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"There seems little point in wasting time on such an explanation since you would be incapable of understanding it."

Soon to be laid off IT consultant at a global megacorp.
I am not old enough to read DMs.
He/Him.
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Scotland scored three of the best goals you could see, what a game
HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A GOAL
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Perpetrator countries should not get a pass for egregious cases of transnational repression just because they are strategic allies for the United States—this is as true for Saudi Arabia as it is for India. cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
Trump claims slain journalist Khashoggi was ‘extremely controversial,’ defends Saudi crown prince | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Tuesday angrily dismissed a question about the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, claiming the Saudi dissident journalist was “extremely controversial” and insisting the subject...
cnn.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Laphroiag was the right choice.
It's going to be compelling either way. I've got my bottle of Laphroaig ready.
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Sharing a practice of reading with children is also a practice of listening to children: “What are you thinking about? What are your questions?“ @lalouverouge.bsky.social
The Case for Child Liberation Through Children‘s Books
In troubling the idea of childhood, there is perhaps no better place to go than children’s literature. Children’s literature is where stories of childhood are produced, ostensibly, for children; it…
lithub.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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"When I was at college, I learned all his tunes on the piano. His music has all those extensions, but it also has this amazing groove and it’s very melodic. Hearing him play by himself is beautiful."

#SebRochford on #TheloniousMonk - Thelonious Alone In San Francisco

buff.ly/5zHPZl7
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Man. Fuck these people.
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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It's half-time now and Scotland is in the lead with 1-0, after Scott McTominay's phenomenal goal against Denmark 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇩🇰

How's everyone feeling? 😅
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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emetic
/ɪˈmɛtɪk/

adjective - (of a substance) causing vomiting.
noun - a medicine or other substance which causes vomiting.

See Pandora adverts
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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You asked for this.
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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@bsky.app continued failure to provide polls prevents me from posting my annual attempt to get you philistine cunts to correctly select the definitive 'A Christmas Carol'

Anyway, tonight's future presentation, subject as ever to approval by @colken.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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FIFA? Corrupt you say? I'm shocked. Shocked!!
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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The first episode of House of Cards was broadcast on this day in 1990.
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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2025! The traditional end-of-year collage! Available as a 1000 piece jigsaw, limited edition art prints and tea towels!
👇👇👇👇👇
www.coldwarsteve.com/2025/11/18/u...
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The national security concern is that the president is a fucking pedophile
Update: Speaker Johnson says he has "national security" concerns about releasing the Epstein files
Congress' Epstein Files vote tomorrow will be undermined by "national security" www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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whoever selected the photos for this article deserves an award for photo selection, this is peak photo selection, unsurpassable perfection, all other photo selector people can just get their coats and go home because this selection will never be bettered
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Van de Laar also helpfully describes the complaint: “fistula is Latin for tube, pipe or flute ... a fistula in the area of the anus ... is essentially a small passage, a hollow tunnel, between the intestines and the skin” which won’t heal, and through which things can... leak
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Holy shit Trump just defended MBS in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi saying he knew nothing about it
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Howard Bugowitz
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Post one of your favourite 90s comedies....

For me... Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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I'm not Scottish but I will be rooting for them.
Scotland are going to bugger this up, aren't they?
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM