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Just been # Nomadland:

YouTube: Nomadland UK trailer (Cineworld Cinemas)



Lovely.

I would have made it a bit more Ken Loach-ish, but maybe sometimes you don't need to hit people over the head. On the other hand, it does seem that you could easily read the film as a celebration of American stick-to-it-iveness, particularly as the lead character repeatedly turns down invitations to leave that lifestyle.

For less nuance from the same source material:

YouTube: Field of Vision - CamperForce (Field of Vision)



YouTube: On Contact: America’s Elderly Itinerant Workforce with Jessica Bruder (RT America)
#watching
Matthew Davidson
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"Most women can’t be trophy wives, but you know … maybe you’re a participation trophy." # Pastor Stewart Allen-Clark https://digbysblog.net/2021/03/trophy-wives-for-everybody/
#q
Matthew Davidson
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At the end of a day off. The wind has been ferocious all day (literally, not in the Major Bloodnok sense). Sounds like waves crashing around my flat. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, gusts of up to 72km an hour. A good day for sailing if you want to get somewhere in a hurry and aren't fussed about where.
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"My mind is expanding, my horizons are broadening. I’m washing the dishes while having a cutting-edge audio experience learning about the Plague of Justinian." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cant-you-see-im-listening-to-a-goddamn-podcast
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Matthew Davidson
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If you want to leave an impression, be prepared for some pain. Salt spray on glass, appliqué par un avian, 2021.
Ruben
Ruben friendica
I think I've left similar impressions on glass panels
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
My telly's very big, and the picture quality is superb, but it only has the one channel, and the shows are a bit sedate for my taste.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Today's cure for 70s nostalgia:

https://vintagerecipecards.com/2021/02/06/pineapple-chicken-curry/
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Ah, # memories:



https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2021/01/26

#
#Windows95 #Doonesbury
Matthew Davidson
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"Socialists who promote socialism using esoteric leftist jargon that ordinary people don’t understand aren’t really interested in promoting socialism. It’s just a nerdy hobby for them. They’re the same as Star Trek nerds speaking Klingon." # Caitlin Johnstone https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/nationwide-dementiafest-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix-1712ddb5e949
#q
Ruben
Ruben friendica
so true
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Momentous day. Resolved to give up drinking. Then I sat down and noticed my glass was empty, so I had to get back up again. Oh, well. Always tomorrow.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
"There's no pain. There's no more sorrow.'



#
#Pogues
Matthew Davidson
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Love kids # like this. Distinctly remember watching this segment after school and working it out, but it took me an embarrassingly long time just now to re-work it out.



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#TV #CuriosityShow
Ruben
Ruben friendica
That's such an elegant demonstration of ...errr refraction?
Ruben
Ruben friendica
I think I'd have enjoyed Yhe Curiosity Show. As a kid I quite liked Johnny Ball in Think of a Number: m.youtube.com/watch?v=gvN6OwqFMuU
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Oh, come on. Ask me a hard one. https://archive.org/details/FABFOR22 # #
#Beatles #DOSgames
Matthew Davidson
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Where's my screaming/weeping booth? https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5nmw/amazon-introduces-tiny-zenbooths-for-stressed-out-warehouse-workers # #
#work #Amazon
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
I'm doing okay. How are you?
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Taking a sick day tomorrow. I've been a casual, a temp, self employed, unemployed, a vagabond, for so long that it seems almost indecent to just not turn up.
Matthew Davidson
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Noticed yesterday the whopping great cardboard box on the doorstep of a downstairs neighbour, emblazoned with a photograph of a ferocious-looking stereo system. Ominous.

I've been playing dueling calendars with my estate agent's preferred fire alarm testing firm for months, as they endeavour to keep their local service representative available only while I'm not. Finally outfoxed them by having an atypical morning shift today. Dutifully shaved last night so I'd ready bright and early, allow for five hours work, a little quick printing of government forms at the library, then it's game over, fire alarm testers. See you next year.

Get a text message from work as I'm stepping out of the shower at 5:30am. Can I swap my morning shift for an afternoon? Gah! Immediately text the smoke alarm people, eager to maintain the advantage; can they reschedule to the morning? Afraid not, comes the reply, fully booked - we'll be in touch when our service representative is next in your area.

And the owner of the new stereo capable of non-lethal crowd control and bringing down birds in mid-flight turns out to be a huge country music fan.

#
#Couldn'tGetAhead
Ruben
Ruben friendica
Country Music, the sound of despair.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
When a pension fund emails to ask if you're starting to think about retirement. Oh, how I laugh!
Ruben
Ruben friendica
@Matthew Davidson
Welcome to our dystopic future. Should have been born in the 40s
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Songs That Changed Music: Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

YouTube: Songs That Changed Music: Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Produce Like A Pro)
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Had a good day today. Lots of music in my head. Drank too much last night, and dealt with it by carrying on this morning. Sat in the park opposite #, but unlike @Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K) I completely failed to score. This park is defective! I batted my gorgeous eyelashes and everything!



