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mattcolbeck.bsky.social
Research: reps of Disorders of Consciousness/brain injury/BI & homelessness. Author: "The Language & Imagery of Coma & Brain Injury", Bloomsbury. Founding member: Head Injury & Homelessness Research Group (HIHRG). Bassist with @lost-teeth.bsky.social
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For us Stoke-on-Trent metalheads, it's Lemmy (this rather wonderful statue was sculptor Andy Edwards was unveiled recently in Lemmy's birthtown of Burslem); and Slash, who was raised for a while in Stoke and still speaks fondly of it. For everyone else, it's Robbie Williams.

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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

submitted 363 days ago • 1354 comments

I do not understand telling creatives to "shut up about politics." One, this is life in this world. You can acknowledge being part of it, or you can pretend you're immune until you find out you're wrong. Two, there are plenty of creatives doing the latter. If you don't like us, follow them 🤷‍♀️

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"By way of credentials, Harrison was in the room when it happened. Unfortunately, in this case, it was the torrid sessions for Dig Out Your Soul, the last Oasis studio album". Superb (& laugh-out-loud) piece in @thequietus.com about the glut of Oasis books piggybacking off their bloated comeback.

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Absolutely this. 👇👇👇

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10 yrs ago labour and tories agreed that self id was the right thing to do it was reported in the press, correctly, as a mild change to some bureaucracy the american religious right started spreading a conspiracy about us, in response to gay marriage being legalised, and columnists got sucked in

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😂

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I'll tell you what I find hilarious... Elon is on his best behavior around autocrats, because they can instantly do things for him if they like him. And he loathes democracies, because they can't. So he replaces US democracy with an autocrat of his own, but the one he installed doesn't like him.

submitted 6 days ago • 20 comments

Musk no longer in love with someone he is suggesting is a pedophile

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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

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It's a Venetian Snares kinda day... open.spotify.com/album/1GcVux...

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btw half of my cis friends are in their 50s and 60s. transphobia is not a generational difference. it's a british establishment and commentary class bigotry. it has nothing to do with age.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Thank you to @mslexia.bsky.social for including this feature on Confingo - 'Indie in the news' - in their latest issue.

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imane khalif is a cis woman from a country that has entirely forbidden transition. this is literally just racism.

submitted 12 days ago • 9 comments

transphobia is so fundamentally stupid and anti-science i seriously cannot stand it. boxing uses weight classes.

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

This is one sick class-obsessed country

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

Happy #Friday, everyone. My latest band, @lost-teeth.bsky.social's, debut E.P. is finally on Sp*tify so give it a spin, Bluesky chums 🤘 open.spotify.com/album/21yWVP...

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Hey @gabino.bsky.social! So excited to get my hands on a copy of this repress. It's my birthday in a coupla wks so I've been dropping hints like M*sk drops Special K. Not a publication to boost, but the E.P. by my latest band, @lost-teeth.bsky.social 🙏🤘: lostteeth1.bandcamp.com/album/battle...

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The irony that my online security course for work, 'AI-Driven Phishing Attacks', was delivered by AI-generated deepfake tutors was not lost on me, ladz...

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We are currently just a few short of our target 2000 subscribers that'll help sustain The Quietus over the coming year. Will you edge us over the line by taking advantage of the huge discounts in our spring sale? thequietus.com/news/the-qui...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

This is a lot of cis women. So many times more than the largest GC protest you've ever seen. Why are these women not worth listening to?

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

This is art.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

persecuting minorities isn't a priority of mine. war crimes are not a priority of mine. destroying the financial support for disabled ppl is not a priority of mine. selling the nhs is not a priority of mine. fucking ai shite is not a priority of mine. ...and on and on and on. piss off, darren.

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

I was recently asked on Instagram for a studio tour, so here you go. Ah, the glamour of it all. It’s 50% boxes of cables, 40% mess, 10% music making gear.

submitted 15 days ago • 19 comments

🚨 A statement: Over the past year James O’Brien & others have made claims about my departure from LBC. I’m restricted in what I can share with you but hope the statement below will draw a line under the matter. My focus is on moving forward. I am grateful for your continued support, Sangita

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Seen in the wild

submitted 18 days ago • 9 comments

I'll never be able to see any kind of reference to the movie Unfaithful (starring Richard Gere and what's her name) without thinking of @kylerseibel.bsky.social's story, 'Unfaithful Starring Richard Gere & What's Her Name', the opening to his remarkable short story collection, #HeyYouAssholes 🔥🔥🔥

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Incredibly excited about this bookdrop from @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social. And released a day before my birthday! The stars aligning and all that jazz... Get involved, Bluesky chums! 🔥🔥🔥 👇👇👇

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Despite the staggering costs, brain injury remains under-recognised compared to conditions like cancer or heart disease. It's time for equal attention and resources. New report here shorturl.at/P9Yq3 #RightToRehab #BrainInjuryAwareness

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