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YOU GUYS THEY ARE _STILL_ MAKING CAT GIFS!

New ‘And you’re surprised?’ upgrade just dropped.

Test match and/or F1 practice session

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

Based on Israel's own data: "Between March and June, Israel allowed just 56,000 tonnes of food to enter... less than a quarter of Gaza’s minimum needs for that period. Even if every bag of UN flour had been... handed out... starvation was inevitable. Palestinians did not have enough to eat."

i have the exact same relationship with james joyce

lumiere from beauty and the beast looking especially smug

all i can think of is

It most certainly does not relate to the formulation or development of government policy!

Sigh.

Someone drop a line to the ICO

Might have to have a mass casualty event at a microbrewery in the middle act just for plausibility.

I continue to write every tech bro I’ve ever met into this book, as a corpse.

Jeez, I wonder why Trump won't release the Epstein files SFGATE columnist Drew Magary unpacks the scandal and perceived cover-up.

This, by @drewmagary.bsky.social, is a very succinct and very droll summary of the Epstein scandal www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

I’ve had a moderate allergic reaction to _something_ in the last 12 hours, and now I have to work out what it is.

It’s like the worst kind of mystery

No context needed for this I reckon

number 1! number 1!

It’s like she said, she was totally out of gas, lost all her co-ordination really. I think she’ll be back and a strong contender in the next few slams.

these particular horrors continue

One of my favourite dates I ever had with my now-husband was drinking a glass of wine and then browsing Borders at 9pm.

I’m wondering how many places just geoblock the UK rather than deal with age verification. Maybe I’m overestimating the impact though.

We're accepting short stories for our first anthology, on the theme of FOLKLORE, from now until the end of September. We're looking for stories of 2,000-10,000 words, from writers living in the North of England.

Our anthology call-out for writers in the North of England is open. We're delighted to have received a few submissions already!

There's plenty of time to submit until the deadline at the end of September, so get scribbling - we'd love to read your words.

don’t they know i need all the money and none of the responsibility?

cant believe i have to do the job i applied, interviewed, signed a contract for and have been doing for three years, again today.

Weiters, describe your WIP in the worst way possible:

the worst guy on every team is murdered and everyone on the team could have done it but didnt except for one of them who did

Just imagine having been born with every advantage imaginable except even average intelligence. And one of the advantages is you never have to suffer the consequences of that.

my nightmare would be to discover the dossier written for Hitman when he's sent on a mission to kill me. Not because I fear death at the hands of Agent 47 but I know Diana Burnwood would make me sound like the dumbest piece of shit imaginable. she would read me for filth

I know it’s very gauche to come out with a ‘I knew it’ when something popular is revealed to be horseshit but I read (DNF) The Salt Path a good long while ago, got to the bit about them being forced out of their house, and instinctively thought ‘i don’t believe this is how it happened’.

P G Wodehouse is still an S-tier holiday read.

CNBC headline from today: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'politically homeless' in July 4 post bashing Democrats

It's so weird how everyone who says they're "politically homeless" is a far right winger who lives in NY or CA and still wants to get invited to parties

This is a story I've been wanting to write for so long — how a teeny, tiny gaming controller became an essential tool for med students.

ER doctors: when it inevitably happens, leak the x-ray

a grey and white cat is curled in a weird shape, kind of on his back, tail curled up and over his back. He is prominently displaying his white socks on his back legs.

socks: model’s own

Congratulations!
I’m currently working on a new novel and it’s a change of style and direction for me so I’ll be in the market for a development editor for sure.

I’ll send an enquiry when it’s fully baked, and see if you’re free/interested in working together (or have other editor recs!)