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"description": "Still recovering from Sunday but definitely feeling better. Not much else to report.",
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"textContent": "Status: Still recovering from Sunday but definitely feeling better. Not much else to report. Reading: Being quiet with other people — A lovely accounting of various quiet situations by Graham Dunning. Save the balti! Can Birmingham’s best dish come back from the brink? — When I first moved to Birmingham in the mid 90s as a student we would eat out all the time because balti’s were incredibly cheap. Friends visiting from other cities would be astonished at the bill. Amusing local note - the Royal Watan is 1.2 miles away from Stirchley, not “bordering” it. And we’re not gentrified yet. Labour’s Net Zero triumph and UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds Pope-ally wired! Why Mark E Smith’s maligned Catholic play is getting a reboot Watching: Bench Grinder Restoration (31:34) Practical Engineering: Why roads get washboards (17:53) — These being the ripples in dirt roads that make them uncomfortable to drive on. Same physics as sand dunes and I found a lot of echoes here of minimalist music. Fascinating video.",
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