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Yeah, looks good. Thanks Sean. I'll start my own free trial now. Hope you didn't miss out on any referral fees.

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Just noticed that the blue 'Try for Free' button on each of the Qobuz playlist pages seems to work with a DiS referral link (www.qobuz.com/store-router...), just not the pink 'Try Qobuz for Free' button on the DiS website (www.qobuz.com/dis?ref=drow...)

I've tried using Firefox, Chrome and Edge on Windows PC and on my Android phone - same problem each time. Sorry, but I haven't verified my age with Bluesky, so can't read DMs. My irritation with the online safety act is matched only by my irritation with Spotify.🙄

Any links directly to playlists work okay - it's just the referral link that's causing a problem for me.

Hi Sean - it looks like the link to the Qobuz trial is giving a 404 error. The link in the latest newsletter seems to have the same problem as well.

Thanks for the clarification Liam. So at least the police force itself had the sense to accept the findings. But it's hard to believe anyone connected to SYP still has the gall to defend their long-discredited senior officers, especially when none of them will ever face significant consequences.

Police federation told 'shame on you' after Hillsborough comments Families blast statement from police officer organisation which called IOPC report a 'waste of time and money'

When we talk about the need for a Hillsborough Law and for a change in the culture of the police, you only have to look at this tone-deaf, brazen and offensive response to the IOPC Hillsborough report from the South Yorkshire Police Federation

That's an appalling response. How dare South Yorkshire Police act as if it's their officers who have been wronged. They couldn't even manage a bland PR response about 'lessons being learned'. I'd say shame on them, but they clearly don't have the capacity for shame, even to this day.

16.00 BARRY SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC Tragic retelling of the attempt to reach the South Pole equipped with only brightly coloured shirts, a bottle of Cillit Bang, and a very loud ovebearing voice.

One for the kids

An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.

230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello

Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….

“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...

America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.

The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.

Worth remembering as this unfolds that it was disabled people and people from ethnic minority backgrounds who disproportionately died. Tens of thousands needlessly lost their lives, many who died alone or with just an iPad. Thousands more were left with life changing Long Covid. A true scandal.

‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. For shame, Mr Johnson and the team you pretended to lead. Preventable deaths on your hands. They will not return to us. You live on, rich and vainglorious.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I saw this when it was originally broadcast too. It seemed so elaborate (even down to the suitably bland episode title) that I was convinced they'd just put the wrong programme on, up until the point where Owen Brenman walked through the door and said "Have you got a moment sir?".

This.

I'll take my shot at refutation.

I don't hate America. I loathe everything you and your kind is doing to undermine and destroy its honor, promise and humanity. So I will join with millions of others in dissent, which is the most American thing there is.

You lying, fearmongering, cowardly trash.

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

One significant thing to note here is that Nathan Gill wasn't FOUND guilty, he PLEADED guilty to the eight charges of bribery. Presumably because the case against him was so overwhelming.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Worst. Rapture. Ever.

Can we also stop supplying weapon parts to Israel, suspend trade and impose a sports and cultural boycott to try and ensure there's a Palestine left to recognise?

The Lib Dems are in a no man's land of their own making. For decades they've presented themselves as one-nation conservatives - a lifeboat for affluent people who've retained some shred of social conscience, but who can't abide the idea of voting for Labour (or anyone to the left of them).

A timely reminder that as President Trump attacks wind power, his sons are using scarce clean energy to mine for...bitcoins.

How algorithms are breaking democracy The rise of the far-right is being fed by information disorder, says Bellingcat’s Eliot Higgins

🔴 NEW: How disinformation spreads, why trust in institutions is collapsing, and how social media platforms fuel conspiracy movements and populist surges.

Highly recommend this conversation with @eliothiggins.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-algori...

A pie chart from energydashboard.co.uk showing the percentage of UK power generation today (18th September 2025) by sector. Wind accounts for 48.4% of overall power generation at 8.50pm.

He says that while standing in a country where wind energy accounted for 48% of total energy generation today.

Source: www.energydashboard.co.uk/live

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From LONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr...

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Yes. The rest of us can learn that if one keeps repeating the same absurd maxim, backed up with plausible-sounding pseudoscience, we too can transform ourselves into a marketing vehicle potent enough to overcome both common sense and toxic workplace allegations and achieve sustained press coverage

Here's the world's richest (or 2nd richest) person calling for the violent overthrow of the democratically elected British government.

This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for.

But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem

His final photo '10:28:24 AM' seconds before the 2nd tower came down is just astonishing
#September11