Chris Bye
@chrisnbye.bsky.social
Chief Exec Jazz North.
Trustee and consultant for creative and cultural sector.
Trustee and consultant for creative and cultural sector.
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Superb piece about the (partial) transformation of MTG. Best account yet of her political journey and what it might augur for the wider MAGA movement, buckling under massive political and intellectual tensions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Superb piece about the (partial) transformation of MTG. Best account yet of her political journey and what it might augur for the wider MAGA movement, buckling under massive political and intellectual tensions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
The Rest Is…. An almost impressive increase in the percentage of adverts to content ratio
December 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The Rest Is…. An almost impressive increase in the percentage of adverts to content ratio
‘American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy’ by @davidcorn.bsky.social
AKA How the American political system went completely to bibble.
In this extensive delve, Corn shows that this erosion of democracy and sanity didn’t happen by accident.
AKA How the American political system went completely to bibble.
In this extensive delve, Corn shows that this erosion of democracy and sanity didn’t happen by accident.
December 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
‘American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy’ by @davidcorn.bsky.social
AKA How the American political system went completely to bibble.
In this extensive delve, Corn shows that this erosion of democracy and sanity didn’t happen by accident.
AKA How the American political system went completely to bibble.
In this extensive delve, Corn shows that this erosion of democracy and sanity didn’t happen by accident.
Although I have lost all my (respective) reach since leaving the nazi wasp nest that is Twitter, I get asked for political book recommendations on WhatsApp a fair bit and have nowhere else to list them publicly.
So from time to time I shall pop some here for no-one to look at.
So from time to time I shall pop some here for no-one to look at.
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Although I have lost all my (respective) reach since leaving the nazi wasp nest that is Twitter, I get asked for political book recommendations on WhatsApp a fair bit and have nowhere else to list them publicly.
So from time to time I shall pop some here for no-one to look at.
So from time to time I shall pop some here for no-one to look at.
Sea monkeys are now aqua dragons.
Daft frozen crutacians (which were never monkeys) are now a slightly mad masculine branding exercise.
I guess “crap old proto shrimp” is a bit harder for the marketing team
Daft frozen crutacians (which were never monkeys) are now a slightly mad masculine branding exercise.
I guess “crap old proto shrimp” is a bit harder for the marketing team
November 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sea monkeys are now aqua dragons.
Daft frozen crutacians (which were never monkeys) are now a slightly mad masculine branding exercise.
I guess “crap old proto shrimp” is a bit harder for the marketing team
Daft frozen crutacians (which were never monkeys) are now a slightly mad masculine branding exercise.
I guess “crap old proto shrimp” is a bit harder for the marketing team
Fantastic work from Sam Fender www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sam Fender donates his £25,000 Mercury prize winnings to Music Venue Trust charity
Chart-topping singer-songwriter adds to his previous support of charity that works on behalf of small UK venues
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Fantastic work from Sam Fender www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Really amazing show at the #MercuryPrize last night. Smooth production, great staffing from venue and epic performances. Fantastic result for Sam Fender, the NE and the North in general. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Sam Fender wins 2025 Mercury prize for his album People Watching
Geordie singer-songwriter’s album reached No 1 on the UK album chart, and led to a series of stadium-sized concerts this summer
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Really amazing show at the #MercuryPrize last night. Smooth production, great staffing from venue and epic performances. Fantastic result for Sam Fender, the NE and the North in general. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
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“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
October 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
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Ed Miliband's message to Elon Musk:
"Get out of our politics and our country."
"Get out of our politics and our country."
October 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ed Miliband's message to Elon Musk:
"Get out of our politics and our country."
"Get out of our politics and our country."
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Via Ronald S. on FB.
September 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Via Ronald S. on FB.
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oh my god shut up about this for one day i am losing the will to live www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MasterChef: BBC faces mounting pressure to not air new series after Gregg Wallace and John Torode sacked
It comes as a MasterChef contestant says she was edited out after asking for the new series not to be broadcast.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
oh my god shut up about this for one day i am losing the will to live www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This Jenrick chap sounds reasonable I wonder what happened to him.
An accurate observation by Robert Jenrick in March 2023. Negotiate on routes for returns. If could expand the principle and the deal to the *certainty* of return, not the 5-10% risk of returns, for those outside the scheme then controlled & capped route should help to smash smugglet business model
July 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This Jenrick chap sounds reasonable I wonder what happened to him.
The readership of most of the UK press can fall into 3 categories: 1. People that work in media. 2. People that work in government and 3. A statistically ageing demographic.
