Simon Howard @fraggle@octodon.social

take me down to parallax city where the back moves slow and the front moves quickly

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In honour of St. Skeletor's Day here's a story about two giant tortoises who ended their 100 year relationship. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tortoise-breakup-bibi-and-poldi

And a miserable St. Skeletor's Day to all

I was looking for a quote about long term commitment to use as a reading at a wedding and this looks like it is just perfect

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"Downing Street blamed Mr Corbyn for the defeat"

That is indeed the role of the Leader of the Opposition 🤔

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47245992

I'm 99% certain the so-called "European Research Group" has never published anything in a peer reviewed journal

TIL there's an entire city in California that was apparently incorporated just for tax purposes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Industry,_California

"crypto-currencies are attractive to people who want to make illegal purchases on the Dark Web - a part of the internet that is not indexed by search engines"

always amuses me when journalists don't know the difference between "deep web" and "dark web"

"The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to -" GET TO THE POINT

BBC commentary on the cameraman who was attacked by Trump supporters, suggests that the atmosphere at these rallies is gradually becoming more and more violent: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47219957