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From: www.wired.com/story/why-ca...

I have felt this to be true and said to myself “surely it’s been tested and if it were dangerous they‘d have banned it”
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its sen...
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December 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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once upon a time when I was at a residential writing thing with Margaret Atwood, I came down for breakfast at 9am.
she looked at me and said: "I suppose we have to let the teenage brain sleep in".
I said: "Margaret, I'm 40."
I am apparently now someone who gasps: “It lives!” when my teenager finally emerges from his bedroom.
What happened to me, man, I used to be cool.
December 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Man, everybody of my generation who loved pop music knew these tunes. Safe travels home to Carl Carlton.
Carl Carlton, the singer-songwriter best known for hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama," has died, his son announced
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Sir Tom Stoppard, one of the UK’s best-known playwrights, has died aged 88, his agents have announced. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
The King and Queen pay tribute to a "dear friend who wore his genius lightly".
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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TIL Michael Bywater was one of c.600 siblings who are the biological children of Bertold Wiesner, via his wife an obstetrician as 'anonymous sperm donation'

others include comedian Simon Evans & barrister David Gollancz

tinyurl.com/mrjx94xs

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertold...
Bertold Wiesner - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Yes Giant Cuttlefish sex is not the most important thing happening right now (unless you are a Giant Cuttlefish) but we are all in this together... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Giant cuttlefish! They are in danger and scientists are going to save them with … bubbles! | First Dog on the Moon
The only other option was to go back in time and do something about climate change but time travel hasn’t been invented yet
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
In rehearsals.
August 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Don’t know who made this but thank you
August 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.
August 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Fuck yeah Chicken Jockey from Minnesota
She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩
August 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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December 16, 2024 at 10:12 AM