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I haven't seen it either, but I know about it because I read the Fug Girls' Substack, where they call it 'Dr Fuckboat' and recap it brilliantly and hilariously.

LWT has never made me cry before. The cruelty of this administration is too much.

John and his writers did a decent job of explaining a pretty complicated and boring (to me) situation. I glaze over whenever anyone tries to talk to me about economics, but LWT managed to mostly hold my attention during the episode. I would have loved to see a Muppet or two join John behind the desk!

Those two horrible blonde women who were speaking out against trans athletes looked exactly the same to me. Is there a Republican/far-right factory churning them out?

Ah, seeing Paul Rudd on TDS brought back sweet memories for me of being in the audience back in late 2008 when I was visiting from Australia. Rudd was the guest that day and he and Jon were hilarious together. And of course I'm obliged to say that he looks the same now as he did 17 years ago. 😄

After being completely outraged that Somebody Somewhere received not a single Golden Globe nomination this week, I am somewhat mollified to learn that it has achieved two Critics Choice noms: one for Best Comedy Series, and the other for Best Actress in a Comedy Series (Bridget Everett). Jeff Hiller should have been nominated too, IMHO.

It's all done in one fell swoop, over 6-8 weeks. I found this article with the details. In other news, I met Adrian from the current season a couple of weeks ago - the same week he was eliminated. He was in the seat next to me at a theatre show, and we had a chat about Bake Off. He was very nice. We talked a bit about Cal Wilson and he said she died about a month after they finished filming the series and she was great to work with. I told him I thought he was going to win, and he said, 'So did I!' 😁

Good result, and a lovely tribute to Cal right at the end. *sniff*

I can only imagine how John and his writers are feeling right now. I'm so, so tired. 😭

Brava, @Annber03. I love your whole post!

I loved Jon this week. The first part of the show had me laughing out loud several times, and you can bet I screamed with horror when the camera panned out to reveal fake Drumpf in bed with Jon at the end. I haven't seen an extended interview with Tim Walz before, but damn he's just so likeable, and so clear on what he stands for. I want to hug him.

More good news about Georgia: Georgia judge blocks rule requiring hand-count of election ballots.

Well this is good news, at least: Local board members in Georgia can't refuse to certify election results, judge rules.

This episode has made me feel so stressed and sick that my stomach is tied up in knots - and I don't even live in America! I'm Australian, where we have compulsory voting and federal elections are overseen by a federal body and election campaigns are rarely more than six weeks long and election day is always on a Saturday and we never hear about 'voter fraud' and we get a 'democracy sausage' (BBQ sausage in bread) at our local polling booth and the queues to vote are never too long and we get to talk to our neighbours and pet their dogs while we wait and we can buy a homemade cake there to support our local school. I am frightened about the possibility of another Drumpf presidency. Godspeed to you all 😬

IKR? That was hard to hear.