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jonathanrimmer.bsky.social
Public sector penpusher. Music blogger. Ex-BBC. Trade unionist.
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Doing this made me realise I’ve not seen enough post-2000 foreign films. Still love all these, though.

Nice to hear my spirited defence of Darwin Nunez get an airing on @theathleticfc.bsky.social’s excellent Walk On podcast. I’m gonna miss the big dope (I say that with affection, too! 😅)

Can’t believe I missed this during the pandemic. Super fascinating interrogation of what makes masterful storytelling in rap and the act of “surprise”. youtu.be/zBHRsYhYb-o?...

This racist stalker on X explains why he is confident in his sense of impunity for racist abuse on the platform. (He may be proved right about that, but let's see)

Really sad to read this

A Church of England version of Conclave where they're trying to decide what biscuits to get.

guy next to me in the café was quite dramatically sitting with his head in his hands so I glanced at his screen to see what he was working on, and it was a doc with "IDEAS:" written at the top and absolutely nothing else my brother I hear you, I feel you, we are as one

Ange: Wins a trophy Spurs: That's not who we are, mate.

My latest review: www.theskinny.co.uk/music/review...

Anyone else watch #deptq? Binged it and enjoyed it, although I do feel they gave us the big reveal an episode or two too early…

Today, 28 years ago, Jeff Buckley drowned while going for an impromtu swim in the Wolf River Harbor, a water channel of the Mississippi river while singing Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin. And it's one of the deaths of musicians that hit me the hardest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnn4...

I don’t want to live in a world where somebody drives a car into a crowd of people who just want to celebrate their football team. And I don’t want to live in a world where the police have to specify that person is white & British to stop hotels & mosques being firebombed.

Reasons to stay off Twitter #497: racists using today’s horrific attack on Liverpool fans to peddle misinformation about Muslims.

People say bullfighters are macho but the one I saw couldn’t go anywhere without his little red blankie.

uk comedian portraits 23/50 peter serafinowicz as brian butterfield @brianbutterfield.bsky.social #brianbutterfield #ukcomedy #oilpainting #portraitpainting

Think we need a moratorium on calling community venues “spaces”, troops

The Daily Mail complaining that immigrants have not the English too well. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Hurry up and be released so I can buy you 😩

Worked on the official report of this today. It was a long one but it felt like being part of history, whatever happens next and however folk feel about it.

🧵MSPs are about to begin debating Scotland's assisted dying laws. The vote is due to take place after 7pm. The last time Holyrood voted on assisted dying, 36 MSPs backed it. Liam McArthur will need almost double the number if his plans are to move forward. www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

Did not bad in the May Day Cup, the fives tourney for Glasgow trade unions, this year. Third place and the best team not called Living Rent 🥉

India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir reut.rs/4krsv6z

Liverpool fans' celebrations during title win caused earth tremors www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The #Grangemouth refinery has now ceased processing crude oil, its owner Petroineos has confirmed www.insider.co.uk/news/oil-ref...

Maggie Chapman comes out swinging in defence of her comments as she fights against being removed from the equalities committee. "I have never questioned the court’s right to make the ruling that it did," she said. "That does not mean I must agree with it. I don’t."

Siri, show me political volatility in a graph

EXCLUSIVE figures show an estimated 240,000 in relative poverty See the full breakdown 👇 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2511535... @rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social

It's not just the title win that made this afternoon at Anfield significant. It proved once and for all that fans a keepers of football's soul tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/its-not-th...

I’m rather happy

Bonus: if you come on Tuesday or Wednesday, you can observe from a distance my serious poker face in the reporter’s booth 🤔🤔🤔

Wondering where the Monkey Island games have been all my life. What fun wee games. Any gamer pals have any suggestions for similar point-and-click type games? (i.e. charming, bit of a story, not too challenging?)

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We’re playing like we’re on edibles

LONDON (AP) — UK police charge comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault.

Into these, reds 🙏