Jon Miles
@milesjon.bsky.social
Things get more interesting at the edges and boundaries. We can do better than this. Brum-based; charity/social justice sector; music; environment & nature; church and politics.
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Sickening rhetoric by Home Secretary. Denying access to human rights isn't "protecting the public". This is Labour further demonising those seeking asylum in language very reminiscent of the far right. Yes, some break the law, so should be prosecuted within the law. Removing rights is not the answer
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Sickening rhetoric by Home Secretary. Denying access to human rights isn't "protecting the public". This is Labour further demonising those seeking asylum in language very reminiscent of the far right. Yes, some break the law, so should be prosecuted within the law. Removing rights is not the answer
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In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
Thanks for the tip @capgrasman.bsky.social. This is a really special album by @ipekgorgun.bsky.social . Lots to explore.
the only thing you need to do today is get yourself a copy of new @ipekgorgun.bsky.social on @touch33.net which is excellent! 🔥
ipekgorgunreleases.bandcamp.com/album/earthb...
ipekgorgunreleases.bandcamp.com/album/earthb...
Earthbound, by Ipek Gorgun
11 track album
ipekgorgunreleases.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thanks for the tip @capgrasman.bsky.social. This is a really special album by @ipekgorgun.bsky.social . Lots to explore.
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There is nothing that demonstrates more strongly that America is firmly in a post-Christian era … than the fact that believers (even clergy) are arguing over whether hungry and marginalized people are worth feeding.
November 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
There is nothing that demonstrates more strongly that America is firmly in a post-Christian era … than the fact that believers (even clergy) are arguing over whether hungry and marginalized people are worth feeding.
Totally unexpected treat from a master of his craft. aesoprock.bandcamp.com/album/i-hear...
I Heard It's A Mess There Too, by Aesop Rock
12 track album
aesoprock.bandcamp.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Totally unexpected treat from a master of his craft. aesoprock.bandcamp.com/album/i-hear...
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The sheer greasy desperation from these bastards that any violent crime is committed by an immigrant so they can continue their grift. Even when they know it isn't true. Foul.
Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
November 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The sheer greasy desperation from these bastards that any violent crime is committed by an immigrant so they can continue their grift. Even when they know it isn't true. Foul.
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My new album "1979" is out today on 2LP and Digital.
Listen now:
balmat.lnk.to/1979
Buy on Bandcamp:
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/1979
Listen now:
balmat.lnk.to/1979
Buy on Bandcamp:
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/1979
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
My new album "1979" is out today on 2LP and Digital.
Listen now:
balmat.lnk.to/1979
Buy on Bandcamp:
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/1979
Listen now:
balmat.lnk.to/1979
Buy on Bandcamp:
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/1979
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🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
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Oh dear.
There is no difference.
Both Tory and Reform are peddling racism for votes. Pochin *and* Jenrick were racist and twisting yourself into an ugly knot to try to claim otherwise is just a collapse of your own dignity as well as your morality.
There is no difference.
Both Tory and Reform are peddling racism for votes. Pochin *and* Jenrick were racist and twisting yourself into an ugly knot to try to claim otherwise is just a collapse of your own dignity as well as your morality.
Lewis Goodall pressing Chris Philp on the difference between what Sarah Pochin said and what Robert Jenrick said about 'white faces'.
October 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Oh dear.
There is no difference.
Both Tory and Reform are peddling racism for votes. Pochin *and* Jenrick were racist and twisting yourself into an ugly knot to try to claim otherwise is just a collapse of your own dignity as well as your morality.
There is no difference.
Both Tory and Reform are peddling racism for votes. Pochin *and* Jenrick were racist and twisting yourself into an ugly knot to try to claim otherwise is just a collapse of your own dignity as well as your morality.
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Erm, no. No this policy does not need "clarification". It needs condemnation. They have been pretty clear what they want, the mass deportation of people living and working here, families ripped apart, and xenophobia and racism embedded further as government policy
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour demands clarity on Tory plan to strip thousands of right to stay in UK
Anna Turley says legally settled people threatened by Katie Lam’s proposals deserve urgent clarification
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Erm, no. No this policy does not need "clarification". It needs condemnation. They have been pretty clear what they want, the mass deportation of people living and working here, families ripped apart, and xenophobia and racism embedded further as government policy
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Don’t give these people benefit of the doubt. This racist rant isn’t an accident. Or ‘speaking out of turn’.
It’s designed to fill our airwaves with people debating ‘if’ non white skin is a problem. Not Reform.
Diversity isn’t the issue, hatred is. Don’t indulge it, vote for it or tolerate it.
It’s designed to fill our airwaves with people debating ‘if’ non white skin is a problem. Not Reform.
Diversity isn’t the issue, hatred is. Don’t indulge it, vote for it or tolerate it.
