Dave Haslam
@davehaslam.bsky.social
Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
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Okay mate, you explain that to angry voters. They'll see your true colours.
January 23, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Okay mate, you explain that to angry voters. They'll see your true colours.
January 24, 2026, a horse called New Order (trained by Charlie Longsdon, ridden by David Bass) is running at Doncaster in the 14:05 Virgin Bet Great Yorkshire Chase. The eight-year-old has been in good form, with recent performances including a close second at Sandown. Odds around 11/1 #NewOrder
January 23, 2026 at 8:55 PM
January 24, 2026, a horse called New Order (trained by Charlie Longsdon, ridden by David Bass) is running at Doncaster in the 14:05 Virgin Bet Great Yorkshire Chase. The eight-year-old has been in good form, with recent performances including a close second at Sandown. Odds around 11/1 #NewOrder
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Gramsci had great hair.
"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned" Antonio Gramsci (born #otd 22nd January 1891, died 27th April 1937).
"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned" Antonio Gramsci (born #otd 22nd January 1891, died 27th April 1937).
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Gramsci had great hair.
"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned" Antonio Gramsci (born #otd 22nd January 1891, died 27th April 1937).
"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned" Antonio Gramsci (born #otd 22nd January 1891, died 27th April 1937).
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let's check in on that 'ceasefire'
Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 11, Including Three Journalists
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:50 PM
let's check in on that 'ceasefire'
Gramsci had great hair.
"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned" Antonio Gramsci (born #otd 22nd January 1891, died 27th April 1937).
"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned" Antonio Gramsci (born #otd 22nd January 1891, died 27th April 1937).
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Gramsci had great hair.
"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned" Antonio Gramsci (born #otd 22nd January 1891, died 27th April 1937).
"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned" Antonio Gramsci (born #otd 22nd January 1891, died 27th April 1937).
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Or consider being born to parents who can give you a role in the family firm?
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www.ft.com/content/c894...
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Or consider being born to parents who can give you a role in the family firm?
www.ft.com/content/c894...
www.ft.com/content/c894...
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This is insane. Insane that it's happening. Insane that these good folks need to do it in the first place. And insane that no one in power is helping them one iota.
Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
Meet the Minneapolis neighbors standing up to ICE by the thousands
Local resistance is "growing exponentially," says Defend the 612's Andrew Fahlstrom.
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
This is insane. Insane that it's happening. Insane that these good folks need to do it in the first place. And insane that no one in power is helping them one iota.
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A big welcome to Reform for Thomas Skinner! Reform UK needs people like Tom – people who cheat on their wives and get convicted for handling stolen goods. Bosh!
January 21, 2026 at 7:55 AM
A big welcome to Reform for Thomas Skinner! Reform UK needs people like Tom – people who cheat on their wives and get convicted for handling stolen goods. Bosh!
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We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the violent racist authoritarian lawless scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 AM
We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the violent racist authoritarian lawless scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
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Tickets - www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Man...
Saturday 31st Jan, I'm DJing with Craig Charles and a bunch of other talents, all for an excellent breast cancer charity. Come down, bring yr dancing shoes, and support the cause!
Saturday 31st Jan, I'm DJing with Craig Charles and a bunch of other talents, all for an excellent breast cancer charity. Come down, bring yr dancing shoes, and support the cause!
January 20, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Tickets - www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Man...
Saturday 31st Jan, I'm DJing with Craig Charles and a bunch of other talents, all for an excellent breast cancer charity. Come down, bring yr dancing shoes, and support the cause!
Saturday 31st Jan, I'm DJing with Craig Charles and a bunch of other talents, all for an excellent breast cancer charity. Come down, bring yr dancing shoes, and support the cause!
Tickets - www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Man...
Saturday 31st Jan, I'm DJing with Craig Charles and a bunch of other talents, all for an excellent breast cancer charity. Come down, bring yr dancing shoes, and support the cause!
Saturday 31st Jan, I'm DJing with Craig Charles and a bunch of other talents, all for an excellent breast cancer charity. Come down, bring yr dancing shoes, and support the cause!
January 20, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Tickets - www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Man...
Saturday 31st Jan, I'm DJing with Craig Charles and a bunch of other talents, all for an excellent breast cancer charity. Come down, bring yr dancing shoes, and support the cause!
Saturday 31st Jan, I'm DJing with Craig Charles and a bunch of other talents, all for an excellent breast cancer charity. Come down, bring yr dancing shoes, and support the cause!
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Mac very possibly being right that this is the best song ever written. And it's the way those four notes from the middle eight continue to repeat behind the third verse that does it.
20th January #otd in 1984. the release of 'The Killing Moon' by Echo & the Bunnymen...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0...
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Echo & the Bunnymen
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January 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Mac very possibly being right that this is the best song ever written. And it's the way those four notes from the middle eight continue to repeat behind the third verse that does it.
20th January #otd in 1984. the release of 'The Killing Moon' by Echo & the Bunnymen...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0...
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Echo & the Bunnymen
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:03 AM
20th January #otd in 1984. the release of 'The Killing Moon' by Echo & the Bunnymen...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0...
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17 January 1933 | French Jewish girl Rosa Lisoprawski was born in Paris.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 22 January 1944 in a transport of 1,115 Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered after selection in the gas chamber.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 22 January 1944 in a transport of 1,115 Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered after selection in the gas chamber.
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 AM
17 January 1933 | French Jewish girl Rosa Lisoprawski was born in Paris.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 22 January 1944 in a transport of 1,115 Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered after selection in the gas chamber.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 22 January 1944 in a transport of 1,115 Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered after selection in the gas chamber.
