I thought that must be the case!

I do ;)

I love both dashes and semicolons. Dashes (usually en dashes in British usage, em in American) are great for adding visual pauses and emphasising the subsequent words. I actually fondly remember discovering as a teenager the uses and conventions of them.

I've just realised I can create the dashes I want with a long press on the hyphen on my phone keyboard – such as this en dash... But I don't think most people bother with that.

Amazing!

Nope.

And yet here you are, posting about your Labrador.

(Just to quietly point out that they are certainly giving workers more rights with the Employment Rights Bill.)

This is a genuinely intolerable reality…

I don't remember my grandad; he died when I was three. But I'm told her never spoke about his experiences, and my aunt described him as "gentle".

System of a Down's "War" makes me think of him:
"We don't speak any more of war /
We don't speak any more of war /
We don't speak any more."

Mwahahaha

Today I talked my 14yo through a brief history of metal (starting with blues, through Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath, to thrash, punk, nu metal, pop punk, emo...). Maiden came up!

Hoping to play tonight!

On here I'd recommend following @stephenkb.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social and @danneidle.bsky.social