Leonard Klar
@klarleonard.bsky.social
Retired old prog fan, with a sideline in Weather Report, Steely Dan and Elvis Costello. Proud member of the Anti-Growth Coalition. Eat the rich! No DMs.
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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"In the year just passed, I recorded some guitars on a version of "So. Central Rain" by my friend Ian McNabb. You might remember him from the Icicle Works. It's a cool version. Hope this helps start the new year off well!" - Peter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-m9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-m9...
Ian McNabb & Peter Buck 'So. Central Rain' ( Monitor Mix)
YouTube video by JOHN GALLAGHER
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:57 PM
"In the year just passed, I recorded some guitars on a version of "So. Central Rain" by my friend Ian McNabb. You might remember him from the Icicle Works. It's a cool version. Hope this helps start the new year off well!" - Peter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-m9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-m9...
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Mar-a-Lago guests lined up at the metal detectors to confirm they’ve disarmed themselves for Trump’s gun free zone
January 2, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Mar-a-Lago guests lined up at the metal detectors to confirm they’ve disarmed themselves for Trump’s gun free zone
'BBC News - Boxing Day shopping falls flat once again.'
'BBC News - Late shopper rush drives Boxing Day sales traffic.'
Two headlines on the BBC News front page.
'BBC News - Late shopper rush drives Boxing Day sales traffic.'
Two headlines on the BBC News front page.
Late shopper rush drives Boxing Day sale traffic
Figures suggest the surge in post-Christmas shoppers was the strongest in a decade.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
'BBC News - Boxing Day shopping falls flat once again.'
'BBC News - Late shopper rush drives Boxing Day sales traffic.'
Two headlines on the BBC News front page.
'BBC News - Late shopper rush drives Boxing Day sales traffic.'
Two headlines on the BBC News front page.
I've just had a notice from my energy supplier that, because of the rise in the energy cap from January, my new annual bill is estimated to increase by £6.12! Not sure how I'm going to manage.
December 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I've just had a notice from my energy supplier that, because of the rise in the energy cap from January, my new annual bill is estimated to increase by £6.12! Not sure how I'm going to manage.
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Just remembered 1980s Lenny Henry in drag being Sade and it was only actually on YouTube when I looked to prove I wasn't making it up
Lenny Henry
YouTube video by 0ActionMonkey0
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Just remembered 1980s Lenny Henry in drag being Sade and it was only actually on YouTube when I looked to prove I wasn't making it up
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Born 22 Nov 1950, musician Tina Weymouth, founding member & bassist with Talking Heads. Described as one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s, they helped to pioneer new wave by integrating elements of punk, art rock, funk & world music with avant-garde sensibilities. #TalkingHeads
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Born 22 Nov 1950, musician Tina Weymouth, founding member & bassist with Talking Heads. Described as one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s, they helped to pioneer new wave by integrating elements of punk, art rock, funk & world music with avant-garde sensibilities. #TalkingHeads
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Remembering the late 🇺🇸American actor #RobertVaughn (22 November 1932 – 11 November 2016) born #OnThisDay in Manhattan in New York City
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Remembering the late 🇺🇸American actor #RobertVaughn (22 November 1932 – 11 November 2016) born #OnThisDay in Manhattan in New York City
Can anyone explain why the energy regulator thinks they should increase the energy cap by approx. £4 pa on a cap of about £2000? Surely the added admin for energy co.s will cost more than that?
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Can anyone explain why the energy regulator thinks they should increase the energy cap by approx. £4 pa on a cap of about £2000? Surely the added admin for energy co.s will cost more than that?
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Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
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Kewl: Thomas Deininger is a Rhode Island artist known for crafting intricate assemblages from found and discarded objects, turning everyday trash into striking visual stories.
November 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Kewl: Thomas Deininger is a Rhode Island artist known for crafting intricate assemblages from found and discarded objects, turning everyday trash into striking visual stories.
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Can you guess who this is?? And don't do a reverse image search! Will repost with the answer later today.
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Can you guess who this is?? And don't do a reverse image search! Will repost with the answer later today.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train in Huntingdon has been named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train in Huntingdon has been named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Chris Philp opens by gymnastically framing the train attack with relation to asylum seekers, concludes that the reason for knife crime is foreigners in prison, then LOSES HIS RAG when LibDem Home Affairs spox @maxwilkinson.bsky.social pulls him up on it.
"Withdraw! Withdraw!" Utter clown. 🤡 ~AA
"Withdraw! Withdraw!" Utter clown. 🤡 ~AA
November 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Chris Philp opens by gymnastically framing the train attack with relation to asylum seekers, concludes that the reason for knife crime is foreigners in prison, then LOSES HIS RAG when LibDem Home Affairs spox @maxwilkinson.bsky.social pulls him up on it.
"Withdraw! Withdraw!" Utter clown. 🤡 ~AA
"Withdraw! Withdraw!" Utter clown. 🤡 ~AA
Eldest channelling #RobertSmith for his #Halloween DJ set last night.
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Eldest channelling #RobertSmith for his #Halloween DJ set last night.
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I am trying to write a column about the Tory deportations bill, how it got noticed 6 months later. It is mildly impeded by His Majesty's Opposition being unable to say clearly which parts of the Bill they published are their policy - and how much of it they have now ditched already or may ditch
October 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I am trying to write a column about the Tory deportations bill, how it got noticed 6 months later. It is mildly impeded by His Majesty's Opposition being unable to say clearly which parts of the Bill they published are their policy - and how much of it they have now ditched already or may ditch
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How is it that hearing and reading MSM reports of Trump's Knesset speech, you get no sense of how unhinged, rambling and demented it was?
October 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
How is it that hearing and reading MSM reports of Trump's Knesset speech, you get no sense of how unhinged, rambling and demented it was?
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7th October, 1978:
"Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet" part 2. #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet" part 2. #DoctorWho
October 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
7th October, 1978:
"Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet" part 2. #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet" part 2. #DoctorWho
George found not guilty of having a knife! Hooray! Except, someone in prison is out to get him and won't be happy he got off... he's going to be assaulted, possibly killed, before he's released, isn't he?
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
October 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
George found not guilty of having a knife! Hooray! Except, someone in prison is out to get him and won't be happy he got off... he's going to be assaulted, possibly killed, before he's released, isn't he?
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
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Hyacinth kicks the bouquet...
October 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Hyacinth kicks the bouquet...
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On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (gasp) ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (oh god, I can't even) ha ha ha ha... Poor Daily Mail, apparently being nasty to their darling Nigel is 'dragging politics into the gutter'! Poor fkn snowflakes.
October 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (gasp) ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (oh god, I can't even) ha ha ha ha... Poor Daily Mail, apparently being nasty to their darling Nigel is 'dragging politics into the gutter'! Poor fkn snowflakes.