I hear Donald Trump wants to put his face on a $1 commemorative US coin. US law states that only dead presidents can be on American money. I'd like to see Donald Trump's face on a coin 😉

The Icicle Works from Friday 12th Dec in Birmingham. Great gig! youtu.be/XrxcBVh07AE?...

Just rediscovered a short film a friend made 20 years ago. Festive stuff. Filmed in Birmingham (UK). It’s only 90 seconds long 😁 Cracking silliness. youtu.be/5GwbzESQTD8?...

Today, Sooty has been mostly listening to the Ramones.

Consider Mexico. A thread. Once upon a time, not even so very long ago, you would often hear from Russia's propagandists and their little helpers in the West about the "Mexico scenario". Russia liked people to think that it only invaded its neighbours because it was forced to do so by NATO - 1/12

I had enough of all the political bollocks today so I’ve been listening to music loud! Came across this great vid of Terry Kath making his guitar sing… youtu.be/7uAUoz7jimg?...

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Twatcat.

In my local pub. This is a lie.

Council worker in my local park marking out the football pitch with a remote control paint buggy dispenser thing. Looked like he was controlling it with a mobile phone. Are we tech enabling too much? Kinda reminds me of having a Bluetooth enabled AI toothbrush.

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

REALLY?! What about 5-Eyes intelligence? Were these Republican Senators sharing that too? And what action is MI6 and the Government taking? Are we going to suspend intelligence sharing?

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And it’s sold! Best Stratocaster I’ve ever owned & such a great colour. It was 13th Strat I’d ever bought & lucky for me 😁 Not being a full time rock God & also owning the 2nd best Strat i’ve ever played I decided to let it go to free up some cash for other stuff. Hope the new owner loves it too!

Harley Davidson Sport Glide. By most measures this is a terrible bike. Underpowered for the engine size & heavy. But I love it. It’s a lot quicker than you’d expect, has decent handling, it’s so comfortable & with the quick detach fairing, panniers & rack is practical. And it has so much character…

Listening to Sabotage and still chuckling over the cover. I can’t believe a band who were so big at the time had such a rushed photo shoot and were in fact sabotaged and unable to change it for release. It wasn’t supposed to look like this 😂

Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist." RT if Mick is right.

So Trump tells Europeans to increase their defence budgets & buy more US kit, & the Pentagon tells them they can’t have it. Maybe it’s time for Europe to stop thinking it can rely on the US, & start investing in a rapid build-up of domestic arms production, even if it’s slightly lower quality.

Remember: Mandelson, when he was Business Secretary, was responsible for pushing through the IT “solutions“ for the Post Office, leading to Horizon …against the wishes and advice of the Post Office IT Specialists.

I’m in UK and sold a 2013 ‘USA’ Gibson Midtown Kalamzoo to a chap in the US. After, I saw a message that shipments from Europe to USA are being delayed due to “tariffs”. Now been stuck in the warehouse for 6 days & the buyer hasn’t been able to contact anyone to find how to release it. 🤦🏻

Long watch but interesting. youtu.be/UclrVWafRAI?...

Now this is a tax return that I would be very, very keen on seeing. Do feel free to give it a share. www.change.org/p/urge-nigel...

"Nigel Farage, what will you do when you meet in private with Donald Trump? [beat] It's adorable that you think you'll have to open that wide."

Ordered a CD of Michael Valentine West which arrived today in the most satisfying to use CD case 👍

Random play just pulled up my Etta James ‘her best’ CD. Bloody Hell, I hadn’t listened to this for ages. Forgot just how good she was.

I’m off to Boston (USA) on a business trip. Any guitar stores I should check out while in’m there?

The perfect pedalboard for my psychedelic rock band. It does everything I need and I love that it’s so portable.

Osram LED lightbulb failed after 2.5 years & when replacing with an identical one I noticed on the packaging they have a 3 year guarantee. The web link states you need to provide proof of purchase. Who keeps receipts from years ago for such low value items? Little used bulb too as it was in garage.

Was digging around my vinyl boxes in the garage this afternoon and found this gem. The 1st record I ever bought with my own money. Hey ! I was only 6 ! 😁 And so started a music obsession that’s lasted the rest of my life and cost me a small fortune.

I listened to this earlier & it’s become an ear worm. I even sat down & learned how to play it! Still it’s stuck in my head. Great song though. youtu.be/X78DnuKXoRE?...

If you’re wondering how ICE recruitment and training is going under Kristi Noem—South Park already nailed it.

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@fascinatorfun.bsky.social Solar question…. Last week when the sun was shining I’d be generating the max my inverter would allow of 4.3Kwh at this time. Today it’s overcast and drizzling and I’m getting about 0.4Kwh. Is this ‘normal’ ? I was under the impression it should be better than this.

Are you ready to hand more than £1,000bn to England's privatised water companies by 2050? Shareholders don't invest. Money will be extracted from customers, shareholders will own the resulting assets and income streams and collect dividends. Public ownership is the only sane way.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Water companies say they're putting billions in" Feargal Sharkey, "They took £84 billion in dividends and created £74 billion of debt.. We've been cheated" "There is no pollution control in this country anyone, the companies are out of control"

Mr Fishwiskers decided to join me in bed last night and thought it would be a good idea to lay over my arm and then proceeded to fall into a deep kitty sleep making cute little snoring and chirupping noises. Only thing that went to sleep for me was my arm so I’m a bit knackered now.

I picked up the old Deco V1 for a very reasonable price on eBay. I’d been pouring over loads of YouTube videos about this so kinda knew what to expect. It’s rather good! The tape saturation especially. This may become an ‘always on’ pedal on my board. It just sweetens the sound.

Thames Water announced losses of £1.65bn today When it was sold 30 years ago it had zero debt and made an operating profit of 33% Bills have gone up way above inflation, even before this year's nearly 50% increase They need to go bankrupt it is the only way to stop the theft

The bike SatNav has a ‘Plan a thrill’ option which chooses twisty roads instead of the most direct route & I finally tried it today. Bloody marvellous. It took me down some mad roads I’d never been down and through some excellent scenery. Should’ve taken more photos but I was having too much fun 🤩

Yesterday and today at 14:30. It’s getting cooler! Yay 😁

England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade, experts call for hosepipe bans. No new reservoirs built since 1989. Over a trillion litres of water a year lost to leaks. Water companies paid out £85bn in dividends. No regulator/Govt had a national plan. Crisis created by privatisation.

Timing is everything. Love it when I go the the leisure club and it’s empty. Like having my own private pool 😁

New Pedal Day! Keeley Monterey. This is my new favourite pedal. It does so much so well. Fuzz, Rotary, Vibe, Wah, Autowah, Octave. Very useable and easily accessible sounds. This is replacing 3 pedals on my board. Also nice that Andertons are currently selling them with £100 off.

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Look what arrived today… One of the pre-lawsuit Behringer Klon clones. Was expecting one of the new logo models so that’s nice. Gave it a blast earlier and it sounds pretty good. Will have to do a back 2 back test against my favourite BOO Klon Centaur but I think they’ll be very similar.

Debbie Harry. 80 today! And check out Clems drums all through this. Mental ! youtu.be/TU3-lS_Gryk?...

No idea what to have for lunch. Don’t feel like having a salad or a sandwich and cooking something seems a bit silly when it’s 33C outside.

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