A good, short, slightly tipsy shift at work laughing with/at my colleagues. Feeling positive for the first time in a long while.
#work @Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K)
Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K)
Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K) mastodon (AP)
what a stylish hat and waistcoat! ❤️
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Thank you sweetie.

The hat is a $20 paper fedora. I always wanted a roll-up fedora like Peter Davison had in Doctor Who, but it turns out they cost around $400. It would be cool to be able to roll up your hat and casually slip it in your jacket pocket, but in a climate where it's barely cool enough to wear a jacket for about a fortnight in late July, this isn't a killer feature.

The waistcoat I bought when I was twenty years old. Within a year I was too fat and horrible to fit in it, though I kept it for sentimental reasons. Now finally it's a bit roomy, if anything.

The ensemble is undermined by the fact that everything else is three sizes too large, but I'm determined to wear my fat clothes down to rags before refreshing my wardrobe. The shirt hangs down to my knees. I'd tuck it in, but my trousers are fastened just below my armpits.

I'm making comical sexy. How I don't get propositioned in the park is a complete mystery.
Ruben
Ruben friendica
looking very debonair and fancy free, keep it up
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Been # the Avengers at teatime. Within the first few minutes of episode 2 of series 2, there's Geoffrey Palmer and Nicholas Courtney! Telly nerd heaven!
#watching
Ruben
Ruben friendica
the Brigadier! And Geoffrey Palmer, a lovely actor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOQjPVdWb-o here he is with the delightful Dench out boating
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
I once worked with a guy who told me he'd only ever been overseas once. To #, and he'd never go back. You could not get a sausage roll anywhere.

I smiled and snorted, but when I looked at him his face was set grimly earnest. That was his line in the sand.

To be fair, it's not as though he'd expected a Chico Roll, or a Streets Golden Gaytime.

# #

YouTube: Chiko Rolls classic commercial - Australia (Kirkimer22)



YouTube: GOLDEN GAYTIME (GU)
#Hawaii #AproposOfNothing #AU
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Just got myself a beauty while shaving. The sort of injury that leaves me with no option but to henceforth pursue a life of crime and become the nemesis of some superhero or other. On the plus side I'll get to wear a cape. Always fancied a cape.
Ruben
Ruben friendica
@Matthew Davidson
I got suckered into buying a fancy electric shaver a couple of years ago. I still have no idea how it happened. The purchase coincided with my decision to henceforth go bearded.
Ruben
Ruben friendica
@Matthew Davidson
What about an eye-patch and a hump? On second thoughts, maybe the hump would be overdoing it.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
@Ruben Always respect the power of the majestic turtle.

YouTube: Turtle Chases Lions From His Waterhole (Kruger Sightings)
@Ruben
Ruben
Ruben friendica
That's brilliant. Hank would do the same
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
@Ruben Can't beat a good support group:

YouTube: Reeves & Mortimer - Hernia Hotline (Darren Rigby-O'Neill)



Oh, it hurts when I laugh.
@Ruben
Ruben
Ruben friendica
Hello my name is Ruben and I have a hernia named Quato.
m.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/mediaviewer/rm3894513152
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
That is disturbing. Never saw that film, and now I never will.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Damn. Just had today's shift at # cancelled. All up, this week I've done half the hours I needed to cover rent and groceries, and I've a monster electricity bill due. There has to be an easier way to make a pittance.
#work
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Guilty on all three counts. But will anything really change? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/derek-chauvin-verdict-jail-guilty-b1834433.html # #
#GeorgeFloyd #US
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We Want EVERYTHING! 🌹 mastodon (AP)
It's a lifelong struggle.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
My electricity bills have been punishing ever since I moved into this flat. Today I finally did what every good consumer in a privatised and deregulated market should do, and went comparison shopping at the sarcastically-named energymadeeasy.gov.au.

Turns out that based on my kw/h consumption in my last bill, I could save as much as $20 a quarter by switching to a cheaper provider. After the $20 switching cost. Six months in, that's a cheap bottle of wine's worth of pure profit every three months!

F**k #. Where's publicutilitiesmadeeasy.gov.au when I need it?
#Neoliberalism
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I think the actual problem is that the meter for my flat is in a room behind a locked door, behind the laundry, bearing a sign saying "This door must be kept locked at all times." (I think the "Beware of the leopard" sign must have come loose.) So all my bills have been guestimates bast on the last genuine reading which, based on the available evidence, would have been during the tenancy of somebody who was living here among steaming server racks, mining Bitcoin.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
When you're young you have practically nothing to say, but desperately want to say it to the entire world. When you're old you have a lot to say, but you only want to say it to a few people.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Over dinner, was # Sorry We Missed You. As a precarious worker who has to make a small device go beep at frequent intervals, it was probably unnecessary.
#watching
Ruben
Ruben friendica
Love Ken Loach, he's bloody brilliant
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
#: https://mjd.id.au/node/71143495
#RMS
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
I think professional athletes should stick to politics. #
#AproposOfNothing
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
My god. It's full of green. #

2021-04-11 00:26:10
Cornwall, April 2011
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#Cornwall
Ruben
Ruben friendica
Sigh.... Yes
Ruben
Ruben friendica
Looks like the view from Penrose walk from Helston to Looe Bar. Incidentally Jan Tregeagle was said to have created Looe Bar as one of his given tasks to provide protection from the the hell-hounds dragging him back down below.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Landlords should be required to provide sick leave.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Day off. Feeling sick and sorry for myself, set about # movies in my queue. First up: Where's My Roy Cohn.



