State of the TAM - 19TH Sept

Been a month, that's for sure

What’s Up

It’s been a bit quiet this month. Well, there’s been a lot going on but in a way that stops me doing anything else. So quiet in some ways! It’s going to roll on a couple more weeks, at least. So if I’m a bit quiet there’s just family stuff and what not.

(I am, for the record, healthy as a horse. Just in case anyone was getting set to worry!)

Oh, no video this month. I know, I know - you miss my wee, cheery face - but I’m already in my jammies and I didn’t get round to a video when all this *gestures vaguely at the face area* was looking presentable. I promise I’ll ramble at you twice as much next month!

Speaking of me rambling at you, mind you, if any of you want to follow me on Tiktok do go ahead! If I get to 1000 followers I can do lives! I don’t really have a plan for the lives, I just feel grumpy about being denied them!

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Pupdate of the Month

@tamoorewrites @tamoorewrites ♬ I Like to Play - GOGOKID兴趣实验室

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@tamoorewritesThe piggy is Jax’s. He doesn’t share the piggy. (I originally got it for Izzy when she was a puppy - cos she was small! It was small! - but Jax claimed it straight out of the bag. Izzy got the massive duck instead. #staffy #staffove #rescuedogsoftiktok

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Book of the Month

Aik will never be the same … and neither will his world.

War is coming. Aik has become the Progenitor, and the Seed Mother has released him to transform the world for her alien brood. Silya and Raven, Aik's former friends, are the only ones who can save him and the world. But what if the cure is worse than the invasion?

As Silya rushes to prepare Gullton for the battle to come, she's determined to save as many people as she can. But new crises emerge that demand her attention.

Raven has his own hands full, keeping the dragon-like verent in line, while helping Silya to save the world. But what if the only way to do so is to sacrifice Aik, the man that he loves?

It's the end of the world … or could it be the start of something new?

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@globemakersDay in the life of a Globemaker. Sometimes it takes two to make a globe, ensuring each gore is carefully wet & stretched across the sphere in exactly the perfect position. Carefully manipulated in to place without ripping, rippling, tearing or creating bubbles … the makers also risk over-manipulating the paper & having it disintegrate & turn to mush! #studiotour #globetok #globemakers #artstudio #crafting #crafty #fyp #artstudiolife #globemaking #artstudiolife #globemaker #stokenewington #londonlife #makingvideo #artvideos #uniquejobs #whatididtoday #crafttok #crafter #handcraftskill #satisfyingvideo #studiotour

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This is just so fascinating. I could watch it for hours!

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I always find articles on subjects like this fascinating.

The Trouble with Crime Statistics

It’s surprisingly hard to say what makes crime go up or down.

Criminologists sometimes describe crime as a “chaotic system,” and countless factors contribute to it.Illustration by Nick Little

Last year, lawmakers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania proposed legalizing recreational marijuana in their states. A debate ensued. Some argued that legalizing pot would make crime go up; others claimed that it would make crime go down. There is evidence to favor the optimists: a recent paper in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization reports that, after Washington State legalized recreational marijuana, in 2012, rapes there decreased by as much as thirty per cent, and thefts by about twenty per cent.

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@raemoore72#fypage #millislebeach #dogsoftiktok

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