Kanda Bongo Man - Sai YouTube video by Pechichón En Concierto

The news of the death of Andy Kershaw has prompted me to listen to Kanda Bongo Man

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A TWENTY FIVE MINUTE half time show?

I'm sure that won't have any detrimental effects on the players at all. Oh no.

Who will perform in Coldplay’s half-time show at the 2026 World Cup? As Fifa confirms that Chris Martin will curate a half-time show at the final of the football tournament, Will Hodgkinson says he’s the right man for the job

I'd blanked that, somehow. Chris Martin of Coldplay will "curate" a 25-minute half-time show at the World Cup final? OF COURSE. He is the perfect choice in so many atrocious ways.
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Fuck the World Cup

In what I consider a political weather vane, the local ice cream van, which has for years incessantly chimed Yankee Doodle Dandy, is this year going with O Sole Mio.

As soon as I discovered the stable door was open, I ordered that it be closed. We are not looking for the horse.

Look if we know anything from history it's that troops are very eager to keep fighting once you stop feeding them

Fucking hell, you could write a 400 page book parsing and psychoanalysing this one.

Why would a government making a high-profile, controversial & unnecessary appointment of a man previously sacked from government need know the vetting status of that man to discover whether he'd sent insider dealing tips straight from Downing Street to the world's best known paedophile etc

This seems like a plausible ending (though it might drag on until May)

Their delusions that compare Polanski and Mamdani are the same as the ones that compared Corbyn and Bernie, or Sultana and AOC. Blind.

Hmm. Via London Centric: "Bailey Nash-Gardener, founder of the widely-followed social media news aggregation account Politics UK, is standing for Reform UK in Havering."

Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon: “The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants.”

Not sure they're capable.of learning enough to cope with Kvar, Doué and the two fullbacks going full tilt.

PSG will batter Bayern. Their defence looks ropey af.

Banger

Yep, fair

It's "intersection" as in graphs or Venn diagrams, no? Which is still UK usage.

Farage and Rice established Reform UK specifically to oppose lockdowns

The stated raison d'être of Reform UK—from the people in charge of establishing it—was literally to fight the UK's response to the pandemic.

I can't believe nobody remembers this, it's pretty fucking important.

Some will be shocked by this, but it's just a return to Reform UK's roots.

Most people will have forgotten that the party was founded specifically as a reactionary vehicle to oppose COVID-19 lockdowns.

Anyway, the detail in the David Squires cartoon this week that Lego Arteta's house had Lego trees outside it was A+

Second paragraph: "In America, more than five thousand people are killed each year in accidents involving large trucks." 👀 bsky.app/profile/newy...

New Patrick Radden Keefe article drops at the same time as new Patrick Radden Keefe book... which to read first?

He made them put his ballroom in it.

The Healing of Epstein

So far Trump Vance efforts to meddle in foreign elections have been secured wins for the candidates who oppose them in at least Canada, the Vatican, Hungary — and certainly didn’t help the far right in France. Now, come on England: preserve the curve.

Okay, sure, but there are five whole continents where Vance didn’t take an L this week.

I don't understand how anybody endorsed by JD Vance could lose.

Meet the new boss...

Don't want to fall victim to the HAVEN OF BLUESKY LIBS WHO ARE BAD TIPPERS Daily Mail headline.