I've made the academic book club scam but what is unsettling about it is just how much academics are expected to pay for small things (illustrations, photos)... Plenty of people must fall for it on that basis. The AI garbling of the book also weird.
The kitchen/pantry sequence in #Rivals is spectacular. It owes a great deal to Michael Frayn's Noises Off, and I am basically certain the chorus are singing 'Beef Daube' as it reaches its climax. Incredible blocking work, chef's kiss all round.
The Acquaintance - Camus
I'm not sure 'write the statement for thingy' was the best to do list item I've ever committed to paper. Absolutely no idea.
Not google photos dropping me an alert to say "guess who we've found [name of your dead father]" - genuinely howling with horrifying laughter here. AI generated alerts kids... not the one.
If you do say have a take away soup and then you leave the wooden spoon in that very hot soup... you will end up with a totally flat spoon. Just you know, fyi. Wouldn't be something I'd end up doing.
This is a terrifying development in robbing trans people of dignity and support, and all LGBTQ people and allies should be horrified at how in less than a decade we've got to this state.
Pick a Bond villain from the pictures you already have on your phone.