Mick
@killiemesoftly.bsky.social
I’m a streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of edam.
Love Telly, Film, Comics and Music (not necessarily in that order)
Love Telly, Film, Comics and Music (not necessarily in that order)
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Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
RIP Steve Cropper, what a guitarist and what a songwriter.
December 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
RIP Steve Cropper, what a guitarist and what a songwriter.
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"Electrolite" was released as the third single from New Adventures In Hi-Fi in the US on this day in 1996.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lew...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lew...
R.E.M. - Electrolite (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Electrolite" was released as the third single from New Adventures In Hi-Fi in the US on this day in 1996.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lew...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lew...
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Right. Genuine Bus Shelter demolition update.
Previous image was an (admittedly very convincing) fake, but the saga rumbles on.
The sit-in continues, and not only has a local Fish & Chip shop been up to feed the protestors, but a significant haul in dessert has been accumulated.
Previous image was an (admittedly very convincing) fake, but the saga rumbles on.
The sit-in continues, and not only has a local Fish & Chip shop been up to feed the protestors, but a significant haul in dessert has been accumulated.
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Right. Genuine Bus Shelter demolition update.
Previous image was an (admittedly very convincing) fake, but the saga rumbles on.
The sit-in continues, and not only has a local Fish & Chip shop been up to feed the protestors, but a significant haul in dessert has been accumulated.
Previous image was an (admittedly very convincing) fake, but the saga rumbles on.
The sit-in continues, and not only has a local Fish & Chip shop been up to feed the protestors, but a significant haul in dessert has been accumulated.
My music review of the year has revealed that middle age has hit hard this year.
December 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My music review of the year has revealed that middle age has hit hard this year.
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“Put bluntly, net migration fell because 400,000 fewer foreigners arrived, and 200,000 more foreigners left the UK. This is precisely what Reform, the Mail, and the new, nastier Tory Party have claimed – again and again – they wanted to happen. And now that it has, they have ignored it entirely.”
The crazy right will never be satisfied about migration
Keir Starmer slashed net migration as the Mail and Farage demanded - and still got hammered for it
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“Put bluntly, net migration fell because 400,000 fewer foreigners arrived, and 200,000 more foreigners left the UK. This is precisely what Reform, the Mail, and the new, nastier Tory Party have claimed – again and again – they wanted to happen. And now that it has, they have ignored it entirely.”
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This is my favourite Christmas album.
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This is my favourite Christmas album.
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Are libraries just about books? 📚
Yes - and so much more.
My library hosted a construction careers fair 🚧👷♀️, helping people take their next step on the employment ladder.
For me, growing up in East London, East Ham Library was my safe place. Those Saturday visits with my dad shaped who I became ❤️
Yes - and so much more.
My library hosted a construction careers fair 🚧👷♀️, helping people take their next step on the employment ladder.
For me, growing up in East London, East Ham Library was my safe place. Those Saturday visits with my dad shaped who I became ❤️
December 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Are libraries just about books? 📚
Yes - and so much more.
My library hosted a construction careers fair 🚧👷♀️, helping people take their next step on the employment ladder.
For me, growing up in East London, East Ham Library was my safe place. Those Saturday visits with my dad shaped who I became ❤️
Yes - and so much more.
My library hosted a construction careers fair 🚧👷♀️, helping people take their next step on the employment ladder.
For me, growing up in East London, East Ham Library was my safe place. Those Saturday visits with my dad shaped who I became ❤️
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Watching Father Ted’s a Christmassy Ted and remembered this nugget of pop trivia, the priest with the most boring voice Father Fitzgerald (Sean Barrett) in Ireland's largest lingeree section was the cover star of The Smith's single "How Soon is Now" a still from the 1958 film "Dunkirk".
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Watching Father Ted’s a Christmassy Ted and remembered this nugget of pop trivia, the priest with the most boring voice Father Fitzgerald (Sean Barrett) in Ireland's largest lingeree section was the cover star of The Smith's single "How Soon is Now" a still from the 1958 film "Dunkirk".
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Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Et tu Dougray
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Our student theatre group had the bright idea of using actual knives on stage for authenticity. The blade missed my aorta by about a centimetre
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Et tu Dougray
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it's Ofcom so the major social media platform they'll kick off with could easily be myspace
NEW: Ofcom has launched a new investigation into whether social media platforms are doing enough to identify and remove illegal terror and hate content
It will start with a detailed review of one major platform before extending to others
It will start with a detailed review of one major platform before extending to others
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
it's Ofcom so the major social media platform they'll kick off with could easily be myspace
Jesus
Pinched this video from @cjsnowdon.bsky.social on Twitter because Bluesky has to see it.
Nothing can prepare you for the punchline here.
Nothing can prepare you for the punchline here.
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Jesus
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Tina Turner at Madison Square Garden — Walter Iooss Jr, 1969
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Tina Turner at Madison Square Garden — Walter Iooss Jr, 1969
The news coverage has been utterly maddening over the last few days.
David Miles (of the OBR) at the Treasury Select Committee: Reeves’ speech was not inconsistent with the OBR’s assessment.
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The news coverage has been utterly maddening over the last few days.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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How to pull focus #AntiquesRoadshow
November 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
How to pull focus #AntiquesRoadshow
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Unaccountably, as always with these pieces, the sub-editors seem to have cut off the conclusion, which was surely “and my judgment has thus been proven so bad no one should ever listen to me on anything again”.
The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Unaccountably, as always with these pieces, the sub-editors seem to have cut off the conclusion, which was surely “and my judgment has thus been proven so bad no one should ever listen to me on anything again”.
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It is *flabbergasting* that we’ve had a budget delivered that increases borrowing in the short term, when costs are very high, and depends on spending cuts and tax rises in election year to hit its overall targets, and the broadcast media are more interested in inane process stories.
It’s an indictment of our media that more time is being spent on whether Reeves lied about the need to raise taxes than on the actual substance of the policies announced on Wednesday.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It is *flabbergasting* that we’ve had a budget delivered that increases borrowing in the short term, when costs are very high, and depends on spending cuts and tax rises in election year to hit its overall targets, and the broadcast media are more interested in inane process stories.
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Keep thinking about this from @jlimb.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AOc...
Meldrew sings Lennon
YouTube video by Jeremy Limb
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Keep thinking about this from @jlimb.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AOc...
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Good thoughtful thread and discussion this.
Not really a comment on this story, but I think we should try to make it easier and more normalised to downsize in your 60s.
If left too late, moving house can be incredibly disorientating - and you don’t tend to know it’s too late until it is
If left too late, moving house can be incredibly disorientating - and you don’t tend to know it’s too late until it is
Her *6* bedroomed house in North Kensington. 6!
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Good thoughtful thread and discussion this.
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Some odd double standards on antisemitism going on from the Jewish Chronicle’s Stephen Pollard…
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
The man who took down Corbyn over antisemitism gives Farage a free pass
Former Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard seems to have changed his tune despite revelations about Reform’s leader
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Some odd double standards on antisemitism going on from the Jewish Chronicle’s Stephen Pollard…
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
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I've lost count of the number of times I've posted this brilliant, hilarious love letter to one of the great unsung bands of all time.
The perfect pastiche/homage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vVJ...
The perfect pastiche/homage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vVJ...
Robbie Fulks Fountains of Wayne Hotline
YouTube video by Michael Bowen
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I've lost count of the number of times I've posted this brilliant, hilarious love letter to one of the great unsung bands of all time.
The perfect pastiche/homage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vVJ...
The perfect pastiche/homage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vVJ...