Photos from far away (row B, circle) of the stupendous #DavidByrne concert in #LondonUk #HammersmithApollo tonight. What a gig! Lot more Talking Heads material than the previous American Utopia tour had me in tears for first few songs. That I would live to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Right then, big thanks to @JimMcCauley for excavating a long forgotten slice of pre-rave UK, um, "dance music", and for flipping the frisb across to @ogili who will be in the chair next Sunday. Until then, real good to see everyone, thanks for stopping by […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

This is as if someone mashed Pet Shop Boys with Dub Syndicate #listeningclub

And now, proto On U Sound #listeningclub

Shame that Random Smash Hits bot looks to only be on x dot com, but I am going to enjoy browsing https://archive.org/details/smash-hits #listeningclub

"A point is all that you can scoooore" #listeningclub

As the blurb says "sounding very much of its time in terms of instrumentation" - loving those drum presets #listeningclub

Let's get it on. #music #listeningclub #nowplaying

It's 20:00 GMT, time for #listeningclub Very intrigued by tonight's description because I also loved Smash Hits when I was a kid. Let's go.

Managed to do the washing-up before #listeningclub tonight so feeling very pleased with myself

Hey folks, today's #ListeningClub pick from @JimMcCauley has arrived on the blog for your requirements. Grab what you need and hope to see you back here at 20:00 GMT for playback and the first artichokes of the season […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

What's the opposite of nominative determinism? Like when someone called "Goodwin" is a really bad loser, for example?

Kinda weird that the #facebook profile for #ZackPolanski has just gone dark https://www.facebook.com/zackpolanski/?locale=en_GB Some organised malicious reporting of it or something. Some people are _such_ bad losers #ukpolitics

Interesting that today the (winning) Green party being accused of using 'Dirty Tricks' by providing voters with factual information in a language they could understand while the lies shoved through letterboxes by the Labour (Losing) Party is very firmly […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

Not even 9am and the carping starts: from the left fretting about splitting the vote, from the right accusations of cheating. Just chill people. If you got beaten, lick your wounds & do some self-reflection. If you are on the winning side, take a moment to feel hopeful and vindicated. #ukpolitics

Do you want to help stop Reform here in Birmingham as well as Manchester? The local council elections are coming up in May and we are standing in EVERY ward in Birmingham - and we need more volunteers to help us defeat the despair and division of the far-right. Sign-up at join.greenparty.org.uk

#hannahspencer victory speech from #gortondenton absolute class. (Sorry it’s from youtube, other tubes are available) https://youtu.be/UJFVw_p6DoQ?si=entwkW0L7vc8OSSP

Absolutely brilliant news that #hannahspencer has won the #gortondenton by-election for the #greenparty What a testament to the hard work of #gpew volunteers and a victory for hope over the divisive politics of the far right and the dead-end of #uklabour

RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_us_opinion/116138240733487893 This is rubbish. Seems to be saying because PR isn’t perfect we should stick with the imperfect system we know instead. Basically old-school conservatism in a nutshell. Changing to STV for Parliamentary elections is an incremental […]

Very best of luck and good wishes to Hannah and all the #greens in #gortondenton today. An incredible campaign has been fought in the face of hugely well-funded ReformUK and Labour Party from this insurgent force for hope. Keeping everything crossed for you all #gpew #hannahspencer […]

Very best of luck and good wishes to Hannah and all the #greens in #gortondenton today. An incredible campaign has been fought in the face of hugely well-funded ReformUK and Labour Party from this insurgent force for hope. Keeping everything crossed for you all #gpew #hannahspencer […]

I know people dunk on the #greens for not being perfect from every section of the political opinion scale, but you have to give some kudos to a party that exists without any big business or trade union backing, basically just funded by ordinary members' subs & donations, fighting the behemoths […]

I know people dunk on the #greens for not being perfect from every section of the political opinion scale, but you have to give some kudos to a party that exists without any big business or trade union backing, basically just funded by ordinary members' subs & donations, fighting the behemoths […]

Was just reading about someone saying #limebikes can be drafted up hills when #cycling non-e-assist bikes in #londonuk and it made me reflect that most of my #strava goals entail being able to ride at >25kph up pretty much every hill making this hack redundant! #biketooter

RE: https://dizl.de/@JBsWhatsOn6/116125210795021340 And this is why #6music on #bbc is a national treasure

Due to be 17° celsius this Wednesday, might have to break out some shorts for #cycling that day for the first time this year

Looks like the #gortondenton byelection will be a close-run thing, which is a damning indictment of #uklabour since it should've been a safe seat. I do wonder how many doors have actually been knocked on by #ReformUK and how much they've just relied on their big money donors to push their ads […]

