Lyndon Barnes
@lyndonbarnes.bsky.social
The internet Beebo Russell is an archetype: a modern-day Icarus whose dramatic dying act has become a blank slate for others to project meaning upon..
The real Beebo Russell was a man in despair who spent his final minutes scared, lightheaded, covered in his own sick..
The real Beebo Russell was a man in despair who spent his final minutes scared, lightheaded, covered in his own sick..
The Sky Thief
How a goofy, God-fearing airport worker stole a passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport and took flight with no plan to land.
www.rollingstone.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The internet Beebo Russell is an archetype: a modern-day Icarus whose dramatic dying act has become a blank slate for others to project meaning upon..
The real Beebo Russell was a man in despair who spent his final minutes scared, lightheaded, covered in his own sick..
The real Beebo Russell was a man in despair who spent his final minutes scared, lightheaded, covered in his own sick..
“We R Blighty were prosecuted for unlicensed street collections, received fines, and were seen operating illegally the very next day.”
'Aggressive' veteran fundraisers breach catalogue of rules - what happens now?
metro.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“We R Blighty were prosecuted for unlicensed street collections, received fines, and were seen operating illegally the very next day.”
“I’m Debbie,” she says. “Pint?”
And we drink pints and we smoke and she gives me a wrap of speed to dab in the toilets.
And we drink pints and we smoke and she gives me a wrap of speed to dab in the toilets.
HERO Fiction: Figs by Scott Lavene – HERO
Time travelling in Essex
hero-magazine.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“I’m Debbie,” she says. “Pint?”
And we drink pints and we smoke and she gives me a wrap of speed to dab in the toilets.
And we drink pints and we smoke and she gives me a wrap of speed to dab in the toilets.
“The stereotypical ‘bovver boy’ look of the terraces had been replaced with a women’s haircut and sportswear worn by playboys & elite tennis stars.”
Get The Wedge in: The Casual Connection of The Classic Cut
We take a trip down memory lane to look at the wedge haircut's origins and its connection to the Casual subculture of the late 1970s & early 1980s.
www.80scasualclassics.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“The stereotypical ‘bovver boy’ look of the terraces had been replaced with a women’s haircut and sportswear worn by playboys & elite tennis stars.”
"If you see this, post a random photo (or meme) from your photo gallery without explaining it."
October 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"If you see this, post a random photo (or meme) from your photo gallery without explaining it."
The dynamics of a purity spiral are those of a leaderless cult. You hold a viewpoint that privileges an abstraction of the world over the messy reality. You have a sense of mission which sets you apart from the world, and you derive social status from being holier than the next acolyte.
How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral
A process of moral outbidding is corroding small communities from within
unherd.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The dynamics of a purity spiral are those of a leaderless cult. You hold a viewpoint that privileges an abstraction of the world over the messy reality. You have a sense of mission which sets you apart from the world, and you derive social status from being holier than the next acolyte.
“Bill Fishman, stresses that the actual fighting was between the anti-Mosley crowds and the police.”
Battle of Cable Street: ‘I was there when the East End said “No pasaran” to the fascists’ — Whitechapel LDN
Bill Fishman was just 15 when he became caught up in the Battle of Cable Street - when thousands of East Enders rose in opposition to a rising tide of
whitechapellondon.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“Bill Fishman, stresses that the actual fighting was between the anti-Mosley crowds and the police.”
Thank you @monkeybarrelcomedy.bsky.social
John Kearns Tilting at Windmills tour tickets on sale this week.
Got me reminiscing about this masterpiece we saw in 2019. Proper funny but profoundly moving too. Balled my eyes out and laughed my arse off in the same hour. Exhausting.
John Kearns Tilting at Windmills tour tickets on sale this week.
Got me reminiscing about this masterpiece we saw in 2019. Proper funny but profoundly moving too. Balled my eyes out and laughed my arse off in the same hour. Exhausting.
September 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thank you @monkeybarrelcomedy.bsky.social
John Kearns Tilting at Windmills tour tickets on sale this week.
Got me reminiscing about this masterpiece we saw in 2019. Proper funny but profoundly moving too. Balled my eyes out and laughed my arse off in the same hour. Exhausting.
John Kearns Tilting at Windmills tour tickets on sale this week.
Got me reminiscing about this masterpiece we saw in 2019. Proper funny but profoundly moving too. Balled my eyes out and laughed my arse off in the same hour. Exhausting.
“What came first, the chicken or the dickhead?”
August 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“What came first, the chicken or the dickhead?”
First Dahlia of the season.
June 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
First Dahlia of the season.
Thames Water should be taken into public ownership and its assets auctioned off.
Thames Water must be held to account | Letters
Letters: The assets of those who accrue wealth through the degradation of the natural environment should be confiscated, writes David Humphreys
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Thames Water should be taken into public ownership and its assets auctioned off.
Elbow @ Hampton Court Palace
Friday 20th June 🎵🎶
Weather Forecast ☀️😎☀️
Not selling for profit.
Gutted we can’t go.
Priced to break even after sellers fee only. 😇
Friday 20th June 🎵🎶
Weather Forecast ☀️😎☀️
Not selling for profit.
Gutted we can’t go.
Priced to break even after sellers fee only. 😇
Elbow
TicketSwap is the safest place to buy and sell tickets. A simple and fair-priced marketplace for fans to buy and sell tickets for events, concerts, festivals, etc.
www.ticketswap.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Elbow @ Hampton Court Palace
Friday 20th June 🎵🎶
Weather Forecast ☀️😎☀️
Not selling for profit.
