Bit late to the party here but The Correspondent is pretty good, isn't it. Certainly feel inspired to barge my way into an English Literature seminar
John Information
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Can still name more than six songs by 2 Unlimited
peelsessions.club had a little bit of fun building this tonight after I got really, really into post-punk's heydey again recently
Peel Sessions
Every session recorded for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show, 1967–2004. Filter by genre, band, year and origin; watch on YouTube.
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B&Q playing Patrice Rushen's Haven't You Heard = somehow bought six paint tester pots instead of my planned three
Having a nice Friday afternoon listening to World Domination Enterprises www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPKr...
World Domination Enterprises - Asbestos Lead Asbestos 4K
YouTube video by ScottishTeeVee
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To elaborate on that last repost, eimi – cryptics editor at the Indy – is gauging interest in an independent follow-up to the Independent crossword Email trulyindependentcrosswords@gmail.com with the subject line “truly” Comment #152 on the fifteensquared blog fifteensquared.net/2026/09/21/i...
Independent Cryptic Crossword – the future – Fifteensquared
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Come see Murder Bridge do a karaoke set of our own songs at Bingo Masters Breakout @ the Betsey Trotwood in Farringdon tonight! I'm bringing the badges
Insane xword from Brendan in today's Grau (complimentary)
sometimes the goal of science is to help us begin to understand the mystery and complexity of this astounding universe and sometimes the goal is to simply improve the human experience
The world's most notorious custard-pie thrower is dead. What an obituary. He got Bernard-Henri Lévy seven times.
HOOTING each time I see the Drag Race Down Under girls carefully deliberating over, then choosing, a very obviously wooden lipstick
I know you all hate the emergency alert about disposable barbeques. But yesterday I watched a man at our hotel breakfast set fire to a toaster by trying to toast a croissant - despite multiple signs telling him not to. Today he tried again. So, you know, calibrate for the average person.
Seeing humans do well at sports! And also seeing them do badly
Josephine beckbook.com Riesman@josie.zone · 2mo agoName a popular thing that you enjoy
I know better than to look directly at astral phenomena www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrin...
Trailer: The Day of the Triffids (1962)
YouTube video by Classic Horrors
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Here’s another sample clue from issue 4, this one from Crenditi, the ‘nom de croix’ of @juffowup.bsky.social and @longyfan.bsky.social for their UK collabs: 'Frick’ (not ‘f**k’) is written after other bad language (8) Not ordered yet? It’s still available [currently UK only] at unchcrosswords.com
Unch Crossword Magazine
Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine
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Cor managed to 100% solve this month's Graux Genius, maybe I'm getting the hang of these
I was asked about my favourite films this other day, and this speculative one has to be up there
Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton@brainmage.bsky.social · 2y agoRight. Here's my big pitch: Muppet James Bond James Bond in…A Heart-Felt Goodbye Dominic Cooper as Bond Kermit M Frog Mrs Moneypiggy Beaker & Dr Bunsen HoneyQ The agents of G.O.N.Z.O. want to kidnap the world's chickens. MI5 has a mole (Rizzo the Rat). An agent is undercover as a chef in Sweden.
Listening to the import version of Since I Left You for... possibly the first time? The extra sample sections are easy to spot but I can see why they didn't bother clearing them all
New crossword! I've tried to pitch it at a 'Monday' Grau level, so if you're newer to cryptics, then why not give it a whirl www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3735 (thx to @custard.bsky.social for testing it out!)
Cryptic crossword No 3,735 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,735 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 26 clues by Chlorine. Published Mon 27 Jul 2026. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
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At Jesus Christ Superstar. My mum “I don’t know the story of this one at all.”
Solidarity with all our siblings at Trans Pride today - the haters are obviously jealous at how fabulous you all are
Tough week for various reasons but the prospect of watching swimming with Scots Gaelic commentary is immensely cheering
There seems to have been a lot of July so far, and yet there is still another week and a half of July left?
New RB - I think I like this better than the last single? (video not particularly SFW) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX6Z...
Rebecca Black - Hot Wet Delirious (Official Video)
YouTube video by rebecca
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THE WORLD IS A GLOBAL ENTITY NOW - M Pougatch channelling @jennyholzer.bsky.social
Black eggs perfec t size to put baby in to nap! inside very soft and comfort baby sleep soundly put baby in eggs. no problems ever in eggs because good shape and support for baby neck weak of big baby head. can trust black eggs for giveing good love to baby. friend mysterious black eggs.
Shepherd@neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Mysterious Black Eggs Are Emerging From the Seafloor These spheres from the abyss conceal creatures with startling biology" Nope. No thank you. Just leave those where you found them. Stop touching the mysterious black eggs right now, marine biologists. www.popularmechanics.com/science/anim...
Apparently coconut macaroons are not part of your five a day, even if you eat the whole packet