In case you hadnโt realized - I have been doing some backlog clearing over the weekend, this is one of those catchups. Links from the wild - collected and - not quite curated.
Still there might be โฆ

Solid Idris - which somehow I missed at the time.

I watched it because of Matthew McConaughey - and he played his part.
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PS (Not a loser at all - but 3 1/2 from me for McConaughey is not a good score.

It's fashionable to knock it, but I won't. Solid. A splendid cast and really what's not to love? .. other than it is a bit n 'Lala Land' - but heh - itโs a Christmas movie.
It has been brought to my attention that assumptions have been made - and - call me a stickler - that pisses me off.
Some level setting
My mum was born just outside of Manchester.
My mumโs parents โฆ
I have a fundamental objection to Uber. (You might have heard.)
Which is why down here in New Zealand, when one of those kind of pickups is needed I use Ola.
Make that ‘used to use’
They โฆ
It is lost in the mists of time but I seem to recall a post by @brentsimmons from years ago - maybe even last century? The advice was to reply to emails as a post, so that when a second email comes, โฆ
There are so many of these things popping up (AIs that is), you need an AI to track the AIs.
Pi is one that caught my eye a while back, and I have had some noodles and doodles with it - when time โฆ

There are spies. A bad organization called Manticore. A mole in the good guys organization. Who knows how it will all end? OK - not a real question. But entertaining enough.
Citadel on ๐ Reelgood. โฆ
Apparently, Murdock and Musk were on pace to receive the RBG Award? Nobody thought .. hang on a minute?
It gets worse. Below the fold โฆ
Two other ‘awardees’ were ๐ Michael Milliken

.. and โฆ