Nina

Fuelled by coffee, propelled by cake. Increasingly frustrated with the political landscape in this country.

[Nina @Euriboring]

Just heard Nigel Farage on the radio, saying that the world now has a lot more respect for us as an independent nation. What planet does he live on?

[Thomas Reis @peakaustria]

"No piece of art has ever emotionally affected me the way this robot arm piece has. It's programmed to try to contain the hydraulic fluid that’s constantly leaking out and required to keep itself running...if too much escapes, it will die so it's desperately trying to pull it back to continue to fight for another day. Saddest part is they gave the robot the ability to do these 'happy dances' to spectators. When the project was first launched it danced around spending most of its time interacting with the crowd since it could quickly pull back the small spillage. Many years later... (as you see it now in the video) it looks tired and hopeless as there isn't enough time to dance anymore.. It now only has enough time to try to keep itself alive as the amount of leaked hydraulic fluid became unmanageable as the spill grew over time. Living its last days in a never-ending cycle between sustaining life and simultaneously bleeding out... (Figuratively and literally as its hydraulic fluid was purposefully made to look like it's actual blood).
"The robot arm finally ran out of hydraulic fluid in 2019, slowly came to a halt and died - And I am now tearing up over a friggin robot arm 😭 It was programmed to live out this fate and no matter what it did or how hard it tried, there was no escaping it. Spectators watched as it slowly bled out until the day that it ceased to move forever. Saying that 'this resonates' doesn't even do it justice imo. Created by Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, they named the piece, 'Can't Help Myself'. What a masterpiece. What a message."
Extended interpretations: the hydraulic fluid in relation to how we kill ourselves both mentally and physically for money just in an attempt to sustain life, how the system is set up for us to fail on purpose to essentially enslave us and to steal the best years of our lives to play the game that the richest people of the world have designed. How this robs us of our happiness, passion and our inner peace. How we are slowly drowning with more responsibilities, with more expected of us, less rewarding pay-offs and less free time to enjoy ourselves with as the years go by. How there's really no escaping the system and that we were destined at birth to follow a pretty specific path that was already laid out before us. How we can give and give and give and how easily we can be forgotten after we've gone.. How we are loved and respected when we are valuable, then one day we aren't any longer and we become a burden...and how our young, free-caring spirit gets stolen from us as we get churned out of the broken system that we are trapped inside of. Can also be seen to represent the human life cycle and the fact that none of us make it out of this world alive. But also can act as a reminder to allow yourself to heal, rest and love with all of your heart. That the endless chase for 'more' isn't necessary in finding your own inner happiness.”
- James Kricked Parr
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[Fesshole🧻 @fesshole]

I'm having an affair with a woman from work, and one of the reasons I was so attracted to her was her flawless use of spelling, punctuation and grammar in work emails. There is nothing sexier than a woman who uses an Oxford comma.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Roadblock in Tanzania.. https://t.co/vhZXIyiCn6

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

I took a photo of something 2.5 MILLION light years away: The Andromeda galaxy. This was done by combining over 30 hours of exposures captured over a couple weeks. This was done entirely from my backyard using a telescope that is shorter than the keyboard I'm typing this on.

[richard horton @richardhorton1]

Of all the words written about the catastrophe of the past week, this letter in the FT sums it up best of all. And it’s worse than we might have thought.

[sara cox💙 @sarajcox]

This is so good

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

The Conservative Party and Putin's Russia: a story of total moral failure

[S 🇩🇰 @asyouwereS6]

@JuliaHB1

[Andrew Shuttleworth @AndrewShuk2112]

I'm fully vaccinated and I have had my booster. No, I don't know "what's in it". Neither this vaccine or the ones I had as a child. Nor do I know what's in the 11 secret herbs and spices at KFC.

[CT @con1601]

Last week my friend would have celebrated his 70th Birthday.

Unfortunately, he lost his life to Motor Neuron Disease MND last year.

Please support @mndassoc in any way you can.

In Glyn’s memory, I’d like this tweet to get 70 Retweets.

Can you help me by sharing this tweet 🙏

[J. Glover. @Backagainthird]

@elisled2 My father fought in WW2. He embraced the EU as our best chance to make sure no-one went through the horrors he did. He cried at the result of the referendum. He died in 2019, still angry at the lies told and the readiness of so many to believe them.

[Shatner's Bassoon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇱🇹🇪🇺 @Medziotojas]

This is NOT something you expect to see from this particular news outlet. 😮

[Lord Sydes #NAFO #FBPE 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇸🇬🇫🇮🇪🇺 @SydesJokes]

The West Ham Battalion the 13th of the Essex Regiment. Recruited around the streets of the Barking Road. They fought at the Somme, Vimy bridge and Cambrai. Many received military honours, yet they were not given a military parade and recognition on return. #RemembranceSunday

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[Bob Smith @Schmiffy12]

An amazing piece of art for Remembrance Day at Slimbridge Church, Glos
‘Ghost soldiers’ (made of wire) stand over the graves of the fallen. Very moving
#LestWeForget

[Ragged Trousered Philanderer @RaggedTP]

Priti Patel: "and to the criminals, let me say this; we are coming after you"

[Ordinary Left @OrdinaryLeft]

Stop telling ordinary people to change their lifestyle for climate change while the billionaire class play at space cowboys.