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alfiekohn, 2 days ago to random

I love my neighborhood

rayckeith, 6 days ago (edited 5 days ago) to random

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jon, 9 days ago to random

Ok. #CrossBorderRail planning done for now

Today is fete du pain in Ravières - the once a year they fire up the communal oven

The baker attends to the oven
The plaque confirming the renovation of the oven

reginasbread, 10 days ago to random

my girlfriend might be anti British. she just declared that she would have to take a loaf of bread for our trip to London because "there's nothing to eat over there sandwich wise" 💀

arratoon, 14 days ago to random

Spam caller, ‘Chris’, trying to wheedle money out of me, presumably: “Customers are saying they’re having problems with their phone network. Are you having any?”
Me: “Yes, I am.”
‘Chris’: “What sort of problems?”
Me: “A screaming sound.”
‘Chris’: “Erm…?”
Me, getting into my stride: “Yes, whenever I try to make a call there’s a screaming sound. I think my phone might be haunted. By a ghost, maybe a spectre, possibly a wraith…”
‘Chris’: “ ¿”
Me, flying now: “I took my phone to a priest and he confirmed that it’s definitely haunted. I think it’s by the spirit of the little girl who was killed in a bombing raid in the 1940s…”
‘Chris’: hangs up

arratoon, 18 days ago to random

Bloke on the train blasting a TV show from his phone. I tap his shoulder and ask: “Could you turn it up, I missed a bit?” Twat.

arratoon, 25 days ago to movies

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Somebody - I’ve never really got on with Miranda July’s films but this short for the Miu Miu Women’s Series is fun and enjoyable. Maybe I’ll give her features a go again. Any recommendations?

House of Tolerance - I started this months ago and got sidetracked but watched it again when it popped up on MUBI. Adele Haenel stars in this look at the lives of women in a French brothel from their point of view. It looks great, yes, but is full of searing rage and despair. In the US it was called House of Pleasure, when, mostly for the women in the film, their indentured lives are full of anything but pleasure.

Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster - A dry, droll Turkish film about your young people in the country, all of whom we see crying alone, as they face hardships. It’s funny, though; think Roy Andersson or Ali Kaurismäki.

Challengers - The trailer made me think I’d hate this film but I read lots of reviews praising it, and went in open-minded and hopeful. First off, Zendaya is good. But the characters are inanely one-dimensional, it jumps around all over the place, Trent Reznor’s techno drowns out the dialogue, and the ‘shock’ ending is telegraphed miles out. And worst of all it’s just boring. The first hour would have been a spinning-newspaper headline in a 1930s film. And it’s got tennis in it. Ha, to make the tennis interesting Guadagnino uses every cliché, making it look like the camera’s in the ball, sticking a GoPro on the racquet, and those scenes end up being laughable. TL:DR I didn’t like it.

#Movies #Films #Cinema

buffyleigh, 29 days ago to random

Do I like Styx or do I not like Styx?

arratoon, 1 month ago to london

Went to the Biba exhibition at the Museum of Fashion and Textiles in London. #London #fashion #Biba #clothes #museums

A collection of Biba dresses. Because of tax laws, in the 1960s some dresses were sold as ‘dressing gowns’.
A bright orange top and shorts.
A brightly coloured blouse

arratoon, 1 month ago to random

Me, two drinks in, picking up my phone for an evening on Mastodon

arratoon, 1 month ago to animals

Someone I know lives in Cape Town. Because of fires, animals’ habitats have been destroyed, meaning they are moving closer to where people live.

The other day her daughter walked into the kitchen to find a baboon sitting on the countertop, happily eating one of her bananas.

#animals #CapeTown #ClimateCollapse

arratoon, 1 month ago to random

NEW DIRTY THREE ALBUM KLAXON!! https://driftrecords.com/products/dirty-three-love-changes-everything?variant=48224643940636&utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&_kx=Tv7D3D-wPlcpBbNNqEojgaD-o2fZyFMj-TeUtaxzMic.YtKK5C

arratoon, 1 month ago to random

Watching a French film, and the only person who isn’t smoking in it is the dog.

RickiTarr, 2 months ago to random

Alright y'all, whenever I see something funny, I save it to show you all, but then I forget, so now I have a small backlog. So, here's a couple of things to give you a chuckle, and feel free to share a couple of your own if you have them!

Why would a rich famous guy marry a 34 year old woman? If you started immediately you MIGHT be able to have two kids. And she’s publicly had sex with a ton of guys. Despite her wealth she’s very low quality for any successful male. Just seems weird and almost like he’s a L= Why would a successful man want a middle aged woman who’s always on tour? Is it...could it be...because he’s gay? Underneath all that nonsense is a lovely picture of Taylor Swift mentioning that she's 34
There's two kids in the pool with their mother one is being held up by the mother and it says Horny, the other is next to them struggling to swim and it says Hungry, underneath that is a skeleton under water that says Happy
ra Tech > News Tech VIRTUAL LOVE Al girlfriend earns $30,000 a month from ‘lonely men’ and received *20 marriage proposals’ despite not being real Charlotte Edwards, Assistant Technology and Science Editor Published: 16:51 ET, Jan 18 2024 | Updated: 824 ET, Jan 19 2024 There is a picture of a blonde white fake looking woman who looks just a little too perfect

girlonthenet, 2 months ago to random

Tickets to see Greg Davies do comedy in a football stadium are over £50. What is wrong with the world? I'd pay £50 to see him in a comedy club, but a fucking stadium is a less fun experience, for absolutely ludicrous money.

arratoon, 2 months ago to random

@reginasbread Did you see Angela Molina modelling for Miu Miu?

arratoon, 2 months ago to random

Great interview with Shabaka Hutchings about why he's stopped playing saxophone, and is spending time learning to play a Japanese flute. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/08/if-i-dont-follow-my-intuition-ill-become-stale-jazz-star-shabaka-hutchings-on-his-leap-into-the-unknown

arratoon, 2 months ago to movies

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

American Star – Ian McShane is a hitman in Gran Canaria who becomes enamoured by the locals in this ponderous film. Not essential but he’s very good.

Pig – I loved this. I'm not a huge Cage fan but this is undoubtedly his best performance. He's still and exudes steely determination in this revenge thriller that plays with the very notion of what revenge is. It completely upended me.

Red Desert – Antonioni's first colour film stars Monica Vitti as a woman on the verge of of a nervous breakdown. Visually stunning, and she is mesmerisingly raw in this.

Perfect Days – Everyone seems to love this languid film of a Tokyo toilet cleaner, but it’s flabby, at times silly, unfocused, and needs a lot of editing. I can see why people loved it but I found it drumroll bog standard.

#films #movies

girlonthenet, 3 months ago to random

Looks like he'll be doing some...

... hard time.

😎

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68360898?utm_source=press.coop

Jaden3, 3 months ago to random

Sum father/son bonding shit 🤣
My pops just messaged me . Ain seen him since September.
' J where u at ngga?'
😕 how tf u respond to ts ? For real ???

reginasbread, 3 months ago to random

air fryer people are so annoying.
is it because I don't have an air fryer? maybe.
they went from 'you can't cook without thermomix' to 'you can't cook without an air fryer'.
'they' being food bloggers.