Peter Walker
@pegerteg.bsky.social
Occasional music journo, weekday business editor. Embra born and based.
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Peter Walker
@pegerteg.bsky.social
· Aug 30
Pete’s Pad
Trying out a different way to disseminate my online musings.
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com
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Pour one out.
Imagine drumming on Double Barrel when you're 18, then going on to play on Police And Thieves, Pull Up To The Bumper, and a million crucial recordings. And, of course, Boops (a track I often get obsessed with). Like the LP title, Sly Dunbar was a Rhythm Killer. R.I.P. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVIs...
Sly And Robbie - Boops Here To Go [1987] Official Music Video Remastered @Videos80s
YouTube video by 80's 90's Music Video's Remastered @Videos80s
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Pour one out.
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM
This is excellent by @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk on dumbed-down policy being like that particular type of book you get in airports…
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo...
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo...
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
This is excellent by @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk on dumbed-down policy being like that particular type of book you get in airports…
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo...
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo...
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24% of people who voted Labour at the last general election now plan to
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
24% of people who voted Labour at the last general election now plan to
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
Firstly, well in those lassies.
Secondly, since when were South Morningside any good at football?
When I went there we were consistently bottom of the league…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Secondly, since when were South Morningside any good at football?
When I went there we were consistently bottom of the league…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Girls football team win tiny plastic cup as boys take home full-size trophy
The cup paled into comparison to the grand old trophy presented to the winning boys football team.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Firstly, well in those lassies.
Secondly, since when were South Morningside any good at football?
When I went there we were consistently bottom of the league…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Secondly, since when were South Morningside any good at football?
When I went there we were consistently bottom of the league…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Big @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social nailing it on AI’s fundamental lack of imagination and what it might mean in the long run…
www.garbageday.email/p/generative...
www.garbageday.email/p/generative...
Generative AI is an expensive edging machine
Read to the end for insider trading and money laundering
www.garbageday.email
January 21, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Big @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social nailing it on AI’s fundamental lack of imagination and what it might mean in the long run…
www.garbageday.email/p/generative...
www.garbageday.email/p/generative...
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
Transmissions from a misspent youth.
January 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Transmissions from a misspent youth.
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I think AI is making it harder for journalists to research, not easier. I was using Google - not ChatGPT or anything - to look up a book & it gave me a quote it said was key. Anyway, I bought the book & read it & there is no such quote, it's not even close. But it was detailed & convincing.
January 18, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I think AI is making it harder for journalists to research, not easier. I was using Google - not ChatGPT or anything - to look up a book & it gave me a quote it said was key. Anyway, I bought the book & read it & there is no such quote, it's not even close. But it was detailed & convincing.
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If you can't afford to pay, I get it. I can't afford to pay! But the reason I can't is because there's no goddamn money in journalism anymore
These paywalls are attempts to make this dying field viable. When you get personally offended by paywalls, you're essentially saying we should work for free
These paywalls are attempts to make this dying field viable. When you get personally offended by paywalls, you're essentially saying we should work for free
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
If you can't afford to pay, I get it. I can't afford to pay! But the reason I can't is because there's no goddamn money in journalism anymore
These paywalls are attempts to make this dying field viable. When you get personally offended by paywalls, you're essentially saying we should work for free
These paywalls are attempts to make this dying field viable. When you get personally offended by paywalls, you're essentially saying we should work for free
Must admit I haven’t completely digested the paper, but this excerpt via @mattmuir.bsky.social makes a very good point on the dangers of relying on AI answers…
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.19466
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.19466
January 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Must admit I haven’t completely digested the paper, but this excerpt via @mattmuir.bsky.social makes a very good point on the dangers of relying on AI answers…
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.19466
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.19466
EXIT UTOPIA, by Anthony Rother
10 track album
anthonyrother.bandcamp.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Along woth more practical ‘life skill’ maths, I’d like to see better media literacy and critical thinking taught as early as possible.
Fewer exams sounds good too.
newhumanist.bsky.social newhumanist.org.uk/articles/648...
Fewer exams sounds good too.
newhumanist.bsky.social newhumanist.org.uk/articles/648...
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
January 14, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Along woth more practical ‘life skill’ maths, I’d like to see better media literacy and critical thinking taught as early as possible.
Fewer exams sounds good too.
newhumanist.bsky.social newhumanist.org.uk/articles/648...
Fewer exams sounds good too.
newhumanist.bsky.social newhumanist.org.uk/articles/648...
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You can still sign humanist campaigner Gemma Clark's petition to ensure abortion services are available up to 24 weeks across Scotland. It's due to be discussed on Wednesday by Holyrood's petitions committee...
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
@gemmaclark.bsky.social
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
@gemmaclark.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
You can still sign humanist campaigner Gemma Clark's petition to ensure abortion services are available up to 24 weeks across Scotland. It's due to be discussed on Wednesday by Holyrood's petitions committee...
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
@gemmaclark.bsky.social
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
@gemmaclark.bsky.social
Something which once seemed outlandish now seems horribly possible - all right-thinking leaders must stand up for Greenland (and for Venezuela, of course)
billmckibben.substack.com/p/greenland-...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/greenland-...
Greenland has a 'vital strategic asset'
A sheet of ice two miles thick (and also some remarkable people)
billmckibben.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Something which once seemed outlandish now seems horribly possible - all right-thinking leaders must stand up for Greenland (and for Venezuela, of course)
billmckibben.substack.com/p/greenland-...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/greenland-...
Just possibly it's the oil?
A solar panel is the new peace sign
billmckibben.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:21 PM
An impaling and a beheading seemed fittingly cathartic.
January 1, 2026 at 8:58 PM
An impaling and a beheading seemed fittingly cathartic.
Boards of Canada - Some Old Tunes (1985-1996)
YouTube video by three dee melodie
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Aaaand finally, all my favourite films from the year twenty twenty five:
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com/p/best-of-20...
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com/p/best-of-20...
Best of 2025: Films
All the best movies I watched this year
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Aaaand finally, all my favourite films from the year twenty twenty five:
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com/p/best-of-20...
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com/p/best-of-20...
Best of 2025: TV
All my favourite small screen series'
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It’s end-of-year list time. First up, mt favourite fifty tracks of 2025:
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com/p/best-of-20...
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com/p/best-of-20...
Best of 2025: Music
All my favourite songs from the year just gone
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It’s end-of-year list time. First up, mt favourite fifty tracks of 2025:
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com/p/best-of-20...
peters-newsletter-dfe447.beehiiv.com/p/best-of-20...
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there are many horrible brainworms you can catch online but none of them are as all-encompassing in their destruction of you as a human being as transphobia
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
classic story of some lady hitting the transphobia pipe harder and harder and becoming an intolerable shithead who alienates all her friends www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
How Sandie Peggie 'Benidorm Posse' friend group was torn apart by NHS Fife trans tribunal
The personal cost of the changing room row was exposed in expletive-ridden private messages as tensions boiled over in group chats.
www.thecourier.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
there are many horrible brainworms you can catch online but none of them are as all-encompassing in their destruction of you as a human being as transphobia
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
Soulwax definitely on with a strong shout for best remixers ever. Purely on the strength of THAT Tame Impala/Justice/Marie Davidson rework…
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
6 Music's Rave Forever - The Art of Remixing: Soulwax - BBC Sounds
A sonic journey through just some of the iconic remixes by the Belgian band Soulwax.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Soulwax definitely on with a strong shout for best remixers ever. Purely on the strength of THAT Tame Impala/Justice/Marie Davidson rework…
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
