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Oooh what's this? A new podcast episode! We learn about the regional variations of the full English breakfast before moving onto how Dubai doesn't have street names and therefore it's damn near impossible to arrange deliveries!
https://t.co/0tyFA5VYG5
By now it's common knowledge that in Star Wars cannon, jazz music is unfortunately called "Jizz", but did you know there's a related Star Wars music genre called Jism and Blues?
- his newfound alpha status amongst the reindeer means we can be assured a bunch of little red nose baby deers are going to carry on Rudolph's genetic legacy.
Rudolph is good example of evolutionary Survival of the Fittest & ecological niches.
If the weather stayed good, his genetic mutation would have continued to cause his ostracisation & he likely would never procreate.
BUT he was a perfect fit for that foggy Christmas eve! And so -
People always seem puzzled at how & why archaeological sites end up buried. I've overheard some interesting trench-side discussions over the years π€. Here is my (pretty ancient) 'How Sites Get Buried' strip from 1994. Enjoy π
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After watching Elon Musk's run as Twitter CEO I am now more excited than ever to see his Mar colony get up and running.
Can't wait to see the first person ejected out of the airlock for mildly disagreeing with him.
Haven't seen the film but this is a good thread on how (to quote @TimHickson1) HISTORY IS COMPLICATED and doesn't fit into easy black/white templates.
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No pun intended.
So I just saw the Woman King, and yeah from a historical perspective the movie was pretty reprehensible. The way that the movie depicts the King of Dahomey's participation is so far removed from reality that it borders on unethical disinformation.
Last night I watched Miracle on 34th Street for the 1st time...by legally declaring Kris Kringle the real Santa Claus, hasn't the state of New York just opened up a bunch of copyright claims by him over use of his image?
What if this was his masterplan all along?! The long con!
@jamesgunnwrites It would have been fine if it was always just an open celebration of a different culture - especially if it was held in an Arab country with a proud footballing tradition (eg Saudi Arabia or a North African country) - but it was so transparently just bribery & reputation washing
I've said for years that Elon Musk's biggest strength is that he knows exactly how to play up to an idiot's idea of a genius ("real life Tony Stark").
The fawning on this post, despite the results, has done absolutely nothing to dissuade me of this opinion.