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May 9, 2020 18 tweets 5 min read Read on X
I'd forgotten Ukrika-ka-ka-ka-ka presented it #EurovisionAgain
Oooh, that was like a Zoom call #EurovisionAgain
She should've taken that coat off ages ago. She won't feel the benefit #EurovisionAgain
The postcards are very cool Britannia #EurovisionAgain
If that went on for another ten minutes in the background of a trendy bar you really wouldn't notice #EurovisionAgain #FRA
Is that a... nipple? #EurovisionAgain
Guessing the lady off to the side is carrying the vocal... #EurovisionAgain
I do like how they pan to the audience and it's a crowd of the country's great and good of a certain age, rather than the local gay scene on tour #EurovisionAgain
A ukulele and bagpipes! With this ensemble, Portugal, you are truly spoiling us #EurovisionAgain
Sort of looks more like a Joe Wickes workout than choreography... #EurovisionAgain
Oh hello Cyprus 👀 #EurovisionAgain
The backing singers are swaying so gently they look like they're on a Zoom call with a bad internet connection.

And what is he doing with that pot?! #EurovisionAgain
I think Norway have been the most attractive group of performers so far tonight #EurovisionAgain
Swiftly followed by a cute Estonian with an enormous instrument #EurovisionAgain

Do you think it'll burst into flames?
Like an Estonian Gary Barlow... #EurovisionAgain
Awww, his mum's sewed his horse brass collection onto his lapel so he can show it off to the world #EurovisionAgain

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A criticism of universities during the current crisis is they are rentiers who have created this mess. A rentier is someone who makes all their income from monopolizing property assets. The argument is, universities rely so much on rental income from halls they were forcing...
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That's the whole fucking point of a low traffic neighbourhood 🤦‍♂️

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Eurovision Again-ing again 😀
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So all cross-city traffic, unless it's a bus, would have to use the bypass. So if I wanted to drive to Cramond, say, I'd have to drive out to Musselburgh and then all the way round the bypass. Or cycle there in 20 minutes.
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