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Peter Shaw

@pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social

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Just the usual.... A mix of many things. Apologies in advance to everyone whom this account may disappoint. You never have to follow me, even if I wish to follow you. Esp with 30 mill+, it's a bit overwhelmin'.

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 42m

One of those cases where the pearl clutcher is clutching other people's pearls.

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 46m

As I read it - this also to Dave above - I don't see Adam there considering *motives* at all.

Rather, face value: implying a lack of professionalism in particular BBC news/political interviewing, & an evident appearance of a double standard in its questions re: discrimination & racist attacks.

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neilp @neilp78.bsky.social · 1h

#bbclaurak
Nadine Dorries:-
What the Tories did was wrong, so what we need to is exactly the same but even worse.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 22h

something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe "deactivated trigger"?

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Diane Messias @comedywriter.bsky.social · 1h

"That's very harrowin'".

#PritiPatel #hahahaha #bbclaurak

Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 1h

@snig.bsky.social -

The Snuffster is still at it!

Which suggests there are still "enough" (i.e. too many) parents misinformed and/or so disrespectful of their own children to keep feeding her Gradgrindian, Squeersian spirit-broken ego, vanity & abusive sadism with cold, hard cash.

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 1h

And yet we are still not cloned.

(SO fitting everything into one day, one life is not easy.)

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23h

Farage/Reform and the Trump playbook.

Mass sackings of unsympathetic civil servants
Promise to reduce workers's rights
Inflict spending cuts - hit the poor, old, sick, disabled

Now claims teachers are “poisoning our kids” - just as Nazis did to control education.

Power grab by dividing society.

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 15h

Brilliant 🤣

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 13h

A memory from Meryl Streep…
Rest in Paradise Diane🕊️🤍

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 8h

Did you say: I hate bots and fakes generally?

Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 9h

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 9h

Great, I can’t wait to pay $40 for a cheeseburger

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 21h

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 9h

But if it is truly blue, pls seek urgent medical assistance ...

Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 9h

IT IS NOT A CRIME

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 9h

And Kenny is an underrecognised spirited talent. A bit like Blue Mitchell, unlucky to have lost out in popular regard because of the new generation of trumpeters springing up from late 1950s (Lee Morgan, Don Byrd, Booker Little, Freddie Hubbard, Nat ... there were quite a number of star young uns)

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 9h

(2) the more I listened to JA, most obviously in his own contexts (with his brother, esp live - also an album with Milt Jackson and another with Bill Evans), the more I got to enjoy his zippy, growling-bluesy, often driving breeziness.

Also his evident affability

Sack O Woe (Live)

YouTube video by Cannonball Adderley - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 9h

First I heard of Cannonball was alongside Trane. Not so impressed, he seemed - well, a bit stuck in bebop, a bit superficially cheery, compared against Trane's originality (even 1958-9), that deep-soulful hollering-cry sonority of his ... >2

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 10h

Mais ... que saije, moi?

Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 10h

Maybe just river gods, ... or "green men"?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man

Green Man - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Jacek Brun @jazzfunde.bsky.social · 14h

Sylvie Courvoisier & Wadada Leo Smith
Angel Falls
Das Mysterium des gemeinsamen Atems
www.jazz-fun.de/sylvie-courv...

jazz-fun.de Magazin für Jazz Musik

Online Magazin für Jazz Musik

www.jazz-fun.de

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 10h

Definitely not among the Calvadon'ts ...

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 14h

I'm virtually joining my very good friend @richienb.bsky.social in a glass of Calvados.

The week we have #WorldCalvadosDay and it would be remiss of me not to mark this important date in the calendar...

This is the label on the bottle of my 20 year old, double distilled Calvados. You can just make out the glass on the right of the photo.

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Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 10h

And a notoriously hard taskmaster!

(Though some would say they all deserved it! :D - notice it is towards trumpeters both times. Maybe he too thought none matched Brownie?)

Peter Shaw @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social · 10h

And OP was proud of that title - to play music that people liked to hear. Not to play to the gallery for lucre (as some musicians are tempted to do - the worst do so from Day 1!), but to give as well as enjoy pleasure in music & life. He seemed a cheerful spirit, in spite of the bad (e.g. bigotry).