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Hey humans: alongside the new and improved (the same) liwoli I have just started the podcast One Good Thing with my good friend Paul from Nerds Get Bored.

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The Songlines

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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1–5)

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Trigger Warnings: political correctness and the rise of the right

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