David Lance Callahan
@davidlancecallahan.bsky.social
English Primitive reinventor, Moonshake/Wolfhounds ranter, Swell Maps supply guitarist, nature writer. #MDANT
https://davidcallahan.bandcamp.com/album/down-to-the-marshes
https://davidcallahan.bandcamp.com/album/down-to-the-marshes
Reading more about the Epstein files, I subconsciously found myself humming the denouement from a Dexy's Midnight Runners song: "the only way to change things is to shoot men who arrange things ..."
Pop music – there really is a quote for everything, isn't there?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjwU...
Pop music – there really is a quote for everything, isn't there?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjwU...
There, There, My Dear - Dexy's Midnight Runners
YouTube video by eamonnor74
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February 19, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Reading more about the Epstein files, I subconsciously found myself humming the denouement from a Dexy's Midnight Runners song: "the only way to change things is to shoot men who arrange things ..."
Pop music – there really is a quote for everything, isn't there?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjwU...
Pop music – there really is a quote for everything, isn't there?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjwU...
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Pretty remarkable that it seems Reform have so far been able to get away with *complete silence* over their *campaign manager* in Gorton & Denton expressing rank antisemitic views & downplaying the holocaust.
Why aren’t the press camping on Farage’s doorstep, raising it in every public appearance?
Why aren’t the press camping on Farage’s doorstep, raising it in every public appearance?
February 18, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Pretty remarkable that it seems Reform have so far been able to get away with *complete silence* over their *campaign manager* in Gorton & Denton expressing rank antisemitic views & downplaying the holocaust.
Why aren’t the press camping on Farage’s doorstep, raising it in every public appearance?
Why aren’t the press camping on Farage’s doorstep, raising it in every public appearance?
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Has anyone asked Goodwin or Farage about this yet?
Astonishing it wasn't raised at Farage's press conference..
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
Astonishing it wasn't raised at Farage's press conference..
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
Matt Goodwin’s Reform UK campaign manager said he ‘would never touch a Jewish woman’ - The Jewish Chronicle
Adam Mitula, who is canvassing for the party in Gorton and Denton, also tweeted that the six million who died in the Holocaust only included ‘some Jews’
www.thejc.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Has anyone asked Goodwin or Farage about this yet?
Astonishing it wasn't raised at Farage's press conference..
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
Astonishing it wasn't raised at Farage's press conference..
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
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The Epstein Files are so vast and detailed that they feel like the ruins of Pompeii--a snapshot of of Billionaire Town, preserved in volcanic ash--their food, their cruelties large and small, their graffiti with dumb dick jokes, the tools of various trades, art, family pets, so many brothels...
February 18, 2026 at 12:15 PM
The Epstein Files are so vast and detailed that they feel like the ruins of Pompeii--a snapshot of of Billionaire Town, preserved in volcanic ash--their food, their cruelties large and small, their graffiti with dumb dick jokes, the tools of various trades, art, family pets, so many brothels...
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It was clear by 2015 that the Tories appalling economics was creating too much public dissent to be manageable, but unfortunately the alternative was a bunch of people who might, for eg, ask to see MI5's files on the activities of Prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson.
February 18, 2026 at 12:27 PM
It was clear by 2015 that the Tories appalling economics was creating too much public dissent to be manageable, but unfortunately the alternative was a bunch of people who might, for eg, ask to see MI5's files on the activities of Prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson.
Famed bridge-buyer, P Toynbee...
February 18, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Famed bridge-buyer, P Toynbee...
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www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i... i wouldn't call this "directionally correct" as much as i'd call it uninterested in confronting the left critiques of the AI industry that the right has no objection to: the amorality of its leaders, its model of theft, and its environmental damage
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 17, 2026 at 3:21 PM
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i... i wouldn't call this "directionally correct" as much as i'd call it uninterested in confronting the left critiques of the AI industry that the right has no objection to: the amorality of its leaders, its model of theft, and its environmental damage
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Welcome to Reform’s front bench
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
February 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Welcome to Reform’s front bench
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
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“Hi there, Britain’s most prominent media outlets appear to have secretly conspired with our most Epsteined-up crooked politicians to drastically subvert the course of democracy, not once but twice, via insultingly bogus scandals and relentless lying, can I interest you in voting Labour in May?”
