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Freelance writer (The Wire, Tribune, Art Review, Mubi Notebook, &c.). Musicker (Far Rainbow, The Pipettes). Reviews Editor at The Quietus. Author of The Music of the Future (Repeater, 2017), Object Lessons: Compact Disc (Bloomsbury, 2020). Idiot.
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Incredible findings on impact of LEZ & ULEZ ⬇️ significantly reduced PM10 & NO2 levels ⬇️ sick leave reduced by 18.5% ⬆️ improved general health ⬇️ reduced incidence of long-term health conditions and respiratory issues ⬆️ mental well-being & happiness 💷 est. savings exceeding £37 million per year

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Happy 25th April, Miss Congeniality fans!

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ok i'll do it. i'll take the gig. send up the white smoke.

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my toothbrush appears to be haunted. worrying.

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This fess was obviously written by the entire population of kent

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Today I learnt that this picture of Wayne Shorter from @thewiremagazine.bsky.social #38 (April 1987) was taken by Normski, later of DEF II and Dance Energy.

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wait is the wind-up monkey in The Monkey suppose to be Trump?

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'An Australian review of existing studies has argued that “the environmental impact of owned dogs is far greater, more insidious, and more concerning than is generally recognised”.' www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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My review of Bergen's lovely Borealis festival is in the new issue of The Wire.

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my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content

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happy to see that @gwennosaunders.bsky.social still has that leopard print coat.

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amazing how the cyber attack on the British Library still means that all recently published work (and that's a definition that stretches back several years) is completely unavailable to researchers, since they only acquired ebooks and that system is still down

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I wish there was some way to set google/apple maps so it always gave roads their actual names rather than some weird car people number. Just spent several minutes staring at a screen wondering what the fuck the A2206 was before realising it is, in fact, Southwark Park Rd, five minutes from my flat.

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Seem to spend an awful lot of time trying to find ripped pdfs of books I actually own just so I can find a particular quote. There must be another way!

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Woo! New Allo Darlin single li.sten.to/allo-darlin-...

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It's been said before, but it really is an ironclad rule that at least one Connections answer, every day, will be there with the sole purpose of winding up British people.

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"Politicians convicted of embezzling public funds should be banned for life" Marine Le Pen on French television network @publicsenat.fr in April 2013

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not sure how Dave Mustaine from Megadeath ended up in 13th century Siena…

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Wrote a little bit about Bezirk Tapes for Bandcamp Daily's Tape Label Report bit daily.bandcamp.com/tape-label-r...

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Inside The Wire 494: Bastard Assignments The radical new music ensemble get lost in the woods with their satire of the English countryside. Read the feature by Robert Barry in our latest issue, available to buy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

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Pierre Boulez kicking it with some hula girls. #pierreboulez

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I think if they're going to build a new Thames crossing for cars at Thurrock then it's only fair that they should also pedestrianise the Rotherhithe Tunnel. #PedestrianiseTheRotherhitheTunnel

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“Is the ‘immutable’ mutable after all?” asks Judith Butler in the LRB www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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I interviewed composer Klaus Lang about space, beauty, and lawnmowers for @vanmusicmag.bsky.social van-magazine.com/mag/klaus-la...

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bands that insist on nonstandard capitalisation of their name in print always remind of easyJet.

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Just a brutal typo on Ash Wednesday 😂

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