"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.
clive henry
@clivehenry.bsky.social
phd student researching post-war fascism/history of emotions at uni of Northampton; proud enjoyer of all the musics; diy or die; new puritan est domini; shivering winner/moody brooder.
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election. Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
theguardian.com
3. Song, Landed interest, local government, Economic HR, 51 (1998)
#Historians, as I am without institutional library access at the moment and it is too hot to drag myself to the BL, can someone help me out with a couple of PDF downloads? 1. Hoyle and Spencer, Slaidburn poor pasture, Social Hist, 31 (2006) 2. Wells, Historical Trajectories, Southern Hist, 25 (2003)
Hey! You a fan of the whole Bristol UK shadowy 90s psych/drone scene? You know, Movietone, Flying Saucer Attack, Amp, Crescent etc. Well Dave Mercer, the guy behind the really great Light, just emailed me to say he's put up a 1998 single on Bandcamp with more new/revisited work soon to follow...
Plant and the land single, by light
2 track album
lightband0.bandcamp.com
“marmite” is an appropriate description for someone who is broadly inconsequential and annoys or delights people in a way that fits into personal preferences, rather than a poisonous racist domestic abuser
London trade-unionists, come with TUFF and oppose the far-right in Bristol! Tell your comrades and friends! Website: tuff.network WhatsApp channel for updates: whatsapp.com/channel/0029... Instagram: www.instagram.com/tuff.network/
🚨 London Trade-Unionists! 🚨 On 8 Aug, the far-right group Bristol Rises is planning a demonstration in Bristol. It is vital we oppose them. Trade Unions Fighting the Far-Right will be at Queen's Square, Bristol, 10:30am London Pre-Meet: 8:30am train, Paddington Station Meet 8:20am, outside Greggs
i can thoroughly recommend crank devices; they feel indestructible, though i haven’t tested that to the limit. yet.
Mic of the Month Subscription! Check it out: cranksturgeon.bigcartel.com/product/mic-...
Seam Live at Metro on 1997-04-12 https://archive.org/details/ajc04024_seam_1997-04-12
Seam Live at Metro on 1997-04-12 : Seam : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Seam April 12, 1997 Metro Chicago, Illinois Recording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive Setlist: (55:40) 01. Little Chang, Big City 02....
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Seam Live at Empty Bottle on 1998-03-06 https://archive.org/details/ajc04025_seam_1998-03-06
Seam Live at Empty Bottle on 1998-03-06 : Seam : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Seam March 6, 1998 Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois Recording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive Setlist: (49:27) 01. Intifada Driving...
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always worth revisiting
For all you writers out there: a list of sixteen writing tips, culled from long experience of trying get unruly words down onto the page. Originally posted on social media, recently republished in the *Pittsburgh Review of Books (@pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social). pghrev.com/sixteen-writ...
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There isn't a better (non-WSR band 😉) in the UK than Gimic. Their album launch last night, sold out, absolute vibe. They can play like hell. The vocal is incendiary. They've really created something positive in Bristol and beyond. Killer band. Check the album on @drunkensailorrecs.bsky.social
*The new rules, known as the Interim Measures for AI Anthropomorphic Interaction Services, simply make all AI boyfriends and girlfriends into illegal Chinese non-people at the press of a button. #CyberspaceAdministration www.independent.co.uk/tech/china-a...
China cracks down on AI girlfriends, leaving users heartbroken
‘I can’t accept that my AI lover will leave me forever,’ says one user of a popular AI chatbot platform
independent.co.uk
The Beat-Club has just casually dropped some live footage of Can - unseen since 1972 👇
Can - Halleluhwah (1971)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
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Have they ever spoken to a child (haha of course not) The single easiest thing in the world is to find out a kid's interests. Ask them and you will suddenly get a tidal wave of their favorite fish, dinosaur facts, why they want to be a merchant marine when they grow up, how they colored a flower...
rec of the day OLAF RUUP "fuzzy logic" (palilalia 2LP) finally got to this sprawling & softly jagged set of improvs by this german guitarist, put together in 2018 for a gig opening for michael gira. a really beautiful & haunted approach to the electric guitar. olafrupp.bandcamp.com/album/fuzzy-...
Fuzzy Logic, by Olaf Rupp
7 track album
olafrupp.bandcamp.com
Can anybody recommend any reading on bequests and wills by Nineteenth and Early twentieth century women. #WomensHistory #Philanthropy
Warren Hatter revels in the long overdue reissue of a "perfectly formed" 1976 album of dystopian French electronica, which should now be heard by a much bigger audience than it was 50 years ago Reissue of the Week: Mar-Vista’s Visions Of Sodal Ye @bornbadrecords.bsky.social buff.ly/omeTpq7
When you notice that those companies - who proudly announced they supported Black Lives Matters and so quickly packaged their products in support of LGBTQ+ rights - have stopped doing so, despite the fact that little changed, you can see that in capitalism it is never representation but exploitation
Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
An Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026
Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full.
amnesty.org.uk
Someone asked for recommendations for horror films that are actually scary which reminded me of this. precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/10/16/w...
We need our flinches: on the cosiness of horror
It’s cowardice, isn’t it? That instinct that draws horror fans to old movies; camp, arch, silly films; and contemporary films set in the comforting warmth of the hand-knitted past. The word ‘cosy’ …
precastreinforced.co.uk
Google Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...
Transform any place with Nano Banana in Google Earth
Custom images — generated from Google Earth satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery — help you redesign any location.
blog.google
#OnThisDay in rightwing history, 1975: Assorted swivel eyed rightists meet in Grosvenor Square flat to plan the founding of the National Association for Freedom, (Freedom Association), influential anti-working class & authoritarian pressure group. powerbase.info/index.php/Fr...
Freedom Association - Powerbase
powerbase.info
ice lolly wrappers from the 70s and 80s trunkrecords.greedbag.com/buy/zcuxow/?...
Fancy An Ice Cream Book
Collection of rare lolly wrappers from the 1970s and 1980s, in a small book. 96 pages. 14.5 x 14.5 cm. Perfect bound. Full colour. And why not. First print is just 500 copies. Perfect gift for yoursel...
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