Remembering Joe Strummer on his birthday. Here’s his fantastic tape collection photographed at the Strummer Calling exhibition in 2018
If millemials had listened to Gen X instead of boomers we would have told them it was all bullshit and to just have some fucking fun inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
At 40, we're broke. The millennial dream was a lie
Boomers promised us: work hard, play the game and it will reward you. As my generation reaches midlife we're realising the same rules don't apply to us
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Reminds me of that great tweet which went something like “Americans check themselves into rehab for what the average Brit drinks on a two-hour train journey.”
We need to have to have a reckoning with the fact that our media class is mostly just dull as fuck driving gloves Tory 65 year olds who think behaving like an insufferable cunt is cool and funny
This person cannot possibly live in London apple.news/A-6kjBBWRTvu...
Opinion | The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity — The Guardian
Beyond the white noise lies a vibrant world of possibility, so take your headphones off and listen to your surroundings. It may even save your life, says author Stefan Stern
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This may be one of the worst songs ever written genius.com/Robbie-willi...
Robbie Williams (Ft. Laura Pausini) – Desire (Official FIFA Anthem)
[Verse 1: Robbie Williams] / Dignity for the weak in the arms of the brave / To the ones we lost and the souls they saved / One thing unites us and the best is yet to come / We
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Bringing one of the best tweets of all time over to Bluesky in honour of the Three Lions QF victory
‘Ramones visiting the UK became the glue that bound the various factions of the British #punk scene together, providing a blueprint of how an assault on the British cultural mainstream was now entirely possible.’ @simonprice.bsky.social charts #Ramones’ road to London 50 years on buff.ly/NZWSgVB
After Balogun’s first goal was ruled out, there must have been millions of Americans googling the offside rule.
Don’t lecture us fucko. Europeans were fighting for freedom whilst fascist rallies were held in Madison Square Garden before your lot finally showed up.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoHegseth uses his D-Day anniversary speech in Franch to take veiled shots at NATO and European immigration policies
The reason that AI art will never be any fucking good is that it was developed by an industry that runs on messianic overconfidence, with the aim of simulating the output of various creative industries that rely on overcoming self-doubt and insecurity to produce work of any worth.
🏴 Outstanding by the good people of Inverclyde 👏
When are we going to accept as a society that cruise ships are a very bad thing?
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A British minority faces a murderous threat on our streets. Where are the so-called anti-racists? | Jonathan Freedland
As Jews face the deadly menace of antisemitism, they should not be alone. It’s time for their fellow Britons to step up, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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The damage that austerity has done to people - and the strain it has shifted onto the NHS, social security system and councils - is probably the most under-discussed phenomenon of British politics ... because it disproportionately affects working class people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK healthy life expectancy falls by two years in past decade
Poor housing, obesity and the effects of deprivation have been suggested as underlying cause.
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These Trump thugs and their GOP enablers, are demolishing democratic norms and - as a side hustle - making billions. What “patriots”. www.narativ.org/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: Someone Knew and Made Millions as Trump Threatened to End Iranian Civilization
For the second time in three weeks, someone appears to have traded the market on insider knowledge from the White House.
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My contribution to the "is Bluesky antisemitic" debate is this. If you think that Jewish people who live in this country are fair game as targets for abuse or violence because of the actions of the current government of the state of Israel, then you're a cunt. -
“The only thing prohibiting my auntie from being my uncle right now is her not having balls…”
The BBC are really going out of their way to not call these The Peter Files.
Your President killed dozens of Iranian schoolchildren, knows he killed dozens of Iranian schoolchildren, but doesn't give a shit because he's desperate to keep under wraps the details of him sexually assaulting American schoolchildren. Feeling patriotic yet?