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The bliss not being expected to be in constant contact with the whole world at all times.

We're about 3 lines deep into the "first they came for" poem. It's not a very long poem, folks

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We're Free Speeching Ourselves To Death The Right to Free Speech has become the Right To Lie and Its Killing Our Democracy

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We're Free Speeching Ourselves To Death:

The Right to Free Speech has become the Right To Lie and Its Killing Our Democracy.

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a former Cuomo staffer -- a Black woman -- said:

“a very subtle form of racialized abuse. You know I am beneficial to you. I fill a quota. It looks good on paper, and we made sure to put press releases out. But you don’t intend to incorporate me into government. You just like to show me to people.”

“We loved living in Barcelona but left after a year. The language barrier made it impossible to thrive.”

YOU went to another country with an official language. That makes the “barrier” a you problem, babes. Get Duolingo. Do a correspondence course. Do not expect the world to speak English for you.

Rise in ‘alert fatigue’ risks phone users disabling news notifications, study finds Publishers could see audiences uninstall apps, as some users receive up to 50 alerts a day, analysis shows

When I've done training and cover push notifications, my main advice is to treat them as interruptions. If you're sending one, you're interrupting someone's day and what they're doing. So if you're going to, make it absolutely worth it.

Me as fuck.

I literally pray “Lord you gave that dumb motherfucker all that money. Give ME some!” 😂

I can remember watching Celebrity Big Brother in the year of Michael Barrymore, Pete Burns, Rula Lenska, Jodie Marsh, Dennis Rodman and George Galloway. This year, most people will be working out how many "celebrities" they recognise - so far Chesney Hawkes & Trisha Goddard are not the same level..

This is incredibly funny but, also, I hope everyone who is pro AI or a teacher that allows AI can see clear as day that the ultimate goal is to put the thumb on the scale of all of this shit. That's why they're forcing it on us. It's a joke.

Tweet yesterday from Radoslaw Sikorski, replying to Musk calling him a "small man" three months ago. "See, big man, politics is harder than you thought"

Extremely Northern Irish coded response from the Polish foreign minister.

You remember that advice from six months ago that the correct response to authoritarianism is broadly "fuck you, make me"?

This is where it plays in. Trump cannot possibly win the fight he's picking. Make him try.

My favourite one like this is Don Henley getting Brian to autograph a copy of Pet Sounds. Brian signed it "thanks for all the great music" then thought for a second, crossed out "great", and wrote "good"

It's 30° in London and I hate this heat and I hate everyone who likes it. But dear God the amount of washing I'm getting out. Four loads already, lads. Washed and dried. The last one *bone dry* after 20mins on the line. My ancestors crying joyful tears in heaven. This must be what heroin feels like.

I bought a fountain pen. Did I need another fountain pen? Was it purchased under the guise of it being for my sketchbook? Do i not already own like 15 fountain pens?

Do i regret it? ☠️ come to mama

The life cycle of an 80s pop song.

1. Release.
2. 12 inch
3. Cover version
4. Re-release
5. Sample in rap song.
5. Sad emo version on movie soundtrack
6. Closing number in musical about band.
7. Performed on Jools Hootenanny by aged original singer.
8. Karaoke
6. DFS ad.

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A grey fluffy superb parrot chick with an orange beak and big eyes

Superb parrot face card never declines 🤩

Duncan is now passing around a signup sheet for you to schedule your snuggle times with him.

Writing has more in common with exercise than you would think.
- I rarely look forward to it but I always feel great afterwards.
- Much easier to get results by maintaining a regular schedule than to stop and start.
- I am incredibly smug after doing either.

I mean fuck it. Who would even do this? But you know what? It's 2025 and I'm coming out. I played this much beloved character for 15 years of my life and I love and hate him in equal measure. But I can't make him go away so this year I'm embracing him. The prick.

MK 💜