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@phyrkrakr.bsky.social

Lurker. I listen to the #STLCards on the radio a lot. He/him

created August 1, 2023

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Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social)

Oh hey, it's September. This is your reminder to locate your copy of A Night in the Lonesome October for next month. And if you don't have one, clock's ticking... Zelazny's last book, each chapter is a day, and I always like to read it that way. Also, it's narrated by a dog, what else do you need?

2/9/2025, 1:33:21 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh! And it's September now! I need to figure out where I put my copy of A Night in the Lonesome October so that I'm ready for next month!

2/9/2025, 1:27:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Man, I still love that book. I need to reread it and the Chronicles of Amber again

2/9/2025, 1:24:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

What was Oi in the DARK TOWER books? I can't remember if he was a real animal or a fantasy animal

2/9/2025, 1:15:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm just assuming he's carrying a pantsload like...18 hours out of every 24 at this point

2/9/2025, 1:13:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Man, him and Wes Studi were so good in everything they did

2/9/2025, 12:40:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

I am glad to hear the reports of your death were an exaggeration...

2/9/2025, 12:36:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I dunno, but I'd avoid Jimmy the Butcher...

1/9/2025, 11:42:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's gonna chainsaw off his head and feast on the goo inside

1/9/2025, 11:39:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm a big fan of that blue/green/teal/turquoise color they had in the 90s, but you're not wrong

1/9/2025, 11:02:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Limey and Agent Smith, but also, yes

1/9/2025, 10:25:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Lol, Guy Pearce playing Merry AND Pippin at the same time. But not like one of those Peter Sellers movies where he changes makeup for different characters, just looking the same the whole time for both parts

1/9/2025, 10:24:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Man, De Havilland really didn't build a bad plane, did they?

1/9/2025, 10:20:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, we got a roomette on the Empire Builder last year to Portland OR and it included three squares a day. Damn tasty, too Scalzi's not wrong about the length, tho. We just treated it as part of the vacation though. I packed a bunch of books and watched the scenery from the observation car

1/9/2025, 10:13:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gabriel S. Jacobs (@gsjphd.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

my dog used to chase anyone going past on a bicycle it got to be such a problem, we had to take away his bicycle

1/9/2025, 7:28:36 PM | 13 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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Girl you in danger

1/9/2025, 3:31:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Everything runs out to CA or back to Chicago if you want to get from, say, Denver to Dallas

1/9/2025, 3:23:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I keep coming back to how there are no viable north/south routes west of the Mississippi until you get to the west coast

1/9/2025, 3:22:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

There's also a horn section and this is the version they're playing www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHpU...

1/9/2025, 3:13:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Sorry, I'm just feeling pedantic tonight, ignore me

1/9/2025, 3:11:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Chaps are by definition assless. Otherwise they'd just be pants, or overpants

1/9/2025, 3:11:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You gotta think about time dilation for interstellar exploration for the lyrics to make sense

1/9/2025, 3:07:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, it's not bad, but it's also deeply astrophysical, which makes sense for Brian May youtu.be/kE8kGMfXaFU?...

1/9/2025, 3:06:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

That's a Ringo song, or at best, a George song. Certainly not a Paul or John song

1/9/2025, 3:00:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

My wife would say "Year of '39" but I agree with you

1/9/2025, 2:56:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

"Don't say that I was jerking off while driving. That is not an authorized statement."

1/9/2025, 2:47:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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two fans of #CFB

1/9/2025, 2:45:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@mikesenters.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social

5-7 what a dumb score line 7-5 this game rules
1/9/2025, 2:42:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

FINALLY somebody had the right answer

1/9/2025, 2:39:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm good

1/9/2025, 2:36:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

This makes more sense if it's pro sports athletes. Wes Welker is asking Ray Lankford about Adam Kennedy Otherwise, it's just bullshit

1/9/2025, 2:35:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait, put Gorman in the first group, so let's call it 26

1/9/2025, 2:31:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Let's say everybody on the 40 man is available. How many and who does Bloom trade who are under 25? Who does he move over 25?

