Jonn Elledge
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
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#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Not an American.
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I didn't write the headline but you have seen through my evil plan i do actually want people to click yes
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right. that's enough breath catching. still have about 11 miles to do.
Windsor open space Dollis Brook
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yep! years ago but yep. prefer the capital ring but it still has good bits
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We're giving it a go.

I did not get up early. I did eat a big breakfast though. No messing around trying to count calories, today is about the miles.
something interesting going on with a missing roundel at Colindale tube Colindale Gardens - huge new estate of private flats on the former aerodrome the Beaufort estate- same Hendon Police College
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well Duncan works for the Economist you see
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Not the mouth, Jox. Not the mouth.
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I'm not, I haven't worked there in six years and I had very little power over such things then. But yes that is annoying.
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that has the same root though - it's people who want to maximise control of the environment at the cost of (to many people) usability
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well i may have been forced out of the EU by a slim majority of my countrymen but my book has just acceded to it - this is the European Parliament in Strasbourg
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yeah it's just people who don't understand why most of us won't use linux
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I'm sorry that happened to you. it's a cesspit. x
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Ironically, scolding someone who agrees with you for agreeing with you in *slightly the wrong way* is one of better critiques of the culture of BlueSky.
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fair play, it's a good joke tbf
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is this an extremely dry joke
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...what on earth do you think the fourth paragraph says
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no it doesn't because editors exist and sometimes we have to do what they ask us come on
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Before you all yell at me, my answer can be summed up as "fuck, no".
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yeah i do miss the single public square thing loads. and there are some of the less mad right wingers who didn't make the move I'd like to argue with again? but we are where we are
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anyway this is gonna be a big day because, feet willing, i am going to finally finish my big round London walk.

Colindale to Walthamstow. 13 miles. we'll see
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Anyway it's walking season. There's a big map of London on my wall which goes out to roughly zone 4. This summer I'm gonna walk the perimeter. To save battery and time though will only post when I hit waypoints. Next one: South Woodford.
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she is BRILLIANT. we gave up on training embarrassingly early and accepted Henry is his own person who will probably choose to do what he's asked. but we got away with this because he's both good natured and cute.
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I'm not rehashing anything, as strongly implied by the post you're replying to I agree with you
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anyway enough of this tell us about the puppy