DavidMcKenna
@davidmckenna.bsky.social
Rockfort, Concrete Gazebo, Personal Reasons. He/Him
https://www.mixcloud.com/ROCKFORT/
https://thequietus.com/writer/david-mckenna/
https://concretegazebo.bandcamp.com/
https://www.mixcloud.com/ROCKFORT/
https://thequietus.com/writer/david-mckenna/
https://concretegazebo.bandcamp.com/
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The Labour right? Using minorities and their interests as nothing more than a means of advancing their own ends and nobbling factional enemies? I find that very hard to believe.
Amazing how they just say this stuff out loud now. I assume they understand people can see them saying it.
January 22, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The Labour right? Using minorities and their interests as nothing more than a means of advancing their own ends and nobbling factional enemies? I find that very hard to believe.
Early birthday present
January 22, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Early birthday present
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24% of people who voted Labour at the last general election now plan to
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
24% of people who voted Labour at the last general election now plan to
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
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V good piece and wide overview of the protests in Iran and their prehistory from @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Scylla and Charybdis — Sidecar
On the protests in Iran.
newleftreview.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:53 AM
V good piece and wide overview of the protests in Iran and their prehistory from @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"For a long time I haven't been in contact with primitive animal life."
"For a long time I haven't been in contact with primitive animal life."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"It pulls at my clothing and sometimes I feel I've got to pick it up, cuddle and kiss it."
"It pulls at my clothing and sometimes I feel I've got to pick it up, cuddle and kiss it."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
'In the evening we had a dance'.
'In the evening we had a dance'.
January 21, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"For a long time I haven't been in contact with primitive animal life."
"For a long time I haven't been in contact with primitive animal life."
Listen back >>> www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/ro...
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Listen back >>> www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/ro...
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Israel is demolishing United Nations buildings in occupied East Jerusalem.
January 20, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Israel is demolishing United Nations buildings in occupied East Jerusalem.
Tonight's Rockfort on @resonancefm.bsky.social at 19.30 (GMT) features Vincent Roussel, Florian Nastorg, Gargantuan Grief, Koumiya, Lynx IRL (pictured) and Tripes
January 20, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Tonight's Rockfort on @resonancefm.bsky.social at 19.30 (GMT) features Vincent Roussel, Florian Nastorg, Gargantuan Grief, Koumiya, Lynx IRL (pictured) and Tripes
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She's just sacked a police chief for believing in the power of AI.
Shabana Mahmood here, and the vibes are not getting better.
January 20, 2026 at 9:31 AM
She's just sacked a police chief for believing in the power of AI.
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You reckon the other soldiers bully the sole Brit in Greenland
Chat whats more insulting to the European allies, sending no troops or sending 1 (one) single soldier while publicly speaking softly to the mad king
January 19, 2026 at 11:30 AM
You reckon the other soldiers bully the sole Brit in Greenland
For some reason I'm thinking about Komeda, who were a bit like the missing link between Stereolab and The Cardigans www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF2m...
Komeda — Top Star
YouTube video by Fnoalle
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:26 AM
For some reason I'm thinking about Komeda, who were a bit like the missing link between Stereolab and The Cardigans www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF2m...
Watched two Morocco-based dramas yesterday. The Damned Don't Cry, on iPlayer, isn't quite as astonishing as the Afcon final but it's a superb film with a beautiful soundtrack by Nadah El Shazly nadahelshazly.bandcamp.com/album/the-da...
The Damned Don't Cry [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack], by Nadah El Shazly
12 track album
nadahelshazly.bandcamp.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Watched two Morocco-based dramas yesterday. The Damned Don't Cry, on iPlayer, isn't quite as astonishing as the Afcon final but it's a superb film with a beautiful soundtrack by Nadah El Shazly nadahelshazly.bandcamp.com/album/the-da...
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Makes me feel insane to live in a world that's persecuting trans folk while simultaneously doing big billboards advertising gender affirming care to cis people???
January 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Makes me feel insane to live in a world that's persecuting trans folk while simultaneously doing big billboards advertising gender affirming care to cis people???
Incredible
Everyone go look at the masterclass in posting @wariotifo.bsky.social is putting together.
January 18, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Incredible
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Great piece overall— would add as an addendum that it's very informative who the US does *not^ encourage to rebel against oppression— the Palestinians, Lebanese, Egyptians, etc.
my new piece in FP: The US keeps telling people to rise up against their regimes, then leaving them to die. Hungary, Iraq, Syria...now Iran? I try to offer an explanation for this very consistent pattern. (gift link) foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/t...
A Long History of Betrayal
Why Washington keeps encouraging foreign uprisings—and then walking away.
foreignpolicy.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Great piece overall— would add as an addendum that it's very informative who the US does *not^ encourage to rebel against oppression— the Palestinians, Lebanese, Egyptians, etc.
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Jonathan Freedland is obviously arguing in bad faith, not least in pretending not to understand that Brits protesting the UK govt's policy re Gaza is not equivalent to Brits having sympathy for Iranians whose oppression is not facilitated by the RAF.
January 17, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Jonathan Freedland is obviously arguing in bad faith, not least in pretending not to understand that Brits protesting the UK govt's policy re Gaza is not equivalent to Brits having sympathy for Iranians whose oppression is not facilitated by the RAF.
Friday vibes www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WO0...
braintoz
YouTube video by Lynx IRL - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Friday vibes www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WO0...
Eraserhead at the BFI tonight!
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Eraserhead at the BFI tonight!
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again, "open borders" is a lie. interviewers who don't immediately call this out are complicit, and should get another job
“Robert Jenrick is the man who as Immigration Minister oversaw the open borders experiment that led to the biggest increase in illegal immigration in our country”
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 AM
again, "open borders" is a lie. interviewers who don't immediately call this out are complicit, and should get another job
My Scottish gran used to make this. My Italian mum was not impressed.
Traumatised a pal by reminding them that the true British pizza is the Delia Smith scone based pizza, made with wholemeal flour for extra 90s points
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
My Scottish gran used to make this. My Italian mum was not impressed.
RIP Kenny Morris. This is probably my favourite early Banshees song - that stampeding intro and then the beautifully, deeply unsettling main event youtu.be/fv2tG2Pm8vQ?...
Voices
YouTube video by Siouxsie & The Banshees - Topic
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
RIP Kenny Morris. This is probably my favourite early Banshees song - that stampeding intro and then the beautifully, deeply unsettling main event youtu.be/fv2tG2Pm8vQ?...
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You’d think Labour might want to sit back and pretend to be reasonable while Jenrick and Badenoch knock lumps out of each other, but they decided to try and outflank them in the other direction by regurgitating a far right trope
January 15, 2026 at 1:21 PM
You’d think Labour might want to sit back and pretend to be reasonable while Jenrick and Badenoch knock lumps out of each other, but they decided to try and outflank them in the other direction by regurgitating a far right trope