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    The photo at the top of this story captures the exact moment I started weeping in the theatre. https://t.co/v9qqajiTH7


    TFW you pick the cafe in London with the Spanish name and it turns out to be run by Australians. 😂 ❤️🦘 https://t.co/SFyCwquftT


    @mage0r Wow! Well, I think Abuelo in London has about a dozen of ‘em.


    @MrMitchHenson First proper brekkie roll I’ve had on over a year!



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    Back home in Munich and celebrating 14 years of married adventures with a special gin from our friends Emily and Clare. “Rhamanta” is the old Welsh custom of divining who your partner will be for life. Appropriate. ❤️



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    Back home in Munich and celebrating 14 years of married adventures with a special gin from our friends @diepdin and Clare. “Rhamanta” is the old Welsh custom of divining who your partner will be for life. Appropriate. ❤️

    Back home in Munich and celebrating 14 years of married adventures with a special gin from our friends @diepdin and Clare. “Rhamanta” is the old Welsh custom of divining who your partner will be for life. Appropriate. ❤️


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    These stories have literally been written every year for the past 20. Can we put the granny knitter trope to bed yet? 🙄 https://t.co/QVIt5en1ha


    We made a special pilgrimage to the Belstaff store so he could try on the Milford (aka the Sherlock coat). 😍 Strongly tempted, but he’s worried he won’t get much wear out of it in Sydney… https://t.co/5If7O4ljGs


    After more than a year of waiting, we finally saw @OceanWestEnd today. I loved it, and there were images that will stay with me a long time. I wept the entire last 30min, which were beautiful and sad and scary and cathartic. Thank you to @neilhimself and the cast & crew. 🌊😭❤️ https://t.co/DBGEkqYcpk



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    We made a special pilgrimage to the Belstaff store so he could try on the Milford (aka the Sherlock coat). 😍 Strongly tempted, but he’s worried he won’t get much wear out of it in Sydney…


    We’ve been waiting over a year for this! I remember reading about the National Theatre production of @neilhimself’s novel and being sad that I was unlikely to ever see it. Can’t quite believe we’re actually here! ❤️


    Enjoying my ice cream during the intermission. Thirty minutes after this I was sobbing in my seat at a sublimely beautiful scene involving PUPPETS. It was one of the most affecting things I’ve ever seen on stage, and I just couldn’t stop weeping. I cried the whole way back to the hotel and I still feel on the verge hours later. Thank you @neilhimself and the cast and crew of @oceanwestend for a magical and cathartic performance. 😭❤️



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    @claudiajayne_ Congrats!! ❤️


    Made it back to London and found the Christmas market in Trafalgar Square! 🎄🎁🦁 @ Trafalgar Square https://t.co/UJjSzND0xN


    RT @kailaswild: If you live in NSW please add your voice to our petition calling for the protection of 200 hectares of core koala habitat t…



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    Made it back to London and found the Christmas market in Trafalgar Square! 🎄🎁🦁


    Who’s ready for some carnivorous “nose-to-tail” eating?? This guy! Roasted bone marrow 🦴, Jerusalem artichoke, mallard 🦆, hare 🐇, chocolate cake, and ginger loaf. 😍



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    TIL a new German idiom: “einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen”. Literally to make a line through the bill (like at a restaurant), but figuratively to put a stop to something (similar to “throw a spanner in the works”). https://t.co/YeAkr5jbZD


    RT @MelissaKaulfuss: 🙋‍♀️Come and work with me @buildkite! We’re hiring a Developer Advocate in the Pacific Timezone 🌎 We have so much to w…


    Road tripping in Wales on a wet and foggy day. First stop is a whisky distillery! 🥃 @ Penderyn Distillery Visitor Centre https://t.co/yZQkKAL57p


    It happened in Indiana. Of course. 🙁 https://t.co/MedfVaHEdG


    @darkosubotica I remain in deep denial.


    RT @RoaldDahlFans: I made a very special pilgrimage today to Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff, Wales! I also walked out to the Barrage where I f…


    RT @DataScienceDojo: 💥 A list of MySQL joins types!
    Source: Steve Stedman

    #SQL #DataScience #AI #ML https://t.co/nSVrpQSCdl



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    Road tripping in Wales on a wet and foggy day. First stop is a whisky distillery! 🥃


    Pub lunch in Ebbw Vale. Pretty good!


    Welcome to The Valley of the Snooks! Today we tracked down the actual house the Snook’s Granddad was born in, 101 years ago. ❤️


    My own pilgrimage today was, of course, to Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff. (He was born there!) We also walked out to the Barrage where we found Crocky-Wock, the Enormous Crocodile. 🐊



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    A bracing walk in Wales to start the day before I host a session for #AWSCultureathon 2021 – #AWSCultureChamp and #AWSStartUps jointly present the first-ever global marathon event. Learn more:
    https://t.co/RdeM18lGCN and see you in 20min on Clubhouse!
    https://t.co/RdeM18lGCN https://t.co/g6oBaOMoU7


    RT @lenadroid: Our team at AWS is looking for a leader to manage a team of specialist advocates focused on AI/ML, Data Engineering, and Dat…


    RT @giulio_mattioli: This is brilliant from German daily Zeit

    “Things you get tax rebates for in Germany:

    🟪 driving a company car
    🟦 dr…




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