Woah. Don't think I have the stomach for more.
#watching
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Finished last night's movie binge by watching Casablanca all the way through, rather than in bits while flicking though the channels on a Sunday afternoon in the 1980s. Full to overflowing with witty badinage, but the plot is surprisingly insubstantial: "Fugitive couple briefly stop in Morocco en route to Portugal," about covers it.

Nobody fills out a trenchcoat like Bogart, but his range is a bit limited - arguably limited to not acting at all, just saying the lines while looking cool. When asked to stretch, what he produces is practically semaphore. As a shallow, dissolute youth I would have identified with Rick, but at my age, I am totally on Team Victor. Much more interesting and naturalistic performance.

Nowhere near as cinematic as I expected. As a film, Casablanca is a good night out at the theatre. It's funny and lovely to look at. Fine craftsmanship; no surprise so many subsequent films look and feel so like it.



See also
Ruben
Ruben friendica
@Matthew Davidson
African Queen appealed more to me but then I am more of a boat person.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Lots of glass-smashing again today at the #. Glaziers and handymen are at work on the unit which a couple of weeks ago my neighbour Breaking Bad trashed before doing a runner. That must be satisfying work; arriving at an almost completely ruined apartment and finishing the job, before restoring it again to working order, ready to be trashed again. Rather like setting up dominos to be toppled or building a wicker man. The impermanence of the result somehow makes doing a splendid job more satisfying.
#Aloha
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
And the guy who initially put plywood boards over the windows has come back to reclaim them. Reduce, reuse, recycle FTW!
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
The year-and-a-half long battle to get my address details changed with # continues. An hour on the phone just now, about the same a fortnight ago, and also a week prior. Assured that the changes just need to be manually checked (by unnamed shadowy authorities), and everything will be done in a few hours. Heard that before.

How is it so hard to execute an SQL query? I'm not even claiming any benefits!

Is there a team of skilled artisans painstakingly chipping away at blocks of marble in ornate characters to record my once-new address? Are they at work in some enormous cloistered quadrangle while smartly-dressed call centre workers with headsets and tablets stroll past, saying things like "I'm just getting your details now, sir," and brushing aside tendrils of ivy to reveal delicately gilded data?

Paths winding between flower beds and decorative hedges of aromatic herbs lead this way and that, meeting at spectacular fountains tinkling with what callers assume is merely static on the line. Small reptiles bask in shafts of sunlight from the heavenly crystal dome above, lazily eyeing the butterflies which circle the hanging flowers about the rotunda where plays a roster of the most gifted string musicians of our time. On the chairs about the bandstand sit an audience of headsets placed there by workers before taking a break at the cafe or spa ("I'm just going to have to put you on hold for a moment, madam.")

On the green, young new hires recline on picnic blankets, rolling dice. "We are currently experiencing a higher than normal volume of calls due to the…" [Rolls dice, consults lookup table] "floods. If your call is not urgent…"
#Centrelink
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Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K) mastodon (AP)
I have been trying to get my name changed on the council bill for 5 years ..
the website consistently addresses me cheerfully by a long forgotten moniker.

Hello Alan
Welcome back Alan

the council tax comes for Alan too.. I say I'm not paying for him anylonger, but they keep sending him the bill, and taking my money.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
The conservative mindset doesn't get, or doesn't want to get, the difference between a variable and an identifier.
Ruben
Ruben friendica
The Dole/UB40/Centrelink/Welfare machine was built in the 18th (or was it 17th) century and it's been working fine ever since. No one is going to rewrite the code for some moaning bloody end user. They tried doing that after the second world war and look where that got us, bloody NHS and votes for women!? There is hundreds of years behind that code! Are you mad?
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
The Easter AirBnB'ers have arrived at the # and the flats next door. The air is thick with the screaming of children; excited squeals and disconsolate wails. Not to mention loud public displays of dysfunctional parenting: "Right! That's it! No Easter Bunny for you!" "Waaah!"

#
#Aloha #Sawtell
Ruben
Ruben friendica
I'm definitely booking my next family holiday at Aloha. I know you're just trying to make paradise on earth sound bad to keep it for yourself.
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica
Hm. I see that after Cory Doctorow's departure last year, Xeni Jardin's name has now also disappeared from the shrinking list of editors in the footer of the # home shopping blog.
#Boingboing
Ruben
Ruben friendica
I can't believe she stuck around for that long
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson friendica

California King

“I don't hate it.”
www.californiaking.org
"There are people who have a lot more dignity than us who are very worried about getting old, and I don't see any reason why we couldn't, uh, you know, take a few bucks off of 'em. To help."

"Of course to help. And you know to the extent that we can merchandise the experience, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, except I mean ethically."



# # #
#podcast #YouLookNiceToday #CaliforniaKing
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