Bob Griffiths
@bobgriffiths20.bsky.social
Aquarius type, goes well with a paintbrush, goes well with a plectrum. Ingredients: ✨💦🏴🇮🇪🏴🇬🇬. Best before: 23.06.2016, or ask wife/children/grandchildren. #FBPE, #FBPA, #FBPPR
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For all the noise about the authenticity of country music & how it represents the "real" America, the truth is that it's as manufactured now as it's ever been, & the fact that country fans have embraced an entirely artifical performer should be no surprise whatsoever.
S'why I listen to prog.
S'why I listen to prog.
AI country singer Breaking Rust tops Billboard with ‘Walk My Walk’
A country hit made by artificial intelligence has climbed to the top of a Billboard chart — a first for the genre.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
For all the noise about the authenticity of country music & how it represents the "real" America, the truth is that it's as manufactured now as it's ever been, & the fact that country fans have embraced an entirely artifical performer should be no surprise whatsoever.
S'why I listen to prog.
S'why I listen to prog.
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I love King's X, & wished they'd been a huge band.
That said, you can have everything: chops, stage presence, a rapidly loyal core following & admiration from your peers, etc...
But without a collection of accessible songs you'll never get a broader audence.
They are hard rock's answer to NRBQ.
That said, you can have everything: chops, stage presence, a rapidly loyal core following & admiration from your peers, etc...
But without a collection of accessible songs you'll never get a broader audence.
They are hard rock's answer to NRBQ.
King's X - Black Flag 1992
YouTube video by 1016vortex
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I love King's X, & wished they'd been a huge band.
That said, you can have everything: chops, stage presence, a rapidly loyal core following & admiration from your peers, etc...
But without a collection of accessible songs you'll never get a broader audence.
They are hard rock's answer to NRBQ.
That said, you can have everything: chops, stage presence, a rapidly loyal core following & admiration from your peers, etc...
But without a collection of accessible songs you'll never get a broader audence.
They are hard rock's answer to NRBQ.
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BBC News - Late physicist's Nobel Prize medal donated to university
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Prof Peter Higgs Nobel Prize medal donated to Edinburgh University
The late physicist the medal to the university where he proposed a groundbreaking idea that would change scientists' understanding of the universe.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
BBC News - Late physicist's Nobel Prize medal donated to university
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Born 14 Nov 1933, Fred Haise is a retired engineer, NASA astronaut & test pilot. He also served as a fighter pilot for the Air Force and Marine Corps. He was part of Apollo 13 and is 1 of 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon. He is the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. #FredHaise
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Born 14 Nov 1933, Fred Haise is a retired engineer, NASA astronaut & test pilot. He also served as a fighter pilot for the Air Force and Marine Corps. He was part of Apollo 13 and is 1 of 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon. He is the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. #FredHaise
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If anyone was wondering where Geddy Lee got the idea for the whole doubleneck & bass pedals thing, well Mike Rutherford did it 1st.
This is the modular doubleneck Shergold built for Mike... not only could you swap around guitars & necks, but the electronics were modular, too.
This is the modular doubleneck Shergold built for Mike... not only could you swap around guitars & necks, but the electronics were modular, too.
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If anyone was wondering where Geddy Lee got the idea for the whole doubleneck & bass pedals thing, well Mike Rutherford did it 1st.
This is the modular doubleneck Shergold built for Mike... not only could you swap around guitars & necks, but the electronics were modular, too.
This is the modular doubleneck Shergold built for Mike... not only could you swap around guitars & necks, but the electronics were modular, too.
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Shergold 8/4 doubleneck bass
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Shergold 8/4 doubleneck bass
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November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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‘A confident BBC would admit a mistake and move on without admitting legal liability.
But we do not have a confident BBC.
We have a media corporation lacking confidence.’
And there we have it…
But we do not have a confident BBC.
We have a media corporation lacking confidence.’
And there we have it…
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
‘A confident BBC would admit a mistake and move on without admitting legal liability.
But we do not have a confident BBC.
We have a media corporation lacking confidence.’
And there we have it…
But we do not have a confident BBC.
We have a media corporation lacking confidence.’
And there we have it…
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NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
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Ten months ago everything felt steady growth was real, markets weren’t panicking, gas wasn’t jumping every few days. Now those same numbers keep slipping. I’m not trying to blame anyone. It just feels like the progress under President Biden is fading way faster than makes sense.
