I have not watched a minute of the #CommonwealthGames and I am not the only one who used watch avidly. Paywalls are not good particularly when the whole event is facing an uncertain future

And if we go back further the impact of "bang em up and throw away the key" is even starker. Do we really need to ge jailing twice as many people as we did at the time of the 1990 Strangeways riot?

Gavin Hales@gmhales.bsky.social · 6d ago

"sentencing in England and Wales is today 54% more punitive than in 2005", having taken account of the offence mix (@jpinasanchez.eurosky.social) www.sentencingacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u...

NEW at the Empty City On the early release of prisoners The political-media addiction to lengthy sentences, and its consequences emptycity.substack.com/p/on-the-ear...

On the early release of prisoners

The political-media addiction to lengthy sentences, and its consequences

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Hello #dlxp friends. My current view is this - Estonian slide guitarist Andres Roots (his real name apparently) and he is really good. My curry was also not bad

Eve Ray @everay1.bsky.social · last wk.

Would love to join you but off to a Birmingham Jazz Festival event tonight. Curry and an Estonian slide guitarist! #dlxp But there for next week's request show

The 1970s are due for a major reevaluation imo. For all but the first 5 and a half months of 1970, the UK had either Tory governments or Labour governments without an effective majority. There was little discernible socialism around (apart from paper sellers!)

Alex Hall Hall@alexhh.bsky.social · last wk.

🔥🔥🔥Yet another beautifully written piece by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stop commenting on porn to tell me it isn't to your tastes!! NOT ALL PORN IS FOR YOU OMG. I covered this in 2015 why hasn't everyone learned it by now. www.girlonthenet.com/blog/not-all...

Porn: not all of it is for you | Girl on the Net

A rant against people who comment on any indie porn saying 'eww' because it doesn't match their tastes. News flash: not all porn is for you.

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Thanks for a great show Lita. Looking forward to the bext #ftf60s

I am so glad #ftf60s is back. This show proves what a great decade the 60s were. The Wind Cries Mary is just sublime.

Written on Widnes station apparently.... #ftf60s

At middle school we had a teacher called Mrs Storey who I adored. She brought her favourite record in one day (when teachers could do such things). It was Abbey Road and she played us Here Comes The Sun. I think of her every time I hear it. #ftf60s

shout out for @everay1.bsky.social #ftf60s

William Barlow@sbuma.bsky.social · last wk.

Plastic Fantastic Lover by Jefferson Airplane from the Surrealistic Pillow LP on #ftf60s

In My Life is one of my favourite Beatles songs #ftf60s

From 1967 actually Lita, off the utterly wonderful Surrealistic Pillow album #ftf60s

Russ Ballard klaxon! #ftf60s

Hello fab and groovy people. Who's here for #ftf60s ?

OTD in 1774 Russia signed the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca. Article 21 stated the Ottomans had to consent to Crimea joining Russia. We violated it in 1783. Imagine Russia violating treaties in this day and age….

A reminder that this is the guy we're all now supposed to be listening to on the subject of the safety of MPs

Pedicure day today and I'm staying with my lucky colours. Come on England!

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Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 4w ago

*Farage removes all his clothes in public and takes a dump on the floor* Chris Mason: "some might say this is not the act of a PM in waiting but others note in today's politics the public appreciate authenticity."

"I am the most physically and verbally attacked public figure or politician of modern times" is a quite a thing for Nigel Farage to say when two MPs have been murdered in the last decade, Stephen Timms was stabbed twice in the stomach in 2010 and there was a plot to murder Labour MP Rosie Cooper

Game on, Nige.

All gone a bit flat. Given the choice I would watch France rather than Spain every time #WorldCup

We await the condemnation from Farage, Lowe etc. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Five injured in suspected anti-Muslim attacks after armed man roamed Edinburgh streets

Two people were injured close to a mosque and a man was later seen battering the door of a pizzeria as members of the public run away.

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Liz Kendall talking about enrichment activities for children as if they were pet labradors. Clueless and dangerous in equal measure.

World Cup pedi

Right, I'm off to hide from the inevitable comments!🫣 If you like these types of debunks, please sign up for my Substack: monkdebunks.substack.com It's free! But paid subscriptions and coffee (or wine!) donations (buymeacoffee.com/MonkDebunks) really help 😊 25/25

Pedicure day.

New on FrolicMe, my story read by the amazing @girlonthenet.bsky.social who really brings it to life. Wow! www.frolicme.com/audio/kinky-...

Kinky Women | Girl On Girl Sex - Frolicme

Two kinky women tease a watching ex with naughty lesbian fucking and sexy household chores. Audio porn stories for women, more online.

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Posting this on the Finchley synagogue (very near us) Important to share, I think. bsky.app/profile/adsq...

Adam Squires@adsquires.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Read the article to restore your faith in everything. This is why I love the UK, specifically London, specifically Finchley. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ap...

New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social "Is Ukraine winning the drone war?" The Russians certainly think so. What are the implications of Ukraine's innovations for the war and, more broadly, for how other countries should be thinking about drones? (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...

Is Ukraine winning the drone race?

Barely six months ago it appeared that Russia was ahead in the drone race.

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