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@clive_mart1n Bouldering/climbing Growing a moustache Carrying round a novel as a prop Half marathons Mubi subscription Having a girlfriend who earns more than them

Walks round underwhelming urban 'beauty spots' Making meals out of leftovers Bitter Italian cocktails Foraging Harissa Trips to Marseille Too many people on a pub table Listening to music x.com/LizWolfeReason…

@demarionunn @vittlesmagazine Action Bronson cuisine

i wrote about why every hyped restaurant/wine bar in east london seems to be serving the same menu for @vittlesmagazine vittlesmagazine.com/p/what-on-eart…

@Ankaman616 1. Hojlund gets the golden boot including a hat-trick in the group stage 2. England plays Germany but the main talking point is Nagelsmann's suit v Gareth's cardigan 3. Frimpong outshines Mbappe in the group stage game between them

Hello friends, EURO 2024 begins this week, so let's do another Bad Predictions Amnesty. Tell me your baseless, nagging football musings. Something you think will happen over the tournament. You get a re-do at the end of the group stages. We'll look over these before the Final.

@LyesBouzidi10 It did exist and was called Masters Football. 6 a side futsal type tournament and it was on Sky in the noughties youtube.com/watch?v=zvb7Fu…

Facts, “Legends” games where ex pro’s play for their old teams for charity. I wonder why no one’s ever thought of that before

@Ankaman616 Eze 90+5 winner in the final. Jollof rice declared the new national dish of England

Eze over Grealish in the England squad then? Mr Southgate, you will have to reacquaint us with your game...

@richardpfranks @visit_bham @VisitEnglandBiz @VisitBritain @WMGrowth @MeetBirmingham @Lorna_Explorer @tommymarlow @BrumLeader @BhamCityCouncil @IndependentBham Lived in Bearwood as a kid. Never thought I would see it in CN Traveller 🥹

When I first started out all I wanted to do was get #Birmingham in the big magazines. I’m really proud of my seven-page feature on Birmingham and its indie bars, restaurants and venues in the latest issue of National Geographic Traveller. Out now! 🐂 nationalgeographic.com/travel/article…

@MarkMachado They think it’s all over… it is now

@thuli94 still a few minutes to go.....

Oliver Kelaart looks like Darwin Nunez and just scored a Nunez-esque goal for Sri Lanka to go 2-0 up Sri Lanka playing great football #SLvBhu

@jameskhansen The scary thing is that those pages are so cleverly engineered through memetic tactics to look relatable/create a meta community but were always designed to be monetised and become brands in their own right

@thuli94 yes, i think you're right. i'm interested in how the volume / exposure is interacting with the way the same platforms create volumes of hype that become damaging (e.g. that columbia road christmas thing that had to shut down because of marauding tiktokers)

tatler interviewing socks house meeting; yardsale pizza doing a "collab" with royal housewives of clapton. the sheer purposelessness of it all

@jameskhansen reminds me of that Chris Morris quote on modern satire. "You do nice dissection of the way things are … and you get slapped on the back by the orthodox elite (east London hipsters)."

the memes observing homogenous cultural phenomena are fun. the irony of monetising them to the point that they become powerful homogenous cultural phenomena themselves? well it's potent but i think it's also quite bad

Why have they done this like a football legend returning to manage their former club?

Man United lost 4-3 to Copenhagen. Sri Lanka 5 wickets down already. Yeah might have to take up some new sports to watch...

Like to eat? Like to dance? Want to do both while making a difference? Then head down to a charity cookout I'm hosting on 17th September. Tickets available from £5 🙏🏾eventbrite.co.uk/e/resilience-s…

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@Calum_oOoO writing 'eating dosa is not political' like some sort of dub is hilarious

@thuli94 just read the article and (along with all the other valid and funny responses in the replies) it can defo be dismissed out of hand due "eating dosa is not political" alone, that's some real A in A-Level economics uni fresher shit lmao, every action in any sphere is political

Plenty of chat about this but no-one has pointed out that the article doesn’t suggest eating the fish in your car. It clearly states ‘you have to take it home in your car.’

Took Bellingham one game to win over the Spanish press. Bale really had zero rizz

@DanQayyum @HashUrTag r u dumb bro? Sri Lankan cuisine is one of the most labour-intensive. Dishes like lamprais are complex and perfecting hoppers is no easy feat. Also you have about 5 or 6 curries with rice and string hoppers and they all have a different flavour profile to create a balanced plate

@HashUrTag Mate ask them their entire cuisine is about 12 dishes, it's like they just can't be arsed. They eat to live not live to eat like we do in Pak ♥️

It's not just the lack of notable dishes in their own cuisine (curry, of which we have hundreds, is just one dish here, mild variations by region but same gravy and chicken), it's the general disinterest they have for food or flavour. Most of the stuff served in restaurants is stale and has been sitting in a display window the entire day. 90% of the food here is cold, stale breads. Most restaurants have menus without a single local dish, and with Chinese or Western dishes instead. Any chicken used in most dishes is pre-fried and chewy, added to the dish at the end and served at room temperature while nobody seems to mind. I saw a guy selling corn on the cob on the roadside. They were boiled. No butter, masala or even salt 🤦 The most highly recommended dish was string hoppers (Pictured). How can anyone be excited about this? For a country that has so much natural beauty, a very decent tourism infrastructure and warm, super friendly people, you'd expect SOME local fare which would excite tourists but nah. Never seen a people so dispassionate about food.

We caught up with @thuli94 to find out about the brilliant new Sri Lankan cookbook he has curated 'Resilience: Recipes from The Sri Lankan Diaspora'. deliciousmagazine.co.uk/five-minutes-w…