Matthew Bradford

Totally 👍🏼

The TARDIS and Stonehenge

A hugely popular and internationally recognised symbol of Britishness, associated with time travel & outlandish speculative fictions. And the TARDIS.

Kazakhstan’s Detention of Xinjiang Witnesses: Beijing’s Long Arm Reaches Across the Border Protesting against China now results in activists being detained—and held in a unclear legal situation.

Protesting against China now results in activists being detained—and held in a unclear legal situation.

Review | The 18th Parallel Meets Roberto Sánchez - Dub Avalanche Vol. 1 | Reggae Vibes The 18th Parallel Meets Roberto Sánchez - Dub Avalanche Vol. 1 | This LP marks the start of a new series coming from Fruits Records.

#Review | 'Dub Avalanche Vol. 1’ is the first entry in a new dub series built from The 18th Parallel’s recordings. Roberto Sánchez reshapes 10 tracks with a steady, roots-focused touch. Half are instrumental journeys, while the others carry voices like The Viceroys and Cornell Campbell in the mix.

Heard one of these cuts on Rodigan’s show the other day, fab stuff!

Nice one!

Exclusive: HK gov't spent HK$24.6m on 130k National Day displays The HK government spent more than HK$24 million on national and regional flags, banners, lamppost bunting, and other festive displays to mark China's National Day on October 1.

The HK government spent more than HK$24 million on national and regional flags, banners, lamppost bunting, and other festive displays to mark China's National Day on October 1. In full: buff.ly/c73IgoF

Oh no it isn’t.

You can’t polish a turd.

Is MAGA just one big Russian Psy Ops?

It fights indigestion and not much else.

As Manfred Mann might say, blinded by the light💡

#DavidsMonthOfMusic

Connections! Day 25:

Ultravox ‘Vienna’.

Ultravox’s Midge Ure was keyboard player for Thin Lizzy on their 1979 tour.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5…

Trump has been totally outfoxed by Xi and is literally running scared of him.

YouTube video by imperialjunglistic Tenor Saw - golden hen + version

Another fave of mine by Tenor Saw is this:

It’s definitely up there ☝️

Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.

Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old

Another sound is dying.

Indeed! All of their own accord…
The lady has more balls than most western leaders put together.

Listen 🎧

Thank you for sharing this, Alan.

The honourable Jimmy Cliff, OM, photographed by Mark Seliger for GQ Magazine's Nov. 2011 music issue portfolio "The Survivors." Interview by Edwin STATS Houghton

#RIP to the honorebel Jimmy Cliff, OM - the original reggae icon 🖖 ⭐

Was very blessed to speak to Jimmy for GQ back in Nov. 2011 and he had every bit of the same fire that made him a star at age 17

An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read) What follows is a minor modern horror story.

I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Japan PM fails to achieve breakthrough in row with China – but polling shows public backs her Sanae Takaichi gets no meeting with Chinese premier Li Qiang at the G20 in Johannesburg after her comments about Taiwan sent tensions soaring

Other ‘leaders’ take note.

‘She did not agree to Beijing’s main condition for an end to the row – a retraction of her assertion this month that Japan would be entitled to engage in “collective self-defence” if an emergency in the Taiwan Strait created a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan’.

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Performative cruelty to appeal to voters who won’t vote for you anyway is just another level of moral decrepitude

There’s nothing scientific about Rosary Beads 📿

So much effort 🤦🏼‍♂️

Trump playing hardball with Xi isn’t worth a can of beans 🫘