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  And have we just randomly decided to mash #Masks into #MonsterOfTheWeek for the next game, which I have to plan today because I'm doing a century ride the day before the actual game, which is NEXT SUNDAY? Why yes. And have we already posted the hook in the game group, so it's too late to back out? Also yes.

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  TFW when you're out for a walk so you can think about an Excel problem without the distraction of having the actual spreadsheet in front of you, after spending all morning breaking it into tiny steps, and one of your invisible friends says, "Stop making it so complicated! Just do this!"

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  Of COURSE Yoichi Nagumo from Sakamoto Days is Tanjiro. WHY WOULDN'T HE BE? Tanjiro is EVERYWHERE. Doing some good gremlining there, Tanjiro. (Hanae Natsuki is a very, very busy man.)

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  JFC. Now they're feeding rare books to AI and destroying them in the process? A curse! A curse on them! https://www.404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-books-because-theyre-free-of-ai-slop/

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  RE: https://mstdn.social/@stephenfarrow/116885930683264306 For anyone wondering what Reeves is going on about, MPs can't resign. However, taking on the position of the Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead (or the Chiltern Hundreds) automatically disqualifies someone from serving in the Commons by law, effectively meaning they can no longer be an MP. UK politics occasionally shows its archaic roots. This rule dates to 1623.

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  I find myself wondering if most people think that new supplies of oil and other fossil fuels are being created, we'll just have to wait for them to be ready. No, not since fungi worked out how to break down lignin about 300 million years ago.

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  @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt It will. But it's in the sewer.

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  Jokes are a means by which people ascertain the acceptability of borderline opinions amongst their social circles. Jokes are how they push the envelope to see how far they can go before their peers push back. This sticker belongs in the same hateful bucket as locker room banter, and the kind of "humour" that was grist for the mill at the working clubs worked by "comedians" like Bernard Manning. It punches down. 2/

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  Ugh. Look at this. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/cant-be-bothered-meals Number 5. There is NO WAY you can make that in 15 minutes. You have to wash and chop the veg. Wash and cook the rice. You have to clear away the peelings. You have to caramelise the onions -- which will take more than 15 minutes alone when done properly. You have to clear down after yourself. Chefs who give timings for meals that only work in a professional kitchen where there's a sous chef and potwashers sh...

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  Managed to escape from today's back to back meetings long enough to run across the road and #vote. Mr Bait does his by post, and occasionally I'm tempted, but I feel like if someone is going to go to the effort of manning a polling station, I should make use of it. You still have a few hours left, so if you haven't done so, make sure you exercise your democratic right. #UKpol

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  @humanhorseshoes It feels like cyclists are one of the few out groups where it remains socially acceptable to target them. I think the only way to remedy it is for cyclists to stop being an out group, which would mean getting a hell of a lot more people cycling. I'm always puzzled by the people who say, "I'm a cyclist, but I find it funny, stop being so humourless." I can only assume it's because they're trying to be accepted by drivers as "one of the good ones.&q...

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  https://www.pinkbike.com/news/british-rider-needed-17-stitches-after-hitting-barbed-wire-trail-trap.html

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  You know those bits of cable that look like gear cables but you can screw the ends together? They usually get sold as keychains, or for attaching those little tritium vials to things. I'm trying to find an uncoated 300mm long one for hanging my chain up during waxing, but the Bay of E keeps sneaking PVC coatings in there, and I don't want to be dipping PVC into hot wax (no judgement if that's your thing). Anyone know a reliable supplier? Or have any other suggestions? #B...

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@neuronakaya/116499875220012807 Have seen this stated quite a lot of late, and can confirm. Scientists want to tell you everything about their pet subject. In detail. Until you're bored. This is how I ended up with a surprise trip to a biology lab to look at a tardigrade one time. If you think someone is keeping something to themselves that should be shared with the world, you've probably got a billionaire on your hands, and they hoard money, not fac...

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  I fucking hate April Fool's.

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  Mr Bait and I are now entertaining ourselves by replacing the word "Hello" with "Ahoy hoy" in things, the latter being Edison's preferred telephone greeting. Leslie Phillips: Oh ahoy *hoy*.