#nowplaying “homosapiens have outgrown their use”

*gazes at heavy Belgian shoes*

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

This is madness and history will judge us for it.

I think that might be the issue with the difference between US/UK idea of middle class . I have some of Hinde postcards www.butlinsmemorabilia.co.uk/postcards/fi...

I think this is the same (pre modifications?) fountain. Me in mid-1960’s.

I stumbled across these photos after reading this description by the American writer James Kaplan of Filey Butlin’s as a “middle-class” holiday camp.

Mesmerised by these photographs by D Stuart of the ruins of Butlin’s in Filey. cambridge-photographer.co.uk/butlins-filey

Won't somebody think of the high net-worth individuals?

I've only got 2 French jokes, this is the best

The best piece I've read on Mandelson by far. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Just been to see this. Eeeek!

Fascinating, funny and unsettling exhibition by Robert Crumb at the David Zwirner gallery. www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/...

May he win his peace and have the long life of friendships and love he deserves. Outstanding human being.

the guy who wrote the literal book on this stuff is dunking on the admin:

let them eat liver

A friend has just introduced me to the Modernist German craze for Reklamemarken -- aka poster stamps -- little adverts to seal envelopes, ephemera now pretty much forgotten.

This 'correction' from @lewisgoodall.com regarding accusations from Reform and the Conservatives that the Greens engaged in sectarianism, deserves to be widely read. #c4news

The more I hear about inverse proportion, the less I like it.

Dear Matt Goodwin,

What a fucking disgrace. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The long 2010s are finally over

A wonderful evening of Martin Carthy songs and stories at @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social last night with Eliza Carthy, Nick Hart, Angeline Morrison, Graham Coxon, Jon Wilks, Gwena Harman and Rowan Gatherer and Finn Curran-Carthy. Perfect ending: two songs from Bright Phoebus.

A lovely evening in the company of Eliza Carthy, Nick Hart, Angeline Morrison, Graham Coxon, Jon Wilks, Gwena Harman and Rowan Gatherer, and Finn Curran-Carthy. Playing the songs of Martin Carthy who sadly is now unable to travel to perform.

Great night last night at Cecil Sharp House for Eliza Carthy & friends' tribute to her dad Martin. Full line-up was Eliza herself, Finn Curran-Carthy (her son), Graham Coxon (of Blur), Gwen Harman & Rowan Gatherer (both from the Goblin Band), Nick Hart, Angeline Morrison (shown here) & Jon Wilks.

oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

The Martin Carthy gig without him at Cecil Sharp House tonight was a huge celebration and he was very present despite not being there. Stellar stuff from Eliza Carthy, Nick Hart, Angeline Morrison, Graham Coxon, Jon Wilks, Gwena Harman and Rowan Gatherer (Goblin Band) and Finn Curran-Carthy.

THE park hotel

We’re recruiting Trustees to join our Board. Join us and play a vital role in supporting our work to promote the welfare and rights of people in immigration detention. Deadline: 12 March 2026 To find out more: detentionaction.org.uk/become-a-tru...

The story of the Beatles as relayed to Gertrude Stein, to the best of her recollection, by Alice B. Toklas.

If, like me, you're getting into Miles Davis's Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965, you might enjoy this playlist of songs that he and Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams played at these extraordinary concerts. #antimusic open.spotify.com/playlist/3yf...

Revealing detail about the Labour Party by Francis Wheen in his biography of Tom Driberg, describing his funeral in 1976.

How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody reut.rs/3MHUQKl

A useful example of the kinds of things journalists have to consider before publication, for those who like to criticise news journalism without having the slightest idea what we actually do.

I can't think of any immigrant in American history who has assimilated worse than Musk. The guy hates most of the people here and wants to hurt us, has open contempt for our traditions or values, and has spent billions trying to destroy our culture to replace it with that of his foreign childhood.

more than two hours into this "Board of Peace" meeting, we are now enduring random world leader open mic time and Trump's eyes are closed

Beautiful. Here, as at Tottenham Court Road tube station, Paolozzi's murals not only look brilliant, they block out space that would otherwise be slathered in fucking ads, like the rest of our comprehensively fracked social realm innit.

10/10 no notes @brucehalperin.bsky.social

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Some thoughts on Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform in Wales, who got a ten-year sentence for taking Russian bribes - from this week's New Statesman sketch www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...

Interesting that European independence from America is more important to people in Britain than in other European countries.

Or is it that our economy and tax-base has been hollowed out by ex-pats?

#nuclearhits @quantick.bsky.social Let's Get It Armagedd-On

#nuclearhits @quantick.bsky.social Glowing to a Glow-Glow

Regrettably, it’s Richard Reed, the “shoe bomber”. He wasn’t there at the same time as me, though.

ALERT: Former Jan 6 riot defendant is convicted in criminal case in Florida Andrew Johnson was found guilty of Lewd/Lascivious Molestation, two counts of Lewd/Lascivious Exhibition, and Transmission of Material Harmful to a Minor by Electronic Device He faces 25 years-to-life

If you were online last weekend, you probably caught some clips from Jon Ossoff’s speech. It’s worth watching the whole thing because it’s an object lesson in how Democrats should communicate in the upcoming midterms. messagebox.substack.com/p/a-speech-e...