Martin
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· Mar 8
"Made to love magic": thoughts on Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
In the prologue to his book The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil makes this observation about how humans perceive death and the passage of time:
“A great deal of effort goes into avoiding it. ...
www.spilledpixels.net
My thoughts on the first season of the Frieren animated TV show:
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UK Budget 2025: a particularly fascinating variant on "this could've been an email"
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
UK Budget 2025: a particularly fascinating variant on "this could've been an email"
Let me get this straight: documents relating to this year's Budget were leaked by an organisation named
The Office for Budget Responsibility
The Office for Budget Responsibility
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Let me get this straight: documents relating to this year's Budget were leaked by an organisation named
The Office for Budget Responsibility
The Office for Budget Responsibility
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In English, someone who is being persistently annoying can be referred to as a “pain in the arse.” My favourite German equivalent is Nervensäge, which means “nerve saw”
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In English, someone who is being persistently annoying can be referred to as a “pain in the arse.” My favourite German equivalent is Nervensäge, which means “nerve saw”
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The lights of the world's largest Christmas tree were switched on this week.
The Christmas tree in Dortmund is 45m tall, weighs 40 tonnes, is made of 1,200 Norway spruce trees & is crowned by a 4 metre-tall angel.
The giant tree is a key feature of the annual Christmas market.
The Christmas tree in Dortmund is 45m tall, weighs 40 tonnes, is made of 1,200 Norway spruce trees & is crowned by a 4 metre-tall angel.
The giant tree is a key feature of the annual Christmas market.
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The lights of the world's largest Christmas tree were switched on this week.
The Christmas tree in Dortmund is 45m tall, weighs 40 tonnes, is made of 1,200 Norway spruce trees & is crowned by a 4 metre-tall angel.
The giant tree is a key feature of the annual Christmas market.
The Christmas tree in Dortmund is 45m tall, weighs 40 tonnes, is made of 1,200 Norway spruce trees & is crowned by a 4 metre-tall angel.
The giant tree is a key feature of the annual Christmas market.
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
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If tumblr ever finds out about this it's over
Adolescence lasts to 32, say brain scientists
Adolescence lasts to 32, say brain scientists
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
If tumblr ever finds out about this it's over
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あたたかい色が風に混ざって、手元がやさしくなった。
ホットワインも、景色も、すこし甘かった。
ホットワインも、景色も、すこし甘かった。
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
あたたかい色が風に混ざって、手元がやさしくなった。
ホットワインも、景色も、すこし甘かった。
ホットワインも、景色も、すこし甘かった。
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Got a Teams call from my manager, and came away feeling like I'd somehow done something wrong.
Really funny* how this always seems to happen
*it's not funny. At all
Really funny* how this always seems to happen
*it's not funny. At all
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Got a Teams call from my manager, and came away feeling like I'd somehow done something wrong.
Really funny* how this always seems to happen
*it's not funny. At all
Really funny* how this always seems to happen
*it's not funny. At all
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I love the dynamic between these two. ❤️
#theapothecarydiaries #kusuriyanohitorigoto #maomaofanart #maomao #jinshi #apothecarydiaries #idiaridellaspeziale #fanart #digitalart
#theapothecarydiaries #kusuriyanohitorigoto #maomaofanart #maomao #jinshi #apothecarydiaries #idiaridellaspeziale #fanart #digitalart
February 29, 2024 at 4:17 PM
I love the dynamic between these two. ❤️
#theapothecarydiaries #kusuriyanohitorigoto #maomaofanart #maomao #jinshi #apothecarydiaries #idiaridellaspeziale #fanart #digitalart
#theapothecarydiaries #kusuriyanohitorigoto #maomaofanart #maomao #jinshi #apothecarydiaries #idiaridellaspeziale #fanart #digitalart
I don't believe in the simplistic idea that good art can only be made in adversity, but I think that some of the emotional power of "Heaven or Las Vegas" can be attributed to two members of the band having just had a child together while the other lost a parent during the record's production
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I don't believe in the simplistic idea that good art can only be made in adversity, but I think that some of the emotional power of "Heaven or Las Vegas" can be attributed to two members of the band having just had a child together while the other lost a parent during the record's production
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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リハビリ目的で作ったうちの子
ヘソが出てたりショルダーオフになってるのは完全に趣味
ヘソが出てたりショルダーオフになってるのは完全に趣味
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
リハビリ目的で作ったうちの子
ヘソが出てたりショルダーオフになってるのは完全に趣味
ヘソが出てたりショルダーオフになってるのは完全に趣味
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![[Scene is JESUS sat behind a boss’s desk in his office on a cloud in HEAVEN]
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JESUS [speaking into intercom]
Hi can you send in Saint Nicholas please
2
SANTA [entering in full Santa garb]:
Hi boss
JESUS:
Hi Nick
3
JESUS:
Listen - about this ‘my birthday’ thing...
