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WTF is Threads? I see some authors and a few other people I follow on Instagram posting about it, today.

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!

Finished up Happy Valley. Did it air too late in the year to be eligible for the Emmys? I think it's worth a nod for limited series and lead actress, at the least.

We're in a hotel room, in Brooklyn for my birthday long weekend, and the sheer amount of 'banter' from MC during this CONCACAF Nations League final is going to be a test. Especially with 'were going to score on this corner' and then the US scores on that f%$@ing corner. <sigh>

Holy cow Scotland!

And Cormac McCarthy. What a fucking day. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/cormac-mccarthy-dead-no-country-author-1235642944/

This upsets me a lot. I loved Everwood and it was a great to see him in We Own This City.

And then he won! In a playoff! Oh Canada!

This got me in the feels. https://twitter.com/dpfinkbeiner/status/1667997628259352578?s=20

Canada Soccer reporting today that Phil Neville has joined our MNT coaching staff.

We're heading into a Code Red for air quality here in DC this afternoon. It is awful. But I can't imagine how bad it is in Ottawa and Gatineau where my mom and sisters are. My sister sent a photo of the sky outside her office. Just brutal.

Hi. It's Momoa. Anyhoo, the final series of Happy Valley was released in the States May 22nd (yay) with weekly episodes (boo). Sarah Lancashire is incredible.

The rabbit from Season One would like a word about adult Shauna.

As a latecomer who binged the whole thing in under 2 weeks, and who wasn't into it initially...I loved it. The finale was almost perfect (to me). I cried a lot. Of course I'm a perimenopausal lady with some very raging hormones and unbalanced emotions so YMMV. It left everything in a good spot to never need return to, but if they did I'd watch because Ted Lasso himself is no longer necessary.

I binged through the first season and am an episode onto season 2. It absolutely did get more complex and my enjoyment outweighs my initial annoyance. He's still a lot but less so given other characters and their stories.

I'm on the third episode of season 1 and I really want to like it but Ted Lasso himself is just...a lot. It was a fun character when NBC started broadcasting EPL and he was part of the promotion. But I just can't get with the perpetual optimism and hokiness (which is clearly a me problem).

Doubtful we'd cross the river for this. I will say there's a lot of great pizza in DC and it's in walking distance or a short train ride. Honorable mention to Hersh's in Baltimore.

MC and I didn't finish the episode on Sunday so we restarted the whole thing last night. Two nights of election PTSD was a lot. It was inevitable for Roman to emerge as this particular POS but still sort of sad.

I have nothing to offer in this thread except: Nas! 180! Darts was Sunday morning hangover tv when I was still living with my parents in Ottawa a bajillion years ago.

It's no coincidence that this uh, happened during Police Week. https://www.policeweek.org/schedule.html Super cute that they have an event area called Tent City in a city that saw homelessness jump this year. https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/05/11/dc-homeless-count-how-many

I take Kaitlan Collins 'switching news org sides' over the attempt to humanize Megyn Kelly during her sneeze of a stint at NBC Universal.

Clayton Kershaw. That's the post.

Did they script that fall for Shiv? Newly pregnant and in front of a bunch of men? I'm still reeling from that. Super dirty after the Kendall and Roman freeze out, but also par for her course.

Re: Brian Cox, the original Hannibal Lecter *chef's kiss*

My grandparents used to buy clear cream soda in bottles that had snowflakes as part of the design. Can't recall the brand but I loved that stuff when I was a kid and also the cream soda from Pop Shoppe. Haha! Found it. Likely a Quebec- only distribution. https://www.etsy.com/listing/701175564/vintage-snow-white-soda-pop-bottle-10oz