Chris Read

1. Take a tour with me around the bars of Bole Road in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the late 2000s. It was a wild time and I think I'm a decent guide. This might be sporadic. If you want more encourage me! If you're in you'll need some context. That's up next.

Firstly.... this looks like its going to be a super interesting thread... Secondly, I didn't want to reply whilst thread in process and mess it up so QTing instead. This reminds me loosely of The Chesterfield in Marrakech share.google/B2xyhEU7Rzw4...

Such a fun game TimeGuessr #1210 — 37,730/50,000 1️⃣ 🏆9,540 · 📅 3y · 🌍 2.5km 2️⃣ 🏆9,520 · 📅 3y · 🌍 3.8km 3️⃣ 🏆9,162 · 📅 4y · 🌍 9.4km 4️⃣ 🏆6,796 · 📅 13y · 🌍 26.1km 5️⃣ 🏆2,712 · 📅 13y · 🌍 3942.3km timeguessr.com

1. Let's Stay Together. Al Green 2. Both Sides Now. Joni Mitchell 3. Fast Car. Tracy Chapman 4. New Rose. The Damned 5. From the Morning. Nick Drake #FridayFive

I formally invite Jim Henson studios to accompany me in a joint venture. The premise: Charles Dance plays the doctor, absolutely everyone else (sidekick, villains, extras) are muppets

Current favourite genre of people to encounter in the world: grumpy misanthropes cursed with a very friendly, sociable and cute dog. They just want to keep themselves to themselves, but their dog has jumped up on you adorably and is demanding a fuss.

Is there a name for being slightly too hip and contrarian to watch the series everyone says is great and that you should watch when it actually airs, then you eventually fold and watch it two or three years later, by which time you already know all the spoilers?

Make a band edible ...And you will know us by the trail of the bread

Becoming a Razaullah mega-fan.

Happy new year!

10.05pm "I'll head up to bed soon, I'll just watch 5 minutes of TV first" Turns on TV. The Godfather started 5 minutes ago. I've made this mistake before.....

1. The City Arms 2. The Arden Arms 3. The Marble Arch 4. The Blossoms 5. (and of course) Peveril of the Peak

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'Knightsbridge Nocturne' by Rob Pointon robpointon.co.uk

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If I was in charge of the emergency alert system I'd send another one out now saying that actually yes it *was* a good use of an alert to remind people not to do things that might cause a massive wildfire. A noisy alert is annoying. Your house burning down is also annoying, arguably even more so.

Putting a beer in the freezer to chill, then forgetting and its totally frozen. Curses!

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I feel like the way of dealing with such behaviour is to look these people right in the eye and say, very gently, "You think your right to park matters more than homes these children?" Then when they reply just repeat it with slightly different emphasis.

Characters who let the baby escape, only to face him years later as a fully grown threat

La Marseillaise is such a good national anthem

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www.maptap.gg July 7 97🔥 100🎯 93🏆 75🌞 87🎉 Final score: 869 Small towns in large US states and island chains team up at the end yet again..

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A phenomenal player who puts everything on the line, and who has led from the front and dug England out of trouble on many occassions. He deserved a better send off, but I'm sure he's made the right decision for his family and his wellbeing. All the best Ben!

Please could someone invent teleportation so that I don't have to get inside my car?

From @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social “Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. “ slate.com/technology/2...

Lounge curtains shut, fan on. Cat stretched out on floor Me *singing in style of Squeeze* "and now this room is nice and cool and very cool for cats its cool for - coool for cats"

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Using various shades of green and varied brushwork, Christopher Sanders study captures the intricacy of grassland species growing in a meadow at Polstead in Suffolk in 1950 - a work that immediately brings to mind Dürer's 'The Great Piece of Turf,' from 1503.

Why has there never been a Muppet Le Carré? A suitably noir MUPPET WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD could be a first class movie

CMAT Cork I don't think I have any followers in or near Cork? But just in case... or in case you do I have 2 CMAT tickets tomorrow (Sat 20th) at Musgrave Park and can't go. Being resold at face value (€59.50 each) via official Ticketmaster re-sale page secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/1800630D9...

A small thank you to Luka Modrić for helping 40 year old men everywhere think that there's a possibility that they too could be top flight international footballers

New post out: "The gap that never closes" I've spent much of my career trying to reduce the rich/poor gap in education. Nothing's worked. Which has led me to the conclusion that we're thinking about inequality the wrong way... (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...