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June Lewins
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Hell is other people
Pinned
Bugger. Been nice knowing you all.
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Peter Cook on “those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War,” notwithstanding, fascists hate artists because empathy highlights their hatefulness & renders them ridiculous.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.

Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
January 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Amazing Spaces
Nikki Glaser - Bangin' 😁
January 28, 2026 at 6:37 PM
So good to hear reggae tunes for #6OfTheBest on Loz Lavoz's show on 6 Music for two days running. We need more reggae on the radio in these dark days.

Yesterday was a tribute to Sly Dunbar, and today's was to honour King Tubby, who was born on this day in 1941.
January 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Every year on January 27 an empty old tram runs along the former Warsaw ghetto. It doesn't pick up any passengers in remembrance of those who were then no longer permitted to use a tram and were later deported and murdered. #HolocaustMemorialDay
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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In England Swifts are having to take sterner measures... #swiftbricks
January 28, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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Your occasional reminder that sometimes we can have nice things.
Golden retriever rescues young puffin at Aberdour Silver Sands
Phoebe the golden retriever ran into the water and saved the drowning puffin.
www.dunfermlinepress.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Lots of meeces. 🧵
We want to see your mice!

Mouse impression on a Roman roof tile 👇
January 28, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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The world’s first pocket music player was this tiny Mikiphone from the 1920s. A gramophone like machine.

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Invented by Hungarian siblings Miklós and Étienne Vadász though produced in Switzerland.

It could fit in a pocket, though only played 10” records.
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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It's Imbolc on Sunday, Saint Brigid's day, a chance to welcome the return of light and warmth, the end of winter's darkness, and the promise of growth. Spring's going to keep springing and nature coming back as long as we give it a chance.
January 28, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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Variety review: On the Amazons Melania “documentary”:

"If they showed this film on a plane, people would still walk out."
January 28, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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Pretty sure he’s trying to hide the scar he got trying to steal a medallion off a woman in a bar fire in Nepal in the 1930s.
He's now wearing one glove to hide his rotting hand.
January 28, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Finally had some sunshine after days of rain and gales, so it was lovely to get out for a walk. Gave up on one route that was so ankle deep in mud that it threatened to keep my wellies! Today's view from the gap in the hedge up on the cliff -
January 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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🚨BREAKING: 🇺🇸More than 38,000 hotel bookings for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the U.S. have been canceled.

More than 38,000 hotel bookings linked to the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the United States have reportedly been canceled months ahead of the tournament.
January 27, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Happy birthday to Margo Timmins. Here are Cowboy Junkies performing Sweet Jane live in Cologne in 1990. Watch the full concert at
📺🤠💉▶️ youtu.be/WY-aUf2p5k8
January 27, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Obersturmbannführer Gregory Bovino, Head of ICE
January 27, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Obersturmbannführer Gregory Bovino, Head of ICE
January 27, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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The first colour episode of Ivor The Engine was broadcast on this day in 1976 (the original black and white series aired on ITV during the late 1950's).
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Here are my top 10 most unusual dog friends of all time!
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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RIP Lowell Fillmore 'Sly' Dunbar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLJF...
Peter Tosh - Stepping Razor
YouTube video by xraymusicdotcodotuk
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Our newest rescued giraffe, Pips, likes to tail her Keepers around Kaluku. When a chore takes them further afield, they've devised a clever stopgap – hanging a jacket on her favourite tree so she can browse 'accompanied' by a comforting scent.

Learn more about Pips: swt.bio/pips
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system on this day in 1926.
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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Sly Dunbar has passed. A true architect of genre. RIP

youtu.be/TbDJjjJQJ-o?...
Grace Jones / Walking In The Rain
YouTube video by Romain
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system on this day in 1926.
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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Happy birthday to Peter Coyle. Here he is with The Lotus Eaters performing The First Picture Of You on Switch in 1983. Watch the full song plus Out On Your Own at youtu.be/8Y4y7dHTKYY
January 25, 2026 at 7:03 PM