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Canadian PM Mark Carney on Greenland: “We are NATO partners with Denmark.
“Our full partnership and our obligations to Article 5 and Article 2 stand. We stand fully behind those.”
“Our full partnership and our obligations to Article 5 and Article 2 stand. We stand fully behind those.”
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Canadian PM Mark Carney on Greenland: “We are NATO partners with Denmark.
“Our full partnership and our obligations to Article 5 and Article 2 stand. We stand fully behind those.”
“Our full partnership and our obligations to Article 5 and Article 2 stand. We stand fully behind those.”
A primary school teacher leading a group of children across a road, Manchester, 16th January 1956, 70 years ago today.
Photo by Bert Hardy, for the magazine Picture Post.
Photo by Bert Hardy, for the magazine Picture Post.
January 16, 2026 at 9:39 AM
A primary school teacher leading a group of children across a road, Manchester, 16th January 1956, 70 years ago today.
Photo by Bert Hardy, for the magazine Picture Post.
Photo by Bert Hardy, for the magazine Picture Post.
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#OtD 15 Jan 1919 revolutionary socialists Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were murdered by the far-right paramilitary Freikorps who were acting on behalf of the Social Democratic government during the events following the 1918 revolution. Learn more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
January 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM
#OtD 15 Jan 1919 revolutionary socialists Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were murdered by the far-right paramilitary Freikorps who were acting on behalf of the Social Democratic government during the events following the 1918 revolution. Learn more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
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#OtD 15 Jan 1934 the UK tabloid the Daily Mail published an article 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' supporting Oswald Mosley's fascist movement. Written by Viscount Rothemere, whose family still own the Mail, its politics haven't really changed much stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8672...
January 15, 2026 at 7:25 AM
#OtD 15 Jan 1934 the UK tabloid the Daily Mail published an article 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' supporting Oswald Mosley's fascist movement. Written by Viscount Rothemere, whose family still own the Mail, its politics haven't really changed much stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8672...
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From @davidsquires.bsky.social brilliant tribute:
January 14, 2026 at 1:53 PM
From @davidsquires.bsky.social brilliant tribute:
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A brilliant bloke and footballer. And an absolutely top drawer NME cover.
Today marks eight years since the untimely passing of Cyrille Regis 💙
Cyrille was more than a brilliant footballer. He was a pioneer who challenged prejudice, opened doors for others, and carried himself with humility, and grace.
He was also the first footballer to appear on the cover of NME.
Cyrille was more than a brilliant footballer. He was a pioneer who challenged prejudice, opened doors for others, and carried himself with humility, and grace.
He was also the first footballer to appear on the cover of NME.
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A brilliant bloke and footballer. And an absolutely top drawer NME cover.
Today marks eight years since the untimely passing of Cyrille Regis 💙
Cyrille was more than a brilliant footballer. He was a pioneer who challenged prejudice, opened doors for others, and carried himself with humility, and grace.
He was also the first footballer to appear on the cover of NME.
Cyrille was more than a brilliant footballer. He was a pioneer who challenged prejudice, opened doors for others, and carried himself with humility, and grace.
He was also the first footballer to appear on the cover of NME.
January 14, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Today marks eight years since the untimely passing of Cyrille Regis 💙
Cyrille was more than a brilliant footballer. He was a pioneer who challenged prejudice, opened doors for others, and carried himself with humility, and grace.
He was also the first footballer to appear on the cover of NME.
Cyrille was more than a brilliant footballer. He was a pioneer who challenged prejudice, opened doors for others, and carried himself with humility, and grace.
He was also the first footballer to appear on the cover of NME.
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WM Police chief Craig Guildford has apologised for identifying a fictitious West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match in a police report. He’s written to the home affairs committee and blames Microsoft CoPilot for the error
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 AM
WM Police chief Craig Guildford has apologised for identifying a fictitious West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match in a police report. He’s written to the home affairs committee and blames Microsoft CoPilot for the error
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"It is Iranians firing on Iranians, and these are people that are just protesting about the cost of living and wanting a change of government.
"The brutality and the savagery being meted out by Ali Khamenei's men is actually quite hard to fathom"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/thou...
"The brutality and the savagery being meted out by Ali Khamenei's men is actually quite hard to fathom"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/thou...
Thousands killed in Iran protests: ‘Savagery that is hard to fathom’ | The News Agents
Thousands have been killed in the Iranian protests, in what The News Agents describe as unbelievable brutality. What do the people of Iran want, and what comes next?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 6:45 AM
"It is Iranians firing on Iranians, and these are people that are just protesting about the cost of living and wanting a change of government.
"The brutality and the savagery being meted out by Ali Khamenei's men is actually quite hard to fathom"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/thou...
"The brutality and the savagery being meted out by Ali Khamenei's men is actually quite hard to fathom"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/thou...
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Artificial Unintelligence: the government is in full retreat over copyright, and the attempts to make it look dignified only make it funnier. My SKETCH.
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
January 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Artificial Unintelligence: the government is in full retreat over copyright, and the attempts to make it look dignified only make it funnier. My SKETCH.
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
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The Salvation Army handing out cups of tea to some of Manchester's homeless, 1956. The location is the Higgins Brick Croft near Strangeways. After receiving their evening meal at a nearby soup kitchen, the men would sneak in and take shelter in the warm brick kilns for the night.
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The Salvation Army handing out cups of tea to some of Manchester's homeless, 1956. The location is the Higgins Brick Croft near Strangeways. After receiving their evening meal at a nearby soup kitchen, the men would sneak in and take shelter in the warm brick kilns for the night.