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[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘sockdolager’ (19th century): a heavy or knockdown blow; a finisher.

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

Really picked the wrong life not to be born to wealthy parents. That’s on me

[Longreads @Longreads]

"I could wax poetic about the unique flavor of the Roman Empire and the Bible. I could claim to have tasted history itself. But the truth is that it tasted like a date." #longreads @MattiFriedman @SmithsonianMag https://t.co/Kg6rWksTlD

[Melissa @Melissa_Moyle]

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[Melissa @Melissa_Moyle]

@yodaberg This is amazing, I was dreadful at those things so am a little in awe. Hope you all have a marvellous time 😁

[Dr. Erik Wade -- CEASEFIRE NOW @erik_kaars]

MEDIEVAL MERMAID THREAD

White people on the internet: The Little Mermaid can't be black! It's a European legend! She has to be white!

Medieval Europeans:

(Book of Hours, Dutch, f. 67)

[David Wales @DavidWalesNM]

"The worst script is the one never written" he said to himself as he wrote the second worst script.

[Melissa @Melissa_Moyle]

https://t.co/UJAaz3Hgqx

[Melissa @Melissa_Moyle]

https://t.co/XCuSAqdSLA

[Melissa @Melissa_Moyle]

https://t.co/WSaTv8i96C

[Seattle Met @SeattleMet]

Microsoft banished it. Time labeled it one of the 50 worst inventions ever. But nearly three decades after its genesis at the Redmond tech giant, Clippit—better known as Clippy—improbably lives on. https://t.co/mmOd2hJtOp

[Dr Helen Ingram @drhingram]

The Tolkiens knew how to throw a party

[Alasdair Beckett-King @MisterABK]

I can't understand how you look at a panel with five white guys and one black women and think, "Damn it! She stole my spot!"

[Catherine Curzon @MadameGilflurt]

Love these #Frockingfabulous military vibes! 1899, via the Met.

[Melissa @Melissa_Moyle]

@jones_writer I have done it a few times and the approach has depended on my age at the time, if I had had drinks, and on my interest level. Once they get over the shock, most of the time they’ve said yes

[Melissa @Melissa_Moyle]

@MelissaGijsbers I would 💯 be losing my mind with excitement anytime anyone wanted to buy something I created so I think this is completely normal 😁

[Craig Deeley 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @craiguito]

Eddie Izzard ran 28 marathons in 28 days, I think to myself while picking my underwear off the floor with my toes to avoid bending down.

[Paul Fairie @paulisci]

A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore

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[Melissa @Melissa_Moyle]

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[The Sage @SarkySage]

General relativity for babies 🤓