Devil Himself to pass within mere miles of council staff workplace, sandbags deployed, weeping ensues:

Although Mr Farage’s brief presence in the city will have “no direct impact” on Council staff, Leeds City Council human resources chief, Mr John Ebo, has assured pre-emptively traumatised employees that they will be comforted with “wellbeing network chats.” “Safe space conversations” will, of course, be “enabled.”

Council employees are urged to “be vigilant.”

I’m just going to leave this here, for no reason whatsoever.

Readers may detect an implicit gulf, both political and psychological, between much of the electorate and the people who spend their money.

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And then, quite suddenly, the drugs kicked in. || Discourse was attempted. || Wakawakawaka. || He kept it well hidden. || For when you have to leave quickly. || Free-love nest. || At last, a Bob Ross diorama. || Confidence in wrongdoing. || Boat fence. || “Why would they make the box shinier if it’s not better?” || He’s going to have to start wearing a bra. || How broken bones heal. || His is bigger. || Black hole simulator. || Blessing of note. || For the birthday girl. || With bonus meatiness. || Message not received. || And exactly how many negroes do you employ? || The unspanked seek likes. || The progressive retail experience, parts 708, 709 and 710. || Overseas. || Oh, those Himalayas. || To and fro. || Fire, seen from underneath. || And finally, Hostile Volume, a game about terrible controls.

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And in questionable circumstances news:

Today’s word is ballsy.

Apparently, the house cleaner was scoring the pills.

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Three snippets on a theme.

First up, because we’ve been starved of irony, some news from Brazil:

Because when you think of the dignity of women, you immediately picture drag queens.

Mr Hilton, a member of the Socialism and Liberty Party, has responded to his critics – people suggesting that perhaps the president of a Women’s Rights Committee might be an actual, you know, woman – by denouncing them as “LGBTphobes” and “defenders of paedophilia.” Which may strike readers as a little rich, given statistical realities.

On which, more shortly.

Mr Hilton has filed a criminal complaint against one of his critics, via the Public Prosecutor’s Office of São Paulo – and demands for the equivalent of $1.9 million dollars – on grounds that said critic failed to perceive Mr Hilton as a woman. A failure to affirm, or indeed to hallucinate, that Mr Hilton has seen fit to construe as “violence.”

And because a cake needs icing,

Meanwhile, in the laugh-a-minute world of transgender Reddit moderators:

And from Rhode Island’s educational bureaucracy:

But remember, dear citizen, these are Things That Never Happen.

The magic is forever. || Hear her roar. || Unforeseen obstruction. || Scenes of a runaway sled. || Keeper of secrets lets slip. || Some tilting occurred. || I bring cleavage. || Eight thousand voids (and counting). || Frankly, I question his motives. || A great symbolic moment of the twenty-first century. || “Take your meds,” says she. || Significant irritation detected. || Artefacts of enrichment, a possible series. || Simulated tripping, from quite mild to rather intense. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || $200. || That’s exactly how I would’ve done it. || Competitive window cleaning. || Attuned to higher powers. (h/t, Neatorama) || How to eat spaghetti, a beginner’s guide. || Protest training, where mighty warriors are forged. || Hours of fun, for some values of fun. || Foodstuff, loosely. || Cliffhanger.

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