Carolen 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Gitmo Nation East but don't hold that against me

My alt fedi account is Carolen (npub1q2c…2lv6)

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2026-04-20 17:19:31 UTC

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being brought up by a father and with two brothers left me with a practical streak

2026-04-20 15:43:11 UTC

Urgh 🤮
Just dealt with a blocked drain
Good job I'm not (that) squeamish 🙂

2026-04-19 13:07:21 UTC

With just a hint of caterpillar 🐛
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2026-04-19 06:25:09 UTC

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it's a loose area of towns and villages around London where well-off people (any high-paid profession, despite the name) live so they can easily commute into the city. You'd expect them to have lots of high-value houses and pricey cars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockbroker_belt
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2026-04-18 17:18:12 UTC

You've heard of cat cafes? Well...
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2026-04-18 17:10:16 UTC

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there are certain factions trying to get flying the flag classed as a Hate Crime

2026-04-18 17:04:13 UTC

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😂

2026-04-18 13:25:47 UTC

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by being cute and furry and by agreeing to be stroked and petted when encountered in the street rather than running away

2026-04-18 13:08:22 UTC

Survived my first Cat Mugging of the year 🐱
Black cat, white paws, very shouty 😸
Didn't have my phone with me, though 😿

2026-04-18 09:53:43 UTC

Nice to see 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #sussex
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2026-04-18 08:29:07 UTC

Sunny morning #sussex
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2026-04-16 17:22:27 UTC

Nice try 🙄
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2026-04-16 15:54:12 UTC

Just your basic 600-year-old Oak tree, supposedly the oldest in the New Forest
Shame the Forestry Commission, a UK government agency, had to commit a Crime Against The Apostrophe on the information board 🙄
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2026-04-16 15:22:13 UTC

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ah, OK 🙂 I just leave them alone, they leave me alone, we have an understanding

2026-04-16 15:19:02 UTC

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Ponies, strictly speaking 😂 am in the New Forest but have never been that horsey so couldn't tell you the official difference 😊

2026-04-16 15:01:17 UTC

Good job I came out in wellies
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2026-04-16 14:38:54 UTC

Walking through the woods
There is a Cuckoo going off

2026-04-16 13:59:32 UTC

Typical signpost
#dorsetvillage #Dorset
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2026-04-16 11:09:09 UTC

STOP NOTICING
A woman was raped by a 'group of men' in Epsom last Saturday, the police have refused to provide any description of them (which tells you exactly what we all know) on the grounds of not having "sufficient information" 🤔
Now they have sent in the riot squad against a protest in the town about that refusal 😡
Asking people not to speculate about the identity of the suspects, saying: "This may lead to additional tensions within our local communities."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77m5nvyz7vo

2026-04-16 07:58:28 UTC

J'ai trouvée des canards lors d'une promenade à la campagne
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2026-04-16 07:06:07 UTC

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"He shot my hair! Son of a BITCH!!

2026-04-15 06:13:34 UTC

"Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds"
In other news, ursines routinely defecate in forested areas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c937wldkkw8o

2026-04-14 17:02:52 UTC

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Oh, the limpy one is 🥺

2026-04-14 12:53:55 UTC

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yeah, doesn't fit the narrative

2026-04-14 07:53:58 UTC

👇
https://x.com/ClimateWarrior7/status/2043823081572184381#m
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2026-04-14 07:50:13 UTC

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think my sperm count might be too low to validate

2026-04-14 07:48:19 UTC

Rondò Veneziano - La Serenissima (1981)
They're still going 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zklJtYst6Dc

2026-04-14 06:55:33 UTC

https://x.com/stargazeruk7/status/2043240653094629668#m
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2026-04-13 22:20:18 UTC

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have seen early to market BYD cars here with
BUILD YOUR DREAMS
splashed across the rear end
I think even the Chinese quickly realised that was a bit crap, not seen it on later models

2026-04-13 18:23:16 UTC

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not sure if AI but 😻 either way

2026-04-13 16:51:51 UTC

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yes and they are usually very good at calling someone 'senior' over, if there is the slightest problem, too...
Maybe she was overstating and they just couldn't find the vein, is much more likely, she did have a plaster on, after all

2026-04-13 16:49:36 UTC

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am sure that makes a house difference, yes
We have no significant hills or mountains where I am but with the cruise control on the motorway, the instantaneous fuel consumption can go from 999mpg on gentle downhill bits to 30mpg the second the road ticks upward again, you've got an extreme case of that, no doubt

