Ricolas
@ricolas.bsky.social
The King Kong of Sing Song
The opera singing 5 star hotel concierge wine merchant bookseller of old Beckenham town. Business Analyst with M&S in days of yore. Car repairs and fixing things. Low grade guitarrist.
Jack of all trades.
The opera singing 5 star hotel concierge wine merchant bookseller of old Beckenham town. Business Analyst with M&S in days of yore. Car repairs and fixing things. Low grade guitarrist.
Jack of all trades.
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1) What the actual fuck how did this just get normalised in the space of three years…. Oh yeah everyone just hanging out on Twitter like boiling frogs
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
1) What the actual fuck how did this just get normalised in the space of three years…. Oh yeah everyone just hanging out on Twitter like boiling frogs
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
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Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
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Great interview with Luke Akehurst MP, Lab moderate, by Luke O’Reilly www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Great interview with Luke Akehurst MP, Lab moderate, by Luke O’Reilly www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
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Lollll three bylines for a national newspaper to recreate (including the exact same restaurants!) what me and a student reporter managed a month ago: www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
@jim.londoncentric.media this looks very familiar in MoS
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Lollll three bylines for a national newspaper to recreate (including the exact same restaurants!) what me and a student reporter managed a month ago: www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
Astonishing stuff...
NEW: Britain’s top libel firm, Carter-Ruck, acted for OneCoin - a $4bn crypto-fraud.
The firm threatened whistleblowers, journalists, regulators, and even the police.
Carter-Ruck's work helped the fraud continue as long as it did.
Was that a crime?
The firm threatened whistleblowers, journalists, regulators, and even the police.
Carter-Ruck's work helped the fraud continue as long as it did.
Was that a crime?
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Astonishing stuff...
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If you are not listening to Liza Tarbuck on Saturdays on Radio 2 you need to start, pronto.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0...
October 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If you are not listening to Liza Tarbuck on Saturdays on Radio 2 you need to start, pronto.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0...
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🚨🚨 "The ECHR is not some foreign imposition that curtails our sovereignty. It was born of British leadership after the horrors of the Second World War, drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill himself". Great stuff by Sir Robert Buckland KC:
October 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🚨🚨 "The ECHR is not some foreign imposition that curtails our sovereignty. It was born of British leadership after the horrors of the Second World War, drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill himself". Great stuff by Sir Robert Buckland KC:
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Yup.
if that HIGNFY Euan Blair fuckup had been about a right-winger it'd have had full front-page scandal coverage in the Mail followed by frontpage coverage across the board for the next week, days of "BBC in crisis" headline coverage by the BBC, and parliamentary questions about Tim Davie's future
October 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Yup.
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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Douglas Barrowman to the media: there was a mountain of evidence
Douglas Barrowman to the court: he didn’t give evidence.
Douglas Barrowman to the court: he didn’t give evidence.
October 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Douglas Barrowman to the media: there was a mountain of evidence
Douglas Barrowman to the court: he didn’t give evidence.
Douglas Barrowman to the court: he didn’t give evidence.
You make those around you complicit. This is how this works.
I know we're desensitized, but it's important to note, again, that today's events would have led to the immediate impeachment & removal of any president from at least Truman to at least Obama. We're hundreds of miles on the interstate past Richard Nixon's high school prank-level crimes compared to 👇
Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.
October 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
You make those around you complicit. This is how this works.
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Right-wing media fluffs Farage for years, to the point where he now leads the polls, and then start whining about Starmer being 'obsessed' when he starts telling some long overdue home truths. It's actually hilarious.
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Right-wing media fluffs Farage for years, to the point where he now leads the polls, and then start whining about Starmer being 'obsessed' when he starts telling some long overdue home truths. It's actually hilarious.
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This Is Quite A Statement!
Has It Gotten Much Press?!?
Has It Gotten Much Press?!?
September 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This Is Quite A Statement!
Has It Gotten Much Press?!?
Has It Gotten Much Press?!?
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#Autumn Sunlight, Sennen Cove, Cornwall, 1922 by Laura Knight #UnlockingWomensArt
September 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
#Autumn Sunlight, Sennen Cove, Cornwall, 1922 by Laura Knight #UnlockingWomensArt
@straczynski.bsky.social
You utter bastard. Weeping at Gethsemane. Staggering writing, allowing a great actor a chance to really stretch. Tears rolling down my cheeks
No matter how many times, it remains astonishing in its message, and delivery.
You utter bastard. Weeping at Gethsemane. Staggering writing, allowing a great actor a chance to really stretch. Tears rolling down my cheeks
No matter how many times, it remains astonishing in its message, and delivery.
