Status: Pre-heatwave day today, so it’s hot but it’s going to get hotter. Feeling quite tired anyway after yesterday’s excursion and have had continuous tinnitus all day which hasn’t happened for a while — usually it comes and goes, serving as a warning light for me to take a break. I’ve decided to lean into the football a bit, looking for more teams to follow over the World Cup alongside the obvious England. Argentina were a little underwhelming this afternoon and I’m going to give France a go tonight, given Mbappé has been pissing off the far right of late. This might surprise people who’ve known me but over the last few years I’ve moved from being actively antagonistic to the very mention of the sport to quite enjoying the odd match. I have the usual background of suffering the indignity of school sports leaving deep and lasting scars, which developed in later years a resentment at its normalisation across society. This scene from the excellent Tip Toe is a perfect encapsulation of…
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