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Gavin Lenaghan

@gavinlenaghan.bsky.social

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Artist, writer, vinyl collector, Prince fan, and all-round creator. Also on Mastodon: https://mastodonapp.uk/@gavinlenaghan

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Gavin Lenaghan @gavinlenaghan.bsky.social · Feb 15

Trying out this again after putting it on Mastodon threw up some interesting entries… ha ngl.link/gavinlenaghan

Anonymous messages!

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 1d

Films: We need to hack a keycard, obtained by seducing one of the guards. We then need to drop in from the skylight after jumping from a plane, and dodge all of the lasers and traps, carefully switching the jewels for fakes that weigh the same to avoid tripping the alarm.

Real life:

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 2d

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

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Gavin Lenaghan @gavinlenaghan.bsky.social · 2d

Peace and be wild 👌 ❤️💜 #Prince #NoKings

(Source: Prince Party UK on FB)

Signage reading: “In Minnesota we have no kings, only a Prince”

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 2d

This is an interesting and enlightening piece from Chloe Lipton #everydaysteminist

everydaysteminist.substack.com/p/lets-give-...

Let’s Give Dummies Breasts! The Shocking Gender Gap that is Costing Women’s lives (and What We Can Do to Change It)

CPR is supposed to be the great equaliser in a cardiac emergency – push hard and fast on the centre of the chest, and you can double a person’s chance of survival .

everydaysteminist.substack.com

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Gavin Lenaghan @gavinlenaghan.bsky.social · 2d

#np #Prince - "West" from the LP N.E.W.S (2003) 💿 🎵 💜 #Prince4Ever #NowPlaying #2000sMusic #Instrumental

Gavin Lenaghan @gavinlenaghan.bsky.social · 2d

Paid a “20th-anniversary” visit to the pretty #NorthYorkshire town where I spent seven years of my education (‘98 to 2005)

My old sixth-form block hasn’t survived, but a lot else has.

The riverside walk’s become a bit more plush and “touristy” than it was in my day 👀

#Stokesley #Yorkshire

Cars parked on a street in Stokesley, North Yorkshire

The walk by the River Leven in Stokesley, North Yorkshire

Gavin Lenaghan @gavinlenaghan.bsky.social · 2d

The (extremely light on) “law and order” party

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.

Gavin Lenaghan @gavinlenaghan.bsky.social · 3d

Great shade of blue 💙

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 3d

written 2700 words today and about to edit a different batch of 2500 words and god what a job to have, shovelling all these words, endlessly moving words from place to place

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James Turner @james.loadingreadyrun.com · 4d

So I know I'm not alone, and to be clear I am also 100% guilty of this, but it's my current understanding that everyone is either one or more of the following: Stressed, anxious, tired, scared, angry, frustrated, ect and in turn it's making normal day to day stuff hard. Right? So patience is key.

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Gavin Lenaghan @gavinlenaghan.bsky.social · 4d

I was intending to include Donna Summer but I was trying to avoid restricting myself to the artists with thousands of scrobbles on my Last FM, lol

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 5d

America is now the world’s longest-running episode of “Jackass: Oval Office Edition.”

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Gavin Lenaghan @gavinlenaghan.bsky.social · 4d

Define your music taste in 8 artists:

Prince
Chic
Quincy Jones
Janelle Monae
The Jacksons
Ida Nielsen
Change
Ledisi

Gavin Lenaghan @gavinlenaghan.bsky.social · 4d

Time goes by surprisingly quickly when you’re generally indulging in escapist stuff as the world crumbles to bits

Kermit meme: “I don’t know how we’re 10 months into a year that started 2 weeks ago”

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5d

Solidarity is the only way

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 6d

Pretending to the world that you are the president of peace while waging war at home is diabolical.

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🦋🌎 @jesuislepapillon.bsky.social · 6d

I know he's in a beautiful place, but his loss is painful.

RIP D'Angelo.

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Gavin Lenaghan @gavinlenaghan.bsky.social · 7d

"The Max"

🎵 When they tell me 2 walk a straight line
👁 put on crooked shoes 🎵

#Prince #Prince4Ever

The outer sleeve of Prince’s Love Symbol LP on vinyl

The back of the outer sleeve of Prince’s Love Symbol LP on vinyl

Prince’s Love Symbol LP on vinyl, playing on an Audio Technica LP120 turntable

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MP Broache @mbroache.bsky.social · 8d

Imagine an alternate world where the Biden White House and other federal agencies stop posting on Twitter after Musk made clear he was turning it into his personal far right propaganda platform and journos/normies HAD to go elsewhere for official statements from the govt, etc.

MP Broache @mbroache.bsky.social · 8d

Good article despite the click bait-y header, but I would add that center-left governments (especially the Biden admin) were absolutely wrong to STAY on Twitter/X after Musk bought it, b/c it meant that mainstream journos and normies felt they had to stay and then they all marinated in the garbage

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 10d

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

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Formula One History @f1history1950.bsky.social · 8d

1996 – Hill wins the title

#OnThisDay 13 October, Damon Hill clinched the 1996 Drivers’ Championship title with victory at the Japanese Grand Prix, becoming the sport’s first second-generation winner following his father Graham Hill’s two championships.

#f1 #formula1

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Matt Bishop 🏳️‍🌈 🏁 @thebishf1.bsky.social · 8d

#OnThisDay in ’96, as Damon Hill crossed the finish line to win the #JapaneseGP & clinch that year’s #F1 drivers’ world championship, Murray Walker famously said, “…& I’ve got to stop, because I’ve got a lump in my throat.”

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 7d

"Post you from a different era" is middle-aged Bluesky code for "lemme see you when you were hot"

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8d

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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Gavin Lenaghan @gavinlenaghan.bsky.social · 8d

Heavy walking/swimming weekend around #Newcastle.

Gosforth, Elswick, Summerhill… and the Newcastle Brewery “memorial” 👌

The Gosforth Hotel on Gosforth High Street

A scene in Summerhill, Newcastle upon Tyne

A “memorial” for the now-defunct Newcastle Brewery