“I think when the creative person ends, he continues in the next existence. I’m a person who believes this life isn’t the be-all and end-all of everything. A spiritual person doesn’t feel like that.” –S.R. (2009) 2/2

There's an exceptionalist belief that the UK's immune to the worst political extremes. In reality, we were lucky not to get a fascist government in the 1930s. Now that the world's richest man supports our most extreme political party, we need more than luck. We need to get the money out of politics.

RIP Sonny Rollins. I’m so grateful for his music and his wisdom. What a profoundly positive force. I’ve learned so much from listening to his music, reading his words, watching interviews, his dedication, his journey to always improve as a human being. Man! Thank you Sonny!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - if these fascist creeps ever win a UK election Scotland should immediately declare independence.

Sketch For Summer Spent Time Lips That Would Kiss Jacqueline Requiem Again

We are living through an unprecedented collective failure of imagination. In the face of such seemingly insurmountable problems, people retreat into narcissism & nostalgia. Fuck that. We need to build the future, & we can't leave it to psychopathic, fascist billionaires & their lackeys.

Don't give this racist, fascist imbecile any more money. He's among the worst of humanity and has nothing but contempt for us. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Lots of noise about Israel, but absolutely nothing is being done as usual. The EU and UK could cancel their Free Trade agreements with Israel, as their citizens want them to. The blow to Israel would be massive, and the EU/UK wouldn't even notice.

Sorry, sample size is too small, not enough data, many more Cybertruck truck owners need to drive them into lakes.

We need more of this. Much more !

Extremist groups are actively targeting autistic young people. Not because autistic people are inherently dangerous and not because we're “easily manipulated" It's because many autistic young people grow up isolated, bullied, excluded, humiliated, and desperate for belonging.

If a young person spends years being told “You’re weird" “You’re too intense" “You don’t fit" “You’re broken" Then the first group of people that says "you matter. we understand you. your anger makes sense" and that can be incredibly powerful.

This isn't an “internet problem” alone and it's not only a “radicalisation problem" It's a societal failure around disability, difference, loneliness, masculinity, alienation, education, and belonging.

We can't address this only at the point where someone has already fallen into extremist ideology because by then the problem has often been burning for years behind the scenes. We have to address the environments that create chronic humiliation and exclusion in the first place.

Schools where autistic kids are mocked. Families that punish difference. Communities obsessed with conformity. Cultures that treat empathy as conditional.

and autistic young people need spaces where they can experience real belonging, real mentorship, real dignity, and real community - all without needing to become someone else first. We also need to teach autistic young people how these groups operate.

Because recruitment often doesn't begin with ideology. It begins with "you've finally found your people" Extremist groups are often very good at identifying unmet needs - needs for structure, certainty, justice, recognition, explanation, community. All of these are needs - not moral failures

Many autistic humans have a strong sense of justice and pattern recognition. Extremist ideologies often exploit this by offering simple explanations, clear enemies, rigid certainty, and a sense of intellectual superiority.

Especially to people already in pain. We need better models for autistic young people. Not influencers selling domination and resentment. Not communities built on humiliation. Not “alpha male” nonsense wrapped in self-help language. But autistic adults living honest, meaningful, connected lives

We need to teach how manipulation works, how online recruitment works, how shame works, how loneliness changes people, how group identity can override ethics without treating autistic people as incapable of critical thought.

We desperately need society to stop demonising difference itself. A culture that relentlessly punishes social difference should not be shocked when isolated young people go looking for spaces that promise power, identity, and revenge.

Bullying isn't harmless. Social exclusion is not harmless. Humiliation is not harmless. People act like these things disappear after childhood. They don't. They shape entire nervous systems and identities.

The answer isn't to promote autistiphobia. It's about building a society where autistic young people do not have to choose between isolation and radicalisation in order to feel seen.

Labour lost nearly four times as many voters to the Greens as Reform. Yet all you hear about is Reform's threat to Labour. Why? Because a) the left aren't treated as legitimate political actors b) Labour's masters prefer bashing migrants to challenging wealth and power

Colors in a tie-dye shirt blend uniquely every time. Likewise, autistic & ADHD traits interact and overlap differently for each individual, so each person’s neurotype is a little different even if they could all be described as AuDHD. Sara Eileen O'Neil Woods, PhD, at TPGA: tinyurl.com/AuDHDtieDye

They will always tell you 'There is no money'. But they will never tell you it's because the billionaires are stealing it all.

What's in your bag? Sensory kit. Stim tools. Meds. Cognitive net. The weird thing nobody else carries but has saved you more times than you can count. Infodumplings: Everyday Carry for Mortal Coils 🎒 Thu May 21 · 7PM Central stimpunks.org/2026/05/18/infodumplings-everyday-carry-for-mortal-coils/

Fuck this hits hard... youtu.be/1VeBhMvzdKA?...

Right. Goodbye Google.

Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b

Thank you so, so much to everyone who's sharing this today. SCALA!!! was a massive labour of love made on a microbudget, and turned down by everybody, until the BFI, thank God, picked it up. As it's not widely available, it's fantastic to be able to share it for free with potential new audiences. x

"Being on the Cannes jury is an honor, sure, but only if you’re really willing and able to watch three-hour films that run the risk of being challenging. Maybe Elordi didn’t feel like doing that! Maybe he felt like going to Hawaii instead." Oh, haha! Fuck off. So vapid. Both the article, & him.

The only thing people hate more than AI are the sociopaths shoving it down our throats.

On this day 25 years ago, #MulhollandDrive by #DavidLynch pioneered at #CannesFilmFestival, where he was awarded the Best Director jointly with #JoelCoen.

Heard cabinet official say AI can’t fall into the hands of non-state actors… when it’s ALL in the hands of non-state actors. State and corporate oligarchy to these fascists are one and the same

Late-stage capitalism makes me puke 🤮https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/17/swatch-royal-pop-launch-chaos-closures

Legendary! 👏👏👏

Watching an old DL doc- starts with him at Bob's, excitedly describing how the eye of a duck is like the perfect scene in a film. He is interrupted when, much to his dismay, the server tells him they no longer have the very thick ice cream he likes.

#DavidBowie #DavidLynch

Why is Free Palestine proscribed & not Raise the Colours & Unite the Kingdom?

Attn: Filmmakers, moviegoers & friends of Cinema - This is a unique opportunity to fight back against the tech bro oligarchy that have fucked our film culture.. It so needs to happen! tedhope.substack.com/p/letterboxd...

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Madam I guarantee you will be within 20ft of a nonce throughout the entire march

Happy 75th birthday to Jonathan Richman. Here's That Summer Feeling

Ministers are now legally required to respond to a petition for a "Media Sovereignty Act." The plan? Ban foreign ownership, limit media monopolies, and force "dark-money" think tanks into the light. Is the era of the press baron finally over? 🕵️‍♂️💸 bylinetimes.com/2026/05/14/1...

Big influence on David Berman. If you know Berman's poetry but not Dalachinsky then check this out.

Happy birthday Brian Eno

r/Accelerationists are totally insane. #Randroids

One of the heroes of Scene Within a Scene is RM Hubbert, without whom there almost certainly would be no Kazoo Club, F&J Records or a producer for half the bands featured. The book wouldn't exist without him. And of course, the wonderful genre bending records he made! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WG_...