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A few different things.

Due to the closure of pillowfort and trying to bring across some of the best things from that site, yourlibrarian has set up a food comm: allaboutfood. You can read more in her post here

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Does anyone remember The Million Dollar Homepage? Backstory here. A delightful piece of internet history.

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UK peeps: If your mortage is up for renewal within the next year read this.

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Avaaz petition: Don't hand the UN to the UAE

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I keep meaning to share this:



From my Tumblr here, which has more info.

tl;dr

- if you copy the URL from the actual website, you're good
- if you copy the 'share' link, delete everything from the question mark onwards (the bit starting with 'si') or they can track you

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ETA: ao3_isdown is hosting a AO3 Is Down Promptathon!

I've barely used Facebook for years (honestly, HOW do people navigate it, it's so bad), but guess I'm deleting it completely now. Yes this is specifically about businesses, but we know that's not all.

Dear a_phoenixdragon, I wish you the happiest of birthdays! And that the coming year brings happy days and a brighter future and far less stress. 🫶

So, I am subscribed to the blog Doomsday Scenario ('Reporting and thoughts from Garrett M. Graff, trying to answer if things are as bad as they seem'). He posted a number of 9/11 articles which I meant to share but... didn't. So here they are, late.

What We Get Wrong About How 9/11 Began: The 17 minutes that changed America

25 Years: Three stories about the legacy of 9/11

On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”

I have been following the whole Ed Sheeran & Macklemore issue with great interest. (Disclaimer: Before this I had no opinion on Ed Sheeran. I could possibly have told that that he wrote a song called 'The Shape of You', but I still do not know the tune or the lyrics.) So, I had no stake in anything. I have not lost an idol, nor been vindicated. Mostly it's just sad that he folded so easily.

Now the other Ed is Ed Milliband. I wrote about this previously, and yes, it was the very least he could do, but he did do it. And recently I came across this youtube short:

How Ed Miliband's late mum was at the forefront of his mind during his statement on Israel-Palestine


Please watch.

ETA: ( Read more... )

sweet_ali first put up this virtual candle in memory of the friends she lost.

Tim Curry too? 😢

Rest in Peace.

This is the funniest little fan video ever, and looks like it cost around 5p. ^_^