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15 Great 2025 Albums by Britpop / Indie legends
Featuring Pulp, Suede, Saint Etienne, Stereolab, The Charlatans, Richard Ashcroft, Paul Weller, Gruff Rhys, The Divine Comedy, and more.
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I’ll argue with categorizing this list as Britpop, but this is the most solid “best of 2025” list I’ve seen so far.
The Saint Etienne @rockingbob.bsky.social and @mikiberenyi.bsky.social picks are particularly exceptional calls.
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The Saint Etienne @rockingbob.bsky.social and @mikiberenyi.bsky.social picks are particularly exceptional calls.
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Oh, NO.
Not a bluesky list!
NOOOOOOOOOO!
Not a bluesky list!
NOOOOOOOOOO!
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Oh, NO.
Not a bluesky list!
NOOOOOOOOOO!
Not a bluesky list!
NOOOOOOOOOO!
I am fortunate enough to have two homes. One in Pittsburgh, one in Chicago.
The best gas station food in PGH was from Get-Go, owned by Giant Eagle NEVER Sheetz.
Chicago is like, fuck that, we have bars with good food, and public transportation.
Chicago wins. Again.
The best gas station food in PGH was from Get-Go, owned by Giant Eagle NEVER Sheetz.
Chicago is like, fuck that, we have bars with good food, and public transportation.
Chicago wins. Again.
January 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I am fortunate enough to have two homes. One in Pittsburgh, one in Chicago.
The best gas station food in PGH was from Get-Go, owned by Giant Eagle NEVER Sheetz.
Chicago is like, fuck that, we have bars with good food, and public transportation.
Chicago wins. Again.
The best gas station food in PGH was from Get-Go, owned by Giant Eagle NEVER Sheetz.
Chicago is like, fuck that, we have bars with good food, and public transportation.
Chicago wins. Again.
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TIL the stores are named after a guy.
RIP, Mr. Sheetz, I appreciate a place where I can find a clean restroom and get a custom chicken sandwich.
RIP, Mr. Sheetz, I appreciate a place where I can find a clean restroom and get a custom chicken sandwich.
RIP, the guy behind Pennsylvania's greatest gas station fast food empire.
Steve Sheetz, business leader and philanthropist, dies at age 77
Steve Sheetz, an Altoona native whose leadership is credited for growing the Sheetz Corporation into a convenience store empire, has died. He was 77. Sheetz passed away from respiratory complications ...
www.altoonamirror.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
TIL the stores are named after a guy.
RIP, Mr. Sheetz, I appreciate a place where I can find a clean restroom and get a custom chicken sandwich.
RIP, Mr. Sheetz, I appreciate a place where I can find a clean restroom and get a custom chicken sandwich.
I’ll argue with categorizing this list as Britpop, but this is the most solid “best of 2025” list I’ve seen so far.
The Saint Etienne @rockingbob.bsky.social and @mikiberenyi.bsky.social picks are particularly exceptional calls.
@brooklynvegan.bsky.social
www.brooklynvegan.com/15-albums-fr...
The Saint Etienne @rockingbob.bsky.social and @mikiberenyi.bsky.social picks are particularly exceptional calls.
@brooklynvegan.bsky.social
www.brooklynvegan.com/15-albums-fr...
15 Great 2025 Albums by Britpop / Indie legends
Featuring Pulp, Suede, Saint Etienne, Stereolab, The Charlatans, Richard Ashcroft, Paul Weller, Gruff Rhys, The Divine Comedy, and more.
www.brooklynvegan.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I’ll argue with categorizing this list as Britpop, but this is the most solid “best of 2025” list I’ve seen so far.
The Saint Etienne @rockingbob.bsky.social and @mikiberenyi.bsky.social picks are particularly exceptional calls.
@brooklynvegan.bsky.social
www.brooklynvegan.com/15-albums-fr...
The Saint Etienne @rockingbob.bsky.social and @mikiberenyi.bsky.social picks are particularly exceptional calls.
@brooklynvegan.bsky.social
www.brooklynvegan.com/15-albums-fr...
I kinda wish my label was caustic instead of toxic.
I’ve been pretty inebriated since NYE, and something can be caustic without being toxic.
I’ve been pretty inebriated since NYE, and something can be caustic without being toxic.
January 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I kinda wish my label was caustic instead of toxic.
I’ve been pretty inebriated since NYE, and something can be caustic without being toxic.
I’ve been pretty inebriated since NYE, and something can be caustic without being toxic.
Like I was saying…
*see Brandy’s thread below*
*see Brandy’s thread below*
January 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Like I was saying…
*see Brandy’s thread below*
*see Brandy’s thread below*
This is this the best skeet I’ve read all year.
no community built this website, and the idea that being here for three months before football season started in 2023 entitles you and your community to be prick at all times is inane.
see the 4 trillion “we built this platform” comments from people who are scared of github
January 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
This is this the best skeet I’ve read all year.
Watch the man’s ENTIRE speech. Ken is looking for clicks again. www.youtube.com/live/WZ2-vSs...
January 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Watch the man’s ENTIRE speech. Ken is looking for clicks again. www.youtube.com/live/WZ2-vSs...
