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A piece of living shadow has broken through from the Void Dimension. Also, simulating dyslexia, escaping the Titanic, found poetry, and hair rats.
Jan 13 13
If you were like me, you're like “nup, I’ve reached my limit of new social media things I can be bothered understanding. The kids can have TikTok for t…
Dec 10, 2020 30
I recently found out that Anna Paquin won an Oscar when she was 9. How would that affect your life goals - if you’d already achieved one of the biggest…
Nov 25, 2020 23
I remember when I first noticed my internal monologue. I thought it was a cool trick I’d learned to do, speaking without making any sound. Like riding …
Nov 11, 2020 38
I have a lot of “there are two kinds of people” theories, because it’s fun to categorise things, but this one is probably the most tangibly useful; fig…
Oct 28, 2020 14
"Charles Bendire was willing to have his teeth broken to remove a rare egg that became stuck in his mouth. He had placed the egg in his mouth while cli…
Oct 14, 2020 15
Salt labyrinths - - Having a whinge - How I use a personal kanban - Whalefall/Cattlefall/Treefall - The chairman of Samsung is almost certainly dead
Sep 30, 2020 20
I have two modes: incredibly organised lists, or spiralling into chaos. There’s no middle ground. I’m like the alcoholic who can’t have just one drink,…
Sep 16, 2020 27
Making habits sustainable via planned fallback habits, architectural delights, two hacks for making twitter a more pleasant experience. Read me!
Sep 2, 2020 18
A mythological bird who is determined to punish the sea, IT KNOWS WHAT IT DID. Also: thoughts on family estrangement, the world's saddest cryptid, and …
Aug 19, 2020 21
The true origin of 'weasel words', collectible trading moon game, #preciousgems, and the back-to-school textbook list: combining my love of fresh start…
Aug 5, 2020 23
A selection of Irish curses, a steppe nomad's 1000-year old pet cat, plants panic and warn each other when they get wet, and a parable about shame.
Jul 22, 2020 28
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