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 This is one of the dumbest fucking statements I've ever seen a human write.
#politics #conservative #UK

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 Just spotted this wooden carving of a man in an orange onesie with a fruit bowl on his head giving his happy dog scritches with the end of his microphone pole. 
#history #folklore #folkhorror

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 nostr:npub1y62j5jea6kwmvzar07tk5arx8m8hph7gxxp5tr9f4ed0xg7ssy3sg069v6 Sorcerer....what a fantasti... 
 @eb660c68 Shorter was incredible during this period. His 1964-66 solo albums on Blue Note are also perfection. 
 When I start bingeing Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet (1964-1968), I know it's autumn.
Without a doubt these albums contain some of the finest jazz compositions/recordings ever released.
#jazz #milesdavis #vinyl

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 I just watched a video of Martin Luther King Jr. spouting his luxury beliefs during the March on Washington in 1963. 
 My passport is due for renewal, but rather than send a new photo to the consulate, I sent a sketch instead and wrote on my application form that, as my replacement passport will be one of those old blue ones, it demonstrates the country's complete and active disregard of facts anyway.

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 When you're abroad, in a secondhand bookshop, and you ask the owner if they have a copy of 'Architects in Switzerland' and he says 'yes,' then goes and fetches this...
Pronunciation is everything.

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 "The Prince [whose father just squandered 100-200 million on an antiquated, one-day ceremony during which homeless people were removed from the streets by police] was visiting businesses pledging their support to the Homewards programme, which aims to end homelessness..."

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