Lindesay Irvine
@lindesay-irvine.bsky.social
Journalist at the Guardian / seeker.
"It's always gotten better by Thursday" (G Clinton)
"It's always gotten better by Thursday" (G Clinton)
Pinned
Under The Trees
YouTube video by Richard Glass
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big bear was one of not very many singer-songwriters with MAs in Beckett Studies. I like that you can hear it in the plainly spoken, tender songs but they are beautiful regardless
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5CC...
Amazing how reliably a successful career in architecture seems to correlate with reaching a grand age. RIP Mr G
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Frank Gehry, legendary Canadian-American architect, dies aged 96
The architect, whose work included the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, died after a brief illness
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Amazing how reliably a successful career in architecture seems to correlate with reaching a grand age. RIP Mr G
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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
This 20-minute video not easy to watch, but it is very well made and does seem necessary to see.
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This 20-minute video not easy to watch, but it is very well made and does seem necessary to see.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
For the rest of this year, match funding means your International Rescue Committe donation will be doubled by match funding. IRC is a huge charity and they're doing lifesaving work, basically everywhere you're worried about
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Make a donation
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November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
For the rest of this year, match funding means your International Rescue Committe donation will be doubled by match funding. IRC is a huge charity and they're doing lifesaving work, basically everywhere you're worried about
help.rescue-uk.org/donate-ppc?m...
help.rescue-uk.org/donate-ppc?m...
Re: the White House flip-flop. Am I right in assuming the investigation into Bill Clinton and other Democrats with Epstein links will force a reluctant President to withhold loads of documents that might also feature one prominent Republican?
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Re: the White House flip-flop. Am I right in assuming the investigation into Bill Clinton and other Democrats with Epstein links will force a reluctant President to withhold loads of documents that might also feature one prominent Republican?
This is a terrific course that immeasurably enriched my life. British universities would be poorer without it. Please sign
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@robburl.bsky.social
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Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is a terrific course that immeasurably enriched my life. British universities would be poorer without it. Please sign
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
@robburl.bsky.social
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@robburl.bsky.social
Pleased with this chat to Michael 'Ze' Zilkha. I had not known there's a Waitresses song built around a quote from Samuel Beckett's Innomable
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
The play that changed my life: ‘Waiting for Godot revealed that less is more – it made me fearless’
A school production of Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece, with Nigel Planer in the cast, provided a lesson in forgetting about failure
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Pleased with this chat to Michael 'Ze' Zilkha. I had not known there's a Waitresses song built around a quote from Samuel Beckett's Innomable
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
Let's hope, Brasil
September 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Let's hope, Brasil
Very alarming but essential reading from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social . If only we could get people worrying about the deep state interested in this conspiracy
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The dark lord of Silicon Valley
Peter Thiel enters the chat
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June 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Very alarming but essential reading from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social . If only we could get people worrying about the deep state interested in this conspiracy
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-dark-l...
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Damnation - thought I’d just scooped the office Popestakes, but it turns out I was precisely 24 hours out.
They didn’t hang around, those krazy cardinals
They didn’t hang around, those krazy cardinals
May 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Damnation - thought I’d just scooped the office Popestakes, but it turns out I was precisely 24 hours out.
They didn’t hang around, those krazy cardinals
They didn’t hang around, those krazy cardinals
For no better reason than that this is the single best pop song released in 2025 thus far. FACT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbUl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbUl...
Paper Planes
YouTube video by Edwyn Collins - Topic
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April 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
For no better reason than that this is the single best pop song released in 2025 thus far. FACT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbUl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbUl...
Listen up, Power
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Al Gore draws parallels between Trump and early Nazi Germany
YouTube video by Guardian News
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April 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Listen up, Power
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrJP...
"… 1920
Red wine at Mollat’s. Absinthe cocktails in a hermetically sealed apartment in the Royalton. Corn liquor by moonlight in a deserted aviation field in Alabama … " Scott Fitzgerald's life in memorable drinks
@henrygjeffreys.bsky.social
Red wine at Mollat’s. Absinthe cocktails in a hermetically sealed apartment in the Royalton. Corn liquor by moonlight in a deserted aviation field in Alabama … " Scott Fitzgerald's life in memorable drinks
@henrygjeffreys.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"… 1920
Red wine at Mollat’s. Absinthe cocktails in a hermetically sealed apartment in the Royalton. Corn liquor by moonlight in a deserted aviation field in Alabama … " Scott Fitzgerald's life in memorable drinks
@henrygjeffreys.bsky.social
Red wine at Mollat’s. Absinthe cocktails in a hermetically sealed apartment in the Royalton. Corn liquor by moonlight in a deserted aviation field in Alabama … " Scott Fitzgerald's life in memorable drinks
@henrygjeffreys.bsky.social
Yesterday was my beloved friend Mick's birthday. He died in 2013, a few weeks after his b-day.
So wish I'd got it the f together to put out a record by him. Sorry, my friend.
He was so lovely, in music and most importantly in person: Fact, @edwyncollins.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSVI...
So wish I'd got it the f together to put out a record by him. Sorry, my friend.
He was so lovely, in music and most importantly in person: Fact, @edwyncollins.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSVI...
Drunks and Kids - Tell all the People you Love
YouTube video by Ormic
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March 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Yesterday was my beloved friend Mick's birthday. He died in 2013, a few weeks after his b-day.
So wish I'd got it the f together to put out a record by him. Sorry, my friend.
