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Martin
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Amateur writer/musician, cat dad, general geek, he/him
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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
Let me get this straight: documents relating to this year's Budget were leaked by an organisation named

The Office for Budget Responsibility
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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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
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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.
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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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
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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If tumblr ever finds out about this it's over
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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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。
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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マクロス万国博覧会の2人
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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August 21, 2025 at 6:55 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
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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February 29, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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
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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 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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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
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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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
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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
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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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
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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
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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.
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 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
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM