It was fun until 11.30pm when Covid-restrictions forced all bars to close.

The first day of the year is always one of hangover and passivity. I’ll be in bed most of the day.

• It’s only nineteen days left of Trump’s presidency.
• Another Covid-vaccine will be approved by the EU tomorrow.

The future looks good.

When we thought it impossible, American conservatism just got a bit sillier.

Britons living in Spain barred from Madrid flight.

The time I spent watching “My Name Is Earl”. I want my time back. Worst. Show. Ever.

It’s not surprising, but fascinating how people who accuse others of cheating are the ones cheating.

Aeroplanes are flying in the sky again. Know hope!

Georgia delivered a final blow to Trumpism. Now it’s up to the Republicans to find its sane conservatism.

Right now, pro-Trump protesters storm the Capitol building in Washington.

There’s blood on Trump’s hands after his mob attack on the United States Congress yesterday. Shame on him!

Keiran Pedley on Twitter:

Donald Trump should be immediately removed from office for promoting this unrest.

Agree 51%
Disagree 36%
Don’t know 13%

“His closest friends and paid White House officials—many of the Trumpiest Trumpers we know—are avoiding him like the plague,” Brendan Morrow writes.

His account has been cancelled. If we’re lucky, Trump will be gone from public light by noon on 20 January. #Sad #Not

Russell T. Davies is back with a new drama about the AIDS crisis. His Queer as Folk meant a lot to me in the late 1990s. I watched it over and over.

“Right now, a number of state laws allow a baby to be born from his or her mother’s womb in the ninth month,” Trump says in the video. “It is wrong. It has to change.”

The Times of Israel reports that the man who stormed the US Capitol wearing an anti-Semitic sweatshirt reading “Camp Auschwitz” was arrested today. Good!

Donald Trump is the first American president in history to be impeached more than once. This time he can’t bitch about impeachment on Twitter. He’s been blocked.

She was one of Sweden’s truly great actresses.

That’s according to the European Food Safety Authority. Yum! 🐛

The experts say that having too little sex is a real disorder. If self-gratification is enough, I’m all right.

The leader they pick will effect Sweden and the rest of Europe more than the new president in Washington. Still, the media coverage is not nearly as big.

“After a marathon contest to lead the ruling CDU, the party’s most powerful state premier, Armin Laschet, prevailed at the finish,” Deutsche Welle writes. “Whether he wants to—or indeed can—strive for the Chancellery remains to be seen.”

The Englanders refuse full diplomatic status to ambassador from the EU. This contempt goes far beyond Brexit. It petty and destructive. But the British dream of a weak and fragmented Europe has so far only resulted in more unity.

“When it comes to far-out skyscraper designs, this one takes some beating,” Daily Mail writes. I agree. So cool!

Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry writes so in a new report. One thing we know is that people love to blame Jews for whatever disaster happens. Why should Covid-19 be different.

…and blames America, of course.

Another great Swedish actress has died. I will especially remember Lindblom in Ingmar Bergman’s Winter Light.

One of Sweden’s greatest playwrights and diarists has died in Covid-19. He’s a good example of an artist who made great work even though his opinions were despicable. Not unlike Wagner in that sense.

Experts from the universities of East Anglia and Minnesota say that continued evolution of the virus in animals followed by transmission to humans poses a significant long-term risk to public health. Woof! 🐶

If my iPhone’s autocorrection hints of the AI to come I pray for divine intervention. The texts I’m sending are just insane. Soon I’ll have no friends left.

The decline in American cigarette sales halted last year as health concerns around e-cigarettes caused some vapers to switch back to cigarettes, the Wall Street Journal reports.

UN envoy seems to think that competition and lower taxes makes people poorer. It’s not true. In fact, the opposite is true. The so-called “race to the bottom” only means that people who were unable to get a job at higher salaries now are able to get a first job an enter the labour market. That is combating poverty.

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The crazy woman in this audio clip holds a seat in the US Congress. Now her colleagues want her gone. I don’t blame them.