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SCROOGE: you there, boy! what day is it?
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
December 1, 2024 at 9:08 AM
SCROOGE: you there, boy! what day is it?
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
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It’s not the Industrial Revolution. It’s colonialism, resource plunder from the vulnerable, and enforced free labour (whatever you want to call that) for the benefit of a declared overclass. Empire by another name, not charming top hats and poop-poop steam engines.
Oh no the Governor of the Bank of England compared AI to the Industrial Revolution
December 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It’s not the Industrial Revolution. It’s colonialism, resource plunder from the vulnerable, and enforced free labour (whatever you want to call that) for the benefit of a declared overclass. Empire by another name, not charming top hats and poop-poop steam engines.
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#LiteraryAdventCalendar2025 Day 12.
Three snippets of Wodehouse. This is how to write a funny line - not a word wasted, nor a comma misplaced, the punchlines both perfect and unpredictable.
Three snippets of Wodehouse. This is how to write a funny line - not a word wasted, nor a comma misplaced, the punchlines both perfect and unpredictable.
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
#LiteraryAdventCalendar2025 Day 12.
Three snippets of Wodehouse. This is how to write a funny line - not a word wasted, nor a comma misplaced, the punchlines both perfect and unpredictable.
Three snippets of Wodehouse. This is how to write a funny line - not a word wasted, nor a comma misplaced, the punchlines both perfect and unpredictable.
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Good luck to all the children taking part in their school’s nativity play this week. You’re all stars, no matter what your role.
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Good luck to all the children taking part in their school’s nativity play this week. You’re all stars, no matter what your role.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Highly applicable now!
December 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Highly applicable now!
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The problem with Whamageddon is it involves avoiding listening to a great song. Which seems self defeating.
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The problem with Whamageddon is it involves avoiding listening to a great song. Which seems self defeating.
The first Careless Whisper demo www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Wham! demo of Careless Whisper the world has never heard
Producer Paul Mex used a broom and a sofa to help record the demo at Andrew Ridgeley's family home.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The first Careless Whisper demo www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Piccadilly Circus
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Piccadilly Circus
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
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'When the Wolves Were Running', the first episode of The Box of Delights, was originally broadcast on this day in 1984.
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
'When the Wolves Were Running', the first episode of The Box of Delights, was originally broadcast on this day in 1984.
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The Real Mr. Gruber’s Antique Shop: A Paddington Bear Treasure in Notting Hill
If you’ve ever watched Paddington (2014) or its equally delightful sequel, Paddington 2 (2017), you’ll remember Mr. Gruber’s Antique Shop—the charming, wood-panelled haven of trinkets, teapots, and treasures, where the…
If you’ve ever watched Paddington (2014) or its equally delightful sequel, Paddington 2 (2017), you’ll remember Mr. Gruber’s Antique Shop—the charming, wood-panelled haven of trinkets, teapots, and treasures, where the…
The Real Mr. Gruber’s Antique Shop: A Paddington Bear Treasure in Notting Hill
If you’ve ever watched Paddington (2014) or its equally delightful sequel, Paddington 2 (2017), you’ll remember Mr. Gruber’s Antique Shop—the charming, wood-panelled haven of trinkets, teapots, and treasures, where the world’s politest bear finds both warmth and wisdom. But while Mr. Gruber himself is a fictional character from Michael Bond’s beloved books, his shop has a very real-life counterpart: Alice’s Antiques…
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March 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Real Mr. Gruber’s Antique Shop: A Paddington Bear Treasure in Notting Hill
If you’ve ever watched Paddington (2014) or its equally delightful sequel, Paddington 2 (2017), you’ll remember Mr. Gruber’s Antique Shop—the charming, wood-panelled haven of trinkets, teapots, and treasures, where the…
If you’ve ever watched Paddington (2014) or its equally delightful sequel, Paddington 2 (2017), you’ll remember Mr. Gruber’s Antique Shop—the charming, wood-panelled haven of trinkets, teapots, and treasures, where the…
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‘The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what "works," but art opens up what is possible.’
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
‘The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what "works," but art opens up what is possible.’
