Gavin Lenaghan
@gavinlenaghan.bsky.social
Artist, writer, vinyl collector, Prince fan, and all-round creator.
Also on Mastodon: https://mastodonapp.uk/@gavinlenaghan
Also on Mastodon: https://mastodonapp.uk/@gavinlenaghan
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I’m sad about the death of BuzzFeed because there’s no one to do a thoroughly objective slideshow about the Premier League’s hottest players. I miss the happy silly Internet.
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I’m sad about the death of BuzzFeed because there’s no one to do a thoroughly objective slideshow about the Premier League’s hottest players. I miss the happy silly Internet.
I always take pride In my immaculate language, so I’m sure @profanity.accountant can’t find anything on me
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I always take pride In my immaculate language, so I’m sure @profanity.accountant can’t find anything on me
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“The girl protecting her toys — that’s all she has. This is my cry for help. As an artist, I can speak about it through my work.”
On November 19, six children were killed in the Russian strike on Ternopil.
On November 19, six children were killed in the Russian strike on Ternopil.
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“The girl protecting her toys — that’s all she has. This is my cry for help. As an artist, I can speak about it through my work.”
On November 19, six children were killed in the Russian strike on Ternopil.
On November 19, six children were killed in the Russian strike on Ternopil.
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That great #F1 legend Graham Hill lost his life in a light aircraft crash #OnThisDay 50 years ago. Exactly half a century later, Richard Williams & I have devoted a brand-new #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast episode to Hill’s memory. Click below to listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
The Triple Crown champion - Remembering Graham Hill
Podcast Episode · And Colossally That's History! · 29/11/2025 · 1h 15m
podcasts.apple.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
That great #F1 legend Graham Hill lost his life in a light aircraft crash #OnThisDay 50 years ago. Exactly half a century later, Richard Williams & I have devoted a brand-new #AndColossallyThatsHistory podcast episode to Hill’s memory. Click below to listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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Now "browsing" means Netflix compiles your recent watch history and feeds you more of the exact same thing. Or Amazon analyzes your buy history and gives you a list of 15 books with basically the same title. You rarely stumble upon something new or different by chance. It's eroding our curiosity.
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Now "browsing" means Netflix compiles your recent watch history and feeds you more of the exact same thing. Or Amazon analyzes your buy history and gives you a list of 15 books with basically the same title. You rarely stumble upon something new or different by chance. It's eroding our curiosity.
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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Intended to get outside this morning and put up the Christmas lights, but alas.
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Intended to get outside this morning and put up the Christmas lights, but alas.
#np #Prince and the #NewPowerGeneration - “Jughead (Live)” from the LP Live at Glam Slam (2023) 💿 🎵 💜
Not everyone seemed super enthused about this as a choice of #RSD release, but as it didn’t previously exist as a stand-alone #vinyl release, I’m officially declaring it was A Good Idea. Soz
Not everyone seemed super enthused about this as a choice of #RSD release, but as it didn’t previously exist as a stand-alone #vinyl release, I’m officially declaring it was A Good Idea. Soz
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#np #Prince and the #NewPowerGeneration - “Jughead (Live)” from the LP Live at Glam Slam (2023) 💿 🎵 💜
Not everyone seemed super enthused about this as a choice of #RSD release, but as it didn’t previously exist as a stand-alone #vinyl release, I’m officially declaring it was A Good Idea. Soz
Not everyone seemed super enthused about this as a choice of #RSD release, but as it didn’t previously exist as a stand-alone #vinyl release, I’m officially declaring it was A Good Idea. Soz
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Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
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Party of law and order
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Party of law and order
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If it sucks today, and it sucks tomorrow, and it sucks the next day, and sucks next week, and sucks next month, I keep going, and maybe eventually, it won't suck, but that shit doesn't happen if I give up. It's easier said than done. It is. But man, I've got to keep going. And I hope you do, too🍀
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If it sucks today, and it sucks tomorrow, and it sucks the next day, and sucks next week, and sucks next month, I keep going, and maybe eventually, it won't suck, but that shit doesn't happen if I give up. It's easier said than done. It is. But man, I've got to keep going. And I hope you do, too🍀
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The basic rule of staying sane on the internet is that if you find a post annoying, don't reply to it, as they'll reply back and you'll then be locked into a deeper and more annoying exchange. I see the greatest minds of my generation locked into 30 deep tits for tats and I think, maybe, don't.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The basic rule of staying sane on the internet is that if you find a post annoying, don't reply to it, as they'll reply back and you'll then be locked into a deeper and more annoying exchange. I see the greatest minds of my generation locked into 30 deep tits for tats and I think, maybe, don't.
