bovril

This sounds really obvious but being ill is crap. I was more ill over Easter than I've probably ever been. Maybe some bad Covid strain or something but I was coughing my guts up, then did my back in, and it absolutely sucked. Lost loads of weight. And it seriously affects your mental health because you can't sleep and also because your brain is linked to e.g. your gut health and all those other things I don't know much about. No two ways about it - it is shit. But it will get better. Physically you will improve and with it your mental health will improve. Keep focussing on that. Can you do small tasks? When I was feeling shit I deep cleaned my flat. It's never been as clean! It felt like a silver lining, plus a bit of very minor physical exercise helped loads. I'm not great with this kind of advice tbh and I know being without work for a long time is really difficult. As I posted above I was without work a bit and creating some structure and schedule to my day helped a lot. Things will get better. Please keep us updated as to how you're feeling and what you're up to.

Hard one today. #WhenTaken #168 (13.08.2024) I scored 751/1000 🎉 1️⃣ 📍 1308 km - 🗓️ 20 yrs - ⚡ 119 / 200 2️⃣ 📍 400 km - 🗓️ 9 yrs - ⚡ 175 / 200 3️⃣ 📍 767 km - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 175 / 200 4️⃣ 📍 15045 km - 🗓️ 3 yrs - ⚡ 97 / 200 5️⃣ 📍 436 km - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 185 / 200 https://whentaken.com

We just saw attempted pogroms and a few years ago half the electorate decided we could do without a few billion of GDP every year because they didn't want to hear Polish on the street. I think we're tolerant and polite about immigration. It's a very thin veneer.

Historically England always had relatively low levels of migration and was a very homogeneous country compared to most in Europe. I think that's why we're one of the most anti immigration countries in Europe, because people aren't used to it.

Edwards and Parker together are going to break the record for number of times saying 'listen,' in the post match interviews

batpeople

Keep the medal table as it is. The Olympics shouldn't be about the table anyway, and if we introduce some kind of points system it's just going to focus people on the battle for position more than the individual moments of brilliance.

Another child stabbed. wtf is going on

I can still taste it

The plane flew successfully for 59/60 minutes before crashing to the ground in flames

#WhenTaken #167 (12.08.2024) I scored 904/1000 🎉 1️⃣ 📍 281.4 metres - 🗓️ 6 yrs - ⚡ 193 / 200 2️⃣ 📍 7 km - 🗓️ 3 yrs - ⚡ 197 / 200 3️⃣ 📍 1444 km - 🗓️ 0 yrs - ⚡ 161 / 200 4️⃣ 📍 6 km - 🗓️ 20 yrs - ⚡ 155 / 200 5️⃣ 📍 7 km - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 198 / 200 https://whentaken.com

"The UK has a “two-tier approach” to extremism that fails to treat far-right attacks as seriously as Islamist ones" I think Islamist attacks have killed far more in the UK and Europe in the last two decades than far right terrorism, so this seems sensible.

I find it hard to believe there's anyone who doesn't find Ryan Reynolds intensely annoying

tbf the season after was statistically our second best ever. But I agree the roots of our downfall are to be found in 19/20

I thought the thread title was referring to 1-4 and unfortunately I can't forget that

Was doing really well til the last two #WhenTaken #166 (11.08.2024) I scored 771/1000 🎉 1️⃣ 📍 3 km - 🗓️ 1 yrs - ⚡ 199 / 200 2️⃣ 📍 424.5 metres - 🗓️ 4 yrs - ⚡ 196 / 200 3️⃣ 📍 3 km - 🗓️ 0 yrs - ⚡ 200 / 200 4️⃣ 📍 1072 km - 🗓️ 16 yrs - ⚡ 136 / 200 5️⃣ 📍 5798 km - 🗓️ 28 yrs - ⚡ 40 / 200 https://whentaken.com

I was just waiting for this...

Everybody trying to analyse why Musk is as he is when maybe the answer is just 'he's South African'

And the favourite American myth of their country being founded on freedom of speech and the rejection of tyranny.

I know he isn't American by birth but Musk really is the archetypal American in that he is ostensibly very bright and well educated and yet has a completely childlike, almost mentally-retarded understanding of the wider world and its society and history.

sets an interesting precedent for sure

Three years for a tweet that didn't even get seen that much is mad though

#WhenTaken #165 (10.08.2024) I scored 875/1000 🎉 1️⃣ 📍 652 km - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 178 / 200 2️⃣ 📍 188 km - 🗓️ 1 yrs - ⚡ 192 / 200 3️⃣ 📍 4 km - 🗓️ 10 yrs - ⚡ 185 / 200 4️⃣ 📍 3773 km - 🗓️ 1 yrs - ⚡ 131 / 200 5️⃣ 📍 678.8 metres - 🗓️ 8 yrs - ⚡ 189 / 200 https://whentaken.com

Phew that was close

#WhenTaken #164 (09.08.2024) I scored 938/1000 🎉 1️⃣ 📍 901 km - 🗓️ 7 yrs - ⚡ 164 / 200 2️⃣ 📍 1 km - 🗓️ 3 yrs - ⚡ 197 / 200 3️⃣ 📍 2 km - 🗓️ 4 yrs - ⚡ 196 / 200 4️⃣ 📍 16 km - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 197 / 200 5️⃣ 📍 114 km - 🗓️ 8 yrs - ⚡ 184 / 200 https://whentaken.com