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Lovely @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social on this week's pod. And, infuriatingly, David Fucking Quantick makes up a stupid poem that's funnier than mine. Q: if Gromit shits recyclable plasticine, how long before their entire world is made of plasticine shit? pod.link/1774465485

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

HOLY SHIT you guys, check out this AMAZING song, Hostile Government Takeover, by @agiftfromtodd! He's singing truth, and this tune slaps. Give it a listen and repost to share.🙏💪

submitted 11 days ago • 220 comments

You’re one of the first people to see my posts on here. Exciting, eh? 🤷🏽‍♂️. My album collection show is for grown ups who enjoy stuff like, oh I don’t know … Dylan, Jackson Browne, Springsteen, Bowie, through to current faves like Decemberists and Ferris & Sylvester. Give it a go, you might enjoy it.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Hooray! It’s a Top Of The Pops repeat from the era that we nicked the pre-show rundown from. youtu.be/UBsLy5ayHU4?...

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

There is an alternative to @bhamcitycouncil cuts. Recertify the pension fund. Take the rebate now not in 2026. @BrumLabour will be wiped out in the city in 2026 otherwise. @brumlabour send as SOS to @AngelaRayner. Labour MPs aren’t going to help you. Save yourselves, and our services.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

BBC designer would rather be creating post-punk album sleeves

submitted 22 days ago • 10 comments

Pause the cuts in Brum. birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2025/02/03/b...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I guess all the other countries are developing their own chat programs to keep up. The British one will begin every response with 'ooh, now, I'm not really the person to ask'. Ireland's will answer your query with a longish anecdote about someone you remind them of.

submitted 31 days ago • 32 comments

Number crunching: Ticketmaster’s donation to Music Venues Trust v compensation package of Ticketmaster CEO Michael Rapino From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

submitted 32 days ago • 22 comments

Letter sent yesterday to Deputy PM by John Clancy & myself asking for intervention in Birmingham to require council to request immediate, expedited contributions recertification & refund of at least £0.5B by a 3yr contributions holiday - as they’ve already been paid. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Mark Zuckerberg doesn't just bend the knee to Trump, he throws himself prostrate on the floor in front of the throne. Darkness falls. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...

submitted 52 days ago • 84 comments

I can't quite believe that I missed this. Better very late than never.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

THE TOP 50 GUARDIAN HEADLINES 2024 - RANKED! part 1, 50-26 50. How I turned my gap year into an ethical-criminal "dementerprise" 49. Could Trump's war on NATO's "Axis of Woke" save the marmoset? 48. Microdosed and hairless in the bath, I sang old CND protest songs

submitted 61 days ago • 19 comments

Latest take by John Clancy & myself on the bizarre letter by Gove’s 🪓Man Max Caller in the Birmingham Post this week. He has some explaining to do. open.substack.com/pub/blogsfro...

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

Loose regulation, austerity, repeat: The UK economy, explained. From the new Private Eye, out now.

submitted 62 days ago • 19 comments

Trying to get rid of something on Freecycle! youtu.be/COTMfF8MQ7k

submitted 72 days ago • 17 comments

Are we absolutely sure that Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, isn't Peter Serafinowicz doing some weird bit?

submitted 82 days ago • 9 comments