2026-04-13 13:34:37 UTC

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went with a friend, they couldn't even get the needle in her arm 😱 not sure how that works
The trouble they have with me (apart from my low Hb levels) is that I have donated a lot now, so there is plenty of scar tissue there 😂

2026-04-13 12:41:32 UTC

And that's another one 🩸
https://www.blood.co.uk/
#giveblood #savealifegiveblood #NHSGiveBlood
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2026-04-13 12:37:45 UTC

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I tend to be sceptical but have to do a double-take at a surprising event while doing 65mph on the M25

2026-04-13 12:36:43 UTC

Jesus, Microsoft 🤬
I use the Outlook app on Android as it plays nicely with my work, personal accounts and calendar
After the latest update they have spaffed a Copilot button in the exact place muscle memory sends me to write a new message
Turn off Copilot (which I had, of course, already done - and which had been turned on again) makes no difference
Force-close and reopen the app, the Coplilot button is still there and the Setting is re-enabled
Evidently bugged by reading reports but 🙄
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2026-04-13 12:27:56 UTC

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yes, I don't normally pay too much attention to it until I'm getting towards the last 1/4 of a tank but when I had to drive to London and it had gone down by 'twice as much' as I would have expected when I glanced at the meter, it was something of a shock

2026-04-13 12:25:28 UTC

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I loved going to Budapest last year, was fantastic
Better try and get back there before too many bad things happen 😢

2026-04-13 11:57:26 UTC

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😁 I know, right?
I will always think in miles per gallon, no matter that we have had to buy petrol in litres since god knows when

2026-04-13 11:27:26 UTC

My car had an OTA software update (thanks, non-optional data connection) and now my fuel gauge is more 'accurate' but with the side-effect that it's top segment goes off sooner than it used to (after about 100 miles before, now after about 50 miles). Fair enough as I typically get about 420 miles from a 40-litre tank
Just what I need, the impression my car is using fuel faster just as the price of petrol goes through the roof 🙄
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2026-04-11 06:32:04 UTC

Hey, Grauniad? You know EVs are even heavier than SUVs? Why not go after those instead?
"SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists
Engineers link reduced lifespan of roads to shift to heavier cars, some bought to navigate damaged surfaces"
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/11/suv-britain-potholes-worse-scientists-heavier-cars

2026-04-10 11:11:40 UTC

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won't hear anything about it in the MSM, though, they are all in on how Orban is a dictator who must be toppled for the good of humanity

2026-04-10 08:40:05 UTC

Grauniad getting it's knickers in a twist again
"Trump posts graphic video of woman’s killing in Florida...
President’s post on Truth Social is in keeping with a pattern of using shocking video to sow fear about immigration and justify mass deportation"
Yet again their outrage is that he actually posted the footage, not about the fact that yet another woman has been brutally murdered 🙄😡
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/10/trump-graphic-video-florida-woman-killing

2026-04-10 08:34:24 UTC

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England and Wales have legally protected Rights Of Way that are paths and routes across the countryside, usually based on historic access rights. The landowners have to allow access and can be prosecuted if they attempt to block. They are also required to maintain them to a certain standard although the local councils are responsible for placing and maintaining bridges, gates and stiles
Yes could be a pain for landowners but most people behave themselves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_way_in_England_and_Wales

2026-04-10 05:18:04 UTC

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oh lovely, I was driving yesterday and seeing them on the side of the road and up banks everywhere. People's ornamental cherries were out and there were Irises and Tulips in gardens. Oaks and Beeches are budding. I love this time of year
Most daffodils are over, now, though

2026-04-09 19:22:02 UTC

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there is something magical about them
@npub1fp5…3j56

2026-04-09 12:22:44 UTC

Early dandelion
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2026-04-09 11:21:44 UTC

Bluebell wood 🤗
Proper native ones, too, not the invasive Spanish variety
Would have been nice to get up close but met and got chatting to the landowner and while she was perfectly nice she was very keen I should not leave the path
Seems the grockles are fond of trampling over them to get photos and the native plants take a long while to recover from crushing
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2026-04-09 07:29:28 UTC

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absolutely 😢
I hope he and his wife are doing OK...
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2026-04-08 16:32:30 UTC

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similar thing here, the metal had gone between the treads well away from the sidewall
The tyres were new last year 🙄 so plenty of tread left, may have helped matters as the metal would have not gone quite as far in?

