Manu Ekanayake
@manueky.bsky.social
Oh God, this is just what we do now, isn't it? Just go from platform to platform like some kind of ongoing Littlest Hobo scenario
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Manu Ekanayake
@manueky.bsky.social
· Apr 8
The Battle for London Nightlife
AbstractLondon is a central city in matters of nightlife, as they pertain to the four-decades-old culture of electronic dance music. The road to this promi
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I handed in the first draft of this chapter just as Covid was hitting in 2020 but now, after delays of every conceivable type and that were mainly nothing to do with me, I'm happy to announce that I'm now a published academic author for the Oxford University Press:
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"Please don't make me use my powers as prime minister I am just a small boy"
"Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the next Director General, and given the Royal Charter gives the government the power to remove him will the Prime Minister sack him now?" asks Ed Davey.
Starmer says he won't interfere in running the BBC
Starmer says he won't interfere in running the BBC
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Please don't make me use my powers as prime minister I am just a small boy"
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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This is really excellent data journalism... Elon Musk has declared war on the British government, it just doesn't realise it.
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is really excellent data journalism... Elon Musk has declared war on the British government, it just doesn't realise it.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
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Quality as ever from Pete.
Just put my new riso printed festive cards on my shop. 2 new designs in pink, blue and green. 3 cards in each pack along with recycled envelopes.
petefowlershop.com/buy/pete-fow...
petefowlershop.com/buy/pete-fow...
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Quality as ever from Pete.
Not Wheelchair Jimmy from Degrassi, no please, not him
Can we please admit as a class that this man has been an industry plant from day 0
A new class action lawsuit against Spotify alleges the company has “turned a blind eye” to “mass-scale fraudulent streaming” on its platform and that one musician in particular has been the beneficiary of “billions” of fake streams: Drake.
November 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Not Wheelchair Jimmy from Degrassi, no please, not him
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This is a totally unhinged piece of pop. Absolutely massive.
ROSALÍA - Berghain (Official Video) feat. Björk & Yves Tumor
YouTube video by RosaliaVEVO
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This is a totally unhinged piece of pop. Absolutely massive.
This is some truly embarrassing racism, even from the New York Post. Like none of these people have ever had families before, or been to a party, or tried to show anyone some basic respect
Speaking as a dude who has a yearly family reunion, "aunt" and "uncle" fill a role, what the fuck are you supposed to call all those other older people you're vaguely related to, do you think there's someone running around with an org chart saying who's a second cousin thrice removed or something
lmao
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is some truly embarrassing racism, even from the New York Post. Like none of these people have ever had families before, or been to a party, or tried to show anyone some basic respect
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An actual thing an actual judge is having to say to a domestic law enforcement agency terrorizing American citizens under the direction of a thug named Corey Lewandowski.
Ellis: "Halloween is on Friday. I do not want to get violation reports from the plaintiffs that show that agents are out and about on Halloween where kids are present and tear gas is being deployed."
October 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
An actual thing an actual judge is having to say to a domestic law enforcement agency terrorizing American citizens under the direction of a thug named Corey Lewandowski.
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I was recently laid off by ARTnews, a few days before the theft at the Louvre. The terms of my TN work visa means I can't freelance unless I donate the funds to charity. I'm open to new FT roles in business reporting and communications, and am willing to relocate to other cities, including Toronto.
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I was recently laid off by ARTnews, a few days before the theft at the Louvre. The terms of my TN work visa means I can't freelance unless I donate the funds to charity. I'm open to new FT roles in business reporting and communications, and am willing to relocate to other cities, including Toronto.
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Rodolsky, by the beka
track by the beka
thebeka.bandcamp.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Starting to think sticking a couple Slim Jims into a mottled hunk of Spam, slapping some corn silk on top, teaching it to steal and calling it POTUS wasn’t such a great idea for America.
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Starting to think sticking a couple Slim Jims into a mottled hunk of Spam, slapping some corn silk on top, teaching it to steal and calling it POTUS wasn’t such a great idea for America.
