David Stubbs
@davidstubbs.bsky.social
Writer. Mr Agreeable in a previous life. Author of, among others, Fear Of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don’t Get Stockhausen (Zero) and Different Times: A History Of British Comedy (Faber)
I'll defend BBC News against the accusation that they are hostile to the far right. I'm sure Nigel Farage will give thanks to BBC News for building the platform for his career when no one else would give him, a no one with no voter base, the time of day. The BBC saw his potential. It paid dividends.
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I'll defend BBC News against the accusation that they are hostile to the far right. I'm sure Nigel Farage will give thanks to BBC News for building the platform for his career when no one else would give him, a no one with no voter base, the time of day. The BBC saw his potential. It paid dividends.
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While testing a top secret aircraft design during WWII, pilot Jack Woolams wore a gorilla suit and a bowler hat so that any witnesses who reported back would not be believed.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
While testing a top secret aircraft design during WWII, pilot Jack Woolams wore a gorilla suit and a bowler hat so that any witnesses who reported back would not be believed.
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New York can finally say they’ve had a new worst day ever.
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
A source said, "The Eric Newman Jazz Band was playing, and before long, Fallon and Corden were up onstage trading Sinatra and Tony Bennett tunes!"
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November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New York can finally say they’ve had a new worst day ever.
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it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Get well soon, Samir Zitouri. The best of us. Go fuck yourselves with rolled up copies of your shit stirring speeches Farage, Goodwin. You are the worst of us. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Cambridgeshire stabbing attack: ‘heroic’ train worker praised for saving passengers’ lives
LNER employee Samir Zitouni, who was hospitalised after Saturday’s incident, hailed by police and transport secretary for ‘bravery beyond measure’
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November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Get well soon, Samir Zitouri. The best of us. Go fuck yourselves with rolled up copies of your shit stirring speeches Farage, Goodwin. You are the worst of us. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Jonathan Liew is now one of The Guardian's best and most conscientious voices. Which is more than can be said for one or two of his unpleasant colleagues on The Guardian's sports section. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Jonathan Liew is now one of The Guardian's best and most conscientious voices. Which is more than can be said for one or two of his unpleasant colleagues on The Guardian's sports section. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From The Office to degenerating into the nasty, punchdown, scoffing, comedically clueless, transphobic patron saint of wankers you are today. James Acaster called you out for the worse than worthless "edgelord" that you are. But you're too remote, too doubledown, too stupid to take that on board.
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
From The Office to degenerating into the nasty, punchdown, scoffing, comedically clueless, transphobic patron saint of wankers you are today. James Acaster called you out for the worse than worthless "edgelord" that you are. But you're too remote, too doubledown, too stupid to take that on board.
in the extremely unlikely event that this were remotely true, it would improve New York immeasurably.
"Ooh I'm ready to flee! Chase me!"
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
in the extremely unlikely event that this were remotely true, it would improve New York immeasurably.
Straight up evil is always with us, sometimes victorious, ultimately defeated, never extinguished. The battle goes on, never conclusively won, never comprehensively lost. The human condition.
November 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Straight up evil is always with us, sometimes victorious, ultimately defeated, never extinguished. The battle goes on, never conclusively won, never comprehensively lost. The human condition.
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I did not know of this earlier version. Amazing.
The Front Page. This sharp, fast-paced comedy redefined journalism films and set the tone for decades of Hollywood wit. Starring Pat O’Brien and Adolphe Menjou.
Watch on #YouTube ⬇️
youtu.be/XgsHGa2dKgU
or #Rumble
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Watch on #YouTube ⬇️
youtu.be/XgsHGa2dKgU
or #Rumble
rumble.com/v6zku8s-the-...
The Front Page (1931) - Lewis Milestone's Screwball Comedy Masterpiece
YouTube video by Retro Cinema Wood
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November 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I did not know of this earlier version. Amazing.
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The people of Little Village showed the nation what courage looks like: standing unarmed, united, ＆ unafraid in the face of ICE’s tear gas ＆ violence. They protected their neighbors, not with weapons, but with peaceful ＆ fierce solidarity.
November 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The people of Little Village showed the nation what courage looks like: standing unarmed, united, ＆ unafraid in the face of ICE’s tear gas ＆ violence. They protected their neighbors, not with weapons, but with peaceful ＆ fierce solidarity.
i feature in this, now up on YouTube. It was a pleasure and an honour to talk to Stephan Plank about his Dad and his legacy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQJT...
