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If you've just played a shot and don't know where your opponent is, make yourself 'small' i.e. stand tight. If you move the wrong way then you've blocked. #squash

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Squash Stories (FB) and squash Twitter have completely different perspective on Asal. I think JM is not exactly an unbiased moderator.

The equinox on a Roku Roku screensaver. It's not straight lines for the darkness because it's daytime at the poles where you can see half the sun.

Could be relevant to certain recent discussions about Asal. First do no harm when clearing.

Martin Lewis I wonder how many people who voted against know that only 23,000 estates paid IHT in 2021? Another question could be which other tax should increase to compensate for the £6bn loss in tax revenue

This. The UK gets six billion from the most wealthy estates. What would people replace that loss of revenue with? Yet, people are against inheritance tax... like they'll somehow lose out.

Random medical thing. I took a slice out of my left thumb: about 2-3 mm at its deepest point. I stuck in back on and it appears to be grafting. Is this possible or will the skin just die?

AI is really bad for dissertation marking. At least if someone is cutting and pasting, they found a source even if they didn't digest the information. With AI, the student can produce writing without knowing much at all. Pretty obvious but hard to prove without a viva.

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Part of my season so far. Three 3.2 loses. Two of them by 2 pts in the fifth to lower-ranked players.

A stack of old squash balls. How do you know to throw away without having a hit? They can become less bouncy or start skidding but how to tell (without a warm-up hit)?

Any good core strength routines for squash? Aiming to improve flexibility for rotation, for example. My knees are strong but need to improve core.

The anti-vax movement is so crazy that many think they can get vax injuries from vaccine shedding (that is being near a vaccinated person). Erm, like a virus in other words. Bat shit crazy.

On squash. How do you learn to play a nice drop shot when you're nervous in a league match?

Twisted by ankle about 4 weeks ago. Despite being what I thought would be a fairly quick recovery, it really has effected by ability to move round the squash court. I should have rested and done strength work for two weeks. Nevertheless it's kind of odd that I feel so sluggish.

Take up squash.