Jonathan Pinnock

A magazine list showing #37, Zohran Mamdani, age 11, asked for Books, FIFA 2003 and SimCity 3000 video games.

we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor

Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000

Got a "friendly" against the other skittles team based in our village. Could turn nasty. Last time I scored a 24 double flopper on my last hand, so it's all downhill from there.

guy said, “Do you like Marx?” I said, “I haven’t met him.” Guy said, “No, no, he’s dead.” “Wow, what happened?” “No, no, he died long ago.” I thought the guy Marx had just died. So then, “Why are you asking me if he died long ago?” “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.” I said, “Sounds amazing.” I’m giving you a sense of how naïve I was. After they left, I went to the library to look for Marx. So that was my introduction to Karl Marx. BS: The FBI. MM: The FBI. Then, of course, I took a class on Marx. Couldn’t just get Marx out of the library. But,

good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

What I Read in May - Jonathan Pinnock - Writer of Stuff Still playing catch-up, so there might be a sudden burst of posts to get us back in sync. Or IContinue readingWhat I Read in May

What I Read in May (yes, really). www.jonathanpinnock.com/2025/11/what...

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named: Samir Zitouni is credited with saving lives on the train

spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide

Ah, sorry - didn’t last that long :)

That's Robin Day, not Bernie Clifton, surely? Utterly bonkers, all the same.

Got a 10/- record token for Christmas, 1963. Singles cost 6/8, so I needed to get something else. No idea what to get, so my mum asked the man in the shop for a suggestion. Ended up with Be My Baby by the Ronettes.

Voting against Restore Trust in the annual NT elections is becoming a pleasant annual tradition, like Guy Fawkes Night. We should commemorate it.

I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them

WIP words added today: -52

Is AWS playing up again? Several websites not working properly this morning.

All The Devils Are Here by David Seabrook, as featured on That Backlisted Podcast.

Uh oh…

Cheap at the price: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/35780491...

YouTube video by BBC Archive 1978: The Ancient Sport of Road Bowling | Scene Around Six | Niche Sports | BBC Archive

How on *earth* is this not an official Olympic sport?

YouTube video by Robyn Hitchcock - Topic Goodnight Oslo

Now playing. 653 views on YouTube. 653. Should be millions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU7t...

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

Souvenir plastic beer glass from 1991 Grand Sumo Tournament

Sorting out some stuff and just found this, from the last Grand Sumo tournament in London in 1991!

Had a moving encounter with Beverly and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland this week

I wrote a lovely poem about the good old days, to go with the nice pink one off Facebook that's quoted below.

Ha. Funnily enough, it was your post yesterday (I think) that alerted me to this, so you never know...

Just discovered that Vinted does books. With pictures, so you can see that you're getting the right edition. Gamechanger.

Emma doing the Lord's work here, as ever.

So why did no-one tell me about this? www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/even.... Last time they held it at the RAH (34 years ago, God help me), we went. Bloody magnificent spectacle.

Fascinating thread, in the way that the stuff lurking under stones is fascinating.

Oh, that's sad.

Will be skeeting vaguely about this from time to time, so you may wish to block that hashtag in case the vagueness gets too annoying.

WIPWMNSTLOD (WIP Which May Never See The Light Of Day) now up to 12384 words. #WIPWMNSTLOD

Home English Poets The British by Benjamin Zephaniah "Take some Picts, Celts and Silures And let them settle, Then overrun them with Roman conquerors. Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years Add lots of Norman French to some Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously. Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans, Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese, Vietnamese and Sudanese. Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians And Pakistanis, Combine with some Guyanese And turn up the heat. Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians, Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese And Palestinians Then add to the melting pot. Leave the ingredients to simmer. As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish Binding them together with English. Allow time to be cool. Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future, Serve with justice And enjoy. Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste. Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all."

The British by Poet Mr #BenjaminZephaniah