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You spoil me. I'll spoil you later.

One of yer bona-fide original Sisters of Mercy - Gary Marx and his Anaconda guitar

Apart from the performative cruelty, this is also short sighted stupidity. Who will fill the vacuum in US global leadership…China, of course. American strength was never just about hard power, but its values, soft power messages, and alliances. Trump trashing them all.

the sin of empathy

Welp, there you have it. The "sin of empathy."

I am sure you ate too much goat cheese.

“Think of the poor influencers who monetized their online presence” has got to be the funniest *and* worst defense of tiktok as a platform.

I will not be weeping for them, thanks!

The Polish magazine Wprost, known for very accurate covers of its magazine, this time published a cover related to the end of the transit of Russian gas through Europe.

Step by step, maintaining solidarity, we will minimize Russian imperialist tendencies.

www.wprost.pl

Like Bowie, Prince and Weatherall, the passing of David Lynch goes way beyond a 'celebrity death'. It is a monumental cultural diminishment. Their legacy will live on, but the world is a lesser place without their actual presence and energy 🙏

Fire and ice this morning

Village butcher retires after hygiene inspector said 'major improvements' needed A butcher who has raised hundreds of thousands for charity has retired after being told he must make "major improvements" by a food…

Nobody has seen the council inspector for several weeks 🤔

Meet Oscar - my French mate. First encountered last spring when he barked - "he only barks the first time" they said - every time now, however many months pass, he remembers and dashes off to get a toy (foreground) to play fetch. He's such a wonderful spirit ♥️

Now postcard sets are listing for that price

All together, with "envelope". I'd found "Gouge Away" a couple of years ago, but had never seen the set come up. There was 1 listed recently for £250. I got the postcards set about 9 years ago for a tenner!

I'm saying Doolittle, but I have big bias

My hands were shaking when they arrived - eBay patience and persistence paid off!

Louise Taylor, Sunderland fan

Took years to get hold of, but all 9 Doolittle posters finally framed

Captain Tom’s family personally benefited from charity they founded, report finds Watchdog’s highly critical inquiry finds Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore culpable of ‘serious and repeated’ misconduct

The charity watchdog could've just asked our Ma

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Announcing a very special 2xLP compilation put together by @disciples.bsky.social and myself.

Volcanic Tongue: A Time Travelling Evangelist’s Guide To Late-Twentieth-Century Underground Music.

28/3/25.
20 classic DIY jams. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
Pre-order: disciples.ffm.to/volcanictongue

Speaking of cunts...

Clarkson's a prize cunt, so it's no surprise to see him being a prize cunt today - and no surprise to see cunts fawning over him.

If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.

If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

Worth noting that during the '84 miners strike there was no support and zero donations from the local farming community. They treated us with complete disdain

A word on the Allison Pearson free speech row, and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. We asked her on @thenewsagents.bsky.social to discuss.
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻‍♂️

Incredible footage of Saturn rising from behind the Moon

YouTube video by Kim Deal Kim Deal - Crystal Breath (Official Visualizer)

Kim Deal's solo album out this week - can't wait! youtu.be/prsoDFY1I9s?...

Eyup

Monochrome photograph of a girl, viewed from the back, bouncing in the air on a spacehopper with long wild hair and wearing a sequin dress on a street with houses and under a grey sky

Girl on a Spacehopper, 1971, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK by Finnish photographer
Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen