Nobody asked for my opinion, but if they had I’d have said that Lena Dunham’s Too Much is not enough.
July 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Nobody asked for my opinion, but if they had I’d have said that Lena Dunham’s Too Much is not enough.
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[trying to hold it together but voice is audibly several octaves higher than usual]
huh, did you guys know Jonny Lee Miller's a firefighter when he's not acting, and he enjoys rescuing cats
huh, did you guys know Jonny Lee Miller's a firefighter when he's not acting, and he enjoys rescuing cats
July 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
[trying to hold it together but voice is audibly several octaves higher than usual]
huh, did you guys know Jonny Lee Miller's a firefighter when he's not acting, and he enjoys rescuing cats
huh, did you guys know Jonny Lee Miller's a firefighter when he's not acting, and he enjoys rescuing cats
Blimey…
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
July 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Blimey…
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
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was about to get mad at a guy cycling past and doing kissy noises in my direction then realised he was doing them at a dog down the street
don't mind me my good sir, as you were
don't mind me my good sir, as you were
June 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
was about to get mad at a guy cycling past and doing kissy noises in my direction then realised he was doing them at a dog down the street
don't mind me my good sir, as you were
don't mind me my good sir, as you were
My freezer stopped working today (today! 32C!) so I’ve just tried changing the fuse in the wall switch and IT WORKED. I had to stand on a chair and use a screwdriver and everything. Feel like a bit of a hero, tbh
June 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My freezer stopped working today (today! 32C!) so I’ve just tried changing the fuse in the wall switch and IT WORKED. I had to stand on a chair and use a screwdriver and everything. Feel like a bit of a hero, tbh
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Or flowers always go down well
June 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Or flowers always go down well
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I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.
June 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.
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In addition to Harvey Weinstein’s conviction on Wednesday in Manhattan, he has also been convicted of similar charges in a criminal case in California. Here’s what to know.
Weinstein’s Conviction in California Case Still Stands
Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sex crimes in Los Angeles in 2022 and sentenced to 16 years in prison. His lawyer has promised to appeal.
trib.al
June 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In addition to Harvey Weinstein’s conviction on Wednesday in Manhattan, he has also been convicted of similar charges in a criminal case in California. Here’s what to know.
Good god. Read this and look forward to never sleeping peacefully again.
"That’s the kid most people see, the most popular ghost, the one who touches you with his black hands, the one who brushes against the jacket slung over your chair and leaves it stinking of dead meat." #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/t...
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/t...
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez (tr. Megan McDowell)
Last year, I read and loved Mariana Enriquez’s Things We Lost in the Fire, a superb collection of macabre, deeply disturbing short stories in which elements of Gothic horror and surreal, other…
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Good god. Read this and look forward to never sleeping peacefully again.
Tell me your five favourite childhood books about fictional animal characters. Mine are:
1 A Dog So Small;
2 The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark;
3 Charlotte’s Web;
4 Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat;
5 No Roses for Harry!
1 A Dog So Small;
2 The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark;
3 Charlotte’s Web;
4 Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat;
5 No Roses for Harry!
May 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Tell me your five favourite childhood books about fictional animal characters. Mine are:
1 A Dog So Small;
2 The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark;
3 Charlotte’s Web;
4 Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat;
5 No Roses for Harry!
1 A Dog So Small;
2 The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark;
3 Charlotte’s Web;
4 Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat;
5 No Roses for Harry!
The happy world of Haribo
May 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The happy world of Haribo
A fantastically hokey old TV serialisation of Sense and Sensibility has just started on BBC4.
May 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A fantastically hokey old TV serialisation of Sense and Sensibility has just started on BBC4.
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George Wendt, best known for playing Norm on Cheers, dies aged 76
George Wendt, best known for playing Norm on Cheers, dies aged 76
Emmy-nominated comedian and actor, best known for role in long-running sitcom, was also in Family Guy and Frasier
George Wendt, the actor best known for playing Norm in long-running sitcom Cheers, has died at 76.
His death was confirmed by his publicist in a statement. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
George Wendt, best known for playing Norm on Cheers, dies aged 76
I do not fear the semi colon
May 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I do not fear the semi colon
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Tiananmen Squirrel
May 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Tiananmen Squirrel
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Why are so many bars closed on Mondays don't they know it's Monday
May 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Why are so many bars closed on Mondays don't they know it's Monday
Oh, Danny Dyer on Desert Island Discs today. I like him
May 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Oh, Danny Dyer on Desert Island Discs today. I like him
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As I wrote this morning, a rare alignment of Labour factions now opposed to Reeves's economic strategy: Blue Labour, Red Wall, soft left and hard left. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
NEW - Labour’s red wall MPs issue a joint statement with a direct call for a change of economic strategy - and say a rethink of winter fuel cut is needed
May 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
As I wrote this morning, a rare alignment of Labour factions now opposed to Reeves's economic strategy: Blue Labour, Red Wall, soft left and hard left. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
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#1C000LEST Day 36
"Paid In Full" by Eric B & Rakim (1987)
Their early work stands up as brilliant anyway, but if you hear it in the context of its time it was streets ahead of everything else and prompted Public Enemy to raise their game.
youtu.be/E7t8eoA_1jQ?...
"Paid In Full" by Eric B & Rakim (1987)
Their early work stands up as brilliant anyway, but if you hear it in the context of its time it was streets ahead of everything else and prompted Public Enemy to raise their game.
youtu.be/E7t8eoA_1jQ?...
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
YouTube video by EricBAndRakimVEVO
youtu.be
May 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
#1C000LEST Day 36
"Paid In Full" by Eric B & Rakim (1987)
Their early work stands up as brilliant anyway, but if you hear it in the context of its time it was streets ahead of everything else and prompted Public Enemy to raise their game.
youtu.be/E7t8eoA_1jQ?...
"Paid In Full" by Eric B & Rakim (1987)
Their early work stands up as brilliant anyway, but if you hear it in the context of its time it was streets ahead of everything else and prompted Public Enemy to raise their game.
youtu.be/E7t8eoA_1jQ?...
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In Norwich, a man in khaki trousers was talking loudly on the bus and a bloke at the back said “pipe down, Tenko”.
What's the most brutal insult you've ever heard in your language? I think the most savagely specific one that I've ever encountered was from Finnish... sun gradu oli varmaan 20 sivua. It means "your thesis was probably 20 pages long"
April 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In Norwich, a man in khaki trousers was talking loudly on the bus and a bloke at the back said “pipe down, Tenko”.
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Kneecap are not the story. Genocide is the story
crackmagazine.net/2025/04/mass...
crackmagazine.net/2025/04/mass...
Massive Attack release statement defending Kneecap
“Kneecap are not the story,” the statement reads. “Genocide is the story”.
crackmagazine.net
April 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Kneecap are not the story. Genocide is the story
crackmagazine.net/2025/04/mass...
crackmagazine.net/2025/04/mass...
Genuine question: hearing lots in the news about trans women being banned from playing in women’s football games, but has anyone spoken about trans men playing in men’s football teams?
May 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Genuine question: hearing lots in the news about trans women being banned from playing in women’s football games, but has anyone spoken about trans men playing in men’s football teams?
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Fearless London robin. #birdsoftheworld
April 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fearless London robin. #birdsoftheworld