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Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer

Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 1d

#80sTop30 (unranked, vaguely alphabetical, one per artist)

Acknowledging there was music in America too!

Don Henley
The Boys of Summer

YouTube video by DonHenleyVEVO

YouTube video by John Foxx - Topic

Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 2d

The eastern rose window of Palma Cathedral, Mallorca #StainedGlassSunday

A large Gothic rose window with floral designs in yellow, red and blue glass

Looking up at the window from beneath, showing the tracery

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 2d

#80sTop30 (unranked, vaguely alphabetical, one per artist)

John Foxx
The Garden

The Garden

All the People I Like and Those That are Dead

Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 2d

A small but swashbuckling stone hides among the hotels in Illetas, Mallorca - dedicated to Errol Flynn (d. 14 October 1959) and Patricia Wymore, who lived here for periods in the 1950s and helped make the area fashionable #StandingStoneSunday

A rough stone in a small public space, bearing a tiled plaque gratefully dedicated to Flynn and Wymore by the residents’ association “por haber escogido esta zona como residencia habitual”

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 3d

#80sTop30 (unranked, vaguely alphabetical, one per artist)

One for the archaeologists?

Felt
All The People I Like Are Those That Are Dead

YouTube video by Felt - Topic

Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 4d

Looks more like right hand guy has a treat, which the dog has clocked. But what kind of morsels did ancient Greek dog people keep in their garments...?

The Cure - In Between Days

Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 4d

#80sTop30 (unranked, vaguely alphabetical, one per artist)

Day 10 and I'm still only on the 'C's...

The Cure
In Between Days

YouTube video by TheCureVEVO

Has Kemi Badenoch actually read Terry Pratchett?

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 5d

See also: Elon Musk and Douglas Adams

Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 6d

Anyway, in case you missed it, some wondering from me about whether Kemi Badenoch has ever actually read Terry Pratchett

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

She claims he’s her favourite author, but his books have a few lessons for her

www.newstatesman.com

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 5d

#80sTop30 (unranked, vaguely alphabetical, one per artist)

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes

YouTube video by LloydColeVEVO

Cocteau Twins - Carolyn's Fingers (Official Video)

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 6d

#80sTop30 (unranked, vaguely alphabetical, one per artist)

I haven't tried to rank these - but is there a better 3 minutes of music from the decade than this...?

Cocteau Twins
Carolyn's Fingers

YouTube video by Cocteau Twins

A Greener Future for Heritage and Tourism

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 6d

Also recommend the books if you happen to come across them - the conceit is that they're edited versions of Hacker's diaries, first published in the distant year of 2017...

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 6d

Harvest moon just now

A full moon seen through foliage and thin cloud

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 7d

Also that archaeology, with its materialist, deep-time perspective, has a key role to play in diversifying those “dominant historical narratives”, and communicating around climate change

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 7d

It’s great that the Greens acknowledge the interconnection of heritage & nature, but l hope it amounts to more than just giving nature the same protection as heritage - we need better integration in planning policy, and recognition that ‘landscape’ is the bridge between them, not a subset of nature

Lizzie Glithero-West @heritagelizzie.bsky.social · 7d

Today I’ll be heading North to the fringes of the @conservatives.bsky.social Party Conference. Also on party conference-watch the @thegreenparty.bsky.social adopted a heritage & tourism policy over the weekend: www.linkedin.com/pulse/greene...

Putting People, Nature and Place at the Heart of the Conversation The Green Party this weekend adopted a comprehensive new Heritage and Tourism Policy at its Autumn Conference — setting out a bold vis...

www.linkedin.com

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 7d

#80sTop30 (unranked, vaguely alphabetical, one per artist)

Where's Joe Strummer when we need him?

The Clash
Straight to Hell

The Clash - Straight to Hell (Official Audio)

YouTube video by theclashVEVO

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 7d

You still buy ‘sundries’ at the flower market, basically anything florists need that isn’t a plant

Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 8d

What an outrageous restriction: "The British Transport Police ... will not investigate bike thefts outside stations where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours"

The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 8d

#80sTop30 (unranked, vaguely alphabetical, one per artist)

China Crisis
Wishful Thinking

Wishful Thinking

YouTube video by China Crisis - Topic

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 9d

The OS image was also used for the post-war MoW Stonehenge guide (apologies for the beaten up ex-library copy!)

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 9d

As with Brexit, the Right always sees European institutions as something imposed on us that we can’t control, rather than something we co-created and that can be reformed (if required) collectively

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10d

With Kemi Badenoch saying the Tories would take the UK out of the ECHR, this YouGov poll in June found the public wanted to remain members by 51% to 27%

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 9d

This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.

Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 9d

#80sTop30 (unranked, vaguely alphabetical, one per artist)

Kate Bush
Love and Anger

Kate Bush - Love and Anger - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic