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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 1d

Liew is ostensibly a sports writer at The Guardian but is emerging as one if its strongest moral voices. Here he is on the Riyadh comedy festival. No surprise that a loathsome weasel like Jimmy Carr appeared but so disappointed in Omid Djalili taking part. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew

The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 1d

Goodnight. Peace. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv2G...

Bill Evans "Peace Piece"

YouTube video by William Repicci

www.youtube.com

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 3d

Quickly to say I gave Pop 2 a blast following a post of yours - best decision I made all day!

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 5d

That was for Melody Maker! Good old Jesse.

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 7d

Heart goes out to victims of the hateful, antisemitic attack. Alarmed at attempts to weaponise it, including the govt, against legitimate, ongoing protest at the genocide. Also at people who have said nothing since Oct 7 1923, piping up now as if this is but the second outrage that has happened.

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent piece, Phil!

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Metal Fear Sinisterity 👻 @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 8d

Not Shabana Mahmood weaponising a horrific tragedy to attack legitimate protest?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 8d

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 8d

And here, also, for the first time, is an extended 300-track playlist running chronologically through the 1980s, from 1980 to 1989. This doesn't even cover half of what's in the book, but I think it's a really effective soundtrack. #IntoTheGroove www.tunemymusic.com/share/kQHEUO...

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 9d

As a white man I agree . . .

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 9d

Galls me when old, male centrists sneer at Thunberg, accuse her of "attention seeking". Damn right she's attention seeking. She's drawing attention to starvation, genocide. All her critics reveal is their secret guilt at their own, shameful inertia. History will judge them for saying, doing nothing.

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 10d

I have no romantic, deluded high regard for the high command of the US military but this response does make me think that if these would-be fascists try to deploy them to overthrow democracy their response might be . . . naah.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!

Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 10d

I loathe Starmer and what the Labour Party has become under him on a variety of fronts, Gaza especially but they are the government and I'm relieved that at long last they are calling out Farage and Reform as racists and enemies of the people.

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 11d

Simon Price was good on Jon Bon Jovi's brand of "Democratism" on the live Chart Show episode.

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 11d

Struggling to pick out a single black or brown face in the images here celebrating the "unity" and "euphoria" of the Summer of Oasis. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

The UK’s summer of Oasis is over – but the unity and euphoria it created is unforgettable | Emma Garland

Bringing together people of every generation and accent, the Gallagher brothers articulate something at the very heart of Britishness

www.theguardian.com

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 12d

The magisterial final paragraph of NME's review of The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper, 1967. Not so much hip young gunslingers as Pathe News Bulletin.

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 17d

Autism is not a regrettable condition. It is not a disease. Bigotry and ignorance, on the other hand, are.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 17d

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point

How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · 21d

Cunts. You are too stupid to know you are finished. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour rules against dozens of motions about Palestine being debated at party conference

Calls for sanctions on Israel and ban on trade that aids international law violations among snubbed motions

www.theguardian.com

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you very much, Kim!

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · Aug 30

To be a free man, it is not enough that I enjoy individual liberty. Only when all of mankind is liberated am I truly free. To be a happy man, it is not enough that Arsenal win. Only when Spurs lose also am I truly happy.

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · Aug 26

Ah yes, with Rodney Dangerfield.

David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm 63 in September, been writing for 40 years. Still hope to make it.

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · Aug 26

Bad of me but I was a HUGE fan of Sam Kinison. (Drew the line at Andrew Dice-Clay)

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David Stubbs @davidstubbs.bsky.social · Aug 25

h/t @mrpmharrison.bsky.social. "Crowds"! This is almost literally two men and a dog.

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