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of acquiescent temper, miscellaneous opinions, and uncertain vote.

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · Jul 24

‘A world of disorderly notions, picked out of his books, crowded into his imagination.’

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 6h

Who’s scared of Boston?

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 3d

An American friend was asking whether English counties are comparable to US States. Obviously not in legislative power, but I guessed that counties would be much smaller than states in area and population. It is more complicated than that, and there is considerable overlap *by population* (thread)

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 8h

Remember when Google decided to make all books freely available to everyone, just as a public service?
Until authors pointed out the disservice to them and any future books.

Young people assume that everything that already exists is just a fact of nature, there to be taken

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 10h

Rotten to the core
[insert clever comment here]
but the rest of it was delicious

Interior of an apple sliced through the middle, moist bright green-white except the core which is black

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 18h

It would be quite funny to protect the purity of the English language with an institution called 'The Académie Anglaise'

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 11h

there was something similar on the south bank a little nearer Tower Bridge at Neckinger River - I think 'Neckinger' was a reference to the neck of the condemned

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 11h

have you tried them on Slovenia, Slovakia, Slovonia?

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 11h

is that the time when they use the gallows?

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 12h

All these posts about #HillfortsWednesday made me think I should check out Croft Ambrey hillfort in Herefordshire. Plenty of hill !

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 12h

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What a week, huh? all Wednesdays @whataweekhuh.bsky.social · 17h

Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?”
Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.”
Snowy is very excited about the drink he has found.

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 14h

There’s an abundance of content

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 15h

That’s easy for you to say,
from your

ivory tower.

(c. Milton Jones)

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 15h

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Martin Creed, Work No. 203: EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT, 1999
from @tate.bsky.social

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t think you can just leave out your unique achievements in the development of Coffee Photography. What does it say about society in the digital age?

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 16h

as is all tribal zeal

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 17h

That’s a charming poem. Like the shipping forecast, which I also don’t understand

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 17h

• There could have been 52 boroughs in London!
• Which borough should have been called Barfington?
• Where did Middlesex go?

this looks good

Londonist @londonist.com · 20h

Londonist's Matt has a new book out. It's all about London's 32 boroughs, with hundreds of tips on what to see in each one, and gorgeous maps by Mike Hall
londonist.substack.com/p/the-boroug...

The Boroughs of London at 60

I put some words into a book.

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 18h

charming craft aesthetic, but I can't help thinking that I would walk into those protruding ends in the night causing considerable pain

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 18h

those two faces, side by side!

Euronews @euronews.com · 19h

French President Macron faces mounting political pressure as outgoing PM Lecornu attempts one final round of negotiations to stave off a deepening political crisis.

The latest developments underline Macron's increasingly isolated position, even among his allies.

➡️ https://l.euronews.com/vZVE

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 18h

but will chocolate prices fall in response?

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 18h

It would be quite funny to protect the purity of the English language with an institution called 'The Académie Anglaise'

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 18h

but there is an important decision to be made between the two. Imagine meeting for brunch and only getting elevenses? You'll go hungry

tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 1d

And Lithuania is in the news …

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Euronews @euronews.com · 1d

Thousands of passengers' journeys were disrupted after the authorities closed Vilnius Airport for hours as a precaution.

Balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes closed Lithuania's main airport

Thousands of passengers' journeys were disrupted after the authorities closed Vilnius Airport for hours as a precaution.

l.euronews.com

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 1d

Does that say ‘Poland Spring’??

As in, 🎶Springtime, for Poland, and France🎶

I might have the lyrics slightly wrong

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MachinePix @machinepix.bsky.social · 1d

Snailbot is a self-reconfigurable robot using rocker-bogie suspension by The University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

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