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31 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Thank you, Iceland.

Sincerely.

The best kind of Eurovision submission is definitely "Y'know, we KNOW we're not gonna win. But god dammit, you're gonna REMEMBER us."
Oh my god oh my GOD
So now, for me, it's like

Bjork

and THIS guy

seriously

That is my frame of reference

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It is fake. You are fake.
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All my pals (and listeners to the @dirtyoldladies podcast) know I have a super-duper hate-on for time travel in fiction.

When asked why, I usually say something like "OK, so I sprint out of the time machine, run to my childhood home, and kill my 5-year-old self. SOLVE FOR THAT."
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And so and and so on, ad nauseam.
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Scream it from the mountaintops.
Th Egyptians who built the pyramids were proud to be part of the project. They gave their work gangs charismatic nicknames (like "Drunkards of Menkaure") and wrote secret graffiti on the blocks they put in place. They brought their families with them during building season.
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I grew up in the US state of Maryland, which (for folks who don't know) features a good chunk of the Chesapeake Bay. It's a big part of Maryland identity.

It's weird to be reading about all the islands sinking into it due to climate change.

Not in the future. Right now.
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