Adam Behr

dumbagogue?

Plus, I assume, saves time at the front end in terms of 'cashing up'. It's been a good while for me but back when I was in the service industry a big chunk of time involved actual counting (especially checking weekly bankings). Presumably more straightforward if mostly card payments.

Congratulations!

Excellent, thanks. Didn't know about this - but it's great.

Quick chat on Tony Livesey show @bbc5live.bsky.social last night about Donald Trump, Jess Glynne and political uses of music (about 1hr20mins)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Does seem to suggest a massive misunderstanding about how both therapy and LLMs work.

A map showing South West England and Wales, labelled "Graph of British Rivers". Two river courses are shown, labelled 'Wye axis' and 'Exe axis'. Does anyone read these descriptions, or am I wasting my time?

Graph of British Rivers

Sly Stone: influential funk pioneer who embodied the contradictions at the heart of American life Sly Stone and his band synthesised disparate strands of American popular music, tracking the musical and social shifts as the 1960s wore into the 1970s.

“synthesised disparate strands of American popular music into a unique melange… his mark was indelible.” A few words for @uk.theconversation.com on Sly Stone.

theconversation.com/sly-stone-in...

Sly Stone: influential funk pioneer who embodied the contradictions at the heart of American life Sly Stone and his band synthesised disparate strands of American popular music, tracking the musical and social shifts as the 1960s wore into the 1970s.

“synthesised disparate strands of American popular music into a unique melange… his mark was indelible.” A few words for @uk.theconversation.com on Sly Stone.

theconversation.com/sly-stone-in...

YouTube video by Cory Wong The Fearless Flyers // "Flyers Crusade"

New Fearless Flyers always a good start the weekend:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGur...

Great comic timing from the Danes here.

Standards are slipping, in that there is a golden opportunity to have made a 'here's one we made earlier' gag in any of a) this tweet b) the headline c) the standfirst d) the intro all of them cruelly passed up.

cf: 'begs the question'

Mastered, or achieved once?

UK arts sector is getting a £270 million funding boost – but there are winners and losers There has been a sea change in arts funding with the idea of intrinsic worth replaced by economic potential.

UK arts sector is getting a £270 million funding boost – but there are winners and losers - @adambehrlive.bsky.social shares his thoughts in this blog with @uk.theconversation.com bit.ly/4hmZnLy

UK arts sector is getting a £270 million funding boost – but there are winners and losers There has been a sea change in arts funding with the idea of intrinsic worth replaced by economic potential.

There has been a sea change in arts funding with the idea of intrinsic worth replaced by economic potential.

UK arts sector is getting a £270 million funding boost – but there are winners and losers There has been a sea change in arts funding with the idea of intrinsic worth replaced by economic potential.

Porous barriers between ‘high art’ and ‘popular culture’, state support, and uncertain environment. A few words for @uk.theconversation.com on recent govt arts funding announcement, Jennie Lee’s 60 year old culture white paper, and the distance still to travel.
theconversation.com/uk-arts-sect...

UK arts sector is getting a £270 million funding boost – but there are winners and losers There has been a sea change in arts funding with the idea of intrinsic worth replaced by economic potential.

Porous barriers between ‘high art’ and ‘popular culture’, state support, and uncertain environment. A few words for @uk.theconversation.com on recent govt arts funding announcement, Jennie Lee’s 60 year old culture white paper, and the distance still to travel.
theconversation.com/uk-arts-sect...

Epic subtweet of JD Vance as Starmer opens PMQs by naming some of the British soldiers killed fighting in Afghanistan.

Also, he's vindictive as all hell and no doubt in the huff with Zelenskyy for not playing ball over investigating the Bidens in 2019.

If you like Smith, there's a good chance you will Mann as well. Differences aside, they have a fair amount in common. Songwriting and performances aside, they both have *really* good arrangements.

Great albums, both.

Elon Musk’s DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked The DOGE.gov website is such a coding disaster that pretty much anyone can take over.

This was always going to happen, wasn't it?

newrepublic.com/post/191540/...

One on my favourite examples remains the drawings made by Onfim, a little 6 or 7 year old boy living in Medieval Novgorod. They could have been done today.

And we think he know his name because he wrote it next to a knight on a horse (the hero) stabbing another knight with a lance on the ground

Back on the road with the live music mapping team. Looking forward to @ntiaofficial.bsky.social summit day two tomorrow.

"I always stayed on the right side of the line" - No imagine former Doors swearing blind that they "didn't threaten to overrule him" during arguments in the studio.

British Tories: the mainstream conservative party has never been able to beat the populist right by copying them...