DorothyBendel

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.

What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day

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Black cat curled up on a bed, her head tucked & body curved in the shape of a comma

My cat decided to go as a comma this Halloween

I'm very sorry for your loss

Somehow it is tempting me more than ever ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm so very sorry

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Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.

listen, I didn't stop listening to Nirvana when they started selling the smiley face shirts at Urban Outfitters; I'm not gonna stop using em-dashes just because chatGPT uses them

David Byrne at #NoKings on his bike.

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a man with a mohawk is singing into a microphone in a dark room . Alt: Robert Smith singing into a microphone and dancing in a dark room .

Welp, seeing @thecure.com next summer is a bright spot in the midst of all this madness

Re-upping this because we still need some help 🙏

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Theme park peeps: I wrote my Masters thesis on the use of intelligence methods to protect theme parks and I live very close to Bedford, UK. Know anyone in Universal management who may be interested to know that?

As another migraineur, I appreciate your piece in Stylist. Hope you find that solution soon!

Mitchell!

This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.

Measles cases in Texas rise to 663 amid outbreaks in other US states Texas officials say 87 patients hospitalized as researchers say country at tipping point for return of endemic measles

If you don't have reliable childhood vaccination records (like me), I urge you to seek out an MMR blood test to check for immunity.
Glad I did because - SURPRISE - I needed to be vaccinated (first already done).

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Never forget:
Iceman was right.

Showing the accessibility settings for alt text in bluesky with two options: Require alt text before posting Display larger alt text badges Both are checked

As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.

Absolutely! Accepting rejection as just a normal part of it all is such a crucial step. Acceptance stats only serve to discourage.

100% agree. Ignore acceptance stats!

Remember that a character saying something is not exactly the author saying it.

It’s always bothered me when a character quote is posted like an interview quote. Uh, that was Satan, not Milton.

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My favourite film genres are

5. Messy friendships in an aesthetically pleasing environment

4. Space sh*t

3. "Boy, we sure are good at doing crimes!"

2. Period dramas w/ yearning + commentary on how f*cked society is

1. "This place seems totally normal...WAIT"

One of my favourites, from one of the all-time greats