February 17, 2026 at 8:52 PM
“Hi there, Britain’s most prominent media outlets appear to have secretly conspired with our most Epsteined-up crooked politicians to drastically subvert the course of democracy, not once but twice, via insultingly bogus scandals and relentless lying, can I interest you in voting Labour in May?”
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Indiepop Chronicles #41
40 years ago - 15/2/86 NME
Martin Aston reviews The Wolfhounds @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social at The Loughborough Hotel, Brixton - "the sound isn't carefree or freeform, but as concise as Torvill and Dean"
40 years ago - 15/2/86 NME
Martin Aston reviews The Wolfhounds @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social at The Loughborough Hotel, Brixton - "the sound isn't carefree or freeform, but as concise as Torvill and Dean"
February 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Indiepop Chronicles #41
40 years ago - 15/2/86 NME
Martin Aston reviews The Wolfhounds @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social at The Loughborough Hotel, Brixton - "the sound isn't carefree or freeform, but as concise as Torvill and Dean"
40 years ago - 15/2/86 NME
Martin Aston reviews The Wolfhounds @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social at The Loughborough Hotel, Brixton - "the sound isn't carefree or freeform, but as concise as Torvill and Dean"
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For no other reason than that it's brilliant and I wanted to listen to it this morning ✨️
@davidlancecallahan.bsky.social
thewolfhounds.bandcamp.com/album/unseen...
@davidlancecallahan.bsky.social
thewolfhounds.bandcamp.com/album/unseen...
Unseen Ripples From A Pebble, by The Wolfhounds
27 track album
thewolfhounds.bandcamp.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:42 AM
For no other reason than that it's brilliant and I wanted to listen to it this morning ✨️
@davidlancecallahan.bsky.social
thewolfhounds.bandcamp.com/album/unseen...
@davidlancecallahan.bsky.social
thewolfhounds.bandcamp.com/album/unseen...
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
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Released on 17th February 1986, The Colour Of Spring by #TalkTalk This was the first TT album I purchased, it’s the perfect mid-point, pointing the way to what they would to become. Spirit Of Eden and Laughing Stock are both masterpieces but I always return here more. A very special album.
February 17, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Released on 17th February 1986, The Colour Of Spring by #TalkTalk This was the first TT album I purchased, it’s the perfect mid-point, pointing the way to what they would to become. Spirit Of Eden and Laughing Stock are both masterpieces but I always return here more. A very special album.
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In the New Statesman this morning, I tackle an odd subgenre of Epstein coverage that's become more and more prevalent: breathless warnings that we're on a slippery slope to mob rule when we ask awkward questions of the world's most powerful people.
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...
Don't email a paedophile
It's a slippery slope!
www.newstatesman.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:17 AM
In the New Statesman this morning, I tackle an odd subgenre of Epstein coverage that's become more and more prevalent: breathless warnings that we're on a slippery slope to mob rule when we ask awkward questions of the world's most powerful people.
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...
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If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
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NEW | Oh, so *now* dirty tricks are bad…
BEFORE LABOUR TOGETHER TRIED TO SMEAR SUNDAY TIMES JOURNALISTS, IT WAS A VITAL SOURCE FOR THEM
The real problem is that the Starmtroopers turned their dirty tricks on Murdoch's men.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/before-lab...
BEFORE LABOUR TOGETHER TRIED TO SMEAR SUNDAY TIMES JOURNALISTS, IT WAS A VITAL SOURCE FOR THEM
The real problem is that the Starmtroopers turned their dirty tricks on Murdoch's men.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/before-lab...
Before Labour Together tried to smear Sunday Times journalists, it was a vital source for them
The real problem is that the Starmtroopers turned their dirty tricks on Murdoch's men.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:52 PM
NEW | Oh, so *now* dirty tricks are bad…
BEFORE LABOUR TOGETHER TRIED TO SMEAR SUNDAY TIMES JOURNALISTS, IT WAS A VITAL SOURCE FOR THEM
The real problem is that the Starmtroopers turned their dirty tricks on Murdoch's men.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/before-lab...
