Very intentional. Nolan told the Associated Press that when designing the Cyclops (a fifty-foot puppet!) he had in mind Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Son.”
@andyburnham How would the proposed change in council tax work for northern councils who have high levels of usage and dependency on council services but much lower house prices so a lower amount of council tax to use.
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Zack Polanski is right again.
Every addict I met in my decades of alcoholism and addiction was traumatised as a child, including myself
I have lost way too many friends along the way
I've been clean and sober ten years.
Addiction is a public health issue
Many people don’t know this, but the crossed-arms “X” signal is FIFA’s universal gesture for reporting racist abuse.
When a player, coach, or team official makes that signal, they’re informing the referee that racist abuse has occurred. It is meant to trigger FIFA’s three-step anti-racism protocol: first stop the match, then suspend it if the abuse continues, and ultimately abandon the match if it doesn’t stop.
Today, Egypt manager Hossam Hassan made the “X” gesture from the touchline. Instead of initiating the protocol, the referee booked Hassan with a yellow card and allowed play to continue.
A few days ago, Dr Hussam Abu Safiyeh said these words to his lawyer: “This is the last time you will see me...they brought me here to kill me. I don't see myself surviving. This is the end”.
This man is a paediatrician.
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Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens: I demand you stand down in Clacton. I will be a unity candidate and pledge to build at least one affordable house.
Nigel Farage says he wants The People versus the Establishment. So be it.
Leave him to me.
Imagine that. The crooked FIFA boss who handed a bogus peace prize to a warmongering pedophile who killed 165 Iranian schoolchildren later reversed a World Cup decision because that same pedophile told him to.
Fuck Infantino. Fuck Trump.
The Beatles scene in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) is insanely funny. Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Justin Long & Jason Schwartzman absolutely nail John, Paul, George & Ringo. The accents are somehow even better than the real Beatles. 🤣
Total gem of a movie.
It’s Friday and it’s 33 degrees. And the council estates are lively. The paddling pools have appeared from absolutely nowhere. Every front garden has one that’s 80% duct tape and 20% hope. There’s at least six kids in it, one XL bully, and someone’s uncle cooling his Stella cans in the same water. The shirtless blokes have emerged like they’re migrating for summer. White as a packet of Richmond sausages by 9am, bright red by lunchtime, still insisting, “I don’t burn, me.” The smell outside is a fascinating mix of sun cream, Lynx Africa, meat and steak pies, and someone’s wheelie bin that’s been cooking nicely in the heat since Monday. Someone’s bought a £12 fan from B&M and is acting like they’ve installed full air conditioning unit. Meanwhile someone’s nan is sat in the conservatory wearing a cardigan saying, “It’s not that warm.” The local Facebook group’s in meltdown. Half the posts are “Who’s dog is this?” The other half are people moaning about kids playing outside. “Can they not scream?” Karen, it’s the first sunny Friday we’ve had in about eight months. They’re feral now. Accept it. Meanwhile some fellas washing his Corsa with Fairy Liquid while blasting uk garage enough for three postcodes to enjoy. By tonight there’ll be at least two blokes arguing over whose turn it is to buy more packet, someones kid will have lost a set of teeth, and an air ambulance will probably be landing because Dave thought it’d be a good idea to do a backflip off the shed roof into two feet of water.