If our government just said the emporer had no clothes and got on with an agenda, they might find polling stronger.
If our government just said the emporer had no clothes and got on with an agenda, they might find polling stronger.
July 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The readership of most of the UK press can fall into 3 categories: 1. People that work in media. 2. People that work in government and 3. A statistically ageing demographic.
If our government just said the emporer had no clothes and got on with an agenda, they might find polling stronger.
If our government just said the emporer had no clothes and got on with an agenda, they might find polling stronger.
Always a joy to plough through, take a looksie.
I came out of the corner swinging for John Glacier, Richard Dawson, Aya, Caroline, Matmos, Osamason, Los Pirañas, CdY, Rattle, Haress, Cosey, Shit & Shine, Hesse Kassel, Light-Space Modulator, Richard Skelton, Golem Mecanique, Squid, Moin, Neptunian Maximalism... & there's still more to discover!
It's here! The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025.
What's at Number One? How many have you heard?
buff.ly/h3osP6p
@normanrecords.com
What's at Number One? How many have you heard?
buff.ly/h3osP6p
@normanrecords.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Always a joy to plough through, take a looksie.
@newsagents.bsky.social re. the question as to where the biggest threat to Labour comes from (Hard L/R). That is the wrong end of the telescope: Winning parties create the vision by which opposition has to react to, not visa versa. See New Labour, Clinton, Trump etc.
July 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
@newsagents.bsky.social re. the question as to where the biggest threat to Labour comes from (Hard L/R). That is the wrong end of the telescope: Winning parties create the vision by which opposition has to react to, not visa versa. See New Labour, Clinton, Trump etc.
@tomrobinson.com hey Tom really sorry I had to miss Mick's meal at SxLondon. I'd love to have seen you. Had a decent reason why - DM sometime for catch up?
June 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@tomrobinson.com hey Tom really sorry I had to miss Mick's meal at SxLondon. I'd love to have seen you. Had a decent reason why - DM sometime for catch up?
The only thing I am taking from these Royal Kingdom ads is that whatever advice people are getting regarding facelifts, needs to be seriously looked at.
June 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The only thing I am taking from these Royal Kingdom ads is that whatever advice people are getting regarding facelifts, needs to be seriously looked at.
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Donald Trump, more detached from reality than ever, just shared an unhinged QAnon post saying former President Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by clones.
June 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Donald Trump, more detached from reality than ever, just shared an unhinged QAnon post saying former President Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by clones.
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The new GOP slogan (thank you, Joni Ernst.)
May 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The new GOP slogan (thank you, Joni Ernst.)
Gold broadcasting but once again, how does this man get by on a daily basis?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Ly...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Ly...
Trump Fights ABC Interviewer Over Photoshopped Image | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Gold broadcasting but once again, how does this man get by on a daily basis?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Ly...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Ly...
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This is a widely inaccurate & dangerous mischaracterization. The vaccine was developed in fetal cells obtained from two elective abortions in the early 1960s. There is not abortion debris floating around in the vaccine. And the Vatican has okayed its use. RFK Jr. is again spreading disinformation.
RFK Jr on measles: "The MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris."
May 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This is a widely inaccurate & dangerous mischaracterization. The vaccine was developed in fetal cells obtained from two elective abortions in the early 1960s. There is not abortion debris floating around in the vaccine. And the Vatican has okayed its use. RFK Jr. is again spreading disinformation.
We will have @privateeyenews.bsky.social and @theonion.com leading the way with the sort of 'world sore from laughing/crying' and 'for the love of god, the man is naked' headlines. Then the UK press might just follow in as the global economy tanks.
Could we just speed the process up please?
Could we just speed the process up please?
Jon attended Trump’s 100-day celebration at a community college in Michigan.
He expected crowds of jubilant MAGA fans and all the fanfare usually found at his rallies.
What he found was quite different...
He expected crowds of jubilant MAGA fans and all the fanfare usually found at his rallies.
What he found was quite different...
Trump's 100 Day Rally: Where Were His MAGA Army?!
YouTube video by The News Agents
www.youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We will have @privateeyenews.bsky.social and @theonion.com leading the way with the sort of 'world sore from laughing/crying' and 'for the love of god, the man is naked' headlines. Then the UK press might just follow in as the global economy tanks.
Could we just speed the process up please?
Could we just speed the process up please?
Three Northern Line artists up for awards tonight @jazznorth.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Three Northern Line artists up for awards tonight @jazznorth.bsky.social
