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Overthinking folk singer and general Mr Fancypants. Lots of thoughts on serious issues but will try to avoid typing more than 0.5% of them. I came here to hi ho and fiddle de dee. And I'm all out of fiddle de dee. (He/him.)

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FIFA has the chance to do the funniest thing. Just give it to Obama.

07.11.2025 03:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 325    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

05.11.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13463    ๐Ÿ” 2224    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 112    ๐Ÿ“Œ 87
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This person took this when they called the race

05.11.2025 06:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28729    ๐Ÿ” 7003    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 483    ๐Ÿ“Œ 883

TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!

05.11.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5528    ๐Ÿ” 829    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 349
PROHIBITED ITEMS
Aerosols
Alcohol
Animais except assistance dogs
Laptops tablets, recording devices, pro cameras
Bags larger than A4 and luggage
Bicycles, scooters (and e-bikes and e-scooters]
Bottles of any king and flasks
Chairs or stools
Food and drink
Flares, fireworks and smoke devices
Glass objects or vessels
Drones
Helmets
Illegal drugs and substances
Lasers
Large umbrellas
Liquids and gels (100ml)
Metal cans and objects
Nitrous oxide
Perfumes
Promotional material, stickers and flags
Pushchairs
Selfie sticks
Spray cans, markers and graffiti pens
Weapons, tools and blades
ANY OTHER ITEMS DEEMED TO BE A RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY
All items are subject to change without notice by venue management
*medical exemptions apply

PROHIBITED ITEMS Aerosols Alcohol Animais except assistance dogs Laptops tablets, recording devices, pro cameras Bags larger than A4 and luggage Bicycles, scooters (and e-bikes and e-scooters] Bottles of any king and flasks Chairs or stools Food and drink Flares, fireworks and smoke devices Glass objects or vessels Drones Helmets Illegal drugs and substances Lasers Large umbrellas Liquids and gels (100ml) Metal cans and objects Nitrous oxide Perfumes Promotional material, stickers and flags Pushchairs Selfie sticks Spray cans, markers and graffiti pens Weapons, tools and blades ANY OTHER ITEMS DEEMED TO BE A RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY All items are subject to change without notice by venue management *medical exemptions apply

Going to write an "End Of The World As We Know It" style list song based on this.

05.11.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If there's a movie about this New York City election, Jeremy Strong should play Cuomo

05.11.2025 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 142    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

03.11.2025 10:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4326    ๐Ÿ” 1362    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 132
An abandoned building by the beach where a window overlooks the sea. The water through the window resembles a painting, so someone has scrawled Free Rothko on the wall.

An abandoned building by the beach where a window overlooks the sea. The water through the window resembles a painting, so someone has scrawled Free Rothko on the wall.

Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.

03.11.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4160    ๐Ÿ” 852    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
Nope Brigade | Ph.D. Candidate | TikTok | Linktree Sociologist & Harbinger

linktr.ee/nopebrigade

01.11.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
When to Leave the US
YouTube video by Nope Brigade | Ph.D. Candidate When to Leave the US
01.11.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"You will be haunted," resumed the Ghost, "by three spirits."

31.10.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 313    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A stop sign. Under the stop sign, another, red rectangular, sign is affixed. It says "Actually stop. Like, for real."

A stop sign. Under the stop sign, another, red rectangular, sign is affixed. It says "Actually stop. Like, for real."

Someone in my neighborhood got FED. UP.

31.10.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3699    ๐Ÿ” 444    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

30.10.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10670    ๐Ÿ” 1490    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 139    ๐Ÿ“Œ 117

The more you get to know people, the more you get to: no, people?

28.10.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 419    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Graffiti on the shuttered Reform office in Caerffili that reads "Now u can fuck off home." God I love Wales.

Graffiti on the shuttered Reform office in Caerffili that reads "Now u can fuck off home." God I love Wales.

After a lovely weekend away with my friends I have returned safely home to what is officially the greatest town on this entire island if not the world.

26.10.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 484    ๐Ÿ” 77    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Quick update on this- they still donโ€™t let you ride the baggage carousel

26.10.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 358    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre

Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast)

Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Bรถcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Bรถcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes

24.10.2025 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15991    ๐Ÿ” 5104    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 100    ๐Ÿ“Œ 180

My former home (albeit for a few years) is not a shithole, I should add

24.10.2025 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
There is no such thing as your favorite Beatle!! Feat Ethan Hawke #thebeatles #subwaytakes
YouTube video by SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma There is no such thing as your favorite Beatle!! Feat Ethan Hawke #thebeatles #subwaytakes

I still canโ€™t decide if I agree with all of this, but itโ€™s a compelling take:

24.10.2025 11:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope this email never finds you. I hope youโ€™re free.

23.10.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 358    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This is a great article about the fate of Bluesky

22.10.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Search result from a website that, weirdly, estimates how long it will take you to read any given book. Except, it appears, when it comes to Proust:
โ€œWe couldnโ€™t estimate the reading time for this book.โ€
Which seems fitting, really

Search result from a website that, weirdly, estimates how long it will take you to read any given book. Except, it appears, when it comes to Proust: โ€œWe couldnโ€™t estimate the reading time for this book.โ€ Which seems fitting, really

Well, fair enough, I guess

20.10.2025 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

19.10.2025 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17887    ๐Ÿ” 4041    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 211    ๐Ÿ“Œ 167

I see that Teams is unaffected by the AWS outage *sigh*

20.10.2025 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 437    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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I love whatever is wrong with them ๐Ÿ™‚โ€โ†•๏ธ

19.10.2025 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2722    ๐Ÿ” 771    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 158

oh youโ€™re a nihilist? name zero things that matter

17.10.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5080    ๐Ÿ” 964    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
Profile pic of equestrian statue, a long orange traffic cone obscuring the kingโ€™s head.

Profile pic of equestrian statue, a long orange traffic cone obscuring the kingโ€™s head.

UK solidarity in advance of No Kings Day. George III.

16.10.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 795    ๐Ÿ” 135    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

STOP TIMING!!

17.10.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A tweet from @a_lolbrarianbthat reads "We went to the planetarium today and when the voiceover said 'this is the earth' one of the kids booed"

A tweet from @a_lolbrarianbthat reads "We went to the planetarium today and when the voiceover said 'this is the earth' one of the kids booed"

This is my favorite post of all time

15.10.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 579    ๐Ÿ” 94    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

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