This #OpeningCeremony has everything. Boats. Parkour. Accordians. A woman dressed as a croissant. More boats. Lady Gaga.

oh no it’s imagine

The piano self-combusted in protest at having Imagine played on it. #OpeningCeremony #Paris2024 #OlympicGames

Fascinating explanation here (in French) of that Olympic flame under the balloon. It’s in fact electric, with carefully-lit water mist which isn’t hot. So it’s not burning fossil fuel but green electricity. A very effective piece of innovation by EDF.

Peter Ricketts In English for those that wish. edf.fr/en/giving-pari…

I've had a pair of these for a fortnight now. They're my first pair of wireless earbuds so don't really have anything to compare them to but I've been impressed. They're comfortable, connectivity is stable, & I'm happy with their battery life/charging speed.

Now to top it all off. The #CanterburyCityFC youtube channel is now up and running. Match highlights, goals and even more fan and community interaction. Head over and have a look. Share it far and wide. youtube.com/@canterburycit…

Delighted for each of the rowers but especially so for Lola Anderson (who I first read about in Nick Ames's wonderful article - theguardian.com/sport/article/…) #Paris2024 #Olympics

Lee Anderson gaslighting spectacularly backfires. Travelodge guests were not 'illegal migrants', they were International NHS nurses and their families on holiday. This sort of irresponsible behaviour has to stop. #ReformUK #30pLeenoch #30pLee

No RT, no quote tweet, and no response to them, not even naming them, because that’s what they live off. But you know who they are — and what they are is a bunch of reprehensible fucking shits. Fuck off.

UNISON will stand up to the politics of hate Christina McAnea’s message - ‘Unity is our strength’ unison.org.uk/news/article/2…

France: "This was nice let's do some art and some weird stuff to close the show and it'll be nice" America: "STAR SPANGLED BANNER. TOM CRUISE. GUITARS. MOTORBIKES. RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS"

What a stunning two weeks. Just the very best form of escapism in the world #Paris2024

That might work for now but when the course dries up she's going to struggle.

Jadon Sancho in a subtle disguise there. #BHAMUN

“Oh my god I’ve got some fucking Jaffa Cakes in my coat pocket.” 'Spaced' was first shown on Channel 4 on September 24th, 1999. Thanks to Simon & Jess for believing in me to direct the whole thing at 24! If you worked on it or watched it back then, thank you x

One for The Other Bundesliga. Spotted In the middle of the football desert that is Canterbury (the English one).

I live in Canterbury and I agree with Rosie Duffield. I live in Canterbury and I vehemently disagree with Rosie Duffield. We badly need parliamentary reform to get rid of, well, all of this.* *'They're all as bad as one another' still doesn't hold and is a bullshit cop out.

They really were getting on my nerves that day

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