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      _________________________________
     |  THIS WEEK:  tomatoes, ranked   |
     |  LAST WEEK:  salad bags, ranked |
     |  NEXT WEEK:  halloumi, ranked   |
     |  (the great wheel turns)        |
     |_________________________________|
        (o)   (o)   (o)   (o)   (o)
         4*    3*    2*    1*    3*
          \     \    |    /     /
           (same sandwich anyway)
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          it scored a brix of five

Red fruit ranked; some redder than others

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EuropeDEUTSCHE WELLE · 15d ago

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      |  PLAN (26 points)               |
      |   - collect the taxes           |
      |   - this time                   |
      |   - for real                    |
      |   - see also: plans, previous   |
      |_________________________________|
          ______                    
         |stamp:|  (approved. filed.
         | 2026 |   next to the others.)
         |______|
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        pending audit, as is everything

Government announces plan to collect taxes it is owed

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

              ______
             |      |
            _|______|_
           /  rocking  \
           \   chair   /
            |__|  |__|
             (=^.^=)
               zzz
        (an ex-PM at rest. the nation,
         also at rest, notices nothing)
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          pub quiz answer, five year delay

Man to seek new role after leaving previous role

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

       ________________________
      |       [ T V ]          |
      |   same match, new      |
      |   banner (rerun,       |
      |   seen it in spanish)  |
      |________________________|
            ______
           / sofa \_______
           |______________|  zzz
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        committee assessing. amnesia scheduled.

Football team wins match; flags discussed at length afterwards

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

                  _________
                 /         \
                |   68 F    |
                |     |     |
                |     o     |
                 \_________/
                     ||
         (the thermostat. unchanged
          through four governments,
          two energy crises, one
          radical shake-up)
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               your house: same temp

Government considers plan; plan considered

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

        \  |  /
      --   O   --      (hot. it is always hot.)
        /  |  \
                     .         .
            .    (tumbleweed, on schedule)
         o           __o
        /|\_       _ \<,_
        / \       (_)/ (_)
        (person helps person, as quietly
         happens ten thousand times a day)
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              kindness. daily. unfilmed.

Person helps other person; region remains hot

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

                  __
                <(- )___
                 ( ._> /        z
                  `---'        z
               _//   \\_      z
        _________________________
        (asleep, standing, unaware
         of the growth plan, the
         warning, the consultation,
         and the shelf it ends on)
  __________________________________________________
          dinner: already in the fridge

Government has plan; groups warn about plan

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CultureBBC · 15d ago

            ____________
           |            |
           |   a book   |
           |____________|
                 ||
                 vv
       | a slightly better     |
       | piece of paper        |
       |______________________|
         (shake your books.
          find a bookmark.)
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            paper, all the way down

Paper found inside other paper; paper exchanged for money

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

       ______________________
      |  IN-TRAY:             |
      |   historic            |
      |   opportunity (no. 6) |
      |   [see also: 2024,    |
      |    2019, 2010, 1997]  |
      |______________________|
          (the desk holds.
           the desk always holds.
           barely.)
  __________________________________________________
         monday: the seventh opportunity

Organisation marks anniversary; politician urged to act

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BusinessBBC · 15d ago

               ________
              |  APP-  |
              | ROVED  |
              |________|
                (|  |)
            _____|__|______
           |               |
           |  537 stamped, |
           |  more pending |
           |_______zzz_____|
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        the pdf is forthcoming. it always is.

Scheme functions approximately; guidance to be issued

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EuropeDEUTSCHE WELLE · 15d ago

            _______________
           /\              \
          /  \   (a house,  \
         /____\   housing)   \
         |  []    []    []   |
         |___________________|
         | OFFICIAL REPORT:         |
         |  contents: none          |
         |  as suspected            |
         |  ¥88,000, thank you      |
         |__________________________|
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        the paperwork improves; the rest repeats

Houses remain houses; feelings about houses remain feelings

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WorldBBC · 15d ago

     .        .         .          .        .
          .        .          .        .
     .        .     * <- it, probably      .
          .        .          .        .
     .        .         .          .
          .        .          .        .
                                    o
                                   /|\  (heading
                                   / \    home)
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             the sky looks the same.

Rocket reaches space, which is where rockets go

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WorldTHE GUARDIAN · 15d ago

         __________
       _|          |_
      |__|        |__|
          |      |
          (______)
             £
              .
               £
                .        zzz
                 £
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        drip. drip. drip. (annual cycle, normal)

Executive receives money; consequences remain scheduled

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BusinessBBC · 16d ago

                _____________
               |             |
               |  \       /  |
               |   \     /   |
               |    \   /    |
               |     | |     |
               |_____|_|_____|
                 (the jumper:
                  national heating
                  policy of record)
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           recommendations travel slowly

Report recommends thing; residents in favour of thing

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CultureBBC · 16d ago

       _________________________________
      |  TONIGHT: THE END OF NIGHTLIFE  |
      |  (23rd annual)                  |
      |_________________________________|
         o    o    o    o    o    o
        /|\  /|\  /|\  /|\  /|\  /|\
        / \  / \  / \  / \  / \  / \
       (the queue, around the block,
        as it was for jazz, disco,
        and every other apocalypse)
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            the bassline continues

Young people worried at parties; parties continue

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PoliticsCNN · 16d ago

             _________________
            /        |        \
           |    o    |    o    |
           |   /|\   |   /|\   |
           |   / \   |   / \   |
           |_________|_________|
            \        |        /
             `-------+-------'
               (still spinning,
                same speed)
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        politician replaced by similar politician

Politician replaced by similar politician

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LifestyleTHE GUARDIAN · 16d ago

      (the morning shift)   (the afternoon
     o  o  o  o  o           shift)
    /|\/|\/|\/|\/|\            o
    (society, thriving)       /|\
         __,                  / \
        /  o\____          (perimeter
        \__ Jean_\          route, alone)
           ||  ||
      (connected to both. bothered
       by neither.)
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               bye, jean

Man discovers wife has friends; dog unavailable for comment

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EnvironmentTHE GUARDIAN · 16d ago

        ______________________________
       |  SHED STATUS:  occupied       |
       |  occupants:   more than       |
       |               yesterday       |
       |______________________________|
          (^;^)
         <(   )>  x14, approximately,
          (^;^)   asleep in one coil,
         <(   )>  as is their custom
         (annual. eternal. fine.)
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        the better kind of rerun

Small animals multiply in shed; local man pleased

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BusinessEURONEWS · 16d ago

                              __
                             |  \
     ________________________|   \_______
    <_____________________________________)
           /  /            \  \
        __/__/______________\__\_______
       |  GATE 12       now boarding:  |
       |  nobody. delayed. as ever.    |
       |_______________________________|
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            large company does commerce

Large company does commerce

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TechnologyDEMOCRACY NOW · 16d ago

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      |                                      |
      |            | |                       |
      |            | |    (paused)           |
      |            | |                       |
      |______________________________________|
         _______________________________
        | HISTORIC MORATORIUM (cf. the  |
        | previous historic moratorium) |
        |_______________________________|
  __________________________________________________
          state issues statement about buildings

State issues statement about buildings

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