I have made an attempt at Fauré's Romance Sans Paroles, Op.17, No.3. I want to do more with this piece, but I am not finding a huge amount of time to practice at the moment, so I have recorded it for now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BHx...

Here is a simple and very lovely prelude by Mel Bonis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBT8...

This is incredibly funny because "Labour" and the Tories colluded to gerrymander Surrey to keep the Lib Dems out. They split Surrey into east and west, abolishing all the borough councils, and now *both* halves have emphatically elected the Lib Dems! election.news.sky.com/elections/en...

Heads up folks: @thetnholler.bsky.social posted an AI-generated video this morning that was a deepfake of the captain of the U.S. women’s hockey team, and they seem to be promoting it as if it’s a real video. So watch out for that and don’t spread fakes.

Do you all ever just listen to what your brain is throwing at you? Or catch it in the process of doing something, and stand as an observer while it does its work? It’s quite an experience. My brain is sometimes an arsehole. Mostly, “I”, appalled, suppress that stuff, because it is not who “I” am.

My Typora themes I was messing around with have been added to the Typora theme gallery. Here are the themes in my repo: github.com/channingwalt... typora.io

Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission". Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao

Does anybody have any concerns about the “mansion tax” causing people to sell their £2M+ houses to move into lower price houses, thus putting pressure on the lower house pricing market in terms of number of available properties and in terms of increasing the cost of those houses…

@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social Can I remind you of something Margaret Thatcher said: “if they attack one personally, it’s because they have not one political argument left”.

@lbc.co.uk @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social Are the Lib Dems (72 MPs) up next for comment on the budget or is it just a Reform (5 Mps) representative (NOT EVEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL) Astonishing drop in journalistic standards over the last year.

The leaked OBR assessment states that Rachel Reeves decision to freeze income tax thresholds will raise £8.3 billion in 2029-30. So income tax will be going up, contrary to the election pledge, but stealthily, rather than openly

"We'd *love* to house the homeless, feed the hungry and care for the sick and the vulnerable. But there's no money!"

🎉 Unison 1.0 has landed! After years of engineering, design, and community collaboration, we’re excited to announce this milestone! Spread the word!

Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature. 2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise! That "feature" is now gone.

a big runoff last night, in New Orleans: Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet. So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.

Asked a question by Kuenssberg about whether her proposals on refugees would mean refugee families being broken up, Shabana Mahmood immediately started talking about illegal migration. Eventually, she’s admitted that yes, Labour’s policy will break up settled families. Vile.

I do hope those sensibles telling me that Labour's new policy was fair and sensible are enjoying Tommy Robinson's endorsement of it this morning. That's who you've joined. Tommy Robinson.

I don't believe in the Great Man theory of history. Meaningful change comes from the actions of many. I *do* believe in the Great Doofus theory of history, because it only takes one jerkass to ruin a LOT of things. Usually a jerkass who thinks they're a Great Man.

Something bad happens to people when they become the Home Secretary. Theresa May, Amber Rudd, and now Shabana Mahmood have all been come extremist lunatics after a period in the job.

<rant> A periodic reminder that Sprints, Backlogs, Daily Scrums, Scrum Boards, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Points, Velocity, PIs, etc., have NOTHING AT ALL to do with "Agile." Agility comes from working small, delivering frequently for feedback from actual customers, and adapting based on 1/3

How long before Trump claims credit for eliminating the tariffs introduced by Biden?

Having wooden floors and dogs is a great way to never get any sleep again.

Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)

Facebook Rules: if you disagree with the post, you are proving the point of the post.

I’m failing at my diet this week. In other news, I started a diet this week.

crazy IG em_clarkson

"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975 “It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975

When the U.K. Labour Party made the election manifesto promise that “no working person will pay more tax” I knew it was a stupid promise. And I predicted there would come a time when the definition of “working person” would need to be tortured in order to assert that the promise is upheld. Let see…

Completely insane

Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Sigh:

I'm chuffed to have gotten "code-generating fire hose" into the FT. My work here is done :-)

Booked a gas engineer to fix a problem with my boiler. The initial appointment is from 07:00 to 18:00 today. The day before they tell me that they’ve narrowed the appointment time to 10:45-13:45. The engineer turns up at 09:00 when I’m out and is grumpy that I’m not there. 🤷‍♂️

Do I understand it correctly that the anti-union, Republican government has… gone on strike?

What is it with people who watch programmes on TV or streaming media and see an actor and say “Hey! That’s the guy/woman from <some other programme>!” Yes, they’re actors. They act in different things. It’s what they do. Why are you surprised by this?

Really, Nissan?

#AI is a Dunning-Kruger Amplifier www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-dun...

My eyes are bleeding.

If Labour agree that the Tories' botched Brexit deal is hurting our country, they should stop complaining and start fixing it. Starting with a new UK-EU customs union.

youtube.com/shorts/8SNuf... Would you ever rejoin the EU Yes or No... It's a short video watch for yourself. Hint.. Yes for Libdems, Greens, SNP and Plaid. No/never ... Labour, Tories, Reform

If he can’t get a gig on the radio, he can always go into the concrete growing business.

My attempt at J.S.Bach's Prelude and Fugue in G Major, WTC 1, BWV 860 youtu.be/bRLjg3ZwEro

Prime example of white privilege in plain sight. Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

“But we are absolutely not going to try to unwind it, because that would upset the right wingers”.

It's interesting how governments and media see the software industry as being made up of CEOs and investors, rather than actual software developers.

Boston. Wow.