Cardinal Verlengo
@cardinalverlengo.bsky.social
Aficionado of British indie / alternative music since reading the NME as a young curate accompanying the 1982 Papal Visit.
Planning to release own stuff (not hymns) by Advent 2026 at the latest.
https://cardinalverlengo.onepage.website
Planning to release own stuff (not hymns) by Advent 2026 at the latest.
https://cardinalverlengo.onepage.website
Pinned
Hello BlueSkyers, I trust you will welcome me as I join your congregation.
This Advent I am in the recording studio with the other members of The Cardinal Verlengo Sextet. The results should be released during Lent next year.
This Advent I am in the recording studio with the other members of The Cardinal Verlengo Sextet. The results should be released during Lent next year.
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The paragraph about being so proud of the dolphin and whale cull must have been deleted in the final version.
only.one/act/dolphinh...
only.one/act/dolphinh...
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The paragraph about being so proud of the dolphin and whale cull must have been deleted in the final version.
only.one/act/dolphinh...
only.one/act/dolphinh...
I've done my own research. The man is talking bollocks.
RFK Jr. reassures Trump that he is going to heaven because he is 'doing God's work'
October 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I've done my own research. The man is talking bollocks.
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Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.
Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’
The Illinois native’s comments come a week after the U.S. president derided the fight against climate change.
www.politico.eu
October 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.
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Pope Leo in remarks to journalists tonight: "Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life.” www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
Pope Leo criticizes 'inhuman' treatment of immigrants in US
Pope Leo on Tuesday appeared to offer his strongest criticism yet of U.S. President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies, questioning whether they were in line with the Catholic Church's pro-life teachings.
www.reuters.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Pope Leo in remarks to journalists tonight: "Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life.” www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
@popeleoxiv.bsky.social
A polite request: Please excommunicate this blert.
(I strongly doubt he voted for you anyway)
A polite request: Please excommunicate this blert.
(I strongly doubt he voted for you anyway)
Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Fox & Friends on Charlie Kirk: "This guy is a modern day St Paul. He was a missionary, he's an evangelist, he's a hero. He's one I think that knows what Jesus meant when he said 'the truth will set you free.'"
September 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
@popeleoxiv.bsky.social
A polite request: Please excommunicate this blert.
(I strongly doubt he voted for you anyway)
A polite request: Please excommunicate this blert.
(I strongly doubt he voted for you anyway)
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From Feb 4th 1939
September 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
From Feb 4th 1939
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If Trump wasn't American he wouldn't be allowed into America.
September 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
If Trump wasn't American he wouldn't be allowed into America.
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Go Leo!
Pope Leo criticises high, Musk-style corporate pay packages reut.rs/3InAG6a
Pope Leo criticises high, Musk-style corporate pay packages
Pope Leo criticised corporate pay packages that offer executives much higher salaries than their employees in excerpts from his first media interview released on Sunday, citing Tesla's recent $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk.
reut.rs
September 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Go Leo!
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Ben Jennings on the Minneapolis school shooting – cartoon
Ben Jennings on the Minneapolis school shooting – cartoon
Two children were killed and 17 people injured in a mass shooting earlier this week at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Ben Jennings on the Minneapolis school shooting – cartoon
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GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “Facts are stubborn things… Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas…. Alabama is a top 3 murder state. Where is the President? — He isn’t focused on crime & violence. It’s about an expression of authoritarianism.”
(H/T @acyn.bsky.social )
(H/T @acyn.bsky.social )
August 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “Facts are stubborn things… Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas…. Alabama is a top 3 murder state. Where is the President? — He isn’t focused on crime & violence. It’s about an expression of authoritarianism.”
(H/T @acyn.bsky.social )
(H/T @acyn.bsky.social )
RIP Tom Lehrer. He's given me many hours of happiness, mainly because of tracks I downloaded, for free, from the remarkable archive he created.
tomlehrersongs.com/songs/
tomlehrersongs.com/songs/
Songs
All I Need Is a Job
All is Well
Alma
Are There Any Questions?
Baby, Is It Love?
Be Prepared
The Bourgeoisie
Bright College Days
A Christmas Carol
Clementine
Deep Doodoo
The Derivative Song (dy/dx)
Dod...
tomlehrersongs.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
RIP Tom Lehrer. He's given me many hours of happiness, mainly because of tracks I downloaded, for free, from the remarkable archive he created.
tomlehrersongs.com/songs/
tomlehrersongs.com/songs/
Good this!
The first single from The Telephone Numbers' upcoming new album is "Be Right Down," a tough jangler featuring Thomas Rubenstein’s earnest lyrics and Morgan Stanley’s heavenly backing vocals. Major Minneapolis/Athens vibes and we are here for it. Go listen!
slumberlandrecs.lnk.to/be-right-down
slumberlandrecs.lnk.to/be-right-down
The Telephone Numbers - Be Right Down
Listen to Be Right Down by The Telephone Numbers.
slumberlandrecs.lnk.to
July 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Good this!
Thanks! I've never heard this before, it is superb!
The familiarity of Marley's catalogue drifts on the breeze behind calming ambience and soft dub.
The familiarity of Marley's catalogue drifts on the breeze behind calming ambience and soft dub.
