I never knew that.
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Humour
British Sunshine day 3, utter chaos as it is too hot to drink tea. Unattractive men have their tits out. All the pigeons are on fire. — TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) April 14, 2015
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Do Not Adjust Your Set
Humour
Yes please: So what better place to reintroduce Marxist ideas than on a show dedicated to cars? Every single thing in the world can be revealed through a proper study of cars – fashion, economics, environment and politics – and I am the man to do it. And don’t worry: the show will still be full […]
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First post a year ago today, happy birthday to postcards! I’ve managed to keep posting anyway.
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Technology
The Funny Papers
Daniel Méndez on Twitter.
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Life
Curious: Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island’s first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age. Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of […]
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Humour
Oddities
Society
society: be yourself society: no not like that — no (@tbhjuststop) December 17, 2014
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Some good news, for a change: The press — and humans in general — have a strong negativity bias. Bad economic news gets more coverage than good news. Negative experiences affect people more, and for longer, than positive ones. So it’s natural for things like Russia’s incursion into Ukraine or the rise of ISIS or […]
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Mood
n. the smallest measurable unit of human connection, typically exchanged between passing strangers—a flirtatious glance, a sympathetic nod, a shared laugh about some odd coincidence—moments that are fleeting and random but still contain powerful emotional nutrients that can alleviate the symptoms of feeling alone. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows — xeno.