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0️⃣ La lettre d’infO (la quotidienne annécienne) 🤍

Sélection journalière à destination de 12 réseaux sociaux et de 3 messageries instantanées en provenance directe de la version 3 de mon infolettre 📧

1️⃣ Les Journées (j’adOre) 💛

Aujourd’hui, vendredi 01/11/24, jour férié de la Toussaint (depuis le VIIIe siècle) et Journée mondiale végane 🥗

2️⃣ L’actu (point trop n’en faut) 🧡

Annecy : une sacoche appartenant à l'octogénaire disparu début octobre à Cran-Gevrier a été retrouvée il y a quatre jours accrochée à la barrière d'une entreprise d'Annecy-le-Vieux. La police d'Annecy lance un appel à témoins 📣

En novembre, le Mois de l’Économie Sociale et Solidaire (17e édition) permet de découvrir des acteurs et actrices qui font l’économie sociale et solidaire pour témoigner de ce qu’elle peut apporter à notre société en pleine transition 👌

3️⃣ L’agenda (l’agendalp pour les ancien·nes) 🩷

🧺 Un marché le ven. matin à Annecy ➡️ Marché de la vieille ville 📍 Rue Sainte Claire ⌚️ 7h-13h ℹ️ Au cœur des vieux quartiers, flânez entre les étales du marché le plus typique : les produits du terroir sur le marché alimentaire mais également les produits textiles et manufacturés 🍴

☕ Coup de cœur annécien : un lieu d’accueil et d’échange ouvert quatre fois par semaine et géré par des bénévoles ℹ️ Boissons sans alcool, livres, jeux (après-midi jeux de société) 📆 Ven. 01/11/24 ⌚️ 10h-12h & 14h30-16h30 📍 Café du curé (6 quai de l’Évêché, vieille ville) 😍

🖼️ ExpO : Rouge ➡️ Le travail de Marcel Savy oscille entre le figuratif et une abstraction guidée, lui permettant d’aller à l’essentiel tout en laissant place au rêve dans ses toiles ℹ️ Jusqu’au sam. 16/11/24 🎫 Accès libre 📆 Ven. 01/11/24 ⌚️ 10h-18h45 📍 Artekné (Centre Bonlieu) 👨‍🎨

🧒 Vacances d’automne ou de la Toussaint ➡️ Fabrique ta lanterne d’Halloween ℹ️ À partir de 5 ans 🎫 Anim. et visite : 10€, 8€, 6€ (6-15 ans) & 0€ (-6 ans) 🎟️ Sans réservation 📆 Ven. 01/11/24 ⌚️ 10h30-12h & 14h-17h 📍 Château de Montrottier (Lovagny) 🏰

🖼️ ExpO : Salon des artistes peintres d'Annecy ➡️ Évènement qui célèbre la créativité et le talent des artistes de notre territoire ���️ Jusqu’au ven. 22/11/24 🎫 Entrée libre 📆 Ven. 01/11/24 ⌚️ 13h-18h 📍 Forum Exposition Bonlieu (1 rue Jean Jaurès) 🎨

🖼️ ExpO : Imagined Landscapes de Yang Yongliang ➡️ Artiste shanghaïen inspiré par la peinture traditionnelle chinoise le Shanshui ℹ️ Jusqu’au dim. 15/12/24 🎫 Accès libre 📆 Ven. 01/11/24 ⌚️ 14h-19h 📍 L’Abbaye (15 bis chemin de l'Abbaye) 👨‍🎨

🎶 Concert ➡️ Une soirée dédiée aux rythmes reggae et dub avec Omani Sound et le Local International : plongez dans une ambiance festive et chaleureuse, la musique vibrante et les sonorités envoûtantes vous transporteront 🎫 Participation libre 📆 Ven 01/11/24 ⌚️ 18h-22h 📍 Les Steppes (3 place des Rhododendrons) 🎸

👟 Ligue 2 : le FC Annecy (3e avec 19 pts) reçoit Pau FC (10e avec 15 pts) ➡️ Allez les Rouges et Blancs ℹ️ Douzième journée (sur 34) 🎫 À partir de 7, 9, 10 et 11€ (en fonction des catégories) 📆 Ven. 01/11/24 ⌚️ 20h 📍 Parc des sports (1 rue Baron Pierre de Coubertin) ⚽️

🎶 Concert Chico and The Gypsies : des plus grands succès aux chants sacrés ➡️ Avec leur répertoire varié, alliant grands classiques de leur carrière aux chants sacrés les plus émouvants, Chico et Les Gypsies ont su créer une atmosphère magique au sein des églises offrant au public une expérience inédite 🎫 49€ & 46€ 📆 Ven 01/11/24 ⌚️ 20h 📍 Église Sainte-Bernadette (39 avenue d'Albigny) ⛪

🎭 Théâtre : La grande messe de Merri ➡️ Sacré Merri ! Il redonne peut être l'envie de retourner à la messe ? Avec un punch d'enfer et un sens de l'improvisation hors norme, Merri incarne un prêtre méphistophélique avec la folie des Monthy Python, et déroule une messe comme jamais vue : en osant l'impensable, une messe pas catholique, une célébration iconoclaste et divertissante qui déchaîne les fous rires et les passions ℹ️ Avec plus d'un million de fidèles à travers le monde, voici le spectacle culte et hilarant qui a fait un triomphe au Québec, au festival Juste Pour Rire et dernièrement au Zénith de Toulouse 🎫 18€, 16€ & 12€ (-12 ans) 📆 Ven. 01/11/24 ⌚️ 20h30 📍 Théâtre Les Têtes de l'Art (36 avenue de Chambéry) 🙏

4️⃣ La météO (pour celles et ceux qui veulent vivre) ❤️

Qualité de l’air à Annecy (indices ATMO) : la qualité de l'air devrait être moyenne sur la quasi totalité de la région sauf dans la vallée du Rhône où elle pourrait être dégradée par la présence de particules 💨

Dans la cité lacustre et ailleurs, au niveau de vos déplacements, privilégiez vélo, trottinette, marche à pied, etc. et au niveau de vos activités physiques, privilégiez les parcs, les zones piétonnes et les rues peu circulantes pour vos activités de plein air 🌬️

L’indice de risque pollinique à Annecy est nul (niveau 0) ➡️ Ambroisies, armoise, cupressacées, graminées, saule, autre : niveaux 0 ➡️ Indice communal valable du 26/10/24 au vendredi 01/11/2024 inclus 🤧

5️⃣ Les dictons (maximes et autres proverbes) 💚

Trois dictons du jour pour le prix de deux : « À la Toussaint, l’âtre est plein. », « À la Toussaint, cueille l'olive à la main. » et « Le mois de novembre est malsain, il fait tousser dès la Toussaint. » 👌

Et trois autres dictons du jour pour la route : « À la Toussaint, tout le vin est sain. », « La Toussaint venue, rentre ta charrue. » et « Pour faire rire le paysan, il faut qu’il gèle après la Toussaint. » 👍

De la Toussaint à la saint André (30/11) : « À la Toussaint la neige est dans les champs, à la saint André (30/11), les ruisseaux sont gelés. », « Novembre, la Toussaint le commande, saint André le voit descendre. » et « Novembre, la Toussaint le commence et saint André l'achève. » 👀

De la Toussaint à l’Avent (01/12) : « De la Toussaint à l'Avent, jamais trop d'eau ni de vent. » 💧

De la Toussaint à Noël (25/12) : « Entre la Toussaint et la Noël ne peut ni trop pleuvoir, ni venter. », « Givre à la Toussaint, Noël malsain. » et « Quand il tonne entre la Toussaint et Noël, l’hiver est en retard et les mauvais jours nous interpellent. » 🎄

De la Toussaint à Pâques (l’année prochaine) : « De la verdure encore à la Toussaint, c'est de la neige à Pâques. » et « Telle la Toussaint tel Noël, et Pâques pareil. » 🧐

Pour celles et ceux qui aiment l’été de la saint Martin : « À la Toussaint, commence l'été de la saint Martin. », « Été de la saint Martin, dure trois jours et un brin. » et « Novembre, mois des brumes, par devant réchauffe et par derrière refroidit. » ☀

