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Stan Emmerson
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also wrote a book

“What is the ‘it’: a handbook for proofing court judgments”

published by The Federation Press

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Feels like a time to think about this forty-one year old classic. Wonder why.
As The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade, by Mark Stewart
11 track album
markstewartmusic.bandcamp.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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imagine being the guy who accidentally said "weasel" at a weird time 2400 years ago
January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists astonished. www.wired.com/story/veroni...
‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool
This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists astonished.
www.wired.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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It's not the healthiest thing for a living artist to be regarded as a statue in the park. Dolly Parton's best refute the notion of statues. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/m...
My mistakes are no worse than yours: the best of Dolly Parton
To mention that Dolly Parton’s visibility and reputation got a lift when the White Stripes covered “Jolene” is a reminder of the subtler forms of sexism extant in the biz. No doub…
humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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I feel like they stole ties from toddlers?
Trio Confesses to Holdups (1932)
Source: Hennepin County Library

This trio of men confessed to a series of eight holdups, seven of which on a single day. From the left: Wollard, Anderson, and Ramm.
January 19, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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I’ll never get tired of this ad at our local indie theater 😂
January 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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Today is National Thesaurus Day.

Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
January 18, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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"I want to begin by owning my white male privilege and apologizing to the American public, in particular to the woman who formerly dated my friend Jessie. I'm sorry that I still don't know your name."
The Narrator of “Jessie’s Girl” Offers an Apology after Completing His Master’s in Women’s and Gender Studies
I want to begin by owning my white male privilege and apologizing to the American public, in particular to the woman who formerly dated my friend J...
buff.ly
January 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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The booke of love ys long & boringe
No folk kan lyft the damned thinge
Crammid ful of charters & lore & rubrics
And ynstructiouns for daunsing -
But Ich? Ich love it whan thou readest to me;
And thee, thou kanst reade me eny thinge.

("The Book of Love" by The Magnetic Fields)
January 18, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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Remembir everye daye ys a goode daye to reach out to a friende and tell them how much you love them. Maybe buy them a booke. Bringe up an olde inside joke. All the sillye thinges and the serious thinges about friendeshippe, thei are all infinitelye valuable. Tyme spent thus wil nevir be regrettid.
January 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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I assume they’re all narrated by Brian Blessed.
January 17, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Ed Emberley (1964) #Caturday
January 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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record changer, september 1946.
January 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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A photo I took of my cats making their way back home after killing a man.
January 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Current jams. Pretty good stuff. Not quite Can, not nearly heavy enough but weirdly insistent grooves all the same.

Sorta via @nedraggett.bsky.social

gokurosawa.bandcamp.com/album/soft-s...
soft shakes, by Go Kurosawa
8 track album
gokurosawa.bandcamp.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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"I was a toilet cleaner, then five minutes later I’m trashing a guitar on stage and girls find me attractive."

So many great lines in this.

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
‘We wouldn’t still be playing if we’d got stinking rich’: the Damned celebrate 50 years of punk, goth and holy grail hunting
An appetite for self-destruction left Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies hugely influential but financially insecure. They’re back with a big show and their first album together since 1995
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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I did not know I had won a prize.
January 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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Todd Rundgren😂
❤️
January 16, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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France Gall playing for NFL teams, an occasional series
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1) Arizona Cardinals
January 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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Fundamental point made here. The one advantage we have over people in the past is that we can learn from them. Since we can we should. That’s the premise of my book "On Tyranny."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...
Opinion | They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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2025 was a big year! Learn something new about Canberra here!

youtu.be/p5cYtA8X58A?...

#history #Canberra #Australia #YouTube #auspol
The Adventures of Russell - The Canberra Series 2025
YouTube video by The Adventures of Russell
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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It would be amazing to see a season of THE WHITE LOTUS played completely straight except for the fact that one of the guests is Alan Partridge.

deadline.com/2026/01/the-...
‘The White Lotus’ Season 4 Casts Steve Coogan & Caleb Jonte Edwards
'The White Lotus' Season 4 has tapped Steve Coogan and Caleb Jonte Edwards for undisclosed roles, Deadline has learned.
deadline.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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Tony Visconti digs into the “Scary Monsters” sessions archive at the V&A East Bowie Storehouse this afternoon.
January 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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Olympus level
January 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM