Tim J L
@amanoutoftim.bsky.social
my son is also named bort
words about the music and the arts in @vanmusicmag.bsky.social, @redpeppermag.bsky.social and @newsocialist.bsky.social
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words about the music and the arts in @vanmusicmag.bsky.social, @redpeppermag.bsky.social and @newsocialist.bsky.social
he/him
timjl.substack.com
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Tim J L
@amanoutoftim.bsky.social
· Jun 29
new writing now up! Catch me yapping about the state of the arts again, focusing on how arguments about investing in the arts for its economic and social benefits ignore the exploitation, working conditions and struggles of arts and culture workers.
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At this point it is an axiomatic truth that continuing to support the Labour Party while proclaiming to be left-of-centre or progressive requires completely ignoring both their explicit words and actions. Assess those who continue to do so and their conception of politics accordingly.
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
At this point it is an axiomatic truth that continuing to support the Labour Party while proclaiming to be left-of-centre or progressive requires completely ignoring both their explicit words and actions. Assess those who continue to do so and their conception of politics accordingly.
Saw the Idrîsî Ensemble tonight at Union Chapel (ft. portable organ) and they were pretty good (this is an understatement)
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Saw the Idrîsî Ensemble tonight at Union Chapel (ft. portable organ) and they were pretty good (this is an understatement)
decided my new phone case needed sprucing up
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
decided my new phone case needed sprucing up
friends fear he's started another run of BG3
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
friends fear he's started another run of BG3
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Really enjoying the epigraph choices for Christopher Hill’s biography of Cromwell.
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Really enjoying the epigraph choices for Christopher Hill’s biography of Cromwell.
Just went to a concert where the conductor and the soloisf had the biggest high differential I've ever seen, it was almost comical. 10/10
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just went to a concert where the conductor and the soloisf had the biggest high differential I've ever seen, it was almost comical. 10/10
Literally him just last month. Fuck you!
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Literally him just last month. Fuck you!
felt like shit this evening but I think I looked okay this weekend so there's that
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
felt like shit this evening but I think I looked okay this weekend so there's that
This country is driving itself insane over asylum seekers and is consolidating a border regime that disciplines a racialised underclass with the violence of inhumane and dangerous conditions, and so we'd rather let them risk nearly drowning in the channel than provide them with safety or dignity
Second migrant sent to France returns to the UK
The man was detected by biometrics, detained immediately, and will be deported as soon as possible, the Home Office says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This country is driving itself insane over asylum seekers and is consolidating a border regime that disciplines a racialised underclass with the violence of inhumane and dangerous conditions, and so we'd rather let them risk nearly drowning in the channel than provide them with safety or dignity
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Fascists: Look! This institution of state has a permanent left-wing bias! It's secretly run by communists!
Conservative pro-capitalist institution of state: Oh god we're so sorry our left-wing bias offended you, fascists. Please, accept the human sacrifice of our secret communist department head.
Conservative pro-capitalist institution of state: Oh god we're so sorry our left-wing bias offended you, fascists. Please, accept the human sacrifice of our secret communist department head.
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Fascists: Look! This institution of state has a permanent left-wing bias! It's secretly run by communists!
Conservative pro-capitalist institution of state: Oh god we're so sorry our left-wing bias offended you, fascists. Please, accept the human sacrifice of our secret communist department head.
Conservative pro-capitalist institution of state: Oh god we're so sorry our left-wing bias offended you, fascists. Please, accept the human sacrifice of our secret communist department head.
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![Zohran text:
"The Angel of History must look just so. His face is turned towards the past. Where we see the appearance of a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe, which unceasingly piles rubble on top of rubble and hurls it before his feet. He would like to pause for a moment so fair [verweilen: a reference to Goethe’s Faust], to awaken the dead and to piece together what has been smashed."
—Walter Benjamin, "On the Concept of History"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:474ldquxwzrlcvjhhbbk2wte/bafkreih7sdkpsszpqppnq2hwsbjpfln5uhunb7xu4bsutf2uxgkkysjbdm@jpeg)
Tobights entertainment. Cannot get enough of this season Arvo Pärt birthday programming
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Tobights entertainment. Cannot get enough of this season Arvo Pärt birthday programming
my friend commissioned a Disco Elysium-style portrait of me for my 30th birthday and I've just been sent it AND IT'S SO GOOD
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
my friend commissioned a Disco Elysium-style portrait of me for my 30th birthday and I've just been sent it AND IT'S SO GOOD
a composer has sent me the track they've made using my field recordings that they described as 'beautiful' and I'm listening to it and it's so good I'm going to cry. this is just what I needed this week
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
a composer has sent me the track they've made using my field recordings that they described as 'beautiful' and I'm listening to it and it's so good I'm going to cry. this is just what I needed this week
hell of a time to do it but wishing nothing but the best for her
November 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
hell of a time to do it but wishing nothing but the best for her
Looked in through a glass wall on the wellbeing course our managers at work are attending and slide I saw said, verbatim, 'Tap into oxytocin to promote trust'
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Looked in through a glass wall on the wellbeing course our managers at work are attending and slide I saw said, verbatim, 'Tap into oxytocin to promote trust'
scouting out nice places for lunch walkies near my new office 🌳
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
scouting out nice places for lunch walkies near my new office 🌳
I'm trying to write down some thoughts for a piece about fascism and I must say that all the Homeland Security tweets are making it very easy to illustrate my points about contemporary fascism being particularly kitsch and consumeristic, thanks for that lads
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm trying to write down some thoughts for a piece about fascism and I must say that all the Homeland Security tweets are making it very easy to illustrate my points about contemporary fascism being particularly kitsch and consumeristic, thanks for that lads
now that's what us in the biz call an aubergine parmigiana
November 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
now that's what us in the biz call an aubergine parmigiana
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Well it gave one to *checks notes*
▪️Henry Too Many War Crimes to List Kissinger
▪️Barack Drone Commander in Chief Obama
▪️The European Fuck Those Refugees (unless they’re white) Union
If I was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize I’d be worried I was seen as a handmaiden of western imperialism.
▪️Henry Too Many War Crimes to List Kissinger
▪️Barack Drone Commander in Chief Obama
▪️The European Fuck Those Refugees (unless they’re white) Union
If I was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize I’d be worried I was seen as a handmaiden of western imperialism.
Beginning to wonder if the Nobel Peace Prize can ever recover from this.
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Well it gave one to *checks notes*
▪️Henry Too Many War Crimes to List Kissinger
▪️Barack Drone Commander in Chief Obama
▪️The European Fuck Those Refugees (unless they’re white) Union
If I was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize I’d be worried I was seen as a handmaiden of western imperialism.
▪️Henry Too Many War Crimes to List Kissinger
▪️Barack Drone Commander in Chief Obama
▪️The European Fuck Those Refugees (unless they’re white) Union
If I was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize I’d be worried I was seen as a handmaiden of western imperialism.
If you like horror and if you like podcasts I have some great news for you: I ran an original setting of Call of Cthulhu set in 1930s Staffordshire with my friends and you can now listen to the first episode open.spotify.com/episode/0E3G...
The White Strike: A Call of Cthulhu Mini-Series - Episode 1
open.spotify.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
If you like horror and if you like podcasts I have some great news for you: I ran an original setting of Call of Cthulhu set in 1930s Staffordshire with my friends and you can now listen to the first episode open.spotify.com/episode/0E3G...
We're watching horror movies
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We're watching horror movies
I'm always saying this
November 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I'm always saying this
parakeet approaching at maximum speed
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
parakeet approaching at maximum speed