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ctry21

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  • Civilization VII "Test of Time" update lands May 19, finally letting you play entirely as one civ

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  • I still don't want to touch it unless they remove Denuvo and the forced 2K launcher. Feels like with each entry it becomes less about the game and more about extracting as much money as they can through DLC while ramping up the anti-features.

  • Stop. Hammer Time.

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  • There's a pretty good video on the whole sixpenceeee situation here, for anyone that likes mini YouTube documentaries about tumblr drama

  • What are you watching and what do you recommend this week?

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  • Started Hacks recently, which is handy since the final series is airing between this and next month. It's a great satire of boomer vs zoomer dynamics through the relationship of an older comic and a younger writer, and one of the rare american TV shows that's managed to do only as many seasons as they planned from the beginning and then quit before it's no longer fresh.

  • Bully keeping weirdos in check

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  • "Bullying works" is one of those really nasty, regressive takes that always shocks me when it appears in otherwise progressive spaces

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    [Disc] How is everyone doing with Stardew Valley?

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  • Finally made it to ginger island on my current playthrough. I'm not playing as much each day now since this is my third 1.6 update farm, so chasing those walnuts all over again isn't exactly exciting me.

  • Green MP: Labour caricatures working-class people over greyhound racing

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  • I have a sighthound and although mine isn't ex-racer since he's not a purebred greyhound I know a lot of greyhound adopters whose dogs were found dumped in ditches left to die after getting injured racing, or abandoned because they were too slow, or even with scars from having cigarettes stubbed out on them as a punishment for losing a race. It's a disgusting industry and it's shameful that Labour want to act as though it's something all working class people support. There's a great documentary by the Irish public broadcaster RTÉ about the industry there but the same principles apply everywhere else. Sighthounds are such sensitive and sweet dogs that are usually far happier sleeping all day than racing.

  • TIL One of the two brothers who founded the Guinness Book of World Records was assassinated by the IRA

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  • It was one of the most controversial parts of the Good Friday Agreement to pardon people on both sides of the fence, but deemed a sort of necessary evil to obtain peace. A lot of ex-paramilitaries ended up as taxi drivers doing tours of Belfast and a lot of our older politicians in Northern Ireland are well known to have killed people. It sucks but it's the price of peace. Derry Girls' final episode dealt with it really well. I'm from the post-GFA generation so it was hard to get my head around it growing up but the alternative is far worse.

  • Gen Z Sabotaging AI at Work So It Won't Take Their Job

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  • Can't sabotage what's already broken. The rare time I've been asked to use it for a piece of work, the output is so shit and full of errors that it would be easier to have done it by hand as a human.

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    [Disc] How is everyone doing with Stardew Valley?

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  • Started a new playthrough after ~1 years break from the game. I'm about to enter year 1 winter with most of the community centre completed and my coop and barn past their first upgrade which is the quickest I've managed on a playthrough before.

    I've installed this mod that removes Pierre and replaces him with a much kinder shop owner. Because Pierre is the worst.

  • It's a European tradition to traumatize kids.

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  • It was fun growing up in the countryside and things like banshees and fairies being taken as a fact of life. I had a childhood friend that would come in to school saying she heard the banshees howling during the night and then woke up to find out a relative had died.

    There was a news report that resurfaced a few years back, accessible here, about the Housing Executive in Newry trying to get a fairy tree chopped down to build houses, and even after trying to bribe the workers with £200 no one would touch it and they had to build around it instead. And another where some builders halted work in the Mournes once they realised they were inside a fairy ring, 3 of them went on to suffer accidents that they attributed to revenge by the fairies, the foreman apologised to the fairies, and even the reporter was too worried to step inside the ring. We were told the legends too, like Tír na nÓg or Finn McCool, but I think it's amazing how much of the superstition and old mythology has persisted through the years, even after the country becoming Christian and even now as it becomes more secular.

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    There is only one way to split Europe

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  • This map is way off. The UK and Ireland both have Aldi Sud but seem to show Nord on this map. This is the correct map from Wikipedia with the rest of the world included, Aldi Nord is in blue and Aldi Sud is in orange:

  • Some cheeses are luminescent.

