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Steven C @stevenc63.bsky.social · 1h

Mostly I am very glad not to live in London. But sometimes not …
This is a brilliant idea.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 7h

hello consider this a reminder, in case people missed it last week, that I've launched a new quarterly night in London called the Outsiders Arts Club where people will be able to buy great affordable art and ask dumb questions to an art professional: outsidersartsclub.com

thanks, bye

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 7h

hello consider this a reminder, in case people missed it last week, that I've launched a new quarterly night in London called the Outsiders Arts Club where people will be able to buy great affordable art and ask dumb questions to an art professional: outsidersartsclub.com

thanks, bye

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 3h

The tribune of justice: my SKETCH of another PMQs where Kemi, well, Kemi-ed.

The tribune of justice | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“Exactly as I expected!” Kemi Badenoch was triumphant! The prime minister, she was delighted to be telling the House of Commons, had walked right into her trap. Which left the question of why she was…

thecritic.co.uk

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Steven C @stevenc63.bsky.social · 1h

“I challenge The Boss to get up on stage and jam.
I wanna see Billy Joel, see if he can still tickle ivories, lemmee see.
I know Mick Jagger won't be here tonight… he's always been chickenshit to get on stage with me”.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 5h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Steven C @stevenc63.bsky.social · 3h

Does his surname translate as ‘bus stop’?
Or am I making that up?
“Presented by Michael Busstop.”

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“Dance to the music” @aceofmalts.bsky.social · 3h

OY!

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The Paul McCartney Project @the-paulmccartney-project.com · 3h

#OTD in 1966

Paul McCartney attended the opening night celebration for “International Times,” an underground newspaper co-founded by Barry Miles.

Full Story 👉 https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1966/10/paul-mccartney-attends-the-opening-night-celebration-for-international-times/

Paul McCartney attends the opening night celebration for “International Times”

International Times, also known as “it” or “IT”, was an underground newspaper that officially launched on this day with a huge party at the Roundhouse in...

www.the-paulmccartney-project.com

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honey i am a guy & i shrunk the kids @snowrespecter.bsky.social · Nov 15

how did he die? sadly we may never know

Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · Nov 15

A Roman solider who was killed during Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars (58-50 BC).

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Steven C @stevenc63.bsky.social · 4h

These algorithms are always absolutely spot on, aren’t they?

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Brighter Day Record Shop @brighterdayvinyl.bsky.social · 5h

Whilst I'm always looking to buy record collections, at the moment it's a priority!

Do you know anyone looking to shift their collection, or perhaps are you embracing a different format... or moving, whatever the reason.

DM
WhatsApp - 07455680866
Email - [email protected]

Let's chat! 🌞

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Steven C @stevenc63.bsky.social · 4h

It’s the lack of a response that is inexcusable. This country is based on service industries that now increasingly fail to provide a service.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 4h

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Steven C @stevenc63.bsky.social · 4h

Produced by Pat Thomas. Is there anything that man can’t do?

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Steven C @stevenc63.bsky.social · 4h

His REM book is the finest music biography I have ever read. He writes superbly well.

Steven C @stevenc63.bsky.social · 4h

You’re both very kind and need glasses!

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Steven C @stevenc63.bsky.social · 5h

It was very, very enjoyable. Except he’s my age and looks about 20 years younger. That’s what living in Portland does for a man.

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine @sterlewine.bsky.social · 1d

Bruce Springsteen's haunting Nebraska receives an expanded reissue containing the long-rumored "electric" rendition of the album, among other unreleased recordings. My review is in my latest newsletter. sterlewine.substack.com/p/bruce-spri...