It started with a rusty bike. I was clearing out the garage and I found my old one that I hadn't ridden for years.

So I searched how to fix up a bike on Tik-Tock.

I found loads of videos on there, like how to fix a chain, change the brakes and mend a puncture.

That led me to a video about local bike routes around Manchester. Turns out there's a nice one that goes past work, so I started cycling in.

Now it's only me that's a bit rusty.

It starts on Tik-Tock. You're going to. Hello everybody and welcome to Outward Slates Show about the ow's, the B's, the G, wait, the LGBTQ pluses. Don't ever try and say those slowly

before you've had all of your boring coffee.

I'm Jules Gill Peterson, apparently adrift somewhere

in an acronym.

I'm Brian Lauter, I'm an editor at Slate,

and Jules Listen, I,

we're recording earlier today today and I feel you I just woke up from a dream like I don't know an hour and a half ago

Where I was like the catering services for this new season of drag race.

Oh my God.

But it was like drag race on tour and we were like staying in elementary school

so I was having to cook for all of these queens like in a cafeteria and it was extremely stressful and they were not grateful for my effort so that's that's the energy that I'm bringing into the shirt. I bet you look really cute in a catering outfit though. That's true. I you know you know in dreams you usually can't see yourself, but I bet I did. Yeah, I'm sure you're right. I can see it. I can see it. Well speaking of production you know because of last year's

writers strikes and actors strike shout out to organized labor We're kind of knee-deep in an award season sandwich. I don't

know if it's like a hero or a grinder or a sub depending on where you live, but really big long never ending season so you know if kind

of like me you never really knew what the difference was between a golden globe and an

Emmy well who cares anymore because it's sort of impossible even to remember

which shows red carpet looks you were even scrolling on your feed last night anyways.

But one thing is definitely true there is a lot a lot of

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