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I bought a second hand Pilot Custom 92 (orange) some five years ago and it is still one of my favourite pens!

guys cmonnn. it’s time to leave Prince Andrew alone

Kind of like every time I look at the moon, it's always the coolest, no matter the phase.

Counterpoint: the forest is *always* magic. 😀

Every Day is Halloween!

The Dutch health care system | National Health Care Institute The philosophy underpinning the Dutch health care system is based on several more or less universal principles: access to care for all, solidarity through medical insurance (which is compulsory for al...

I've no idea what an "NHS style public health care system is", but they do have an excellent, and for residents cheap universal health care system: english.zorginstituutnederland.nl/about-us/hea...

Pop-Sci speculation: I'm betting large amounts of money that the guy in question was attracted to the woman at first, and then found out that she was trans. He couldn't cope with his own feelings, and the only way out of the situation for him was violence.

This made me laugh.

The 5 scariest mythological witches from around the world From the bloodthirsty Chedipe to the enigmatic Baba Yaga, explore how ancient witch legends reveal deep-seated fears and societal beliefs.

For millennia, humanity has told stories of witches. No matter the time and place, many of them share the same fascinating traits: a connection to nature, societal isolation, and a little bit of John Wick in them. Details in my National Geographic article:

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Reskeet if you think you can beat up Michael Myers.

Either one is fine.

This ought to be quite easy, just become an enemy of "stupidity".

Fun Fact - My old flatmate (Leigh) plays Abner in the latest Conjuring movie. Turns out monsters are much less scary when you remember them borrowing your perfume and calling you ‘Little Jedi’ whenever you wore your hooded dressing gown.

Dickens changed this mostly because the word count was too low.

A map of the UK showing that all UK detective programmes in the north are grim, bleak and miserable, whilst those in the south are cosy, chummy and very upper-middle class.

You've just made me realise what the true north-south divide is.

You aren't an algorithm, so I believe your recommendations are valid. ❤️ Also, Love You to Death is on the list... 😀

Is this about lots of cards having different names digitally and on paper? Or about Universes Beyond in general? Or about Secret Lairs? Or about... oh. I see your point. :)

2/2 Joe le Taxi, by Vanessa Paradis. I feel Love, by Sam Smith. Kids, by MGMT. Take on Me, by a-ha. I mean sure, there are recommendations that are ok, such as Burn by the Cure, Pearls of Light by Within Temptation, and Disorder by Joy Division. But still... "Suggestion algorithm" - you had one job.

1/2 Why are recommendations on the web so astoundingly bad? Take YouTube music for instance. I have a "Gothic" 100 song long playlist with lots of entries by The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Sirenia, Theatre of Tragedy etc etc. And one song by Duran Duran (Come Undone). So what does YT recommend I add?

I don't care much either way, but I know it's a restriction that causes confusion because of the reminder text on the Extort mechanic.
"Whaat? You can play Blind Obedience in Mono-white???"
<tired sigh> "Yes..."
Which itself isn't that big of a deal, but it is deeply confusing for newbies.

makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies

The Jolly Roger flag

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”

First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.

With me so far? 1/x

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

This is still one of my best fangirl moments, meeting Ray Harryhausen by utter chance at Forbidden Planet in London in the early 00s. He was there signing his book An Animated Life, and there was NO queue. I just walked right up before realising who he was!!!

We are thankful for small mercies.

Godzilla from the original 1954 movie.

For every 5 Likes or Reposts, I'll give you a cool-ass Godzilla Fact. I'll try to keep it to lesser-known stuff but I won't be posting any inside baseball. I just want to share my love for the King.

Isn't this the one that has an american version with a different ending, or something? I vaguely seem to recall seeing this on Swedish national TV (!) some 40+ years ago, and having a heated argument about the plot with a friend who had watched a pirated version on VHS.

wait is today's discourse literally american libs saying getting an SS tattoo is "boys will be boys, whom'st've amongst've us"?

This made me laugh.

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