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Do you all remember the vague promise when we were growing up that things would gradually get better?

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. If Clive Lewis and Rory Stewart had won their respective leadership elections, we’d be living in an utterly different and far more sensible country.

Farage party picked a dead woman to run for Croydon Mayor EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Carby, aged 70, from Bradford, sadly died in July 2024. But that didn’t stop Reform UK six months later picking her as their Croydon mayoral candidate. By our Political Edit…

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Farage party picked a dead woman to run for Croydon Mayor EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Carby, aged 70, from Bradford, sadly died in July 2024. But that didn’t stop Reform UK six months later picking her as their Croydon mayoral candidate. By our Political Edit…

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Hold on, what? We need links to this. This is hilarious.

Trump needs to understand what the war in Ukraine is really about | Kenneth Roth It’s not about Nato or the Soviet Union. It’s about democracy.

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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."

The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

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The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

I’m shocked that I’ve heard absolutely nothing about this, and I’ve been harping on about it for two years. Embarrassingly poor response, and civil liberties was the main reason I rejoined the party.

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We must get online safety right! Lord Clement Jones and I have written a letter to the Secretary of State regarding our concerns about the implementation of the Online Safety Act, calling for a cross-party committee from both Houses of Parliament to ensure effective implementation.

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Documentary on the Southport (and the rest of UK) riots last year. Well worth a watch. Far-right lunacy.

Dear Keir Starmer, stop cosying up to Donald Trump – or he’ll drag Britain down with him | Simon Tisdall Why is the prime minister chasing after Trump in Scotland? His time would be better spent planning for a world beyond the ‘special relationship’, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

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The Theory Of Techno Pads (Part 1) In an excerpt from our new book, The Secrets of Techno Production, we dive into the theory of techno pads. Throughout the book so far, we’ve focused on

This is an exceptional book ("Secrets of Techno Production"). Cannot strongly recommend it enough, and I'm not getting paid to say this. ;) #techno

"Walk the Dinosaur" es un single de éxito grabado y lanzado por la banda Was (Not Was) en 1987, más tarde aparece en su exitoso álbum 1988, What Up, Dog?. Cuando se libera en el Reino Unido en 1987, la canción alcanzó el puesto # 10 en las listas de éxitos, convirtiéndose en el primer Top 10 del grupo.. Después del video musical --- que contó con poca ropa bailando, la canción al estilo de la serie de TV los Picapiedras aparecen en un televisor bailando un Dinosaurio. Esta canción apareció en la banda sonora de la película de 1994 The Flintstones. Publicado 09 1987 Género Dance-pop Longitud 04:22 Sello Chrysalis Records (US) - Fontana / Fonogramas(Reino Unido) Was Not Was - Walk The Dinosaur (1987) HD

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PURE FUNK. RIP Sweet Pea. :D Recognise.

Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al Album: Graceland Year: 1986 Album: © Feyenoord Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

This brings me joy at any time of day. :)

Burial -'Ghost Hardware' In this Beat Dissected, we break down a beat inspired by Ghost Hardware by Burial. Burial is a producer who needs no introduction. Due to his anonymity,

Something for the weekend. I am amused by the spoof news article a while back speculating that Burial was secretly JK Rowling.

Anyway, another solid tutorial. Happy weekend, y'all.

YouTube video by FinleyQuayeVEVO Finley Quaye - Sunday Shining (Official Video)

RIFF.

How to Program Techno Like Dave Clarke After our recent interview with the legendary Dave Clarke, we found ourselves asking, 'Why haven't we covered his style yet?' It's time to change that.

Another excellent tutorial for the #techno crew, courtesy of Attack Magazine. Keep it dusty, bumpilots. :)

Old Gorm is back in the room, delivering his lucky eggs to those who have moved on. All hail Gorm! Happy Thursday.

#meditation crew, I’ve never liked sitting. Greatly prefer lying on my back, and I’ve never had issues with falling asleep that way. Is this just me?

Ho ho ho merry Christmas.

The Beginners Guide To The TR-909 If an original TR-909 unit is out of your price range, Roland's digital recreation, available through Roland Cloud, offers an impressively accurate

Subscribe to these people. I tried to write a track entirely composed of a 909 kit as an exercise, a few years back, but it never got past the loop stage. I understand arbitrary restrictions can be freeing for some people, but maybe not for me.

Joe Rogan anoints a new progressive star – can James Talarico triumph in Texas? The state house member seemed like an unlikely aspirant for the US Senate battle, but an appearance on Rogan sparked the question: can he turn Texas blue?

Very interesting read.

He has words. He has the best words! China has huge respect for Donald Trump’s very very large a brain.

I love the fact that Donald Trump’s vocabulary is so tiny it can trigger vigorous good-fair debates over where he could have written something containing a three-syllable word

Sign the open letter to DSIT on regulating age assurance Dear Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, CC Ofcom CC ICO Age Assurance Must Be Safe, Private and Trusted We are writing to raise serious concerns about how age assurance is bein...

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Yet more serious overstep in tech regulation. Sign the petition now. @openrightsgroup.bsky.social

I have hundreds more. These are just from my phone. Thank you.

The #aurora borealis from outside my house in suburban Hampshire during the epic storm last May 10th. I got my mum out of bed for it, since she’s unlikely ever to have an opportunity to see it properly again. Major bucket list thing, that was.