So, happy 89th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians—and someone concussed him with a brick
Dave
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Older but not necessarily wiser. Phil Thompson nearly ran me over and Sammy Lee told me I look like Eric Clapton. Not sure which was worse. Once complimented on my beard by Jeremy Corbyn. Would put cauliflower and Mick Hucknall into Room 101.
Superb piece, this.
Sarah Kendzior@sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 2w agoOn Jay McInerney, accidental horror writer: "There is a perverse thrill in knowing that McInerney’s socialites will face terrorists and collapse and a pandemic. There is deep horror in knowing that these are not plot points he invented for the books." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bright-lig...
Happy Birthday Swap Shop. Here's John Craven signing SS Book 3, for the 3 year old me.
My ex brother in law is a City fan, and *not* one of the sound ones. I've no idea what he makes of it all because we blocked each other, pretty much everywhere, years ago. But I do hope he's having a lovely week.
One of the soundtracks to my student years. Brilliant album.
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 3w ago44
Someone on a work call has just asked me what scampi fries are, and I'm honestly not listening to anything else they're saying now for wondering what else is a mystery to them.
Yvette Cooper has announced 1,000 Sure Start hubs to be opened by 2028
Yvette Cooper tells Labour conference ‘Sure Start’s back’
A major announcement
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If they'd found so much as a packet of sparklers in any of those vans, those lads would be getting held for 14 days. The fact that they were out within 48 hours of arrest means there likely wasn't sufficient evidence to persuade a judge they were terrorists.
I want my country back. By that, I mean a country where I would be confident that a thug who livestreamed himself stabbing an RNLI dingy on an active operation would a) Be universally condemned b) Be swiftly arrested, put on trial and if found guilty, face many years in jail. I miss that country.
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
I'm now officially of the age that it feels like every time I look at any of my old school groups on Facebook, the latest post is usually one announcing that one of my old teachers has just died.
Thread of the day. Maybe week...month...possibly year 🧵
Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · last mo.People do have "legitimate concerns" about things like housing, rising cost of living, NHS waiting lists etc. That's absolutely fair. Despite political and media rhetoric, absolutely none of those concerns are solved by attacking asylum seekers and other migrants. 1/
The perils of coaching a football team. Still thinking so much about our game this morning, that I barely took any notice of the Liverpool Bournemouth game. Couldn't even tell you which players were on the pitch at FT.
Saw 30 seconds of 'Sharpe' while flicking through the channels for something to watch, and he didn't say 'bastard' once. Must have been an edited version.
The same people who said ‘all lives matter’ in response to BLM are now arguing that refugees should be left to drown in the Channel.
It's going to take years, but this is the best way to destroy ai. They'll fight it all the way to the end, but unless there's a massive reevaluation of fair use/copyright laws, I don't see them winning this. I just hope creators don't back down. And if they do, it's All Over. Seriously.
Tyler King@tyleraking.com · last mo.“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Honestly, it would have saved us so much bother if back in 2010, Gordon Brown had just said "Yeah, so fucking what? She *was* a bigot."
Great finish. Looking good going forward so far, some great balls been played through.
Very strong chance that I don't make it to the end of this match with my eyes still open.
£110. I'm tempted, but please don't anyone tell Mrs N.
Stereogum@stereogum.com · last mo.Bob Dylan announces 39-CD 'Rolling Thunder Revue' box set with 371 previously unreleased tracks
Interesting observation in the Classic Pop review of the new Proclaimers album, given their recent trans quotes.
Only heard a few Macklemore songs. Not really my thing, but not bad. Seems like a top lad though. Sheeran's probably had better days.
Tried to read the T&Cs on some gig tickets and now feel like the kid in Mallrats who can't see the boat in the Magic Eye picture.
Bill Bryson on the RNLI in "The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island" (2015)
You'd need a hell of a lot of Christmas cards in order for the bill to be £72m, but every little helps.
Feebiegeebies👻@feebee69.bsky.social · last mo.IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR 🎄🛥️💰
