Monday, 17 March 2025

Absolute ‘mare on social media this week.

Was locked out of the Blogger platform so couldn’t blog. No idea why. Just managed to unlock it. Locked out of X on desktop, still works on the phone though. Locked out of Primary Facebook on desktop – I never managed to get on Facebook on my new phone, which I’ve had a few months. It was my plan to blog about moving over to Samsung, too. This A55 is serving me well, unlike my decrepit PC. 

Anyway, I’ve tried going through the verification process, sending my ID to Facebook as asked, but it’s asking me to use an ‘authenticator app’ which I’ve just downloaded. I’ve no idea what to do with this, though. Instructions unclear. It’s asking me to add an account and a ‘secret key’- is this a Facebook account? What key? 

FFS. And WHY is all this happening?! 

James Duval, Frank the Bunny from Donnie Darko, liked my photo of him from For the Love of Horror

Went to the new Louis bar in Spinningfields Friday. Doormen weren’t keen on my ripped jeans but the waistcoat and tie balanced it out so they made an exception. They placed a sticker over our phone cameras. No photography allowed, but notetaking was fine. A step above the opulence of your average Spinningfields bar, Louis carries a speakeasy 1920s vibe with lighting so dim you need your phone torch to read the menu. Pleasant staff served up whiskies that ranged between £12-£50. 

Ran a meetup with Manchester Nightlife to Spinningfields Saturday, to a quiet but scenic rooftop bar 20 Stories and ended in Peaky Blinders. I was shattered and left not long after midnight. Good crowd. Some familiar faces, some new. 

Saturday sees Monopoly Events’ Horror, Rock and Wrestle Fest – something to tide horror fans over until October when For the Love of Horror returns. I can’t say I’m that bowled over with the lineup, though.

 

No meetups planned as of yet. Even Meetup booted me out on desktop as I logged into that through Facebook. I want to fucking scream. I’m still logged in on the app but I can’t upload meetups there. 

Saturday is the deadline for this absurd Nunchucks project. I haven’t done a great deal of it over the last few days but I was getting somewhere with a particularly complicated underarm pass. Hopefully I’ll be able to upload a demo video.

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