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Rachel Edwards

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Rachel Edwards

@underthenettle

Fan of economic growth, theatre, spreadsheets, beautiful places, & parties 🪻 Ops/events for @StripePress & @WorksInProgMag 📚

London

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Joined November 2012

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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Jun 2
TIL: The world's largest city in 1700 was a purpose-built prison for Samurai.
Samuel Hughes
@SCP_Hughes
Jun 2
Premodern societies tended to be rent by terrible wars. In the early modern period, tens of millions died in wars in Europe, India and China. Just one society found a kind of solution: Japan. Between 1603 and 1853, Japan enjoyed near-perfect peace. The ruling Tokugawa family
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Mar 29, 2024
it's Good Friday, which means it's time to share my favourite tumblr post of all time
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Sep 20, 2024
TIL: French unions have designed special barbecues that fit in tram tracks, so they can grill sausages while they march.
Sam Bowman
@s8mb
Sep 20, 2024
Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated. A new essay by @bswud, @SCP_Hughes & me. Why the UK's ban on investment in housing, infrastructure and energy is not just a problem. It is *the* problem. And how fixing it is the defining task of our generation. ukfoundations.co
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Mar 31, 2024
decided to quit dating apps and meet someone the old-fashioned way: my Dalmatian falls in love with their Dalmatian
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Apr 7, 2023
it's Good Friday, which means it's time to share my favourite tumblr post of all time
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Jan 6, 2025
every single day I look at my kitchen and I'm happy
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Jun 27, 2024
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
May 28, 2023
In a Costa where the menu is periodically replaced by video adverts. This is not helpful.
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Jul 23, 2025
orph
@orphcorp
Jul 19, 2025
what are some of the most psychoactive tweets you've seen or bookmarked? tweets that basically altered your brain function/chemistry the moment you read them
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Dec 25, 2024
Food £200 Data £150 Rent £800 Whimsical household inventions £3,600 Utility £150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my dog is mad at me
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Aug 1, 2024
Experiencing the sublime in the Marylebone Waitrose
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Sep 25, 2024
I'm so sick of Americans complaining that Sally Rooney's protagonists don't reflect the US population. Why should they?? She's Irish.
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Jul 28, 2025
Replying to @gracecamille_
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Rachel Edwards
@underthenettle
Jul 22, 2023
Oh dear
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