He was so lovely, in music and most importantly in person: Fact, @edwyncollins.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSVI...
So wish I'd got it the f together to put out a record by him. Sorry, my friend.
He was so lovely, in music and most importantly in person: Fact, @edwyncollins.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSVI...
Happy birthday, star x
Drunks and Kids - Tell all the People you Love
YouTube video by Ormic
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March 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Happy birthday, star x
I know nothing, obvs, but still feel very strongly this should be the surprise smash hit of the spring. Just try not being moved, stirred and blissed by this beauty!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbUl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbUl...
Paper Planes
YouTube video by Edwyn Collins - Topic
www.youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I know nothing, obvs, but still feel very strongly this should be the surprise smash hit of the spring. Just try not being moved, stirred and blissed by this beauty!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbUl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbUl...
Reposted by Lindesay Irvine
Bernie’s instincts for deeply normie-style politics like this are really under appreciated. His term as Mayor had a lot to do with it, I think. But for all his ideological zeal, he does a ton of very basic stuff like this. You really can’t have one without the other.
I was pleased to meet air traffic controllers from Vermont today. Whether you’re flying from BTV or one of our state’s regional airports, these are some of the people keeping you safe.
Let me thank the air controllers for the difficult and important work they do.
Let me thank the air controllers for the difficult and important work they do.
March 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Bernie’s instincts for deeply normie-style politics like this are really under appreciated. His term as Mayor had a lot to do with it, I think. But for all his ideological zeal, he does a ton of very basic stuff like this. You really can’t have one without the other.
Careers advice materclass from the mack of mavericks.
(Most of this well rehearsed elsewhere but neatly presented here) @mrdavidlemon.bsky.social
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(Most of this well rehearsed elsewhere but neatly presented here) @mrdavidlemon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
Werner Herzog tells aspiring directors to work in a ‘sex club or lunatic asylum’
Talking to CBS about his ‘film school for rogues’ he advocates his students finance their work by gaining experiences outside the norm
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Careers advice materclass from the mack of mavericks.
(Most of this well rehearsed elsewhere but neatly presented here) @mrdavidlemon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
(Most of this well rehearsed elsewhere but neatly presented here) @mrdavidlemon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
Was such a pleasure to be the voice of Guardian readers and ask Edwyn Collins their questions
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
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@edwyncollins.bsky.social
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Edwyn Collins: ‘Could an Orange Juice reunion ever be on the cards? No!’
The singer-songwriter on breaking up his band, recovering from a stroke, being too old to be a punk, and the chaos of recording with Mark E Smith
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Was such a pleasure to be the voice of Guardian readers and ask Edwyn Collins their questions
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Very sad to learn Edwyn Collins plans to retire from live performance after the forthcoming tour. Very much hope this will be a Frank Sinatra-style retirement, but don't miss!
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
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@edwyncollins.bsky.social
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/edw...
Edwyn Collins: The Testimonial Tour | Southbank Centre
www.southbankcentre.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Very sad to learn Edwyn Collins plans to retire from live performance after the forthcoming tour. Very much hope this will be a Frank Sinatra-style retirement, but don't miss!
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/edw...
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/edw...
Post your questions for Edwyn Collins in the Guardian reader interview
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
Post your questions for Edwyn Collins
The singer-songwriter and former Orange Juice frontman is releasing new album Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation in March, and will take on your questions
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Post your questions for Edwyn Collins in the Guardian reader interview
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
Grimly beautiful portrait of Zelenskyy
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Zelenskyy says Trump living in disinformation bubble after blaming Ukraine for Russian invasion – Europe live
Ukraine’s president says US counterpart repeating Russian disinformation over the war, and adds any attempt to replace him ‘will not work’
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February 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Grimly beautiful portrait of Zelenskyy
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Hip-Hop Karaoke still glorious, but was gloriouser here @ Heavenly Social up west. Happy days
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Notorious BIG feat Puff Daddy & Ma$e "Mo Money, Mo Problems"... Carmel @HipHopKaraoke
YouTube video by jbotapes
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February 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Hip-Hop Karaoke still glorious, but was gloriouser here @ Heavenly Social up west. Happy days
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pa0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pa0...
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Spoke to this beautiful and gracious man last week about the power of theatre. Due up on the Guardian next week, ahead - if justice shows its face - of him collecting an Oscar for Sing Sing
Spoke to this beautiful and gracious man last week about the power of theatre. Due up on the Guardian next week, ahead - if justice shows its face - of him collecting an Oscar for Sing Sing
Clarence “Devine Eye” Maclin on the power of art 🎨
YouTube video by TIFF Originals
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February 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Spoke to this beautiful and gracious man last week about the power of theatre. Due up on the Guardian next week, ahead - if justice shows its face - of him collecting an Oscar for Sing Sing
Spoke to this beautiful and gracious man last week about the power of theatre. Due up on the Guardian next week, ahead - if justice shows its face - of him collecting an Oscar for Sing Sing
Seriously? Am beginning to wonder when Ivanka will unveil new black and red livery for White House staff. Don't be stupid, be a smartie come and join the Maga party
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
But free speech no??? Surely not
Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service
Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE
www.disruptionist.com/p/elon-musks...
Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE
www.disruptionist.com/p/elon-musks...
February 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Seriously? Am beginning to wonder when Ivanka will unveil new black and red livery for White House staff. Don't be stupid, be a smartie come and join the Maga party
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social