Mike Cormack
@bucketoftongues.bsky.social
Author/book reviewer/cultural essayist. "Everything Under The Sun: The Complete Guide To Pink Floyd" out now https://t.ly/JbwNl. Substack on culture https://t.ly/5hKp_. Reviews found in PopMatters and The Spectator. Book on Roger Waters out 2027.
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The initiative will provide €325 (£283) a week to 2,000 eligible artists based in the Republic of Ireland. This follows a pilot (for which 2,000 artists were randomly selected from 8,000 applicants).
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:05 AM
The initiative will provide €325 (£283) a week to 2,000 eligible artists based in the Republic of Ireland. This follows a pilot (for which 2,000 artists were randomly selected from 8,000 applicants).
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
Words by me 😁
The power in Kraftwerk’s music lies in how they persuade us that the human – sweaty, inefficient, psychologically noisy – is the least necessary component of the future.
READ: tinyurl.com/KraftwerkPH
READ: tinyurl.com/KraftwerkPH
Kraftwerk's Seductive Post-Human » PopMatters
The power in Kraftwerk's music lies in how they persuade us that the human – sweaty, inefficient, psychologically noisy – is the least necessary component of the future.
tinyurl.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Words by me 😁
Interesting factoid - For the first time ever at a snooker ranking event, all four semi-finalists at the World Grand Prix this weekend are from China.
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Interesting factoid - For the first time ever at a snooker ranking event, all four semi-finalists at the World Grand Prix this weekend are from China.
age verification?
*This* was my first computer
*This* was my first computer
February 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
age verification?
*This* was my first computer
*This* was my first computer
I have written a piece on the seductiveness of Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk and the Seduction of the Post-Human
Introduction
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I have written a piece on the seductiveness of Kraftwerk
In today's Euphemisms news
February 9, 2026 at 10:17 AM
In today's Euphemisms news
What the fucking fuck is this fucking weirdness???
Oh no!
(John Boorman's script for Lord of the Rings from the 80s)
(John Boorman's script for Lord of the Rings from the 80s)
February 8, 2026 at 10:49 PM
What the fucking fuck is this fucking weirdness???
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#OtD 4 Feb 1968 a fishing boat from Hull, England, sank, killing all but one of its 19 crew. It sparked a powerful direct action campaign by fishermen's wives which rapidly won health and safety improvements in the industry stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1042...
February 4, 2026 at 11:40 PM
#OtD 4 Feb 1968 a fishing boat from Hull, England, sank, killing all but one of its 19 crew. It sparked a powerful direct action campaign by fishermen's wives which rapidly won health and safety improvements in the industry stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1042...
First time in Paddy O'Sheas for a very long time. Really happy it's still going.
February 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
First time in Paddy O'Sheas for a very long time. Really happy it's still going.
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In case anyone hasn’t seen one of the greatest videos of all time m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue1U...
Mike Skinner Backstage Peter Mandelson Went Mad | Turn The Page Live | The Streets
YouTube video by stan tonkin
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:14 AM
In case anyone hasn’t seen one of the greatest videos of all time m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue1U...
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The end of civilization is nigh
‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served
‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served
Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The end of civilization is nigh
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From X’s head of product. Is this the first time someone from Twitter/X confirms it? I thought it was only a theory in the past
January 31, 2026 at 3:34 AM
From X’s head of product. Is this the first time someone from Twitter/X confirms it? I thought it was only a theory in the past
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Shot and chaser from new Epstein batch
January 30, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Shot and chaser from new Epstein batch
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Five years ago. Incredible. Everyone was talking about a Johnson third term and Labour's 'decade in the wilderness'. Only FOUR of that most senior team are now Tory MPs.
The BoJo effect.
The BoJo effect.
Another failed Tory MP jumps ship, as Suella Braverman defects and presumably becomes a customer of Reform Ltd.
Leaving just 4 of Johnson’s 2022 cabinet as Conservative MP’s
Leaving just 4 of Johnson’s 2022 cabinet as Conservative MP’s
January 26, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Five years ago. Incredible. Everyone was talking about a Johnson third term and Labour's 'decade in the wilderness'. Only FOUR of that most senior team are now Tory MPs.
The BoJo effect.
The BoJo effect.
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What are we doing here
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
January 24, 2026 at 9:44 AM
What are we doing here
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
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Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
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Genuinely the funniest possible panel line-up of all time and it's for a real estate conference in Riyadh
January 26, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Genuinely the funniest possible panel line-up of all time and it's for a real estate conference in Riyadh
Funny how placing the party above the law tends to generate outcomes like these
basically Xi genuinely thought that his initial purges in 2013-2015 of the military had made a difference, and then, quelle surprise! purging personnel without any outside oversight or actual reform doesn't fix the endemic corruption problems
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Funny how placing the party above the law tends to generate outcomes like these
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All the time.
January 24, 2026 at 7:58 AM
All the time.
"somehow these are GENUINELY the words coming OUT OF MY MOUTH."
Indeed 😆
Indeed 😆
I've done My Week: Donald Trump (again) for tomorrow. My first draft genuinely had a joke about Trump thinking there were penguins in Greenland but I took it out because it seemed too stupid.
January 24, 2026 at 12:17 PM
"somehow these are GENUINELY the words coming OUT OF MY MOUTH."
Indeed 😆
Indeed 😆