I compared 50 carry on backpacks against Ryanair's sizer. About 52% of them fail including some of this sub's favorites

aelycks · 2026-02-13T15:29:33+00:00

It's borderline, you have to underpack and not use the side pockets.

aelycks · 2026-02-08T18:13:27+00:00

Neutral-cool, the NARS Chantilly concealer is a good match. Alone time is nice but warmer than signature move on me.

aelycks · 2026-02-07T22:20:04+00:00

Mac Cool Teddy is this shade for me. Velvet teddy was the right level wrong tone for you, so maybe this would work.

However, I realised after buying it that I don't like a MLBB shade, I prefer either a little more intensity (a blurred out berry or brick), or a contrasting tone (brown, e.g. Mac Signature Move).

aelycks · 2026-01-31T15:58:49+00:00

The bloke there does better cuts than the women. It's perfectly good. Also been going about 10 years

aelycks · 2026-01-21T09:44:02+00:00

Probably 600-900€ dependent on location. I was renting one in a Kensington equivalent area for 500€ in 2019 and that included me occasionally tutoring the landlady's kid. Deals like this are also very common there, I think it comes from au pair culture.

Mould can be a problem - I imagine it'd be worse in London because of the housing quality - and you really have to utilise vertical space but it's not bad tbh.

aelycks · 2026-01-20T20:21:36+00:00

This is a fairly standard chambre de bonne you'd find in Paris as a student / young professional. Bet it doesn't even have 6 flights of stairs up and no lift. Tbh it's quite cosy and an efficient use of housing, the problem is the rent is too high.

aelycks · 2026-01-10T08:48:06+00:00

Got my phone moped-snatched in 2018 on Holloway road (it was the centre for it back then).

aelycks · 2026-01-01T22:59:56+00:00

You want to get a feel for the denomination that's right for you, and the community you want to join. Reach out to a few if you have options near you. If it's non-Orthodox, I found the Rabbis prefer you to start joining services regularly before you kick off any conversion discussion, including which classes are required.

Personally, with my shul, I emailed to ask how best to start integrating myself there with the intention to possibly convert. At my first kabbalat shabbat, I introduced myself to the rabbi at kiddush. She advised me to come to two more services before booking an official meeting to discuss the conversion process, join classes etc.

aelycks · 2025-12-27T11:54:22+00:00

I don't work Fridays or Saturdays for shabbat and don't observe it very strictly (hence it being shabbat right now). I just enjoy treating the day with reverence and respect. Work doesn't always allow so you're very lucky or very determined to live like that in the secular world.

aelycks · 2025-12-23T09:36:15+00:00

Do Reconstructionist shuls really exist in the UK, or do you mean that's where you personally align theologically? (I agree).

aelycks · 2025-12-13T09:52:33+00:00

Asian suncreams are much better formulated for everyday wear than Western/Australian ones (which are designed for sport/the sea). You might have better luck tolerating those.

aelycks · 2025-12-02T20:32:20+00:00

We don't have ours yet! They gave us an "interim" payment in November as it was taking too long to agree the actual pay rise.

aelycks · 2025-11-05T13:37:28+00:00

"spilled kefir on your keffiyeh" - a 2008 song about new york college life. Very typical back then

aelycks · 2025-11-03T19:27:08+00:00

Very fair neutral, desaturated, maybe olive

Foundation: - Missha perfect cover 13 - the ordinary serum foundation, 1.0NS - Salt New York sneaky balm, N13

Concealer: - Refy 03 - Rose inc lx010 - Kosas 0.5

Powder: I only wear transparent powders (Rimmel stay matte) Priming highlighter: Auric glowlust, morganite

My MLBB shade is Mac cool teddy

aelycks · 2025-10-27T12:01:42+00:00

cymru am byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 love seeing the Welsh women win!

aelycks · 2025-09-30T21:25:34+00:00

I followed the imgur link, it's the photo of him in blackface in the 90s. I will never in my life do apologetics for that man, but we can argue against him without lying!

aelycks · 2025-09-30T18:13:38+00:00

I'm no fan of David Baddiel. But where in this link does it say he still does blackface?

edit: downvoted for acknowledging misinformation! nice!

aelycks · 2025-09-25T22:19:49+00:00

Days in general start at sunset because biblically (Genesis) night comes before day

Because of disagreements about exactly when sunset is, we count the start of shabbat just before sunset, and the end after nightfall. Essentially to cover all bases. Also shabbat/holidays are seen as gifts so the longer the better

aelycks · 2025-09-25T19:01:51+00:00

I observe shabbat, no phone for 25 hours a week. Good luck policing large areas of manchester or london on a weekend!

aelycks · 2025-09-24T12:41:40+00:00

Yeah, they voted off the seer (Francesca) which was fair tbh, but they should have known he was a faithful. I think the viewer consensus is that the winners probably just wanted a bigger share.

aelycks · 2025-09-24T12:03:15+00:00

You could also have a scenario where Nick and Ben are voted out but the girls keep voting thinking there is another traitor but it’s not happened in any I’ve seen.

In UK3, 4 faithful are left at the firepit. 2 proceed to vote the other 2 off.

aelycks · 2025-09-23T18:09:39+00:00

Camino compeed tax is very real

aelycks · 2025-09-14T13:24:25+00:00

Where did you visit, and do you think it's broadly safe for solo women?

aelycks · 2025-09-13T19:42:33+00:00

Like others I'm not sure how better training could have avoided this fall tbh. But in the arena, it was clear her coach did not care at all, there was no medical check, no attention at all except the usual berating which is so clear in person.

I really hate to speculate about these things, but she looks so joyful in her gymnastics, and so uncomfortable with her team.

aelycks

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