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Alskicav
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It's like hypnotising chickens

Here for: Politics, Art, Culture, Music, Movies, Bikepacking, Paleoanth/Neanderthals, LFC. Leftish. Wrangles 2 Wire Fox Terriers. Sussex

My weekly playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BvEGl6XgnFsHxMCi45REZ?si=O3N
A titan of the silver screen.

#RIPRobertRedford
September 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Here's the route for today - Climping to Horsham
August 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I spent the last 2 nights under canvas as with a solo bikepacking trip in the South Downs and coast of West Sussex.

Bridle tracks, gravel, rivers, fields, and sunflowers.

I covered about 140km over the weekend. Today's return leg was 65km

#Bikepacking #camping #SouthDowns
August 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I'm guessing that was taken at Team Labs in Tokyo. They have 2 sites, Team Lab Borderless and Team Lab Planets. I think the lads are at Borderless; i went to Planets last year. Great experiences. Here's some pics

#LFC #Tokyo #TeamLab
July 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Is that tree styled after a woolly mammoth figurine?
July 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
[Bracket City]
July 26, 2025

www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 80
🎯 Minimum Required: 80

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪
July 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
July 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Work or pleasure?

Do you have an itinerary already?
Get a pasmo metro card. It's like an Oyster but better.

Last year, I spent a week exploring Kyushu, then another week taking various shinkansen from Hakata to Hiroshima, Himeji, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto then back to Tokyo for another week
July 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Sofa time on a sleepy afternoon.

My two #wirefoxterriers on the sofa. Near is Tokyo, far end is Koji who's totally succumbed to the cushion he's on.

In the 5 mins since I took this, Tokyo has crashed flat out.

We've not even had a walk today yet as it's been either too rainy or too hot & humid 😆
July 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ekitike also scans well with "Hallelujah" so I cobbled some words together to the tune of the Leonard Cohen classic. 😆 #LFC #Ekitike
July 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."
July 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Congratulations Jannik Sinner on winning the men's Wimbledon Championship Final
July 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Well, Stevie Wonder was incredible last night at Hyde Park. A bona fide, certifiable, legend, prodigy, genius, and all-around bringer of joy.

There aren't many who have a songbook as rich and wonderful as his. And his band is magnificent: jazzy, funky, soulful, slick with kick.

#StevieWonder #BST
July 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Went to Wimbledon today; my god it was hot. Far too hot to be exposed on Henman Hill with melting strawberries.

Fortunately the Centre Court had a lot of shade. Watched the amazing Alcaraz v Fognini match. We left soon after, totally knackered by the heat.

Imagine how the players feel.

#Wimbledon
June 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The US military is the number one
Its pilots are number one
Its sailors are number one
Its soldiers are number one
Its muscles are number one
June 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The bald Vance meme makes him look like a creepy weirdo. Not like the guyliner Vance, who's into The Cure meme.

Would I be stopped with the Guyliner Vance meme? I mean, he looks cooler, right?

What about Stephen Miller as Nosferatu? Or Trump as a fat fascist? Oh, guess I'm not travelling then 😆🤷‍♂️
June 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'm thinking of just sleeping in the garden cos it's so hot. Even though the dogs have their own shelter, they'll jump in with me & I'll be too hot once again 😆

These photos are from last year when I did it.

Not as nice as your stream though, are there midges there? Is it a good spot for sunrise?
June 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It is the Best of times, it is the Wirtz of times, it is the age of wisdom...it is the epoch of belief...it is the season of light...it is the spring of hope...we have everything before us.

Superlatives

#FloFriday #FlorianWirtz #LFC #RedSky

(Apologies for bowdlerising Dickens 😉 😆)
June 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The bumble bees 🐝 in my garden love the spirea, which are blooming with their pink lollipop headed flowers
June 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Late Boomers//Gen X are a handful when they've had a skinful. The genteel English Summer Garden Party vibe soon got a bit lively.

Great concert, though, many singing & dancing to Chaka, & the venue was incredible.

Hampton Court Palace has often been used in Tudor & Georgian set period movies & TV
June 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Saw the fantastic Chaka Khan at Hampton Court last night.

An incredible venue for a concert, held in the historic court. The gardens are amazing, too. Punters invited to bring their own picnic to enjoy in the grounds.

Like many UK Summer events it was full of drunken late Boomers/Gen X

#gigphotos
June 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
June 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Krasnov does what he's told
June 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
And speaking of the fantastic Chaka Khan, here's a photo of my niece Hollie, together with the soul diva as they performed together on American Idol
June 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There's 2 #Bowie this week. The funky "Stay" which I think goes well with Talking Heads & Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Plus, there's the title track from Ziggy Stardust, which was released OTD in 1972.

I've also included a groovy hit from Chaka Khan (who I'm seeing live on Wednesday!)

#nowplaying
June 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM