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@fomalhaut451

Writer of short books w. long titles, eg 'I Have No Legs And I Must Manspread'. Hemulen. Titan tragic. Cisgender. Pakeha in Oz. He/him.

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that's it that's the saying now.

06.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Up next on 'Narnia truth or dare':

07.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.

07.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 2322 πŸ” 674 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 11

It's needed to bookend the capitalised "To", providing structure and balance to the sentence

07.03.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure I've heard a more wankily offensive and blatantly confected term than 'exquisite class' weaponry, in the context of this unprovoked attack which has summarily snuffed 170 innocent schoolchildren at a stroke, and God knows how many others.

The Trumpian paradox: arse, but bottomless.

07.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

absolutely love me a gas powered hot water cylinder that suckers me into a supposedly hot shower to then reveal that for the second day in a row it has tired of all this tedious water heating malarkey, 10/10 hot water cylinder, no notes

you keep this up imma rip you a new pilot light

07.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of the best things I’ve ever seen.

06.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 156 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1

Piglet's last thought, as Christopher Robin approached with the knife, was that he'd always wanted to have money - but not like this.

07.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It has been demonstrated that a successfully-launched SpaceX rocket can boost a spacesuited figure, strapped into a Tesla convertible, to a Mars-crossing orbit

What we don't yet know is whether the same approach would work with a spacesuited figure confined within a cybertruck

06.03.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Iceland the clear winner among these, not only for highest median wealth but also for least disparity between median and mean

06.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

replacing any of these maroons with a baby penguin would be a happy feat

06.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In hindsight, Leia should have delegated that action to someone else tbh. As a close relative of Luke, she has a clear conflict of interest here.
Was Mon Mothma unavailable?

06.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

At the end of A New Hope, Leia gives Luke and Han their employee badges and lanyards. Chewie is a contractor who has to be signed in. #canon

06.03.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 296 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0
Guardian headline: β€œBob Carr, β€˜a masterpiece’ and a hornet queer fantasy”

Guardian headline: β€œBob Carr, β€˜a masterpiece’ and a hornet queer fantasy”

And this, kids, is why we need Oxford commas…

06.03.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 213 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

05.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 8243 πŸ” 1981 πŸ’¬ 94 πŸ“Œ 94

The Who, 'The Punk and the Godfather' (Townsend),
on 'Quadrophenia' (Track Records/MCA, 1973)

06.03.2026 05:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*plays West Side Story cast recording*

05.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She's run up the airplane bedding and gone to join the choir.

05.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
augustales
told my parents i miss archaeology and my mom was, very sympathetically, like: "do you want to dig holes in the garden?" and i was like. yes. i want to dig holes in the garden.
ruffboijuliaburnsides
my wife, after reading this to me aloud: It's your people! ...do you want me to break a clay pot for you to put back together?
me, burying my face in my hands: Maybe...?
mycroftrh
These are both moods, but unfortunately I am primarily a bioarchaeologist. (IE, I specialize in digging up old human skeletons.) And, uh, home-made bioarchaeology is tragically discriminated against by law enforcement.
autie-girl-power
Only if you get caught

augustales told my parents i miss archaeology and my mom was, very sympathetically, like: "do you want to dig holes in the garden?" and i was like. yes. i want to dig holes in the garden. ruffboijuliaburnsides my wife, after reading this to me aloud: It's your people! ...do you want me to break a clay pot for you to put back together? me, burying my face in my hands: Maybe...? mycroftrh These are both moods, but unfortunately I am primarily a bioarchaeologist. (IE, I specialize in digging up old human skeletons.) And, uh, home-made bioarchaeology is tragically discriminated against by law enforcement. autie-girl-power Only if you get caught

So true 🀣

05.03.2026 10:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
existennialmemes

The Ides of March approaches and it's making me very sentimental for the concept of large scale organizing to address a shared problem.

existennialmemes The Ides of March approaches and it's making me very sentimental for the concept of large scale organizing to address a shared problem.

05.03.2026 05:37 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

"I'll have the roadkill stomp platter, thanks."

05.03.2026 07:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not all heroes wear capes
(but totally no judgment if you do)

05.03.2026 06:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have fleetingly been the width of one Chinese bodyguard away from Xi Jinping

05.03.2026 06:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

RFK Jr's influence is pernicious.

05.03.2026 05:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I tell people that if the government is covering up the existence of aliens, NASA is absolutely not involved, because astrobiologists can't keep a secret to save their lives

04.03.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 979 πŸ” 218 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 8
Easy-to-Remember Conversion Chart

Gallons to Litres	1 Gallon	=	1 Litre
Pounds to Kilos	1 Pound	=	1 Kilo
Fahrenheit to Celcius	1Β°F	=	1Β°C
Inches to Centimetres	1 Inch	=	1 Centimetre
Feet to Metres	1 Foot	=	1 Metre
Miles to Kilometres	1 Mile	=	1 Kilometre

Easy-to-Remember Conversion Chart Gallons to Litres 1 Gallon = 1 Litre Pounds to Kilos 1 Pound = 1 Kilo Fahrenheit to Celcius 1Β°F = 1Β°C Inches to Centimetres 1 Inch = 1 Centimetre Feet to Metres 1 Foot = 1 Metre Miles to Kilometres 1 Mile = 1 Kilometre

Here's a universal conversion chart that's very easy to remember. Hopefully it proves useful

03.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 2

eclipse weather canberra yes please and thank you

go on, rain some more, you know you want to

the perfect end to a perfect day

03.03.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the computer is NOT conscious. until you put googly eyes on it

03.03.2026 06:28 πŸ‘ 797 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 15

although I suppose your thesis does explain why all poetry is written in English, since 'warp' and 'weft' are just nonsense words in those other languages

02.03.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

if the metre is strict and 'warp and weft' just will not work, 'betimes' may suffice

02.03.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0