Nie mój cyrk, nie moje Musk-y

Basically Imgur were fined for data privacy breaches concerning to children, and had a tantrum in response

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

Even the recent concerts they did added new elements to the lore!

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79 The legendary actor best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and Book Club, has died

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Loved them despite the chatterers

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.

YouTube video by thenelly Misty's Big Adventure - Hey Man

10. Misty's Big Adventure. Fun times guaranteed from the eccentric Birmingham seven-piece (plus a terrifying agent of chaos named 'Erotic Volvo'). I miss them a lot. youtu.be/2WCfPENm48A?...

Looking into the practicalities of visiting a pal in Holyhead, but the train price alone is more than the flight and 3 nights of accommodation I booked last year in Malta.

There's a lot of competition in the live VGM space these days, and as you say, this particular concert seemed very uninspired. TLOU, sure, but the rest of it...no thanks.

I vividly remember playing through this tutorial on Xmas Eve 2003. A classic!

How did I miss this?

I take this personally

There's an argument Lowtax banning hentai was a key domino on the path to Trump getting elected (it resulted in 4chan, which spawned QAnon)

Fuck off Nazi.

In memoriam...

Ha, what a surprise. Cyprus - Nicosia and Limassol in particular - has long been a money-laundering hub for Russian interests. Back in the day (c.2010), scam victims would always report transactions to Cypriot banks. Now it's bitcoin instead!

Connected: many of those "alleged celebrity scandal->crypto scam" ads all over X and newspaper websites were at one point linked to a company whose director is the Russian Counsel to Cyprus...

Two people are now confirmed to have died as a result of the ramming and stabbing attack outside the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester this morning. Three others remain in a serious condition. The attacker, who was shot by police, is also believed to have died.

She did the same for the Stephen Lawrence case, probably the best known UK race-related murder. Seems a pattern is emerging...

Not a venue I went to often, but saw some killer Baba Yaga's (maybe even GDLI) sets there over the years. Drum Eyes, Qujaku, Silver Apples, Acid Mothers Temple...

My enduring memory of Corsica Studios was watching a very good Blue Hawaii then stupidly deciding to check, mid-set, the 2019 General Election exit poll...

Oh man, jealous that you met the legend Sakimoto! He always visits France rather than the UK for some reason...

Sigur Ros performing "Ara Batur" with an orchestra and pipe organ and children's choir at the Royal Albert Hall is one of the most beautiful things I've ever experienced.

Have no idea why the director changed it! Absolutely iconic opening scene, IMO

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US TV from now on:

Incredibly strong October gig line-up: The Magnetic Fields (performing 69 Love Songs), Jambinai (with Orchestra), BBBBBBB, The Earlies, Flow, Hope of the States, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Perennial, Hilgeum, Hibushibire, Les Savy Fav, Titanic, Super Jet Kinoko and Portron Portron Lopez.

Ha, I've just started Grandia, after wanting to play it for 25 years. Can't wait to get properly stuck in.

Mad fact about Menzies Campbell: In his first 10.2-second 100m race as a sprinter, he beat an aspiring young athlete named...O. J. Simpson.