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Interesting Links for 29-01-2025
Jan. 29th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Edinburgh cross-city cycle scheme CCWEL proving successful
- (tags:edinburgh cycling GoodNews )
- 2. Congressional Republicans' coming war on poor people
- (tags:politics usa republicans tax poverty viaDanielDWilliam )
- 3. Microplastics block blood flow in the brain (in mice)
- (tags:plastic blood brain mice )
- 4. US civil servants are being asked who they voted for in 2024 election
- (tags:usa CivilService fascism )
- 5. Both men and women are slightly attracted to younger partners
- (tags:relationships gender age )
- 6. A proposal for reopening Edinburgh's South Suburban Railway line as a tram-train. Looks great - not sure how many stations will be viable to reopen.
- (tags:edinburgh transport trams )
- 7. Petition · Reopen Edinburgh's South Sub using Tram-Trains
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Interesting Links for 08-01-2025
Jan. 8th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. All 105 large developments going on in Edinburgh in 2025, on Google Earth.
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- 2. Edinburgh Development Summary 2025
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- 3. Five key ways to tackle child sex abuse that still haven't been implemented
- (tags:children rape politics uk )
- 4. Cuts to England's bus network cost economy £2.6bn a year
- (tags:england economics buses transport )
- 5. Is *your* TV too high?
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- 6. How a populist think tank is stoking Scotland's culture war
- (tags:hungary bigotry Scotland )
- 7. JK Rowling Slammed After Claiming That 'There Are No Trans Kids' In Hateful Rant
- (tags:jkrowling transgender bigotry children )
- 8. Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness'
- (tags:Facebook OhForFucksSake bigotry LGBT )
- 9. How do we know how Latin was pronounced, and how did the official church pronunciation come to be different to that?
- (tags:Latin history language )
- 10. Landlords to be banned from demanding several months' rent in advance
- (tags:rental England )
- 11. Stats for the Omni-Centre cycle lane in Edinburgh show that usage is up 40% in a year
- (tags:cycling edinburgh )
- 12. 'I realised I had autism when my children were diagnosed'
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- 13. Trump threatens Nato, Hamas, Greenland, Panama, and Canada in press conference
- (tags:politics usa )
- 14. Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams in Classical Latin
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- 15. Six things you must know about how the grooming gangs scandal was handled
- (tags:rape children religion racism uk government )
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Interesting Links for 22-11-2024
Nov. 22nd, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. What good cycling infrastructure looks like when it interacts with roads and pavements
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- 2. Why were two Scottish ferries 6 years late and four times over budget?
- (tags:scotland ships epicfail )
- 3. How Democrats killed #MeToo
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Interesting Links for 03-08-2024
Aug. 3rd, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Olympics to ban literally every athlete in order to avoid controversy around competitors with 'genetic advantages'
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- 2. Seven things to know before forming an opinion on boxing's Olympics gender row
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- 3. Thousands of unused affordable homes sitting empty because housing associations can't afford to take them on
- (tags:housing UK OhForFucksSake )
- 4. Fully-automatic robot dentist performs world's first human procedure
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- 5. The Untold Story of How Ridley Scott Saw 'Star Wars'—and Ended Up Making 'Alien'
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- 6. Cycling trips on Leith Walk double - 9% of trips are now by bike
- (tags:cycling Edinburgh Scotland transport )
- 7. Digital Apartheid in Gaza: Unjust Content Moderation at the Request of Israel's Cyber Unit
- (tags:Israel Palestine socialmedia )
- 8. Old News, New Reality: A Year of Meta's News Ban in Canada
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- 9. The Emperor Claudius and the eclipse on his 54th birthday
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- 10. What are Labour and the Tories talking about on tax in the UK?
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Interesting Links for 19-03-2024
Mar. 19th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. Visualising black holes by having one eat 4 million stars over New York
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- 2. Edinburgh Council installs new slavery plaque at Edinburgh's Melville Monument
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- 3. Paris cycling numbers double in one year
- (tags:cycling bicycles transport Paris France )
- 4. FAQ on a genetically modified bacterium that outcompetes the bacteria that cause tooth decay
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- 5. How do neural networks learn? A mathematical formula explains how they detect relevant patterns
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- 6. DUP aims to veto new EU law from applying in Northern Ireland
- (tags:europe uk NorthernIreland doom )
Interesting Links for 08-02-2024
Feb. 8th, 2024 12:00 pm- 1. What does it mean that BlueSky is designed to be more open?
