robhogg68.bsky.social
Socialist and techie living in Yorkshire. Likes include Erik Satie, P-Funk and Eliza Carthy, Bhel Puri, Russet apples and crusty loaves, Ursula Le Guin, JRR Tolkien and William Blake, mountains, moorland and craggy coastlines.
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Day 22: Anxiety
#MoodMusic #MusicChallenge
"Why did summer go so quickly,
Was it something that you said?"
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You can get an updated version of this on a t-shirt:
jimll.co.uk/products/the...
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"We only want the best people in the life boats."
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They'd only restore my faith if they split with UK Labour.
2015-2019 showed that the Labour establishment will do anything to prevent the election of a Labour government that would actually make things better for the many. And there's plenty of precedent for them ignoring conference votes.
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Day 21: Empathy
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"We saw our likeness in each face..."
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Especially given the current price of eggs.
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Day 20: Judgemental
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"Well if truth can free the guilty while the innocent must die,
Then I respect, respect, respect the coldest lie."
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Day 19: relief
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I just love the tension that this track builds in the last section (from 5:36), and the sweet relief as that's released.
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Belief in democracy is why I don't think the UK's "strong two party system" is a good thing.
The fact that we've had decades of neither of the two actually serving the people who elected them is why we now have Reform. And only a radical challenge from the left will stop them.
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Day 18: Curious
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"You left when I told you I was curious,
I never said that I was brave."
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Why, though?
If you don't agree with a lot of their policies, that suggests that you don't agree with a lot of what they do. Surely, it would be better to have a strong party whose policies you do agree with?
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Nah. My a-ha moment was that the great thing about enjoying reading to other people's kids is... you can give them back afterwards.
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IMO, it's only difficult to understand if you think he's interested in serving the interests of the people who voted Labour in. It seems more plausible his loyalties are to those who put him where he is - the donors class media moguls and spin doctors.
And maybe... www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0w7...
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They are trying to attract Reform voters.
They will fail, while legitimising Reform and driving away more of their own core support.
They are politically and morally bankrupt.
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Day 17: Sad
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Day 16: Amused
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Ray Manzarek on how Riders on the Storm came to be:
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I don't see Catch 22 as leftist, so much as (philosophically) absurdist.
Its critique has much in common with a left one, but a left response to an absurd world is to try to change it so that it makes sense. Yossarian, on the other hand, finally accepts the absurdity and Orr's revolt against it.
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Day 15: Jealous
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The celebration of Pi day by ritually dividing pizza.
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Pretty prudish of BlueSky, IMO.
The "adult content" is the album cover of Going for the One by Yes, if you were nervous about clicking on it. And the song is this:
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Day 14: Love
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Day 13: Shame
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Day 12: Apathy
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Day 11: In awe
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Day 10: Scared
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Day 9: 🙂
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Day 8: Confident
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Day 7: Bored
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Day 6: Anger
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Day 5: Hope:
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Day 4: Pride
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