Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.

So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:

Think the Tony Blair Institute looks sinister? You've not seen anything yet. Crucial investigation by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Newest batch of CDs are finally here. All orders are shipping now (including to US).

Despite the delays and associated headaches, I'm super proud of this batch and delighted to finally have the physical CDs out in the world. Hope they find good homes and sound ears x

New Recipe: Golden Raspberry on Dog Rose Petals

I get to work with children who've had delayed access to treatment and I see how it grinds parents down. Anyone becoming a parent could find themselves in this situation. Our government doesn't care about our children or our future.
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Reflections TUD, Grangegorman, Dublin

An utterly unique, next level DIY venue. One of the best I've ever played in.

Last call to sign up to the Cities and Memory email list to get exclusive early access to more than 200 amazing recordings of UNESCO World Heritage sites as we launch our first major project of 2025, Sonic Heritage.

Callout coming to the email list on Friday! citiesandmemory.com/sign-up/

A gammy summer has left us with a greenhouse full of slow-to-ripen tomatoes. Another way to look at this is as a massive crop for green tomato pickles. The frost told me it was time to pick them all.
I've also started pickling unripe tomatoes recently. #farmerinthecity