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Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
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They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
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Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/dog...
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/dog...
17 Words for Dog Breeds
If you love dogs and words, you’re barking up the right tree
www.merriam-webster.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/dog...
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/dog...
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We got sidetracked by the tiniest Po-Boy in all of human history.
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We got sidetracked by the tiniest Po-Boy in all of human history.
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The Republican is "doing politics the right way"
If a Democratic governor talks about punching people in the mouth, he is obviously filled with insatiable bloodlust.
If a Republican president talks about punching people in the mouth, you’re the violent one for thinking he was being serious.
If a Republican president talks about punching people in the mouth, you’re the violent one for thinking he was being serious.
How to Tell the Difference Between a Lone Wolf and a Coordinated Effort by the Radical Left
If a Democratic lawmaker and her husband are gunned down, it’s an isolated incident carried out by a lone wolf. If a right-wing activist is gunned ...
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September 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The Republican is "doing politics the right way"
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Word of the Day is ‘theic’ (19th century), defined as ‘one given to immoderate tea-drinking; a tea drunkard’.
August 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Word of the Day is ‘theic’ (19th century), defined as ‘one given to immoderate tea-drinking; a tea drunkard’.
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Please enjoy this compilation of Tom Lehrer's music, and may he rest in peace. youtu.be/UvS4h9Wjwgg
Best of Tom Lehrer | Compilation
YouTube video by Musical Comedy
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July 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Please enjoy this compilation of Tom Lehrer's music, and may he rest in peace. youtu.be/UvS4h9Wjwgg
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🎉 Today is Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)'s birthday.
We are lucky enough to have acquired his archives thanks to generous support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
These archives include literary papers, correspondence, business and personal papers...
We are lucky enough to have acquired his archives thanks to generous support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
These archives include literary papers, correspondence, business and personal papers...
July 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🎉 Today is Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)'s birthday.
We are lucky enough to have acquired his archives thanks to generous support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
These archives include literary papers, correspondence, business and personal papers...
We are lucky enough to have acquired his archives thanks to generous support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
These archives include literary papers, correspondence, business and personal papers...
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Fie, fie, you counterfeit, you puppet, you!
July 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Fie, fie, you counterfeit, you puppet, you!
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Cornwall seagull sips man's coffee before stealing his mug
Cornwall seagull sips man's coffee before stealing his mug
Darren Pardoe was installing anti-bird spikes in a Cornish town before the encounter.
www.bbc.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Cornwall seagull sips man's coffee before stealing his mug
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Dog home safe after Brownsea Island swim and 100-mile trip
Dog home safe after Brownsea Island swim and 100-mile trip
Amber left her foster family after just one night and was not found for another 36 days.
www.bbc.com
June 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dog home safe after Brownsea Island swim and 100-mile trip
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You’ve heard of elf on a shelf. Time for A-hole in a K-hole.
May 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
You’ve heard of elf on a shelf. Time for A-hole in a K-hole.
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Semicolons! Do you know how to use one and would you even notice if they disappeared? | First Dog on the Moon
Semicolons! Do you know how to use one and would you even notice if they disappeared? | First Dog on the Moon
Semicolons are on notice!
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Semicolons! Do you know how to use one and would you even notice if they disappeared? | First Dog on the Moon
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Repost if you’re still calling it the Gulf of Mexico. ✋🏽
May 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Repost if you’re still calling it the Gulf of Mexico. ✋🏽
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Can we stop racist AI taking over everything? Sure, but we could have stopped climate change as well | First Dog on the Moon
Can we stop racist AI taking over everything? Sure, but we could have stopped climate change as well | First Dog on the Moon
Sinister tales of ineptitude abound as ChatGPT and its horrid friends are now found in even more places
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Can we stop racist AI taking over everything? Sure, but we could have stopped climate change as well | First Dog on the Moon
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NEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously thought as hurricane season nears | CNN
Several current and former agency meteorologists and staff told CNN they are concerned warnings won’t be issued in time as hurricane season nears.
www.cnn.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
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Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
Rescuers on Kangaroo Island say they are ‘overjoyed’ after the dog walked into one of their traps
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After 529 days on the run, Australia’s favourite fugitive has been caught at last.
Valerie the miniature dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island way back in 2023, has been rescued by conservationists. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
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The Blavatnik School of Government has reopened after its closure due to seagulls dropping pebbles on the roof. A spokesperson said: “We are pleased to say that the School is now open, with staff back in the building as normal.”
Seagull update: A Clarion correspondent has shared this video of a seagull on the roof of the Blavatnik, reporting that multiple seagulls had been playing with pebbles on the glass roof 'like basketball' (sound on), passing and dropping stones loudly for a week #wearealltheclarion
April 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Blavatnik School of Government has reopened after its closure due to seagulls dropping pebbles on the roof. A spokesperson said: “We are pleased to say that the School is now open, with staff back in the building as normal.”
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Captain it's Wednesday
April 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Captain it's Wednesday
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Both Saints and Cardinals looking to trade up
Mina what's your big board look like for Pontifex? Any sleepers we should keep an eye on?
April 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Both Saints and Cardinals looking to trade up