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Good on Elder Mary Robinson for uncloaking the wolf in charge of the climate henhouse. Scroll down for the extremely testy exchange. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
December 3, 2023 at 1:07 PM
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I've been to Cambodia many times, yet somehow had missed this Bourdain quote before now. It is totally on-point.
The best Kissinger obituary ever written, years before his death.
November 30, 2023 at 2:27 AM
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1923: The world's richest man is an antisemite. The hot new music on the street is experimental jazz flute.

2023: The world's richest man is an antisemite. The hot new music on the street is experimental jazz flute.
November 18, 2023 at 12:24 AM
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Come Mister tabby man, tabby me banana
September 27, 2023 at 7:23 PM
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Ursula Vernon's Hugo acceptance speech included this delightful anecdote-slash-metaphor-slash-encouragement. https://www.patreon.com/posts/91410900
October 21, 2023 at 11:04 PM
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This is terrifically cheering. 12 year old Irish boy gets to interview his hero Ian Mackaye.

Worth reposting!!

logansoundsoff.com/2023/10/18/i...
Ian MacKaye – Fugazi, Minor Threat, Evens, Dischord and more!
I still cannot believe that I, 12 year old Logan Kelly got to chat to one of my music hero's Ian MacKaye! For as long as I can remember........and thanks to my dad, I have been a fan of Ian MacKayes m...
logansoundsoff.com
October 18, 2023 at 7:24 PM
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Some fans of Ian M Banks' culture books seem to think his space utopia is an endorsement of loopy technocapitalism. I got to interview him shortly before he died and he was pretty straightforwardly anti-capitalistic in his outlook irishtimes.com/culture/book...
October 17, 2023 at 8:56 AM
RIP Carla Bley
You'll be missed, still life goes on ...
youtu.be/ElLEU9ry2-8?...
October 17, 2023 at 7:32 PM
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Postman Pat is truly genderless, broken free from the confines of civilisation. They are a deity for the people of Greendale, floating among the simple folk, carrying messages from the cruel surrounding world. His "cat" represents the natural world, a perfect balance of dark and light.
October 13, 2023 at 1:31 PM
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In this month's injection of our antidote to the algorithm into our subscriber's inboxes, Jennifer Lucy Allan guides us through the Medieval-inspired French acid folk revival

thequietus.com/articles/334...
The Quietus | Features | Subscriber Area | Organic Intelligence XXV: French Acid-Medieval Folk Reviv...
In this month's injection of our antidote to the algorithm into our subscriber's inboxes, Jennifer Lucy Allan guides us through the Medieval-inspired French folk revival, featuring Los Deu Lavarth (pi...
thequietus.com
October 13, 2023 at 1:33 PM
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"You boy, what day is this??"
October 13, 2023 at 7:04 AM
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The Oligarchitecture of London

(drawn by the thoroughly brilliant @mooseallain.bsky.social)
October 12, 2023 at 11:01 AM
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Damn, this looks essential. First 15 issues of Vague in a single volume:

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Vague Fanzines Book – Volume 1 – 1979 – 1984 Issues 1 – 15
Official PC-Press Shop shop. Buy Vague Fanzines Book – Volume 1 – 1979 – 1984 Issues 1 – 15 and other music from PC-Press Shop in MP3, Vinyl and CD.
pcpressshop.greedbag.com
October 10, 2023 at 5:49 PM
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The most accurate mug you could ever own but you could never wash it.
October 7, 2023 at 10:11 PM
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Edinburgh-ish
October 5, 2023 at 6:23 PM
How Germany's far-right AfD gain votes by opposing great pumps
"the next stage of the fight against climate change will take place on perilous ground and policies will fail, unless they are crafted with care to make them less vulnerable to populist blowback."
www.politico.eu/article/robe...
October 6, 2023 at 6:51 AM
Dutch royal family member a fascist embarrassment shocker

nltimes.nl/2023/10/04/p...
October 4, 2023 at 7:35 AM
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Nice memento of the Fireside Bowl, one of the all-time great crappy gig venues.
www.wbez.org/stories/the-...
The Fireside Bowl: An unlikely place for punks of all ages
About 30 years ago, a run-down bowling alley hosted its first few punk shows. Then, for a little over a decade it became the all-ages heart of Chicago’s indie scene.
www.wbez.org
September 14, 2023 at 8:38 PM
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I see Marie Kondo is done fucking around.
Love a good metadata error
September 13, 2023 at 9:47 PM