David Marshall

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A writer currently querying a two-book series set in a comic fantasy Australia. Harold is a failed alchemist, about to fail at dragon slaying. He is armed with a cheese knife. Princess Ruby has a sword. She has it at Harold's throat. #WritingCommunity #amquerying
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Auroras over Northern Canada
Credits: Kwon, O Chul, TWAN
#nature #space #astrophotography
Fox’s McEnany Complains To Trump DHS Spox About Acquitted Sandwich Guy: ‘You Can Just Throw Sa ...

Kayleigh McEnany complained Saturday about "sandwich guy" Sean Dunn being acquitted of assault for chucking a subway sandwich at an ICE agent.

Mediaite
Spotted in Belfast
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can't remember where I saw it but "Using AI in education is like using a forklift in the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you" is a solid quote

"75% did not know it was after 2000 that British taxpayers finished paying off the money borrowed by UK government in 1833 ... to compensate enslavers for their 'loss of property'."

I'm in that 75%. I had no idea it was only after 2000.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/25/most-britons-do-not-know-scale-of-uks-involvement-in-slavery-survey-finds

Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds

Vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved and for how long, although poll finds support for reparations is rising

The Guardian
Here's how the "Ship of Theseus" page looked in July 2003 when it was first created! Since then, the article has been edited 1792 times. 0% of its original phrases remain.
Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to be a professional dickhead.

For my European friends now waking up.

How far did Bilbo and Frodo walk?

The Shire is a barely hidden reference to the Garden Counties of England. Before the Ice Age, it was possible to walk into Europe.

The superimposed map shows the Lonely Mountain near Chojnice, Poland, and Mount Doom down around Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

That's some hiking.

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