DavidS
@dcstrong.bsky.social
West Country to South Wales. Into books, music, nature & politics
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Photo by Jim Marshall
February 14, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Photo by Jim Marshall
Actual blue skies today
February 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Actual blue skies today
Thinking of all the various Rasputins over the years - McSweeney, Dom Cummings, Steve Hilton, that nutty new age woman in the Blair years… it never works, the public and press will always hate them
February 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Thinking of all the various Rasputins over the years - McSweeney, Dom Cummings, Steve Hilton, that nutty new age woman in the Blair years… it never works, the public and press will always hate them
youtube.com/watch?v=sfDt... they keep coming up on my YT timeline, probably yours too, and you’ll have to deal with it at some point. They’re great!
Angine de Poitrine - Sherpa (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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February 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=sfDt... they keep coming up on my YT timeline, probably yours too, and you’ll have to deal with it at some point. They’re great!
Fresh from the groomers. Ironically ‘short at the top, but leave the eyebrows and beard’ is also what I say to my barber
February 7, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Fresh from the groomers. Ironically ‘short at the top, but leave the eyebrows and beard’ is also what I say to my barber
On this early 2000s comp today. Obvious choices but an excellent primer. Think I got it at Leigh Delamere
January 28, 2026 at 2:56 PM
On this early 2000s comp today. Obvious choices but an excellent primer. Think I got it at Leigh Delamere
They should do advent calendars for January pay day
January 27, 2026 at 9:29 AM
They should do advent calendars for January pay day
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One of the great things about the CD era was the themed compilation. 70 minutes of impossible-to-find tracks with sleevenotes that were too small to read
January 22, 2026 at 2:19 PM
One of the great things about the CD era was the themed compilation. 70 minutes of impossible-to-find tracks with sleevenotes that were too small to read
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The mornings in that city were strange, as citizens, barely awake, reached for their radios to hear what the Mad King had done overnight, compelled to start their day equally cursed by knowledge and unable to act on it.
January 20, 2026 at 8:05 AM
The mornings in that city were strange, as citizens, barely awake, reached for their radios to hear what the Mad King had done overnight, compelled to start their day equally cursed by knowledge and unable to act on it.
A side note I know, but this is a great flag. Only in use since 1985, it just makes design sense; the sun rising over the ice. Why would anyone want to swap it for that sweet wrapper?
January 18, 2026 at 11:39 AM
A side note I know, but this is a great flag. Only in use since 1985, it just makes design sense; the sun rising over the ice. Why would anyone want to swap it for that sweet wrapper?
Really enjoyed this from @keithcameron2.bsky.social Like all good music books, has got me back into the records
January 17, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Really enjoyed this from @keithcameron2.bsky.social Like all good music books, has got me back into the records
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this could solve literally every problem in the uk
January 17, 2026 at 10:54 AM
this could solve literally every problem in the uk
There’s always an element of ‘Welcome to the MLS’ about these Reform signings. Remember that guy from a couple of years ago? Was on the news? Well he plays for us now!
January 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
There’s always an element of ‘Welcome to the MLS’ about these Reform signings. Remember that guy from a couple of years ago? Was on the news? Well he plays for us now!
My MOJO subscription trudges on, as do I, but this months free CD is really something
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
My MOJO subscription trudges on, as do I, but this months free CD is really something
They still haven’t explained why that vase was so big
January 11, 2026 at 6:08 PM
They still haven’t explained why that vase was so big
I don’t know, some of these tackles are pretty high
The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
January 11, 2026 at 12:46 PM
I don’t know, some of these tackles are pretty high
Farewell then to Bob Weir, the best dressed and coolest member of the Grateful Dead. Think they would have been pretty intolerable without him
January 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Farewell then to Bob Weir, the best dressed and coolest member of the Grateful Dead. Think they would have been pretty intolerable without him
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
Bought this in just a couple of clicks from the link. Lovely song & powerful message
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𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊: Buy “Lullaby” by Together for Palestine for £1.98 *right now* to make it the UK Christmas # 1. All profits go to Palestinian-led aid orgs. Together for Palestine are: Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry, Celeste, Mabel & more. Please buy it & repost this! xx
linktr.ee/T4Plive
𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊: Buy “Lullaby” by Together for Palestine for £1.98 *right now* to make it the UK Christmas # 1. All profits go to Palestinian-led aid orgs. Together for Palestine are: Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry, Celeste, Mabel & more. Please buy it & repost this! xx
linktr.ee/T4Plive
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bought this in just a couple of clicks from the link. Lovely song & powerful message
As a kid I learnt my geography from Tintin and my history from Asterix so this should be a sobering listen..
New from @EmpirePodUK
Our series on Writers of Empire continues with a look at colonial cartoons. How should we feel about racist depictions in our most beloved children’s books? @anitaanand.bsky.social & I wrestle with the conundrum of the colonial undercurrents in comics.
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
Our series on Writers of Empire continues with a look at colonial cartoons. How should we feel about racist depictions in our most beloved children’s books? @anitaanand.bsky.social & I wrestle with the conundrum of the colonial undercurrents in comics.
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
As a kid I learnt my geography from Tintin and my history from Asterix so this should be a sobering listen..
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‘Just one of either depopulation in the North or climate change in the South could be enough to drive mass migration.
Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention.’
David Runciman:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention.’
David Runciman:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
‘Just one of either depopulation in the North or climate change in the South could be enough to drive mass migration.
Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention.’
David Runciman:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention.’
David Runciman:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Bob Dylan in Wales for possibly the longest time ever (3 nights in Swansea) and it’s pissing down. Cymru am byth Bob. This is what it’s like
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Bob Dylan in Wales for possibly the longest time ever (3 nights in Swansea) and it’s pissing down. Cymru am byth Bob. This is what it’s like