jools the bass
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"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
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November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Frost on the windows this morning.
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Frost on the windows this morning.
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The Nerve is at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of Nathan Gill. It's a complex story and the Nerve is here with our first print edition - a handy fold out timeline detailing the whole affair...!
More soon...
More soon...
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The Nerve is at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of Nathan Gill. It's a complex story and the Nerve is here with our first print edition - a handy fold out timeline detailing the whole affair...!
More soon...
More soon...
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Cis allies watching hormone access get cut off for trans people, there may be no more direct way to help than to seek an HRT prescription for yourself, and give it to someone who does need it
Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours!
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours
In the space of an afternoon, I booked an appointment with my GP, talked through my symptoms, and walked out with a prescription for HRT in…
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November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Cis allies watching hormone access get cut off for trans people, there may be no more direct way to help than to seek an HRT prescription for yourself, and give it to someone who does need it
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This is tantalisingly close to £3k.
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
Donate to Hurricane Melissa: Please help support our family in Jamaica, organized by Taylor Mitchell
Hello everyone,
Many of you have heard about Hurricane Melis… Taylor Mitchell needs your support for Hurricane Melissa: Please help support our family in Jamaica
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is tantalisingly close to £3k.
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
Went to an uncommonly good gig at the weekend. I've been to a lot of gigs, and this is definitely in the running for best ever.
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Went to an uncommonly good gig at the weekend. I've been to a lot of gigs, and this is definitely in the running for best ever.
@christt.bsky.social Well that was off-the-charts wonderful! I'm going to be grinning for at least a month.
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
@christt.bsky.social Well that was off-the-charts wonderful! I'm going to be grinning for at least a month.
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Going to put this on front of you again. The news moves on, but the problems faced by those living in Jamaica are still there.
I know many of you will already have done something to help the people of Jamaica, but if you felt like helping a specific family, this is the GoFundMe set up by my son’s girlfriend for her relatives, who find themselves in dire straits. Every bit helps, shares appreciated. gofund.me/9b5b74984
Donate to Hurricane Melissa: Please help support our family in Jamaica, organized by Taylor Mitchell
Hello everyone,
Many of you have heard about Hurricane Melis… Taylor Mitchell needs your support for Hurricane Melissa: Please help support our family in Jamaica
gofund.me
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Going to put this on front of you again. The news moves on, but the problems faced by those living in Jamaica are still there.
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China’s emissions have peaked, five years ahead of schedule. A moment of epochal importance.
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NEW – Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
China’s emissions have peaked, five years ahead of schedule. A moment of epochal importance.
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Spring in the Weald of Kent by the Kentish artist Rowland Hilder
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Spring in the Weald of Kent by the Kentish artist Rowland Hilder
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
This is predictably great.
I taped a Cellar 92 session, had a great time with Intoxicated Pigeon in the basement. Here’s a sweary acoustic performance of ‘Cull’ from London Is Sinking…
#129 Cellar 92 Sessions: Chris T-T - Cull
YouTube video by Cellar 92 Sessions
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November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is predictably great.
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In yet more 'why is Britain pursuing net zero when no one else is', India's electricity capacity is now over 50 per cent low carbon and it just saw peak renewables generation deliver half the country's power. www.businessgreen.com/news/4521481...
'Historic milestone': India's renewables generation peaks to cover over half of power demand
India's Ministry of Power confirms July 29th record, which underscores the 'steady progress' nation is making towards its clean energy and climate goals
www.businessgreen.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In yet more 'why is Britain pursuing net zero when no one else is', India's electricity capacity is now over 50 per cent low carbon and it just saw peak renewables generation deliver half the country's power. www.businessgreen.com/news/4521481...
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People mistake billionaires goal to be accumulating wealth , their goals tend to be around power and legacy. See Musks Mars obsession/his eugenics kids or the using his kids blood guy or the dozen "the singularity will happen and make us immortal" guys. They'll lose money if it means power or legacy
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
People mistake billionaires goal to be accumulating wealth , their goals tend to be around power and legacy. See Musks Mars obsession/his eugenics kids or the using his kids blood guy or the dozen "the singularity will happen and make us immortal" guys. They'll lose money if it means power or legacy
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It's brilliant and exciting to see Zohran Mamdani elected.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It's brilliant and exciting to see Zohran Mamdani elected.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
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They’ll insist this is a
one-off victory — something that can only happen in New York & nowhere else.
They’re wrong.
New York is the world financial capital — home of Wall Street & billionaires from across the globe.
If everyday people can defeat oligarchs here, we can defeat oligarchy anywhere.
one-off victory — something that can only happen in New York & nowhere else.
They’re wrong.
New York is the world financial capital — home of Wall Street & billionaires from across the globe.
If everyday people can defeat oligarchs here, we can defeat oligarchy anywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
They’ll insist this is a
one-off victory — something that can only happen in New York & nowhere else.
They’re wrong.
New York is the world financial capital — home of Wall Street & billionaires from across the globe.
If everyday people can defeat oligarchs here, we can defeat oligarchy anywhere.
one-off victory — something that can only happen in New York & nowhere else.
They’re wrong.
New York is the world financial capital — home of Wall Street & billionaires from across the globe.
If everyday people can defeat oligarchs here, we can defeat oligarchy anywhere.
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Look, I’m not saying that this photograph of young Egyptian geese is going to make all your problems go away, but it’s not going to do any harm, is it?
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Look, I’m not saying that this photograph of young Egyptian geese is going to make all your problems go away, but it’s not going to do any harm, is it?
"Satan's actual bumhole": pretty accurate assessment of current Twitter IMO.
Your gentle reminder not to screenshot the abhorrent tweets of American fascists into my feed, thanks. Actually, I don't need to see anything from Twitter. That's why I left. You should leave, too. You're squatting in Satan's actual bumhole. Get out of there.
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Satan's actual bumhole": pretty accurate assessment of current Twitter IMO.
Can confirm that this book is a good read at any time of the year.
Me: OK it’s Halloween so I should probably try to find a way to sell a few books, like a sale or something
Also me: well, bats are spooky, aren’t they?
Me: yeeessss…
Also me: and there’s a chapter about bats in Taking Flight?
Me: CLOSE ENOUGH!
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Also me: well, bats are spooky, aren’t they?
Me: yeeessss…
Also me: and there’s a chapter about bats in Taking Flight?
Me: CLOSE ENOUGH!
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Taking Flight paperback
A signed copy of the paperback edition of Taking Flight. Fill in the ‘dedication’ box if you would like a special message as well as a signature. Format: paperback
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October 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Can confirm that this book is a good read at any time of the year.
Great thread for bird lovers
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Great thread for bird lovers
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October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Excellent thread and a scary story. Racists clearly feel enabled now.
BBC, Sky, all UK media - you NEED to do better.
This isn’t “balance”.
Iterations of this meme keeps doing the rounds for a reason - it’s because the press keep doing this!
Stop it!
9/9
This isn’t “balance”.
Iterations of this meme keeps doing the rounds for a reason - it’s because the press keep doing this!
Stop it!
9/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Excellent thread and a scary story. Racists clearly feel enabled now.
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Really good Halloween films that you can watch for nowt on the iPlayer.
Thread >>>
Thread >>>
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Really good Halloween films that you can watch for nowt on the iPlayer.
Thread >>>
Thread >>>
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