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David Lance Callahan @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social · 7h

I wouldn't normally butt in on a thread, and just so you know someone actually reads Bluesky, I did a parent-child song a few years ago that I'm proud of:

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One Rainy September

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Jude Rogers @juderogers.bsky.social · 7h

Once a week, I post about ten things that have opened my cultural life up a bit more, to take stock, reflect, and share something solid. Subscribe for a burst of stuff in your inbox every Sunday. juderogers.substack.com/p/10-sunday-...

10 Sunday Spells, 19 October 2025

Michael Stipe & the Roches, parent-child songs, Jerry Stiller takes his son to the Village Vanguard, Nick and Annie Mac, and the strangest political single of all time

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David Lance Callahan @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social · Apr 5

Moonshake and Th' Faith Healers in the East Village, NYC, on our first tour of the US (well, the East Coast anyway) in 1992, plus our lovely American tour managers/drivers, whose names now elude me. If anyone can help my senile memory, I'd be grateful ... Photo via Mig Morland.

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David Lance Callahan @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social · 1d

Bloody migrants, coming over here, nesting on our buildings, eating our flies, providing pleasure ... (another reason not to vote Labour)

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes

Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 1d

When was the last time you heard a politician in the media asked anything like-

-How will you make sure asylum seekers can reach the UK safely & refugees are protected?

-How will you make sure people coming to this country to work or study are treated equally & with respect?

I cannot remember.

Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 1d

Where else could this very smart & bound to succeed approach to “beating” the far right be happening then?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

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Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 1d

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Beavers, pigs and ponies to rewild 600-acre site in landmark scheme

Large grazing animals will be introduced to foster a rich mosaic of grassland, scrub, and wood pasture habitats

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David Lance Callahan @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social · 1d

Bloody migrants, coming over here, nesting on our buildings, eating our flies, providing pleasure ... (another reason not to vote Labour)

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes

Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job

www.theguardian.com

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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 1d

In Spanish villages, we have nests under the eaves, built by swifts, swallows, martins. They are left alone, and indeed loved. They also keep under control the bitey flies, of which there are many. And they are beautiful to watch, even if they do besmirch the cars!

Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck labour. Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes | Birds | The Guardian share.google/NDMEMYU3ZYD2...

Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes

Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job

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Genevieve Williams, writer of things @rimrunner.bsky.social · Jun 5

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'

The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 12d

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

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Kate Edmonds @kateedmonds.bsky.social · 3d

@aiannucci.bsky.social and Stewart Lee v amusing on the subject of extreme language www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Strong Message Here - The End of the Age of Terror and Death (with Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds

Armando Iannucci and Stewart Lee present the greatest episode of anything ever.

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nightjrrs.bsky.social @nightjrrs.bsky.social · 7d

I like this Wolfhounds record and I like when bands do things with their words.

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David Lance Callahan @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social · 3d

One of my remaining favourites, thanks, along with The Taboo.

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pmpb166.bsky.social @pmpb166.bsky.social · 3d

@davidlancecallahan.bsky.social

I rediscovered this song about three years ago and played it constantly for months.

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Exotic Siren Song

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the vardaman ensemble @vardamanens.bsky.social · 3d

Moonshake's Eva Luna is what I usually answer so I'll answer it here as well. m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Moonshake - Eva Luna (full album) - YouTube

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty

Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

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David Lance Callahan @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social · 3d

Lande Hekt very much living up to their promise tonight at The Lexington...

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 4d

For Halloween season, nothing like hearing Christopher Lee talk about “witchcraft, magic, sorcery… ancient supernatural ways to explain the unknown we now call the occult…”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGy5...

Christopher Lee's The Occult - Mysteries of the Supernatural (1977)

YouTube video by Lance

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 4d

Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one

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Wales Goes Pop! @walesgoespop.bsky.social · 5d

Hi everyone here we go here we go here we go
WGP! is back at The Gate 3-5 Apr 2026 and we can reveal our headliners will be HEAVENLY!

Early bird 3-day tickets go on sale shortly
Next week we'll announce most of our line up

We recommend booking travel/accomm early while cheaper as it's a bank hol x

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John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · 7d

I'm loving this Pope.

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