Incredible thread, make sure you get to the end

At the time of its release, in April '88, Tracy Chapman's debut sounded like nothing else on rock radio. You'd hear Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, Eagles. And then, Fast Cars. It was a breath a fresh air and reminded me of Joan Armatrading's work. The whole LP has aged well and remains relevant, powerful.

On this day in 1984, we released the album Ocean Rain. A masterpiece. 🐰🛶

May the 4th be with you on #StarWarsDay A date-based pun that's evolved into a global celebration of George Lucas' magnum opus, it's difficult to imagine a time before Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. 📷 Chris Doak #glasgow

This is a great feature to scroll, from slums and Vietnam to The Beatles and Bowie a great body of work www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Excellent take on why this Springsteen tour is so different.

In 2020 @yaelrice.bsky.social and I authored this article to dispute this kind of pseudo-scientific research, which regularly gets press attention, precisely so that others don't have to cope with the tedium of refuting it. Here's the refutation you need! hyperallergic.com/how-scientis...

"The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is seeking applications for the new Archie Green Cultural Documentation Program, a grant program created to support community-led efforts to document their cultural traditions, practices and experiences." bit.ly/42MIJ2Z

This is brilliant and hilarious. And also a teeny bit terrifying.

I think sir keir starmer must speak to the nation and confirm that the official position of his majesty’s government on work pints is Yes

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif.

‘There’s evidence the BBC is biased’ I talk to the nation’s leading academic expert on the media about government interference in news reporting from the Middle East to Scottish independence; the ‘ideological conformity’ that favours big business and collapsing trust In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Released on this day in 1981: The Sound Of The Crowd #HumanLeague youtu.be/twG5mu6coOA?si…

“There was a secret chord that David played, and it pleased the Lord. Hallelujah!” Psalm 150

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Springsteen covering Purple Rain in Minneapolis last night (Nils and Morello taking the solo): www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ST...

They really didn’t think this through, did they?

NYPL Labs was legendary in the NYC nerd tech scene of that era.

I'm late to this but interesting report from the Young Foundation on lessons for doing R&D working closely with community organisations www.youngfoundation.org/our-work/pub...

"The saudade following the fire is also a lament for a Glasgow that no longer exists; for the old Union Street records shops like Bruce's, Missing and Listen...for the days of dancing in Viva and Vamps; and for the A-listed Egyptian Halls" The always-terrific Audrey Gillan for the @lrb.co.uk.

RIP Jurgen Habermas - one of the five major social theorists of the past 60 years. Much to learn from his work. Many gaps, some errors, but he was so rigorous that he inspired some of the best simultaneously dissenting and generative thought of any postwar academic.

A huge congrats to Justin for making the Penderyn shortlist. A truly remarkable book. Also delighted to see Kate on the list who I acquired early on at Nine Eight and was the last book to be published on that imprint So, the last Nine Eight book and the first on New Modern. I’ll take that

Good rule of thumb, always distrust information if it comes from someone without any obvious background in news and current affairs, is anonymous, and whose bio includes Crypto, AI, and an emoji of any description. #IranWar

Ha! The original Lancet article on the dangers of reading in bed is here: doi.org/10.1016/S014...

We should all welcome the renewed attention being paid to the UK's student loan crisis. But we must remember it's a scandal the Tories created, and which they deserve no praise for cynically, and incoherently, adopting as their cause. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

pleased to see that PR Harris's monumental A History of the British Museum Library, 1753-1973 is now digitised. Everything within... bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/book...

“People need to hear a story like this now,” says Pinar Aksu. “We don’t always have a victory at the end of our stories but hope is all we have got.” Great piece on what sounds like a terrific, massively timely film that gives the lie to the notion that most communities see newcomers as a threat.

Thank you so much to @thequietus.com and @hayleyscott.bsky.social for this absolutely incredible review of SHOUTING OUT LOUD! 🖤 @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social

Crazy thought: what if you made school less of a hellscape for disabled and neurodivergent people, and then fewer of them would need special accommodations, because you've built a lot of the accommodations into general provision?

Love this thread. I ❤️ London.

It’s TIME!

PJ O'Rourke on Jesse Jackson's skill as an orator

My annual gift to you 💝 #Lofgren #valentine youtube.com/watch?v=ME2e...

idk i think in a time when it feels like nothing matters & all is futile it might actually be time to double down and write your stories & make your paintings & sing your songs & do your art. create the things that make us human and share them.

Completely eccentric and lovely bus driver with a comment for every passenger. Mine was “you dress well!” Cheered me up no end on this rainy #Glasgow morning. I was so chuffed I tripped over his guide dog.

*Neil Kinnock voice*: “a Labour Government- a LABOUR Government…”

Everyone should be following the digitization and posting of the Adam Jacobs Collection. A 10,000 live concert chronicle of rocknroll-live-in-Chicago between the mid-1980s and today. archive.org/details/aada...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nice introduction to Tish Murtha’s work, sadly the praise and acclaim was never realised while she was alive. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Having bagged the UK Tree of the Year award, the elegant 170 year old Argyle St Ash is in the running for European Tree of the Year. You know what to do: www.treeoftheyear.org/vote #Glasgow

Give a listen and a watch to The Boss’s new song. Video in comments.

*scream*

“The swiftness that mass movements can swing into action can be stunning. And these movements transform how people see themselves, each other, their world, and their ability to act in alchemical ways.”

Lyrics to Streets of Minneapolis!

Rage in the U.S.A. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...