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Well now boys and girls, today I have been on E2 for 20 years. Which is kind of astonishing if you think about it. When I logged on as a smelly student bum on a slow Sunday lunchtime in the no longer extant Commonwealth Hall in London those four lustra ago, did I think I would still be posting here in two decades' time? I don't think I did. I thought that I'd bumble along for a couple of years then get bored with it. I actually thought this place would end up being defunct because that seemed to be the lot in life of most online spaces back then.

456 writeups later, here I am.

Of course, 2005 was now I look back at it the absolute high water mark of the web. Back then, effortposting was compulsory, pretty much, most online content was vaguely thoughty because the skill wall to post anything online filtered out the loudmouths and narcissists that would later become legion, and content farms were not really a thing to you weren't served with wall to wall clickbait, listicles,

American science fiction mystery novel, written by Carrie Vaughn and published by Mariner Books in 2017. 

The book is set an unspecified period in the future in an area known as the Coast Road, somewhere on the West Coast of the former United States. About a century ago, the world suffered a profound collapse of the economy and the environment. Hundreds of millions of people died and civilization worldwide fell completely apart. The Earth is now in a recovery period -- so

A "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" method of governing characterized by centralized control, blurred lines between public office and private gain, and a reliance on personal networks over transparent processes.


"The presidency itself is treated as a business opportunity. It has become corrupt by definition, because its reason for being is to exploit the state for gain; political, personal, and

News for Noders

February 1: Brevity Quest 2025 begins!

February 2: Happy birthday Auspice!

February 2: Happy birthday npecom!

February 5: Happy birthday wertperch!

February 8: Happy birthday to panamaus

February 15: Happy birthday Admin to the goo!

February 23: Happy birthday Samuel Pepys!

February 29: Happy birthday Browncoat!


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January 1: Gregorian New Year.

January 16: National Nothing Day.

January 24: Happy Birthday Silverai_me!

January 26: Happy Birthday Segnbora-t!

January 30: Happy Birthday O-Swirl!


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December 1: Iron Noder ends

December 9: Smallpox eradication day.

December 9: Grace Hopper's birthday.

December 12: Happy birthday to horacetheclown!

December 21: Winter solstice arrives 10:27 PM, EST.

December 23: Happy birthday to Nemosyn!

December 25: Hanukkah begins.

December 25: Merry Christmas!

December 29: HairQuest 2024 ends.


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November 1: The IRON NODER CHALLENGE starts today and runs through December 1. It's never too late to sign up, and all writeups get rewards.

November 1: Happy Birthday Zephronias!

November 5: Bonfire Night in the UK.

November 11: Veterans Day in the US.

November 13: Everything2's Birthday.

November 27: Happy Birthday Estelore!

November 28: Thanksgiving in the US.

November 28: HairQuest 2024 begins!

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October 1: Oh no! It's The Halloween Horrorquest!

October 17: Happy Birthday gnarl!

October 31: Something spooky will probably happen today. It usually does.

October 31: prepare yourselves for the XVIInd Iron Noder in November!



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