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The altruistic facade outlived its usefulness.
Breaking News: OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has adopted a for-profit structure, allowing it to operate like a more traditional company while it raises the billions of dollars it needs to develop artificial intelligence.
OpenAI Restructures as For-Profit Company
The artificial intelligence company said that the nonprofit that controlled the organization would receive a $130 billion stake in the new company.
nyti.ms
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The altruistic facade outlived its usefulness.
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3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests"
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
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'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests"
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
I rarely post on here and now I pipe up with a paid post? What am I doing? I know, I know. But this interview with J.Albert of New York - and originally Miami - by Shawn Reynaldo for his superb newsletter First Floor feels fresh and genuinely exciting:
firstfloor.substack.com/p/j-albert-i...
firstfloor.substack.com/p/j-albert-i...
J. Albert Is Moving Past the Darkness (and Still Making Incredible Music)
An interview with the prolific New York-based artist, who details his wild Florida youth, the trauma that prompted him to step back from the scene and why he's now prepared to re-engage.
firstfloor.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I rarely post on here and now I pipe up with a paid post? What am I doing? I know, I know. But this interview with J.Albert of New York - and originally Miami - by Shawn Reynaldo for his superb newsletter First Floor feels fresh and genuinely exciting:
firstfloor.substack.com/p/j-albert-i...
firstfloor.substack.com/p/j-albert-i...
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They should invent a life that has something to look forward to
October 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
They should invent a life that has something to look forward to
Looks totally legit to me m8
Double quilted jackets and identical smiles
Reform UK Hamble Valley standing *very* close together.
How tall are the ones at the back in that flat land beside the River Hamble?
Reform UK Hamble Valley standing *very* close together.
How tall are the ones at the back in that flat land beside the River Hamble?
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Looks totally legit to me m8
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Reform lost by 11% in Caerphilly - because of a surge in turnout, because Reform looked set to win the seat.
This illustrates Reform's vulnerability *because* they are leading the polls (in a 6 party system) while being an *unpopular* party. A much bigger problem under FPTP 2029 than PR 2026
This illustrates Reform's vulnerability *because* they are leading the polls (in a 6 party system) while being an *unpopular* party. A much bigger problem under FPTP 2029 than PR 2026
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Reform lost by 11% in Caerphilly - because of a surge in turnout, because Reform looked set to win the seat.
This illustrates Reform's vulnerability *because* they are leading the polls (in a 6 party system) while being an *unpopular* party. A much bigger problem under FPTP 2029 than PR 2026
This illustrates Reform's vulnerability *because* they are leading the polls (in a 6 party system) while being an *unpopular* party. A much bigger problem under FPTP 2029 than PR 2026
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I'll never forget, November, 2016, when his reign of terror began. A couple of days after the election I was in therapy and I said "I know it's not your job to offer political commentary, but I gotta tell you, I'm scared." Therapist paused and said very quietly "something foul has been unleashed."
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I'll never forget, November, 2016, when his reign of terror began. A couple of days after the election I was in therapy and I said "I know it's not your job to offer political commentary, but I gotta tell you, I'm scared." Therapist paused and said very quietly "something foul has been unleashed."
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The FT reports the news. Major US media report exactly what the White House wants them to report, whether it is true or false. This is propaganda in the service of an authoritarian state, not journalism.
October 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The FT reports the news. Major US media report exactly what the White House wants them to report, whether it is true or false. This is propaganda in the service of an authoritarian state, not journalism.
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My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.
October 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.
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Abolish the Home Office
My American partner works in a specialist role for a multinational, one of three globally.
Her visa is in renewal. Her father died this week. She can't go back until the Home Office "computer says yes". Her route to ILR has now been restarted to begin at zero of ten years, after years here already.
Her visa is in renewal. Her father died this week. She can't go back until the Home Office "computer says yes". Her route to ILR has now been restarted to begin at zero of ten years, after years here already.
October 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Abolish the Home Office