this hadn't even occured to me. proof that I still have a lot to learn about the struggles of the billionaire community.
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this hadn't even occured to me. proof that I still have a lot to learn about the struggles of the billionaire community.
Hashtag be kind you know? Billionaires have feelings too!
Wow. QUITE the headline.
thank you for listening and learning, the billionaire community is grateful for your ability to empathise with their particular challenges. It IS hard to pick which yacht to buy. Like, not every marina is big enough to dock some of the larger ones you know? That's a big stressor.
jk rowling accuses trans people of holding "luxury beliefs" and yes as a trans woman I am of course guilty of holding the luxury belief that I should have a livable life.
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THIS
Heavy rains and floods have been wreaking havoc on communities across #Sudan. Climate change + war + already fragile infrastructure (further destroyed by war) = disastrous, deadly combination. #KeepEyesOnSudan
Today's quick update [Sep 1]: - Clashes between SAF and RSF continue in Elfashir, North Darfur. - RSF shelling on Abushok IDP Camp; 4 civilians reported killed & 3 injured. - SAF suicide drone strike reported on central Nyala, South Darfur. #KeepEyesOnSudan
Mind you if poppies put people to sleep rather than helping them be racist, that would be better. Off to vote for the flying monkeys party.
hahha happy to help!
YUP. But also that's lovely about the bats! You're blessed! Who needs a loft conversion anyway, they're always so hot!
average person just has the one gender. Roy Genders is an outlier and should not have been counted
keir starmer is that piddly ass weak kid in school who, instead of making friends with us freaks, constantly tries and fails to get the approval of the bullies.
I do not like this remake of the wizard of oz one little bit
I mean I'm not THAT far on, just left the first court of hell and heading for the second.
But the word “flaaaaag” must be delivered in character as Kat Slater saying “you slaaag”
We are merely typists, typing the reality of Labour
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This amazing book launches today!!
Also thanks everyone for the unexpected but lovely increase in our Patreon backers yesterday. The more income we have, the more people we can get on this ship.
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Excellent. Are the flags in the room with you now?
Point out on the doll where the flags touched you?
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Appreciate Katabasis putting people who do "more of a comment than a question" in a court of hell. Though I maintain it should've been in a worse one.
Its more of a saxophone solo than a question really
“How do you define a flag”
All I’m saying is, everyone who wants to apply for this should apply now so they’re on our radar and we can employ them as more budget comes in because I can’t see us doing another open call any time soon 😂
I'm going to start asking them "would you nationalise flags"
PS in my former colleague's defence we only ever "met" over email really.
HA! I don't know what I was thinking actually but maybe some complete letterjumble? Yours makes more sense,
Happiest of pub weeks lovely!
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Pounded By My Genetically Engineered Cat Boyfriend Inside an Abercrombie and Fitch Bag
I either get Louise or Louis!
ah yes! Some people I worked with for YEARS thought I was called Louise...
I feel like I've read this @chucktingle.bsky.social book...
Homework is basically just teaching kids to have a shitty work-life balance and to work for free outside their contracted hours.
ooh now I'jm curious what my fake name was? Perhaps I can use it as a pen name...
Proper horror with great characters and twists and turns that truly satisfy (Lost kept asking new questions as well as the central mystery so everything felt like it was a mess that was going nowhere. From feels much more focussed)
I plan on watching that but in a slightly this is gonna be a hate watch way...
A book that means a huge amount to me. So glad we got to do this.
I see ITV are doing a drama about The Thick of It inquiry episode.
I started but then thought I'd like to read the original first to remind myself then go back to the GN. Then I got distracted by nine other books....
10/10 would go on a quest with you if you're providing this spread
HA! It took me about 6 eps to realise they didn't know what they were doing plus I didn't care about the characters and I noped out. Currently watching From which feels like what Lost could and should have been (they may or may not stick the landing but the ride is so good I almost dont care!)
Me in season one of Lost
I don't think I've EVER seen a flag on a house when it's not football apart from this one weird house that has a lot of "praise the troops" and poppy stuff up all year round
Really really good and weird
The true Batman was the terrible vaccination decisions we made along the way.
Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
The Guardian, in their write up of the reshuffle, completely omit mentioning that Tim Allen, new director of comms, was a Trustee for anti-trans hate group Sex Matters. Instead he gets "Allan’s past colleagues describe him as charming and collegiate". Yikes. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A few people round here have palestinian flags and yeah a few pride flags. But mostly people just have curtains.
Great! I've put a note in my diary near the start of nov as a reminder :)
Bit long....#EarthseaAgain ? Or #LeGuinAgain? Trying to think of the shortest version that won't be a faff.. #GedAgain ?
LOVE it when a joke finds its perfectly perfect niche audience. Love it.
It'll prob take me a month or so to get to realistically so maybe a nov re -read? Shall we have a hashtag to find posts about it?
Thank you!
It is GREAT! Snap this offer up!
No I don't think I did!
Among other things, the Earthsea books are treatises on the limitations of power. Not just that they teach that power is finite, they actively question by what metric we measure success, how we measure selfhood, what the purpose is of our life. Power fantasies inverted into wonder fantasies.
I will do my best! Might take me a while to get there cos I'm currently reading a few other things but when I do, I will share.
I've been re-reading them with my 12yo and they're still wonderful. Just finished Tombs, a book that as a child I found so gripping that I sat in a bath until it went cold because I couldn't stop reading.
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Well, I just re-read the Lathe of heaven so that one's uppermost in my mind! About someone whose dreams come true (in the worst way). Or the short story "the ones who walk away from omelas". But perhaps The Left Hand of Darkness to start. FAscinating about gender.
I don't remember much really! So I think it WILL be like reading it for the first time.
Mutual aid boost!
I can imagine!
IT IS TIME!
In the Sunday Times today talking about Leonard and Hungry Paul, Julia Roberts and the whole business. @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
This feels like it's saying it's time for me to re-read Earthsea - for the first time since I was a kid. I wonder what going back will be like?
Also: that angle is HARD to draw, so impressed with all the illustrated homages!
I will comb the earth searching for her. Where are you, DBN, please come here and lead us to a better world.
“Ana Mardoll reply guy” took me OUT
The luridness of the pink is incredible!
SOOOOON!
Also this gorgeous Puffin paper bag
OH WOW
“Ok, so I can’t make jewelry, but I’m great at disarming an alarm system and smashing glass cases”
I’m starting today! My local indie bookshop had special tote bags too, and you’d better believe I’ll be toting this one:
Want!!!
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I'm currently in the "trying to make it good like some kind of nerd" phase and it hurts.
you actually don’t even gotta do the second step, unless you’re some sorta nerd or whatever
LOVE TO SEE THIS
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GET OUT OF THERE NOW LITTLE HUMAN!!!!
Cheers!
I say read it because surely reality can't be WORSE right?
On 37 and desparately seeking ones that aren't massive spoilers...
Thanks Sarah!
Fact 37: at one point, Fido goes missing.
Fact 36: there is also a Line of Duty reference, because I happened to be watching it as I was writing book 5.
Fact 35: There is a philip larkin reference somewhere in the book, first to find it gets a prize. The prize is me saying well done you found it.
Watching with interest as gonna migrate mine....
#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
