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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 1d

But we are alright.

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 1d

You are right but my first exposure to it was buying Songs to Learn and Sing in 85.

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 1d

And that’s why you co-helm a prize-winning* motoring podcast and I don’t.

*I presume

Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 1d

Tidied up my confusion over marinade/marinate.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

Broadcaster apologised after Have I Got News For You falsely said former PM’s son had won digital ID contract The arrival of a generation of young producers “marinated in social media” led to a false claim about Euan Blair being broadcast on Have I Got News For You, the production chief behind the show has said. The first in a new series of the BBC show featured an incorrect claim that the company run by Blair, the son of the former Labour prime minister, had been given the contract to run the government’s new digital ID system. Continue reading...

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 1d

Well how on earth am I supposed to know that a ** was sold in the States as a ******?

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 1d

You know EVERYBODY.

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 1d

Ha ha.

Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 1d

@givesyouhel.bsky.social 👋

The Boobadook @bookiesnacksize.bsky.social · 1d

had on a random mix while in the shower and it started playing Babylon Zoo

Image of a smiling guy with the caption "us in 1996 listening to the first 30 seconds of Spaceman." Underneath is an image of a disappointed guy with the caption "in in 1996 buying the single and hearing the rest of the song".

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a strong argument.

Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 1d

A fabulous track. Too short.

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 2d

@crackedwindscreen.bsky.social

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 2d

Surely the escalating pace of major cyber attacks shutting production lines down all around the world should tell us we either need to take cyber security much, much more seriously than we currently do, or that we should stop connecting literally everything to the internet.

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 2d

Dancing with the, um, Major.

Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 2d

Just had lunch.

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent news. Easily worth £5.

Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 2d

Very very very funny book.

🎼 𝕊𝕋𝔼𝕍𝔼™ @stevomusicman.bsky.social · 3d

Got a fab book, partly as @quantick.bsky.social linked it.
Haven't stopped laughing at some of it

@punkandnewwave.bsky.social @scotspostpunk.bsky.social @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @itsonlyrockandroll.bsky.social @singingconductor.bsky.social @carolinebinnie.bsky.social @rnrbook-club.bsky.social

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 2d

Same.

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3d

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.

A highland cow having a little nap on a boulder on Dartmoor (ok, it was actually scratching its head)

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 3d

No Rutling Orange Peel.

Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 3d

lmao a list of the top 20 blues artists of all time where the top 5 are all white guys... hellorayo.co.uk/planet-rock/...

The Top 20 Greatest Blues Artists of All Time

Here at Planet Rock, our resident blues expert Bernard Doherty brings you the...

hellorayo.co.uk

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Tim Pitt @timpitt100.bsky.social · 3d

My favourite feature of Niels van Roij’s Corniche shooting brake is this electrically retractable cycle rack.

It slots into the centre section of a new, horseshoe-shaped fuel tank.

Tank capacity isn’t diminished – handy when you have a 6.75-litre V8 and three-speed auto ’box…

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 3d

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 3d

Elaine Stritch and Donald Sinden….

Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 3d

Blind leading the blind.

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 3d

“You have been watching: “

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 3d

#satire

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 3d

Both nice and warm though.

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 4d

Restrained. Well done.

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