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- 2. Rishi Sunak Refusing To Apologise For Trans Jibe In Front Of Murdered Trans Teen's Mum
- (tags:transgender Conservatives bigotry OhForFucksSake )
- 3. Man from Dildo takes photo of iceberg shaped like a penis. In Conception Bay
- (tags:penis Canada photos iceberg names )
- 4. Lothian bus journeys increased by over 17% from 94 million in 2022 to 110 million last year (I wonder what it was in 2019)
- (tags:buses transport Edinburgh GoodNews )
- 5. EU sets maximum bank transfer time to 10 seconds
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- 6. After Libs of TikTok posted, at least 21 bomb threats followed
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- 7. Beard-seconds, Chains, Pirate-Ninjas, and other Units of Measure
- (tags:measurement viaSwampers )
- 8. Mimas' surprise: Saturn's tiny moon hides a young ocean beneath its icy shell
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- 9. 13 Worst Bike Lanes in the World (Edinburgh is #1! Woohoo!)
- (tags:edinburgh cycling epicfail )
- 10. Poll Shows 74 Percent of Republicans Like Donald Trump's Dictator Plan
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- 11. Apple releases an AI to help you edit images
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Interesting Links for 18-12-2023
Dec. 18th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Masha Gessen, a Jewish author is having their Hannah Arendt award (named after a Jewish historian and genocide scholar) canceled for writing an essay on Gaza and how it is genocide.
- (tags:Jews genocide Israel Palestine )
- 2. Grendel and the Grinch
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- 3. Covid in England update: expect a bumpy Christmas and New Year
- (tags:Pandemic UK doom )
- 4. Good and bad cycle lanes
- (tags:bicycles cycling transport design )
- 5. Warhammer edges closer to TV
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Interesting Links for 03-11-2023
Nov. 3rd, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Bigots lose Scottish court case over definition of 'woman'
- (tags:bigotry GoodNews scotland transgender )
- 2. The Information Commissioner found, two years ago, that the Scottish Government didn't use WhatsApp for discussions.
- (tags:Scotland government communication )
- 3. Ancient roman road found in Stirling garden.
- (tags:Scotland Rome archeology )
- 4. Peter Jackson Talks About Making The Beatles' Last Music Video
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- 5. Insulin less temperature-sensitive than previously thought (can cope at temperatures up to 25 degrees for 6 months)
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- 6. This Plane Wasn't Snooping On Protesters In Los Angeles, It Was Dropping Irradiated Bugs
- (tags:insects radiation fertility USA airplanes )
- 7. Cyclists are Better People than Drivers
- (tags:cycling psychology morality driving cars bicycles )
- 8. The TRUTH about stars!
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Interesting Links for 16-06-2023
Jun. 16th, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. I have watched this terribly cute video about 15 times and it never fails to make me grin
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- 2. Abortion clinic 'buffer zone' bill lodged in Scottish Parliament
- (tags:scotland abortion protests GoodNews )
- 3. AO3 is diverging badly from basic, fundamental Trust and Safety best practices
- (tags:safety internet abuse OhForFucksSake )
- 4. UK time trial cycling excludes over 10% of elite female cyclists for having too much testosterone
- (tags:testosterone OhForFucksSake women cycling UK sports )
- 5. Daily Mail hires liar as new columnist
- (tags:DailyMail BorisJohnson lying )
- 6. 'Synthetic' human embryos created without eggs or sperm
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- 7. Google made millions from ads for "crisis pregnancy centers" that work to prevent women from accessing abortions.
- (tags:abortion advertising google OhForFucksSake )
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Interesting Links for 21-03-2023
Mar. 21st, 2023 12:00 pm- 1. Massive Semen Explosion after Blaze Hits Bull Artificial Insemination Facility, Firefighters Forced to Dodge 'Projectiles'
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- 2. Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In City Of London
- (tags:london cycling cars transport )
- 3. The ten types of magic
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- 4. Octopus boss Greg Jackson: The UK is going backwards on renewables
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Interesting Links for 13-07-2022
Jul. 13th, 2022 12:00 pm- 1. Of the 978 cyclists in the men's pro peloton, none are comfortable being out
- (tags:LGBT cycling )
- 2. I don't know if this is satire, or a warning about the terrible people out there, or what. It's terrifying in any case
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- 3. Rotterdam bridge won't be dismantled for Jeff Bezos' superyacht to sail through
- (tags:Amazon boats bridge Netherlands )
- 4. What is a woman?
