This was genuinely riveting

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

One of the few good use cases I've found for AI image generation is taking the idyllic scenes in planning proposals and showing what it'll actually look like on a normal day

As we take down our decorations, I'm thankful to our cats that they did not knock down a single decoration from our tree over Christmas. They did piss under it multiple times, but nobody's perfect

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For All Mankind Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse boygenius - the record His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams Physical 100 Barbie Spider-Man 2 PS5

My 2023 annual highlights of the year, now with added audiobooks to compensate for my incredibly poor book completion rate!

Ah of course, cancelling only the best podcast being made right now 🙃 Spotify is no place for podcasts

Always great to dip back into the bad place

Now on to Yellowjackets S2 and honestly this show might be a bit too much for me. Not sure why (it's probably the cannibalism)

Finished The Fall of the House of Usher over the weekend and thought it was really great, one of my favourite Flanagan shows so far. The satire gave it a new edge and the loose adaptation of Poe's stories was very fun. Plus the cast all were on top form, especially Mark Hamill and Henry Thomas

Podcasts is where it's at guys 😌

My wife's Taylor Swift obsession is all consuming and must be stopped

As I eagerly anticipate watching my fifth rugby match ever, I can relate 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

before i got banned from this online poker site i used to tell people i was driving the whole time i was playing and they always lost their shit

Will I finally buy an Xbox if they resurrect Guitar Hero as an XB exclusive after the Microsoft-Activision merger? Yes. Yes I will.

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