Another trip to the O2 Arena last night. This time to take the girls to catch Niall Horan in concert. They certainly enjoyed themselves and it was actually a pretty decent show. Felt authentic and his music is pretty inoffensive. A good time had by all. 🎶
Great race from Charles today, showing that there’s more to F1 than just flooring it. Does feel like McLaren may have dropped the strategy ball again and may be their own worst enemy in the title fights. 🏎️
Beer No. 8, Jupiler Red. This one is thoroughly mainstream, and for good reason. Maybe I’m a little basic, but this is a really refreshing, enjoyable drink. Perfect for a hot summer. ★★★★★
@incongruousm 🤔 Link was missing the URI scheme. So might have been dropped or might have been user error.
@manton It's showing fine on the published Hugo side. The post was written in Markdown which may be relevant. It's a Markdown image link rather than an HTML one.
@manton Not sure if this is an editor issue? Image posted fine to my site, but broken here and omitted from BlueSky and Mastodon cross posts.
Big opening home match for #SaintsFC. Should be a good barometer for where we start the season. Forest are a decent side but one we should be looking to take points from. Much more our competition than Newcastle last week. Only game two but home points today are going to be super important. ⚽
Wicked Little Letters - 2024-08-19 - Really enjoyable, there’s just something joyful about watching people spouting utterly (often very British) filth. A thoroughly bizarre story brought to life by Coleman and Buckley. 📽️
When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting something amiss, the town’s women band together to investigate.
They will henceforth be known as simply “Of England”
Somewhat absurd headline from The Telegraph.
Church of England dropping word ‘church’ to be more ‘modern’
Report looks at the language used by 11 dioceses to describe new worshipping communities
So this is it. #SaintsFC start back in the PL after a short vacation. Going to be a really tough season, but there are reasons to be optimistic. The squad is definitely stronger this season, the first 11 maybe only marginally so. However, if some bets pay off we may have enough to survive. ⚽
Back at St Mary’s for the first time in a while. Pre-season friendlies tend to be quiet but an opportunity to see how the #SaintsFC team is shaping up.
Spending a couple of days in Kent and took the in-laws for a little treat day. A quick visit to Reculver on the way to an Ed Clark exhibition at the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate.
Time for a few days in the Dorset countryside so time for the obligatory image of Corfe down the beautiful valley.
Beer No. 7, Timmermans Lambicus Kriek Black Pepper. This is something a little different, really delightful although I would probably only drink small quantities. Cherry and a hint of pepper creates a really unique taste, not like other cherry beers. ★★★★☆
@Mtt Great work, thank you. 👍
@manton Perfect, thank you. I did try the docs but I'm guessing they've not caught up yet 👍
@manton Am I going mad, or has the "Edit CSS" option vanished from the "Design" page?
How do I know I’m getting old? I found myself yelling at the TV last night as Sophie Raworth announced “…suitcases found by the Clifton Suspension Bridge.”.
Me: “Near! Near the Clifton Suspension Bridge. How can a bridge find a suitcase?”
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I wasn’t expecting that. England have shown very little until now to suggest they could overcome a decent Netherlands side. However, tournament football is all about results and building to peak at the right time. Much better performance tonight but Spain will be a stern challenge. Could be fun. ⚽
💥 Come on Lewis! Remarkable race, remarkable result. Nice to see he’s still got it (as if there was any doubt). Shame about Lando and George, but today belongs to LH44. Masterful. #F1 🏎️
Silverstone never fails to deliver. Really enjoyable qualifying and so good to see things getting so close. Hope the 2026 regs don’t make a mess of it. 🇬🇧🏎️
Taken from BBC News. I (perhaps incorrectly) infer a couple of key things:
- By drawing Tory votes Reform did much more to win the election for Labour than Labour did
- Increasing your vote share by 1.6% and getting 211 new seats shows just how fundamentally flawed the UK electoral system is
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Well, that exit poll is pretty definitive. Even if it’s a ways off, the Tories are getting the predicted battering. Will be an interesting few years, but pleased to be largely done with the current bunch. 🗳️
Beer No. 6 is Blanche de Bruxelles, cloudy, slightly citrus wheat beer. Like many of these beers so far, it’s fine. Perfectly drinkable and enjoyable enough but I’m still waiting for something that really sticks out in the crowd. ★★★☆☆
Today’s the day. First General Election in the new Hamble Valley Constituency, hard to tell how the gerrymandering will impact the result. 🗳️
Beer No. 5 is Chimay Gold and I’m not a big fan of this one. Just a little bland and flat tasting. Not unpleasant, but very forgettable. ★★☆☆☆
@ekcragg Thanks. You get to a point you're just desperate not to concede. Highly stressful but great event.
@mattypenny Thanks 🤞
@mattypenny Yup, should be there. I find these big games are rarely enjoyable until the final whistle but couldn't possibly miss it. :-)
@manton Ideally I want one place to post and host my content. The consumer should then be able to decide what they want to see. Allowing folks to filter content types when they follow would be ideal. Following from a feed reader? Maybe you only want long posts. From Pixelfed? Just select photos etc
@mattypenny Incredible game. Bit more stressful than I'd like though! 😂
@odd She's just starting the UK and Ireland leg I believe. Was a good show.
@help Thank you :-)
@help I found the "Rebuild" button, that seems to have sorted it. Thank you.
@help Deleting a Page or changing the slug on a Page doesn't seem to actually delete the page. It goes from the backend UI and the blog nav, but the page remains accessible by the URL. Is there a way to clean this up?