Pour celles et ceux qui aiment le beau temps et la chaleur : « S'il fait beau à la Toussaint, on n'a plus que trois jours pour rentrer les biens. » et « S'il fait chaud le jour de la Toussaint, il tombe presque toujours de la neige la nuit suivante ou le lendemain. » 🌞

Pour celles et ceux qui aiment l’hiver : « Quand la belle Toussaint vient, c'est un hiver que l'on peut craindre. », « S'il fait soleil à la Toussaint, l'hiver sera précoce. » et « Suivant le temps de la Toussaint, l'hiver sera ou non malsain. » ❄️

Pour celles et ceux qui aiment le froid : « À la Toussaint, le froid revient et met l'hiver en train. », « Autant d'heures de soleil le jour de la Toussaint, autant de semaines à souffler dans ses mains. » et « S'il neige à la Toussaint, l'hiver sera froid. » 🥶

Pour celles et ceux qui n’aiment pas le froid : « À la Toussaint, manchons au bras, gants aux mains. », « Pour la Toussaint, cape et grand foulard. » et « Pour la Toussaint, laisse l'éventail et prends les gants. » 🧤

Pour celles et ceux qui sèment : « À la Toussaint, sème ton grain. », « Le bon semer est quinze jours avant Toussaint, et quinze jours après. » et « Les semailles de la Toussaint sont les plus pauvres de l'année. » 🌱

Bien évidemment : « À la Toussaint, les blés semés et les fruits serrés. » et « La Toussaint arrivée, le blé doit être semé, fruits, pommes de terre et vins rentrés. » 💪

Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué : « Celui qui a trois fois sept ans, ne laisse pas pour la Toussaint ses pommes de terre dans les champs. » et « Quand la Toussaint aura fleurs nouvelles, morte saison sera cruelle. » 🤔

6️⃣ Les fêtes (rigolO est le calendrier) 🩵

Je vous souhaite une très bonne journée annécienne et un excellent automne à Annecy, dans les 33 autres communes du Grand Annecy, en Savoie ou ailleurs 🍂

Bon jour férié et cinquième jour de la semaine à tous et à toutes 🌳

Bonne fête à tout le monde et demain aux Victorin·es 😘

Demain, c’est également le jour des Défunt·es 🪦 

7️⃣ Cohérence (histoire de simplifier) 💜

J’utilise les chiffres 0, 7, 8, 9 et 10 pour rendre plus lisibles les différentes parties de cette sélection (simple utilisation n’ayant absolument aucun rapport avec les parties “officielles”).

JamesO InfO V1 : jusqu’en 2012 🅰️

8️⃣ Migrations en cours (à marche forcée) 🤎

Les parties 7, 8 et 9 ne peuvent pas encore être diffusées totalement pour des raisons techniques. J’y travaille actuellement de manière régulière.

JamesO InfO V2 : de 2013 à 2022 🅱️

9️⃣ Abonnez-vous (nouveaux tarifs en 2025) 🩶

Les parties 10, 11 et 12 sont exclusivement réservées à mes abonné·es et ne sont plus diffusées sur les réseaux sociaux et autres messageries instantanées. 

JamesO InfO V3 : depuis 2023 🆎

🔟 L’ours (nette préférence pour le dahu) 🖤

JamesO InfO

N° 1.175 du vendredi 01/11/24

Actualité - Informations - Nouvelles

Par JamesO Média (Presse & Édition)

Responsable éditorial et légal : J.-O. Gallice

📷 JamesO PhotO à Annecy le 29/10/24 📸

JamesO © AlPy News ® StudiO 147 ℗ 2SC ™

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St. Petersburg hosts international economic forum

Russia is hosting the 27th Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2024), dedicated to economic multipolarity.

St. Petersburg has become the world’s economic capital for three days, according to Russian media. Despite the sanctions, representatives from more than 130 countries are attending a major 2024 Russian economic summit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is also taking part in the plenary session.

The Sultanate of Oman has the honourable status of a guest country at this year’s forum. Its stand is located in the central pavilion and is at the centre of attention. Trade turnover between Oman and Russia grew by 60% in 2023, with tourist traffic almost quadrupling.

The delegation from Oman is represented by businessmen, diplomats, and officials. Saeeda Rashid Mohammed, official representative of the Omani delegation to SPIEF 2024, said:

We have a great desire to co-operate with Russian businesses, we would like to see a lot of them as investors in our market. We would also welcome more tourists in our country.

The Russian Finance Ministry is working on an initiative to use foreign digital financial assets in international settlements. According to Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov, the forum offers huge prospects in economic growth and decentralised finance.

Read more HERE

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I do not care about your religion, whether you’re: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Adventist, Anabaptist, Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Evangelical, Lutheran, Moravian, Pentecostal, Quaker, Calvinist, Western Rite Orthodox, Eastern Catholic, Eastern Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Pagan, Wiccan, Amish, Mennonite, Buddhist, Confucian, Taoist, etc

You are valued, you are loved, you are wonderful, and you are beautiful.

I hope you have a good day or night, a good week, a good month, and a good year.

I love you and wish you the best.

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le joke

An Afghan, an Albanian, and Algerian, an American, an Andorran, an Angolan, an Antiguan, an Argintine, an Armenian, and Austrailian, an Austrian, an Azerbaijani, a Bahamian, a Bahraini, a Bangladeshi, a Barbadian, a Barbudans, a Batswanan, a Belarusian, a Belgian, a Belizean, a Beninese, a Bhutanese, a Bolivian, a Bosnian, a Brazilian, a Brit, a Bruneian, a Bulgarian, a Burkinabe, a Burmese, a Burundian, a Cambodian, a Cameroonian, a Canadian, a Cape Verdean, a Central African, a Chadian, a Chilean, a Chinese, a Colombian, a Comoran, a Congolese, a Costa Rican, a Croatian, a Cuban, a Cypriot, a Czech, a Dane, a Djibouti, a Dominican, a Dutchman, an East Timorese, an Ecuadorean, an Egyptian, an Emirian, an Equatorial Guinean, an Eritrean, an Estonian, an Ethiopian, a Fijian, a Filipino, a Finn, a Frenchman, a Gabonese, a Gambian, a Georgian, a German, a Ghanaian, a Greek, a Grenadian, a Guatemalan, a Guinea-Bissauan, a Guinean, a Guyanese, a Haitian, a Herzegovinian, a Honduran, a Hungarian, an I-Kiribati, an Icelander, an Indian, an Indonesian, an Iranian, an Iraqi, an Irishman, an Israeli, an Italian, an Ivorian, a Jamaican, a Japanese, a Jordanian, a Kazakhstani, a Kenyan, a Kittian and Nevisian, a Kuwaiti, a Kyrgyz, a Laotian, a Latvian, a Lebanese, a Liberian, a Libyan, a Liechtensteiner, a Lithuanian, a Luxembourger, a Macedonian, a Malagasy, a Malawian, a Malaysian, a Maldivan, a Malian, a Maltese, a Marshallese, a Mauritanian, a Mauritian, a Mexican, a Micronesian, a Moldovan, a Monacan, a Mongolian, a Moroccan, a Mosotho, a Motswana, a Mozambican, a Namibian, a Nauruan, a Nepalese, a New Zealander, a Nicaraguan, a Nigerian, a Nigerien, a North Korean, a Northern Irishman, a Norwegian, an Omani, a Pakistani, a Palauan, a Palestinian, a Panamanian, a Papua New Guinean, a Paraguayan, a Peruvian, a Pole, a Portuguese, a Qatari, a Romanian, a Russian, a Rwandan, a Saint Lucian, a Salvadoran, a Samoan, a San Marinese, a Sao Tomean, a Saudi, a Scottish, a Senegalese, a Serbian, a Seychellois, a Sierra Leonean, a Singaporean, a Slovakian, a Slovenian, a Solomon Islander, a Somali, a South African, a South Korean, a Spaniard, a Sri Lankan, a Sudanese, a Surinamer, a Swazi, a Swede, a Swiss, a Syrian, a Taiwanese, a Tajik, a Tanzanian, a Togolese, a Tongan, a Trinidadian or Tobagonian, a Tunisian, a Turkish, a Tuvaluan, a Ugandan, a Ukrainian, a Uruguayan, a Uzbekistani, a Venezuelan, a Vietnamese, a Welshman, a Yemenite, a Zambian and a Zimbabwean all go to a nightclub... The Club manager says "Sorry, You cant come in without a Thai"

[badjokesbyjeff]

An Afghan, an Albanian, an Algerian, an American, an Andorran, an Angolan, an Antiguans, an Argentine, an Armenian, an Australian, an Austrian, an Azerbaijani, a Bahamian, a Bahraini, a Bangladeshi, a Barbadian, a Barbudans, a Batswanan, a Belarusian, a Belgian, a Belizean, a Beninese, a Bhutanese, a Bolivian, a Bosnian, a Brazilian, a Brit, a Bruneian, a Bulgarian, a Burkinabe, a Burmese, a Burundian, a Cambodian, a Cameroonian, a Canadian, a Cape Verdean, a Central African, a Chadian, a Chilean, a Chinese, a Colombian, a Comoran, a Congolese, a Costa Rican, a Croatian, a Cuban, a Cypriot, a Czech, a Dane, a Djibouti, a Dominican, a Dutchman, an East Timorese, an Ecuadorean, an Egyptian, an Emirian, an Equatorial Guinean, an Eritrean, an Estonian, an Ethiopian, a Fijian, a Filipino, a Finn, a Frenchman, a Gabonese, a Gambian, a Georgian, a German, a Ghanaian, a Greek, a Grenadian, a Guatemalan, a Guinea-Bissauan, a Guinean, a Guyanese, a Haitian, a Herzegovinian, a Honduran, a Hungarian, an I-Kiribati, an Icelander, an Indian, an Indonesian, an Iranian, an Iraqi, an Irishman, an Israeli, an Italian, an Ivorian, a Jamaican, a Japanese, a Jordanian, a Kazakhstani, a Kenyan, a Kittian and Nevisian, a Kuwaiti, a Kyrgyz, a Laotian, a Latvian, a Lebanese, a Liberian, a Libyan, a Liechtensteiner, a Lithuanian, a Luxembourger, a Macedonian, a Malagasy, a Malawian, a Malaysian, a Maldivan, a Malian, a Maltese, a Marshallese, a Mauritanian, a Mauritian, a Mexican, a Micronesian, a Moldovan, a Monacan, a Mongolian, a Moroccan, a Mosotho, a Motswana, a Mozambican, a Namibian, a Nauruan, a Nepalese, a New Zealander, a Nicaraguan, a Nigerian, a Nigerien, a North Korean, a Northern Irishman, a Norwegian, an Omani, a Pakistani, a Palauan, a Palestinian, a Panamanian, a Papua New Guinean, a Paraguayan, a Peruvian, a Pole, a Portuguese, a Qatari, a Romanian, a Russian, a Rwandan, a Saint Lucian, a Salvadoran, a Samoan, a San Marinese, a Sao Tomean, a Saudi, a Scottish, a Senegalese, a Serbian, a Seychellois, a Sierra Leonean, a Singaporean, a Slovakian, a Slovenian, a Solomon Islander, a Somali, a South African, a South Korean, a Spaniard, a Sri Lankan, a Sudanese, a Surinamer, a Swazi, a Swede, a Swiss, a Syrian, a Tajik, a Tanzanian, a Togolese, a Tongan, a Trinidadian or Tobagonian, a Tunisian, a Turk, a Tuvaluan, a Ugandan, a Ukrainian, a Uruguayan, a Uzbekistani, a Venezuelan, a Vietnamese, a Welshman, a Yemenite, a Zambian and a Zimbabwean

all go to a nightclub.

The doorman stops them and says sorry I can’t let you in without a Thai.

[numberonestarlightbeliever]

An Afghan, an Albanian, an Algerian, an American, an Andorran, an Angolan, an Antiguans, an Argentine, an Armenian, an Australian, an Austrian, an Azerbaijani, a Bahamian, a Bahraini, a Bangladeshi, a Barbadian, a Barbudans, a Batswanan, a Belarusian, a Belgian, a Belizean, a Beninese, a Bhutanese, a Bolivian, a Bosnian, a Brazilian, a Brit, a Bruneian, a Bulgarian, a Burkinabe, a Burmese, a Burundian, a Cambodian, a Cameroonian, a Canadian, a Cape Verdean, a Central African, a Chadian, a Chilean, a Chinese, a Colombian, a Comoran, a Congolese, a Costa Rican, a Croatian, a Cuban, a Cypriot, a Czech, a Dane, a Djibouti, a Dominican, a Dutchman, an East Timorese, an Ecuadorean, an Egyptian, an Emirian, an Equatorial Guinean, an Eritrean, an Estonian, an Ethiopian, a Fijian, a Filipino, a Finn, a Frenchman, a Gabonese, a Gambian, a Georgian, a German, a Ghanaian, a Greek, a Grenadian, a Guatemalan, a Guinea-Bissauan, a Guinean, a Guyanese, a Haitian, a Herzegovinian, a Honduran, a Hungarian, an I-Kiribati, an Icelander, an Indian, an Indonesian, an Iranian, an Iraqi, an Irishman, an Israeli, an Italian, an Ivorian, a Jamaican, a Japanese, a Jordanian, a Kazakhstani, a Kenyan, a Kittian and Nevisian, a Kuwaiti, a Kyrgyz, a Laotian, a Latvian, a Lebanese, a Liberian, a Libyan, a Liechtensteiner, a Lithuanian, a Luxembourger, a Macedonian, a Malagasy, a Malawian, a Malaysian, a Maldivan, a Malian, a Maltese, a Marshallese, a Mauritanian, a Mauritian, a Mexican, a Micronesian, a Moldovan, a Monacan, a Mongolian, a Moroccan, a Mosotho, a Motswana, a Mozambican, a Namibian, a Nauruan, a Nepalese, a New Zealander, a Nicaraguan, a Nigerian, a Nigerien, a North Korean, a Northern Irishman, a Norwegian, an Omani, a Pakistani, a Palauan, a Palestinian, a Panamanian, a Papua New Guinean, a Paraguayan, a Peruvian, a Pole, a Portuguese, a Qatari, a Romanian, a Russian, a Rwandan, a Saint Lucian, a Salvadoran, a Samoan, a San Marinese, a Sao Tomean, a Saudi, a Scottish, a Senegalese, a Serbian, a Seychellois, a Sierra Leonean, a Singaporean, a Slovakian, a Slovenian, a Solomon Islander, a Somali, a South African, a South Korean, a Spaniard, a Sri Lankan, a Sudanese, a Surinamer, a Swazi, a Swede, a Swiss, a Syrian, a Tajik, a Tanzanian, a Togolese, a Tongan, a Trinidadian or Tobagonian, a Tunisian, a Turk, a Tuvaluan, a Ugandan, a Ukrainian, a Uruguayan, a Uzbekistani, a Venezuelan, a Vietnamese, a Welshman, a Yemenite, a Zambian and a Zimbabwean all go to a nightclub .................................. The doorman stops them and says sorry I can’t let you in without a Thai.

.....most stupid joke ever...............lol

[baddadjokez]

An Afghan, an Albanian, an Algerian, an American, an Andorran

An Angolan, an Antiguans, an Argentine, an Armenian, an Australian, an Austrian, an Azerbaijani, a Bahamian, a Bahraini, a Bangladeshi, a Barbadian, a Barbudans, a Batswanan, a Belarusian, a Belgian, a Belizean, a Beninese, a Bhutanese, a Bolivian, a Bosnian, a Brazilian, a Brit, a Bruneian, a Bulgarian, a Burkinabe, a Burmese, a Burundian, a Cambodian, a Cameroonian, a Canadian, a Cape Verdean, a Central African, a Chadian, a Chilean, a Chinese, a Colombian, a Comoran, a Congolese, a Costa Rican, a Croatian, a Cuban, a Cypriot, a Czech, a Dane, a Djibouti, a Dominican, a Dutchman, an East Timorese, an Ecuadorean, an Egyptian, an Emirian, an Equatorial Guinean, an Eritrean, an Estonian, an Ethiopian, a Fijian, a Filipino, a Finn, a Frenchman, a Gabonese, a Gambian, a Georgian, a German, a Ghanaian, a Greek, a Grenadian, a Guatemalan, a Guinea-Bissauan, a Guinean, a Guyanese, a Haitian, a Herzegovinian, a Honduran, a Hungarian, an I-Kiribati, an Icelander, an Indian, an Indonesian, an Iranian, an Iraqi, an Irishman, an Israeli, an Italian, an Ivorian, a Jamaican, a Japanese, a Jordanian, a Kazakhstani, a Kenyan, a Kittian and Nevisian, a Kuwaiti, a Kyrgyz, a Laotian, a Latvian, a Lebanese, a Liberian, a Libyan, a Liechtensteiner, a Lithuanian, a Luxembourger, a Macedonian, a Malagasy, a Malawian, a Malaysian, a Maldivan, a Malian, a Maltese, a Marshallese, a Mauritanian, a Mauritian, a Mexican, a Micronesian, a Moldovan, a Monacan, a Mongolian, a Moroccan, a Mosotho, a Motswana, a Mozambican, a Namibian, a Nauruan, a Nepalese, a New Zealander, a Nicaraguan, a Nigerian, a Nigerien, a North Korean, a Northern Irishman, a Norwegian, an Omani, a Pakistani, a Palauan, a Palestinian, a Panamanian, a Papua New Guinean, a Paraguayan, a Peruvian, a Pole, a Portuguese, a Qatari, a Romanian, a Russian, a Rwandan, a Saint Lucian, a Salvadoran, a Samoan, a San Marinese, a Sao Tomean, a Saudi, a Scottish, a Senegalese, a Serbian, a Seychellois, a Sierra Leonean, a Singaporean, a Slovakian, a Slovenian, a Solomon Islander, a Somali, a South African, a South Korean, a Spaniard, a Sri Lankan, a Sudanese, a Surinamer, a Swazi, a Swede, a Swiss, a Syrian, a Tajik, a Tanzanian, a Togolese, a Tongan, a Trinidadian or Tobagonian, a Tunisian, a Turk, a Tuvaluan, a Ugandan, a Ukrainian, a Uruguayan, a Uzbekistani, a Venezuelan, a Vietnamese, a Welshman, a Yemenite, a Zambian and a Zimbabwean all go to a bar..The doorman stops them and says sorry I can’t let you in without a Thai.

[hausofsaintz]

I sit alone on November 20,2023 on my 25th birthday thinking this is the worse birthday ever but it’s not this is everything I prayed for, everything I dreamed of.Happily eating and drinking wine and a scenery that is foreign to me. Thanking God for the guidance thus far. I cried last year this time I’m swimming and floating in the puddle that was suppose to drown me. I could’ve drove home hours ago to feel the need of “company” but Lord knows I don’t need a crowd to celebrate the growth that only I have encounter. I needed this moment, I needed to this talk. The rhythm of self. To finally understand it’s me,myself and God that I can thank.

Cheers to the best year, the greatest year. Cheers to me, the brave one. The Golden One.

To the Purest Purpose.

Thank you.

[dillydedalus]

what i read in may

how is it may lmao... anyway i went thru a bit of reading slump this month and i’d like to pretend it’s bc i had a lot of uni stuff to do (i did) but tbh it’s bc game of thrones infected me with Vintage* ASOIAF Feels & i didn’t really care about reading anything else

celestial bodies, jokha alharthi (tr. from arabic) quiet and evocative novel about a network of families in a village in oman, told over three (?) generations, but centred on three sisters, mayya, asma and khawla (but not as focused on them as i would have liked). interesting to get some insight into omani society, class relations (& especially slavery and the now-free slaves), gender, tradition and westernisation, but it’s also really lovely and sad. ultimately a bit scattered and vague tho. 3/5

the taming of the shrew, billy shakes (uni) academia and assorted shakespeareans like bending over backwards to explain why this is not misogynist but actually subversive/farcical/ironic/meta or whatever and that’s a fine & worthy endeavour i’m sure but the only valid reading of the taming is that kate is actively plotting to murder petruccio in every single scene so... that’s that on that. misandry stars/5 

vinegar girl, anne tyler (uni) y’all i don’t have high expectations for hogarth shakespeare entries (tho shylock really won me over last month) but fuck this was bad. staggeringly BAD, both as a book and as an adaptation of shrew. it starts out with a completely declawed & detoothed kate, who on the scale of ‘timid wifey’ to ‘shrewish firebrand’ is uh ‘apathetic & slightly sour’.... which is a choice i guess. in the beginning i hoped we were seeing a kate who was repressing her rage (and there is one genuinely great line where the bianca annoys kate while she’s gardening and ‘kate stuffed a snarl of vine into the trash bag’ like okay anne that’s cool) and that the taming would be reverse, i.e. would free kate to feel & act on her rage. but instead... honestly i can’t even tell you what the arc was instead? there’s no real taming, kate (who is very stuck in her life and job) just chooses this green card marriage to become a little bit less stuck and i guess pyotr (petruccio) likes her the way she is, that is sour and Not Like Her Dumb Blonde Sister. and then in the end we get a speech about how men have it really hard bc they never learn how to deal with feelings (when kate throughout the book has herself struggled w/ social skills). can’t wait to rip this apart in class. 1/5 (ALSO how did hogarth have atwood on their roster and not give her the shrew wtf)

doctor wooreddy’s prescription for enduring the ending of the world, mudrooroo (uni) for my postcolonial australia course; it’s about the colonisation of australia and genocide against indigenous australians from the pov of tasmanians and an englishman who’s never seen a white man’s burden he didn’t immediately pick up (all based on real historical people). lots of interesting stuff in there (i’d love to read something about gender roles/gendered spaces in indigenous australian culture) but tbh it’s a bit of a slog (at 200 pages...) 2/5 embassytown, china miéville cool scifi novel about weird alien languages (the ariekei, who speak with two mouths at once and cannot lie - apparently their language doesn’t signify so...uh. linguistically not particularly sound at all but a) it’s a cool concept, b) they’re aliens so like whatever) and what happens when humans, not possessing two mouths and very much capable of lying, communicate with them. there is a lot of really original & fascinating concepts here but some problems w/ the execution (pacing/characters mainly) - not as much as with city&city tho. 3.5/5

the little prince, antoine de saint-exupéry (tr. from french) i wanted something short & bittersweet & this is it. anyway i have these vague & but very vivid memories of seeing like. a slide show of this w/ narration at the berlin planetarium when i was a kid & that is the best way to consume this story. 4/5

the year of the death of ricardo reis, josé saramago (tr. from portuguese) took me nearly 2 months to finish this & it’s under 500 pages which should already say a lot. i enjoyed this while reading mostly, and saramago’s style is beautiful, but it is a bit of a drag & reis honestly is not particularly sympathetic or interesting. the undercurrent of the rise of fascism is the best thing about the novel & makes the end really work but there’s too much tangential meandering about how old dude ricky reis is obsessed with a mucher younger girl and like... yawn. i will try again w/ saramago tho. 2/5

follow the rabbit-proof fence, nugi garimara (uni) story about three young girls with indigenous australian mothers and white fathers escaping from the residential school they were abducted to as part of the stolen generations, based on the author’s mother’s own life. it’s an impressive story of resilience and survival, but perfunctorily written. we’re also going to watch the film & that should be interesting. 2/5

everything under, daisy johnson i find it quite hard to talk about this bc there’s something quite vague and uncertain about it, something elusive. some things i will say: vivid, lyrical prose; the setting (oxford canal boat community) is great, the monster is genuinely creepy, and i really like the three (or 4?) narrative strands and how they interweave. i kind of wish i hadn’t known which greek myth it was a loose adaptation of (so i won’t say here) bc i definitely spent too much time trying to map the myth onto the book - and the ‘reveal’ might have been better w/o that knowledge anyway. 3.5/5

the sparrow, maria doria russell wonderful wonderful warm & human & tragic scifi novel about JESUITS IN SPACE!!! told in two timelines: in the first, set mainly in 2019 (which is great) music from another planet is transmitted to earth and emilio sandoz, jesuit linguist + multilingual (@hbo or netflix: cast oscar isaac please & thank), and his closest friends are chosen (by god?? MAYBE) to go on a secret space mission to make first contact bc jesuits.... have a lot of.... experience... with that. everyone is hopeful, curious, excited, and our guy emilio is literally radiant with god’s love or whatever. in the second timeline, 2060, emilio has been sent home by a second expedition, who have since gone radio silent, the only survivor, disturbingly (!) mutilated, broken in mind and body and unwilling to talk. all we know: the 2nd expedition found him in a brothel & he immediately killed the alien child who led them to him. so... what went wrong? (how could... first contact.... possibly go wrong...?) what did emilio do? was whatever happened god’s will? sorry i’m not super coherent about this but IT’S GREAT MY DUDES. also between this & canticle my scifi subgenre really just is ‘scifi but make it religious’. 4.5/5 

on the whole, not a great reading month, but the sparrow... *chef kiss* & i’m currently reading the artifical silk girl (relatable hot mess in weimar berlin) which is.... AMAZING... alfred döblin who???

[mon-fransze]

Országok, nemzetek és nemzetiségek

Általában nem szokták szeretni a diákok, mert gyakorlatilag ehhez csupán segg kell. Pedig nehézségek nélkül meg lehet tanulni az országokat es a belőlük képzett mellékneveket. Maximum a madagaszkári lehet fura, ami ugye malgache lesz. Mindenképpen ajánlom bevágásra, legyünk igényesek a környezetünkre és ismerjük franciául is a világot! Ahol nincs névelő, az azt jelenti, hogy névelő nélkül használtatik, ellenben neme van. :)

l`Afghanistan (m) → afghan → afghano-‘afgán’

l`Afrique (f) → africain → africano-‘afrikai’

l`Afrique centrale →centrafricain → centrafricano-‘közép-afrikai’

l`Afrique du Sud → sudafricain → sudafricano-‘dél-afrikai’

l`Albanie (f) → albanais → albano-‘albán’

l`Algérie (f) → algérien → algéro-‘algériai’

l`Allemagne (f) → allemand → germano-‘német’

l`Amérique (f) → américain → américano-‘amerikai’

l`Andorre (f) → andorran → andorro-‘andorrai’

l`Angleterre (f) → anglais → anglo-‘angol’

l`Angola (m) → angolais → angolo-‘angolai’

l`Antarctique (f) → antarctique → antarctico-‘antarktiszi, déli-sarkvidéki-’

l`Arabie saoudite (f) → saoudien → saoudo-‘szaúd-arábiai’

l`Arctique (f) → arctique → arctico-‘északi-sarki’

l`Argentine (f) → argentin → argentino-‘argentin’

l`Arménie (f) → arménien → arméno-‘örmény’

l`Asie (f) → asiatique → asiatico-‘ázsiai’

l`Atlantique (f) (océan ~) → atlantique → atlantico-‘atlanti’

l`Australie (f) → australien → australo-‘ausztráliai’

l`Autriche (f) → autrichien → austro-‘ausztriai’

l`Azerbaïdjan (m) → azéri → azéro-‘azeri’

les Bahamas (f) → bahaméen → bahaméo-‘Bahama-szigeteki’

Bahreïn (m) → bahreïnien → bahreïno-‘bahreini’

la Baltique → balte → balto-‘balti’

le Bangladesh → bangladais → banglado-‘bangladesi’

la Barbade → barbadien → barbado-‘barbadosi’

la Belgique → belge → belgo-‘belga’

le Bénin → béninois → bénino-‘benini’

le Bhoutan → bhoutanais → bhoutano-‘bhutáni’

le Biélorussie → biélorusse → biélorusso-‘fehérorosz’

la Birmanie → birman → birmano-‘burmai’

la Bolivie → bolivien → bolivo-‘bolíviai’

la Bosnie → bosniaque/bosnien → bosniaco-/bosno-‘bosnyák/boszniai’

le Botswana → botswanais → botswano-‘botswanai’

le Brésil → brésilien → brésilo-‘brazil’

Brunéi (m) → brunéien → brunéo-‘brunei’

la Bulgarie → bulgare → bulgaro-‘bolgár’

le Burkina Faso → burkinabè → burkinabo-‘Burkina Fasó-i’

le Burundi → burundais → burundo-‘burundi’

le Cambodge → cambodgien → khméro-‘kambodzsai’

le Cameroun → camerounais → camerouno-‘kameruni’

le Canada → canadien → canado-‘kanadai’

le Cap-Vert → capverdien → cap-verdo-‘zöld-foki-szigeteki’

le Chili → chilien → chilo-‘chilei’

la Chine → chinois → sino-‘kínai’

Chypre (f) → chypriote →chyprio-‘ciprusi’

la Colombie → colombien → colombo-‘kolumbiai’

le Congo → congolais → congolo-‘kongói’

la Corée → coréen → coréo-(nord-coréo-, sud-coréo-) ‘koreai’ (‘észak-koreai’, ‘dél-koreai’)

le Costa Rica → costaricain → costarico-‘Costa Rica-i’

la Côte d’Ivoire → ivoirien →ivoiro-‘elefántcsontparti’

la Croatie → croate → croato-‘horvát’

le Cuba → cubain → cubano-‘kubai’

le Danemark → danois → dano-‘dán’

Djibouti (m) → djiboutien → djibouto-‘dzsibuti’

la Dominique → dominicain → dominico-‘dominikai’

l`Écosse (f) → écossais → écosso-‘skót’

l`Égypte (f) → égyptien → égypto-‘egyiptomi’

l`Espagne (f) → espagnol → hispano-‘spanyol’

l`Estonie → estonien → esto-‘észt’

les États-Unis → américain → américano-‘amerikai’

l`Éthiopie (f) → éthiopien →éthio-‘etióp’

l`Europe (f) → européen → euro-‘európai’

la Finlande → finlandais → finno-‘finn’

la France → français → franco-‘francia’

le Gabon → gabonais → gabono-‘gaboni’

Galles (Pays de Galles) → gallois → gallo-‘walesi’

la Gambie → gambien → gambo-‘gambiai’

la Géorgie → géorgien → géorgo-‘grúziai’

le Ghana → ghanéen → ghanéo-‘ghánai’

la Grande-Bretagne → britannique → britanno-’brit’

la Grèce → grec → gréco-‘görög’

le Guatémala → guatemaltèque → guatémaltéco-‘guatemalai’

la Guinée → guinéen → guinéo-‘guineai’

le Guyane → guyanien → guyano-‘guyanai’

Haïti (m) → haïtien → haïto-‘haiti’

le Honduras → hondurien → honduro-‘hondurasi’

la Hongrie → hongrois → hungaro-‘magyar’

l`Inde (f) → indien → indo-‘indiai’

l`Indonésie (f) →indonésien → indonéso-‘indonéziai’

l`Irak/Iraq (m) → irakien/iraquien → irako-/iraquo-‘iraki’

l`Iran (m) → iranien → irano-‘iráni’

l`Irlande (f) → irlandais → irlando-‘ír’

l`Islande (f) → islandais → islando-‘izlandi’

