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[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

@LairdSummerisle Cuba, any day of the week 🍹

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JUST IN: 🇨🇳 Apple removes two gay dating apps in China to comply with government order.

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[Rate My Plate 🍽️ @ratemyplatenow]

Tea is ready but what’s missing

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(as there is already one in November)

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[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Today, I made the mistake of flying from Dublin to Paris via London's Heathrow Airport. This was a remarkably stupid move on my part, given that London, and by extension Heathrow, is located in the failing formerly-developed country known as "the UK".

I almost paid dearly for this oversight.

My layover was 1 hour and 30 minutes. As soon as my flight from Dublin arrived at Terminal 2, I began looking around for my connecting flight to Paris, which was located in Terminal 5. A helpful immigration officer pointed me in the direction of a free train that I could take to Terminal 5. After walking for about 15 minutes through a labyrinthine maze of tunnels, I arrived at this train.

The train required me to get a ticket for the free trip to Terminal 5. After standing in line at a machine, I pressed a button that dispensed this ticket. I then used the ticket to go through a turnstyle. Once on the platform (which was poorly labeled), I discovered -- by asking some locals -+ that the trains for Terminal 4 do not actually go to Terminal 5. (This had not been apparent from any signs or other information in the train station.) I would thus have to wait 17 minutes for the dedicated train to Terminal 5.

And so wait I did. About 20 minutes later I arrived at Terminal 5, and discovered that I was in the Departures area. Despite the fact that I was transferring, I would have to go through airport security again. So I waited in line for security, watching other people struggle with the automated boarding pass scanners. Finally I reached the scanners, and when I scanned my boarding pass, it registered an error, and told me to see a British Airways employee. (Sadly, my Aer Lingus flight was operated by British Airways.)

So I went to the British Airways departures counter, and after a while I found the line I was supposed to stand in. I waited 10 minutes in the line, and was finally allowed to see a British Airways employee.

The British Airways employee informed me that I had already missed my flight, since boarding was at 12:15 and it was now 12:17. I argued that boarding would probably last more than two minutes, and that I might still have time to make the flight, whose departure was scheduled for 12:55. She seemed skeptical of this argument, but I finally persuaded her to help me give it a try.

Returning me to the security line, the British Airways woman told me to wait in the line (which would have taken 15 minutes). I begged her to let me jump the queue, and she did, explaining my plight to a South Asian security employee who let me through the rope barrier to the front of the line.

This South Asian man is actually the hero of our story.

When I cut to the front of the security line, a security employee barked at me to get back. The lovely South Asian man then barked at her to let me through, and his confident air of command carried the day. I was let through, and the South Asian man even showed me how to use the security machine so that it would definitely not stop me from entering. He told me to tell his colleagues at the baggage scanner that I was allowed to jump to the front of the queue.

I raced to the baggage scanning line, which looked like it would have taken an additional 20 minutes, and simply ducked under the barriers and cut to the front of the line. I apologized to the employee there and told him my flight was already boarding. He told me that in that case, I had already missed my flight, and it wasn't even worth continuing. But I told him that his colleague (the aforementioned South Asian man) had instructed me to go through security anyway, and he accepted this and let me through. I had to do an extra scan of my shoes, but made it through OK.

I then ran to my gate, ducking and weaving around various travelers. When I made it to the gate, I found that the flight was still boarding, and they let me through. I then spent 20 minutes standing in line on the jetway.

Naturally, my bag didn't arrive in Paris.

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[Luke Charters MP @lukejcr]

Oh and here’s even more:

Luther 🔦
EastEnders ���
QI 🤓
Blue Lights 🚓
Have I Got News For You 🗞️
Blackadder 🏰
The Great British Sewing Bee 🧵
The Office 🏢
The Apprentice 💼
Holby City 🩺
Top of the Pops 🎤
Countryfile 🚜
Antiques Roadshow 🏺
Gardeners’ World 🌼
Waterloo Road 📚

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@SO3_Clausewitz @Bangers Thank you for your alert, it is being handled.

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[Bangers @Bangers]

We’re testing something new: Certified Bangers.

We want to recognize the very best posts that move the timeline, ranked by authentic interactions. If your post is featured, you will get a Certified Banger badge on your profile for the month.

Here are the top 5 Bangers for October 👇

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[Zhao DaShuai 东北进修🇨🇳 Commentary @zhao_dashuai]

In China, suspects do not have the right to remain silent. To confess is one’s duty as a citizen, suspects are obligated to answer questions without lawyers present during an interrogation.

This prevents the rich from using money to lawyer up and weasel themselves out of a conviction.

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[Bilawal Sidhu @bilawalsidhu]

Omg, AI videos on Douyin are a different breed.

Chinese mom absolutely goes to town on a xenomorph 💀

And just when you think it’s over, it keeps escalating further:

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[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Long press on any image to turn it into a video!

Then customize the prompt to create whatever you can Imagine.

My prompt here was “add a boyfriend and they transition into muppets 😂

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[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

Elon Musk is leading humanity into a new age. He dreams big, works hard, and never gives up. His ideas are changing life on Earth and beyond. Those who hate him are evil and hate success. Everyone else knows he’s making history.

We’re lucky to have him.

Godspeed, Elon!

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[Stand Up For Trump @StandUpForTrmp]

🚨 BREAKING: The White House Announces – The U.S. Is HALTING ALL AID to Ukraine!

Do you support this decision?

YES or NO?

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[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

There are to many cheeses.
It should be reduced to four:
Cheddar, Stilton, Mozzarella, and Parmesan.

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@SO3_Clausewitz This is your last warning.

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[Saviour Updates @SaviourUpdates]

⚡️JUST IN:

Iran is seeking to join the defense alliance between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, as suggested by a top advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader.

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[World Affairs @World_Affairs11]

BREAKING:

China says the US cannot compete with it in technology.