Been getting heavily into 80s music & digging out songs I haven't heard for years & got stuck on Pointer Sisters - Automatic. Absolute just joy of a song, been needed this week but without fail everytime I hear it, my mood is instantly lifted. 🤩✨
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@kait_oc Yep, I can understand the events where they directly respresent their country (DC etc) but normal tour events where they are individuals? Many self funding, not state funded etc? Or saying they should change citizenship to play? World is going crazy.
@TheBoiledEgg Yep, I find it very harsh on the individuals who have nothing to do with it. And sets a precedent of players refusing to play players they have political disagreements over & that being ok (see previous bad episodes of players refusing to play Israeli players & Peer's visa etc)
“I don’t know enough to speak intelligently about the topic” is a phrase I will say freely and without the slightest bit of shame. Nobody needs my freezer burned take on everything. Sometimes the holy ghost says hush and read a book.
Successfully donated blood this afternoon. Been meaning to do it for ages & very happy to actually follow through & get it done for 1st time. Went smoothly & was so easy, absolutely no problems whatsoever 👍👍 #Giveblood
@Ratazana Yep, certainly something that would be abused by some (not athletes themselves but people trying to dodge any sanctions) I imagine sanctions will somehow try to avoid individuals like tennis players but perhaps it will only be those outside Russia (higher ranked as you said)
@Ratazana Yep, even higher ranked I would assume still have family, friends, sponsors etc in Russia. I could see perhaps exceptions being made for athletes (basically anyone who can argue they aren't connected to government maybe??)
If you could design a prime minister less suited to dealing with Putin and the crisis in Ukraine, Johnson would be it. A cosplaying jerk up to his neck in favours and Russian money, a lying, lawbreaking populist who grabbed power through division and shattering trust with Europe.
Astronomical
• UK Bank reports a quadrupling of profits this morning
• Another reports profits up 90%
Bankers bonus bonanza, as bonuses soar by up to 44%
I simply say this. It’s a crime that your energy bills are rising 54%. We’re being robbed in broad daylight
@LadyBellatrix Tradition & ceremony & how it's "supposed" to go than any kind of news item or preferred timing of death or whatever. Theyre too rigid & fixed in their ways to actually go ahead with a conspiracy imo
@LadyBellatrix This is actually one of those things I don't buy conspiracies over simply coz they truly do have such routines, traditions,decades made plans & all of the politics/succession etc entirely laid out. And you *know* they're are more people in those palaces etc who care more about...
I just heard from two women with #LongCovid, both in their early 40's, just diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers.
They can't be the only ones.
If COVID leads to neurodegenerative disease... we are totally fcked.
Support Long COVID research NOW. Before it's too late.
Successfully donated blood this afternoon. Been meaning to do it for ages & very happy to actually follow through & get it done for 1st time. Went smoothly & was so easy, absolutely no problems whatsoever 👍👍 #Giveblood
Scrapping free tests will mean infections people unwittingly transmitting the virus. It risks new variants emerging, and the consequences of that could take us right back to square one.
The Prime Minister’s decision is reckless and politically motivated. Saving his own skin.