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Ten months ago everything felt steady growth was real, markets weren’t panicking, gas wasn’t jumping every few days. Now those same numbers keep slipping. I’m not trying to blame anyone. It just feels like the progress under President Biden is fading way faster than makes sense.
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Indeed. The BBC is in my view one of Britain‘s most important institutions. It is imperfect.
Everything is.
You destroy it at your peril.
If ever there was a time to rally around something very British, it is now.
Just an outsider‘s opinion.
Everything is.
You destroy it at your peril.
If ever there was a time to rally around something very British, it is now.
Just an outsider‘s opinion.
So many social media patriots! Delighting in the hope that the president of a foreign nation might destroy a British institution that is envied around the world! 🇬🇧
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Indeed. The BBC is in my view one of Britain‘s most important institutions. It is imperfect.
Everything is.
You destroy it at your peril.
If ever there was a time to rally around something very British, it is now.
Just an outsider‘s opinion.
Everything is.
You destroy it at your peril.
If ever there was a time to rally around something very British, it is now.
Just an outsider‘s opinion.
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Next time a Reform representative is on question time they should be asked to comment on this footage.
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Next time a Reform representative is on question time they should be asked to comment on this footage.
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The stupids have risen and stepped on the rake of life.
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The stupids have risen and stepped on the rake of life.
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So….let me get this straight …these are British immigrants in Spain waving Union Jacks and protesting about immigration ….to the UK? 🤯
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
So….let me get this straight …these are British immigrants in Spain waving Union Jacks and protesting about immigration ….to the UK? 🤯
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I’m sorry Spain 🇪🇸
You deserve better.
You deserve better.
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I’m sorry Spain 🇪🇸
You deserve better.
You deserve better.
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"Did you have to pack so many flags, love? The kids can't get their swimsuits into the suitcase."
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"Did you have to pack so many flags, love? The kids can't get their swimsuits into the suitcase."
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This is how they posted it on Instagram
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is how they posted it on Instagram
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In the immortal words of Groucho Marx, "they've got the brains of a four year old child - and I bet he was glad to get rid of them."
a black and white photo of a man behind a stack of paper
ALT: a black and white photo of a man behind a stack of paper
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In the immortal words of Groucho Marx, "they've got the brains of a four year old child - and I bet he was glad to get rid of them."
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It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
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Reform UK expels Kent councillor after alleged video leak
Isabella Kemp said she
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
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If John Swinney had been caught pissing in the street, there would be such a rift and fury that the centre of the universe would be ripped so violently that it would make the big bang look like a cap gun going off
Yet here we are. Peter Mandleson, a Labour Lord, still a Lord & hush from Labour🙄
Yet here we are. Peter Mandleson, a Labour Lord, still a Lord & hush from Labour🙄
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If John Swinney had been caught pissing in the street, there would be such a rift and fury that the centre of the universe would be ripped so violently that it would make the big bang look like a cap gun going off
Yet here we are. Peter Mandleson, a Labour Lord, still a Lord & hush from Labour🙄
Yet here we are. Peter Mandleson, a Labour Lord, still a Lord & hush from Labour🙄
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Britain's ministry of defence has made 49 visits to Israel in the first 20 months of Israel's genocide in Gaza – 37 of those visits were in secret.
More from Declassified UK: www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
More from Declassified UK: www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Britain's ministry of defence has made 49 visits to Israel in the first 20 months of Israel's genocide in Gaza – 37 of those visits were in secret.
More from Declassified UK: www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
More from Declassified UK: www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
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This'll be my new pinned post.
This is the most positive thing I've seen on BlueSky in a long time and that includes WeRateDogs.
The UK Labour Party are getting a LOT done both immediately & for long term planning so there really is cause for hope for them, and UK despite an onslaught of propaganda!
This is the most positive thing I've seen on BlueSky in a long time and that includes WeRateDogs.
The UK Labour Party are getting a LOT done both immediately & for long term planning so there really is cause for hope for them, and UK despite an onslaught of propaganda!
September 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This'll be my new pinned post.
This is the most positive thing I've seen on BlueSky in a long time and that includes WeRateDogs.
The UK Labour Party are getting a LOT done both immediately & for long term planning so there really is cause for hope for them, and UK despite an onslaught of propaganda!
This is the most positive thing I've seen on BlueSky in a long time and that includes WeRateDogs.
The UK Labour Party are getting a LOT done both immediately & for long term planning so there really is cause for hope for them, and UK despite an onslaught of propaganda!