Phil Nulty

Cover of "Promising Young Women" by Caroline O'Donoghue. Cover is of a woman applying make up

Finished and loved "Promising Young Women" by Caroline O'Donghue

I really love how engaging she writes. O'Donoghue writing had me laughing out loud, while really caring about Jane's problems and hoping she will be OK.

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The women's cyclocross race of Lokeren attracted more viewers locally than the men's race.

The excuse that women's cycling wouldn't be so economically interesting for sponsors is again disproved.

Managers should just learn how to lobby better, because numbers are good
#cycling #cyclingbluesky

Pointing out racism in books is not an ‘attack’ – it’s a call for industry reform | Monisha Rajesh I was called aggressive for criticising passages in Kate Clanchy’s memoir. But the real problem lies deep in the overwhelmingly white world of publishing

Directing to you all to this piece from 2021 in advance of the BBC and the Times maliciously raking up and rewriting painful history this week

www.theguardian.com/books/2021/a...

Shops replacing Halloween decorations with Christmas decorations in windows are like "we're not doing this again this year"

If only, they went with "Anna and the Apocalypse " theme, they'd have both Halloween and Christmas covered

I see it is using a base 8 Octal counting system.

The sponsor bit on Channel 4 before and after programmes now is saying "Festive Entertainment sponsored by"?

OK, sure.

Does she have two cookers?

Have the CX X20 rules changed as I was under the understanding that if you finish over 5 minutes back, you are given the 5 minutes loss, the same as dnfs and non-starters

But Tnt Sports commentators are saying Michels lost more time in standings than if he dnfed?

Commissaires decision No. 57 BRIESE Max-David (GER) Has been relegated for riding on the blue band. A été déclassé(e) pour avoir roulé sur la côte d'azur. No. 41 CAMPBELL Akil (TTO) Has been relegated for riding on the blue band. A été déclassé(e) pour avoir roulé sur la côte d'azur. No. 2 WALSH Liam (AUS) Has been relegated for not holding their line during the final sprint. A été déclassé(e) pour avoir quitté sa ligne pendant le sprint final.

For those watching the UCI track, this was the calls on the austrailian, Trinidad & Tobago, and German riders in the elimination race for their relegations

Book cover of "spontaneous acts". The image of a person walking to 4 standing books.

Finished 'Spontaneous Acts' by Yoko Twada, translated by Susan Bernofsky.

Despite being short, it really felt like a heavier read, about a literary researcher in berlin on the work of Paul Celan.

Invited to give a lecture, he struggles with the question "what is your nationality?"

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I had a great fall today, lost my balance when getting my scarves, gloves and hats out of storage.

Thankfully, it was broken by the empty boxes, bags, and such I fall onto.

once again, my hoarder tendencies pay off

Honestly speaking, I'd prefer the CMAT bridge of Peace.

News article. Councillor said "we could have Kneecap Bridge of Peace in 50 years"

Great idea but why wait 50 years, why not rename it now for the "kneecap bridge of peace"

I looked at the Your Party Scotland page, and it seems like they'd be happy coming 6th as long as it was the Scottish Greens in 7th.

Invisible Disabilities Week seems like a good time to remind everyone that "not every disability is visible" remains true when the disabled person in question is riding a bicycle.

I'm in a Buffy rewatch and I totally got that that feeling from it.

Ah track cycling, it has been too long.

I hope whoever wins rainbow jerseys get a chance to show them off.

The meme is from arrested development. Tobias and Lindsay are talking. Tobias is labelled "irish book awards" First panel, Tobias says "both polari book prize and university society nominated **** ***** for an award this year" Second panel, Lindsay asks "well did it work for those people?" Third panel, Tobias says "no, it never does, I mean these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but,,,,," Fourth panel, "but it might for us."

Hmmm

Oh. My. God. The. Accuracy.

Is there any news on Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado starting her cyclocross season?

Is a later start to try to avoid the injuries that upset her January & February last 2 seasons?

Cover of Human Rites by Juno Dawson. The cover is purple, with an antopomorphic goat person in a toga

Finished 'Human Rites', the last book of the 'Her Majesty's Royal Coven ' series by Juno Dawson

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First panel. Women smiling says "enm is not a new thing" Second panel. Man smiling says "Enm is a type of dance music" Third panel. Women is looking whimsical but says nothing Fourth panel. Man looking confused asked "it is a type of dance music, right?"

Me when I see ENM discussed in any media

It feels flawed to argue that.

Why have those people retreating into those spaces in the first place?

If they are "retreating", then to me, it would feel like it is probably because they have found that they didn't like pushback from those who disagree with them.

Thank you, I was coming here to ask for a blocklist

I was talking to a colleague last friday tried to paraphrase something some one said referring to Stephen King's It and having just seen the ad for the new series, I realise i got the town wrong and called it Letterkenny instead of Derry.

I'm laughing at my error

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Each of the 4 times I've seen them, they were awesome.

The third time, they so light up on stage that they were really on fire, they set smoke alarm off

Although surprisingly, it was not during the song they encourage people to "burn the white flag"

Music Thoughts

The band Joseph are brilliant, and their music should be played more often.

I though also feel inclined to add "the band" in front of Joseph, which feels odd. Maybe it is to differentiate them from some guy with name Joseph

Reminded of a cinema usher who directed me right, instead of left to to the cinema screen in Savoy. Towards end of film, 4 people walk in . I think the usher got left/right confused again.

Tindr must be a nightmare for him, as he would always be matching with people he didn't like.

Watching "Swiped", obviously the correct answer to "why did you join OKCupid?" Was "It was the only way to get an online test

Any other answer is not true

#Experience

But this article talks about statutory interest in courts and suggests lower figure of 2% where interest was not agreed by the parties

www.mccannfitzgerald.com/knowledge/di...