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- 5. Queer Animals Are Everywhere. Science Is Finally Catching On. - The Washington Post
- (tags:LGBT animals history science bigotry )
- 6. Leith's major role in new offshore wind project confirmed
- (tags:Edinburgh windpower )
- 7. Labour MP making it clear that Labour would rather vote with Tories than the SNP
- (tags:labour Conservatives snp )
- 8. What IS a Number? (As Explained by a Mathematician)
- (tags:mathematics video viaSwampers )
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Interesting Links for 19-05-2022
May. 19th, 2022 12:00 pm- 1. There's a plan for 200 homes and green offices at Edinburgh's old Scottish Widows HQ
- (tags:Edinburgh housing )
- 2. There are only 10 types of movies.
- (tags:movies posters viaSwampers )
- 3. DS9 series suggestion: Quark's
- (tags:StarTrek TV )
- 4. Transphobes are the ones making up new definitions
- (tags:language transgender LGBT bigotry )
- 5. Four countries pledge tenfold rise in EU offshore wind power capacity
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- 6. Edinburgh Zoo penguin Mrs Wolowitz is thought to be the oldest of her species in the world
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- 7. A galactic collision strips dark matter, starts star formation
- (tags:darkness physics space )
- 8. Weed legalisation linked to drop in alcohol, tobacco consumption
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- 9. Girls see physics as for white men only, MPs told
- (tags:racism sexism society uk science physics Education )
- 10. Two thirds of Edinburgh residents would cycle if there were more separated cycle lanes
- (tags:edinburgh cycling polls )
- 11. "Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting," Ten Years On
- (tags:society lgbt racism sexism history patriarchy kyriarchy )
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Interesting Links for 29-04-2022
Apr. 29th, 2022 12:00 pm- 1. Labour adverts attack Lib Dems for wanting to decriminalise drugs
- (tags:OhForFucksSake drugs labour libdem )
- 2. Japanese rail company rolls out VR-piloted robot worker
- (tags:robots VirtualReality japan )
- 3. Children cannot avoid daydreaming but it may affect learning
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- 4. Covid self-isolation guidance to end in Scotland
- (tags:Pandemic Scotland )
- 5. Solar panels installed at Edinburgh Castle to cut carbon emissions
- (tags:Scotland Edinburgh solarpower castle )
- 6. Any academics fancy writing about Russell T Davies?
- (tags:academia drwho )
- 7. Meet the LEGO Muppets Minifigures
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- 8. The prime theory for the hepatitis outbreak is *not* Covid
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- 9. Natalie van Gogh: 'The UK is 15 years behind Holland when it comes to trans women in sport'
- (tags:sport transgender cycling Holland Netherlands LGBT )
- 10. Republicans have gone much further right than Democrats have gone left
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Interesting Links for 31-12-2020
Dec. 31st, 2020 12:00 pm- Amazon still hasn't fixed its problem with bait-and-switch reviews
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- New virus variant found in Colorado while UK struggles to limit it
- (tags:UK USA pandemic Doom )
- 10 Major Edinburgh developments set to be completed in 2021
- (tags:Edinburgh construction cycling hotel shopping )
- 30 Years Since the Human Genome Project Began, What's Next?
- (tags:genetics history thefuture )
- Ohio State study: 30% of student athletes who had Covid have heart damage
- (tags:pandemic heart doom )
- The strengths and weaknesses of Benjamin the Donkey from Animal Farm as a political commentator
- (tags:politics GeorgeOrwell animals )
Interesting Links for 23-09-2020
Sep. 23rd, 2020 12:00 pm- How legendary weekly British comic, 2000 AD, survived Covid-19 and thrived
- (tags:comics business pandemic uk )
- How to choose the ideal form of government
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- Insurance firms will be forced to give renewing customers the same price as new ones (banning introductory offers)
- (tags:insurance regulation uk )
- Coronavirus in the UK: Boots suspends new flu jab bookings due to unprecedented demand
- (tags:flu disease pandemic UK )
- China sharply expands mass labour program in Tibet
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- The Tech Behind the Mind-Reading Pangolin Dress Could Lead to Wireless—and Batteryless—Exoskeleton Control
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- Covid in Scotland: Indoor household visits now banned
- (tags:Scotland pandemic )
- Covid-19: Scottish surge in cycling continues (43% up on last year)
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- Ranked-choice voting will be used in Maine's presidential election
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- Older people have become younger: physical and cognitive function have improved meaningfully in 30 years
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- Serco Have Subcontracted Contact Tracing Jobs To The Company Embroiled In The Tax Credits Scandal And Debt Collection Companies
- (tags:UK pandemic outsourcing )
- Loose Ends: A Literary Supercut of Sci-Fi Last Sentences
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- "Every Streaming Service" - a funny look at the various services looking for your money
- (tags:streaming video funny viaSwampers )
- In case you were wondering how long it takes trucks to get in to the EU from outside...