2026-04-08 14:57:17 UTC

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2026-04-08 14:54:41 UTC

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Good news, they were able to repair the puncture so 'only' cost £32.95 instead of £150+
Big sigh of relief 😌

2026-04-08 14:54:01 UTC

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thanks, I was tempted to ignore it after a false alarm on a the opposite tyre last month but I have some long trips coming up and didn't want to risk it

2026-04-08 14:21:47 UTC

Low pressure tyre warning, luckily was driving close to a trustworthy tyre centre and even more lucky, they could look at the car straight away
Just been shown a spike of metal in the tyre, bloody sod it 😒
Currently waiting to find out if it's repairable 🤞 or if I am on the hook for a new tyre 💷

2026-04-08 11:28:06 UTC

"Starmer has immediately flown to the Middle East to emphasise his crucial role in the US-Iran ceasefire, which he didn’t broker, didn’t know was coming, didn’t participate in shaping and had absolutely no part in whatsoever"
https://x.com/RossKempsell/status/2041790882895011986#m

2026-04-08 10:09:49 UTC

"Starmer in the Middle East peace talks"
https://x.com/ElCapitan_Chaos/status/2041780823007871329#m
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2026-04-08 07:24:05 UTC

Oh goodie, I expect now that oil prices have plunged, we will see an immediate, instant and dramatic fall in petrol prices at the pumps
#sarcasm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r40y3rv75o

2026-04-06 20:36:52 UTC

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welcome home!

2026-04-03 06:30:39 UTC

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the very chilled cat was a bonus 😂

2026-04-01 22:44:16 UTC

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thanks 🤗

2026-03-31 12:42:09 UTC

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if ever there was a subject that needs a positive spin...

2026-03-31 10:09:47 UTC

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'just' five months after the Met stopped investigating them?
Why not the same day?
It's like the Supreme Court saying that only those born female are women and the establishment saying it's complicated and difficult to enforce 🙄

2026-03-30 11:53:57 UTC

Props to Lidl for putting gaps in between their car parking spaces at this recently-opened store 👍
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2026-03-28 09:18:32 UTC

First proper crop of Bluebells of the year 🤗
Took a photo but don't know how it will come out, they are prettier in real life than in a photo
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2026-03-28 09:15:06 UTC

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I don't know what, if any, legal penalty there is over here but it is highly socially unacceptable not to pick up after your dog
Trouble is, too many owners then sling the poop bag into a nearby bush rather than dispose of it properly 🙄 it's a real problem especially in urban environments
Country folk are a lot better 😊

2026-03-28 09:00:21 UTC

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😂 we get sky-high taxes AND crap public services
It's just great here 😒

2026-03-28 08:58:56 UTC

Lovely sunny morning after the grey and grot yesterday
Cold, though 🧣
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2026-03-28 08:53:38 UTC

Dear local, we're not in America you know 😉 😂
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2026-03-27 14:03:22 UTC

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yes it's always nice to see sole colour returning
Am looking forward to Bluebell season 🙂

2026-03-27 13:43:05 UTC

Drizzly and overcast today but nice to see some Spring flowers going their thing at last 💐
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2026-03-27 11:12:32 UTC

Volkswagen recalls 100,000 electric vehicles as battery defect may pose fire hazard
concerns ID models manufactured between June 2023 and August 2024 (ID.3, ID.4, ID.5, and ID.Buzz) as well as Cupra Born made between February 2022 and April 2024 by VW’s Spanish subsidiary Seat Cupra
The high-voltage batteries used in the affected cars may be faulty, affecting the cars’ range, leading to overheating of the battery and potentially even causing fires.
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/03/volkswagen-recalls-100000-electric-vehicles-as-battery-defect-may-pose-fire-hazard/

2026-03-27 07:47:54 UTC

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😢 hope you're not too badly hurt

2026-03-26 04:28:40 UTC

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yes thanks, take zinc+multivitamin tabs

2026-03-25 14:58:24 UTC

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yes, fairly regularly, my iron levels are naturally low and I often have to be secondary tested for Hb when I give blood as they have a high donation bar. If I go to the GP, often as not they will give me a blood test and then say it's OK but there have been cases where they put me on iron supplements

2026-03-25 13:44:22 UTC

No energy at the gym today, everything hurt, gave up after 40 minutes
Hope this doesn't mean I'm going down with something or that my blood iron anaemia is coming back
Blergh 😓

2026-03-23 09:45:28 UTC

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2026-03-23 00:39:26 UTC

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😂 bad hair day

2026-03-22 20:05:20 UTC

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did you have to lay a border wire around your property or have they evolved past that now?

