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Ian Beestin

@ianbeestin.bsky.social

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Founder: Belper Jazz Company Co-founder: Consumer Duty (the band) Co-founder: Money Alive Member: Rattus Inheritus Member: Metz Jnr Trio

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Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 1d

Pretending to be the #foofighters at the 100 Club last week.

Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 1d

The coda is optional.

Mike Harrison @higheredactuary.bsky.social · 1d

G M P E

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Need a bigger boat.

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Mike Harrison @higheredactuary.bsky.social · 1d

G M P E

@jonstapleton.bsky.social

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Need a bigger boat.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

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Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 1d

Tidal - the music streaming platform pedants prefer.
#MikesDavis

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 1d

This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.

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Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect!

Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 1d

More like it Brian - I’ll have a word.

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Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 1d

Feeling slightly deflated after returning home post a kind railway employee giving me a free hat!
“What’s does that stand for? asked my wife, “eats muffins regularly?”

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Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 1d

“But are the flags that now bedeck our suburbs and estates patriotic or racist? It’s a nuanced notion unlikely to be adequately interrogated in a world where the main forum for public debate is an algorithmically amplified digital dogfighting pit presided over by a ketamine-cranked egomaniac”

Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

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Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 2d

A beautiful conclusion to Saturday.

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Steffan Ziegler @saint-monkey.bsky.social · 3d

EVERYTHING is percussion if you approach it with the correct mindset.

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Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 2d

100% Count. I’m keeping details of the Belper Jazz Company Christmas Special featuring singer Jeanie Barton firmly under wrap for the time being: www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Der...

Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 2d

Great piece - are positivity pills available at the V&A shop?

Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 2d

All The Best.

Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 2d

Went to Leeds yesterday and didn’t see one white duck.

Ian Beestin @ianbeestin.bsky.social · 2d

The whole anti-duck thing has got out of hand in Leeds.

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