I admit I have a stereotypical, and largely second hand, negative view of the golf club set. But reading about the events at the current Ryder Cup isn’t doing anything to change my negative view. An undercurrent of nationalism, and Trumpism, isn’t helping.

The new Brothers album from Foreign Affairs is good. I’ve liked the various singles they have released from it this year. The rest of the tracks don’t disappoint. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/brothers/1805013613 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3IE0oOebvBDuyXAbKCkYKp […]

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION YET? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Front page of yesterday's News Letter - GPs stopping post-op care for *all* surgeries.

Well don't I feel stupid

I guess we’ll be seeing more of this.

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

Starmer says past governments have been "squeamish" talking about immigration. Bullshit. Starmer isn't bravely breaking a taboo. He's blaming vulnerable people & deflecting attention from the super rich who hoard power & wealth. Want something better? join.greenparty.org.uk

The new Dekker album is out. Fab. Neither Up Nor Down - Dekker Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/neither-up-nor-down/1816002384 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0BrRPQv3wmBvKMBYDD46uQ #music #dekker

The grunt you heard is the sound Kier Starmer made when he hit the ground after leaping out of the Overton window on the right. Grim. #idcards

Best Of The Other Sides by Kate Bushcompilation album is available. On Apple Music anyway. I can’t find it on Spotify. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/best-of-the-other-sides/1841431832 #music #katebush

Multiple post rant. Because Bluesky doesn’t have a sensible post length. Somebody has parked their stupidly large Land Rover Range Rover on the footpath beside La Bella Vita hairdressers in Dundonald. Cont.

It's a huge honour to receive the Athelstan Spilhaus Award from the AGU for public engagement. But it's particularly pleasing because the Spilhaus projection was the original UK hardback cover of Blue Machine, and still the best of them all. Kudos to @davidho.bsky.social for the original suggestion.

This is a superb episode. Well worth seeking out in your podcast player of choice.

Barack Obama. What a guy. Instagram Reel link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPBxrqMjZYJ/?igsh=MTgwOGdiZXg2aXVtaA==

Nottinghamshire have just got a batting point that means they have an unassailable lead in the County Championship. They are the 2025 County Champions. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #cricket

I got the letter with the results of my CT scan from July. Nothing untoward. It includes the immortal sentence: “The unprepared colon appears unremarkable.” Which is good. #tmi #stupidbiology

Listening to A Question of Science (Can We Cure Cancer?): https://omny.fm/shows/a-question-of-science/can-we-cure-cancer Professor Brian Cox and our expert panel are discussing the future of cancer research and treatment. #podcast #cancer #science

The new Alice Merton single is out. Happy day! Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/visions/1841610089 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/75N2h7ZeDnaFRbIlja8LgJ? #music #alicemerton

Damn. Professional sport can be brutal. Kate Cross gives us a peak behind the curtain in this #podcast episode. Test Match Special (No Balls: A trio of trophies & Crossy's England future...): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0m4h0nb Alex Hartley is alongside Kate Cross to discuss Crossy's […]

This is an excellent discussion. https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115258224772747946

Listening to Better Offline (Radio Better Offline: Adam Becker): https://omny.fm/shows/better-offline/radio-better-offline-adam-becker Ed Zitron is joined in studio by astrophysicist Adam Becker to talk about his new book More Everything Forever, the BS AGI story, why Eliezer Yudkowsky should […]

This was a good one — check it out Wednesday!

This credits scene clip from This Is 40 film never fails to make me laugh. Leslie Mann’s face as she tries, and fails, to not burst into laughter 🤣 2-minute video: https://youtu.be/J4r7YTkf9vs #comedy #film

Athena Lim is doing something different. I like it. Distinct Lynchian vibe. Sort of like Twin Peaks The Return. The Search for a Song Part III - Athena Lim 6.5-minute video: https://youtu.be/AgOZQnLAoZs #music #shortfilm

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It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity

UNSEEN. How I lost My Vision But Found My Voice by Molly Burke dropped on Apple Books overnight. Today was the original publication date. It was put back until mid October. Someone in the publisher didn’t change the release date in Apple Store Connect I expect.

