another great post from @chrisgrey.bsky.social This is so obvious it should almost go without saying. That it needs pointing out shows just what a terrible job Labour are doing. Why they keep attempting to outflank the unflankable when Reform have glaring vulnerablities elsewhere is a mystery

Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... So basically gammons, alt-right, radicalised-by-the-facebook, fools and edgelords.

I'll be very surprised if this doesn't do a clean sweep of every AOTY list of 2025, and deservedly so. #musicsky open.spotify.com/album/3SUEJU...

this is literally never not accurate

Accidentally did a short drive in my office glasses with no longer distance vision. Was amazed that everything in the wing mirror was in perfect focus. For some reason this has shaken my fundamental understanding of life, the universe and everything. I am but a mewling baby, born anew.

The US administration is, literally, evil. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

A couple of old codgers in our 50s (one of us in dog years). Buster definitely weathering years the better of the two

@ythos.bsky.social was just listening to this 2007 album and thought it'd be up your street as there's definitely a Denny influence open.spotify.com/album/03zTwA...

You know its time to buy brown corduroy trousers when you're at the point in life that you're thinking of saying that buying a leaf hoover is the best money you ever spent.....sooooo..I better get myself some new trousers then....

I suspect i love Halloween simply because orange is a fecking cool colour

If eating scotch eggs in an Austin Allegro had a face.

I suppose if Hhitler is your hero then invading Norway is the logical next step

First time I've not seen it described as a war in MSM. Bit late, but it's important for framing what's happened over the last 2 years. TWO YEARS?!?!?!

That time of year again

Geese - Getting Killed Will definitely be in my top 10 this year. I'd never heard of them, but it's brilliant, slightly janky, layered, melodious Rock. I get the feeling the singer's Clap Your Hands Say Yeah adjecent vocals might wind people up, but I loved that and I absolutely love this.

@chrischirp.bsky.social Is that you being brandished as evidence? Cool. youtu.be/HQFrHUTcsPk?...

It's October time to dive into some horror. Any good book recommendations?

Fascinating statgasm on Labour incompetence

I guess if we had design lift-off before, we're definitely in orbit now

Spectacular skies this morning

Scaler - Endlessly: real drums and guitars underpin a dark moody, ocassionally squelchy production for an updated trip hop sound. If you ever wanted Massive Attack to flirt with Evanescence, it's for you. open.spotify.com/album/6ShBBJ... #MusicSky

I quite like it when Youtube throws up a video i haven't watched for years. This song is an absolute cracker. Great little video too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK8G...

These handsome little fellas arrived in my garden. Gorgeous

Its not complicated. How did it happen? We're already there. Resist!

I feel we may have a strong contender for AOTY here

Whitesnakebite

Stumbled upon this album from a French DJ/Producer in 1999. A curious mix of classical, opera, jazz, saharan funk, chilled beats, spoken poetry and hip hop, it 's a more satisfying and cogent listen than that description suggests.

If you wer toast me my favourite album this might not even occur to me to put it in my top 10. Every time I listen to it its instantly top 3.

What a stunningly beautiful song youtu.be/aBbBWTR4Lg0?...

Roo and i quietly pleased with our efforts. We bought this in the Sky Tower in Tokyo but took time to pluck up the courage to take it on. Google translate has been most handy on the instructions

Can't wait for that spectacular blood moon in half an hour....

Interesting choice of album title I must say. To be honest it reminds me more of 70s and early 80s TV musical interludes. Think Starsky and Hutch

Watched Dirty Harry with youngest this weekend. It's a bit shit. Aside from the "maverick cop ignores bleedin heart libs to solve all problems with macho violence" schtick ageing incredibly well or badly given your view on the death of US democracy, it has all the dynamism of a neighbours episode.

we have concept lift off

Listening to this for the first time in 15 years. Propulsive, dub-tinged hooky pop punk, lyrically laden with an angst peculiar to life in a characterless London satellite town. Album holds up really well.

omg, so embarrassing that we spent all that time fighting Hitler when we could have just negotiated a peace in 1938

Every now and then I play this song because it's epic and awesome and why wouldn't I www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCJO...

I honestly find it bizarre that everyone tries to outflank Farage rather than just mention what he believes in.

I have absolutely no idea how this album (and band) escaped me at the time. It's glorious. Also just listened to the debut which is excellent too. Will be mainlining their entire back catalogue for a few days.

Last hurrah of the Irish summer with a very English Pimms

Incidental music in The Bear sounded familiar, shazam and Internet sleuthery got me to the Twilight Zone and worked out ~~British~~ Sea Power did a cover version which took me to Man of Aran (superb) and eventually to their debut The decline of... What an absolute banger of an album

Worth a read for anyone who does magical thinking that Netanyahu is some sort of abberation and everything will be hunky-dory once his mysterious grip on power ends www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israe...

The lads have some very good players, but they do keep finding ways to make sure the opposition have the upper hand. The whole gamut was here, cede possession in front of your own goal? check. Daft tackle followed by red card? check. Anyway, Rory dun good.

Is it just me, are there any good albums this year? I think the only one so far that's fizzed my bunghole, so to speak, has been Japanese Breakfast.

On the one hand either nothing grew in my veg oatch, or what did grow was eaten by slugs. On the ohlther I let the sage take over and the butterflies and bees are very happy with that decision

More indispensable phrases from duolingo

Blimey, between this and the amoc collapse, things aren't looking great. Everything is normal until it's suddenly not. The spectaclarly damaging rearguard actions and political distractions of capitalism are truly the proverbial fiddling (no epstein pun intended).

Blimey, hairline receded about a foot in the last few weeks. Thinking I might change my name to Londo