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Reminds me of a wilfully lo-fi parody song I wrote a while back on exactly this subject :-) #songwriting [Reposted bc Soundcloud wasn't playing ball] youtu.be/LGGmEH1MQ0I?...

I dunno, sounds like a line Joe Strummer could have cut from 'Know Your Rights'...

Reminds me of a wilfully lo-fi parody song I wrote a while back on exactly this subject :-) soundcloud.com/user-9893171...

I'm no talent scout but I'm pretty sure Emma Watson would have done alright with or without the Harry Potter franchise. I'm thinking a few costume dramas -> Ada Lovelace biopic -> Marvel universe. But we'll never know :-)

Time for a (partial) fuel boycott? If we can find ways to use less fuel (even for a week or two) it could wipe those margins out! Car-share. Take public transport. Dust off that old Raleigh in the shed. Cut their profits any way you can!

I always thought if you want to stress test a bit of electronic or mechanical kit that purports to be 'heavy duty', just bolt it onto a bike and daily-commute it through a UK winter! NASA, my consultancy fees are very reasonable :-)

Same here 👇 Not all of them were Oxford graduates but every bad break I've ever had... middle-aged white guy every time 🎯

I've felt something like this for a long time. Something like: They're lying We know they're lying They know we know they're lying ...but I couldn't have expressed it as well as this:

Latest @theguardian.com cartoon #ElonMusk #UniteTheKingdom www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?" So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵

Wrote this for a band I was in some years ago. Quite old but seems to get more and more topical :-/ soundcloud.com/twoaf/two-mi...

Somewhat topical debut track from my band Hollow Dawn on Bandcamp! Go on, give it a listen for nowt :-) hollowdawn1.bandcamp.com/track/march-...

Charlie Kirk was killed for saying things "that used to be simple common sense," says Boris Johnson. Here's a few of those things

Do it Melania. They can't touch you!

Spot on from @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social as usual, please listen and give this a like!

🎵 Jeremy broke through The grass today 🎶

We could all agree that the earth is a hemisphere, then they could live on the flat bit and we could live on the round bit and everyone would be happy... Oh yeah, the flat bit is called 'Antarctica', wrap up warm!

I cannot ❤️ this enough!

I read this and all I could think of was this classic song by @lesbianbeddeath.bsky.social : youtu.be/yS0rAufv3c8?...

I note that Reform voters are least likely to say "don't know"... #Dunning #Krueger

Reposting my parody version of '1969' because the original is apparently 56 years old today :-) (and, if I'm honest, also bc a ton of people still seem to want this future for our country 🙄 ) youtu.be/Nzj61JzkjHY?... (You'll probably hate it so I've quote-posted the original 🙂)

1 in 6 people were born overseas, so people born overseas are less likely to be in prison

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas. 1 in 2 builders were born overseas. 1 in 6 nurses were born overseas. 1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas. 1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas. 1 in 5 university academics were born overseas. The UK would be screwed without them.

#urbanism #walkable #carbrain #carblindness

It ain't over till the SFX person starts playing the xylophone... Oh shit

Quick, someone in West London form a group called Palestine (Acton) - we can keep this going for ages!

🎩 for a thorough debunking of immigration & prison stats cynically manipulated by the Tories and unquestioningly rushed into print by The Times:

Here's another one from my #songwriting alter-ego 🎼✍️ I often had this sort of reaction reading comments sections etc and finally put it into words a couple of years back. Made this no-frills lyric video yesterday - this is 'Scroll On By'... youtu.be/osAkr6_Nklg?...

Just reposting this as I forgot to include the tags for the #songwriter feeds 🎼✍️ 😀 Wrote the lyrics in 2018 & finally added music in 2022 - apologies for the marginal production values but it seemed appropriate to share again: youtu.be/N7sB1uW4gpU?...

Put this together a while back - apologies for the marginal production values but it seemed appropriate to share again: youtu.be/N7sB1uW4gpU?...

I don't know who'll win but I wouldn't want to be her foot...

5 out of 6 Sheffield MPs have signed this. ‪@marietidball.bsky.social‬ let's have a full house!

I'd have a lot of time for a PM who said "Do you think any Glastonbury band worth their salt gives a rat's ass what the PM thinks? Now ask me a proper question!"

43% of white men self-censor at work = 57% have no idea how office culture works... *everyone* self-censors at work you dumb shits!

Heartsease growing wild North of Sheffield. It's supposedly common but this is the only spot I have seen it.

I mean I like a pint as much as the next guy but I wouldn't conflate "being comfortable in a pub" with "understanding a community"...

Found this while deleting old pictures from my gallery.

Big fan of this definition of "white British" that excludes the King

This is wild: open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...

Sod the Tour de France then, it's Vuelta a España for me from now on...

@downloadfestival.bsky.social why not have one set of toilets for people who don't understand Supreme Court judgements and one set for everyone else?

With support from my new band Hollow Dawn and The Voltz - Thursday 29 May at Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield S1 4RH. We'd love to see you there! PS I've set this to public so please share :-) Tickets available here: www.fatsoma.com/e/sy3jy60h/s...

Always.

@sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social @benmiskell.bsky.social could you please get something done about the haphazard fencing by the new Aldi development on Penistone Rd opposite SWFC? Not sure why they need 2 rows but could the plastic stuff at least be tied back to the steel to keep it out of the way?

Exactly this. The people who actually want this will just vote Reform - especially now electoral success has unfortunately made the party seem more credible...

Day I was born: "Mouldy Old Dough" by Lieutenant Pigeon (no, me neither 🤷). Missed "Children of the Revolution" by a month. Day I turned 18: "Show Me Heaven" by Maria McKee. (Missed Beautiful South's "A Little Time" by a week 🙄 (Bonus - At 21: "Hallowed Be Thy Name" by Iron Maiden. 😁🤘)

I get up when I want, except during sede vacante when I'm rudely awakened by the other cardinals coughing (Conclave) I put my robes on, have a chalice of holy water, and think about leaving the Vatican guesthouse (Conclave)

1371 signatures to go - if you think this is remotely worthwhile why not give it 30 seconds of your time?