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My cousin is my go to person for knowledge and rumors of all things internet celebrity, so I asked him if there were any potentials. This was what I came to know. Also putting in a few that I know of. Boogie2988 seems to be mentioned a few times already, but he's gone even more off the deep end. It seems he had a confrontation with political commentator Destiny and was exposed as a cancer faker, after getting caught he threatened to self harm on that livestream. Clearly mentally unstable. Patrick "PopularMMOS" Julianelle who according to close sources has become a severe drug addict and alcoholic to the point it will eventually kill him. Has also been arrested several times apparently. Has 17M subscribers apparently so quite big. Stuart Taylor of Chain Bear F1 who's had physical and mental health issues around the time he stopped uploading, but is doing fine currently. Shane Burcaw of Squirmy and Grubs who has muscular dystrophy but he's falls in the classic "famous for being ill" category. I've mentioned Lill Droniak from Kevin and Lill before. They stopped making videos a few years back but it seems she's still around on instagram. 94 years old and in a wheelchair now. Then there's this smaller YouTuber Ollie Talks Airsoft (120k subs) who I came across, who has stage 4 Bowel cancer and was given "3 months to live" back in January but is still alive as of August.

Reports that ex YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is dead. The poster (Dennis Troper) is her husband and I just cannot see him faking something like this, especially since he lost his son just a few months ago.

I have no use for presents at all, far rather just visit people and go out and do whatever floats our collective boats, meals, a day trip, pissed in a series of pubs, whatever. Those memories are worth more to me these days than 'things'. As toast points out surprises are overrated and just sit in a cupboard at best. Maybe it's my age and to some degree 'privilege' I suppose (though I'm an awfully long way from rich), but honestly there's nothing I want or desire for present money amounts that I didn't already buy and the same is true for everyone I know. Further, in this day and age it's hardly green to just pile up more stuff. xmas is even worse, it's for kids and retailers. Bah humbug.

Nothing fills me with dread more than people asking what I want for my upcoming birthday. I can never decide how much of their money I'm willing to spend. The restaurant that I have been going to every birthday for a couple of decades has become unsupportable because they have introduced robots to bring the food out, which on principle I can't agree with because it does people out of work. I am quite disappointed by this, I'm a creature of habit and don't like being forced to deviate from what is an ingrained custom.

10/8/24 52 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 48 Queen - A Kind of Magic 38 The Damned - Eloise 35 Michael Jackson - Bad 30 Sly Fox - Let’s Go All The Way 29 Mental as Anything - Live It Up 28 Cameo - Word Up! 28 Alison Moyet - Is This Love? 26 Heart - Alone 24 Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately 22 Mel and Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend) 20 Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat 20 Robbie Nevil - C’est la Vie 20 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Down to Earth 20 Jackie Wilson - I Get the Sweetest Feeling 20 The Proclaimers - Letter From America 20 Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel 19 Bananarama - Love In The First Degree 17 Peter Cetera - Glory of Love 13 Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody 13 Five Star - System Addict 12 Owen Paul - My Favourite Waste of Time 10 The Housemartins — Happy Hour +4 00 Atlantic Starr - Always -6

Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO, dead at 56.

I've been on holiday 7 times in the last year (mostly solo because i don't like other people all that much). In that time I've bought 2 t-shirts and a pair of jeans. I've also taken about 1/3rd of my possessions to the dump and another third to charity. I like presents which are edible. People can spend as much as they like. A fiver on a box of Celebrations is grand. Sometimes I get a voucher for a restaurant, which is a great opportunity to bring people together with the common benefit of cheap scran. I come from a long line of hoarders and I've seen what my parents have done with 30 years of fancy useless trinkets. It feels great when a present doesn't go up the loft but rather into my belly.

THR & Variety both state 93, but there are other sources saying 91. The Yahoo source is THR, so 93 it is.

Queen Silvia of Sweden leaves the olympics to travel to visit her brother Ralf Sommerlath in Belgium.

THR probably most reliable source here:

10th August 43 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 39 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 38 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times 33 Years & Years — King -3 27 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 24 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road +4 22 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium -3 19 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 19 Ella Henderson — Ghost 18 Cee Lo Green — Forget You

10/8/24 52 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 48 Queen - A Kind of Magic 38 The Damned - Eloise 35 Michael Jackson - Bad 30 Sly Fox - Let’s Go All The Way 29 Mental as Anything - Live It Up 28 Cameo - Word Up! +2 28 Alison Moyet - Is This Love? 26 Heart - Alone 24 Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately 22 Mel and Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend) +2 20 Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat 20 Robbie Nevil - C’est la Vie 20 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Down to Earth 20 Jackie Wilson - I Get the Sweetest Feeling 20 The Proclaimers - Letter From America 20 Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel 19 Bananarama - Love In The First Degree 17 Peter Cetera - Glory of Love 13 Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody 13 Five Star - System Addict -2 12 Owen Paul - My Favourite Waste of Time 06 The Housemartins — Happy Hour 06 Atlantic Starr - Always -4

10/Aug/2024 41 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know -3 40 Years & Years — King +4 38 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 38 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times 31 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 27 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 24 Ella Henderson — Ghost 20 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 18 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 13 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky -3

Will the next person please include: 36 Years & Years — King in their posting. Thank you.

Sat 10 Aug 40 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 38 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 36 Years & Years — King +4 34 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times 31 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 27 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 24 Ella Henderson — Ghost 24 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 22 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky -4 20 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 0 John Newman — I Don't Love You Anymore -2

Former US senator from Idaho Steve Symms passed away on August 8, at the age of 86. Symms was a member of the senate from 1981-1993, and a US representative 1973-1981.

Obviously taken sartorial inspiration from the Olympics.

Well technically she bought it, so yes.

I'm probably biased as I'm still recovering from Covid myself. It can still be quite a nasty illness. So I think he was fucking selfish. But that only confirms my impressions of the cunt.

Anyway have a graph.

Haven't seen one of these for ages!

Joe Lycett has sent Nigel Führage a letter:

I would have thought that update would be in a different direction. That was a long time until remission. I'd watch that space though.

In remission: https://www.gofundme.com/f/love-my-way-for-my-friends-in-need-part-2 See update 2. Thought I would check in on his fundraiser, news is from June 2024.

List of (living) US Congressmen born in the 1920s: 1924: Frank Guarini (D-NJ. 1979 – 1993) Merwin Coad (D-IA. 1957 – 1963) 1925: G. William Whitehurst (R-VA. 1969 – 1987) Lucien Nedzi (D-MI. 1961 – 1981) Daniel J. Evans (R-WA. 1983 – 1989) d. 2024 1926: Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD. 1993 – 2013) Philip Ruppe (R-MI. 1967 – 1979) 1927: Ben Blackburn (R-GA. 1967 – 1975) d. 2024 James Symington (D-MO. 1969 – 1977) 1928: Bill Archer (R-TX. 1971 – 2001) Bill Gradison (R-OH. 1971– 1993) 1929: Richard Ottinger (D-NY. 1965 – 1971; 1975 – 1985) James Nelligan (R-PA. 1981 – 1983) Dick Schulze (R-PA. 1975 – 1993)