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This Made My Day (12 Photos)


 Some days the city just hands you a high five. A sleepy cat the size of an apartment. A wall that turns into a joke. A drain that sprouts tentacles. Here are 12 pieces of street magic that can rescue a bad mood in seconds. More: Made Me Smile Instantly (8 Photos) 🦛 Wall Hippo — Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 Plot twist: the wall has a hippo. It’s painted so clean it looks like it’s leaning over the edge, casually people-watching with the mountains behind it. Simple gag. […]
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Before we get too self-congratulatory about two high profile arrests linked to the Epstein Files (in contrast to the lack of action in the USA) we might reflect on the hopelessness of the 'investigation' into the accusations (and evidence) of both sexual abuse & trafficking that have been directed at the late Mohamed Al Fayed.

Like Epstein in the wake of his death there have been revelations & documentaries but little action against his collaborators.

#Epstein #MohamedAlFayed

h/t Observer

#Epstein #mohamedalfayed

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ohir

we might reflect not on "the hopelessnes of the investigation". We must start to asking question "WTF why there were NO investigations". Because what we see were no investigations, just evidence gathering for keeping victims silent and papers were meant to go to the deepest cellar.

All we see in tip of the TrumpFiles, released by the single person: MTG, tells us that once "theory" about deep conspiracy of the pervert elites now has irrefutable proof. Now the smoke screens erected on both sidesof the aisle lead crowds to the cliff. They go there chanting "impeachment", 25th.

What I want is to see every FBI director since the first report indicted. Then every field office brass too. Then every politician who was silent. Then. Were they not complicit, we would still have a democracy.

PS. In my dusty memory of the ancient paper press I can find a similar murderous pedophile ring, just boys oriented, protected by the Henry Kissinger. IIRC it was Chicago, late sixties/early seventies. (I Need to dig for it while I can recall the scraps).

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For those of you would like to read Hannah Spencer's *entire* address to the Press Conference after her win in the Gorton & Denton by-election (rather than badly recorded edited high-lights as seen on the news), here is the transcript.

#HannahSpencer #Greens #politics

greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/27/h…

#politics #greens #hannahspencer
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"Hyaluronic acid injections were reportedly used to plump lips. Dermal fillers and silicone were applied to refine nasal profiles. Botox softened facial features."
#weird #weirdnews #animals #beauty #odd
thefashioncentral.co.uk/20-cam…

2026 Camel Beauty Show Festival: 20 Camels Disqualified from Competition after Botox and Fillers Detected

2026 Camel Beauty Show Festival: 20 Disqualified from Competition after Botox and Fillers Detected
Michael Gibson (The Fashion Central)
#Animals #beauty #weird #odd #weirdnews

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Does anyone here know of good *UK/English* resources to share with middle aged/class white English men about racism towards Gypsy, Traveller, Roma communities for them to 'educate themselves'.

Including what that racism looks like, why it's wrong and how to consider if a thing is GRT-racism...

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How far back in time can you understand English?

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.

"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-…

#english #language

How far back in time can you understand English?

An experiment in language change
Colin Gorrie (Dead Language Society)
#language #english
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Goodbye! 👋
A computer character offers ads to a user, who replies with an Ad Blocker statement, leading to a humorous goodbye exchange.
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Adam Trickett

when ads were small static text blocks I didn't mind. As soon as they started to move, pop-up or pop-under I started to block them. I've used an adblock of some sort for so long now I'd forgotten what some sites look like with ads.

Any site that says turn off your block gets ignored, and there are no exceptions.

If ads weren't annoying, were relevant to the site, legal, static, small, then I may consider unblocking them, it's their own fault they get blocked.

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Bringer of Pants

I struggle with this. I don't use an ad blocker, because the ones who made the site should get paid. But yes, a lot of sites are F---ING OBNOXIOUS with the way they handle their ads. Typically, I just close the tab when I come across them. Not worth it.

That way, I don't "cheat" sites with acceptable ad practices out of their compensation, and I also don't get to view content "for free" (read: without seeing their ads) on obnoxious sites. I just say no thanks to them. Feels fair.

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As the Tory Party subsides (perhaps not quietly) into (temporary?) obscurity, Andy Burge has been doing the maths on the traditional claim that the Tories are the party of economic competence.

Looking at:
Inflation;
Public Debt;
Unemployment;
Average salaries;
House prices & rents; and
Tax receipts.

He demolishes the argument the Tories were competent; but of course they were competent at one thing, clearly: increasing the wealth of the wealthiest!

#Tories #economics
bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/reader-…

Reader Contribution: So you think the Tories are economically competent? Think again ...

From Thatcher to Sunak: how the data compares to the reputation.
Andy Burge (Bearly Politics)
#economics #tories
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Our Friendica is struggling. We get a lot of 502 Bad Gateway (nginx). CPU is at 100% all the time eaten by Friendica. This has happened after the update to the latest Friendica stable. It seems that there are many processes happening in the database.

The post-user table has 64,135,238 rows...I suspect this is an issue. I am not sure if Friendica is reindexing or doing something now after the update...

But needs investigation...sorry for that..

Any tips welcomed!

#friendica #fedi #askfedi #fediverse

#Friendica #fediverse #askfedi #fedi

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We are having corned beef stew followed by apple crumble for tea later, because I went to the local* supermarket earlier and got one of their "Too good to waste" vegetable boxes, which I bought for £2.
In the box I got (weights in kg)

Apples 1.655
Potatoes 1.561
Carrots 0.276
Parsnips 0.235
Courgette 0.221
Turnip 0.241
Celeriac 0.416
Mushrooms 0.103
small onions 0.057
a large bulb of garlic
Cos Lettuce

* local as in HQ'd 10 miles away and store at bottom of street!

#TooGoodToWaste #FruitAndVeg #Booths #Lancashire

#booths #Lancashire #fruitandveg #TooGoodToWaste
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#Introduction

Hello squirrels,

I am almost as famous as that other Geri, but unlike her, I have a neurodegenerative disease called #Dystonia, but it is only others who see me as disabled. I am also a big-bottomed, anarchist, green type and a connoisseur of fine wine, although I will quaff any old rubbish.

I am a poor speller and swear more than a decent person ought to.

I love people who love other people and hate those who do not.

I mean no harm.

*snogs*

#Introduction #Dystonia

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