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Dave The Tanuki @mrkebb.bsky.social · 6h

I'm very proud of myself. An American in the archaeological museum in Athens just said something was 900 years old. It was from the 14th century BC. And I didn't correct them, I just minded my own business.

Dave The Tanuki @mrkebb.bsky.social · 20h

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Dave The Tanuki @mrkebb.bsky.social · 20h

I am the 3%.

It is regularly the case that I have so many tabs open that there is no number to show how many, and it just shows a smiley winking emoji instead.

Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 20h

HAHAHA

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...

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Dave The Tanuki @mrkebb.bsky.social · 22h

I didn't come all the way to Athens to go to fucking M&S. This is weirder than when I saw a C&A in some tiny town outside Munich.

The front of an M&s shop in Athens. People are walking on the cobbled street outside.

Dave The Tanuki @mrkebb.bsky.social · 1d

Watching people queue to board my flight and the rules on bags are crystal clear. And yet, every 10 people or so there's an argument. "But he's got 2 bags". Yes, because he paid to have 2 bags.

"But this is a handbag". It's a bag.and it's almost the size of my backpack. So yes, you do have 2 bags.

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Dave The Tanuki @mrkebb.bsky.social · 1d

There is a fucking under-diagnosis of these things. A lot of men with depression die before they see a doctor. A lot of women with autism get missed. This is not complicated. The same way when we got better telescopes we kept finding new planets. They didn't come from nowhere. They were always there

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Just as we are beginning to understand the biochemical basis of this horrendous condition, the government appoints the man perhaps most responsible for the mischaracterisation of ME/CFS – Simon Wesseley - to its *overdiagnosis* commission. www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

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Dave The Tanuki @mrkebb.bsky.social · 1d

This is a tale as old as time, but also an obvious consequence of making university education very expensive. People want value. If not for law, I would 100% have studied history full time instead of part time. Studying history made me a better person. Which I suspect is something she fears.

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Dave The Tanuki @mrkebb.bsky.social · 1d

I know it's partially not flying to the US, but EasyJet at Gatwick was the easiest bag drop process I think I've ever had. Walk straight up, bag on machine, print tag, attach tag, walk away. No human to slow me down.

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Dave The Tanuki @mrkebb.bsky.social · 2d

Bought my Acropolis ticket for Friday. Haven't even left London yet.