Jarrod Baker

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nobody will remember: - your salary - how “busy you were” - how many hours you worked people will remember: - how many squid facts you knew - if you offered others squid facts - how you made people feel when you told them a squid fact

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Apropos to recent events in the literary world, I have written a long essay on why a) you should not idolize creative people, b) come to think of it, you shouldn't idolize anyone, c) holy fuck you really should not idolize ME. whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...

Please Don’t Idolize Me (or Anyone, Really)whatever.scalzi.com In the wake of the various recent allegations involving Neil Gaiman, people have been both very sad that someone who they looked up to as an inspiration has, allegedly, turned out to be something l…

look overall these reviews aren’t *terrible* but like… “thigh meat is not used enough in burgers”? buddy where have you been thespinoff.co.nz/kai/17-08-20...

if I leave Spotify will it be because they treat artists like shit or because they’re constantly negging me

hear me out: a Tracy Chapman cover about Teslas. You got a fash car

An underrated benefit of the Olympics is how many great names there are. E.g. how good was it that we sent a marathon runner called “French” to Paris. The Irish runner called “English” was also pretty good.

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not finished with my novel yet bc of a massive DDOS attack

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about to ddos this plate of fries

I see the Olympics closing ceremony has given us another map without New Zealand on it

is it time to bring back some of the traditional tests for witchcraft? just asking questions

well the New Zealand medal table has to beg the question, really: are men just bad at sport

one of the English commentators for the Olympics is basically Alan Partridge. more than once he has described someone’s attempt at an event as “mouthwatering”

help I think I may have reached peak prepper

“why do they spend all this money on cycleways when I never see anyone use them” well for one it’s way cheaper to build cycle infrastructure than it is to try & teach people in cars that they might have to share the road occasionally

quite pleasant to realise you can make posts on this site that would turn into absolute garbage fires in the old place

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shaggy sneaking off to the kitchen to make a big ass sandwich while the rest of mystery inc is investigating the haunted house

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Whenever I see amazing stories like this I can’t help but think about all the people claiming that some athletes have an “unfair advantage” because of their biology. What about all the advantages certain athletes have in terms of resources? Training! Equipment! Nobody is yelling about that!!

Arshad Nadeem made his own weights out of cement. He didnt have access to training facilities or coach. His village had to pool money together to buy him a javelin and send him to the Olympics and international qualifying events. Here they are celebrating his gold medal and new Olympic record

Might have to make myself some chicken schnitzel sandwiches.

you’re correct, it’s not fair on women! in particular it’s not fair that the woman who won the gold medal should have been put through all that bullshit

it appears this has reached the level of minor vitality at which people feel compelled to explain it to me

the funniest argument against everyday use of te reo Māori is that it “bastardises English with foreign words”. girl have you even *met* English

why do boxing refs look like they’re about to ask me if I’d like them to explain the menu

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if you see this post a vampire

If you see this post a vampire

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It's a big day for music fans today (8th August), as it marks the 20th anniversary of the Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident. And if you think you can guess where this story is going, I assure you that you cannot. Spoiler: things rapidly went down the drain. And, er, didn't.

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unlike you I get my news from a reliable source

unlike you i get my news from a reliable source

the funniest argument against everyday use of te reo Māori is that it “bastardises English with foreign words”. girl have you even *met* English

the Paris Olympics really did try “pretending it doesn’t exist” as an infection control measure, didn’t they

today Elliot told us she needed to take some ham to school because her teacher was bringing bread & they were making sandwiches as some sort of reading exercise. she was light on specifics & I smelled a rat but we packed her some ham anyway…

Oh man. Might have to have a succulent Chinese meal in his honour. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3503...

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