Israël (m) → israélien → israélo-‘izraeli’

l`Italie (f) → italien → italo-‘olasz’

le Japon → japonais → nippo-‘japán’

la Jordanie → jordanien → jordano-‘jordán’

le Kazakhstan → kazakh → kazakho-‘kazah’

le Kenya → kenyan → kenyano-‘kenyai’

le Kirghizstan → kirghiz → kirghizo-‘kirgiz’

le Koweït → koweïtien → koweïto-‘kuvaiti’

le Laos → laotien → lao-‘laoszi’

la Lettonie → letton → letto-‘lett’

le Liban → libanais → libano-‘libanoni’

le Libéria → libérien → libéro-‘libériai’

la Libye → libyen → libyo-‘líbiai’

le Liechtenstein → liechtensteinois → liechtensteino-‘liechtensteini’

la Lituanie → lituanien → lituano-‘litván’

le Luxembourg → luxembourgeois → luxembourgo-‘luxemburgi’

la Macédoine → macédonien → macédo-, macédono-‘macedón’

Madagascar (f) → malgache → malgacho-‘madagaszkári’

la Malaisie → malais/malaisien → malaiso-‘maláj’

le Mali → malien → malo-‘mali’

Malte (f) → maltais → malto-‘máltai’

le Maroc → marocain → maroco-‘marokkói’

la Mauritanie → mauritanien → mauritano-‘mauritániai’

la Méditerranée → méditerranéen → méditerranéo-‘mediterrán’, ‘földközi-tengeri’

le Mexique → mexicain → mexico-‘mexikói’

la Moldavie → moldave → moldavo-‘moldáv’

Monaco (m) → monégasque → monégasco-‘monacói’

la Mongolie → mongol → mongolo-‘mongol’

le Monténégro → monténégrin → monténégrino-‘montenegrói’

le Mozambique → mozambicain → mozambico-‘mozambiki’

la Namibie → namibien → namibo-‘namíbiai’

le Népal→ népalais → népalo-‘nepáli’

le Nicaragua → nicaraguayen → nicaraguo-‘nicaraguai’

le Niger → nigérien → nigéro-‘nigeri’

le Nigéria → nigérian → nigériano-‘nigériai’

la Norvège → norvégien → norvégo-‘norvég’

la Nouvelle-Zélande → néo-zélandais → néo-zélando-‘új-zélandi’

Oman (m) → omani → omano-‘ománi’

l`Ouganda (m) → ougandais → ougando-‘ugandai’

l`Ouzbékistan (m) → ouzbek → ouzbéko-‘üzbég’

la Pacifique (océan ~) → pacifique → pacifico-‘csendes-óceáni’

le Pakistan → pakistanais → pakistano-‘pakisztáni’

la Palestine → palestinien → palestino-‘palesztin’

le Panama → panaméen → panaméo-‘panamai’

le Paraguay → paraguayen → paraguayo-‘paraguayi’

les Pays de Galles (m) → gallois → gallo-‘walesi’

les Pays-Bas (m) → néerlandais/hollandais → néerlando-/hollando-‘holland’

le Pérou → péruvien → péruvo-‘perui’

les Philippines (f) → philippin → philippino-‘Fülöp-szigeteki’

la Pologne → polonais → polono-‘lengyel’

le Portugal → portugais → luso-‘portugál’

le Qatar → qatari → qataro-‘katari’

la République centrafricaine → centrafricain → centrafricano-‘közép-afrikai köztársasági’

la République dominicaine → dominicain → dominicano ‘dominikai köztársasági’

la Roumanie → roumain → roumano-‘román’

le Royaume-Uni → britannique → britanno-‘brit’

la Russie → russe → russo-‘orosz’

le Rwanda → rwandais → rwando-‘ruandai’

Saint-Marin (m) → saint-marinais → saint-marino-‘San Marinó-i’

le Salvador → salvadorien → salvadoro-‘salvadori’

la Scandinavie → scandinave → scandinavo-‘skandináv’

le Sénégal → sénégalais → sénégalo-‘szenegáli’

la Serbie → serbe → serbo-‘szerb’

les Seychelles (f) → seychellois → seychello-‘Seychelle-szigeteki’

la Sierra léone → sierraléonais → sierraléono-‘sierra leone-i’

Singapour (f) → singapourien → singapouro ‘szingapúri’

la Slovaquie → slovaque → slovaco-‘szlovák’

la Slovénie → slovène → slovéno-‘szlovén’

la Somalie → somalien → somalo-‘szomáliai’

le Soudan → soudanais → soudano-‘szudáni’

le Sri Lanka → srilankais/cingalais → srilanko-/cingalo-‘Srí Lanka-i’

la Suède → suédois → suédo-‘svéd’

la Suisse → suisse → suisso-, helvético-‘svájci’

le Suriname → surinamien → surinamo ‘suriname-i’

le Swaziland → swazi → swazo-‘szváziföldi’

la Syrie → syrien → syro-‘szíriai’

le Tadjikistan → tadjik → tadjiko-‘tádzsikisztáni’

la Tanzanie → tanzanien → tanzano-‘tanzániai’

le Tchad → tchadien → tchado-‘csádi’

la Tchéquie → tchèque → tchéco-‘cseh’

la Thaïlande → thaïlandais → thaïlando-‘thaiföldi’

le Tibet → tibétain → tibéto-‘tibeti

le Togo → togolais → togolo-‘togói’

Trinité-et-Tobago (f) → trinidadien → trinidado-‘trinidádi’

la Tunisie → tunisien → tuniso-/tunisio-‘tunéziai’

le Turkménistan → turkmène → turkméno-‘türkmén’

la Turquie → turc → turco-‘török’

l`Ukraine (f) → ukrainien → ukraino-‘ukrán’

l`Uruguay (m) → uruguayen → uruguayo-‘uruguayi’

Vatican (m) → vatican → vaticano-‘vatikáni’

le Venezuela → vénézuélien → vénézuélo-‘venezuelai’

le Vietnam → vietnamien → vietnamo-‘vietnámi’

le Yémen → yéménite → yéméno-‘jemeni’

la Zambie → zambien → zambio-‘zambiai’

le Zimbabwe → zimbabwéen → zimbabwéo-‘zimbabwei’

[mexico86hq]

Paying tribute to the lost stars of Mexico 86...

Many of our heroes have unfortunately passed away since that glorious Mexican summer of 1986, including the tournament's greatest icon.

Here's a celebration of those no longer with us…

Italia Gaetano Scirea

Italy's Mexico 86 skipper was a World Cup winner, who was capped 78 times. The Juventus legend, who retired in 1988, sadly died in Sep 1989 in a car accident in Poland while scouting for the club. He was just 36.

Paolo Rossi

Italy's star of 1982 did not feature at all in Mexico. He moved from Milan to Verona after the World Cup and retired a year later at just 30, moving into real estate and TV punditry. Rossi died in Dec 2020 at 64.

Gianluca Vialli

The young Sampdoria striker appeared as a substitute in all 4 of the Azzurri’s games in Mexico. He joined Juventus for a world record £12.5m in 1991 and won his 59th and final cap in 1992. Later coached Chelsea. He died in January 2023, aged 58.

Bulgaria  Georgi Dimitrov

Bulgaria's captain in 1986 joined Saint Etienne after Mexico and would go on to win 77 caps before retiring in 1990. He died in May 2021 aged 62.

Anio Sadkov

The midfielder won 80 caps during a 10-year international career that ended in 1991, although he only retired in 1996. Sadakov later managed Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He announced he had MND in 2014 and died in 2017 at 55.

Zivko Gospodinov

The attacking midfielder won 39 caps between 1983-87, and retired in 1992. He died at 57 in May 2015.

Argentina  Diego Maradona

The ultimate football icon played for Argentina at two more World Cups after 86, and was his nation's coach in 2010. His passing at just 60 in Nov 2020 was marked worldwide.

Jose Luis Cuciuffo

While absent from the Panini album, he was a key man in Argentina's defence, starting all but the first game. He died aged just 43 in 2004 after suffering a fatal gunshot wound while out hunting in Buenos Aires province.

Jose Luis Brown

The defender was a key man for Argentina in Mexico, scoring the opener in the final. After retiring in 1989 he enjoyed a long coaching career, including a spell with the national team. He died at 63 in Aug 2019.

South Korea Chung Yong-hwan

While not in the 1986 Panini album, the defender played every game in Mexico and was captain in 1990 on his way to 86 caps. He retired in 1994 and died following a long illness in 2015, aged 55. 

