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submitted 1 hour ago • 1 comment

Nephew viciously mugged in Angola, now receiving emergency treatment in France. Very scary but he has lived to tell the tale.

submitted 1 hour ago • 1 comment

Chim chimeney chim chimeney chim chim cheree Oh, sorry. Wrong number

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Passed "Dreaming of Dead People" to a pal today. Christ knows what she will make of it.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Entrepreneurgh

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NP: Mike Gibbs' Only Chrome-Waterfall Orchestra - Tunnel of Love. @noiseboxradio.com #BarfeNight noiseboxradio.com

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Me, earlier today: People who go on and on about rationality tend to be the maddest of the lot. Me, now... reading an article about some blowhard called Curtis Yarvin. Jeez Louise

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

This is a fun thread if you’re in the mood for a fun thread and you’re diacritically oriented.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Listening to Monica Dominique (piano) with her brother Palle Danielsson on bass. Fantastic. I wish I could show you the cover of the album, but I can't get it to work. Anyway it's really nice

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But "melée" is, I'd say, objectionable wishy-washiness. Like "resumé." If you're gonna do it, do it.

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Kolleague read two books today. Reuben Little Hero by Belben. Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico She hated both books I am in the doghouse

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Dreyer keeps the receipts goddammit

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A good definition of the police

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this is not news to anyone who has been online in the last 20 years

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

The government is actively waging war on its own citizens

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Randy Newman: Jolly Coppers on Parade

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Now listening to John Surman "Edges of Illusion" and thinking about that samosa.

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"I'm Greg Evigan. I made this!"

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

PLAY FOR TODAY - A PHOTOGRAPH (1977): John Bowen's stunning spin-off from his 1970 folk horror classic Robin Redbreast. A middle-class couple receives an unsolicited photograph of two girls and a caravan. No note, no context. Their obsession with the photo leads to a deadly conclusion...

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

I used to visit London at least once a week. Now I hardly ever go in. Unusually for such a comment, that's actually not for reasons of racism! I just can't hack big crowds any more. Lockdown did that to me. I am still alive though

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Forged coins (coin, for economy) (9) I put this online... to no reaction at all! Let's see if it fares any better here.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments