Oh the feels. 2 years? 1.6 Years here. I know how he feels. It never gets easier. This is what many do not get. But yes, the sun rises in the east, a new day happens, hard to not think about them not being there at 3am though...or fixate on it. www.youtube.com/shorts/5huyF...

I still remember the time I learned purple does not exist. And should not be scientifically possible - octarine is real! www.popularmechanics.com/science/a701... Neither does pink, cyan or brown.

A quick and dirty for a Crumplbangers Discord Challenge...I always wanted to do a Sledgehammer mashup and also use Today by the Smashing Pumpkins - and now I have! remix.audio/track/88621/...

Probably cos I'm on the spectrum am really confused by conflicting messages people put out. To sum it up it's 'be your authentic self' but quickly followed by '...but not like that'. Which is it? If I present an image of myself online to be accepted how is that somehow different from being fake?

The oddness of rollercoaster energy costs atm...every week, usually a weekend it's very high all day...then the odd Mon/Tues night every 2 weeks it's going low, down to zero. But this is a new one. Minus figures! Are they paying me to use electricity?

More Hold Music (Bathtime edition) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C23... I miss you more than I can say. I can't remember how I pass the time (with you away), Wondering if you'll ever know How much you mean to me. I never dreamed there'd be a change of mind. #sandydenny #music

Good work - watch this if you think Reform or Farage & co are in any way 'for the people'. They are just the puppets of billionaires. x.com/JackWDart/st...

Interesting point that people are fed up with AI and aren't on the side of the big AI companies unlike the previous copyright/tech shakeups. People were pro YT vs Viacom, pro Napster...but they don't seem to be pro AI in the same way. Lower tjhan ICE/Iran in polls! www.theverge.com/podcast/8987...

Wow. AI polls below Iran? LOL. AI Bros read the room...people don't like AI. "Just 26% of voters say they have positive feelings about AI...the only topics with a lower net positive rating than AI in the NBC News survey were the Democratic Party and Iran." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

"Being your authentic self" is a phrase has been so abused, it's like mindfulness, it's starting to not have meaning anymore. Especially on YouTube. 'We want authenticity' - but not that untidy space, not that unkempt look, spend time on lighting and sound, and grading and...it becomes totally fake.

Uncle schooled him. It's a dirty secret - for all 'We hate the English' (with good reason), guess who built Empire, managed plantations, were in armies vs locals? Welsh, Irish & Scots. Colonisation was a joint effort. Guilt is a joint UK thing despite attempts to erase that. x.com/lil_doza/sta...

I always have opera on via Radio 3 on Saturdays for John but recently it's been hard to listen: La Boheme Madame Butterfly and today Tristan and Isolde. What could be the common factor? LOL. I know opera is tragic but had to go out for MB, didn't really listen to Wagner cos I knew the story...

People forget I invite people as guests into my world. Takes a lot to be open. That does NOT mean concern trolling & judgement is welcome! Especially when I've said stuff like 'I usually don't do this cos I worry about this reaction' and then guess what? Then they go and do that exact thing.

Wow. I didn't mind crying... www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_et... First 4 are people she knew, didn't know 'This Used To Be My Playground' is about Martin and those times.... reading about this era in The Log Books. I lived through it but was a bit too young, otherwise I'd not be here.

An Update - Where Have I Been For the Last 2+ Months? youtu.be/fGr0XV4ssB0?... a rare vlog on my Hard Up Hiker channel explaining my absence and the future of the channel going forward...

The bits of the path that were never accessible is good news (but ECP isn't new btw, just rebranded with better access). But the thing is...why did no walkers who bumped into him ask him why Windsor Great Park is shut off for Thames Path walkers? He could change that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#HoldMusic so these are his bones why won't you leave them alone? www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVlM...

So the IRA one isn't unique? Not surprised... I don't think the Get Out of Jail Free card is 'these were written for him' he thinks, he can say no, and some of them feel more like his words than anyone else...Farage will say anything for money. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

www.yahoo.com/news/article... " the captain, it seems, wanted to sell cheap tickets for the dinner dance after hitting the iceberg" After repeatedly being told online by MAGA types that the US Navy pisses all over ours (nope), why does he want our help if we are so 'useless' and 'Europoors'?

We were repeatedly told we didn't do anything in previous wars, stood at the back, our war dead is apparently fiction, and US did everything. So Europeans are like: "go on then! Show us how you did it all alone?" Cue 'special relationship' emotional blackmail in 3,2,1...

Europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of Hormuz:

I guess some things never go out of fashion? *sigh* John's Gulf War badges. I guess from 35/36 years ago - sadly almost still current today (Only edit I'd say is 'US and Israel' not US & Britain) Dug them out to wear cos those in power are still spilling blood for oil, like back then. #gulfwar

Why is Farage on the news talking about the war? He's not in power, nor has more than a handful of MPs....Fuck off.

If women start shouting about men online without clarifying - and I get it, cishet men can be very frustrating - I will start to assume you are a TERF/GC. Sorry but it's 2026, non-binary and trans people exist. Either update your binary gender thinking or stop calling yourself a feminist!

