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The 1965 James Bond annual.

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In the spirit of Friday the 13th, I am once again asking the internet to give me nightmares... Horror movie recommendations?

Female genital mutilation is violence against children. “FGM causes infection, incontinence, unbearable pain during childbirth, and deep physical and emotional scars that never heal. No tradition can ever justify torture,” says Ayaan Hirsi Ali, founder of the AHA Foundation, quoted by Fox News Digital. Only legal accountability can protect girls. foxnews.com/politics/its-h…

She ate lunch alone for 730 days straight. What this 16-year-old built from that pain now protects millions of kids worldwide. Seventh grade. Natalie Hampton carried her tray through a packed cafeteria and felt it — that specific, suffocating dread of not knowing where to go. She'd already learned what happened when you approached the wrong table. The silence. The turned backs. The whispered laughter that followed you all the way to the empty table by the wall. The one everyone could see. The one that said: nobody wants her. For two full years — 730 consecutive lunches — that table was hers. Alone. The bullying went further than whispers. She was shoved into lockers. Four physical attacks in two weeks. She came home with scratches and bruises. When she finally reported it, school administrators sent her to counseling — to find out what she was doing wrong. The isolation grew so heavy she was hospitalized for anxiety. Then ninth grade came. A new school. And almost overnight — everything changed. Students welcomed her. She made friends within weeks. She finally knew what safe felt like. But she couldn't stop thinking about the kids still sitting at the wall table. Right now. Today. She remembered what she'd needed most during all those lunches. Not a teacher. Not a pamphlet. Just one person saying: "You can sit with us." So at 16 — with zero coding experience and "a lot of enthusiasm," as she put it — Natalie built exactly that. She called it Sit With Us. The idea was simple and genius: students sign up as "ambassadors," keeping their table open. Other kids privately browse available tables on their phones before ever walking into the cafeteria — and show up knowing they're already welcome. No public rejection. No moment of judgment. Just a guaranteed seat. Within 7 days of launching: 10,000 downloads. Then the world found her. NPR. The Washington Post. CBS News. Messages from Morocco, Australia, the Philippines, France — kids who'd been eating alone for years, finally finding a place to belong. Sit With Us now operates in 30 countries. "Even if it helps one person," Natalie said quietly, "it was worth building." She turned 730 lunches of loneliness into a lifeline for millions. That's not just survival. That's transformation.

even the title sequence makes me happy

Her name is Galyn Susman and she was laid off by Disney two years ago because of budget cuts (even though Disney turned over $88b profits that year)

It's a friday once again! ❤️

2025 has ended, the year Lynch left us. But his work and life will always remain in our memory. Always in our hearts. Eternal love. David Lynch forever.

Just start. Start slow if you have to. Start small if you have to. Start privately if you have to. Just start.

This is legitimately one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of Humanity Everyone needs to see this

Notice how they called the 15 year old girl a "woman" but the two 17 year olds who raped her get called "boys"

I hope that all of you that can read this will have the happiest and coziest holiday bigger small lots of family or no friends or just by yourself. Whatever it is, I wish you joy.

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You just can’t explain 1985.

Every single word, by @suzanne_moore telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/1…

I am getting older, and slower, and I hurt a lot. But I fully believe that I have enough left in the tank for this. I can take them.

David Lynch on his taste in women

@HazelAppleyard_ Smol sad stupid babies need the most attention.

smol sad stupid baby

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