There's a case to be made that nobody has had more influence on the modern era of the television medium than James Burrows. His mastery of the half-hour comedy especially is unmatched & always will be. A master of what he did and incredibly beloved. RIP to a great 💚 people.com/james-burrow...

"Hooper drives the boat, chief." 'Jaws' opened in North America on this day in 1975.

I call Elon Musk a Nazi because he's an avowed white supremacist who undermines democracies, incites pogroms, targets minorities, intentionally caused the death of >750,000 people (so far) while laughing about it ("feeding USAID into the wood chipper"), and did a Sieg Heil at Trump's inauguration.

Thanks to everyone who’s bought a copy of the Rivals theme for piano - it’s currently our best seller! 🙌

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Today is the tenth anniversary of Jo Cox's murder by a white supremacist on her way to a surgery in Birstall in her constituency whose ethnic diversity she praised in her maiden speech to the Commons. Her murderer shouted "Britain first" as he shot and stabbed her to death.

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A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow

Well done to the demonstrators who turned out in their masses to counter the far right in Brighton. Good people outnumber these hateful little nobodies and always will.

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Congratulations to Elon musk who is now rich enough to end world hunger over 165 times and still stay a billionaire but choses not to.

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…and Glastonbury based Riki Buckingham served up a mesmerising set of tunes during the 5th June edition of Beats & Treats - which always occurs on the opening Friday of every month at Laycock Cider Barn, Purse Caundle, on the Dorset & Somerset border😎🍕🎵 next one is 3rd July @katyashman.bsky.social

So there was another triumphant episode of Beats & Treats last Friday evening, singer-songwriter Sharon O’Brien (originally from County Durham but these days dwells in the opposite corner of England) performed several of her self-penned songs🎵😊🎶 @katyashman.bsky.social

Damn, this is everyone from Sgt Pepper cover still alive

In a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire larkspur is grown for London florists along with cornflowers & Nigella. It’s quite a sight just now-some floral dopamine for you 🌿:

It’s usually better to look up😊

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We had a lot of fun arranging the Amandaland theme for 2flutes, clarinet & bass clarinet….and…it is epic for bassoon 4tet too (3bsns+contra)! Both available at sheetmusicplus.com & sheetmusicdirect.com ✨🥂🎀

Donald Trump has unveiled plans for the World Cup 2026 which is to be hosted jointly by USA, Canada and Mexico (or the USA and Mexico if Canada becomes the 51st state) From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1649, May 2025.

THIS is how to interview coward bullies. Hats off to @kristenwelker.bsky.social although obviously not for the whine about travelling far to Wisconsin. She would be immortal if instead said - as he stood up to quit early - “Go on then, flounce out you weak little toddler. Close the door behind you”.

On D-Day I think of all the young Canadians lying in the fields of Europe. They died in their teens and early twenties to free the world from fascism. It is our job to hold the line against fascist gangsters today. Canadians will never run or break. Never have. Never will. youtu.be/3iatJivmU34?...

Update: I am reliably informed the tennis ball has rolled under the sofa. I repeat, code red, inaccessible tennis ball.

#OtD 5 Jun 1948 Oswald Mosley's fascist Union Movement was completely routed in Brighton by Jewish anti-fascists from the 43 Group. Leader of the demo, Jeffrey Hamm, ended up in hospital with a broken jaw. For more on the 43 Group listen to our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e...

June 5, 1989: lone man blocks the path of 13 tanks in Tiananmen Square with his body. 24 hrs before, the CCP violently massacred pro-democracy students after a 6 wk standoff. Nobody knows what happened to Tank Man, but his act of bravery became one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. ✊🏽

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One more sleep until the next eclectic edition of this😃 If you’re near the Dorset/Somerset border please do come on in for a lovely evening of live music, good company and great pizza. Admission is free however bring cash/card for the bar and if you fancy some food😇🎵🍕🎶😎 @katyashman.bsky.social

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RUBIO: The video you just showed me now he was not falling asleep LIEU: So you're lying again? You're lying to Congress, Secretary Rubio. Here's video from a French news channel mocking Trump for falling asleep at a Memorial Day ceremony.

Those wonderful sunsets during the recent hot spell already seem like ages ago. This was one of those late May 2026 dusks, close to where Wiltshire, Dorset & Somerset all meet. Good Night😍🐾

God The Telegraph is ghoulish. 26 innocent and unarmed civilians being shot by the UK Armed Forces gets parsed as "something went badly wrong", then gives Bob Stewart free rein to give out about military reputations being undermined.

The last 10 years in a nutshell: Nazi: I’m a Nazi! Media: Outspoken Man Touts Unconventional Ideas Nazi: No, I’m just a Nazi. Media: Meet the Dapper White Nationalist Who— Nazi: No, seriously! I’m quoting Mein Kampf! I love Hitler! Media: Why Both Sides Have an Extremist Problem.

Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.

Apart from the obscenity of it how can they just continue to deny facts...these people died and should be honoured..

If you’d told me on January 7th 2021 that everyone in this picture would be pardoned and be paid $1 million each for reparations, I’d have said you were insane. It turns out that it’s American voters that are insane.

Trey Gowdy always looks like he's still being born

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Fortunately, Britain has a Bermuda-registered mass circulation newspaper owned by a French-domiciled billionaire, a television station owned by a Dubai hedge fund and a political party backed by a Thailand-based crypto tycoon to remind us of the importance of patriotism

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To celebrate Gladys Knight's birthday, here's a playlist of some of her finest floorfillers, from soul via funk to disco 🪩▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/1VT...

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