Bill Laswell :: Dreams Of Freedom (Ambient Translations Of Bob Marley In Dub)
aquariumdrunkard.com/2022/06/13/b...
Ambidextrous in approach, Laswell’s 1997 remix collection of the Bob Marley catalog. At 11 tracks, the set deftly works a seam that feels at once familiar yet pleasantly discordant.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2022/06/13/b...
Ambidextrous in approach, Laswell’s 1997 remix collection of the Bob Marley catalog. At 11 tracks, the set deftly works a seam that feels at once familiar yet pleasantly discordant.
July 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Thanks! I've never heard this before, it is superb!
The familiarity of Marley's catalogue drifts on the breeze behind calming ambience and soft dub.
The familiarity of Marley's catalogue drifts on the breeze behind calming ambience and soft dub.
I've seen Autocamper, they're good. Looking forward to the album!
LTW ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Autocamper the hotly tipped Manchester based Indie quartet deliver their debut album, What Do You Do All Day? on 11th July
@iainkey.bsky.social reviews
@johnrobbofficial.bsky.social
louderthanwar.com/autocamper-w...
Autocamper the hotly tipped Manchester based Indie quartet deliver their debut album, What Do You Do All Day? on 11th July
@iainkey.bsky.social reviews
@johnrobbofficial.bsky.social
louderthanwar.com/autocamper-w...
Autocamper: What Do You Do All Day?
Autocamper, the hotly tipped Manchester based Indie quartet deliver their debut album, What Do You Do All Day? on 11th July
louderthanwar.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I've seen Autocamper, they're good. Looking forward to the album!
Out on July 12th. Tommy Larkins on drums, Jerry Harrison on keys!
jonathanrichman.bandcamp.com/album/only-f...
jonathanrichman.bandcamp.com/album/only-f...
Only Frozen Sky Anyway, by Jonathan Richman
12 track album
jonathanrichman.bandcamp.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Out on July 12th. Tommy Larkins on drums, Jerry Harrison on keys!
jonathanrichman.bandcamp.com/album/only-f...
jonathanrichman.bandcamp.com/album/only-f...
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It was one of the key attractions on the "Manchester's Surprisingly Flammable Historic Buildings On Valuable Development Sites" walking tour
The historic Hotspur Press building on fire this afternoon, after the owners let it rot for years. (Son took the picture from the top floor of a nearby multi-storey car park)
June 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It was one of the key attractions on the "Manchester's Surprisingly Flammable Historic Buildings On Valuable Development Sites" walking tour
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Notable that Daniel Ek upped his investment in war tech in the days before the US bombed Iran
This is what your streaming subscription is paying for
This is what your streaming subscription is paying for
June 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Notable that Daniel Ek upped his investment in war tech in the days before the US bombed Iran
This is what your streaming subscription is paying for
This is what your streaming subscription is paying for
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Something to think about today:
When tipping was introduced in the US after the Civil War, it was so business owners could exploit formerly enslaved Black people and make tips replace wages entirely for Black workers.
Economic and racial justice go hand in hand.
When tipping was introduced in the US after the Civil War, it was so business owners could exploit formerly enslaved Black people and make tips replace wages entirely for Black workers.
Economic and racial justice go hand in hand.
June 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Something to think about today:
When tipping was introduced in the US after the Civil War, it was so business owners could exploit formerly enslaved Black people and make tips replace wages entirely for Black workers.
Economic and racial justice go hand in hand.
When tipping was introduced in the US after the Civil War, it was so business owners could exploit formerly enslaved Black people and make tips replace wages entirely for Black workers.
Economic and racial justice go hand in hand.
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I know this isn't the point. But Liverpool has great museums and galleries, superb nightlife for all tastes, two awesome cathedrals, an attractive docklands, rich musical and footballing heritage, and a boycott of the Sun. If you believe it's a shithole, you're both intellectually lazy and wrong.
May 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I know this isn't the point. But Liverpool has great museums and galleries, superb nightlife for all tastes, two awesome cathedrals, an attractive docklands, rich musical and footballing heritage, and a boycott of the Sun. If you believe it's a shithole, you're both intellectually lazy and wrong.
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If you are bored this morning feel free to join me between 10.00 & 12.30 as I am "the crew" for The Garden Party Radio Show" with David Nixon & John Jenkins on Vintage Radio www.vintageradio.org.uk
May 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If you are bored this morning feel free to join me between 10.00 & 12.30 as I am "the crew" for The Garden Party Radio Show" with David Nixon & John Jenkins on Vintage Radio www.vintageradio.org.uk
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The Vatican keeps in tradition of having a Pope who doesn't like JD Vance.
May 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Vatican keeps in tradition of having a Pope who doesn't like JD Vance.
Enlightening!
Has a woman ever been Pope?
Really short answer: no. But that didn't stop the legend of "Pope Joan" for persisting for centuries. Here's the story of the woman who was(n't) Pope in the Middle Ages.
Really short answer: no. But that didn't stop the legend of "Pope Joan" for persisting for centuries. Here's the story of the woman who was(n't) Pope in the Middle Ages.
May 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Enlightening!