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Still seeing way too many people I consider well-informed thinking this is a good move by Schumer. It isn't. You gotta remember his audience on Morning Joe. This is a surrender flag, a fundraising pitch. He's gonna fold like a chair again and get zilch at the next shutdown in a few weeks
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Still seeing way too many people I consider well-informed thinking this is a good move by Schumer. It isn't. You gotta remember his audience on Morning Joe. This is a surrender flag, a fundraising pitch. He's gonna fold like a chair again and get zilch at the next shutdown in a few weeks
I choose to believe he was on a mission to save all the sofa’s, loveseats, and cute little upholstered chairs in the basement.
UPDATE: William DeFoor, 26, arrested after trying to break into Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home. He was using a hammer to break the windows - WXIX
January 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I choose to believe he was on a mission to save all the sofa’s, loveseats, and cute little upholstered chairs in the basement.
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every time I see this relic stumble around strategically I smell mothballs and curdled milk
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
every time I see this relic stumble around strategically I smell mothballs and curdled milk
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
This is Trump’s primary source of “news”.
All the levels of stupidity raging hard.
All the levels of stupidity raging hard.
Brian Kilmeade: "I watch Landman so I feel like an expert."
Ainsley Earhardt: "We’ve learned a lot about crude oil from The Beverly Hillbillies, and a lot about the latest techniques from Landman."
Kilmeade: "We could go to school. But why, when we can watch sitcoms?"
Ainsley Earhardt: "We’ve learned a lot about crude oil from The Beverly Hillbillies, and a lot about the latest techniques from Landman."
Kilmeade: "We could go to school. But why, when we can watch sitcoms?"
January 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This is Trump’s primary source of “news”.
All the levels of stupidity raging hard.
All the levels of stupidity raging hard.
It would be an incredible historical irony if the only two times Article 5 was ever used were first to protect the US, and second to protect an ally from the US itself.
* read this 🧵*
* read this 🧵*
Can we just stop and put this into perspective:
Our Scandinavian allies put out joint statements today condemning the United States, and Denmark went as far as explicitly threatening military action while hinting at a potential invocation of Article 5.
That’s genuinely fucking insane.
Our Scandinavian allies put out joint statements today condemning the United States, and Denmark went as far as explicitly threatening military action while hinting at a potential invocation of Article 5.
That’s genuinely fucking insane.
January 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It would be an incredible historical irony if the only two times Article 5 was ever used were first to protect the US, and second to protect an ally from the US itself.
* read this 🧵*
* read this 🧵*
We have a lifetime’s evidence to know how this plays out.
January 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
We have a lifetime’s evidence to know how this plays out.
Because they are experts and sucking and swallowing.
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Because they are experts and sucking and swallowing.
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My position on impeachment is the same as it was six months ago: Impeachment is first about driving public attention to Trump’s crimes and corruption.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Why push for impeachment?
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.
The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.
Performative public investigations matter
January 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
My position on impeachment is the same as it was six months ago: Impeachment is first about driving public attention to Trump’s crimes and corruption.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
Democrats should introduce impeachment articles and force votes to boost their parallel media effort.
Performative public investigations matter.
In A.D. 68, after being declared a public enemy by the Roman Senate, Nero, with his freedman Epaphroditus helping him, plunged a dagger into his neck to avoid being beaten to death by his soldiers.
New: Trump admin officials tell Zeteo that Trump is “very interested” in secret plans drawn up last year to send US Special Forces into Mexico.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
After Trump’s Venezuela Invasion, Mexico Could Be Next
Officials tell Zeteo that Trump remains ‘very interested’ in the idea of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, as the president threatens Colombia and Cuba, too.
zeteo.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
In A.D. 68, after being declared a public enemy by the Roman Senate, Nero, with his freedman Epaphroditus helping him, plunged a dagger into his neck to avoid being beaten to death by his soldiers.
There is quite a bit to unpack here, from Trump threatening Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez to his deranged desire to seize Greenland.
January 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
There is quite a bit to unpack here, from Trump threatening Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez to his deranged desire to seize Greenland.
The dumbest possible version of this group of ghouls.
January 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The dumbest possible version of this group of ghouls.
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I forgot about this
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I forgot about this
Trump has captured and removed a sitting foreign leader. Nothing close to this has happened in something like 25 years.
Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Trump has captured and removed a sitting foreign leader. Nothing close to this has happened in something like 25 years.
The Sunday morning shows are going to be a shit storm of garbage.
This MTP lineup is proof of my prediction, and I’m betting Bari Weiss is saying “hold my beer” over at Face the Nation.
This MTP lineup is proof of my prediction, and I’m betting Bari Weiss is saying “hold my beer” over at Face the Nation.
Meet the Press lineup:
-Marco Rubio
-Hakeem Jeffries
-Marjorie Taylor Greene
-Marco Rubio
-Hakeem Jeffries
-Marjorie Taylor Greene
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The Sunday morning shows are going to be a shit storm of garbage.
This MTP lineup is proof of my prediction, and I’m betting Bari Weiss is saying “hold my beer” over at Face the Nation.
This MTP lineup is proof of my prediction, and I’m betting Bari Weiss is saying “hold my beer” over at Face the Nation.