1/9/2025, 2:30:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

(I don't know what we're doing)

1/9/2025, 2:26:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Rage Against The Terminator: Rise of the Machines

1/9/2025, 2:22:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Anything from a popsicle to a single scoop of ice cream, they're not breaking the bank here

1/9/2025, 2:16:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@katewagner.wehwalt.net I'm sure you've been tagged a million times already

1/9/2025, 2:13:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

That's a big hat

1/9/2025, 2:03:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Judging by the replies, the only thing allowed is a manicured little mustache. Anything below the lips is verboten

1/9/2025, 2:01:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Hot beef'n'egg'n'cheddar sounds like the kind of thing that will kill me before I'm 50 Smiling the whole way, though

1/9/2025, 1:46:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Now I gotta know what Rudy's Pearl Harbor was...

1/9/2025, 12:52:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm basic as hell, but that stand right inside gate 4 that does the dogs with the fried onions is my go to. And if you're there on Sunday, go grab a free frozen whatever behind center field

1/9/2025, 12:45:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Two things can be bad at the same time

1/9/2025, 12:13:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, I never watched MMA and gave up on pro wrestling a long time ago

31/8/2025, 11:31:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Ah, cool. And congrats on the new gig! Can't remember if I'd said that already, so congrats again if I had!

31/8/2025, 11:15:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Now I need to rewatch GLOW again...

31/8/2025, 11:07:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, that's a good point. I sometimes forget that at least half of good wrestling is acting, and that lots of physically limited types have still been able to get over in WWE

31/8/2025, 11:06:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

A Cadillac, like one of those mobster guys? Hell no, he drives a Lincoln, like those other, different mobster guys

31/8/2025, 11:04:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

On the flip side, Dave Bautista is fucking GREAT in front of a camera. I'm even coming around on Cena, and the Rock has been...tolerable when he's not taking himself too seriously

31/8/2025, 10:52:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

God, imagine fumbling the bag that bad

31/8/2025, 10:43:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Fair point.

31/8/2025, 10:40:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Didn't they already have that MMA girl from Deadpool and Star Wars? Gina something?

31/8/2025, 10:34:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Hey, I'm trying to calibrate my "Context Misser 5000" are you available?

31/8/2025, 10:31:01 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh man, I'm glad he didn't run into a wall painted to look like a tunnel and his car squeezed together until the rear bumper almost touched the front bumper, and then stretched back out with a sad accordion noise and he fell out of the door with little birdies circling his head

31/8/2025, 10:29:43 PM | 21 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Nobody realized it meant Women Artificial Intelligence Fuck Ups for way too long

31/8/2025, 10:15:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, I read it the opposite way at first, as in "stop drilling in the North Sea" But that would be a *good* thing, and this is the Tories...

31/8/2025, 10:12:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait, it's a Mitsubishi, right?

31/8/2025, 10:05:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Does the Mazda have a cage, too? Do you have anything that isn't race spec?

31/8/2025, 10:02:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

It me. Screwed me over at at least one spelling bee, too, because I didn't ask for the definition or to use it in a sentence. Never made THAT mistake again

31/8/2025, 9:59:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

I thought Bovril was beef tea, aka au jus

31/8/2025, 9:54:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Good book! And if you like that, you should check out this YouTube channel of space and NASA missions, especially: youtube.com/@jacksontyle...

31/8/2025, 9:49:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you aren't following this account purely for the alt text, you're really missing out

31/8/2025, 9:46:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think I read somewhere that the Delorean was supposed to be a joke that modern audiences don't get, like if he'd built a time machine in a PT Cruiser or a Pontiac Aztek

31/8/2025, 9:42:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@lukeoneil47.bsky.social This you?

31/8/2025, 1:13:28 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Those look really, really good

31/8/2025, 1:10:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

I love mine, although it's not quick. You don't have to wash it after every use, but make sure you rinse it out, because coffee grounds will grow mold

31/8/2025, 12:18:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

What is going on with his hair? I didn't even recognize him until I didn't mute the commercials fast enough

31/8/2025, 12:11:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Liar, the Witch, and the AUDACITY of this bitch

30/8/2025, 12:51:07 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trans rights? Homeless rights? Migrant rights? Oh, better not touch that one

29/8/2025, 11:56:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can't wait for Grok to start espousing the benefits of mangosteen

29/8/2025, 11:53:41 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's showing his ass as a market tested fuckboi who is trying to a/b test which rights he can strip to win nationally

29/8/2025, 11:52:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@rickywlmsbong.bsky.social ITS HAPPENING...