September 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
@straczynski.bsky.social
You utter bastard. Weeping at Gethsemane. Staggering writing, allowing a great actor a chance to really stretch. Tears rolling down my cheeks
No matter how many times, it remains astonishing in its message, and delivery.
You utter bastard. Weeping at Gethsemane. Staggering writing, allowing a great actor a chance to really stretch. Tears rolling down my cheeks
No matter how many times, it remains astonishing in its message, and delivery.
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I’ve always acknowledged the incalculable creative debt I owe to Tom Lehrer; the Edinburgh show will need a few minor tweaks but otherwise we’re pressing on. I’m sad it’ll now be a eulogy rather than living tribute but it’ll be all the more heartfelt now he’s gone.
variety.com/2025/music/o...
variety.com/2025/music/o...
Tom Lehrer, Influential Satirist Whose Topical Songs Poked and Prodded America in the ’50s and ’60s, Dies at 97
Tom Lehrer, an influential musical satirist who came to fame with songs addressing topical events in the '50s and '60s, has died at age 97.
variety.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I’ve always acknowledged the incalculable creative debt I owe to Tom Lehrer; the Edinburgh show will need a few minor tweaks but otherwise we’re pressing on. I’m sad it’ll now be a eulogy rather than living tribute but it’ll be all the more heartfelt now he’s gone.
variety.com/2025/music/o...
variety.com/2025/music/o...
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"Vote Reform for massive power cuts" is going to be a completely legitimate attack line at the next election. Because it will force them to explain and (a) when you are explaining you are losing and (b) the explanations will make them look like the lunatic fringe crackpots they really are.
Reform are against the 5,000 jobs in South Wales and energy security that floating offshore wind could support. And apparently now against… electricity, with this nuts letter opposing any cables, batteries, or in fact anything getting built
July 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"Vote Reform for massive power cuts" is going to be a completely legitimate attack line at the next election. Because it will force them to explain and (a) when you are explaining you are losing and (b) the explanations will make them look like the lunatic fringe crackpots they really are.
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There was essentially zero coverage of the disabled protest to stop Medicaid cuts. Capitol police dragged protesters out, many in wheelchairs, and arrested 34 people. It was barely a blip on the news because nobody really cares about the disabled.
June 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
There was essentially zero coverage of the disabled protest to stop Medicaid cuts. Capitol police dragged protesters out, many in wheelchairs, and arrested 34 people. It was barely a blip on the news because nobody really cares about the disabled.
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I need all of #lawsky to see this video from a Colorado appeals court livestream yesterday. I am in actual tears. Sound *incredibly* on, the subtitles will not help.
June 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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That would be Colonel Anne McClain on the International Space Station. West Point graduate, engineer, rugby player, helicopter pilot, astronaut, Marshall scholar, combat veteran: all stuff the current administration and especially current Pentagon wants to keep women from doing.
For those who do not have access or care to go to Twitter for the video, here is the video of the U.S. Secretary of the Army stating that there is currently a soldier on the moon:
June 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
That would be Colonel Anne McClain on the International Space Station. West Point graduate, engineer, rugby player, helicopter pilot, astronaut, Marshall scholar, combat veteran: all stuff the current administration and especially current Pentagon wants to keep women from doing.
Guardian Talk Boards 1998.
Mind you, I'm GenX. Ancient.
Mind you, I'm GenX. Ancient.
This is, in all seriousness, the biggest Millennial/Gen Z dividing line: whether your first social network pre- or post-dates facebook.
and honestly i’m still very much a forum poster at heart
June 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Guardian Talk Boards 1998.
Mind you, I'm GenX. Ancient.
Mind you, I'm GenX. Ancient.
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This is, in all seriousness, the biggest Millennial/Gen Z dividing line: whether your first social network pre- or post-dates facebook.
and honestly i’m still very much a forum poster at heart
June 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is, in all seriousness, the biggest Millennial/Gen Z dividing line: whether your first social network pre- or post-dates facebook.
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We are very pleased to be collecting for the Children's Book Project - come and drop off your pre-loved books for someone else to enjoy! 😁
May 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
We are very pleased to be collecting for the Children's Book Project - come and drop off your pre-loved books for someone else to enjoy! 😁
I know he's only moving programmes, but I will miss Petroc Trelawney on BBC Radio3 Breakfast. Truly one of our greatest radio broadcasters.
Good morning. Breakfast is live BBC Radio 3 Today Anna Tilbrook asks us to sing along as we cross a rainbow, Bach writes a cantata for a new regime, Hannah Peel surveys a dusty nebula, Britten salutes Young Apollo, Brenda Wootton at Lamorna, Ned Rorem's breakfast & a hydrophone.
April 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I know he's only moving programmes, but I will miss Petroc Trelawney on BBC Radio3 Breakfast. Truly one of our greatest radio broadcasters.