And this is why it would be a lot better if #drugs were legal and regulated. You don't see many countries shutting down because some head brewer has been killed in a military raid. The drugs themselves could be a lot less dangerous than all of the bad guys who control their production & supply […]

Now then, today's #CatsAndDogsVortex, as freshly assembled by @akx has arrived on the blog for your #ListeningClub requirements. Grab what you need and hope to see you back on the above hashtag for playback at 20:00 GMT later today. Bring a bowl of snacks! […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

CAPTCHAs are getting scary these days. You think you got all the motorcycles? Ha. They replenish like a hydra. You keep clicking, clicking. Suddenly you hear your grandkids calling: "grandma come play with us." You realize you’ve been trying to buy tickets for a concert that happened 65 years ago.

What idiot called him Mr Mountbatten-Windsor and not the Andrew formerly known as Prince?

Absolutely brilliant architectural tour of #thebarbican today. So interesting to learn about the design & history of one of the most fascinating modern sites of #london Really superbly guided and enthralling 90 minutes, which my photos do not do justice to #architecture #urbanism

The idea of using a grammar checker, even a self hosted "ethical LLM" horrifies me. If we all use these, then we risk that we all end up sounding the same. My writing has my own style (for better or for worse), and a lot of that comes from playing fast and loose with grammar. It's what makes my […]

Just my unsolicited opinion but I do not think #ZackPolanski should stand against #stellacreasy at the next election, he should stand against #keirstarmer #gpew #ukpolitics

Can anyone tell me what to do with the other half of the sauce in this #recipe? Maybe I'm not reading it carefully enough. #baking #pudding #cake https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/marys_sticky_toffee_41970

I definitely sleep better when I have several consecutive days without alcohol, both subjectively & in terms of my tracking device's measurements (deep sleep up from less than an hour to nearly an hour-and-a-half, longer stretches of uninterrupted light sleep). So that's good. And yet I still […]

It's this sort of shit that's going to get #nigelfarage and #ReformUK elected to government in the UK #uklabour #ukpolitics https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/17/hartlepool-councillors-threaten-to-quit-labour-childrens-social-care-budget

Right then, big thanks to @saucer for the genre-stretching selection, and for flipping the frisb to @JimMcCauley who has an extra week to ponder because... ...yep, we're due for a #vortex already, and this time, mainly thanks to the predominantly soggy […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Howdy! Today's #ListeningClub pick from @saucer has arrived on the blog for your day's requirements. Grab what you need and hope to see you back here on the above hashtag at 20:00 GMT for playback, bonhomie and badinage […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The headline put me off, & I’m not a huge fan of #TraceyEmin but this article was sympathetic and delicate and positive https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/feb/14/tracey-emin-interview-tate-modern-regrets-smoking

Well, I've wiped it down with GT85 and scrapped some gunk off, will let that dry then put on a very small amount of wet lube. Chain care is such a hassle, to me. #biketooter #rain

Why haven’t carbon belt drives really taken off for #cycling ? Yet another soaking wet commute home for me and I’m going to have to clean my chain & scrub off the rust AGAIN tomorrow #biketooter

As I get older the world seems less and less magical or at least capable of potentially being magical. Everything appears increasingly prosaic. I wish there was a way to re-cultivate childlike wonder, a sense of mystery. I suppose on the upside I find it less frightening.

Maybe it's patronising but I always try to look for the underlying reason why people voted for #brexit Whether it's a sort of echo of the Norman Yoke or some other attempt to kick back against perceived oppressors, my gut feeling is that very few people voted for it on the technicalities about […]

Another article filling me with dread about the rise of #ai While reading it and thinking about a friend who thinks Anthropic & OpenAI will be gone by next year - & how happy that would make me - I also started reflecting on the perspectives of other people who are not so good at writing (or […]

I have a somewhat pathetic excuse for not going out canvassing for #lewishamgreens this evening - my umbrella has broken :( If YOU have a working umbrella, get out there and hit those doorsteps! #gpew #ukpolitics

Absolutely ridiculous given all that we now know about the war on drugs and the nature of addiction. Prohibition is just a political and judicial mechanism for exerting power and control, nothing to do with harm reduction or health […]

*drums fingers nervously*

I assume the #mandelson thing is that they simply thought #trump would squash the #epstein revelations, at least during his term, so having one of his inner circle with the president's ear would be to the UK's advantage. Didn't turn out like that, and #starmer and #uklabour are having to live […]

Nicely punchy so far #listeningclub