5th Anniversay listening party for this! The debut record by John Pope Quintet, my first ever release as a bandleader. January 29th at 8pm at this link: johnpope.bandcamp.com/merch/mixed-... Come join the chat & listen to me reminisce about recording during Covid, composing, improvising and life!

We’re live right now! Come join us. turquoisecoconut.bandcamp.com/merch/the-fu...

Genuinely cannot breathe.

I’m forever reading articles about D&D-based actual plays being so incredibly popular and yet all I the AP stuff listen to/watch never touches the Dragon game. @itsquinns.bsky.social, the Mystery Quest crew, @apocalypseplayers.bsky.social…all my faves are on Other Stuff…and there’s A LOT of it!

"too stupid to take a shit" gotta be my favorite dutch insult

„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences. It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.

If you don't have authentic Grenadier AD&D Miniatures, you aren't an authentic Dungeon Master. I don't make the rules. That sketchy wizard cast a spell ages ago and this curse is now the reason for that Dungeon Master shortage people talk about. To end the shortage we must first defeat this guy

One of the things that the “immigration debate” in the UK really reveals is how little people actually know about how other people live. So much of immigration policy fails to work, even on its own terms, because it’s trying to solve problems that mostly exist in peoples heads

Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite. (Note also the line about pronouncing his name.) www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

This is utter madness. We have a *Labour* government that thinks it's a good idea to brief that they are inspired by Trump's immigration policies.

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

I’m on a @solobasssteve.bsky.social release! Recorded live in Newcastle earlier this month. What a joy to play with Steve!

I need more people to get into @apocalypseplayers.bsky.social Partially because it's an amazing AP podcast with audio design on par with that of Audio Daddy Casey Toney, but also, selfishly, I know a lot of cool artists who's fanart would absolutely rock and I want to see it.

The absolute opposite of art. This is honestly chilling, not in a dumb ‘The robots are taking our jobs’ way but in the stark staring-into-the-eye-of-madness glimpse it gives us of how utterly allergic to the idea of honest artistry the cheerleaders of this bullshit are.

I’m glad somebody does…

I hope the Riyadh festival kills the self-serving pretence that comedians are typically fearless truth-tellers, taboo-busters and champions of free speech. A few are. Most are just entertainers who like attention and money

Probably, if you pushed me to choose, my favourite album of all time.

The Onion doesn’t miss. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!

New footage from my last escapade at The Lescar in Sheffield with @basspope.bsky.social and Anton Hunter. Cheers to @jazzteabeer.bsky.social for putting us on. youtu.be/OFm0hyFYfGg?...

Late to this, but really can’t recommend enough this episode of Origin Story w/ @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social on the Rivers of Blood speech. Scary as hell, brilliantly analysed, with lessons for all of us on the mainstreaming of the far-right podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

I’m still a decade away from this number, but I feel a lot of these things nonetheless. Essential wisdom.

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

We did a thing! Tune into YouTube at 8pm GMT and see what we got up to in the studio a while ago…

The Great Joe McPhee. One of the realest ones.

On this day in 1958! A Great Day in Harlem taken by Art Kane.

Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.

Never underestimate how much difference getting fed makes to artists. Being on the road makes eating well tough. I fondly remember more of the gigs where we got a meal, however humble, even if the pay was shit and the gig was a drag. It can literally be a pot of bean chilli, we’ll never forget it.

BREAKING: Palestine Action will be able to challenge the UK Government's ban on the organisation Co-founder Huda Ammori won a legal battle at the High Court today

Share the last 4 games you played and expose a snapshot of your gaming habits (TTRPG only) Pirate Borg Call of Cthulhu Electric Bastionland Monster of the Week

Peter Thiel being asked about whether humanity should survive:

The government should have listened to disabled people a long time ago: stop these disgraceful cuts and drop the Bill.

Free online listening party at 20:30 BST tonight! johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com/merch/fuel-l...

From the very same paragraph in Orwell's essay: "England has got to be true to herself. She is not being true to herself while the refugees who have sought our shores are penned up in concentration camps, and company directors work out subtle schemes to dodge their Excess Profits Tax."

My understanding is that the core mechanics of a LLM means it can never be taught to be right. That's just not what an LLM does or will ever be able to do. It can only be more convincing while it is wrong, which is why they're fundamentally useless

Fuck me, David Walliams absolutely sucks.

RIP Sly Stone. For a little while, he was the greatest pop star in the world — a musical revolution who psychedelicised soul and embodied the utopian diversity of the late 60s. This performance, especially when he dances into the crowd, is one of the best things ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sQb...

Delighted to be amongst the contributors to the wondrous new music on this new album from @bartholomusic.bsky.social! Keep your ears peeled, folks.

Reform are the British establishment's choice for the next election, and key parts of that establishment are adjusting themselves accordingly.

Holy guacamole, guys. This is beyond splendid, Qu'est-ce que c'est? youtu.be/CJ54eImz88w?...

I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives: www.404media.co/teachers-are...

Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but. It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI

Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes? Trye a tarot deck. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes.

Had a beautiful time playing @downendfolkroots.bsky.social with @hollyclarkemusic.bsky.social last week! Here’s Holly flipping the script (and the pronouns) in this trad ballad to turn it into a lesbian heartbreak anthem. youtu.be/VJuZsjynyjM?...

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Fuck this.

I have three types of ttrpg character: - Out-of-their-depth dreamer, relentlessly positive with a hair-trigger. - Messy curmudgeon with a heart of greasy gold. - Capable German (‘allo ‘allo coded)

📣📣THREE DAYS TO GO📣📣 Grab your tickets for my concert at Downend Folk & Roots this Friday 16th May, or grab a ticket from Live to your Living Room if your far away or wanting to stay in! #folkmusic #folk #tradmusic #iplayeastman #bristol #gloucestershire #livemusic #music #folklore

I’m forever glad that the folks I game with are super open to trying new games out. I’ve barely played D&D since my teens. Feel big for the GMs out there who really want to play more stuff and seemingly cant get their friends to budge.