John Baker

I remember that 70s fly-on-the-wall documentary about the police, in which they aggressively humiliate a woman who says she's been raped. The 70s. All sideburns and misogyny.

Imagine a staffer scrolling through all the fonts in Word looking for that one.

This is how I'm going to look every time someone dislikes one of my posts.

The Rapist Formerly Known As Prince

But they're not smooth-brained flag-wanking cardiopulmonary catastrophes. They're ordinary folk with gEnuiNe conSernZ. I saw it on the BBC.

Most Northerrn rider ever:

"1 can beans. Must be Heinz"

Schrodinger's Jew:

1. Refuses to be conflated with Israel because that's antisemitic.

2. Conflates himself with Israel to claim that opposing Israel is antisemitic.

Imagine the sort of people who feel threatened by anti-genocide marches.

How in the name of God did they manage to shoehorn "existential threat to Jews" in there...

Radiohead would use that as the central metaphor of a whole album.

His favourite joke style is to set up a sympathetic situation then puncture it with a cruel punchline. The woman gets raped, the child gets abused, the orphan goes hungry. & we all laugh. There's nothing subversive about his act - it's inherently conservative. I'm sure it goes down well in Riyadh.

Yup - his stage persona is the perfect poster boy for the ruling class served by the broadcast media. Sharp-suited, amoral, nihilistic. Nothing matters, everything is for the lulz. They don't just tolerate him, they made him.

The same Jimmy Carr who, back in the summer, compered a "Friends of Israel" dinner in London. He has the morals of a sewer rat.

Honest. Direct. I respect that.

When capitalists say the quiet part out loud

That's Freddie Boswell!

If you signed up as a supporter of @yourpartyuk.bsky.social, anyone in their organisation can get hold of your data and write to you asking for money.

Zarah it's outrageous that you've used supporters' data like this. Impulsive and unreliable. But thanks for helping me choose between you and the @greenparty.org.uk

Inspirational psych-folk guitar from Buck Curran in Todmorden last weekend

BBC reporting on a shooting incident in Israel - 15 dead. RIP. Imagine if every 15 dead Palestinians made the British news.

I'm a teacher and a dad of two teenagers. I can say with certainty that the day this crap went live, everyone under 30 sidestepped it in five minutes with a VPN.

Politicians wring their hands about teenagers being radicalised by misinformation on the internet. But it's not teenagers being radicalised - it's silly old men.

You have to join Illuminati Club at the Freshers' Fair.

Oh that's good

Akinwale Arobieke found dead in flat The Liverpool bodybuilder has died aged 64

Purple Aki was a phenomenon as a folk antihero. Boys growing up in 80s Merseyside were genuinely terrified of him. 💪💪💪 #purpleaki www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

You're standing for councillor as a Reform candidate?

A photo of the record sleeve of "Frost and Fire" by The Watersons

Wholesome and nutritious vinyl find in Saltaire today #folk #trad

Yep they've been doing that in Liverpool and Bristol. There are more of us than there are of them, contrary to the prevailing narrative.

I loved this franchise as a kid. Airport '77 was the best of them. Increasingly daft additions to the genre were inevitable and welcome. Then came Airplane, which was such a good parody, it killed off the genre until 9/11 brought the airliner thriller back.

Live rig current version. Not exactly minimalist