- (tags:trade Europe Russia Doom )
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Interesting Links for 07-09-2020
Sep. 7th, 2020 12:00 pm- Son sells 28 years of birthday whisky to buy first home
- (tags:alcohol Scotland housing )
- Bank security update leaves people guessing what their name is
- (tags:names security banking OhForFucksSake )
- Steve Ditko Designed Spider-Man to be Orange and Purple
- (tags:comics design history )
- Coronavirus: Scotland records highest daily Covid tally since May (mostly in Glasgow, I hope they can get it under control)
- (tags:pandemic Scotland )
- UK planning to renege on the Withdrawal Agreement
- https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1302701541674160134.html
(tags:UK Europe NorthernIreland OhForFucksSake doom ) - Sudan Ends 30 Years of Islamic Law by Separating Religion, State
- (tags:Sudan Islam law religion democracy )
- The New Neuroscience of Stuttering
- (tags:speech genetics brain neuroscience )
- The economics of the Tour de France
- (tags:France cycling economics money )
- Psychedelic Fishes from the World's First Encyclopedia of Marine Creatures
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- Scientists Discover Exposed Bacteria Can Survive in Space for Years
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Interesting Links for 08-07-2020
Jul. 8th, 2020 12:00 pm- I think I've found the best advertising campaign of all time
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- Coronavirus: Three England pubs close after positive tests
- (tags:UK alcohol pandemic )
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Hold Until Team Feels 'Morally Okay' With Show
- (tags:police comedy TV )
- Government awards £252m PPE contract to private equity firm based in the tax haven of Mauritius
- (tags:tax pandemic OhForFucksSake )
- Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked
- (tags:surveillance advertising web )
- Diane Reay's "Miseducation - Inequality, Education and the Working Classes"
- (tags:books Education uk OhForFucksSake )
- Brain-Eating Amoeba Case Confirmed in Florida
- (tags:brain aieeee! USA florida )
- 'That's ridiculous': Edinburgh reacts to lamposts in the middle of Leith Walk cycle lanes
- (tags:cycling OhForFucksSake Edinburgh transport )
- 4G internet balloons take off over Kenya
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- Germany Announces Ban on Single-Use Plastics Starting in 2021
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Interesting Links for 12-07-2019
Jul. 12th, 2019 12:20 pm- The New York City passport office
- (tags:bureaucracy newyork OhForFucksSake )
- The helicopter team that films the Tour de France is one of a kind
- (tags:helicopter flight France cycling )
- Babies point at objects because they really want to touch them
- (tags:babies viaSwampers psychology )
- Artificial skin produced using nanoscale technology could improve wound recovery for patients with burns or skin grafts.
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- Sugary and Fruit juice drinks associated with cancer. Drinks with sweeteners - not.
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- What happens if Boris Johnson loses a vote of no confidence?
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- Robots Are Beating Humans At Poker
- (tags:poker games ai )
- The Slow Death of Hollywood "[Netflix] now routinely ends shows after their second season, even when they're still popular."
- (tags:Hollywood TV movies business netflix )
- The World's Only Traditional MÄori Garden Was Made From Memories
- (tags:history garden farming newzealand )
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Interesting Links for 15-06-2019
Jun. 15th, 2019 12:31 pm- Conservative Muslim chair to quit if Johnson wins leadership race
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- Scotland plants 22 million trees to tackle climate crisis while England falls 7 million short of target
- (tags:scotland uk tree co2 globalwarming )
- Government removes £1,000 limit on Cycle To Work scheme - will allow ebikes
- (tags:uk cycling GoodNews )
- The Widows of the Plaza Hotel
- (tags:history newyork USA viaJane )
- Tories sink to fourth place in humiliating election poll as MPs bicker over leadership contest (Labour in third)
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- UK's first 100% vegan hotel opens in the Highlands
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- The Giant Panda Is a Closet Carnivore (and very well adapted to its role)
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(tags:Panda diet viaSKington ) - An Expert on Concentration Camps Says That's Exactly What the U.S. Is Running at the Border
- (tags:USA migration OhForFucksSake )
- Anti-vaxxers defeated: NY bans non-medical exemptions as doctors vote to step up fight
- (tags:vaccination usa )
- A shocking failure in accuracy in the Captain Marvel movie
- (tags:marvel movies Windows history fail )
- "You saw me covered in blood on a bus. But do you get outraged about all homophobia?"
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- Possibly the finest Twitter account of all time
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