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  • Unfortunately it's very real. The author Naomi Klein has a great book about Naomi Wolf called Doppelganger, based on the fact that people keep getting the two of them confused. Her descent into the right-wing conspiracy world is quite a thing.

    Quite funny to see someone call Belfast calm and peaceful though. I'm in it quite regularly and usually just want to get out as soon as I can.

  • The contents of a jar of Nutella

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  • Same in Europe in the late 00s/early 10s anyway - the ads here boasted about it being a good source of slow-release energy to keep you going til lunch

  • My bee hotel is well frequented

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  • How deep is it? I bought a cheap pre-made one from a bargain shop before learning they need to be about 15cm deep to help them avoid predators, else it's very unlikely anything will want to visit

  • It's Sunday, how are your pets doing?

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  • It was daylight savings here, so he's confused why his breakfast and dinner were early and ended up eating them really late this evening instead. He's been busy scaring off cold callers and junk mailers today as well between his naps.

  • Looking for compost bin recommendation

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  • I put nearly everything into it, since they claim the hot temperatures are enough to kill perennial weeds and to process cooked food quickly enough to not attract rodents. The rougher stuff is good since it helps keep some airflow between the base and the vent. I saw one slug in the early days and it was on the lid trying to get out, haven't seen any since then. The 60°C temperatures are probably too hot for any pests to want to climb inside and if they did they would turn into compost quite quickly. But it is stupidly expensive, I had it in my basket for about two weeks before deciding to buy it.

  • Looking for compost bin recommendation

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  • Are you able to get a hotbin in Germany? I think some garden centres in Ireland will ship them to mainland Europe if they aren't sold directly. They do cost about €200-300, but they work very well. I've had one for a few weeks now and once the base layer was established it's been cooking at 50-60°C consistently and should produce either a mulch within the next few weeks or compost within 90 days of it being started. There's a carbon filter on it to reduce smells and the whole thing is made of thick polypropylene so it should be fairly rat proof. I keep it in my greenhouse to have an additional barrier from rats and because the steam from the vent is helping a little with keeping frost off my seedlings since there has still been some snow and hail here even in March. The only real downside so far has been the price.

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    Villagers in Kent bemused over 'celery stick' telegraph poles

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/cly72wjzdyro

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  • There is a bank in the UK that used employee bank balances to prove they didn't need a pay rise last year, which they were able to do because banking with them was a condition of employment

    When I was in school they once checked everyone's phones to make sure we had installed Twitter and followed the school's accounts for each department. That was about a decade ago so it's probably TikTok or something by now.

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  • I think it's just sold on privately here unfortunately, the council collects food and garden waste but doesn't allow residents to collect the end product. I'm in Ireland but I believe the same advice applies here, it's just we moved so late in the winter that autumn sowing wasn't a possibility. But yes I'm trying to be patient and remember this isn't a temporary rental, I'm here for the long haul and it doesn't need to look perfect right away.

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    Mitski - Nothing's About to Happen to Me

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    European broadcasters to vote on expelling Israel from Eurovision 2026

    www.theguardian.com /tv-and-radio/2025/sep/25/european-broadcasters-to-vote-on-expelling-israel-from-eurovision-2026
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    Keir Starmer expected to announce plans for digital ID cards

    www.theguardian.com /politics/2025/sep/25/keir-starmer-expected-to-announce-plans-for-digital-id-cards
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    Keir Starmer expected to announce plans for digital ID cards

    www.theguardian.com /politics/2025/sep/25/keir-starmer-expected-to-announce-plans-for-digital-id-cards
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    Northern Ireland at risk of race riot ‘permacrisis’, government files warn

    www.theguardian.com /uk-news/2025/sep/20/northern-ireland-at-risk-of-race-riot-permacrisis-government-files-warn
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    Eurovision officials to Israel: Temporarily resign or fly neutral flag to avoid contest ban

    www.ynetnews.com /culture/article/sk2wvteoeg
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    PHIL ELLIS' Season 20 Interview | Taskmaster

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    MAISIE ADAM'S Season 20 Interview | Taskmaster

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    ANIA MAGLIANO'S Season 20 Interview | Taskmaster

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    Taskmastermind | ED GAMBLE vs JENNY ECLAIR | Episode 1

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    Revealed — Aug 26, 2025

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