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Bananas
@mobbs Aug 27, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC

I Finally did a DNA test. It turns out I'm...

British. # BUT NOT ENGLISH!!?? Kinda. I went with AncestryDNA, mostly for health reasons. My mum and dad both have rather concerning, hereditary heart conditions, and I myself was born with some kind…

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Bananas
@mobbs Jul 15, 2026, 12:37 PM UTC

IT'S COMING HOME!!... ?

Ok, I have to pop by to write about the footy. Can't resist. This will possibly age extremely badly and quickly, but it feels like football's coming home in a way that it never felt before. There is…

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Bananas
@mobbs Jun 18, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC

2026 Graduation day - Dear God, who pressed the "2x life speed" button?

Today was graduation at my school once again and honestly, I barely knew any of them this time around. I mean, I knew a handful but none of them were in my classes this year since they basically did…

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Bananas
@mobbs Jun 11, 2026, 2:54 AM UTC

The brutal beheading attempt in N. Ireland and the wild Aftermath

Man, shit is going down in the UK, it's crazy. I hope my opinions here don't get me fired from a job 12 years from now. In Northern Ireland, a middle-aged man was, on camera, stabbed, hacked, and sem…

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Bananas
@mobbs Jun 8, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC

Obsidian is incredible and everyone should use it

I came across this software as a solution to my note taking, something I didn't really do and so didn't really need a solution to. But I like to try new things and, well, it has certainly taken over…

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Bananas
@mobbs May 28, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC

British Politics Right now > Game of Thrones

### Ok this is a long one. I won't be offended if nobody reads it lol. It's been politically interesting in Britain over the last few weeks/months. Really quite unprecedented. Never in history has a…

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Bananas
@mobbs May 21, 2026, 8:23 AM UTC

The UK's HS2 'High Speed' train is beyond a joke. I can't even comprehend how annoyed I am right now.

# OK... ok, look at this list of countries and tell me what they have in common: - Guatemala - Belarus - DR Congo - Serbia - Venezuela - Costa Rica - Panama - Luxembourg - Tunisia - Zimbabwe - Cambod…

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Bananas
@mobbs May 6, 2026, 8:50 AM UTC

National Envy

I'm no an open borders loon by any stretch of the imagination. Strong borders are a fundamental, existential need for any country. That being said, I am sad at the consequences of any borders at all.…

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Bananas
@mobbs Apr 6, 2026, 4:30 AM UTC

We should all be preparing for old age, DECADES in advance.

At a population level, grip strength is a surprisingly accurate predictor of all-cause mortality. That includes things like depression and diabetes, let alone bone breaks and heart disease. Some majo…

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Bananas
@mobbs Mar 28, 2026, 8:35 AM UTC

Where I've been, where I wanna go, and where I'll avoid like a plague.

It occurred to me that I am not actually a very well-travelled person. The vast majority of the world, I've never been to. I just live abroad and kinda stick to my area away from home. Within countri…

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