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    There’s so much negativity about the dumping of sewage in rivers, but few consider how the practice might make riverside houses more affordable, and also the increased number of flies is a chance to put some of all the flypaper I bought to good use. Noticed some tiny ants (?) crawling around the bathtub. Apparently ants like water, and various sources emphasise the importance of cleaning to prevent ants, but if I was an ant I’d be more inclined to stay in a nice and clean bathroom. 
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    I’ve become a kefir user. (The natural, unflavoured kind, thank you.) Actually last week I asked Siri what does kefir taste like. It’s like runny, tangy natural yoghurt; I don’t know if it’s improved my digestion. 
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    🎦 Past Lives (2023). 
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    To John Robins’s Howl. All the tickets had sold out probably months before I became a newly minted devotee of Robins and Elis James’s radio programme, so I turned to the fan-to-fan resale platform Twickets, which is a bit fraught with anxiety – what’s to stop a crook selling multiple copies of the same ticket? But it was fine. 
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    CNPS: 33! As predicted, it was a while before I saw a 32 (an lovely 1998 Nissan Micra GX).