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Retired Professor of Physics, wannabe musician, photographer and video maker, aged hippy and too woke for some. With Sue Kilcoyne half of the Looking for Rita duo.
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A fair question.

submitted 61 days ago • 929 comments

The Media won't acknowledge this video of the farmers blocking an ambulance with its blue lights on so could you could RT it so people see it?

submitted 74 days ago • 141 comments

Some people laugh at the ostentation of lighting up your house at Christmas. Don't. This family in Minehead for example do so every year - and this house not only delights the children it raises thousands for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. It's wonderful.

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

President Musk sees Donald Trump as useful fool, sorry I mean activist, after spending deal showdown www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

First Oasis reunion, and now .....Spinal Tap. Can't wait.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

We are going to hear a lot over the next couple of years about how, despite controlling the White House, House, and Senate, Republicans just aren't able to get anything done because of Democrats

submitted 65 days ago • 506 comments

Nailed it in one.

submitted 65 days ago • 2 comments

Wonder if it's time to air our song, Rust Belt Blues, as a reminder of the last time the US crowned the orange clown. youtu.be/i1OxTpw5FTU

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Another Brexit bonus: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down. And I thought that cryptosporidium was a type of internet currency. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

The Brexit Curse British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’. Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder. Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year. Rejoin EU. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 81 days ago • 140 comments

A further scandal is the inclusion of international students in the immigration figures, purely for political purposes, in order to stoke up outrage and upset the rabid right.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

It's human instinct to dismiss what we disagree with. But Trump, Bannon, Musk, Farage benefit from being underestimated. "It gives credence to the notion their radical politics is necessary. Left unchecked, 'outlandish' possibilities can become concrete realities" Take it seriously. My thoughts 👇

submitted 83 days ago • 29 comments

Government finally admits Brexit makes touring Europe ‘simply not viable’ for musicians www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 84 days ago • 51 comments

Yet another greater reason for migrating from X (the social media formerly known as Twitter) to BlueSky.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Massively important thread 👇👇👇

submitted 87 days ago • 7 comments

Democrats should stop mocking Trump’s ground game and start learning from it. 0f course they should: Lie, cheat, insult and behave like deranged rapist sociopathic Nazis and you too can win elections. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

At the risk of getting boring, here's my second Bluesky tweet (?!). Another new song from Looking for Rita (ie @suekilcoyne and me) about the building of the Ribblehead Viaduct. youtu.be/9ndrdl0qP1g

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

My first Bluesky post: Our gentle protest song in Spanish about the bid to mine rare earth metals on the tiny island of Fuerteventura. No Caves Aqui - Don't dig here. youtu.be/ZUxEb7rREFc

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments