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@Mel81x @Dr. Gonzo @Tommy Look how beautiful it is

Apparently David Alaba's father in law was among the arrested. He's a celebrity chef and was supposed to do the catering for the new Reich.

On an unrelated note, I like it when the clubs' name or in our case the city's name is on top, and the players name on the bottom. To me it symbolises that no player is bigger than the club.

For a mixture I'd go somewhere east. Cala Rajada, Cala Millor, S'Illot maybe. Cala Rajada is full of Germans though, but a nice mixture of party and beautiful landscapes with nice beaches.

I think he is. After seeing Neymar picking Barcelona, Florentino is determined not to lose the next great player from Brazil. He hit two home-runs with Rodrygo and Vinícius but it seems so far that he completely whiffed on Reinier. Hopefully Endrick will be another case of success.

Now I'm torn between watching that and giving the game another go.

Looks stunning. Also I liked the bit when he force held the stormtrooper and made him shoot at the other stormtroopers.

No idea, whether there's a reason. If so, I'd say it's a relict from the monochrome TV times, to make it easier for the spectators to make out which teams got a card, when eg a team in red kits played a team in green kits, I'd guess.

Yeah but Traitors is really really good.

I like how he says "Sam Bankman-Fried" needs to be investigated. He is being investigated I assume he's saying it because the guy was a big Biden donor. And that's true - he was a big Biden donor. But the part conservatives don't like to talk to was... he was also making fairly large campaign contributions to republican politicians as well. So like many other corrupt billionaires in America... he's funding both sides because that's literally how corruption works and they've got legalised corruption in the form of campaign contributions. It's a big deal... but it's not actually illegal. And the guy did actual illegal things that are probably a bigger issue. Because I doubt he cares all that much that the guy was committing fraud - which is obviously wrong... and what he's getting investigated for. And until they close the loopholes that allow for bribing politicians legally in the US, that's really all he can be investigated for (and even if they did close those loopholes, I think he'd get away with it because he'd done it before those loopholes were closed). But at the end of the day... I don't think the investigation into the FTX improperly handling money of "investors" (which let's be honest... they're not investors, if you're into crypto you're a speculator because everything about cryptos is speculative... even their ultimate usefulness) is a pressing issue for the United States at this moment. One... it's literally already happening... so that makes it a bit of a non-issue as to whether his crimes are being investigated. They are. And imo it's not even the biggest fraud issue in the US. The PPP (paycheck protection program) loans that were issued post-COVID have been a source of serious fraud using taxpayer money. This remains uninvestigated and unpunished. I think theft of taxpayer money is probably more of a pressing matter to most people... Twitter's not a big issue either. First off, the idea of "free speech" under American law has fuck all to do with private companies. And guess what... Twitter is a private company. And they're not even a journalistic or news media company, nor do they claim to be. That they "hid" certain stories is no more egregious than Facebook promoting certain right-wing bullshit. It's not ethical, but it's not illegal. And they're social media companies... so being surprised by the lack of ethics is a bit weird - they're not ethical at their core. That Elon Musk is trying to make it a massive issue in support of one political party isn't a surprise either - he's found something that the selective outrage crowd that makes up the US right-wing will be furious about, thrown the words "free speech" around to work them up, and is trying to rally his supporters into backing politicians that will... keep his taxes low and are unlikely to impose any sort of regulations on his businesses. To me, the only issue with Twitter is Twitter's now been ruined by a rich idiot that wanted it as his plaything... on the grand scale of political issues it's about as unimportant as things get tbh. All social media being used for political messaging is problematic - same with all regular news media, tbh. Yes, they should be regulated more by governments (all around the world tbh)... ... but is that as pressing as the mounting economic issues the west faces? Fuck no it's not - and there's so many issues there that need to be addressed? Is it as important as the increase in one political party having a split between those that hold western democratic values & the anti-democratic members of the party pushing extremism and authoritarian views into the mainstream? Absolutely not. Is it as important as the work these extremists have put in to roll back and continuously attack other Americans human rights? No, of course it's not. Overwhelmingly polls (and recent US elections) show that most voters view the biggest issues in America as economic issues. That shouldn't surprise anybody - the economy affects everybody.

Not nice mate. Similar with my Nan who’s suffering from Alzheimer’s / dementia in a home for many years. Hope she’s on the mend x

After Flamengo won the Cup a few days ago, Diego invited the stadium's cleaning staff to celebrate with him. What a legend.

It's been a little while since we went now but here are some pictures from our holiday to Croatia. ...And for a little brucie bonus, we took this shot of Mostar Bridge on a day trip to Bosnia which was an experience. Thoroughly recommend it if you haven't been and all of that was without even getting down to the heavily tourist infected Dubrovnik.

For a bit, yea. Then I stopped and forgot about it. I have a hard time to get immersed in videogames these days.

Omg he's back!