#np #Prince - “Automatic (Live)” from the LP Got That Pop! (2025) 💿 🎵 💜
They didn’t go overboard with the artwork for this one, but anyway… another addition to the unofficial Prince #vinyl collection 👌
#NowPlaying #Prince4Ever
They didn’t go overboard with the artwork for this one, but anyway… another addition to the unofficial Prince #vinyl collection 👌
#NowPlaying #Prince4Ever
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#np #Prince - “Automatic (Live)” from the LP Got That Pop! (2025) 💿 🎵 💜
They didn’t go overboard with the artwork for this one, but anyway… another addition to the unofficial Prince #vinyl collection 👌
#NowPlaying #Prince4Ever
They didn’t go overboard with the artwork for this one, but anyway… another addition to the unofficial Prince #vinyl collection 👌
#NowPlaying #Prince4Ever
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
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The English regional art galleries don’t get the respect they are due IMHO. John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) is a popular artist in the North of England who created pleasant atmospheric city & landscapes. He also has an amazingly English name too! An enjoyable painter! Go visit:
'Don't Let's Ask For the Moon...': Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw
Leeds Art Gallery | 14 November 2025 - 19 April 2026 | Explore the poetic moonscapes of Leeds artist John Atkinson Grimshaw
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The English regional art galleries don’t get the respect they are due IMHO. John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) is a popular artist in the North of England who created pleasant atmospheric city & landscapes. He also has an amazingly English name too! An enjoyable painter! Go visit:
Have been broadly "retired" from "X"/Twatter for about a month now, and whew, I've missed it even less than I expected to do. And that's saying something
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Have been broadly "retired" from "X"/Twatter for about a month now, and whew, I've missed it even less than I expected to do. And that's saying something
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If it's true, if the US is willing to allow borders to be redrawn by force and let aggressors be rewarded, then the gates of hell are about to be opened.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If it's true, if the US is willing to allow borders to be redrawn by force and let aggressors be rewarded, then the gates of hell are about to be opened.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
Possibly the best encapsulation so far of the “surely he didn’t have any fans more than 30 miles away from Chanhassen” attitude that seems to inform so much of the decision-making of the current #Prince Estate
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Possibly the best encapsulation so far of the “surely he didn’t have any fans more than 30 miles away from Chanhassen” attitude that seems to inform so much of the decision-making of the current #Prince Estate
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Feels fairly politically notable that Labour’s had to find the money to fund a £150 cut to energy bills next year and hasn’t really got a single good headline out of it. Maybe it’ll pay off next year, but relies on voters crediting them for the fall in bills?
November 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Feels fairly politically notable that Labour’s had to find the money to fund a £150 cut to energy bills next year and hasn’t really got a single good headline out of it. Maybe it’ll pay off next year, but relies on voters crediting them for the fall in bills?
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Honestly "Don't Engage, Just Block" has transformed my social media experience so profoundly that it's hard for me to describe. It's just so much better to be online now.
i also liked the fact that most of us who had come from the other site had the mentality of not giving "bad actors" the benefit of the doubt on here , and told all to block, not mute, an move on
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Honestly "Don't Engage, Just Block" has transformed my social media experience so profoundly that it's hard for me to describe. It's just so much better to be online now.
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The last president who declared that anything he does is legal was Richard M. Nixon. And we all know how things worked out for him . . .
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The last president who declared that anything he does is legal was Richard M. Nixon. And we all know how things worked out for him . . .
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Alright we cropped the thumbnail on this one so the Bluesky modbot wouldn’t censor a 500 year old painting
The rise of Hoto and Fanttik
How two Chinese tool brands are becoming household names.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Alright we cropped the thumbnail on this one so the Bluesky modbot wouldn’t censor a 500 year old painting
Some of my recent turbo-grumpiness seems to be lifting… let’s see if I can make this last through to late December
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November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Some of my recent turbo-grumpiness seems to be lifting… let’s see if I can make this last through to late December
Always had a bit of a “weird” relationship with this album, as so much of my favourite material of his from this era didn’t make it onto the track listing…
He was cooking up such good stuff as “Serious Effect”, “Blood On The Dance Floor”, and “For All Time” in 1990-ish
He was cooking up such good stuff as “Serious Effect”, “Blood On The Dance Floor”, and “For All Time” in 1990-ish
Michael Jackson released 'Dangerous' 34 years ago on November 26, 1991 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/MJdangerous
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Always had a bit of a “weird” relationship with this album, as so much of my favourite material of his from this era didn’t make it onto the track listing…
He was cooking up such good stuff as “Serious Effect”, “Blood On The Dance Floor”, and “For All Time” in 1990-ish
He was cooking up such good stuff as “Serious Effect”, “Blood On The Dance Floor”, and “For All Time” in 1990-ish
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"