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I finally made it onto the Right Side of History list! #14693 reporting for duty.

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@devonlass Ooh, I LOVE that last flag with the tiny black and white squares! Let it be known henceforth that I identify as 'Digital Download.'

My pronouns are the dial-up Internet connection noise, which must be made in full every time anyone refers to me. (Zoomers may need to look it up.)

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@TheScelata @LauraBeckerReal I'd never heard of the Skoptsy before: words fail me. And yes, absolutely relevant to the video of the young woman above.

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@willlowthewhisp Yes, in Australia in the late 1990s.

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@HazelAppleyard_ Did anybody else immediately think there was a coded message here in Ogham? If there is, I can't make it out.

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@redheadranting You can toss some in boiling water and then let it cool to make a lovely hair and body wash for the shower. Not too strong, though, or your hair will smell like a leg of lamb for days. (Voice of experience...)

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@HazelAppleyard_ This was Foff, a little cat who (much to his dismay, as he's not a cat person) attached herself to my dad. She wasn't the brightest, but very sweet, and she was my companion for months when I was ill.

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@Serena_Partrick @Waterstones Women in the comments: This book is great, everyone should read it.

Men in the comments: This book is evil, no one should read it.

It just couldn't get any clearer, could it?

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@_nomadic_soul @VolcanoGrrrls @oregonwoman In some countries, women are still fighting for female toilets because the alternative is going in the fields, where men rape them.

Women also fought for single-sex prisons, because when they were imprisoned with men, the men raped them. https://t.co/43RVtz1J8P

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@_nomadic_soul @VolcanoGrrrls @oregonwoman Yes. Here's an article on the 'urinary leash' which shows how advocacy by groups of women (in the face of male opposition and sabotage) led to the creation of female-only toilets. https://t.co/SJDsDAaR8T

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@thefempire50 @_nomadic_soul Exactly this. How can people not see it when it's so obvious?? None so blind, I suppose...

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@ThePiperPie @NancyOSykes @HazelAppleyard_ You used the word 'depressed,' and now the bots are offering to cure Oscar the Grouch with psilocybin. What a bizarre online world we inhabit.

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@RebeccaTucker85 Awful! Had it been a tribute to the news crews who have gone into war zones along with the soldiers and lost their lives reporting from the ground, that would have been meaningful. But this is just wealthy newsmen congratulating themselves from the safety of their offices.

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@RebeccaTucker85 @HazelAppleyard_ My theory is that a bloke's train of thought goes like this:

Male in a dress = effeminate = weak = not a threat = what are you women so worried about?

Once they're made aware of what's really happening, those who care about women start to care, and those who don't, don't.

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@ThatFoxChick1 @YetItMoves @BrunswickSteve @HazelAppleyard_ I think that's right - she was speaking somewhere and they all turned up to shout their usual abuse while holding toy sharks.

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@Justabaker17 @HazelAppleyard_ That is so adorably, innocently wicked, and I love it!

Here's a great figure skating video you may enjoy using in future YouTube bombings:
https://t.co/UDh2gTpUSO

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@FasterPussy @HazelAppleyard_ @Tea94852859 I know this one! It was a shrike, also called a butcher bird because they really do impale prey like that. Truth in television...

Between Animals of Farthing Wood and The Brave Little Toaster, I watched a surprising amount of existential horror as a kid. Definitely a Millennial.

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@rottengirl I wish I were, but no! Same reason I rarely offer my opinion on other controversial topics: my heart rate shoots through the roof as soon as people get angry, and I know there are good points I could make, but I can't remember any of them. All I want is the arguing to stop.

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@TheDailyHPotter First photo: weird to see Bellatrix smiling!

Third photo, windswept and enigmatic: ah, that's more like it!

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@FasterPussy @HazelAppleyard_ @Tea94852859 https://t.co/lrZlCpAv9m

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@FasterPussy @HazelAppleyard_ @Tea94852859 Argh, the baby mice impaled on thorns!! And Mrs Pheasant getting turned into Sunday roast! That show did NOT mess around.

But yes, it did have a great theme tune, and that will make a wonderful mural!

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@Ioniandancer96 @HazelAppleyard_ I suppose it depends on whether or not he identifies as Superman...