Bloody Hell, no wonder K-9 and Company didn’t get picked up.

What if you could capture a two-hour sunset in a single photo? This composite was built from ~6,000 photos taken on a night in mid-July, each contributing just one column of pixels. Look closely and you’ll spot stars starting to twinkle in the upper left as the night begins ✨🔭🧪

HELL YES SCARY GERMAN SUPERMARKET BREAD SLICER

Small Town Joy: Queer Sounds, Small Town Souls bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/16/s...

It's here ! Latest show, now available on Mixcloud :) #psychedelic #ambient #electronic #experimental www.mixcloud.com/mark-newman1...

Take a moment to enjoy the colours and structures of a leaf in the October sunshine.

Not long now, my pretties.... (3pm to be precise)

Variant Thirteen returns to Radio Buena Vida this Friday 10th at 3pm on its new every-two-months schedule, but still with the regular helping of mainly recent #psychedelic #ambient #electronic #experimental sounds. Listen live at buenavida.co.uk (use LISTEN link top-left).

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

truly one of the most unintentionally funny things i've ever seen someone post online about themself

The more we hear about the deals Mandelson has been negotiating with Trump, the scarier it gets. This week Trump will be accompanied by corporate billionaires on his state visit. Their agenda is a massive risk to all of us 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/uk-m...

People are like "you need to show empathy" but if you were in one of the many, many groups this racist, sexist queerphobe victimised why would we offer what we never once got from him or his deranged supporters? Asking for sheep to pray for the wolf is a bold move in ignorance and indulgence.

It's a good point. Where are the govt ministers, police, councillors, or other community leaders demanding that our "legitimate concerns" about the rise of fascism and racism are heard? When will Keir Starmer say "I hear you" to us? #r4today

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. First Gay Activist. Born August 28, 1825. Celebrate today! 🌈 www.findagrave.com/memorial/918...

1/8 Future historians of Britain will puzzle over this. How the hounding of people seeking asylum (which won’t stop once they are moved from hotels to houses) became the defining issue of 2020s politics. Badenoch encourages Tory councils to challenge asylum hotels www.bbc.com/news/article...

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

Ready for a listen ? Here's my latest doings ! www.mixcloud.com/mark-newman1...

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

Section 28 didn’t come out of nowhere. It came from a society where 75% thought homosexuality was wrong. From a society that feared the sight of a man in drag would corrupt. From a society that believed ignorance was better for children than any knowledge of gay lives. 🧵 1/16

Variant Thirteen returns to Radio Buena Vida this Friday 8th at 3pm on its new every-two-months schedule, but still with the regular helping of mainly recent #psychedelic #ambient #electronic #experimental sounds :) Listen live at buenavida.co.uk (use LISTEN link top-left).

Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause. Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause. As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.

"Hast thou had an accidente in ye last five years that was not thy fault?" - Claymes Directe, 1502

Whoever it is going round Glasgow putting daft signs on stuff, please keep up the good work. Thanks.

Fuck yeah this is awesome A court in Kyiv has for the first time in independent Ukraine's history recognized marital relations for a queer couple! www.instagram.com/p/DLqHC8loHW...

Well-written and solidly intelligent words by @christt.bsky.social here about Bob Vylan. He's spot on and the BBC, as well as a host of other pearl-clutchers, do indeed owe them an apology. Perhaps libel and slander actions against them all might focus their tiny little minds?

Budapest Pride thread, from the ground

Oops, completely forgot to post a reminder just before broadcast on Friday afternoon, but anyway, here it is, now up on Mixcloud! www.mixcloud.com/mark-newman1...

Unluckily, the Variant Thirteen returns to your airwaves this Friday 13th at 3pm with a retro hour featuring tracks from times of yore by: @thepassagexoyo.bsky.social Family Fodder @skeletal-family.bsky.social Jane The Dukes Of Stratosphear and more :) Listen live at buenavida.co.uk

As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe. But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵

One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.

Continuing the thread! Protest in Glasgow!

@whatthetrans.com have compiled a full list of demonstrations that are happening over the next few days, following the Supreme Court Judgement on Wednesday. So far in Scotland, there are organised demos in Dundee, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Orkney 🏳️‍⚧️💗 whatthetrans.com/compilation-...

Give your ear buds a treat by having a listen to my latest show, now up in the 'cloud ! www.mixcloud.com/mark-newman1...

Commencing in just TEN of your Earth minutes...be prepared !! radiobuenavida.co.uk

Outlaw public existence of a one-day Pride parade and turn it into a month-long Pride march

Variant Thirteen returns to Radio Buena Vida this Friday 11th at 3pm on its new every-two-months schedule, but still with the regular helping of mainly recent #psychedelic #ambient #electronic #experimental sounds... (1/2)

I like paying taxes. Genuinely. Not grudgingly. I can’t pave a road, I can’t build and staff a hospital. $200 in my pocket won’t pay for my kid’s daycare but if we all pool our money it might. I really wish someone on the left would be brave enough to be like, “Taxes are good, actually.”

A List of Complaints from 1925 🧵

Mr. Bumcrest.

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

Testing Elon Musk's theory that the UK doesn't have free speech. Hope this helps babe x

This year I’m giving up Lent for crisps and booze

I remember when the war started people were shocked that Zelensky, once a crossdressing comedian, would stand up to Putin, a muscle-bound big game hunter, but it will always take more strength to defy masculinity than abide by it

My speech at the vigil. “No one can Save Everyone. But everyone can save someone. Look for who you can save”

Round the weekend off in style by having a listen to my latest show, now ready for Listen Back ! www.mixcloud.com/mark-newman1...

Put the kettle on, I'll be popping along in 10 !!

Variant Thirteen returns to Radio Buena Vida this Friday 14th at 3pm on its new every-two-months schedule, but still with the regular helping of mainly recent #psychedelic #ambient #electronic #experimental sounds... (1/2)

Variant Thirteen returns to Radio Buena Vida this Friday 14th at 3pm on its new every-two-months schedule, but still with the regular helping of mainly recent #psychedelic #ambient #electronic #experimental sounds... (1/2)