Sarah Pochin blamed "the woke liberati that goes on inside the arty-farty world".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
Reform UK MP Condemned For Claiming There Are Not Enough White People In TV Adverts
Sarah Pochin blamed "the woke liberati that goes on inside the arty-farty world".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Don’t give these people benefit of the doubt. This racist rant isn’t an accident. Or ‘speaking out of turn’.
It’s designed to fill our airwaves with people debating ‘if’ non white skin is a problem. Not Reform.
Diversity isn’t the issue, hatred is. Don’t indulge it, vote for it or tolerate it.
It’s designed to fill our airwaves with people debating ‘if’ non white skin is a problem. Not Reform.
Diversity isn’t the issue, hatred is. Don’t indulge it, vote for it or tolerate it.
Today was one of those days with ridiculous music release schedule. Superb new and archive albums from Rafael Toral, Tortoise, Mike Parker, Traumprinz, Jon Porras, and Squarepusher. Plus remixes from Rafael Anton Irisarri. Where to start?! @blackknoll.bsky.social @rtoral.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Today was one of those days with ridiculous music release schedule. Superb new and archive albums from Rafael Toral, Tortoise, Mike Parker, Traumprinz, Jon Porras, and Squarepusher. Plus remixes from Rafael Anton Irisarri. Where to start?! @blackknoll.bsky.social @rtoral.bsky.social
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Some people get obsessed with Strictly
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Some people get obsessed with Strictly
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Not sure what’s worse, Katie Lam’s comments or the fact that we can’t get Labour to criticise them …
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-brea...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-brea...
'A Breach Of Human Decency': James O'Brien Savages Tory Frontbencher's Immigration Comments
Shadow Home Office minister Katie Lam said some immigrants living legally in the UK should be deported to leave the country more "culturally coherent".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Not sure what’s worse, Katie Lam’s comments or the fact that we can’t get Labour to criticise them …
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-brea...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-brea...
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New ham-fisted political metaphor just dropped.
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New ham-fisted political metaphor just dropped.
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The way drumm and vainio make me feel when listening to the their music that's my way out, need to walk out of this incredlibly heavy silence.
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The way drumm and vainio make me feel when listening to the their music that's my way out, need to walk out of this incredlibly heavy silence.
Efdemin has been a bit hit/miss for me in the past, but this one just works so well. Feels like a bit of a change of palette, and I like it. ostgut.bandcamp.com/album/poly-2
Poly, by Efdemin
11 track album
ostgut.bandcamp.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Efdemin has been a bit hit/miss for me in the past, but this one just works so well. Feels like a bit of a change of palette, and I like it. ostgut.bandcamp.com/album/poly-2
Thank you @david4bkh.bsky.social and Stirchley / Brum neighbours.
Today, Stirchley residents put on a family event, with music and chalk for kids, to show we can celebrate our city. The community came together to say we will not allow our nations' flags to be used to divide us or intimidate our neighbours.
I'm incredibly proud to be born and raised in Stirchley ❤️🔥
I'm incredibly proud to be born and raised in Stirchley ❤️🔥
October 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Thank you @david4bkh.bsky.social and Stirchley / Brum neighbours.
Well done Stirchley and Brum neighbours!
Stirchley rejects the far right!
Video of today’s protest against the flaggers (Facebook link)
www.facebook.com/share/v/169g...
Video of today’s protest against the flaggers (Facebook link)
www.facebook.com/share/v/169g...
October 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Well done Stirchley and Brum neighbours!
New (or old but with extra new bits) Seefeel is always exciting. Essential music for me. seefeel.bandcamp.com/album/pure-i...
Pure, Impure (Expanded EPs Edition), by Seefeel
11 track album
seefeel.bandcamp.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
New (or old but with extra new bits) Seefeel is always exciting. Essential music for me. seefeel.bandcamp.com/album/pure-i...
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Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
My fun Sunday afternoon activity has been using up loads of veg (some homegrown, some not) for roasting - including some gorgeous stripy beetroot that looks like sweets. That plus some halloumi and couscous for Sunday dinner - yum.
October 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My fun Sunday afternoon activity has been using up loads of veg (some homegrown, some not) for roasting - including some gorgeous stripy beetroot that looks like sweets. That plus some halloumi and couscous for Sunday dinner - yum.
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‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right
‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right
A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation
When Mus unfurled the leaflet lying on her driveway, she was left shocked, angry and upset. “White Britons are already a minority in London … it is clear that if these trends continue white people will become a minority in Britain,” it read.
The leaflet, written by a far-right group, was distributed along her street three years ago in Moseley, a leafy suburb of Birmingham. It went on to blame NHS waiting lists, a shortage of social housing and even traffic on “the rising population”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right
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Birmingham, my home city, is a fantastic city, with fantastic people- a success story. It has its problems, like anywhere. But the obsession the online right has with it is as transparent as it gets.
October 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Birmingham, my home city, is a fantastic city, with fantastic people- a success story. It has its problems, like anywhere. But the obsession the online right has with it is as transparent as it gets.