in time
(UK, childish) The time when pupils are expected to re-enter the school for lessons.
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( Remembering when I did this to myself and forgot to redeem them in time for the stupid mount )
May 1995: Spangles ad from Mars «GET SUCKED BACK IN TIME!»
Jianming Wen: Entropic Reciprocity in Time-Reversed Young Interferometry https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01052 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.01052 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.01052
I honestly cannot tell (because I’m not paying enough attention, and I don’t care) if these guys start out smart, but wealth makes them dim; or if they were never smart to begin with; or in time they wade out past the…
If farmers don't get their fertilizer in time, or diesel for their tractors, I suppose it won't really matter if they can't find enough immigrants to pick their crops because the crops won't be planted, either. Time…
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(UK, childish) The time when pupils are expected to re-enter the school for lessons.
“( Remembering when I did this to myself and forgot to redeem them in time for the stupid mount )”
— Bluesky· May 2026“May 1995: Spangles ad from Mars «GET SUCKED BACK IN TIME!»”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Jianming Wen: Entropic Reciprocity in Time-Reversed Young Interferometry https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01052 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.01052 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.01052”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I honestly cannot tell (because I’m not paying enough attention, and I don’t care) if these guys start out smart, but wealth makes them dim; or if they were never smart to begin with; or in time they wade out past their depth, or what. Anyway. Nobody should listen to Klein.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If farmers don't get their fertilizer in time, or diesel for their tractors, I suppose it won't really matter if they can't find enough immigrants to pick their crops because the crops won't be planted, either. Time is running out!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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