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‘We can’t just talk to the right’: what will Labour do now? Focus on Reform or reassure the left – Keir Starmer’s next move could define his premiership

This absolutely fits with polling of Reform voters, too: they "support a strongly interventionist, leftwing economic agenda, including nationalising utilities, higher taxes on corporations..." uk.news.yahoo.com/t-just-talk-...

Thank you. This is exactly what I was searching for today.

And, often, uniquely hand-delivered!

Unless I've missed something, Caroline Lucas has stayed horribly quiet about this too. So disappointing.

@incurablehippie.bsky.social Read the thread and the gorious comments!

I'm so, so sorry. This is heart-breaking and enraging.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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I listen to a ton of podcasts of all shapes and sizes, and Stakeknife is one of the most brilliant. It's not an easy listen at many points, but it tells a vitally important story in UK and Irish history in a sensitive, respectful and engaging way, with a ton of nuance and context. 10/10

But couldn't you? I have friends who have improved a lot through singing lessons with good, trusted teachers.

Oh, amazing!

I highly recommend this podcast! Both episodes so far have been a creepy delight.

Tickets now on sale: www.eventbrite.com/e/thorpe-mar...

Tip Trip Triptych — Jess Ghost A triptych of photographs from a trip to the tip

New blog! Tip Trip Triptych. Say it five times fast.

Perhaps of interest! joncannon.co.uk/very-hungry

This offer of free gallery/studio space in the old Hillsborough Wilko's in Sheffield is far too big in scale and scope for my brain, but I'm intrigued to see what happens. Please share with creative/artistic parties!

If this is up your street, be sure to subscribe to Pattern Club's mailing list & visit their site to find out more: patternclub.org/sheffield/ They've had workshops on Strudel, synths and all sorts of algorithm- and pattern-related things. They also host Algoraves and other live-coding events 💻 🎶

If you're into music or coding (or both!), I highly recommend taking a look at Strudel, which is designed to be as accessible as possible. It's in-browser and has learning resources built into it so you can start making music immediately: strudel.cc/workshop/getting-started/

The robots are also coded in Strudel, and the accompanying music is the movements transposed into sound! Here's a great robot made by my workshop neighbour before we added sound.

I've been lucky enough to start the year doing Pattern Club's (@patternclubsheff.bsky.social) Winter School. Last weekend, we got familiar with strudel.cc/ & Carnatic rhythms, and this weekend, incredibly, we learnt about Flamenco and made weird robots! (Pencil case = a weight!)

YouTube video by Insider Meet the queen of sh*tty robots

Fantastic hilariously terrible robots:

a herd of horses running in a circle in the dark . ALT: a herd of horses running in a circle in the dark .

From LEAST WORST infestation to WORST, I should clarify. No one has a favourite infestation.

I'm now thinking back fondly, jealously and sadly about the days when I allowed myself time for such rabbit-holing. The backlog of blogs I have in my head is ridiculous, and even includes a list of the various house infestations I've lived through, ranked.

A Virtual Tour of South Georgia — Jess Ghost At the beginning of November, as the first polls closed in the US election and the world began to repeatedly click ‘refresh’ on news sites that automatically refresh anyway, an entirely unrelated head...

When a previous iceberg threatened the island in late 2020, my ignorance of what and where South Georgia is took me down an amazing rabbit hole: jessghost.com/home/south-georgia

A23a: Giant iceberg on collision course with island - penguins and seals in danger More than twice the size of greater London, the expanse of ice is unpredictable and dangerous.

There's a 3,500 sq km iceberg (the world's largest) heading towards the island of South Georgia, threatening the wildlife of this amazing and important conservation area. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...