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Ben Shimmin

@bas_again

Arbiter elegantiarum.

 London / Somerset
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Joined December 2006
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💔😢. I LOVE YOU, Roger. Thank you for everything you’ve done in tennis and with myself. Tennis world will never be the same without you.
Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) profile pictureRoger Federer
@rogerfederer15 Sep 2022
To my tennis family and beyond, With Love, Roger

To my tennis family and beyond..

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Tom Hamilton@thhamilton9 Dec 2021
"No, darling, I'm afraid we didn't keep any of the newspapers from the day you were born."
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Help me raise £25000 to Provide a 250m water borehole to the Maasai village of Erupata in Kenya. A 250m borehole costs £25000 or £10 for every 10cm. Can you help?. Please #donate on @justgiving and RT. Thanks! justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…

Donate to provide a 250m water borehole for Simon and Carolines village in Kenya. Help get us over...

Help Chris Clark raise money to support a great cause

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Elmer Spud@PlugInFUD20 Aug 2021
Lmaoooo
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matt blaze
@mattblaze16 Jul 2021
I guess we should retire the expression “avoid it like the plague”, given how little effort people seem to be willing to go to to avoid plagues.
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Genio78@Zziagenio7811 Mar 2020
Quelli che si ammassano al Lidl rischiano di prendere il Covid 18,99 #coronavirus
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Pinboard
@Pinboard5 Feb 2020
HE HAD BINDERS FULL OF COJONES
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I love how he just gave up trying to pronounce ‘tolerated’ and hoped no one would notice
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Happy Halloween! Introducing the Ghost Tories with #MonsterCrash 👻 🎃 🧟

Monster Crash with Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson

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Ben@islandniles29 Oct 2019
John Lewis advert 2019: Montage of miserable people trudging to polling stations in the dark. A presiding officer looks increasingly dejected until a voter surprises them with a thoughtful gift. Set to a tinkly piano version of You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
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You maybe already saw this. Tennis player Mahut losing at Roland Garros in front of his family, breaks down in tears. His kid runs on court to hug him. His opponent Mayer getting emotional. Father and son walk away hand in hand. Losing, winning, living.
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Ben Rosen@ben_rosen23 Jul 2018
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Chris Ridd@chrisridd23 Apr 2018
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edozo@edozo_uk20 Apr 2018
Building a website is no mean feat. We took 5 mins with our CPO, Andy to find out what it entails #proptech #revamp #CRE mailchi.mp/edozo.com/edozo-n…
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At 89, anything with the word “crypt” in it is a real turnoff for me. nitter.gq/MyDCTours/status/95337…
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Replying to @boonepickens
@boonepickens Good Afternoon Mr. Pickens! What are your thoughts on Cryptocurrency?
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kottke.org@kottke6 Jan 2018
This blows my mind: if you re-tune Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit in a major key, it sounds like an upbeat pop-punk song kottke.org/18/01/smells-like…

Smells Like Teen Spirit in a major key is an upbeat pop-punk song

This bent my brain a little: if you re-tune Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit in a major key, it sounds like an upbeat pop-punk song. Like, Kurt Cobain actually

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The Restoration of 18th Century Standards of GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION. I remain, Sir, yr. obedient Servant, JOHNSON nitter.gq/jack/status/9439658905…
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@jack21 Dec 2017
Please let us know your wishes for #Twitter2018 nitter.gq/mrdonut/status/9439653…
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The saga continues
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edozo@edozo_uk24 Oct 2017
We are pleased to announce the addition of over 250,000 new CRE data sets to edozo, through integrations with platforms including EIG.
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Overheard: Pulling out is not an effective method of climate control.
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