@colebagski.bsky.social
Birmingham based local government bod. Northerner in exile for over 20 years but apparently I haven't lost my accent. Views expressed are my own.
Happy 75th Birthday to the legendary, soulful and super funky Stevie Wonder. Imagine a world without Stevie. youtu.be/bldPBR6rOks?...
Improvisation of Stevie Wonder on TV program - Soul Train.mp4
YouTube video by djcooler1976
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May 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Happy 75th Birthday to the legendary, soulful and super funky Stevie Wonder. Imagine a world without Stevie. youtu.be/bldPBR6rOks?...
Just finished James by Percival Everett. Wow. My read of the year so far. Loved it.
April 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just finished James by Percival Everett. Wow. My read of the year so far. Loved it.
People dismiss comparisons to the 1930s as scaremongering but when Trump officials are calling for the sterilization of “low-IQ trash”, it's surely time to call this shit out. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump State Department official has called for mass sterilization of ‘low-IQ trash’
Darren Beattie previously served as a speechwriter for Trump, but he was fired in 2018 after he spoke at a conference attended by white nationalists
www.independent.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
People dismiss comparisons to the 1930s as scaremongering but when Trump officials are calling for the sterilization of “low-IQ trash”, it's surely time to call this shit out. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
So sad to hear the great Roberta Flack has died. Her brilliant duets with Donny Hathaway are the soundtrack of my childhood. RIP youtu.be/eXgo9pkuhU8?...
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Double Exposure Concert (Full Length Performance)
YouTube video by Carlos Henrique Gomes Siqueira
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February 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
So sad to hear the great Roberta Flack has died. Her brilliant duets with Donny Hathaway are the soundtrack of my childhood. RIP youtu.be/eXgo9pkuhU8?...
What’s that you say? #DryJanuary is finally over? 🍻
February 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
What’s that you say? #DryJanuary is finally over? 🍻
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Trump has pulled the security of former government officials we know are under threat simply because he doesn't like them. And he's done it at the same time as released a load of very angry, very violent, likely highly armed individuals who are loyal to him.
It is dark stuff.
It is dark stuff.
January 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trump has pulled the security of former government officials we know are under threat simply because he doesn't like them. And he's done it at the same time as released a load of very angry, very violent, likely highly armed individuals who are loyal to him.
It is dark stuff.
It is dark stuff.
Thank you Ian Evatt for (mainly) giving us hope again. Impossible not to see parallels with the end of Phil Neal's time at #bwfc and that was followed by the White Hot years under Bruce Rioch. Hopefully history can repeat itself. Onwards and upwards.
January 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Thank you Ian Evatt for (mainly) giving us hope again. Impossible not to see parallels with the end of Phil Neal's time at #bwfc and that was followed by the White Hot years under Bruce Rioch. Hopefully history can repeat itself. Onwards and upwards.
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"When people tell you who they are, believe them"
January 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"When people tell you who they are, believe them"
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We should be very cautious about taking seriously scaremongering data on "an exodus of millionaires" from wealth advisors, i.e. people who will profit significantly from heightened expectations of an exodus of millionaires
www.thetimes.com/article/c63f...
www.thetimes.com/article/c63f...
Labour’s tax plans trigger exodus of millionaires from UK
Since the general election was called one dollar millionaire has left Britain every 45 minutes
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
We should be very cautious about taking seriously scaremongering data on "an exodus of millionaires" from wealth advisors, i.e. people who will profit significantly from heightened expectations of an exodus of millionaires
www.thetimes.com/article/c63f...
www.thetimes.com/article/c63f...
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CEO announces that company is now "fully fascist."
January 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
CEO announces that company is now "fully fascist."
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My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.
January 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.
Tamworth should be celebrating and looking forward to a replay at Spurs now. They’ve been denied a magic day by the constant greed of Premier League clubs who have ruined the FA Cup.
January 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Tamworth should be celebrating and looking forward to a replay at Spurs now. They’ve been denied a magic day by the constant greed of Premier League clubs who have ruined the FA Cup.
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"Pause for a moment to note how the same Brexiters who once insisted EU refrigeration standards for exported kippers, which turned out not to exist, were an intolerable violation of British sovereignty are now untroubled by a foreign oligarch openly engaged in overturning a British election"
A v clear-sighted analysis of where we are now. And Trump hasn’t even started yet. 👇
Trump and his henchman Musk treat America’s oldest allies as enemies. Britain can’t face that threat alone | Jonathan Freedland
The president-elect’s hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Europe, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
"Pause for a moment to note how the same Brexiters who once insisted EU refrigeration standards for exported kippers, which turned out not to exist, were an intolerable violation of British sovereignty are now untroubled by a foreign oligarch openly engaged in overturning a British election"
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todays satirical diary from @hugorifkind.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
todays satirical diary from @hugorifkind.bsky.social
RIP the great and soulful Sam Moore. I thank you youtube.com/watch?v=6_jH...
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January 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
RIP the great and soulful Sam Moore. I thank you youtube.com/watch?v=6_jH...
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my prediction is that 2025 will be the year BlueSky truly comes of age as people realise their main social media feed doesn't need to be a permanent toxic bin fire
January 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
my prediction is that 2025 will be the year BlueSky truly comes of age as people realise their main social media feed doesn't need to be a permanent toxic bin fire
Well so far 2025 has been a big year for racist gobshites, hasn’t it?
January 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Well so far 2025 has been a big year for racist gobshites, hasn’t it?
The sad news about David Lodge has belatedly reminded me that his superb novel Nice Work should have been my 20 #BookChallenge books. An outstanding author. RIP
January 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The sad news about David Lodge has belatedly reminded me that his superb novel Nice Work should have been my 20 #BookChallenge books. An outstanding author. RIP
While this may be an angle you’d expect from certain papers, the BBC really should know better. Piss poor.
December 31, 2024 at 6:19 PM
While this may be an angle you’d expect from certain papers, the BBC really should know better. Piss poor.
Ever since I was a child, my family has asked every New Year’s Eve: “Have you seen him?”. Now thanks to this discovery by @paulcoleman.bsky.social I know it’s not just us being odd en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_de...
Home dels nassos - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 31, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Ever since I was a child, my family has asked every New Year’s Eve: “Have you seen him?”. Now thanks to this discovery by @paulcoleman.bsky.social I know it’s not just us being odd en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_de...
A new book to start on Christmas night. Bliss.
December 25, 2024 at 6:17 PM
A new book to start on Christmas night. Bliss.
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Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December.
I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.
One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!
UK only.
I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.
One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!
UK only.
December 24, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December.
I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.
One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!
UK only.
I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.
One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!
UK only.
Got my timing woefully wrong here - finished a book two days before Christmas.
Rookie mistake.
Need to start a new book but - without taking anything for granted - I hope to get books for Christmas, so need something short to fill the gap.
Rookie mistake.
Need to start a new book but - without taking anything for granted - I hope to get books for Christmas, so need something short to fill the gap.
December 23, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Got my timing woefully wrong here - finished a book two days before Christmas.
Rookie mistake.
Need to start a new book but - without taking anything for granted - I hope to get books for Christmas, so need something short to fill the gap.
Rookie mistake.
Need to start a new book but - without taking anything for granted - I hope to get books for Christmas, so need something short to fill the gap.