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The Welsh town where A-list actors grew up with beach walks and striking sunsets trib.al/apEMlNT
The Welsh town where A-list actors grew up with beach walks and striking sunsets
Port Talbot is celebrating the centenary of Richard Burton's birth, with trails and an official tour among the reasons to visit this year
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November 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Welsh town where A-list actors grew up with beach walks and striking sunsets trib.al/apEMlNT
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30 years ago, the Sunday Express paper which my mum read every week ran a #Beatles special of its ‘Classic’ supplement, with basically the entire thing given over to Beatles-related articles to tie-in with the launch of the Anthology... (1/8)
November 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
30 years ago, the Sunday Express paper which my mum read every week ran a #Beatles special of its ‘Classic’ supplement, with basically the entire thing given over to Beatles-related articles to tie-in with the launch of the Anthology... (1/8)
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Thank you to everyone at Theatr Clwyd for giving us a tour around your beautifully redeveloped spaces. What a magnificent theatre. Congratulations to the whole team. We can’t wait to bring Our Town here next February.
🎟 welshnationaltheatre.com/our-town
🎟 welshnationaltheatre.com/our-town
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Thank you to everyone at Theatr Clwyd for giving us a tour around your beautifully redeveloped spaces. What a magnificent theatre. Congratulations to the whole team. We can’t wait to bring Our Town here next February.
🎟 welshnationaltheatre.com/our-town
🎟 welshnationaltheatre.com/our-town
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Home through the rain (1969)
Artist: John Berry
Artist: John Berry
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Home through the rain (1969)
Artist: John Berry
Artist: John Berry
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OK there's my Unhinged Literary Opinion: Pratchett is the greatest humanist/philosophical writer of our era.
and since he really does have a quote for everything, in the wise words of Sir Terry Pratchett: “Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.”
October 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
OK there's my Unhinged Literary Opinion: Pratchett is the greatest humanist/philosophical writer of our era.
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Happy birthday to Paul Simon
youtu.be/LHHWT2VQKhM
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Paul Simon performing Homeward Bound on Parkinson in December 1975
YouTube video by Salvage Operation
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October 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy birthday to Paul Simon
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'Across from Battersea Park (Autumn)' by Jonathan Stewardson
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👤 @jonathanstewardson.bsky.social
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👤 @jonathanstewardson.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
'Across from Battersea Park (Autumn)' by Jonathan Stewardson
jonathanstewardson.com
👤 @jonathanstewardson.bsky.social
jonathanstewardson.com
👤 @jonathanstewardson.bsky.social
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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On the whole I think pop songs should be about :
Being lonely.
Not wanting to be lonely.
Loss in general .
Being horny.
How rubbish weekdays are.
How great Friday and Saturday are.
Obscure films, books, historical events etc.
Being a fire starter.
Being lonely.
Not wanting to be lonely.
Loss in general .
Being horny.
How rubbish weekdays are.
How great Friday and Saturday are.
Obscure films, books, historical events etc.
Being a fire starter.
October 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
On the whole I think pop songs should be about :
Being lonely.
Not wanting to be lonely.
Loss in general .
Being horny.
How rubbish weekdays are.
How great Friday and Saturday are.
Obscure films, books, historical events etc.
Being a fire starter.
Being lonely.
Not wanting to be lonely.
Loss in general .
Being horny.
How rubbish weekdays are.
How great Friday and Saturday are.
Obscure films, books, historical events etc.
Being a fire starter.
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What a brilliant thread.
I’m just going to say as someone who lived in London for eleven years and is currently seriously considering going back precisely because of the far right theocratic fascism of Trump, that he’s talking out of his fucking asshole.
Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."
September 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
What a brilliant thread.
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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She declared women equal to men and condemned the crass arrogance of men in a letter to the only woman with true power and influence: the queen.
For this she was denounced by her fellow revolutionaries as a royalist and two years after writing this she was sentenced to violent death.
For this she was denounced by her fellow revolutionaries as a royalist and two years after writing this she was sentenced to violent death.
September 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
She declared women equal to men and condemned the crass arrogance of men in a letter to the only woman with true power and influence: the queen.
For this she was denounced by her fellow revolutionaries as a royalist and two years after writing this she was sentenced to violent death.
For this she was denounced by her fellow revolutionaries as a royalist and two years after writing this she was sentenced to violent death.