The Boys recording one of the greatest albums of all time — REVOLVER — at Abbey Road in 1966. This seminal album was released 60yrs ago today.
In Cardiff now, at statue of a great Welshman and a political hero.
alright lets do it 1. probably Lewis' THE GREAT DIVORCE, which is a very short book I find myself going back to every few months
Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago1 like = 1 book question 📚💙
The billionaire class is both a threat and an embarrassment to humanity.
We welcome any and all MacArthur slander
Zach Dorfman@zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 2d agoContinuing my Korean War/Halberstam posting: It’s hard to convey how malignant Douglas MacArthur was, how anti-democratic, what a persistent threat to civil-military relations. Conversely, George Marshall was a man of towering integrity and wisdom.
Playing a song for you to advertise my show on August 12 at Dina's Tavern in Toronto Ontario.
In the 90s and 00s, churches invested millions in youth group, creating a parallel universe for christian teenagers to grow up in and, eventually, change the world. That was the plan anyway. What happened? My first cover story for @sojo.net.
A defining problem of living in Hookland is so many of its buildings refuse to stand still. It has wandering pubs, chapels stone circles and even castles. I find those the most perplexing not only because they seem overly sprightly for ruins, but for the question: where do they go? – #CLNolan
I don’t know the name other oaks gave it because they have gone, so I called this 400 year old tree Grace, because it’s beautiful Grace is dying, so I regularly walk the 10 mile trip to spend time with her Not a word is spoken, but much is said
Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
this is a somewhat heartening follow-up about the Oakland bookseller being evicted and his collection of rare occult books finding a new home oaklandside.org/2026/07/29/s...
Sold! Oakland bookseller finds new home for 13,000-volume esoteric collection
After The Oaklandside covered Todd Pratum’s looming eviction, dozens reached out to help. One inquiry from Los Angeles caught his eye.
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This is a good analysis of what society is rapidly becoming/has become. The only thing I would add to it is that a lot of the online toxicity and especially the culture of dunking and dogpilling traces back to subcultural sites like SA and 4chan.
Alan Elrod@aselrod.bsky.social · 7d agoI would like to encourage everyone to opt out of the digital Synanon game www.liberalcurrents.com/the-parasoci...
Can't find out much about this but presume it's real: When you're kneeling through the hours And you're doubting your given powers And when you're ready for her mercy And you're worthy it will come www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIPy...
Glen Hansard busking in Noto, Sicily, and singing "Her Mercy" for Illès Gennaro
YouTube video by Antonio Cennamo
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I am not completely well yet, and I suppose I never will be. But I am much better. I used to not be able to go a day without panic, and now I only panic every once in awhile. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
Where Grace Abounds The More
A stalker once destroyed Mary Pezzulo's only sunflower. Years after her abuser's death, a hundred volunteer sunflowers came up — and grace was suddenly written in the soil.
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*standing up on the plane* ok you Protestant fucks prepare to get scared because I’m about to tell you what’s real. Hail Holy Queen our light our sweetness and our hopes. To Thee to we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to Thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Tu
dank serpico@abh93.bsky.social · last wk.*standing up on the plane* okay i'm gonna read "america" by allen ginsberg. don't worry i'm not gonna do the n word part. okay. america i've given you all and now i'm nothing. america two dollars and twentyseven cents january 17, 1956. i can't stand my own mind. america when will we end the hu
One time, while teaching self defense, a martial arts instructor told me "This isn't a sport, fuck the rules." I do occasionally apply that saying to other parts of my life. Also learned first hand that, when you're in crisis mode, cut every corner you can.
Still thinking of Sinéad on the 3rd anniversary of her untimely death. One of her very best songs: But, I will rise and I will return The phoenix from the flame I have learned, I will rise And you'll see me return being what I am There is no other Troy for me to burn www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c4v...
Sinead O'Connor - Troy (Official Music Video)
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My new short story Fox Wedding is now online on the @irishtimes.com website Hope you like it. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Michael-Michael lived to be a 100. He died at a moment of his own choosing
Fox Wedding is a new short story by Leonard and Hungry Paul author Rónán Hession
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As everyone knows, the best humor is the kind you have to explain.
Caudle’s “path to that position is a case study in how the military promotion process at the Pentagon under Mr. Hegseth has deviated from tradition, leaving it susceptible in the view of critics to politicization and favoritism” Deeply disturbing, excellent reporting www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
An Admiral’s Rise Reveals the Politics Driving Hegseth’s Pentagon (Gift Article)
Before he was picked to lead the Navy, Adm. Daryl Caudle found ways to signal his support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s anti-diversity goals.
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"Since his career began, Christopher Nolan has crafted a cinematic environment where horror elements are present. But The Odyssey, invokes horror motifs tenfold." Excellent piece by Kaiya Shunyata. www.rogerebert.com/features/wit...
With “The Odyssey,” Christopher Nolan Has Crafted The Best Horror Film of The Year
On how horror shaped Christopher Nolan's masterful epic.
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Good morning. These two lunatics will be releasing a book later on today. You have been warned. You might want to get under something or be close to your loved ones.
“The Church — in communion with many of good will — is called, as Pope Leo XIV urged, to ‘have an impact at the cultural level’ (Dilexi te, no. 11), to be a leaven of cohesion, a space of spiritual depth, a builder of bridges. Not to return to an idealized past, but to give form to the new …
When we talk of faeries, we are often talking of terror. For all the flower fairy propaganda and J.M. Barrie's tinkling bells, true faeries rarely have any love for humanity. The true faery is as likely taloned as wearing a dandelion dress and has teeth hungry for blood. – #CLNolan