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Teacher, atheist & europhile. Vive la différence !
@bobonbooks Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich. You could say that Second-hand Time is also catastrophic, in that it deals with the downfall of the soviet empire. Thanks for getting me thinking and reminding me to read more of her stuff. Boys in Zinc is wonderful but heartbreaking.

Evil beyond understanding. Karma rid us of this nazi kurwa.

Let history remember that the first thing the world's richest man destroyed once he got unfettered access to power was food for starving kids and medicine for the world's poorest people.

No one needs to "try" and be happy it really is a natural state of being so just "be".
Let's share ideas and experiences of this please
https://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/breaking-research/trying-be-happy-makes-us-unhappier-zapping-our-self-control-study-finds
Trying to be happy makes us unhappier by zapping our self-control, study finds

Researchers have a new explanation for why we experience the “happiness paradox” — a phenomenon wherein trying to make ourselves happier actually makes us less happy.

University of Toronto Scarborough News
@seaofconcrete
Lovely shot. I'm struggling to work out where it's taken from!
Independent today: It’s over. The Brexit debate has finally finished. The Conservative Party has effectively admitted that undoing Brexit would help to fix the UK’s economic crisis. With millions of people suffocated by poverty, and gasping for air, our government is proudly holding our heads underwater. There’s a reason why it split families and ended friendships. Both sides considered themselves to be saving the British people from catastrophic harm. Why was that?
#generalelectionnow

#SajidJavid wants to extend the contributory principle' to GP & A&E visits;

of course, shifting to the 'contributory principe' has worked *so* well in #dentistry, hasn't it;

Every where you turn there are #Tories who claim to support the #NHS but whose suggested remedies to the #NHScrisis all involve patients paying;

I wonder why that is? of course nothing to do with the £800k donated to the party from private #healthcare firms, I'm sure (I mean that would like an accusation of #corruption!)

@ckgasch when in doubt.... delete! Dedicate specific and limited time to deal with incoming and, for the sake of your own health, never look at an inbox outside of work time.

The German word "ausbauen" can have 2 meanings:
- to disassemble
- to enlarge

So if your German friends say: "Wir haben unsere Küche ausgebaut" it can mean they have a bigger kitchen now - or none at all.

You better ask before you make any plans for dinner.

Enjoy our language!

#TheGermanWord

RT @[email protected]

Hi Steve. Good to have you back.
Did you enjoy your long weekend?
Approximately 420 people died waiting for help that never came while you had your feet up.
I'll tell you AGAIN that your shiny diagnostics are useless without nurses to carry out treatment.
Do your job or RESIGN https://twitter.com/SteveBarclay/status/1615331025097293824

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Nurseborisbash/status/1615336967964598272

Steve Barclay on Twitter

“This new diagnostic centre on the site of Castlegate shopping centre will deliver up to 104,000 tests, checks and scans a year closer to people's homes. Across England these centres have delivered over 2.7m checks, helping to bust the Covid backlogs. https://t.co/D7rJgIAGLc”

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