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Toaster
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Leftie, scientist, research software engineer, fan of alternative comedy and tabletop gaming.
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Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.
January 20, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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The upside is that all the insane UK MAGA supporters will have to be kicked out (at least be MUKGAs you fucking idiots). I am happy to join the unofficial police force that will imprison and deport the quizlings. We are going to be called FIRE.
January 20, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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the ubiquitous humble mom and pop baker's dozen landlord scenario
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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"What's your favourite Beatles album, then?"
"Tough one! I think I'd have to say... The Best of The Beatles"
January 20, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Next door’s cat kept coming to our patio, meowing, then running away. Our old xmas tree was there, and over the weekend I finally cut it up to get rid of. Since then? Quiet.
…it was actually demanding we clear the patio?
January 20, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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A new customs union with the EU isn’t a “simple fix”.

It’s complex - but necessary.

Rebuilding ties with Europe matters, especially as the US becomes more unpredictable.
The UK would be “foolish” to embrace the seemingly “simple solution” of a new customs union with the EU in an effort to boost economic growth, business secretary Peter Kyle has said despite growing fears of a trade war with Donald Trump.

(FT interview)

www.ft.com/content/73c8...
UK would be ‘foolish’ to pursue customs union with EU, business secretary says
Peter Kyle warns against ‘simple solutions’ for boosting growth in FT interview
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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Online became a lot more tolerable when I rejected fake ideas like "open discourse" and "starting a dialogue" and embraced a Morrowind quote instead
January 19, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale

Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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If kissing a frog turns it into a prince, which animal do I gotta kiss if I need a plumber
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Ban social media for boomers before banning it for teens…
January 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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When we said NATO wasn't working we were derided.

When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid.

The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe.

It's time for a rethink.
January 18, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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Whatever he had like 12 followers
There was an "influencer" who "went live" after being entombed for three days. But you kids probably haven't heard of him
January 17, 2026 at 6:54 PM
You can bring “Personal war weapons” to Switzerland for competitions without a permit as long as they aren’t automatic, I think? Is there a Swiss anti-tank rifle games or something?
January 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Or to look at it another way, Gaza faces huge challenges from Trump’s peace panel
January 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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I left university in 2019 with £49,600 of debt. A few months later, I became an MP and have since received a salary that puts me in the top 5% in the country. 6 years on, the repayments from my salary have brought this total to down to £48,600 - just £1,000 less.
January 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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typical ai use case
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Peter Of The Lake, a comic from 2013, when I was keen to establish with the Guardian that in order for my weekly comic to work, it would have to be about whatever random shit popped into my head that week
January 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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“Hypernormalization describes a state where a false, simplified, or surreal version of reality becomes so accepted as normal that people lose the ability or will to challenge it, even when aware of its untruth, often due to systemic inertia or lack of alternatives.”
January 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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this is the very first version of the "Europe" Wikipedia article from 2001 years ago, back when you could just write "some more" when you got sick of typing. thread!
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Got meself a wee project which took up my whole evening, I think people call this kind of thing a "timeline cleanse"?
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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I remember when the "liberals want you to vote for 99% Hitler to stop 100% Hitler" line used to make them so mad, that sure didn't last very long
January 14, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Hitler rehabilitation tour, lets fuckin go
A significant difference between Hitler and Trump? Hitler doesn’t appear in the Epstein files.
January 14, 2026 at 9:22 PM