Chris C

So this is 42. The world is perhaps bleaker than it has ever been, so it doesn’t feel all that nice to be aging somewhere in the middle of it. Still, I’m here. You’re here. We deal.

I’ve been listening to your first podcast episodes on TJ as I had never listened that far back before and it’s really interesting! The first two you did you were a bit reserved, but from the third one you just unleash your personality and it’s a joyful and lovely thing!

Reform is a cancer. A mob of greedy, angry & selfish morons who want power to make people miserable & their friends rich. They appeal to older generations who are out of touch & believe these cretins are the answer to their ill-informed frustrations.
Culture wars are a fake battle for the far right

Noting Rowling’s vast financial success, Barker felt that Rowling’s newfound position of fame ought to exclude her from discussing trans rights. He added, “It really just seems redundant for a woman as successful, as validated in the world, as Ms Rowling, to be negative, to be disruptive if you will, to a very beaten up subculture. These are human beings. She has no right to opine, I think, upon the lives of human beings that she does not know.” “I feel very protective of people who are on the edge of our culture as gay people still are,” Barker continued. “And certainly transgender people are on the edge of our culture. And here you have one of the most successful people in the frigging world – Ms Rowling. Going after a very emotionally vulnerable portion of our culture. It just seems unnecessary and unfair.”

Clive Barker gets it.

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So... When we can pass a ruling preventing female authors from using a male pen name to be taken seriously as an author when they're embarrassed about their cash cow kids books and use their wealth to curry favour with male influencers?

At this point in human history, if you stand on a soapbox to "see the good in Trump" & "respect him" then you're, frankly, an insidious, selfish conman/woman.
You can't look at his business history, his history with women, Epstein, his vile behaviour as a game show host & think "yea, great guy!"

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I often wonder whether prominent Brexiters who identify as intelligent backed Trump so enthusiastically because the referendum victory persuaded their subconscious that you really can just ignore reality, expertise & evidence without any consequences…
Or maybe it was just all the racism.

I couldn't agree more mate. Absolutely love this tune and think it's the best of the three revived songs.

I completely agree! The soundtrack saves CoA from the absolute brink of disaster… though sadly every film since that has embraced the disaster with a tragic glee 😢

The funny thing about The Crow soundtrack is that you can play pretty much any track from it and it's a classic. Can't wait to listen to this one, some gems that I'm sure you've included from these!

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I wonder whether they've run out of champagne in the Kremlin yet.

Just a reminder of what a true leader really is. Support for Ukraine must never end.

Gene Hackman, Oscar-Winning Star of ‘The French Connection,’ Dies at 95 His superb body of work includes 'Bonnie and Clyde,' 'I Never Sang for My Father,' 'The Conversation,' 'Hoosiers' and 'Unforgiven.'

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Just beyond tragic what may have happened here. May they rest in peace.

Always enjoyed Hackman and was sad when he retired.

Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives.

Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.

NO. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality we should not be giving tax breaks to billionaires. We should demand that they start paying their fair share.

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It's felt like forever, in the best possible way. Like I'm stuck in a void with two people I have the deepest, fithiest respect for.

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From Bungle to Björk, Dillinger to Dead Cross, FNM to Fantômas we do the lot.

Morning Jim!

Absolutely brilliant episode!

Morning Jim!

The "peace candidate" Trump wants to force 2 million Palestinians from their homes, give another $1 billion in weapons to Netanyahu, and enact a "plan" to turn the decimated Gaza strip into a billionaires' Riviera.

If this is his "peace" policy, I'd hate to see his war policy.

I've taken on the MUBI '3 months for £1' deal, and can now rest assured that I'll have 90 days worth of access to incredible-looking movies that I'll never watch. It's the comfort of knowing they're there that does it.

I’m fairly sure I’m the most boring man on the planet. Today I’ve gotten excited about two things: 1) the light on my Shark vacuum cleaner that shows all the pesky crumbs and 2) finding good plastic free ethical toilet paper.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.

Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.

Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

Reducing 'regulation' to increase 'growth' while reducing immigration & bolstering workers' rights & ruling out any return to the single market/customs union is such a mad project that I'm tempted to take the Reeves speech live this morning...