Gutted we can’t go.
Priced to break even after sellers fee only. 😇
Friday 20th June 🎵🎶
Weather Forecast ☀️😎☀️
Not selling for profit.
Gutted we can’t go.
Priced to break even after sellers fee only. 😇
You can support our four-legged friends by completing this year’s National Dog Survey.
Even if you don’t have a dog, we want to know what our furry friends mean to you.
Even if you don’t have a dog, we want to know what our furry friends mean to you.
view.emails.dogstrust.org.uk
June 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
You can support our four-legged friends by completing this year’s National Dog Survey.
Even if you don’t have a dog, we want to know what our furry friends mean to you.
Even if you don’t have a dog, we want to know what our furry friends mean to you.
Thames was planning to use part of a £3bn emergency loan, which was meant to stabilise its finances and save it from collapse, to pay bonuses for senior executives.
Ministers to block Thames Water paying bosses bonuses out of emergency loan
Exclusive: Firm close to insolvency says using £3bn loan to pay ‘substantial’ bonuses is vital to retain senior managers
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thames was planning to use part of a £3bn emergency loan, which was meant to stabilise its finances and save it from collapse, to pay bonuses for senior executives.
Reposted by Lyndon Barnes
"What do you mean, 'Because that's how the game goes'?!"
--my husband, to me, as he catches up on The Last Of Us
--my husband, to me, as he catches up on The Last Of Us
May 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"What do you mean, 'Because that's how the game goes'?!"
--my husband, to me, as he catches up on The Last Of Us
--my husband, to me, as he catches up on The Last Of Us
Hotels are selling rooms twice within 24 hours. One property in St Pancras offers ‘day-only bookings’ between 10.30am and 3.30pm costing £70.
That timing is convenient given its 10am check-out and 4pm check-in each day, and it only takes 30 minutes to clean the average hotel room.
That timing is convenient given its 10am check-out and 4pm check-in each day, and it only takes 30 minutes to clean the average hotel room.
How hotels made check-in times later and cashed in - Which?
Basics that used to be free are now being offered to guests as chargeable extras
www.which.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Hotels are selling rooms twice within 24 hours. One property in St Pancras offers ‘day-only bookings’ between 10.30am and 3.30pm costing £70.
That timing is convenient given its 10am check-out and 4pm check-in each day, and it only takes 30 minutes to clean the average hotel room.
That timing is convenient given its 10am check-out and 4pm check-in each day, and it only takes 30 minutes to clean the average hotel room.
Do you know which type of pizza you prefer?
Pizza Napoletana, Romana, Siciliana or Bianca?
Pizza Napoletana, Romana, Siciliana or Bianca?
A Guide to Italian Pizza Types
Pizza is an institution in Italy and each region has its specialty. Discover the different types of authentic Italian pizza.
www.inromecooking.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Do you know which type of pizza you prefer?
Pizza Napoletana, Romana, Siciliana or Bianca?
Pizza Napoletana, Romana, Siciliana or Bianca?
Reposted by Lyndon Barnes
Reform bot attacks on tactical voting are designed to confuse people
Because they know tactical voting is what will keep Reform out
The bot’s key message is that people won’t vote Labour
But that’s the point about tactical voting
In many places the vote is Libdem or Green
Because they know tactical voting is what will keep Reform out
The bot’s key message is that people won’t vote Labour
But that’s the point about tactical voting
In many places the vote is Libdem or Green
April 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Reform bot attacks on tactical voting are designed to confuse people
Because they know tactical voting is what will keep Reform out
The bot’s key message is that people won’t vote Labour
But that’s the point about tactical voting
In many places the vote is Libdem or Green
Because they know tactical voting is what will keep Reform out
The bot’s key message is that people won’t vote Labour
But that’s the point about tactical voting
In many places the vote is Libdem or Green
Reposted by Lyndon Barnes
Today, on 25 April 1938, George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia was published, a year minus a day after his arrival in Barcelona following his first stint on the Aragón front.
April 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Today, on 25 April 1938, George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia was published, a year minus a day after his arrival in Barcelona following his first stint on the Aragón front.
Reposted by Lyndon Barnes
I’m coming out of my cave
And I've been doing just fine
And I've been doing just fine
a cartoon of jesus standing in a doorway
ALT: a cartoon of jesus standing in a doorway
media.tenor.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I’m coming out of my cave
And I've been doing just fine
And I've been doing just fine
“Cracked ambient loops show the beauty of the imperfect, like half-forgotten days or damaged keepsakes.”
_boycalledcrow
_eyetrees
_boycalledcrow
_eyetrees
boycalledcrow – eyetrees
Cracked ambient loops show the beauty of the imperfect, like half-forgotten days or damaged keepsakes
www.listencorp.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“Cracked ambient loops show the beauty of the imperfect, like half-forgotten days or damaged keepsakes.”
_boycalledcrow
_eyetrees
_boycalledcrow
_eyetrees
Headspace. Today’s Meditation.
April 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Headspace. Today’s Meditation.
Reposted by Lyndon Barnes
Recent additions to my inprnt store! All prints currently 30% off! #art
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April 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Recent additions to my inprnt store! All prints currently 30% off! #art
www.inprnt.com/gallery/whis...
www.inprnt.com/gallery/whis...