29/8/2025, 11:50:35 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hell, I'd take Pritzker or Beshear or like six other people before clorox teeth at this point

29/8/2025, 11:48:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, were they doing Hamlet? Was there a ghost?

29/8/2025, 11:43:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How is Missouri doing?

29/8/2025, 11:37:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That is either IVF or a DEEPLY CREEPY phone conversation Gonna find out the daddies are brothers, too

29/8/2025, 11:23:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@c70.bsky.social I swear I filled out bombs away before the game started. I didn't know Crooks got called up til I opened the MLB app to listen to Ricky and Rooney

29/8/2025, 10:42:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Krista D. Ball. Author. Potato lover. Canada Goose. (@kristadb1.bsky.social) reposted

I bought Jersey the "Pupsicle" today with one of their bags of cookies (just to try) and he's been silent for two straight hours. So silent I had to check on him. 👀 mywoof.com?srsltid=AfmB...

29/8/2025, 9:06:40 PM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Is your hip or whatever feeling better at least?

29/8/2025, 10:30:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Missouri Independent (@missouriindependent.com) reposted

Missouri governor calls lawmakers back to Capitol to gerrymander congressional map The special legislative session will also include a proposal to change the initiative petition process in a way that would mean as few as 23% of voters could defeat a statewide ballot measure. #moleg #mogov

29/8/2025, 9:28:27 PM | 5 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

How the fuck are y'all so cute

28/8/2025, 2:08:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

But grampa raised cattle, I have two different uncles who raised cattle, my mom's cousin raised cattle, and MY cousin raised cattle So guess what my deep freezer is full of? Beef

28/8/2025, 2:05:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

My doc got onto me for so much red meat (it's bad for your cholesterol apparently?) so I've been trying to do better

28/8/2025, 2:01:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Ill-advised dance moves sounds probable, but I'm gonna go with "kicked the sky so hard god broke your shit"

28/8/2025, 1:59:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm loving the red hair. AND THAT DRESS.

28/8/2025, 1:47:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That does raise a question though. If I buy a tin of anchovies/sardines/herring, what do I do with them? Like, is that something that needs to be cooked, or is it already cured/can be eaten raw, like canned tuna?

28/8/2025, 1:43:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

But I'm in the Midwest USA, where everything is battered and fried

28/8/2025, 1:28:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Autocorrect must've gotten me I think that the only non-breaded fish I've ever had has been sushi or tuna steaks. Maybe salmon/trout on a cedar plank

28/8/2025, 1:28:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think you've been answered already, but I'm tagging in @astrokatie.com and @philplait.bsky.social in case they have more ideas

28/8/2025, 1:23:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Is that just bass filets with seasoning? I'm used to any fried fish being breaded prior to frying

28/8/2025, 1:01:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, it gets worse. It was a meatball sub and the prosecutor whiffed on it (shitpost, assumes facts not in evidence, etc)

28/8/2025, 12:56:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

This and the "No way to prevent this" Onion headline @theonion.com are just constantly, terribly relevant I'm so tired.

28/8/2025, 12:50:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, and it's not the 90s, but now I can drop my fave Chali 2na track: youtu.be/m0hVxj_2inY?...

28/8/2025, 12:45:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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?uestlove, Jurassic Five, when Wu Tang started doing solo projects... Yup. ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX and LIQUID SWORDS are both fantastic

28/8/2025, 12:37:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 (@chimeracoder.bsky.social) reposted

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

21/8/2025, 1:43:16 PM | 21857 21566 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

"Indomitable"

27/8/2025, 1:31:55 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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PCU poisoned a generation of concert goers. SUPPORT THE BAND, and BUY THEIR MERCH

27/8/2025, 12:58:23 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

I could go for a chicken quesadilla

27/8/2025, 12:54:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Best fucking fans in baseball, jesus christ

27/8/2025, 12:50:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon (@phyrkrakr.bsky.social) reply parent

Pop stars and football collide. It's not any more complicated than that

27/8/2025, 12:41:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view