Robin Turner
@robinturner.bsky.social
Wrote books about The Chemical Brothers and Heavenly Recordings, does PR for some of rock and / or roll's finest, part owns The Social. Now writing weekly newsletters about life with and after a brain tumour: https://acloudablossom.substack.com/
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'Come gentle spring, come at winter's end.'
Released 40 years ago today.
Released 40 years ago today.
February 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
'Come gentle spring, come at winter's end.'
Released 40 years ago today.
Released 40 years ago today.
DJed at this gig. What a trip it all was.
📆[17/02/2001]| On This Day 25 years ago Manic Street Preachers launched Know Your Enemy at Havana's Teatro Karl Marx, becoming the first major Western rock band to play Cuba.
📷 by Greg Haver
#ManicStreetPreachers | #KYE25
📷 by Greg Haver
#ManicStreetPreachers | #KYE25
February 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM
DJed at this gig. What a trip it all was.
Curling is over, now some mad skate racing on which it quite buttocks
February 14, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Curling is over, now some mad skate racing on which it quite buttocks
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These Happy Shopper Trumpists...
We *can't* let them win. Lots of us are going to have to hold our noses whenever we next go to the polls. But *anything* is better than this...
We *can't* let them win. Lots of us are going to have to hold our noses whenever we next go to the polls. But *anything* is better than this...
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 9:03 AM
These Happy Shopper Trumpists...
We *can't* let them win. Lots of us are going to have to hold our noses whenever we next go to the polls. But *anything* is better than this...
We *can't* let them win. Lots of us are going to have to hold our noses whenever we next go to the polls. But *anything* is better than this...
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This is Nigel Farage with Nick Candy, the treasurer of Reform UK 👇
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
February 4, 2026 at 10:57 AM
This is Nigel Farage with Nick Candy, the treasurer of Reform UK 👇
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
Went to see my daughter playing the Beacon some forty odd years after i saw the Number of the Beast tour there. It was ace. Fell in love with music again. open.substack.com/pub/acloudab...
Love, love is a verb
Chandra sky, Six! Six, six!, miracle music, slipstreaming
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February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Went to see my daughter playing the Beacon some forty odd years after i saw the Number of the Beast tour there. It was ace. Fell in love with music again. open.substack.com/pub/acloudab...
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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"Being munched by a snake during Paranoid Android..."
In today's TNC, the excellent @SteveMasonKBT takes on our Life & Times questions. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
In today's TNC, the excellent @SteveMasonKBT takes on our Life & Times questions. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
The New Cue #565 February 2: Steve Mason
"Being munched by a snake during Paranoid Android..."
thenewcue.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
"Being munched by a snake during Paranoid Android..."
In today's TNC, the excellent @SteveMasonKBT takes on our Life & Times questions. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
In today's TNC, the excellent @SteveMasonKBT takes on our Life & Times questions. It's a free edition:
thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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We're back! Have you missed us?
Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 93 is OUT NOW! Album Of The Week: @jamesadrianbrown.bsky.social + much much more!
moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-93-3...
Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 93 is OUT NOW! Album Of The Week: @jamesadrianbrown.bsky.social + much much more!
moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-93-3...
Issue 93 / 30 January 2026
The essential DIY electronic music lowdown: Track Of The Week: Hannah Hu + Album Of The Week: James Adrian Brown + Laura Cannell + Stuart Cook + Markus Guentner + so much more...
moonbuilding.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:34 AM
We're back! Have you missed us?
Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 93 is OUT NOW! Album Of The Week: @jamesadrianbrown.bsky.social + much much more!
moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-93-3...
Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 93 is OUT NOW! Album Of The Week: @jamesadrianbrown.bsky.social + much much more!
moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-93-3...
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NEW from @davidgilbert.bsky.social: Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta Is Blocking Users From Sharing Website Listing ICE Agents
Users of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:23 PM
NEW from @davidgilbert.bsky.social: Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
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Shamelessly sharing this.
Robin wrote some lovely words about Cancer on Board, which is my grownup alter ego.
Robin wrote some lovely words about Cancer on Board, which is my grownup alter ego.
Hey. Wrote about cancer and the long tail of chemotherapy drugs. The tedium of illness. One day soon, it'll be spring. Love, as always. acloudablossom.substack.com/p/negative-s...
Negative space in cycles
A helpful badge, morale boosts, weekday vertigo tedium, in pursuit of normal days
acloudablossom.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Shamelessly sharing this.
Robin wrote some lovely words about Cancer on Board, which is my grownup alter ego.
Robin wrote some lovely words about Cancer on Board, which is my grownup alter ego.
Hey. Wrote about cancer and the long tail of chemotherapy drugs. The tedium of illness. One day soon, it'll be spring. Love, as always. acloudablossom.substack.com/p/negative-s...
Negative space in cycles
A helpful badge, morale boosts, weekday vertigo tedium, in pursuit of normal days
acloudablossom.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Hey. Wrote about cancer and the long tail of chemotherapy drugs. The tedium of illness. One day soon, it'll be spring. Love, as always. acloudablossom.substack.com/p/negative-s...
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More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
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Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
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📆[21/01/1991]| On This Day 35 years ago Manic Street Preachers released Motown Junk.
Chart Position: #94
#ManicStreetPreachers | #MotownJunk35
Chart Position: #94
#ManicStreetPreachers | #MotownJunk35
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
📆[21/01/1991]| On This Day 35 years ago Manic Street Preachers released Motown Junk.
Chart Position: #94
#ManicStreetPreachers | #MotownJunk35
Chart Position: #94
#ManicStreetPreachers | #MotownJunk35
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Never forget: never let anyone else forget either.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Never forget: never let anyone else forget either.
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if Nigel Farage is lazy enough to record a message for paedophile Ian Watkins in exchange for money, what else might he do for money without thinking too hard
January 16, 2026 at 7:54 AM
if Nigel Farage is lazy enough to record a message for paedophile Ian Watkins in exchange for money, what else might he do for money without thinking too hard
One of the absolute best things on telly right now - bliss to watch.
The Lowdown is the best damn show not enough people are watching. I can exclusively report that FX has ordered a second season of the delightful Ethan Hawke comic mystery series: www.whatsalanwatching.com/the-lowdown-...
The Lowdown, the best show you're not watching, is coming back for Season Two
FX has officially renewed the Ethan Hawke-led comic mystery series
www.whatsalanwatching.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:49 AM
One of the absolute best things on telly right now - bliss to watch.
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Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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This is incredibly moving and tells you a lot about who Renee Good was.
January 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
This is incredibly moving and tells you a lot about who Renee Good was.
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
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Good’s last words to the ICE agent: “That’s fine. I’m not mad at you.”
His to her, after shooting her in the face: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
His to her, after shooting her in the face: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Good’s last words to the ICE agent: “That’s fine. I’m not mad at you.”
His to her, after shooting her in the face: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
His to her, after shooting her in the face: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
new Sault album is phenomenal.
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
new Sault album is phenomenal.