$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

Charge a windfall tax, then buy everyone solar panels, Mr Starmer!

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To be fair the Wired paywall only let me read the first 3 paragraphs

Erm. I bought vinyl off them on BandCamp in 2024 and was amazed they hadn’t blown up. They did. A year later. Because everyone caught up. Wired are just doing an impression of NME in the 90’s and snarking at success 😜

a bald man is sitting at a desk and giving a peace sign . Alt: a bald man is sitting at a desk and giving a peace sign .

Trump: “We have new machinery to kill the drones—the computerised bullets, they call that.

“Also lasers melt the drone. It’s a beautiful thing to see.”

I wish we were more like the French. They would be burning lorries if their hypermarché tried this sort of nonsense! It also would make a mockery of how the ONS works out CPI/RPI, disguising I would guess, the real impact on our spending…

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Woke up to find the fat ginger nonce *hadn’t* nuked Tehran and it turns out half the snarky commentariat on BlueSky think it’s appropriate to wheel out the T.A.C.O. meme as a bit of glib social commentary.

“He didn’t follow through on Armageddon threats! What a coward!”

🥴

We are facing most significant days and weeks in world history since 1945 I have spent rather too much of Sunday pondering upon “what if?” questions. The sense of anxiety that I feel, which I explored in my early-in-the-day post concerning Trump’s threats issued with regard...

We are facing most significant days and weeks in world history since 1945 www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/04...

Fascinating investigative journalism from Mr Tanner

You’re giving me 2019 Corbyn vibes. As for ‘asinine’? I’m just asking you to back up your own beliefs with verifiable facts >here< in this exchange. Apparently that is the adult way of responding to questions like these.

Sorry Mia. That sort of innuendo is a little light on detail. Who are you talking about?

Could you tell me who these ‘questionable’ people are?

“After soaking the body of Jesus Christ in blood”
“You took advantage of a world that loved you well”

You sound like a spreadsheet

Nothing Ever Happens (cover) YouTube video by Joe Adhemar

A song I have always held dear (by Del Amitri 1990) but I have adapted the lyrics to reflect the times…

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It Must Be Love (Cover) YouTube video by Joe Adhemar

Live version of “It must be love” by Labi Siffre that I recorded today. Changed the odd chord to give it my own flavour..

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'That's not AI?! That's genuine?'

@mrjamesob.bsky.social can't believe who Donald Trump sounds like in this Iran update.

It comes as no surprise, but for the second time this year I’ve noticed how a restaurant has used AI to create ‘covers’ of popular tunes. You know. Those plaintive woman voices, acoustic guitar only etc. But the tell tale signs of superhuman pitching and unlikely vocal ranges? Just stop. Please!!

How to Fleece Fans and Win a Vanity Trophy The KLF once released a book about it: The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way). It was a step-by-step guide on how to hijack the charts with no money and no musical skills. It worked. No…

32 variants, 72-place drops, and the death of the 'Indie Hero.' I’ve spent the morning auditing the 'Great Indie Fleece'. If the music is the 'end,' why is the 'means' so predatory?
Full 1,000-word report: therebirthofcool.news.blog/2026/03/24/h...
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Manchester United fan, 76, feeling ‘helpless’ as family seat is given to VIPs Son-in-law of former United player is among 1,100 fans forced to give up prime seats under cash-boosting plans

I often wondered why there’s a soulless silence at Old Trafford - something you just don’t hear at St James’s or Anfield. To see a stadium that used to buzz, turn into an energy-less coliseum for Sports tourists with inhibited vocal cords.

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A song for Sam Altman YouTube video by Joe Adhemar

After 12 months of having my piano in storage and my studio kit in boxes, I have finally recorded a song. My love letter to Sam Altman a man who might have no regard for artists, but that won’t stop me writing a song about him…

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Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Thank God I can still read Twitter via screenshots that other X-users post because they have more skill in hanging out with Nazis than i ever would. I’m rubbish at being ambivalent to evil and always will be! Give yourself a pat on the back if you are tirelessly reading Twitter for us.

Help me Obi Wan, you’re our only hope 😜

Everything is fucked but at least you can listen to Wonderwall in your VW Passat at Leigh Delamere Services with a meal deal on your lap. They can’t take that from you.

Hey Delroy. Watch the film “I swear”. ‘Sorry’ features a lot in the script.

So glad I bagged tickets to see Geese at the Troxy in September. They will be upgrading to Arenas now I guess. I hate watching bands in arenas / stadiums.

Quick sit down on todays walk

I built a recording studio! — Joe Adhemar I chose to do all the internal work myself. This blog post is a journal of how I did it, and what I learnt from the experience. I had been dreaming of creating my own creative space separate to our h...

Here’s why I have been so quiet these last 9 months!

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Some very inspiring speeches at the BAFTAs. Particularly in the shadow of certain political ideologies in the world. Kindness will not be extinguished as long as cinema has these people at the forefront