BEFORE LABOUR TOGETHER TRIED TO SMEAR SUNDAY TIMES JOURNALISTS, IT WAS A VITAL SOURCE FOR THEM
The real problem is that the Starmtroopers turned their dirty tricks on Murdoch's men.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/before-lab...
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Yvette Cooper [translation]: "I followed the clear advice of the pro-genocide lobby that it wouldn't pay me more than the £215,000 which I'd already received from it if I didn't do something big - BLOODY big - to justify its bribing me further. It was very clear about criminalising honest protest."
February 15, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Yvette Cooper [translation]: "I followed the clear advice of the pro-genocide lobby that it wouldn't pay me more than the £215,000 which I'd already received from it if I didn't do something big - BLOODY big - to justify its bribing me further. It was very clear about criminalising honest protest."
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It certainly is something to dwell on, how for over four years, the press were lauding Keir Starmer as the political genius who carried out the ruthless measures to restore Labour to 'electabiliy', and how now that is a bad thing, despite nothing in his behaviour having changed whatsoever. 🤷♂️
February 15, 2026 at 11:59 AM
It certainly is something to dwell on, how for over four years, the press were lauding Keir Starmer as the political genius who carried out the ruthless measures to restore Labour to 'electabiliy', and how now that is a bad thing, despite nothing in his behaviour having changed whatsoever. 🤷♂️
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Horseshoe theorising is not only cynical, it is also incredibly dangerous as all it does is legitimise the far right, while demonising any alternative left of centre
Sadly, it's the only trick the failed hegemony has in its bag and if that leads to the far right in power, it doesn't matter to them
Sadly, it's the only trick the failed hegemony has in its bag and if that leads to the far right in power, it doesn't matter to them
February 15, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Horseshoe theorising is not only cynical, it is also incredibly dangerous as all it does is legitimise the far right, while demonising any alternative left of centre
Sadly, it's the only trick the failed hegemony has in its bag and if that leads to the far right in power, it doesn't matter to them
Sadly, it's the only trick the failed hegemony has in its bag and if that leads to the far right in power, it doesn't matter to them
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This is an important piece. Epstein was a consummate social climber and courted academics as a way of building social clout. Brockman and “the edge” illuminate just how that worked.
NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
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www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This is an important piece. Epstein was a consummate social climber and courted academics as a way of building social clout. Brockman and “the edge” illuminate just how that worked.
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Sunday mornings are for New England folk tales of eldritch terror. #NowWatching The Dunwich Horror (1970) #horrorsky #HolyHorror
February 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Sunday mornings are for New England folk tales of eldritch terror. #NowWatching The Dunwich Horror (1970) #horrorsky #HolyHorror
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When I lived in Japan, far-right parties used to drive around blaring out propaganda from loudspeaker vans. People saw them as public nuisances at best, dangerous nutters at worst. Interesting to see Matt Goodwin adopt the same strategy.
February 15, 2026 at 9:02 AM
When I lived in Japan, far-right parties used to drive around blaring out propaganda from loudspeaker vans. People saw them as public nuisances at best, dangerous nutters at worst. Interesting to see Matt Goodwin adopt the same strategy.
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GB News is an 'anti-Muslim hate channel', two-year study into output concludes
GB News “accounted for almost 50 per cent of all mentions of Muslims or Islam on UK news channels” in a two-year period, a study has found ...
www.thenational.scot
February 14, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *RivieraTravel *Dialaflight *FischerFutureHeat *WeFixLondon *Moneyfactscompare *RangefordLiving *AllClearTravel *Belgica *Boxt *SimplyFactoring *Dormeo *TrailFinders *Moscot *TechnicalDrive *FasterPropertySolutions *BridgnorthWindows *MustHaveIdeas
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Once you’ve entered into an argument about, say, ethnic or religious cleansing, you’ve essentially legitimised the idea of somebody’s right to continue to exist is up for debate and that cleansing all the minorities and cleansing nobody at all are equally extreme or valid points of view.
February 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Once you’ve entered into an argument about, say, ethnic or religious cleansing, you’ve essentially legitimised the idea of somebody’s right to continue to exist is up for debate and that cleansing all the minorities and cleansing nobody at all are equally extreme or valid points of view.