SANTA:
Ohh not this again boss
4
JESUS:
Nick, it’s out of hand. *You’ve* got out of hand.
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JESUS:
I mean when I hired you, you was all humble, hiding under windows, lobbing in dowries…
And now you’re like…
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JESUS [gesturing disdainfully at Santa’s clothing]:
I mean - what’s this.
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SANTA:
This is my get up! I’ve had this since the Coca Cola deal in the 30s
JESUS:
*That’s what I mean.*
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JESUS:
You’ve just gone too -
SANTA:
Oh no, oh no -
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SANTA:
Sorry boss but waaay back in the Reformation, right, Martin Luther said: “why don’t we have Jesus delivering the presents?”. And when he prayed to ask you, do you remember what you said? Eh?
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SANTA:
You said: “I ain’t going back there”
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SANTA:
If you wanna take over -
JESUS:
Oh yeah! Kids coming downstairs to find me resurrected in their living room going "I got you an Xbox"...
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SANTA:
You’re just feeling threatened cos I’m doing a bloody good -
JESUS:
*WATCH IT NICK*.
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Just passed a small kid having a meltdown on the pavement and shouting, "I want to stay in my house" repeatedly, and I think we can all relate to that on a cold November morning.
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Just passed a small kid having a meltdown on the pavement and shouting, "I want to stay in my house" repeatedly, and I think we can all relate to that on a cold November morning.
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「エルフ〜夜の魔法」ホワイト🎃 ゴシック
Elf ~ Night Magic White Gothic
美少女イラストコンテストに入賞した作品です、懐かしい✨
#illustration #創作イラスト #art #kawaii #OC
Elf ~ Night Magic White Gothic
美少女イラストコンテストに入賞した作品です、懐かしい✨
#illustration #創作イラスト #art #kawaii #OC
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
「エルフ〜夜の魔法」ホワイト🎃 ゴシック
Elf ~ Night Magic White Gothic
美少女イラストコンテストに入賞した作品です、懐かしい✨
#illustration #創作イラスト #art #kawaii #OC
Elf ~ Night Magic White Gothic
美少女イラストコンテストに入賞した作品です、懐かしい✨
#illustration #創作イラスト #art #kawaii #OC
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Income inequality is higher in the US today than it was in 1774, even if you factor in slavery.
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Income inequality is higher in the US today than it was in 1774, even if you factor in slavery.
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Thinking of making a horror movie about a man who keeps discovering 12-inch rulers in his home. It's a found footage film.
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Thinking of making a horror movie about a man who keeps discovering 12-inch rulers in his home. It's a found footage film.
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My new single is out one week today, Monday Dec 1st - my interpretation of the Ukrainian classic Shchedryk, aka Carol Of The Bells. You can pre-save the song at jongomm.com/shchedryk
I've poured everything into the arrangement, production, video, the artwork, to try to do justice to this music.
I've poured everything into the arrangement, production, video, the artwork, to try to do justice to this music.
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My new single is out one week today, Monday Dec 1st - my interpretation of the Ukrainian classic Shchedryk, aka Carol Of The Bells. You can pre-save the song at jongomm.com/shchedryk
I've poured everything into the arrangement, production, video, the artwork, to try to do justice to this music.
I've poured everything into the arrangement, production, video, the artwork, to try to do justice to this music.
I had a YT doc shared with me that tells the backstory of one of those US "tradwife" social media influencers, and it's a multi-layer psychological horror that's going to be lodged in my brain for days.
tl;dr version: the husband needs to be yeeted into the ocean with a trebuchet
tl;dr version: the husband needs to be yeeted into the ocean with a trebuchet
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I had a YT doc shared with me that tells the backstory of one of those US "tradwife" social media influencers, and it's a multi-layer psychological horror that's going to be lodged in my brain for days.
tl;dr version: the husband needs to be yeeted into the ocean with a trebuchet
tl;dr version: the husband needs to be yeeted into the ocean with a trebuchet
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