2026-03-22 19:19:58 UTC

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oh god yes, nightmare
The only thing worse was the Izal medicated toilet tissue we had in the toilets at school 😱
https://uk.nakedpaper.com/blogs/news/what-happened-to-izal-toilet-paper

2026-03-22 19:15:23 UTC

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I can't see it, we saw his initial refusal to 'help' as a sop to the Muslims and now prices are going to go through the roof again
On top of the rabid Net Zero policies of our environment secretary Ed Miliband that could well mean the lights go out this winter
He's toast

2026-03-22 18:50:44 UTC

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wow, not seen one of those in years

2026-03-22 18:29:33 UTC

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nah, the entire population think he's a wanker and he's certainly no Maggie Thatcher
I doubt anyone would want to fight for the country any more, the state it's in

2026-03-22 15:46:51 UTC

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phew, close call! 😌
Last thing I left on the car roof was an iPod many years ago, heard it fall off but didn't connect at the time ...
Went back hours later, all I ever found was the case 😢 likely the iPod was smashed instantly anyway, they were hardly heavy duty
Am still glad my car has 'proper' keys that go in the ignition rather than keyless

2026-03-22 14:50:44 UTC

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looking FAB-U-LOUS 😂
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/273/383/886/365/288/original/38a4c7f5e55c3987.mp4

2026-03-22 12:39:51 UTC

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chic, but on top of a horse, no?

2026-03-22 12:26:14 UTC

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ding! 🔔

2026-03-22 11:58:10 UTC

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I know, possibly a tad extreme
Not feeling very well-disposed towards humanity, today

2026-03-22 09:18:05 UTC

"Iran's missiles can now reach London, Israel warns Starmer"
So?
- we've heard it all before (Weapons of Mass Destruction, anyone?)
- Our Armed Forces are so weak, the UK couldn't do anything about it, even if the political class had the will
- Frankly, at this point wiping London off the map would be doing us a favour
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0lnkkzzxo
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2026-03-22 06:20:07 UTC

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McVitie's Penguin and Club bars are no longer classed as chocolate after rising cocoa prices led the makers to switch to using other ingredients.
But both treats are now described as "chocolate flavour" because the amount of cocoa they contain has been reduced after owner Pladis had to find cheaper alternatives to the main ingredient in chocolate.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86737yg3jlo

2026-03-22 05:41:44 UTC

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welcome to the UK 😒

2026-03-21 20:47:58 UTC

"Dear Iranian temporary Supreme leader.
Please don't fire another missile towards UK sovereign territory or I will be forced to hold another press conference talking about how wonderful Islam is.
Regards
Keir Starmer"
https://x.com/d5_rss/status/2035269061853032877#m
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2026-03-20 21:50:36 UTC

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was going to say, my rule of thumb is always book first

2026-03-20 21:11:33 UTC

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is it the one that looks like he's melting?

2026-03-20 21:02:23 UTC

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🤷🏼‍♀️ maybe the film is a pure comedy and they've cut out the worst of the bits of the book I didn't like
But I'd be watching it with reluctance while my brain was filling in scenes I remembered

2026-03-20 12:46:04 UTC

'Absolutely insane what Essex Police are admitting here.
"Yes, these cameras are working perfectly for what we wanted, but they have exposed the reality that black people are more likely to be criminals than others, so we must 'correct' this by letting more black criminals off."'
https://x.com/TheMercianNews/status/2034927121294909923#m
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2026-03-20 09:56:03 UTC

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😂

2026-03-20 09:35:10 UTC

Turns out Mary Anning, who was one of the foremost pioneers of palaeontology and who is arguably of the subject of the tongue twister 'she sells sea shells on the sea shore', was 'sick of fossils' 😂
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl4gl0n3l7o

2026-03-20 09:23:49 UTC

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I really liked The Martian but found Project Hail Mary deeply upsetting and disturbing
Think it was the elements of coercion and (let's face it) abuse of the protagonist. The downer ending didn't help either
I tried to give it a second chance and read the book through again but this is one film I'm going to skip

2026-03-20 06:46:21 UTC

"Hang this in the Tate when the lights go out"
https://x.com/MarcherReborn/status/2034647834822054087#m
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2026-03-19 21:55:28 UTC

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I agree but it will be too late by the next election