Oh Yun-kyo

The goalkeeper played all 3 games in Mexico, winning the last of his 10 caps in the defeat to Italy. He later coached in the US but died in Seoul in 2000, aged just 40.

Belgique-Belgie Leo Clijsters

The defender did not feature in the 86 Panini album and was used sparingly, although he made a bigger impact in 1990. His daughter Kim became a World No.1 tennis player. Clijsters died in 2009 at just 52.

Stephane Demol

The Anderlecht defender, 20, made his international debut just weeks before Mexico, but played every game as Belgium reached the semis, scoring in the epic win against the USSR. Later joined Porto but won his final cap at 25 in 1991. Was Belgium's assistant manager from 2006-08. He died following a heart attack, aged 57, in June 2023.

Irak Nadhim Shaker

While not in the Panini album, Shaker was a key man in Mexico and won the last of his 57 caps against Mexico. He enjoyed a long coaching career, becoming Iraq’s coach in 2009. He died, aged 61, in Sep 2020 after contracting COVID-19.

Ali Hussein Shihab

The midfielder, part of Iraq’s Asian Games winning team in 1982, played every minute of Iraq’s sole World Cup appearance to date in 1986. He won 73 caps from 1981-89. Shihab died in Oct 2016, aged 55.

Ahmed Radhi

Iraq’s only World Cup goalscorer to date, following his strike against Belgium, was named Asian Footballer of the Year in 1988. He won 121 caps between 1982-97, scoring 62 goals. He died, aged 56, in Jun 2020 after contracting COVID-19.

Natiq Hashim

The defensive midfielder played all 3 games in Mexico, winning 97 caps between 1982-90. He was coaching leading Omani team Muscat Club when he died suddenly, aged 44, in Sep 2004.

Mexico Pablo Larios

The goalkeeper won 48 caps between 1983-91, finally retiring in 1999. Larios’ son died when crossing the US border in 2008. Larios struggled with drug addiction and died, aged 58, in Jan 2019 due to complications following surgery.

Tomas Boy

Mexico's captain won 52 caps between 1979-87, playing 400+ games for Tigres. After retiring in 1988, El Jefe had a long coaching career, and died aged 70 in March 2022.

Rafael Amador

The Pumas defender started 3 games at Mexico 86, which were his final caps. He later coached Pumas, and died aged 58 in July 2018 following a long illness.

Paraguay César Zabala

The defender won 49 caps and retired at 30 in 1991 after his 3rd Copa America. He underwent heart surgery in the early 2010s and passed away at 58 in Feb 2020.

Roberto Cabañas

The former New York Cosmos striker remains one of Paraguay’s football icons. His career later took in Lyon and Boca Juniors and he retired in 2000, when he was 39. He died suddenly in Asunción in Jan 2017, aged 55

Luis Caballero

The defender won 27 caps, but did not make the Panini album or play in Mexico. He was killed during a robbery at his shop in Villa Morra in 2005. His son, Luis Nery Caballero, won 12 Paraguay caps between 2011-13.

SSSR  Andriy Bal

The Dynamo Kiev midfielder was a key man in 1982 but played just 1 game in Mexico. He was later assistant manager with Dynamo and the Ukraine national team. He died in 2014 at 56 after suffering a heart attack during a seniors match.

Viktor Chanov

Dynamo Kiev's No.1 through the 80s was Rinat Dasaev's understudy for the USSR, although he did play in the final 1986 group game v Canada. After a successful career in transportation, he died in 2017 aged 57 reportedly due to injuries sustained after falling from a ladder.

Magyarország

Jozsef Kardos

The 1983 Hungarian Footballer of the Year was a stalwart for Ujpest throughout the 1980s. The defender played all three games in Mexico, and won 33 caps in total. He suffered a heart attack in 2015 and died, aged 62, in July 2022.

Brasil Socrates

The iconic midfielder won his 60th and final Brazil cap in Mexico. He retired 3 years later and worked as a physician, coach and pundit. His health deteriorated during 2011 and he died in December of that year aged 57.

Edivaldo

The Atletico Mineiro winger only won 3 caps and did not feature in Mexico. He died in a road traffic accident on Castelo Branco highway in São Paulo in 1993 at 30. His family later sued Fiat claiming a car malfunction led to the tragedy.

Espana Javier Urruticoechea

The Barcelona goalkeeper was picked for 3 World Cups but only won 5 caps all between 1978-80. He retired in 1988 and died, aged 49, in a road accident near Barcelona in May 2001. 

Algerie Faouzi Mansouri

The Montpellier defender played in both the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, and later worked for the Nicollin group, owned by the former president of his club. He died, aged 66, in May 2022.

N Ireland  Alan McDonald

The QPR defender was new to the NI set up in 1986 and went on to win more than 50 caps over the next decade. He later became a coach at QPR and managed Glentoran. He died suddenly, aged just 48, in June 2012.

Danmark  John Eriksen

The forward scored against W Germany in his sole appearance in Mexico. After ending his career in 1993, Eriksen suffered Alzheimer's disease, and died, aged just 44, after a fall in a nursing home in 2002.

Lars Høgh

The OB goalkeeper started 2 games in Mexico, including the defeat to Spain. He worked as a coach after retiring in 1995. Høgh died after a long illness in Dec 2021, at the age of 62.

Deutschland BRD  Norbert Eder

The 30-year-old Bayern anchorman made his international debut in May 1986, started every game in Mexico and then never played for W Germany again. He died, aged 63, in Nov 2019.

Scotland  Davie Cooper

The exciting winger, who played 400+ games for Rangers, died tragically young at just 39 in 1995. He collapsed after suffering a brain haemorrhage while filming a TV show and died a few days later.

Andy Goram

The goalkeeper was with Oldham when he was selected for Scotland's squad. Unused in Mexico, he joined Hibs in 1987 and went on to play more than 200 games for Rangers and won 43 caps. He retired in 2004 and died, aged 58, in July 2022 following a long illness.

Polska Wladek Smolarek

The Widzew Łódź forward scored Poland’s winner against Portugal - their only goal in Mexico. Smolarek retired in 1996 at 39 and saw his son Ebi win 47 caps. He died in 2012 at 54.

Marek Ostrowski

The defender won 37 caps between 1981-87 and eventually retired in 1995. He died following heart surgery in March 2017.

Portugal Manuel Bento

Portugal’s No.1 in 1986 broke his leg ahead after the England game and never played for his country again. He retired in 1992, aged 44, after 20 years at Benfica. He died suddenly in March 2007, aged 58. 

Vitor Damas

The Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper came into Portual’s team for 2 games in Mexico due to Bento’s broken leg. He retired in 1988 and became Sporting’s goalkeeping coach. He died following a long illness in 2003, aged 55.

Frederico Rosa

The Boavista captain and central defender played all 3 games in Mexico, eventually winning 18 caps from 1985-89. Frederico retired in June 1995, at 38. He died aged 61 in Feb 2019, aged 61, after suffering from MND.

José António

The Belenenses defender did not appear in the Panini album but he did come on a sub for the last few minutes against England in what was his 3rd and final cap. He retired in 1991 and died suddenly at 47 in June 2005. 

Fernando Gomes

A legend at Porto, scoring almost 300 goals in two spells. He was Europe's top goalscorer in 1983 and 1985. Gomes was Portugal's captain in Mexico, starting all three games. Gomes died in November 2022, aged 66, following a long illness.

England Ray Wilkins

The Milan midfielder moved on to Rangers after Mexico and later managed QPR and coached Chelsea as well as working as a pundit. He died suddenly in Apr 2018, aged 61.

Maroc Abdelmajid Dolmy

The Raja Casablanca playmaker played every minute of Morocco’s glorious Mexico campaign, eventually winning 76 caps between 1973-88. He died suddenly, aged 64, in July 2017.

Thanks for joining us to celebrate the lives of these Mexico 86 champions...

