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“The satirist, who is inspired by the awfulness of everything to spew a stream of anger at it all.”
#TheLondonReviewOfBooks.

Auto-hagiography: #TheFablemans. #Spielberg.

YouTube video by Fidel Ydme A Sense of History (Mike Leigh, 1992)

An all-time favourite. If #theguardian requested my ‘10 Funniest Things on the Internet’, this would be number one.

#jimbroadbent #mikeleigh #auspol
‘A Sense of History’.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=HPta...

Everything is better now!!

🦸‍♀️Just take it one intrusive thought at a time...

All dates, locations and ticket links at mariabamford.com/tourdates

The British make the best music in Europe, & the South Koreans make the best music in Asia. Why is it so? And what goes wrong in Germany and Japan?

Meant to put this up on Humpday, but happy Friday!

YouTube video by Fidel Ydme A Sense of History (Mike Leigh, 1992)

An all-time favourite. If #theguardian requested my ‘10 Funniest Things on the Internet’, this would be number one.

#jimbroadbent #mikeleigh #auspol
‘A Sense of History’.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=HPta...

Lammy has said Vance's book "reduced me to tears"

Is this what international relations experts mean by ‘strategic ambiguity’?

‘Sometimes I overshare’: Adam Buxton on fear, fun, finance – and falling out with friends The comedian’s debut album is released next month. He discusses songwriting, his recent memoirs, the problems with modern politics and why we all need to open up

Was it the lengthy anecdote on how middle age has brought, nightly, a lot of trapped wind and a yearning that his wife might rise first in the morning. Thanks for sharing #adambuxton #theguardian

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

#MikeJohnson in reincarnated form after being irradiated by fundamentalist Christianity.

‘Don’t Back Down, Double Down’.
#firstdogonthemoon @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=gL5C...

First Dog on the Moon’s Hottest 100 (featuring songs that are actually good by bands that I’ve actually heard of) | First Dog on the Moon It is the Triple J listeners who are wrong

First Dog on the Moon is still smarting over the use of ‘irregardless’, and doubling down, after doubling down. It’s okay. Everything will be okay.

#FirstDogOnTheMoon #theguardian
@firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social

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#MikeJohnson in reincarnated form after being irradiated by fundamentalist Christianity.

‘Sometimes I overshare’: Adam Buxton on fear, fun, finance – and falling out with friends The comedian’s debut album is released next month. He discusses songwriting, his recent memoirs, the problems with modern politics and why we all need to open up

Was it the lengthy anecdote on how middle age has brought, nightly, a lot of trapped wind and a yearning that his wife might rise first in the morning. Thanks for sharing #adambuxton #theguardian

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

🎶 New episode out 🎶 Join @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social for Shostakovich and Stalin. How did Shostakovich manage to produce great art in a dictatorship, and what did it cost him?
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YouTube video by AMH Band Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (AMH Band Cover From TikTok)

There is a really excellent cover of that that is also very short:

The British make the best music in Europe, & the South Koreans make the best music in Asia. Why is it so? And what goes wrong in Germany and Japan?

Yay!

Perfect!

Do we teach our children that they have one choice: To be #exploiters or to be exploited?

#AI centres are taking our water in order to take our jobs. No job, & nothing to drink.

His teeth freak me.

To help people receive their prescribed allocation of sunlight, citizens will be issued with sun-smart watches. It is also mandatory to wear full-body coverings when not receiving your allowance. Thank you for keeping society Safe.
#ageverification #socialmediaban #sunlightIsdangerous

YouTube video by Meditations for the anxious mind situationships: love in the gig economy

This, seen in Guardian, is a brilliant analysis of platform-Capitalism’s misshaping of relationships. #meditationsfortheanxiousmind
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“Body cameras must be worn by citizens at all times for the Safety of society.”
#smillassenseofsnow

When the immune system overacts to a threat, it is called a disease. When governments overreact to a threat, it is called good policy.
#ageverification #surveillance #youtube #auspol #socialmediaban

So true. And Grandpa, what big teeth you have.

Then #TheGuardian goes and illustrates my point, & even uses the word ‘terrifying’. These debates never end in smarter behaviour, just greater constraint of #bodilyautonomy. #SunlightIsDangerous

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...