had hired nearly a dozen children to work dangerous overnight shifts at an Iowa slaughterhouse.
Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds
Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Just in case you were looking for an illustration of how the age of social media & the culture of litigation have made us slightly ridiculous.

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Smooth Mars bar man gets £2 compensation from chocolate giant
Mars Wrigley UK says the smooth bar "slipped" through and confirmed the swirl is being kept.
bbc.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Genuinely increasingly annoyed by modern football managers wearing whatever the hell they like to matches.
I propose instead that managers should have only two options, which are namely either a suit or a club tracksuit.
November 25, 2024 at 11:09 AM