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I find the Maus banning - and I realise it's just one school board - properly disgusting. Morally, intellectually, artistically, at a human level, everything. It just makes you despair.

Wahey!

To the tune of "mah na mah na"?

Old Trafford.

yes

But since the changing room logic requires trans men to use the women's changing rooms, there'll be men there to protect them by default. Sorted!

Nadal ultra-trolling Djokovic by winning his 21st Grand Slam title instead.

And to think it used to be the Ruud van Nistelrooy gay kiss photo. Things have changed around here and I don't like it.

It's almost like we're easily distracted. 🙈😬 Does feel like it's quietened down, aye. It's been made fairly clear that the Met have his back, so that'll have had an impact.

Their camp phase had its moments

There's one!

It wasn't quite as bad down here, but in hindsight it was a funny day to pick for a long walk at the coast. Was bracing myself against pretty strong winds for most of the afternoon and lost a glove to the wind gods out on Southend Pier approximately three seconds after taking this pic.

What Asprilla describes is definitely how I treat Spotify when it comes to discovering and sifting new(er) music ahead of giving actual real money to the artists that properly grab me. That plus it serves as a repository of old stuff I'd never buy anyway (or I already own but can't be arsed to dig out the physical copy of), so it doesn't "feel" like it's devaluing the music to access it that way (though I do get that could be seen as part of a wider trend towards that which isn't ideal). Hence the "personalised radio station" kind of comparison makes sense to me. In my case there's also the batshit insane European kitsch element to my listening - even if I wanted to buy Finnish or Turkish cover versions of 60s Brit hits, I wouldn't even be able to find the battered old vinyl albums on Discogs considering they were sub-charity shop tat in the first place, so better to send £0.002 someone's way to listen to it on there than not at all...

Most recent McDonalds I had was last month, in the small town in Sweden where my mam's from, because it's the only place in town that's (a) affordable and (b) open after 9pm. I'm pleased to report that, while Swedish McDonalds does have some local variations (bearnaise dip! pear milkshakes!), the cardboard quality of burgers and fries alike is a universal feature.

Eurovision season is already shaping up to be a normal one.

Class

Fucking odd fan, that one.

Perfect.

That's definitely to be taken as a compliment.

Barry Cryer. Comedy royalty!

Love this kind of thing https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/18/dun-dun-duuun-where-did-pop-cultures-most-dramatic-sound-come-from

Ooh, nice.

Aaaaand we're back! ❤️