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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 16h

Yes, though numbers are more transient. I still remember the first home number we had from a house we moved out of when I was 11. I have a new mobile and haven't the faintest idea of what the number is (yet) without looking it up.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 19h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 1d

Sharing as I lose track of where to find these tracks. And because more people should see them.

Deathbomb Arc @deathbombarc.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering that insane moment in time when music released on Deathbomb was performed not once, but twice on national television.

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A Better Place on the Late Late Show

This is "A Better Place on the Late Late Show" by intoxicatingimmediacy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 4d

After 60 minutes and finally going behind apparently. We'll that that.

Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone know what time Scotland start playing?

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 5d

Definitely @levparikian.bsky.social updated thread from my timeline this morning, and this post then became a thing again.

Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 8d

I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked. Never saw this coming.

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 8d

*gasp*

“Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent.

Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 8d

Bollocks Cold in Alex

Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 8d

The Empire Strikes Bollocks
Saving Private Bollocks
Jurassic Bollocks
The Bollocks of Wrath...

👻🎃🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Just Ni-Ghoul 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎃👻 @nothinghuman.bsky.social · 8d

Some Sunday evening fun.

I’ll go first;

Ferris Bueller’s Bollocks Off.

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 8d

Though I read a lot, I'm no expert and know the first two of these three claims are bullshit as detailed by @alanbeattie.bsky.social. The author is either extremely bad at basic facts/research or a straight-forward liar. Either way the book is not worth spending any time on.

Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 8d

OK, let's take this seriously. I had an odd half an hour and via Apple Books had a quick look at the three claims I knew most about - two re the post-Brexit bilateral preferential trade agreements replicated from the EU versions and one about cheaper bananas. All are wrong or wildly implausible. 1/n

Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 8d

Looking at that list I hope Specsavers are feeling very foolish.

*insert joke about helping MPs find their remaining support*

Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 8d

In full…

Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 10d

First bandcamp friday of the evening is Autechre, before 'adding to basket' listen. Thinking, this track seems to be playing a while, then seeing the 58 minute runtime. Excellent album. #musicsky

Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 11d

I don't recall reading a major news org headline of 'Man elected as new pope'.

"Dame Sarah... in historic first". Was that so difficult?

Sky News @news.sky.com · 11d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 13d

Day off work, so by way of light relief I am starting on this series. Got the Patreon emails for part two.

Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 13d

🚨New episode out🚨 @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social continue the socialism season with the big guy, Karl Marx.

“Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways,” Marx wrote. “The point is to change it.”

Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 18d

There are potential arguments for ID cards, to deal with migration (if that is your aim) certainly isn't one of them. Even if they worked, or were a priority as Zoe highlights.

Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 18d

Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 18d

Are these the same sources who were making crap jokes earlier or different ones? How gullible do you have to be to believe this argument; that the bond markets factor in the currently thin chance of Burnham becoming an MP and shortly after leader into calculations on global investment markets?

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 19d

Did your senior source have any comment to make as to why a govt with 400+ MPs is where it is in the polls, and however unlikely why there is increasing talk of a change? Or that they need to spend more which means taxes somewhere, any plans on that? Any vision, any strategy?

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 20d

On old twitter I disagreed with Dan H on pretty much everything. The one thing he was good at was summarising party management & strategy. In the past that was criticising tories from BJ onward (possibly before).

Though what he says here is pretty obvious, it is right.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 20d

I can't disagree with Dan here...

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 25d

Reminds me of the old joke, three SWP people in a room forming two parties and a splinter group.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 25d

🚨 | Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that the YourParty membership sign up link posted this morning by Zarah Sultana was unauthorised.

Over 20,000 people had already signed up, with the standard rate being £55 per annum. These are set to be cancelled.

Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 27d

I was referring to the issues in the post.

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 28d

Well, hopefully he'll start trying to win.

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 28d

I would add that said work account is not 'active'! Mainly for a few contacts & messages of late.

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · 28d

Still have my work account on x, I guess it's a ministerial account but it is there. Or I suspect his office is.

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · Sep 14

You should be put in a cell for that.

Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · Sep 13

Starmer should have spoken up today, or at least senior ministers. If there is nothing meaningful by tomorrow there needs to be change.

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · Sep 13

Keep thinking of arguments for why it would be completely insane to dump a prime minister with a huge majority just 14 months in, and also about how if he's not going to say a single word in opposition to the kind of shit we saw today then I no longer feel convinced by any of those arguments.

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Keith @keithcowans.bsky.social · Sep 12

Currently downloading and my actual box set is in the post.

#musicsky

The Black Dog @theblackdog.bsky.social · Sep 12

Let's go Warp Factor 2.
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/my-bru...

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