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An Afghan

An Afghan, an Albanian, an Algerian, an American, an Andorran, an Angolan, an Antiguans, an Argentine, an Armenian, an Australian, an Austrian, an Azerbaijani, a Bahamian, a Bahraini, a Bangladeshi, a Barbadian, a Barbudans, a Batswanan, a Belarusian, a Belgian, a Belizean, a Beninese, a Bhutanese, a Bolivian, a Bosnian, a Brazilian, a Brit, a Bruneian, a Bulgarian, a Burkinabe, a Burmese, a Burundian, a Cambodian, a Cameroonian, a Canadian, a Cape Verdean, a Central African, a Chadian, a Chilean, a Chinese, a Colombian, a Comoran, a Congolese, a Costa Rican, a Croatian, a Cuban, a Cypriot, a Czech, a Dane, a Djibouti, a Dominican, a Dutchman, an East Timorese, an Ecuadorean, an Egyptian, an Emirian, an Englishman, an Equatorial Guinean, an Eritrean, an Estonian, an Ethiopian, a Fijian, a Filipino, a Finn, a Frenchman, a Gabonese, a Gambian, a Georgian, a German, a Ghanaian, a Greek, a Grenadian, a Guatemalan, a Guinea-Bissauan, a Guinean, a Guyanese, a Haitian, a Herzegovinian, a Honduran, a Hungarian, an I-Kiribati, an Icelander, an Indian, an Indonesian, an Iranian, an Iraqi, an Irishman, an Israeli, an Italian, an Ivorian, a Jamaican, a Japanese, a Jordanian, a Kazakhstani, a Kenyan, a Kittian and Nevisian, a Kuwaiti, a Kyrgyz, a Laotian, a Latvian, a Lebanese, a Liberian, a Libyan, a Liechtensteiner, a Lithuanian, a Luxembourger, a Macedonian, a Malagasy, a Malawian, a Malaysian, a Maldivan, a Malian, a Maltese, a Marshallese, a Mauritanian, a Mauritian, a Mexican, a Micronesian, a Moldovan, a Monacan, a Mongolian, a Moroccan, a Mosotho, a Motswana, a Mozambican, a Namibian, a Nauruan, a Nepalese, a New Zealander, a Nicaraguan, a Nigerian, a Nigerien, a North Korean, a Northern Irishman, a Norwegian, an Omani, a Pakistani, a Palauan, a Palestinian, a Panamanian, a Papua New Guinean, a Paraguayan, a Peruvian, a Pole, a Portuguese, a Qatari, a Romanian, a Russian, a Rwandan, a Saint Lucian, a Salvadoran, a Samoan, a San Marinese, a Sao Tomean, a Saudi, a Scottish, a Senegalese, a Serbian, a Seychellois, a Sierra Leonean, a Singaporean, a Slovakian, a Slovenian, a Solomon Islander, a Somali, a South African, a South Korean, a Spaniard, a Sri Lankan, a Sudanese, a Surinamer, a Swazi, a Swede, a Swiss, a Syrian, a Tajik, a Tanzanian, a Togolese, a Tongan, a Trinidadian or Tobagonian, a Tunisian, a Turk, a Tuvaluan, a Ugandan, a Ukrainian, a Uruguayan, a Uzbekistani, a Venezuelan, a Vietnamese, a Welshman, a Yemenite, a Zambian and a Zimbabwean all go to a nightclub....

The doorman stops them and says, ‘sorry I can’t let you in without a Thai’.

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An Afghan, an Albanian, an Algerian, an American, an Andorran, an Angolan, an Antiguans, an Argentine, an Armenian, an Australian.....

.... an Austrian, an Azerbaijani, a Bahamian, a Bahraini, a Bangladeshi, a Barbadian, a Barbudans, a Batswanan, a Belarusian, a Belgian, a Belizean, a Beninese, a Bhutanese, a Bolivian, a Bosnian, a Brazilian, a Brit, a Bruneian, a Bulgarian, a Burkinabe, a Burmese, a Burundian, a Cambodian, a Cameroonian, a Canadian, a Cape Verdean, a Central African, a Chadian, a Chilean, a Chinese, a Colombian, a Comoran, a Congolese, a Costa Rican, a Croatian, a Cuban, a Cypriot, a Czech, a Dane, a Djibouti, a Dominican, a Dutchman, an East Timorese, an Ecuadorean, an Egyptian, an Emirian, an Equatorial Guinean, an Eritrean, an Estonian, an Ethiopian, a Fijian, a Filipino, a Finn, a Frenchman, a Gabonese, a Gambian, a Georgian, a German, a Ghanaian, a Greek, a Grenadian, a Guatemalan, a Guinea-Bissauan, a Guinean, a Guyanese, a Haitian, a Herzegovinian, a Honduran, a Hungarian, an I-Kiribati, an Icelander, an Indian, an Indonesian, an Iranian, an Iraqi, an Irishman, an Israeli, an Italian, an Ivorian, a Jamaican, a Japanese, a Jordanian, a Kazakhstani, a Kenyan, a Kittian and Nevisian, a Kuwaiti, a Kyrgyz, a Laotian, a Latvian, a Lebanese, a Liberian, a Libyan, a Liechtensteiner, a Lithuanian, a Luxembourger, a Macedonian, a Malagasy, a Malawian, a Malaysian, a Maldivan, a Malian, a Maltese, a Marshallese, a Mauritanian, a Mauritian, a Mexican, a Micronesian, a Moldovan, a Monacan, a Mongolian, a Moroccan, a Mosotho, a Motswana, a Mozambican, a Namibian, a Nauruan, a Nepalese, a New Zealander, a Nicaraguan, a Nigerian, a Nigerien, a North Korean, a Northern Irishman, a Norwegian, an Omani, a Pakistani, a Palauan, a Palestinian, a Panamanian, a Papua New Guinean, a Paraguayan, a Peruvian, a Pole, a Portuguese, a Qatari, a Romanian, a Russian, a Rwandan, a Saint Lucian, a Salvadoran, a Samoan, a San Marinese, a Sao Tomean, a Saudi, a Scottish, a Senegalese, a Serbian, a Seychellois, a Sierra Leonean, a Singaporean, a Slovakian, a Slovenian, a Solomon Islander, a Somali, a South African, a South Korean, a Spaniard, a Sri Lankan, a Sudanese, a Surinamer, a Swazi, a Swede, a Swiss, a Syrian, a Taiwanese, a Tajik, a Tanzanian, a Togolese, a Tongan, a Trinidadian or Tobagonian, a Tunisian, a Turkish, a Tuvaluan, a Ugandan, a Ukrainian, a Uruguayan, a Uzbekistani, a Venezuelan, a Vietnamese, a Welshman, a Yemenite, a Zambian and a Zimbabwean all go to a nightclub... The doorman stops them and says sorry I cant let you in without a Thai.

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Who is Prod Antzoulis?

Prod Antzoulis (1991) is a Cypriot born photographer and creative director raised in Dubai. With an aesthetic firmly rooted in the Middle East, Prod captures the on-ground lifestyle and consumer culture while attempting to narrate his journey, mapping reference points which allow him to decipher his cross-cultural identity. His work reflects an honest and unedited series of moments revealing the eccentricities and particularities of places and people. By nurturing a sense of comfort and familiarity, Prod seeks to capture the veiled rawness that lies within his subject’s frame and is committed to embody the sense of nostalgia with which he navigates reality.  Prod has been shooting exclusively on analogue, turning his passion for photography into a profession after he was commissioned to shoot the final collection of an Omani Central Saint Martins graduate in 2015. With a portfolio that spans the region, Prod has worked with brands such as Gucci, Saint Laurent, Red Valentino, Okhtein and Amina Muaddi. Most recently, he shot GQ Middle East covers, including Latin pop-star Maluma, singer & songwriter Mustafa the Poet, as well as the ‘Self Isolation’ issue chronicling tales that documented interactions between himself and seven Arab talents scattered across the globe, shot over Zoom during quarantine. He has also shot covers for Elle Arabia, Jamalouki, and Emirates Woman.  Prod’s work has been featured in Vogue Italia, GQ, Schon! and Oyster Magazine, as well as regional publications such as Vogue Arabia, CNN Arabic, Mille World, GQ Middle East, and Emirates Woman.