Louisa Whitton
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Obsessions include cricket, transport, music, poetry and remembering useless facts. She/her 🏳️⚧️
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Aidan Michaels, 42, had spent a gruelling half hour on the phone to a utility company after receiving an unexpectedly high bill. Before hanging up, the representative wished him a nice day.
Have a nice day? Man with PDA determined to have a horrible day, thank you very much
An autistic man with PDA has resolved to have the worst day of his life after a customer service representative told him to 'have a nice day', sources have revealed. Aidan Michaels, 42, had spent a…
thedailytism.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Aidan Michaels, 42, had spent a gruelling half hour on the phone to a utility company after receiving an unexpectedly high bill. Before hanging up, the representative wished him a nice day.
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Another day, another example of the awesome headline power of the word 'could'
Flying taxis could be in UK skies from 2028 and end up being as cheap as an Uber
Flying taxis could be in UK skies from 2028 and end up being as cheap as an Uber
Electric flying taxis with speeds of up to 150mph could soon be available to UK passengers, with plans to gain approval for commercial flights as early as 2028.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another day, another example of the awesome headline power of the word 'could'
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The three-part trajectory of an away Ashes
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The three-part trajectory of an away Ashes
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Glorious headline and content.
www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/2568278...
1.5 miles from work so she moves 4 miles away for a faster journey, because that's the only option apparently.
www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/2568278...
1.5 miles from work so she moves 4 miles away for a faster journey, because that's the only option apparently.
‘Getting to work less then two miles from home was hell on wheels’
The argument over the need for a link road to ease the frequently gridlocked roads between Wigan and Bolton has raged since the end of the Second…
www.leighjournal.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Glorious headline and content.
www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/2568278...
1.5 miles from work so she moves 4 miles away for a faster journey, because that's the only option apparently.
www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/2568278...
1.5 miles from work so she moves 4 miles away for a faster journey, because that's the only option apparently.
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For those who haven’t read it, I recently wrote a piece on autistic women and the dreaded GP visit
Diagnosed but not believed: Autistic women and the medical gaze
A GP I met for the first time three minutes ago is glancing over my electronic health record, trying to match it with the woman before him…
medium.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
For those who haven’t read it, I recently wrote a piece on autistic women and the dreaded GP visit
By some distance my best ever score! Every gamble seemed to come off.
ClickWord.org Daily 1038: 1152 points (top 5% 🏆)
8 words:
♾️⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟧🟨
💪 Best word: 740 points
🔥 Streak: 125 days 🦉
#ClickWord #ClickWordDaily1038
ClickWord.org Daily 1038: 1152 points (top 5% 🏆)
8 words:
♾️⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟧🟨
💪 Best word: 740 points
🔥 Streak: 125 days 🦉
#ClickWord #ClickWordDaily1038
ClickWord
Build words to score!
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December 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
By some distance my best ever score! Every gamble seemed to come off.
ClickWord.org Daily 1038: 1152 points (top 5% 🏆)
8 words:
♾️⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟧🟨
💪 Best word: 740 points
🔥 Streak: 125 days 🦉
#ClickWord #ClickWordDaily1038
ClickWord.org Daily 1038: 1152 points (top 5% 🏆)
8 words:
♾️⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟧🟨
💪 Best word: 740 points
🔥 Streak: 125 days 🦉
#ClickWord #ClickWordDaily1038
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This might be the most purely English headline ever printed:
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This might be the most purely English headline ever printed:
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Retired ghost train animatronic Streeting said: “I’m so nervous. What if he picks up? What if he’s seen this ADHD thing and gone ‘Attaboy, Streeting! Why don’t you come to the White House and play a round of golf with me and my friends? They’re your friends now, too, Wes, and so am I’?”
Streeting nervously twirling telephone cord hoping RFK Jr will finally return his calls
Wes Streeting is currently waiting by the phone hoping fellow health secretary Robert Francis Kennedy Jr has finally noticed what a special little evil boy he is, according to political sources. Stree...
thedailytism.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Retired ghost train animatronic Streeting said: “I’m so nervous. What if he picks up? What if he’s seen this ADHD thing and gone ‘Attaboy, Streeting! Why don’t you come to the White House and play a round of golf with me and my friends? They’re your friends now, too, Wes, and so am I’?”
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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When it saves you money to put solar on your roof, you put solar on your roof. Does it make the utility owners angry. It sure does.
This is remarkable and happened very very fast.
