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Charles Arthur
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Charles Arthur
@charlesarthur
Journalist, speaker, moderator. Latest book: Social Warming, on social media's inherent, unavoidable effects. Ex-Guardian, Independent. Never paid for Twitter.
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Jun 26, 2024
    Replying to @sturgios and @oliviasolon
    Mine was similar, I told them they could access our bank by logging in with their name ("Quentin" - don’t have any child of that name) and the password was the family cat’s name.
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Aug 15, 2022
    I keep expecting an African TV station to do a segment standing in a Kent field saying “the rains have failed in this breakway country where the deposed ruler still clings to power, and people are worrying about soaring costs and how they will feed their children”. It’d be karma.
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Sep 3, 2020
    Me: how was your Spanish test? Son: (confident) I think I did pretty well. Me: oh? Son: yup, it was multiple choice in Google Forms and Google offered to translate the page for me.
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Mar 27, 2023
    Replying to @HoneyBadger3743 and @EM_RESUS
    how about: not something that is easily controlled by legislation? Perhaps something over which we have no control, such as congenital problems - as happens in the UK? (See "cause of death") ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Dec 5, 2024
    She’s as untouchable as menswear guy now. You bunch tried and she emerged from it like Daenerys Targaryen coming out of the burning temple. Meet your new queen.
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    Dr Ally Louks
    @DrAllyLouks
    Dec 5, 2024
    Busy day, but just to say I am obsessed with all the tweets that are applying olfactory ethics to real world scenarios. I love that I have somehow equipped everyone with new terminology and frameworks!
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Sep 11, 2022
    Because I am dim, this took me the LONGEST time. Brilliant. pic.x.com/y6WFffBJ9x
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    May 29, 2020
    Can’t figure out if we’re living in Contagion, 28 Days Later or Planet of the Apes now.
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    Sky News
    @SkyNews
    May 29, 2020
    Coronavirus: Monkeys 'escape with COVID-19 samples' after attacking lab assistant news.sky.com/story/coronavi…
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    May 24, 2024
    "You sent him to WHERE?"
    GIF
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    James McCarthy
    @JamesMcCarthy97
    May 24, 2024
    On a visit to the Titanic Quarter today, I asked the Prime Minister if he is captaining a sinking ship going into this election @BelfastLive
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Sep 27, 2018
    This picture. This picture, man. pic.x.com/xDmIS5oV5L
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Feb 24, 2020
    What. WHAT. WHAAAAT nature.com/articles/d4158…
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Oct 1, 2024
    DYING 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Oct 28, 2021
    Toby Young on why lockdown sceptics (such as himself) lost the argument seems to boil down to “because we were wrong on the facts, and also everything else”.
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Sep 28, 2022
    Flashback a week or two
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    Charles Arthur
    @charlesarthur
    Dec 26, 2021
    I understand you wanted to know how urban legends are promulgated