Tim Barraclough
@timrb60.bsky.social
Greyish socialist with green tendencies. Soul, reggae, indie, jazz, classical, not much I wouldn’t listen to. MDANT 🇵🇸
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‘A 99 with a Flake? That will be £7, please’: what’s behind the surge in ice-cream van prices?
From the cost of milk and chocolate to diesel and electricity, every part of producing the summer treat has been hit by the climate crisis and other shocks
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As a boomer, I consider this further evidence that people my age and older should have to pass a proficiency test for the internet.
Owen Jones@owenjones.bsky.social · 2d agoThey are radicalising people into extremism.
The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.
If you want to know why sadistic gamekeeper David Campbell thought he could get away with murder, and why a local community had lived in fear of him for decades, this compelling account provides some answers. The warning signs were all there, in plain sight. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/08/02/b...
Book review – Prelude to Murder: Revenge Killing on a Highland Sporting Estate
Earlier this year, retired Scottish gamekeeper David Campbell was found guilty of murdering his former colleague from the Edradynate Estate in Perthshire, Brian Low, in February…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
I don't wish to upset the Zionist supporters within the British Isles, But........ Lest THEY Forget During the Second World War, the regiment was deployed to Egypt and Cyrenaica, with Palestine Regiment members killed in Benghazi, where they fought heavy battles against the Nazis & fascism.
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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😳 “A law to sell [parts of] Argentina to the ultra-rich of the world *** On Aug 6, the Senate plans to vote on Milei's new bill, the Private Property Inviolability Law. If approved, tech tycoons like Peter Thiel will be able to keep the water, energy & climate of Patagonia” By F. Gomez, 7/31/26… 1/
youtu.be/4gEc5Pq50xo Today I’ll be dusting this off for a play and wondering where the last quarter of a century went to,when this July has gone on for about two years 🤣 Time eh.
Gillian Welch - Revelator - BBC Concert
YouTube video by Bill Donohue
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youtu.be/24u9HyLU89s A very happy 95th birthday today to jazz guitar great Kenny Burrell.🎂🎉
Kenny Burrell - Imagination
YouTube video by All That Jazz Don Kaart
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🚨BREAKING: More than 100 peaceful protestors have been arrested today under terror laws. Amnesty legal observers attended to document the arrests and any human rights violations.
GOOD NEWS: The UK’s highest court has granted permission to appeal the terrorist ban of Palestine Action. This news comes a month after the Court of Appeal upheld the government’s decision to ban Palestine Action in July 2025.
This is good, but it would be much better if the new Government of Andy Burnham overturned this ridiculous law The law is unjust, and leads to a colossal waste of police and court time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Palestine Action ban to be reviewed by Supreme Court
The UK's highest court gives Palestine Action permission to appeal the government's proscription of the group under anti-terrorism legislation.
bbc.co.uk
30 years of Trash, released on this day in 1996. To celebrate the #ComingUp30 anniversary, the Trash EP is releasing 14th August. Strictly limited 45rpm 12" EP on lilac vinyl, pre-order yours now: suedehq.lnk.to/comingup30 -SuedeHQ
British chemist Dr. Dorothy Hodgkin won the 1964 #Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for using X-ray crystallography to "see" the 3D structures of complex molecules. After 35 years of work, she solved the incredibly complex structure of insulin, 1969. She died #OTD in 1994. #WomenInSTEM
‘If Nigel Farage wants to apologise for all the times that he’s put other people in danger, then I’ll be happy to make an apology’ - Zack Polanski
"Drought conditions affecting the river Danube have led to the shutdown of nearly 1 GW of nuclear power generation in Romania and Hungary, with record low water levels affecting cooling." montelnews.com/news/ed02ab5...
Danube drought curbs 0.9 GW nuclear output in Balkans
Romania’s Nuclearelectrica announced a controlled shutdown of unit 1 – 650 MW – at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant early on Tuesday after depleted Danube water levels triggered the plant’s severe dr...
montelnews.com
The freed men, some in wheelchairs, describe horrific abuses in Israeli detention.
Sixty Palestinians detained by Israel return to Gaza, describe abuses
The freed men, some in wheelchairs, describe horrific abuses in Israeli detention.
aljazeera.com
#GMB: "I think everybody will be really surprised to learn that [the private water companies] are still dumping sewage into our gorgeous beaches.. even during the summer months" I don't think we are.
Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
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That has to have been my favourite Prom so far this season ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Researchers created the first-ever 3D map of the clitoris' "tree" revealing a neural network that is much larger & more complex than old-school textbooks have described. This is a huge discovery that will help 230M survivors of female genital mutilation. 🧪 www.sciencefocus.com/news/scienti...
Scientists have just mapped all the nerves of the clitoris for the first time | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Researchers hope their new study will act as the “starting point of clitoris science” and help us better understand female sexual organs.
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They did the same with George Abaraonye. Toby Young's Free Speech Union, was instrumental in getting George removed from his post as the first Black president-elect of the Oxford Union. Thank you @goodlawproject.org for highlighting racism in the media.