Fantastic @deserterblog.bsky.social post from guest blogger, Ben Jones. Seven pints of Hepcat in seven pubs. Religions have been founded on less.
The Hepcathlon – Deserter
With a pun that good, how could we not?
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Vince Raison
@vincerai.bsky.social
Good liver. Half an author. Too cool for school. But also too old. https://linktr.ee/vincentraison
Didn't Boy George sing "War is stupid?" Now he's singing: it's not genocide, it's only war. Fatuous, shallow twat.
New Pubcast: The familiar ground of an afternoon in the pub, chuffing on about the usual old balls. 📸: @lisariemers.bsky.social
Pubcast: East Dulwich Dilletantes
An afternoon in SE22 talking crisps, pubs and potatoes
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You know what I love? When supermarkets move shit around so you don't know where anything is anymore. Love that.
International criminals want courts closed down.
US to Make Law Illegal
Rules are woke
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Now also on our Substack: WORLD CUP ROAD TRIP Three men topping up their souls with the beautiful game. And beer, tbf. So good we posted it twice - Deserter teamwork at its finest. deserterblog.substack.com/p/world-cup-...
World Cup Road Trip
Three men in a motor
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NEW Pubcast: What is Deserter is doing north of the river?Interviewing a geezer and landlord, that's what. Also includes: Dirts loses his trousers, Raider’s road trip, plus crisps, opera, poetry, royalty, bum dossers and stuff what we nicked off the internet.
Pubcast: Idle in Islington
Football, opera, crisps and corners.
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Lovely to have my (American) daughter over for a few days. She celebrated the President’s birthday by not giving him a second thought.
Thanks to everyone who came to listen and discuss anti-fascism and football, the Jim Crow World Cup and more.
Football, Politics, Oil and Trouble
Can sport turn the tide against the right?
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Tonight we’re doing a talk on politics & football, immigration myths, far-right threats & hosting the WC in a fascist nest. It’s the eve of the World Cup & the night after Belfast burned at the behest of foreign racists, aided by quislings, Farage and Lowe. KO 8pm @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social
Chuffed to pieces to have an essay published in this beautiful edition of @madridlitmag.bsky.social, the bi-lingual literary magazine. The theme of the issue was sea/bodies of water. I've written about my personal history with the River Thames with a bit psychogeography and actual history thrown in.
This is genuinely frightening. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Not yet worried about tyranny in Britain? This is why you should be | Owen Jones
Chilling comments by Reform figures can’t be dismissed when you consider the overwhelming power of the UK’s centralised state, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Football is clearly political (anyone remember the FIFA peace prize given to that man in the US)…let’s talk about it all on June 10th
Vince Raison@vincerai.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn June 10th, the eve of the World Cup, Stewart and I will give a talk about anti-fascism & football @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social, Blackheath. KO 8pm. There’ll be a Q&A in Extra Time & @stanchionbooks.bsky.social will be there offering books from where radical politics and football intersect.
On June 10th, the eve of the World Cup, Stewart and I will give a talk about anti-fascism & football @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social, Blackheath. KO 8pm. There’ll be a Q&A in Extra Time & @stanchionbooks.bsky.social will be there offering books from where radical politics and football intersect.
Once again the Rail Replacement Bus has dissuaded me from going somewhere. It’s almost as damaging for the economy as Brexit.
If only there was a way Metro - the sister paper to the Daily Mail - could explain this extraordinary phenomenon 🤷♂️
They say that hate ages a person - it's certainly true of the lead singer of Flock of Seagulls who would be completely unrecognisable these days if it wasn't for his signature hairstyle.
terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 3mo agoGoogle is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.
It's not like Greenwich Hospital have ensured "the continuity of the eclectic mix of shops in the town centre." It used to have loads of great vintage shops and stalls, now replaced by chains and tourist magnets.
Greenwich Market 'not for sale' as naval charity set to sell properties - The Greenwich Wire
The naval charity that owns much of Greenwich town centre is planning to sell some of its properties - but says it is holding on to Greenwich Market.
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Good job there's no strings attached to Farridge's £5 million gift from the crypto bro. His plan to slash capital gains tax on crypto is just a coincidence: www.ft.com/content/a12f...
Nigel Farage tells crypto conference ‘I am your champion’
Reform UK leader touts plans to create a state-owned bitcoin reserve
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Ugh. news.sky.com/story/two-pu...
Two pubs closing every day after 'sheer weight' of tax rises
Rachel Reeves had been warned measures she unveiled in her budget last November would put pubs at risk, and months later she announced they would receive business rates support to help them cope.
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Whoever loses the Premier League will only have their boring selves to blame. As will whoever wins it.
I can never keep track of whether living in London means that I have to navigate a violent war zone and brave offending the caliphate every time I leave the house, or whether it makes me a sheltered elite with no experience of the real world. Sometimes we seem to manage both in one afternoon.