This is remarkable and happened very very fast.
Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand in some hubs next year
Pakistan's rooftop solar generation will for the first time exceed power demand on the country's electrical grid during daytime hours in some major industrial regions next year, a senior government of...
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When it saves you money to put solar on your roof, you put solar on your roof. Does it make the utility owners angry. It sure does.
This is remarkable and happened very very fast.
This is remarkable and happened very very fast.
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Proffsssor Plummm, in the master roksn, with the candlcstrikk
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Proffsssor Plummm, in the master roksn, with the candlcstrikk
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It’s that time again! The latest County Cricket Matters is out & I’m heading down to the post office to send them to my wonderful subscribers. If you don’t subscribe then please do join all the cool kids by following this link - there’s lots of exciting CCM goods.
www.countycricketmatters.com/shop
www.countycricketmatters.com/shop
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It’s that time again! The latest County Cricket Matters is out & I’m heading down to the post office to send them to my wonderful subscribers. If you don’t subscribe then please do join all the cool kids by following this link - there’s lots of exciting CCM goods.
www.countycricketmatters.com/shop
www.countycricketmatters.com/shop
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A beautiful post by Dr Eleanor Parker from 2020 on the timing of Christmas - in the context of another time of uncertainty. Written from a British Christian perspective, but some bits are of universal relevance
aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2020/11/time...
aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2020/11/time...
'Time's handiworks by time are haunted'
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, and it’s a strange one. Public worship is currently banned in England, though that’s supposed to end in...
aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A beautiful post by Dr Eleanor Parker from 2020 on the timing of Christmas - in the context of another time of uncertainty. Written from a British Christian perspective, but some bits are of universal relevance
aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2020/11/time...
aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2020/11/time...
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love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
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Bengali phrase for the day
নাচতে না জন্তে উঠান বাকা
Nachle na jante uthan baka
Loosely translated as:
He who cannot dance says the veranda is on a slope
নাচতে না জন্তে উঠান বাকা
Nachle na jante uthan baka
Loosely translated as:
He who cannot dance says the veranda is on a slope
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Bengali phrase for the day
নাচতে না জন্তে উঠান বাকা
Nachle na jante uthan baka
Loosely translated as:
He who cannot dance says the veranda is on a slope
নাচতে না জন্তে উঠান বাকা
Nachle na jante uthan baka
Loosely translated as:
He who cannot dance says the veranda is on a slope
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You know when pro-HS2 people said it was about capacity more than speed, and the West Coast Main Line was filling up? Now we have no national rail strategy, no HS2 to Manchester and this absurd stupidity. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
You know when pro-HS2 people said it was about capacity more than speed, and the West Coast Main Line was filling up? Now we have no national rail strategy, no HS2 to Manchester and this absurd stupidity. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Disappointingly, my boss is no longer surprised when I come out with things like "I bet you didn't know that British Rail patented a flying saucer, did you?"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
British Rail flying saucer - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Disappointingly, my boss is no longer surprised when I come out with things like "I bet you didn't know that British Rail patented a flying saucer, did you?"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
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Regret to announce the tech bros have accidentally reinvented the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway.
By investing in Monocab Owl, the EU is revolutionising sustainable commuting.
A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
📸© Monocab Owl
#WorldSustainableTransportDay
A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
📸© Monocab Owl
#WorldSustainableTransportDay
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Regret to announce the tech bros have accidentally reinvented the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway.
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This hadn’t even crossed my mind; glad the food didn’t get wasted.
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This hadn’t even crossed my mind; glad the food didn’t get wasted.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Proud to be finally able to share the secret project I’ve been involved with
The Marvellous Miniature Workshop is coming soon to BBC One and BBC iPlayer :
@bbciplayer
#TheMarvellousMiniatureWorkshop #SaraCox #iPlayer
The Marvellous Miniature Workshop is coming soon to BBC One and BBC iPlayer :
@bbciplayer
#TheMarvellousMiniatureWorkshop #SaraCox #iPlayer
October 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Proud to be finally able to share the secret project I’ve been involved with
The Marvellous Miniature Workshop is coming soon to BBC One and BBC iPlayer :
@bbciplayer
#TheMarvellousMiniatureWorkshop #SaraCox #iPlayer
The Marvellous Miniature Workshop is coming soon to BBC One and BBC iPlayer :
@bbciplayer
#TheMarvellousMiniatureWorkshop #SaraCox #iPlayer