Richard
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Richard
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@helenlohara.bsky.social @chrishewitt.bsky.social I’m (finally) reading the Harry Dresden books and just came across him saying “Hell’s bells”. Might that be where Helen’s nickname on the pod comes from?
August 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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I’m sorry, there’s absolutely nothing that could get me interested in Amazon’s new IP-flogging, post-Broccoli era of Bond, I don’t care what you…

Oh 😳

deadline.com/2025/06/deni...
Denis Villeneuve Directing Next James Bond Film
Denis Villeneuve is set to direct the next James Bond film for Amazon MGM Studios, the studio abruptly announced on Wednesday.
deadline.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Has anyone written on the similarities between Hungarian Langos and Tunisian Fricassee? They're both deep fried bread dough, and, with Eros Pista and Harissa both have virtually identical chilli sauce style accompaniments.
January 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Two years ago, I started writing Meanwhile In Singapore ... a free monthly letter home on Substack. Today there are 362 subscribers, all of whom found it via word-of-mouth. Not bad! Here are my top three most-popular posts (inc stats):
December 22, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Are you trying to survive Whamageddon? Then do not watch Carry-On on Netflix before December 25th! Pretty decent movie, but about 2/3 in (during a certain car scene) it'll get you.
December 15, 2024 at 7:06 AM
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Brits don't do Thanksgiving because if we had to take a day off for the anniversary of us fucking over a native people and ruining their country we'd never have to go to work.
November 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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The inventor of cliffhangers has
November 29, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Check this thread by Nayan on Andean freeze dried potatoes!
Ok... no photos from the market, this week, as they all came out terribly.

Instead, here's an old photo, of one of the defining ingredients of Andean culture, which is Chuño; specifically these are the black variant (there is also a white version, commonly called "tunta")
November 24, 2024 at 8:18 AM
All of a sudden all the wine people are here it seems! Just like way back on the bird site. Thank you @anyaspethmann.bsky.social for doing all the digging!
November 21, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Does anyone know of a bluesky app that saves your location on the timeline? I really prefer to continue reading from where I left off, and the main app seems to present the newest message every time I open the app, so I'm scrolling back in time.
September 8, 2023 at 7:35 AM