Never hurts to manage the "risk" in "frisky".
Regular screening, prevention, and protection is everyone's responsibility to prevent the acquisition and spread of sexually-transmitted diseases!
βStop being so political.β Babe, I would LOVE to go back to painting flowers and talking to the moon, but apparently basic human rights are still up for debate.
My peti-b arse is fully regretting even attempting to go out tonight. Terrible commuting conditions and even worse as a metro driver. Hopefully the cocktails are worth it.
Some sushi, sashimi, and a Suntory highball (or three) this weekend would absolutely hit the spot right after a "no-page; all-clear" signal once DST hits in NA. π₯²
SIR PATRICK STEWART (1940-2026)
Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love.
We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we werenβt in the same productions. My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in 'Star Trek'. βBut Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to riskβgetting lost in Hollywood for years and years?β. Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did for not just his devoted Trekkies but film and theatre audiences, who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes ('X-Men' of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in Londonβs West End and on Broadway.
America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin. But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire.
His farewell performance in 'Avengers: Doomsday' is yet to be seen.
Ian McKellen 29 October 2026
Photo: University of Huddersfield
Sir Patrick Stewart was really a tough nut, both in real life and in the roles he portrayed.
RIP, Captain Picard/Professor X. You'll be remembered fondly for generations to come.
Potential privacy risk for Discord users in large public servers, but there's a way to disable this feature - go to User Settings, then Data and Privacy, and untick "Show my message content from Discoverable channels on web pages".
Not only did they manage to bark up the wrong tree (I like my peace, thank you very much), but I also had to find out indirectly through common friends.
Perhaps now it's actually worth the trouble to be the thorn in someone's side?
From my (somewhat limited) experience as a Discord server op these past few months, I'm starting to see a pattern with many of the 20-somethings that I interact with: they have just enough knowledge to truly fuck themselves up, and little to no resources to fix those fuck-ups.