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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 9h

Proper science.
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The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony (2025) FULL SHOW

YouTube video by Improbable Research

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 10h

And there are a *lot* of "Marmite" authors, who you either love or hate. But there are so *many* authors that there's something there for everyone!

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 10h

Womp, and, moreover, womp.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 10h

Smith only needs to point out that he was in 's-Gravenhage, Netherlands at the time of the search.

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 10h

Getting hostages released qualifies you for a peace prize? Great! Step forward Nobel Laurate Joseph R. Biden, who secured the release of most of the hostages.

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 10h

Every. Fucking. Time.

Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 16h

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 10h

This is not normal. Neither is the legacy media's refusal to acknowledge it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump to Milei: "Do you need any Tomahawks in Argentina? You need them for your opposition, I guess, because in this country they use Tomahawks on the opposition. I don't do that. I'm much nicer. The Democrats would use them if they had the chance. They're sick people."

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 10h

Wow.

Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 11h

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cake’
(Yes, it is a painting - from Third Picture Book, 1971)

Photo realistic close-up in watercolour of a large slice of cream filled Victoria sponge

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 11h

If there's one message I got loud and clear from the Bible, it was that solidarity with victims of prejudice is a personal affront to God.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 11h

We have a term for Germans who weren't actually Nazis but were cool with what the Nazis did. The term is: Nazis.

Fascism. You're either in or out, there is no room for ambivalence.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 11h

That literally never happens every fucking time.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 11h

This should run in the press as "hero veteran thwarts attempted abduction".

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 11h

Not sure, maybe this will dot he gene pool a favour.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 11h

You going to buy the embers of Dr. Phil in the fire sale, as well? Would certainly check some into the pot for that! www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trum...

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 11h

Oh no! Hot on the heels of SCOTUS blowing off Alex Jones' appeal!
www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trum...

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 12h

They do not make violins small enough to express my sadness here.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, who has been ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

abcnews.go.com

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 12h

Silly thing is, I have studied that period quite a bit, but only tangentially touched on Chas II. My interest is Robert Hooke.

Books on Robert Hooke by various authors including Lisa Jardine, Margaret 'Espinasse, and 'Espinasse's own copy of Robert T. Gunther.

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 12h

Every single cop who stops one of those SovCit nutbags, gives their name and badge number. But ICE goons abducting people off the streets for the crime of Breathing While Brown don't even show their faces.

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 12h

D'oh, of course! Took refuge in 's-Gravenhage.

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 12h

A very weird test.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14h

This is the cloze test - part of the C2 Proficiency exam required of some foreign language learners who want to work/study here.

It's TOUGH. You have to put one word in the gaps.

Link to test itself
www.flo-joe.co.uk/cpe/students...

I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 12h

Full disclosure: I went to a thousand-year-old school, was crap at annual memory tests, and did poorly (not helped by undiagnosed coeliac and ADHD). I got vastly better at maths when I stopped trying to learn trigonometric identities and instead derived answers from first principles every time.

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 12h

Yes. The issue is that they mark a contextually reasonable answer as "wrong".

"but rather because it has often found (7) ... in the right place, at the right time"

OK, "itself" is most obvious but there are several possible alternatives I can think of.

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 12h

William of Orange.

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I’m Ned Ludd and so’s my wife @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 12h

1679. But an absolutely ridiculous piece of trivia to expect anybody to learn. As you'd expect, I guess, since the entire thing was designed by people who excelled at annual memory tests.

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