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Good lord KVM switches are a complicated thing to try and buy

Down in Brighton for Develop and what a joy it is to be around wonderful game devs again.

Green, Joe and Jay. Me and Husban looking delighted. Sophie and Joe looking at a massive boat of sushi. A table full of lovely people.

Brittany Howard and Hozier at Finsbury Park

Brittany Howard Lucy in her yellow Lidl wellies. Hozier Hozier

Much to unpack here

Lucy with loads of boxes

Finding it hard to get super excited by the election results - the Tories have really just changed the colour of their ties - but seeing Corbyn hold his seat and Ashworth lose his to a pro-Palestine independent gave me no small amount of joy.

I don’t particularly rate Duolingo these days as a method for learning but still quite proud of this

A screenshot of Duolingo showing a 1,000 day streak

[whispering to my date while watching Chappell Roan when Chappell Roan first appears on the stage] that’s Chappell

She’s just admiring the views.

A black cat looking out the window of the train.

It’s heatwave week in London, which means cold brew season is here. You absolutely can heat it up, it’s got a lovely round flavour, but it’s a faff so I usually only bother when it’s real hot outside (and, because this is the UK, inside).

A pestle and mortar with coffee beans. You want a pretty coarse grind for cold brew or it can get overextracted (bitter). The bottle, corked. This goes in the fridge and the residue should settle to the bottom overnight.

There really is nowhere like Northern Ireland in the sunshine.

A view across Belfast Lough. A view up Belfast Lough towards Belfast. Cave Hill is in the background.