Talking to a few OGAE UK folk who were in the arena for SF2 last night - lots of booing for you-know-who which didn't make it to the final audio it seems, some standing audience turning their backs, lots of "ooh I need the loo", and a couple of audience being escorted out by security.
We're off to the afternoon GF dress rehearsal so it'll be interesting to see how it goes. Hopefully it will be peaceful.
(Protests outside the Arena were peaceful and respectful, anyway.)
Also, the accidental leak of Italy's televote last night has a lot more support for you-know-who in the televote than I'd have thought. Wow. There's of course no 'negative' vote, and boycotting the whole thing means there's less votes elsewhere.
Consequently, now second in the odds to win (but all that usually indicates is where the money's going, thankfully).
@philheppenstall Yeah I think that makes all the difference. Places like The Hop, Bingley, etc. are all identikit tho.
It's a shame cos when Hop Wakefield first opened it was unique, there were regulars, a proper crowd, excellent music, and the beer was priced fairly. Now it's just sterile and expensive.
Tonight in the pub I had a wonderful chat with an older bloke who'd lost his wife to cancer. We bonded over love of prog rock, urban exploration, and all sorts of stuff. Conversation turned to school days and we compared notes. He asked me a couple of times where I went to school.
Eventually I mentioned the school. It's a local boy's school I went to in the 80s. And I was outed again.
He called me 'mate' after that, and I really hoped after so long it wouldn't bother me, but hey.
Just discovered that the Firefox extension Tridactyl can even spawn stuff like mpv .
So in theory with a bit of work on the theme I could possibly have ff looking and functioning like Qutebrowser. 🤔
"You can say 'all are welcome,' but if wolves and sheep are both welcome then you're only going to get wolves. The the smart sheep will go somewhere else and the naive sheep will be eaten and processed. [...] Refusing to choose is a choice. It's a choice in favor of the people who prey on others and who refuse to acknowledge the humanity of those they hate."