Lloyd Shepherd
@lloydshepherd.com
Books like The English Monster. Podcasts at The Curiously Specific Book Club
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Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change.
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
Something good comes along, then it’s gone: Farewell, Todd Snider.
When I moved to East Nashville in 2012, legend had it that if you wanted to find Todd Snider, all you had to do was go to Drifter’s BBQ in Five Points, and he’d be there at the bar. Nashville always h...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change.
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
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I know the pope is of mixed heritage, but it’s hard to imagine there’s not some Manc in there
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I know the pope is of mixed heritage, but it’s hard to imagine there’s not some Manc in there
Outstanding piece on the BBC crisis by someone who knows the place inside out, Ceri Thomas. This rings entirely true to me. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Boardroom dramas, backstabbing and the BBC‘s darkest hour | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Outstanding piece on the BBC crisis by someone who knows the place inside out, Ceri Thomas. This rings entirely true to me. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Sad news about Todd Snider, East Nashville Skyline is the bomb. youtu.be/jajyOBf4_vw?...
Conservative Christian, Right Wing Republician, Straight, White, American Males (Purple Version)
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sad news about Todd Snider, East Nashville Skyline is the bomb. youtu.be/jajyOBf4_vw?...
I only saw Todd Snider live once - at the Borderline, with my son. It would have been about the time of this performance. So sad to lose him, but remember him like this.
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
Todd Snider - Double Wide Blues
YouTube video by Boulder House Concert
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I only saw Todd Snider live once - at the Borderline, with my son. It would have been about the time of this performance. So sad to lose him, but remember him like this.
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
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Welp, confirmed. Incredibly sad. RIP Todd
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Welp, confirmed. Incredibly sad. RIP Todd
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=X73b...
“May you always play your music loud enough to wake up all of your neighbours / Or may you play at least loud enough to always wake yourself up”
RIP Todd Snider
“May you always play your music loud enough to wake up all of your neighbours / Or may you play at least loud enough to always wake yourself up”
RIP Todd Snider
“Like a Force of Nature” - Todd Snider ft. Jason Isbell (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Todd Snider
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X73b...
“May you always play your music loud enough to wake up all of your neighbours / Or may you play at least loud enough to always wake yourself up”
RIP Todd Snider
“May you always play your music loud enough to wake up all of your neighbours / Or may you play at least loud enough to always wake yourself up”
RIP Todd Snider
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Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
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I've only ever met one 'political adviser' who was not at least one of obnoxious, arrogant, entitled, rude or weird. Several of them were all five.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I've only ever met one 'political adviser' who was not at least one of obnoxious, arrogant, entitled, rude or weird. Several of them were all five.
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if Keir Starmer could talk on the radio like Wes Streeting, his aides wouldn't need to brief against Wes Streeting
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
if Keir Starmer could talk on the radio like Wes Streeting, his aides wouldn't need to brief against Wes Streeting
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As a lifelong Labour voter from a family of lifelong Labour voters, I'm enjoying this government as much as I enjoyed the last government..
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
As a lifelong Labour voter from a family of lifelong Labour voters, I'm enjoying this government as much as I enjoyed the last government..
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Amused that Trump's lawyers really sent the legal letter to:
BBC Television Centre,
London W12 8QT.
I wonder if they included a self addressed envelope for a reply and called 018118055 to confirm receipt.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tru...
BBC Television Centre,
London W12 8QT.
I wonder if they included a self addressed envelope for a reply and called 018118055 to confirm receipt.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tru...
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Amused that Trump's lawyers really sent the legal letter to:
BBC Television Centre,
London W12 8QT.
I wonder if they included a self addressed envelope for a reply and called 018118055 to confirm receipt.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tru...
BBC Television Centre,
London W12 8QT.
I wonder if they included a self addressed envelope for a reply and called 018118055 to confirm receipt.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tru...
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Wait a second... I actually have the data for this! @project-push.tk.gg !
For specific terms, and for more generic 'migrant' terms included in notifications, the BBC is squarely in the middle of the pack over the last year.
For more generic terms they are... also in the middle of the pack.
For specific terms, and for more generic 'migrant' terms included in notifications, the BBC is squarely in the middle of the pack over the last year.
For more generic terms they are... also in the middle of the pack.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Wait a second... I actually have the data for this! @project-push.tk.gg !
For specific terms, and for more generic 'migrant' terms included in notifications, the BBC is squarely in the middle of the pack over the last year.
For more generic terms they are... also in the middle of the pack.
For specific terms, and for more generic 'migrant' terms included in notifications, the BBC is squarely in the middle of the pack over the last year.
For more generic terms they are... also in the middle of the pack.
This continues to be the relevant point youtu.be/J7zNYKzDCEU?...
David Mitchell speaks out against the attack on the BBC by the Tories
YouTube video by B Heard Media
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This continues to be the relevant point youtu.be/J7zNYKzDCEU?...
Remember 5, 6, 7, 8 of November
When Parliament burned to the rafters
I see no reason why gunpowder season
Should be marked three fucking days after
When Parliament burned to the rafters
I see no reason why gunpowder season
Should be marked three fucking days after
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Remember 5, 6, 7, 8 of November
When Parliament burned to the rafters
I see no reason why gunpowder season
Should be marked three fucking days after
When Parliament burned to the rafters
I see no reason why gunpowder season
Should be marked three fucking days after
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Did Geoffrey of Monmouth write this script?
Thanks to the BBC we've just learnt that the effigies of Gog and Magog, appearing in the Lady Mayors Show are:
"representations of 2 giants captured by the Roman general Brutus, first governor of Londinium, back in the day" 🧐
Thank you
"representations of 2 giants captured by the Roman general Brutus, first governor of Londinium, back in the day" 🧐
Thank you
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Did Geoffrey of Monmouth write this script?
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The year is 2025. It's never cold enough to put the heating on but always too damp to dry anything on the line. The future smells of damp laundry. Welcome.
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The year is 2025. It's never cold enough to put the heating on but always too damp to dry anything on the line. The future smells of damp laundry. Welcome.
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If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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Convenience and urbanism is bad, “spirituality” and “the natural order” is good and oh my god my hippy/fascist senses are tingling so hard right now
I've read this story five times and I literally do not know what it is trying to say.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Convenience and urbanism is bad, “spirituality” and “the natural order” is good and oh my god my hippy/fascist senses are tingling so hard right now