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Beautiful photos
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. entertainment
so, i thought i'd start a thread about any beautiful photos of places you've been to, or just beautiful photos.. i'll go first .... .

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copyright: daniel burton.. this is bøur, a little village in the faeroe islands, population 74.. i've never been there but i'd love to visit one day.
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Alec Baldwin due to face justice over on-set shooting death
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. current
yeah, so first the female armorer has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and will get up to 18 months jail time.. now it's that soppy sod baldwin's turn in court.. i hope he's held properly to account - he was the film's producer after all..
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Elfdalian - a minority language spoken in Sweden
by LoveUniHateExams in
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just found an interesting little video (älvdalska förklarad = 'elfdalian explained').. elfdalian is a separate language spoken in dalarna, sweden by a few thousand people.. in swedish, the letter w is rarely used, and when it is it is pronounced as v. but elfdalian has w and it's pronounced just like english w. so, 'white' is vit in swedish, but wait in elfdalian, pronounced like english white.. elfdalian also has the letter ð, ð, which features not in swedish but in icelandic and faeroese.

how cool is that?!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cle7wfv3r6w.
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Appreciation post for Pam Grier
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. entertainment
yeah, i love pam grier.. she was great in jackie brown (1997).. and she can sing very well, too.. .

enjoy .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwmyb6nii48.
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Love will save the world
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. friends
he tried to part the cold, white blanket with frozen fingers.. shivering now, his cold blue eyes focused on her pale, soft skin, her butterknife cheek.

the city of lights in her eyes.. .

their love saved them from disturbing fate.. .
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Whatever happened to JW paedo Michael Porter?
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. child-abuse
i remember reading about this guy in a national newspaper in 2010 after he had had his trial for child sex abuse.

porter avoided prison, despite being guilty of some acts child abuse.. the local elders defended him and were on his side and didn't df him, from what i remember.

then after an outcry porter was was df'd, and i think sent to prison.. anyone up-to-date on this?.
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Customers being frozen out of their bank accounts for political views is a very worrying trend ...
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. current
yeah, so i know nigel farage is a bit of an abrasive twat.. he no doubt holds views that other people disagree with.. but that doesn't mean his bank can just tell him to sod off and freeze his accounts.. such a thing might go on in commie china or authoritarian russia.

no doubt hitler closed lots of jewish people's accounts in nazi germany, too.. but the fact that it is happening here, in the yew-kay, is pretty chilling when you consider this country is supposed to champion freedoms, including the one to hold and express varying political views.. this seems to be part of a trend to delegitimise and cancel people who hold certain views.. i remember looking at a yt video of richard dawkins questioning muslim journalist mehdi hassan about his belief in flying horses and muhammad.

all fair analysis and criticism by dawkins until he suggested that hassan shouldn't be a journalist because of his beliefs.
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Wimbledon's attitude to Russian/Belorussian players ...
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. current
... is absolutely ridiculous.. last year, 2022, russian and belorussian tennis players were banned from wimbledon.

let that just sink in.

if you were a pro tennis player, and happened to be a russian or belorussian citizen, the all england club decided that you could not compete at their annual grass tournament.. let's explore that particular brand of discrimination and lunacy further.
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The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) - no spoilers, please
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. entertainment
yeah, so i've bought this film recently but have never seen it.. i've kinda heard that it's a good film.

i certainly like director nicolas roeg's film don't look now (1973).

roeg also directed this film, the man who fell to earth (1976).. so, i was just wondering if any of you have seen it, and what you thought of it.. er, try not to give spoilers, please ....
The Northman (2022) - first thoughts
by LoveUniHateExams in
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2. entertainment
first off, i really like robert eggers and think he's a great film maker.

i really like his two previous films - the witch (2015) and the lighthouse (2019).. i saw the northman (2022) for the first time yesterday.

it's a revenge/'western' story about a viking prince who avenges the death of his father, by his uncle.