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Pete Fraser

@petefrasermusic.bsky.social

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London-Born Saxophonist and Composer living in Stockholm. “One of the better fried-egg accounts on this website”

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · Aug 5

So, I’m kind of tentatively branching out into podcast production, so here’s my pitch -

Obviously there are too many podcasts in the world, but as someone who listens to a lot of them, my great issue is that - even among some of the prominent ones - the production values often aren’t very high.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 2h

Alternate-but-complimentary perspective: he was an old man yelling at the tv then and he’s an old man yelling at the tv now, but now he has the power to shut up the people who dare to correct him.

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

I looked these up in light of the gutting of our ability to respond to Ebola and every other possible outbreak, but it struck me that THIS is the guy who wants to criminalize criticism of the president and his leadership?

Donald J. Trump
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There is a good possibility that a person who treated patients in West Africa and who FLEW into New York has Ebola. Touched many, bedlam!
Donald J. Trump O @realDonaldTrump
A single Ebola carrier infects 2 others at a minimum.
STOP THE FLIGHTS! NO VISAS FROM EBOLA STRICKEN COUNTRIES!
Donald J. Trump O @realDonaldTrump
Tremendous pressure on President Obama to institute a travel ban on Ebola stricken West Africa. At some point this stubborn dope will fold!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Obama just appointed an Ebola Czar with zero experience in the medical area and zero experience in infectious disease control. A TOTAL JOKE!
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If there is one more Ebola case in the U.S., a full travel ban will be instituted. This common sense move should have been done long ago!

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
I don't know if President Obama isn't stopping the flights from Ebola torn West Africa because he is stubborn, stupid, or just doesn't care!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
With all that is happening with Ebola, including the doctor who so easily came back to New York, Obama still refuses to stop the flights!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
There is ZERO margin for error on Ebola. Are we confident in Obama when he can't even make a website for $5 Billion?
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Here we go - A healthcare worker who treated Thomas Duncan, the man who flew into the U.S. from West Africa infected with Ebola, caught it!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
All the governors are already backing off of the Ebola quarantines. Bad decision that will lead to more mayhem.

Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 6h

It is, in every practical sense, their entire job. They know it’s why they were hired and they know the only consequences they’d face would be for telling the truth.

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 7h

The ease with which officials lie in 2025 is honestly terrifying

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BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 6h

A Nobel story just popped up on one of my memories feed things. Still makes me laugh.

"They're like, 'Sir, there's something in your bag.'
I said, 'Yes, I think it's this box.' They said, 'What's in the box?' I said, 'a large gold medal, as one does.
So they opened it up and they said, 'What's it made out of?' I said, 'gold.'
And they're like, 'Uhhhh. Who gave this to you?'
"The King of Sweden.'
"Why did he give this to you?'
Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.'

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 7h

Oh man, I’m ALL for beef cooked in Guinness, there’s just something very unsettling about selling it in a can that LOOKS LIKE THE BEER.

Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 8h

Good grief.

Sophie Hell 😈 @sophlouisehall.bsky.social · 8h

Great news for people who consider themselves Real Men

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 10h

Genuinely HOT. Might have been the first time I felt that mustard-up-the-nose feeling eating these as a kid. Beguiling.

Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve got used to looking at the figures in the background. Usually the suspicion that something is AI is instant cause of the voices and faces, but the background in the case is a typical example of how it can become totally obvious.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 11h

I like Bluesky because on Twitter I was the really earnest left-wing person but on here I’m a kind of exciting edgelord because I think that, say, replacing the police with a board comprised of 16-year-old musical theatre students could have its problems

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 11h

Like, these guys are surprised that HR charities don’t want Saudi Arabian money? THAT’S the degree to which they don’t get it? Irredeemable.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 11h

Exactly. It’s fascinating watching this public regret that has just nothing to do with conscience whatsoever.

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 11h

Of course they could have donated the money anonymously. But that's not the point, is it.

Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 11h

The equivalent of a mother in a gangster movie. "I DON'T WANT YOUR BLOOD MONEY."

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 12h

I also think that Farage’s famed Political Instincts… aren’t that great? He’s played politics on easy mode for decades, and I think any other small-party figure given that degree of exposure would also be seen as culturally influential.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 12h

Read the replies suggesting he’s got form re trying to pack the NT with cronies. That makes it make more sense.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 12h

The offers to the different comedians will have varied an absolutely huge amount I think. Bigger acts were paid in the millions by all accounts.

Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 12h

It’s weird for him to do this. I know there’s a kind of times/tele transphobic constituency who like dumb shit, but I think this is too dumb even for them.

I dunno, maybe the asylum hotel arsonists are into it, but I’d be surprised.

I just think everyone recognises a US import when they see it.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 13h

Only a few hundred pounds away by rail!

Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 14h

Jesus that’s steep.

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Johan Ernestam @jernestam.bsky.social · 1d

Är inte så ofta jag blir särdeles upprörd över politiska prioriteringar nu för tiden, men den här kombon är genuint stötande. Regeringen strösslar pengar över lokala flygplatser, men ger inte SJ en spänn för att fortsätta med nattåg till Tyskland. Bra av @olaspannar.bsky.social att lyfta fram det.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 14h

Beautiful place!

Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 14h

Liten rek för idag, för de som är sugna. OTROLIGA musiker, trevlig lokal, och 200kr på dörren. Bargain.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 15h

All the defences I’ve seen have been ‘you have to change the situation from within’ which, given the contract they signed (and who got booted off the bill for breaching it) makes no sense at all.

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Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 22h

Tokyo

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 15h

Monmouth! Go early, there’s a permaqueue!

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 15h

Go for a medium roast first, and then see whether you think it feels too dark or light.

If you go to a place and buy the beans in person, you might well get to try a few too.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 15h

Anyway, she’s currently being blocked by about fifty people per minute according to clearsky. It always, always pays to be a bit more… normal?