wing of kaz has added a photo to the pool:
宮崎県三股町、椎八重公園 / Shiibae Park, Mimata Town, Miyazaki Prefecture
wing of kaz has added a photo to the pool:
宮崎県三股町、椎八重公園 / Shiibae Park, Mimata Town, Miyazaki Prefecture
Consuming constant clips made me feel stupider and lonelier. Thank God I’m old enough to remember a world before
A clip from Before Sunrise. A woman joking that she won’t date men with flat heads because their lack of tummy time as babies betrays parental neglect that any female partner will be tasked with unpicking. Another woman gathering dahlias from her garden. A man discussing how Trump’s erratic night-time posting is a sign of the “sundowning” behaviours of patients with advanced dementia. Bob Mortimer being Bob Mortimer. An American cooking spaghetti in the same pan as a creamy sauce, enraging Italians. Ryan Gosling laughing at his face on a tea towel. Nina Simone playing the piano. A beautiful honey cake.
“I built this algorithm brick by brick”, as social media users say – a wry nod to our own complicity in the selection of content furnished to us by platforms such as Instagram or TikTok. Perhaps it’s because Thomas the Tank Engine loomed large in my childhood, but whenever I see that comment I think about Henry, bricked up in the tunnel he obstinately refuses to leave (“we shall leave you here for always, and always, and always”, says the Fat Controller).
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett is a Guardian columnist. Her novel Female, Nude is out now
Continue reading...I’ve recently noticed several signs of adulthood in my behaviour. At first I was horrified, but I have come to accept, even enjoy, the natural ageing process
I nearly drove into a wall the other day, because I couldn’t take my eyes off some spectacular wisteria. Ten years ago I doubt I would have even noticed it, or known what it was, never mind been so transfixed that I unwittingly endangered my life. It’s pretty much invisible in your youth, and then suddenly, at a certain age, or stage, you see it, appreciate it and become mesmerised by its impressive display.
My botanical brush with death was the moment that I knew for certain: no matter how I feel inside, I am now unquestionably a grownup. This wisteria hysteria isn’t an isolated incident, of course. There have been several other definitely adult signifiers:
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De ondernemers op Scheveningen zijn na die laffe vrijdagborrel nu echt helemaal klaar met die chronisch vervelende jongeren. "Je mag het niet zeggen, maar het is een bepaald type jongere." Nou dat mogen we best zeggen, want het zijn voornamelijk allochtone jongeren. En de ondernemers op Scheveningen zijn er nu dus klaar mee. Zoals Scheveningen er na de rellen van vorig jaar (2025) ook al helemaal klaar mee was. Een beetje ook zoals Scheveningen er in 2022 ook al helemaal klaar was. En zoals Scheveningen er in 2021 óók al helemaal klaar mee was. En zoals Scheveningen tevens in 2021 ook klaar was met jongeren die met machetes stonden te zwaaien, maar preventief fouilleren niet mocht omdat dat te kwetsend was. En zoals Scheveningse vrouwen in 2020 ook helemaal klaar waren met slissende en intimiderende jongeren, precies zoals bewoners er in datzelfde 2020 ook helemaal klaar mee waren. Zoals ze er op Scheveningen in 2016 OOK AL helemaal klaar mee waren. En dat was TIEN jaar geleden. Maar het probleem meneer, dat is gebleven.
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