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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

This despite how patient I’ve been while waiting till they’re allowed to come over and play again.

matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

My friends from back when all have teenagers now and STILL don’t seem to appreciate me referring to this whole having kids business as just a phase they’re going through.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

In case anyone’s curious, a pint of Guinness at Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi costs around $16 - or just shy of 285 ront.

I, uh, could have done with being a bit more curious *before* I ordered.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

Watch Alchemy of Souls on Netflix. That’s the one that done me in.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t relate. I accidentally watched a kdrama one day six months ago and then binged about another *counts figures* gazillion of them in quick succession. They take getting used to, but they’re unpredictable, have actual endings, and make you feel forgotten emotions and then go to Korea. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 2d

While this is undoubtedly very funny and the Times has egg not only on its face but all over its head and shoulders, the phrase that leaps out here is ‘an interview…conducted through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida’. What a time to be alive.

Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 2d

I’m crying

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s policies.

“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida.

“I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,” DeBlasio told Semafor Wednesday evening. “So I just gave him my opinion.”

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll make the effort for a big tentpole at IMAX once or twice a year - spensive but worth it for the spectacle and sound - but otherwise nah.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

Hmm. New Witcher with Miley’s Lil-Thor Ex just dropped. Might give it a gander on the plane.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

It was hella fun salting cabbage with three little old Korean aunties sitting around a big plastic tub in Busan! And it didn’t come out to shabbily, if I do say so myself. Me and kimchi clearly ferment to be. 🤭

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

No, Blackpink, it is I who is in *your* area.

N Seoul Tower, seen from the Namsan cable car in Seoul, South Korea.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

Can make my own now!

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

Besides, Trump just got here so the mood has soured.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

Today is day 11 - that’s probably about enough I reckon.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 2d

All right, that’s enough larking about in someone else’s timezone. Time to go home.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 3d

Albert Eisbein used to call that kind of wanton entanglement ‘misspooken irritation at a distance’

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 3d

Ain’t never, and not for lack of testing. But then I took to lockdown like a stylite to a stalagmite.

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 3d

"No Trump! No China!": Caught in middle, South Korea hosts rival world powers

South Korea's President Lee is in for a diplomatic dance as he hosts the leaders of US and China.

www.bbc.com

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, ffs, the bonuses do stack. Until the cap is reached, anyway.

matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 4d

Now where did I put those electrolytes.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 4d

After much testing I have determined that 1 bottle of soju and 1 bottle of beer produces the optimal alcohol-level to quaffing-time ratio, with greatest benefits and fewest drawbacks. That is all, citizen, you may proceed with your day.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 4d

Yes. I never envied you that. I will say though that the non-corporate stuff might take longer to destroy a soul, but it does get the job done eventually.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 4d

That ‘good enough’ bit at a daily is a miracle on par with compound interest. Your good enough gets pretty damn good pretty damn quickly when you’re doing it every damn day.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 4d

Short deadlines in a pressure cooker are one heck of a crucible. I believe radio journalists have it even tougher, but weekly publications are much more chill by comparison - and when they still existed monthly magazines were basically vacation resorts.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 4d

The best way I found to manage the starting block was to work at a daily newspaper, where the production process allowed just about enough time to do a good (or good enough) job if you didn’t dither. And if you did procrastinate you’d hear ALL about it before too long, and so would everyone else.

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matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social · 4d

Used to be they were just the number one threat in America.

Guess that’s globalization for you.

Japanese governor calls for military help amid spike in bear attacks

The governor of the northern Japanese Akita prefecture on Tuesday appealed for military help to deal with a surge of bear attacks that have killed a record 10 people this year. The animals have been…

www.france24.com

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