I must have watched this a dozen times over the last couple of days - the sound of that wonderful Gretsch guitar in the hands of the amazing Doyle Dykes..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oaB...

The government can’t afford to clear up the gigantic waste mountain because it would have to pay millions of pounds to the government.

Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2

Here's my argument with Sir Bernard Jenkin MP about the report showing how the racist intimidation of Black and Brown NHS workers on home visits has been exacerbated by the far right's wall of flags.

A world without Keir Starmer: Is it time to change the Labour leader? iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...

The late, great Lyle Mays was a keyboard genius - this is easily one of the most beautiful performances on piano that I have ever heard.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afev...

Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with"

JR then demolishes Farage, ending with

"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"

It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.

Via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social on insta, the most accurate use of this meme ever

Very interesting analysis..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp19...

Some fascinating advice from a Psychiatrist on dealing with the emotional stress caused by the Trump rollercoaster.
youtu.be/5Zq4RHL_Kw8?...

A true genius-level performance from Keith Jarrett. Hearing this for the first time yesterday made me feel like the first time I heard Art Tatum play Someone to Watch Over Me (the Beverly Hills live recording) - completely blown away.

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Favourite malaprop of the day: "Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder"..

This is such a great performance! Paul Shaffer and Doc Severisen back in the late '80's. Love the sound of that horn section!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d20P...