Ellie Made It

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I had a nice wallow in Dwarf Fortress when I was on holiday but it really is too disastrously compelling for me to be allowed to play it when other tasks like eating, sleeping and going to work are on the line. For a less dangerous thrill, try Sticky Business steamcommunity.com/app/2303350

Steam Community :: Sticky Business

Sticky Business - Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!

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iplayer is desperate, absolutely desperate, simply cannot wait for me to watch that thing that says that my city is a hellhole but genteely pretends not to see the nub of the issue and i am similarly desperate for a nuclear block on programs on iplayer

I'm going in on the Sandcastle Bake Off. Sometimes you get a perfect combination of subject matter, contestants, setting and vibe. Given they've plopped the whole series down in a oner, I'm suspecting our brave Sandcastleers have not got that.

The Worst Witch books were good because Mildred Hubble wasn't a chosen one, but she pushed against a system determined not to accommodate her. Plus, their proceeds are not used to fund eliminationist lawfare. You can get an interesting stick from the ground and play at magic, if you want.

With 12 out of 15 Strictly contestants announced the pod squad has guessed exactly ZERO of this years cast, which is kind of impressive considering we already knew Dani Dyer would be back.

Commonwealth Games general thoughts: - I am a sucker for anything with international delegations and lanyard pin swaps, it makes me giddy - On one hand these games are the relics of empire which is grotty but on the other I love to see athletes from all the big and little commonwealth members

my only slightly tin foily theory about the erosion of human rights is that it makes a lot of the more abhorrent reactions to the upcoming climate disaster easier for corporations and goverments to enact