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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 1d

Take a moment to enjoy the colours and structures of a leaf in the October sunshine.

sun shines through a medium-sized green leaf, still on the tree, showing its spines and tiny gaps. top right it looks like a small worm has taken a winding nibble through a now damaged section. the leaf is yellow and brown on the edges. blue sky. other leaves blurry in the background.

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Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · 2d

Not long now, my pretties....

(3pm to be precise)

Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · 4d

Variant Thirteen returns to Radio Buena Vida this Friday 10th at 3pm on its new every-two-months schedule, but still with the regular helping of mainly recent #psychedelic #ambient #electronic #experimental sounds.

Listen live at buenavida.co.uk (use LISTEN link top-left).

Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · 4d

You're welcome :)

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Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · 4d

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Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · 4d

Variant Thirteen returns to Radio Buena Vida this Friday 10th at 3pm on its new every-two-months schedule, but still with the regular helping of mainly recent #psychedelic #ambient #electronic #experimental sounds.

Listen live at buenavida.co.uk (use LISTEN link top-left).

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 9d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 25d

truly one of the most unintentionally funny things i've ever seen someone post online about themself

Colin Wright
@SwipeWright
X.com

Convincing my left-wing former close friends on
Facebook that Charlie Kirk wasn't a Nazi or a
fascist is completely futile because I can't even
convince them that I'M not a Nazi or a fascist, and
many have known me since early grade school.
1:20 PM • 9/15/25 • 850K Views

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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 26d

The more we hear about the deals Mandelson has been negotiating with Trump, the scarier it gets.

This week Trump will be accompanied by corporate billionaires on his state visit. Their agenda is a massive risk to all of us 🧵

www.politico.eu/article/uk-m...

Here comes the money: UK lands Trump tech deals

Britain’s quest for AI sovereignty is made in the USA.

www.politico.eu

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Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · 28d

Cocteaunly Child

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Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · Sep 11

I know !!!! And I have to confess that, despite coming from Norfolk, I had never heard of Cley until now. Two buses came along at once!

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Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · Sep 11

I've just started reading this and the first story - title story in fact - is set in Cley! www.amazon.co.uk/Silence-Next...

Silence Next The Sea and Other Stories: Strange Tales With A Sense Of Place: Amazon.co.uk: Hooper, Mr CJ: 9798282859249: Books

Buy Silence Next The Sea and Other Stories: Strange Tales With A Sense Of Place by Hooper, Mr CJ (ISBN: 9798282859249) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible order...

www.amazon.co.uk

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D A V I E M O o O o O o 👻🎃 @daviemoo.bsky.social · Sep 11

People are like "you need to show empathy" but if you were in one of the many, many groups this racist, sexist queerphobe victimised why would we offer what we never once got from him or his deranged supporters? Asking for sheep to pray for the wolf is a bold move in ignorance and indulgence.

benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · Sep 11

A big part of why white centrist journos can call this a tragedy with a straight face is because to them it is; Kirk etc pose no viable harm to them, their interests, their fetishisation of 'robust debate' and both sidesery - this violence thus feels realer than the violence Kirk's views embodied

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · Sep 2

It's a good point.

Where are the govt ministers, police, councillors, or other community leaders demanding that our "legitimate concerns" about the rise of fascism and racism are heard?

When will Keir Starmer say "I hear you" to us?

#r4today

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Sep 2

Its time to ensure the legitimate concerns of ethnic minorities in Britain – about a concerted effort to dissolve foundational social norms against racism + deny our status as equal citizens – are heard too

We should *reject* excessive pessimism about pushing bsck
www.easterneye.biz/british-ethn...

www.easterneye.biz

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Michael Lombardi-Nash @lombardinash.bsky.social · Aug 28

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. First Gay Activist. Born August 28, 1825. Celebrate today! 🌈
www.findagrave.com/memorial/918...

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825-1895) - Find a Grave...

Social Reformer. Considered one of the first known gay rights activist in modern history.

www.findagrave.com

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Barry Burns @barry.mogwai.scot · Aug 26

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Aug 21

1/8 Future historians of Britain will puzzle over this. How the hounding of people seeking asylum (which won’t stop once they are moved from hotels to houses) became the defining issue of 2020s politics.

Badenoch encourages Tory councils to challenge asylum hotels www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tory councils should consider asylum hotel challenges, says Badenoch

The Tory leader writes to council leaders after a court blocked a hotel from housing asylum seekers.

www.bbc.com

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Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · Aug 15

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 14

John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’

Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors. Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · Aug 10

Also on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/radiobuenavi...

Variant Thirteen w/ Mark Newman - Radio Buena Vida 08.08.25

www.buenavida.co.uk Community radio. Broadcasting live from Cafe Buena Vida in Glasgow, Scotland. Come visit us. 24/7.

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Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · Aug 10

Ready for a listen ? Here's my latest doings ! www.mixcloud.com/mark-newman1...

Variant Thirteen 52 - 8th August 2025

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Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · Aug 9

You're very welcome :)

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · Jul 29

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · Apr 18

Section 28 didn’t come out of nowhere.
It came from a society where 75% thought homosexuality was wrong.
From a society that feared the sight of a man in drag would corrupt.
From a society that believed ignorance was better for children than any knowledge of gay lives.
🧵 1/16

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Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · Aug 6

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Mark Newman @variant13.bsky.social · Aug 6

Variant Thirteen returns to Radio Buena Vida this Friday 8th at 3pm on its new every-two-months schedule, but still with the regular helping of mainly recent #psychedelic #ambient #electronic #experimental sounds :)

Listen live at buenavida.co.uk (use LISTEN link top-left).

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · Jul 27

Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause.

Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.

As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Jul 26

This is a bit of a atretch/hope: there were 5 protests, with the largest two being up to 300 people, a total of around a thousand or so people.

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