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He gazed keenly into the distance and looked as if he would quite like the wind to blow his hair back dramatically at that point, but the wind was busy fooling around with some leaves a little way off.

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 3, Life, the Universe, and Everything, ch. 2 (1982)

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦Jan 20

Oh, FFS. What now?

(That wasn't about anything in particular. It just seems to be perpetually appropriate these days, what with Trump and what's going on with the foreign and domestic policies in the United States.)

#USA #Trump #US #UnitedStates #Tariffs #Greenland #ICE #Canada #NobelPeacePrize #LifeTheUniverseAndEverything

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Hennie Poetsma-Bruinsma 🇪🇺Jan 18

#UniteEurope #THHGTTG #LifeTheUniverseAndEverything

* Read The Manual
** The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy
*** Yes, the name is awful enough to make a robot feel depressed. No worries, it’s just a working title, the petition calls for a united Europe - that’s what matters. 5/5

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/united-states-of-europe-now-national-leaders-unlock-our-potential?source=direct_link

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adastra Sep 10, 2025

In and out of the reading slump

I’ve been having a terrible book hangover ever since I finished reading the Realm of the Elderlings series, about which I extensively blogged. It was such a great series and a deeply emotional reading experience, that I struggled really hard with most books I’ve tried to read ever since. I’ve probably had the worst reading slump I ever had in my time of actively reading books.

My first […]

https://chaosworks.org/2025/reading-slump/

TrèsFluke HAS MOVED Apr 18, 2025

Dimethyl sulfide is in the news after NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected relatively high levels of it in the atmosphere of an exoplanet called K2-18 b
#LifeTheUniverseAndEverything #Webb
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-dimethyl-sulfide-the-chemical-found-on-exoplanet-k2-18-b/

What Is Dimethyl Sulfide, the Chemical Potentially Found on Exoplanet K2-18 b?

Dimethyl sulfide is in the news after NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected relatively high levels of it in the atmosphere of an exoplanet called K2-18 b

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Alexander Dyas Jan 8, 2025

“So we’re not home and dry?” asked Arthur
“We could not even be said” replied Ford “to be home and vigorously towling ourselves off.”

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Court Cantrell does not comply Nov 23, 2024

Marquee at vet's office: GIVE THANKS FOR PETS & GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

me: glad it says and, not in

spouse: pets in casserole, or casserole in pets?

me: I'd rather have casserole in pets than pets in casserole

him: green bean casserole is good either way

me: with pets in it?! ew, NOOOOOOOO!

him: they're eating the dogs! they're eating the cats!

me: oh good grief
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These are the days of our lives.
#marriage
#family
#lifetheuniverseandeverything
#CurrentEvents
#thanksgiving

quangobaud Oct 11, 2024

A video for a song by The Lovely Eggs from Yolkshire, Eggland.
Maybe Surreal, Dada, Vortex, Situationist, Installation or all the styles.

#TheLovelyEggs #Music #Art #LifeTheUniverseAndEverything

https://youtu.be/0JtZYDl1Fl0?si=hLYj5ulWO4tTV2eF

The Lovely Eggs- Nothing/Everything

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JdeBP May 23, 2024

For those of you in the know, today is the day that you can calibrate search engine caching by seeing how many results in the list contain the number 42 when it should be 41.

#UKPolitics #UKGeneralElection #LifeTheUniverseAndEverything

Carole Apr 3, 2024

Got the pdf of the next of my comedy meta-travelogues this morning. Unlike last month it's not on Page 42.
#TravelWriting #Humour #MostlyTrue #MostlyHarmless #LifeTheUniverseAndEverything