Seeing if Philips UK will honour their 2 year warranty. Bet they will weasel out of it. TL;DR avoid Hue bulbs, especially BLE Wifi/Zigbee White Ambience and Color model. 1 1/2 years of random disconnects & not being seen even by their app! Suspect it needs the expensive hub. They lie in marketing.

Like Katy the Wicker Man soundtrack means a lot to me - I did a two part podcast series on the history of the music and various versions of it www.radioclash.com/archives/201... and www.radioclash.com/archives/201...

Been away from the Wicker Man world for a minute - I was there at the first screening of the reclaimed Director's Cut aeons ago - and missed this as part of the 'Final Cut' (not sure I've seen that). Thanks Dandelion Radio! (they played the Broadside Hacks version) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsmR...

Brennan is a Percy Jackson stan confirmed ⚡️

Someone called me 'a snowflake' as a trans enby when I said people shouldn't be watching Harry Potter. Claim to have 'plenty of trans friends' - yes that old chestnut. Wasn't replying to him either. Fandom is defending this shit. IT IS 2026! Have you not read what Jo has written?

OMG I love an Autistic infodump slap down, especially one that's correct (also on the spectrum) Like Americans claiming to be Irish/Scottish cos some great-great-etc was..no you are not. Stop stealing cultures you didn't grow up in. You are likely not 'Viking' FFS. www.tiktok.com/@hensybensy/...

Here's some Who info for you: Russell Tovey was one of the hosts at Transmission & David Tennant sent a video message....interesting thing about that is he was in a black film studio with white cross markings on the wall (like you see in FX shooting rooms), lights, so he's filming something...

What's that? Can hear something...it's very quiet? I think it's a violin... Srsly Dubai and UAE like Saudi are a complete nightmare for human/LGBTQ rights, no Westerner should have been there in the first place. Reminded of the luxury hotel in Land of the Dead. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Transmission at Wembley was AMAZING. Trans and non-binary music represent. And allies! Tom Rasmussen was on first and did Dysphoria which sent me mad...and later on got to see Kae Tempest again - when I last saw him he was a small act at Glasto.

Find myself trimming my beard today. Hate doing it but people do make judgy comments about 'looking homeless'. I fight with having to trim it to look 'respectable' - many people judge on first appearance, they forget some people have trauma about these things? No, it's not 'anyone can do it'!

To new people - I've been podcasting since 2004, Radio Clash was the first music podcasts. And it's been sporadic since J died...but here's another one that popped out, about early morning baths and readings from the The Log Books sections about John. www.radioclash.com/archives/202...

"1,000% worse than a prison" - yes because prisons usually have sentences and hope of release. There intentionally is no hope of release of these, which has been universally recognised as a form of torture. There is good reason that those on long remand and lifers tend to be on suicide watch.

I suspect I will think about this fess a lot. Not only did I do same, but the idea that both parties are doing it, thinking of their loved one or friend...and not talking directly (but NOT via WA, please...that might be too hard for the other party to cope with)...it's very poignant.

Great Britain wastes £180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators to switch on. That's £1,467,023,332 so far this year! wastedwind.energy

More Hold Music - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vexs... via Don Letts. And you've been so busy lately That you haven't found the time To open up your mind And watch the world spinning Gently out of time Tell me I'm not dreaming But are we out of time?

From The Other Place, responding to a tired 'LGBTQ folks are paedos' blood libeller - and really you can't make this shit up. Generally don't make Ya Mama jokes but especially not to anyone over the age of 50. You're likely going to own-goal yourself into awkward mic-drop territory!

Heartbreaking for the humans who get detained, heartbreaking for the pets. I hope some of them get re-united. What's happening is evil for humans and animals alike.

Oh shit. Not surprising but all I can recommend to fellow trans folks in the US - if you can, go stealth, don't tell them you're trans, and lie, lie, lie to get out of this 'therapy'. Conversion therapy is evil, especially wrapped up as 'care'.

The ableism, it BURNS. FFS. Are we back in the 80's and John's Not Mad then? "He continued: "People were saying things like, 'He must be able to stop himself, he must be racist, otherwise he wouldn't even be thinking of that word. He's putting it on. It's just a mask."" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Started reading The Log Books at King's Arms, it's odd reading the bit at the start about John in a gay bear bar... But this is where I met John 29 years ago almost to the day. The one time he wasn't reading a book! (had seen him before and thought he was cute but didn't want to disturb him!).

Make up your mind Donald...you want NATO dead, want to invade Greenland and don't want to help over Ukraine but you want our bases for your attempt at starting WW3? Hate to say it but Kier was right on this one and should have gone further. YOUR war not ours. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Finally got a copy of The Log Books and got it signed by Tash and Adam! Great to see Tash again and finally meet Adam. John's ears would be burning wherever he is, cos he was mentioned quite a few times. Reading his parts I got quite tearful but made it through the talk OK!

I've heard the question 'where can I speak to queer elders?' from younger folks (Gen Z/younger millennials) at a few history events I have gone to. They are there...standing in the dark corners of bars and clubs, at events? Not sure if I qualify as a queer elder but my experience is no-one talks!

This fess screames end of late stage capitalism to me. Depressing. The comments confirm it, companies are giving incentives to use AI, but not monitoring said usage? Let's just burn through the last of the oil reserves and planetary resources shall we? It's FUN! FFS. (@ the bosses not workers)

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