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"Here is the bill you demanded that nullifies all safety regulations for EVs and rockets, Your Majesty. I'll be back with your iced tea."

20.12.2024 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 22376    πŸ” 6067    πŸ’¬ 663    πŸ“Œ 244

As opposed to the flat face step, where a dog owner moves forward only to find their velcro dog in the way and with flailing arms lands face first on the lino.

08.12.2024 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This burn is epic. πŸ”₯

08.12.2024 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 35020    πŸ” 4866    πŸ’¬ 823    πŸ“Œ 266

A lot of people think everything will work out if we just play by the rules but don’t seem to recognize that rules only matter when everyone agrees to follow them and, well, that isn’t our present reality.

02.12.2024 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 17323    πŸ” 3498    πŸ’¬ 367    πŸ“Œ 246

A secret cabal of the most powerful decision makers in the publishing industry meets once a year and they agree to publish a book that's egregiously, irredeemably bad. They dedicate a huge promotional budget to it to prove they can make a best seller out of anything.
#publishing

02.12.2024 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention

26.11.2024 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 28115    πŸ” 8769    πŸ’¬ 668    πŸ“Œ 941

Me too pls

28.11.2024 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.

27.11.2024 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 58244    πŸ” 8102    πŸ’¬ 707    πŸ“Œ 271
Dog lying upside down and half off a chair

Dog lying upside down and half off a chair

Preferred sleeping position

28.11.2024 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A dress in the Cat and Dog exhibition which has a beaded half-poodle half-human dog on the front

A dress in the Cat and Dog exhibition which has a beaded half-poodle half-human dog on the front

Although this was a highlight

26.11.2024 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am a dog person, but in the Dog and Cat exhibition at the NGV, cats win.

26.11.2024 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone A new publisher has claimed it aims to β€œdisrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.

Another 4 tech bros - sorry, β€˜disruptors’ who can, frankly, fuck right off.

www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...

25.11.2024 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 14

Love this so much❀️

22.11.2024 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed

25.11.2024 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friends, on this platform, prepare for too many photos and videos of this star.

25.11.2024 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Australian authors giving every federal politician five books to encourage nuance in Middle East debate Exclusive: Group of more than 90 including writers Tim Winton and Charlotte Wood have paid for every federal senator and MP to receive curated package

β€˜Australian authors giving every federal politician five books to encourage nuance in Middle East debate’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

18.11.2024 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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