Damn. Dickie Bird. Wonderfully grumpy on occasion. The day play had to be stopped due to a burst underground water pipe making the outfield dangerous when there wasn’t a cloud in the sky was a memorable instance 😊 #cricket https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c1dq0223930o

I love The Knife’s eponymous album. Almost 25 years old now. Still fantastic. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-knife/94467122 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/62OBIIZmKxHJw7RLwjipqJ #music #theknife

We need to change everything. Step 1 - join.greenparty.org.uk

2025 Hey Siri Songs - Day 263 "Hey Siri. Play Kino by The Knife." #nite #homepod #music #theknife Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/kino/94467122?i=94466469 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4eaulfXOCEWZsigQZZOqZj

The annoying thing here is that the Lib Dems talk policy quite a lot and get ignored by the media, which is what Davey's stunts were a response to in the first place. I don't think he's addicted to stunts. I'm sure he'd love it if his policies got covered www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I added 40 new releases to my music library this week. The playlists below have a track from each one. There are some acoustic guitar songs grouped from track 9 and rock songs from track 35. Apple Music: music.apple.com/gb/playlist/... Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/456... #Music #NewMusic

8.4% of the almost 40,000 Mastodon posts I’ve made include the #music hashtag.

🎶🎤”You’ll find me in a Berlin bar In a corner, brooding” 🎶 Tremendous opening line to a song 🥰 #lyrics #katebush #music https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115238969317585594

2025 Hey Siri Songs - Day 261 "Hey Siri. Play The Saxophone Song by Kate Bush." #nite #homepod #music #katebush Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-saxophone-song/726230233?i=726230345 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4j9dvpEjjIGHuUJDqw8tq8

The Defects song called Brutality is about being beaten up by the RUC police. Which was a thing. Several people in the large group of people who hung out with in Gilnahirk, Braniel, Dundonald, Knock Road part of East Belfast got an RUC kicking. I didn’t. Apple Music […]

2025 Hey Siri Songs - Day 260 "Hey Siri. Play Irish Eyes by Rose Betts" #nite #homepod #music #rosebetts Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/irish-eyes/1694014552?i=1694014553 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6BuNcxbUQyssRpHEBqmpLw

Another heavy metal reworking of a disco classic from Royal Republic. The Bee Gees Staying Alive this time 🥰 Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/stayin-alive/1835490338?i=1835490341 Others: https://song.link/i/1835490341 #music #rock #RoyalRepublic

Peter Kyle is a tosser. https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/british-students-lack-drive-of-their-american-peers-says-business-secretary-5HjdDFy_2/

Maisie Matilda. An artist who paints relevant art on the sides of books. Here’s an example done on The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Amazing. YouTube Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/XlQdyGdg7iw #books #painting

Trying is one of my favourite shows in recent years. Now showing on the BBC in the UK. Still on Apple TV+ as well.

So much of the media tries to “both sides” everything, so it’s refreshing that Ars is very direct, from the headline onwards, on what really is an incredibly dumb move. https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/09/in-new-level-of-stupid-rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-advisors-axe-mmrv-recommendation/

There’s a new Aly & AJ EP in my new music nets this morning. A good start to the day. More Silver EP - Aly & AJ Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/more-silver-ep/1814467357 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6Yc1Wh15sKOEk4vCI9wV3a #music #AlyandAJ

Artists like Lindelof, Springsteen, Hannah Einbinder and Pedro Pascal have displayed more spine than most US institutions

The ‘Longest Flipbook Ever’ Recreates FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING with 120K Drawings nerdist.com/article/long...

This is the standard approach through history: The community of the free. We've always had people insist on liberty, but only for their group, typically white men with property. Progressive liberalism was about rolling out those rights for everyone, a process that is now being reversed.