Hanna Chalmers

I enjoyed writing this piece about why we might be witnessing a return to the spirit of punk (written pre Glastonbury punk uproar!) #punk #culturematters #alienation #rage

Good office view…

Buy-to-let firms become biggest single type of business in UK, data shows Four times more buy-to-let firms than fast-food shops now registered at Companies House as landlords switch set-up to cut tax payments

That's awful.
A country that is economically devouring itself.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...

Chic, Missy and Bryan Ferry’s wallpaper: 75 years of Atlantic Records – in pictures Founded with a $10,000 loan from a dentist, the label has had an extraordinary array of groundbreakers from Aretha Franklin to the Drifters, from Abba to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

www.theguardian.com/music/galler... 💓 Interrupting your feed with humanity, artistry and talent. Happy Friday.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

So @WIRED is removing paywalls for our reporting based on freedom of information requests. We’re a for-profit media outlet, but we’ve decided to strike a balance between business and public interest.

freedom.press/issues/wired...

ONE WEEK TO GO until MPs debate whether to STOP MUSK - or allow overseas billionaires to pollute our politics.

MAKE SURE YOUR MP ATTENDS - email them now: www.writetothem.com

& send them @petergeoghegan.bsky.social's latest: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labours-po...

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“No one wants to put newbuilds and Pret a Mangers next to the North Circular, it’s still a place in London with space”

Graffiti artist 10Foot went for a walk with @derekwalmsley.bsky.social – talking art, ugliness, and 10Foot's "disgustingly deep love of London" ⬇️

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PETER THIEL: THE TECH TYRANT An Urgent Warning About the Billionaire Rewriting Reality to Dismantle Democracy

I've not heard this term 'corporate monarchy' before but it feels increasingly apt. #peterthiel closertotheedge.substack.com/p/peter-thie...

UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added ‘complexity and bureaucracy’

Oh.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The United States of Elon Musk Inc. The degree to which Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s interests are intertwined is unprecedented—and ultimately unsustainable.

How else do you explain the jarring sight of the President of the United States hawking Teslas at the White House?

Where do Elon Musk’s business interests end and Donald Trump’s political interests begin? Trick question—they’re one and the same. Brian Barrett:

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This petition has now been signed by over 90,000 people...

Tesla’s crash back towards reality, in several charts Rapid unscheduled share-price disassembly

"Elon Musk, a celebrity, owns 411mn Tesla shares and, having pledged more than half his stake to fund other ventures, 50.7mn options on shares. His net worth has fallen by around $150bn over the past three months. Maybe there is such a thing as bad publicity." on.ft.com/4hsfZS1

Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...

Sign the Petition Demand Spotify Remove Andrew Tate’s Harmful Courses on How to Traffic Women

Please tell Spotify to take this hate filled content off their platform. It's no longer a safe space for my kids to spend time. Signed and shared.

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New published research 📣 for the Advertising Standards Authority building on our work on the impact of #gambling in culture on children and young people. This research will help ASA strengthen their rules around gambling advertising particularly around sports media. www.asa.org.uk/resource/res...

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'Musk's Involvement in Politics Could Be the Downfall of Tesla' Tesla is facing protests, arsons, and ridicule as Americans outraged by Elon Musk's actions in the Trump administration poison the brand's reputation.

‘Musk’s Involvement in Politics Could Be the Downfall of Tesla’

From vandalism to arson to nationwide protests, the automaker has suffered the reputation of CEO Elon Musk.

English Teacher and charities warn of youth music funding crisis English Teacher's guitarist Lewis Whiting has been speaking about the support that helped the group breakthrough – and the struggle other acts face to secure vital funding.

English Teacher and charities warn of youth music funding crisis

www.channel4.com/news/english...

Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.

"Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a very courageous man who deserves the support of the world. He has taken on the struggle of his people and his country with valor and honor. May God bless his path forward and his eventual victory against tyranny." -III #ukraine #volodymyrzelenskyy #zelensky

NEW: updated long-run gap in voting between young men and women in Germany:

Gender divide continues to widen, but contrary to what is often assumed, young men continue to vote roughly in line with the overall population, while young women have swung sharply left.

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Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?

Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.

Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government More than 2,000 cultural figures challenge Whitehall’s eagerness ‘to ­wrap our lives’ work in attractive paper for automated competitors’ Original British art and creative skill is in peril thanks to the rise of AI and the government’s plans to loosen…

Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government

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Oh god #Celtic played so brilliantly - what a gutter!!

Any band dragging their instruments through Epping Forest gets a big thumbs up from me. #eppingforest

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Women in the British Union of Fascists Why are women drawn to fascist ideologies and movements? The timely rediscovery of Martin Durham's talk - given to History Workshop in 1983, looking back to the 1930s - speaks to pressing questions to...

Why are women drawn to fascist ideologies and movements?

Daniel Jones (@narson.bsky.social) reflects on his timely rediscovery of a History Workshop talk given by the late Martin Durham in 1983.

I want everyone who said they couldn't vote for Harris, because her policies didn't go far enough in one or several areas, and concluded "they're all the same", to make themselves a little scrapbook over the next four years.

As an aide-mémoire for next time.

YouTube video by Nike So Win. | Nike

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ez... What every woman/girl needed to see right now. Love 🏆🏆🏆 #nike #superbowl #sowin

10 Catastrophes the Right Has Tried to Blame on DEI Blaming disasters and tragedies on DEI initiatives has become a popular racist and sexist dogwhistle for President Trump and his far-right allies.

10 Catastrophes the Right Has Tried to Blame on DEI

No matter what goes wrong in America these days, President Trump and MAGA world have the same wrong explanation. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...