starlinguk

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parents used to warn their kids that literature would rot their brains. Then it was the radio, TV, and video games. Now it's TikTok.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They don't adapt, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨British Museum curator, 56, sacked after gold jewellery and gems worth tens of millions disappeared was world authority and one of institution's 'Monuments Men' who helped fight international looting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The Guardian has a similar misleading article.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So many expensive homes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Where I live they're all bought by investors/landlords.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guardians of the Galaxy 3 was Christian propaganda⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So is Harry Potter. And Lord of the Rings. Tropes, bitches.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you exerience back spasms pain so intense it makes you black out?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Will he? Mine didn't prescribe anything and sent me to a physiotherapist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crooked House: Fire at 'wonkiest' pub treated as arson - police⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The fire brigade also couldn't get close to the fire because someone had dumped mounds of earth on the road.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Guardian have quietly added a paywall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to subscribe, but I still got the annoying pop ups so I unsubscribed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Guardian have quietly added a paywall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Get Pressreader. Your local library probably has a membership. It has the Guardian for free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fake news community⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like it's gone. And nothing of value was lost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They should also be held accountable and not turn a blind eye to illegal behaviour on their server. If someone uses their server to organise a terrorist attack, they've facilitated it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No Need for Twitter—TikTok Users Can Now Make Text Posts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There are literally people in their nineties on there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eating less meat ‘like taking 8 million cars off the road’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Beans! Including chick peas.

  I don't live in a third world country but I live in the former DDR and vegan food is rare as hen's teeth. I'm even having trouble finding beans. Best place to go is Vietnamese shops, they're way more into veg.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eating less meat ‘like taking 8 million cars off the road’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If it wasn't for rampant consumerism there'd be fewer cargo ships.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eating less meat ‘like taking 8 million cars off the road’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Because muh steak.

  Which reminds me, I recently had a fantastic falafel kebab.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Britain is a developing country⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Is going backwards "developing", though?