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Contributing editor for Albumism, writer of stuff and Prince fan(atic?). I have a million notebooks with ideas and unfinished scripts/books/screenplays in - maybe one day I’ll get one seen. Doubt it though!

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paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · Jul 8

Yesterday I fulfilled a dream and saw Stevie Winder in concert and it was as thrilling and exciting as you might imagine. He did 2.5 hours and did 28 FULL songs, no medley shit.

www.setlist.fm/setlist/stev...

Stevie Wonder Setlist at Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham

Get the Stevie Wonder Setlist of the concert at Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England on July 7, 2025 from the Love, Light and Song UK Tour and other Stevie Wonder Setlists for free on setlist...

www.setlist.fm

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1h

The usual political dilemma is ‘do bad things and win’ vs ‘do good things and lose’. Here Labour’s in the unusual reverse choice: ‘do good things and win’ vs ‘do bad things and lose’.

They’re currently firmly on the side of ‘do bad things and lose’.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 1h

Will we ever properly reckon with the extent to which the Tory Party shat on the entire country in 2020-22? And they have walked off whistling into speaking tours, consultancy jobs, the House of Lords, newspaper columns...

A generation of students has been failed and forgotten again

As the COVID-19 Inquiry concludes its look at education and young people having overlooked university students, Jim Dickinson dissects a damning record of political failure, regulatory evasion and a s...

wonkhe.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2h

'murder and manslaughter rates have dropped to their lowest level since 2003, and youth violence continues to decline.'

And then there's the improvement in air quality.

‘Lawless London’ is safer than it’s been in decades

Viral clips and political rhetoric are contradicted by official data that suggests the capital may be safer than at any time in the past half century, co...

observer.co.uk

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paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 3h

janet
Miseducation
Archandroid

paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 17h

How many bodies can you bury under those foundations?

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 1d

The chances of that ballroom being half finished and embroiled in lawsuits and stop work orders is... 100%

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 18h

It’s incredible how you can actually see the Island of Britain from our East coast, but they can’t see us.

Tansplaining is when Brits comment idiotically on Irish things & is named after the British Black & Tans military police force who rioted & murdered thru Ireland & burnt Cork City in the ‘20s

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 18h

Meanwhile the Brits are at it again - fitting Ireland to a British narrative. Ireland has had a ‘radical socialist’ president for the past 14y.

Ireland has less than 1% support for the far right. We call this sort of colonial ‘analysis’ tansplaining* #Aras25 #Speirghorm

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paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 17h

That is my favourite George Michael/Wham song. Genius.

paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 17h

I refuse to ‘like’ that post, but I appreciate it on some level!

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paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 21h

I wrote about the incomparable Donny Hathaway.

Albumism @albumism.com · 1d

Donny Hathaway's debut album 'Everything Is Everything' (1970) celebrated its 55th anniversary earlier this year | Rediscover the album here: album.ink/dhathawayEIE

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 16d

In an obscure corner of Kazakhstan, the remains of an ocean millions of years old have created probably the most surreal landscape on earth -- as captured by photographer Daniel Kordan

mymodernmet.com/daniel-korda...

Kazakhstan's Mangystau plateau, near the border with Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, at sunset. Layers of ancient salt deposits resemble fjords of white, pink, red and orange icing spilling into a vast gray plane

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22h

Michael Gove personally intervened to ensure that a Conservative donor's firm was awarded a multimillion pound covid contract.

Private correspondence reveals that Ciga Healthcare’s Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to “take control” of the process.

The contract was awarded just days later

Michael Gove Lobbied Government Officials to Hand Conservative Donor Multimillion Pound Covid Contract

Private correspondence seen by Byline Times reveals that Ciga Healthcare's Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to "take control" of the process

bylinetimes.com

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 23h

Fascinated by the philosophical and theological implications of this

Poll showing that ReformUK has a 20 point lead among voters who believe they would be sent to Hell (if it exists) when they die

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 1d

The search continues for any reference by BBC, Sky, or MSM in general whether Farage avoided stamp duty on his #ClactonHouse by using his girlfriend to buy it..

Or news on the fraud investigation that she’s embroiled in atm

A suspected sighting was made but it turned out to be about Angela Rayner❗️

a man on a boat is looking through binoculars at the ocean

Alt: a man on a boat is looking through binoculars at the ocean

media.tenor.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”

Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.

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paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 1d

Me too! However terrible I’d be . . .

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Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social · 1d

"Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory"

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory

An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

www.bbc.co.uk

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paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 1d

Wise woman.

paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, you could be more proactive . . .

paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 1d

It’s good you’ve taken responsibility - what you going to do now?!

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paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 1d

Me and my wife talked about going back (without hordes of kids!) but never quite got round to it.

paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 1d

I took several groups of Y6 kids on school journey to the Isle and every time the hardened bunch of north London whippersnappers loved it. Really weird!

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paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if he visited the Brading Waxwork Museum while there? Worst tourist attraction of all time.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

Once again Rolling Stone knocks it out of the park with Covid coverage.

Long Covid is real and it is a serious threat to our long term health.

It’s already surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in kids.

Yet tons of doctors and schools won’t even recognize it:

Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation

Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.

www.rollingstone.com

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d

‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.

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