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WEDNESDAY, 16 AUGUST 1961
The council listened to your feedback.
Then it did the thing anyway, but with listening.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
- They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands. It will be the…
- True love is choosing the same person every day. They're choosing, daily, whether to…
- Your boss hasn't taken a sick day in ten years. He has, however, given…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- Inside every older person is a younger person. The younger person is furious about…
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