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@jamesc @jess Hey, it’s the Netherlands. So little happens here that there has to be a lot of padding.

"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom"
― H. L. Mencken

"If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance"
― Margery Allingham

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I like to think I’m not competitive but it is otherwise difficult to explain why I have done 12k xp on #Duolingo this week to stay ahead of a guy called Said who most likely doesn’t even know I exist.

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Scribes, by SMBC
#technology #cartoon #comic #history
Source: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/scribe

Comic of scribes getting stuck in a doorway / history's first printer jam

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Makes a change from the wrong kind of snow! https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/08/pee-on-the-line-suspends-services-at-rotterdam-blaak/

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Imagine a dystopia that would otherwise be a utopia, but for autocorrect always wrongly inserting apostrophes.

He’ll on Earth.

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Follow me for more quick easy recipes

A saucepan of dry uncooked spaghetti on fire

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A cryptobro DMed me to ask if I wanted to join his mailing list.

I spent slightly too long making this to send in reply.

"The more precise you are, the more likely you are to be wrong"
— J.L. Austin

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young me: i wonder if this new technical thing is cool

middle-aged me: i wonder if i can avoid knowing about this new technical thing until it goes away

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the Red Arrows, co-opted by the trans-gender menace, release chemtrails laced with gender fluids in an attack on the loyal patriots of Brexit

Red Arrows flyby at the Coronation, with pink, white and blue vapour trails

@jamesc @Lorry

Looting my drawers, eh? Some people…

@Lorry @jamesc

Lectric? Wossat then?

https://www.rok.coffee/espressogc

@Lorry @jamesc

Actually, it was James who used it. I just sniffed at the result.

Too weak. Waste of good beans 😐

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In 1539 the Nordic Seas were dominated by the most beautiful Sea Monsters, nowadays is mostly tankers and oil platforms, how sad… #history #maps #ocean

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More voters now believe the Earth is flat (3%) and the population is being secretly controlled by 'chemtrails' (4%) than believe Brexit is going very well (2%). https://adambienkov.substack.com/p/more-brits-believe-the-earth-is-flat

"It is a great thing to do what is necessary before it becomes unavoidable."
— Flann O'Brien

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