The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

There are worse places to live #cleethorpes

Iran hits back on social media.

2135. Jim Keltner YouTube video by Leland Sklar

Worth a watch in case you’ve missed this. Leon remembered.

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Just given my copy its first spin. As good as I’ve heard this album. Fingers crossed for Only The Lonely next 😊

Reminded me that I have this and that I agree with Stipe, their best song.

Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.

When Starmer went to the US fawning & bending over for Trump, I called it out & was castigated; told it was diplomacy & the only way.
I knew the orange arse would do him over eventually.
Today: ‘This is not Winston Churchill we're dealing with.’
Never roll over for a dictator!

If you think you want to start a collection of physical copies of movies and/or CDs, I cannot stress to you that starting now is crucial. You can still find great stuff for a few bucks. Once it hits vinyl pricing we're done. THIS is the time to go hard.

Love this record!

Just going to leave this here

Every American needs to watch this:

Perhaps Nigel Farage would like to explain to the families of British soldiers killed in Iraq why he’s such a good pal of Donald ‘bonespurs’ Trump?

#SophiefromRomania and I were out walking when the latest bloviations from Air Force One emerged - we both agreed enough was enough and that all of us, humans and canines, needed to unite against the orange gangster

Hill Street Blues premiered on this date in 1981. It lasted 7 seasons & 146 episodes and introduced us to a raft of new memorable characters.
"And remember - be careful out there!" #HillStreetBlues

Robert Jenrick is like someone who was planning to leave his wife for his mistress but got kicked out first and had to turn up at his mistress's house in the middle of the night with a suitcase pretending it was his decision

I’d suggest that NO UK leader has the heft to stand up to the sharks these days. We are a middling sized country with a stagnant economy on the outs with our local trading partners.
You want to be heard, you need to be part of something big enough to have a voice. For us it’s the EU or US vassal.

Screenshot of an X post by Stephen Miller stating he watched the Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas with his children, followed by a political comment about immigration. A video still from the classic television special appears above the text.

The Immigration Act of 1924 helped keep out Italian immigrants, who were considered non-white. Dino Paul Crocetti changed his name to Dean Martin for his career. Frank Sinatra refused to change his name. Here he is reminding kids what it means to be accepting of differences…and not act like Nazis.

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra playing on a turntable.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky I've spent the last hour wallowing in the greatness of this album. Delicate and heartbreaking, masterpiece isn't a big enough word for this perfect record. And this Tone Poet edition is one of the best sounding records I've heard. @andrewmale.bsky.social was right, flawless.

Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐

"It's not that any of the other streaming services are good, but Spotify is almost certainly the worst. Do not trust it. Do not let it turn your enjoyment of music into stats and algorithmic playlists."

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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

We elected the most soulless, self-absorbed empty suit we could possibly scrape from the gutters of late-stage capitalist grift. Twice.

This is on us as much as on him. As a country, we showed ourselves as infantile rubes and slack-jawed marks. As a people, we asked for this. Twice.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Thank you The Observer: just the world’s richest man calling for the overthrow of the democratically elected UK government. Musk actually said ‘you don’t have time to wait 4 years until your next election.’