The Greatest Producer You Never Knew: The Genius of Conny Plank | Full 70s Rock Documentary
YouTube video by Amplified - Classic Rock & Music History
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November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
i feature in this, now up on YouTube. It was a pleasure and an honour to talk to Stephan Plank about his Dad and his legacy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQJT...
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Siegfried Sassoon (1917)
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Siegfried Sassoon (1917)
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TAKENtv @ 1234 festival...interviews... Dele Fadele
YouTube video by takentakentaken2007
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October 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Three against one . . .
So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Three against one . . .
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Sharks absolutely get cancer, and people claiming otherwise are pseudoscientific grifters preying on the desperate.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Sharks absolutely get cancer, and people claiming otherwise are pseudoscientific grifters preying on the desperate.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
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@davidstubbs.bsky.social Mark Lewisohn is circulating an op-ed he has written about the BBC's restrictions on access to the Written Archives Centre. I would be grateful if you could repost it: cstonline.net/defending-th...
DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
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October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@davidstubbs.bsky.social Mark Lewisohn is circulating an op-ed he has written about the BBC's restrictions on access to the Written Archives Centre. I would be grateful if you could repost it: cstonline.net/defending-th...
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Rizz Noir, our 12th album, is OUT NOW.
Half vocal #downtempo & #triphop tracks, half #ambient instrumentals; all journeys into the dark & moody urban night.
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#newmusic #newmusicfriday #newalbum #newrelease #electronicmusic #electronica #musicsky #synthsky
Half vocal #downtempo & #triphop tracks, half #ambient instrumentals; all journeys into the dark & moody urban night.
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#newmusic #newmusicfriday #newalbum #newrelease #electronicmusic #electronica #musicsky #synthsky
Rizz Noir, by Microfilm
12 track album
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October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Rizz Noir, our 12th album, is OUT NOW.
Half vocal #downtempo & #triphop tracks, half #ambient instrumentals; all journeys into the dark & moody urban night.
microfilm.bandcamp.com/album/rizz-n...
#newmusic #newmusicfriday #newalbum #newrelease #electronicmusic #electronica #musicsky #synthsky
Half vocal #downtempo & #triphop tracks, half #ambient instrumentals; all journeys into the dark & moody urban night.
microfilm.bandcamp.com/album/rizz-n...
#newmusic #newmusicfriday #newalbum #newrelease #electronicmusic #electronica #musicsky #synthsky
I fucking ignored her my entire life and don't exactly feel I deserve a medal for that particular achievement. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Posh, proud and impossible to ignore: the incredible life of Annabel Goldsmith
Born in the 1930s, the former Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart flourished in a world that celebrated aristocratic rule-breakers. What does her story tell us about how Britain has changed?
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I fucking ignored her my entire life and don't exactly feel I deserve a medal for that particular achievement. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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“This letter gets right to the heart of debates about children’s right to play and their right to the street. It ignores the fact that cars have encroached onto streets, which had previously been regarded as social spaces, not the other way round”.
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“This letter gets right to the heart of debates about children’s right to play and their right to the street. It ignores the fact that cars have encroached onto streets, which had previously been regarded as social spaces, not the other way round”.
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Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
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I won't link to it but the attack by Barney Ronay on fellow British Jew Zack Polanski that completely dismissed & ignored the violent, racist, pro-genocide chanting behaviour of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans is an absolute disgrace and the Guardian should hang its head in shame for publishing it.
October 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I won't link to it but the attack by Barney Ronay on fellow British Jew Zack Polanski that completely dismissed & ignored the violent, racist, pro-genocide chanting behaviour of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans is an absolute disgrace and the Guardian should hang its head in shame for publishing it.
Prince Andrew gives up a few of his titles. All that would work if he agreed not be addressed formally as Prince Andrew but Nonce Andrew.
October 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Prince Andrew gives up a few of his titles. All that would work if he agreed not be addressed formally as Prince Andrew but Nonce Andrew.
This is all this obsequious, desperate, despicable fucker can do to fill his days. These fans are guilty of the most vile behaviour and by rights their team should have been banned from Europe on account of the genocide Labour is helping finance. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Starmer condemns ‘wrong decision’ to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa game
Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv will not be allowed to attend the Europa League match at Aston Villa on 6 November owing to safety concerns
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is all this obsequious, desperate, despicable fucker can do to fill his days. These fans are guilty of the most vile behaviour and by rights their team should have been banned from Europe on account of the genocide Labour is helping finance. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
AI copy is immediately identifiable by the words “wasn’t just”. See those words you know it’s the robots.
October 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
AI copy is immediately identifiable by the words “wasn’t just”. See those words you know it’s the robots.