Nick
@11th-earl-of-blah.bsky.social
Educator, software developer and all-round geek, music fanatic (prog, art rock, electronica & more), interested in democracy and green issues.
@[email protected] on Mastodon.
https://bandcamp.com/11th-earl-of-blah
@[email protected] on Mastodon.
https://bandcamp.com/11th-earl-of-blah
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What the what now?
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
What the what now?
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I love that even Hegseth’s placard is slurring.
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I love that even Hegseth’s placard is slurring.
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What a wonderful story - and a beautiful illustration of the power of the arts.
Great writing expands our imagination. It helps us to see the world in new ways.
And that has consequences that can never be measured by "average starting salaries" or "contribution to GDP".
Great writing expands our imagination. It helps us to see the world in new ways.
And that has consequences that can never be measured by "average starting salaries" or "contribution to GDP".
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
What a wonderful story - and a beautiful illustration of the power of the arts.
Great writing expands our imagination. It helps us to see the world in new ways.
And that has consequences that can never be measured by "average starting salaries" or "contribution to GDP".
Great writing expands our imagination. It helps us to see the world in new ways.
And that has consequences that can never be measured by "average starting salaries" or "contribution to GDP".
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Blue Prince (2025)
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Blue Prince (2025)
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watching stranger things and it's not markedly stranger, the level of strange is basically constant, it should be called strange things continued at approximately the same level
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
watching stranger things and it's not markedly stranger, the level of strange is basically constant, it should be called strange things continued at approximately the same level
Paranoid Adenoids?
"We are devastated to have to postpone these two shows at such short notice but Thom has been diagnosed with an extreme throat infection which has made it impossible for him to sing.
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Paranoid Adenoids?
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I don’t give a shit
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＼＼ what your Christmas tree
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December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I don’t give a shit
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＼＼ what your Christmas tree
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Tbh I thought he’d joined them already
Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
Conservatives Promote JCB's 'Revolutionary' Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company
Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Tbh I thought he’d joined them already
Not surprising, and not such a big deal.
Now if they were *current* Tory MPs that would be a Thing of Some Importance…
Now if they were *current* Tory MPs that would be a Thing of Some Importance…
Three Conservative former MPs have defected to Reform, a source in Nigel Farage’s party confirmed today.
Three former Tory MPs defect to Farage’s Reform
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Not surprising, and not such a big deal.
Now if they were *current* Tory MPs that would be a Thing of Some Importance…
Now if they were *current* Tory MPs that would be a Thing of Some Importance…
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
So the dumb placeholder name will now be replaced by... the dumb placeholder name #headdesk
A simple canvassing scenario will illustrate the sheer idiocy of this:
Reform MP: "So can I count on your support?"
Left-winger: "I'm supporting Your Party"
Reform MP: "Great, good to have you on board!"
A simple canvassing scenario will illustrate the sheer idiocy of this:
Reform MP: "So can I count on your support?"
Left-winger: "I'm supporting Your Party"
Reform MP: "Great, good to have you on board!"
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So the dumb placeholder name will now be replaced by... the dumb placeholder name #headdesk
A simple canvassing scenario will illustrate the sheer idiocy of this:
Reform MP: "So can I count on your support?"
Left-winger: "I'm supporting Your Party"
Reform MP: "Great, good to have you on board!"
A simple canvassing scenario will illustrate the sheer idiocy of this:
Reform MP: "So can I count on your support?"
Left-winger: "I'm supporting Your Party"
Reform MP: "Great, good to have you on board!"
Someone on my street has had them up for a fortnight already... 😐
Witnessed a neighbour saying to another neighbour as he walked past him putting up Christmas lights "My! You're keen!". What a polite way of saying "It's November, you twat".
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Someone on my street has had them up for a fortnight already... 😐
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My cartoon for this week’s New Scientist.
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My cartoon for this week’s New Scientist.
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
Unpleasant but not so shocking when you consider how UK universities these days are run more like businesses than institutions of research & learning. Management will inevitably focus on protecting the bottom line, principles be damned.
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Unpleasant but not so shocking when you consider how UK universities these days are run more like businesses than institutions of research & learning. Management will inevitably focus on protecting the bottom line, principles be damned.
November 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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clowns to the left of me,
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
clowns to the left of me,
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
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Spare ticket for sold out Danko Jones gig at the Underworld tonight. Free to a mate. £10 charity donation please if you're someone I don't know.
PLEASE SHARE
PLEASE SHARE
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Spare ticket for sold out Danko Jones gig at the Underworld tonight. Free to a mate. £10 charity donation please if you're someone I don't know.
PLEASE SHARE
PLEASE SHARE
Giving another spin to Tangram, the new one from Smalltape. Standout track for me is probably "Selene", which starts in achingly beautiful fashion before spinning off into an energetic instrumental section led by acoustic guitar, percussion and a string section.
smalltape.bandcamp.com/track/selene
smalltape.bandcamp.com/track/selene
Selene, by smalltape
from the album Tangram
smalltape.bandcamp.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Giving another spin to Tangram, the new one from Smalltape. Standout track for me is probably "Selene", which starts in achingly beautiful fashion before spinning off into an energetic instrumental section led by acoustic guitar, percussion and a string section.
smalltape.bandcamp.com/track/selene
smalltape.bandcamp.com/track/selene
👏
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
👏
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Radio 6 is a tribute to all that is best at the BBC. It is inform, educate and entertain in musical form: Utter loveliness. And then they periodically allow the news department to mutilate it with these context-free anti-asylum bulletins, reminding you of all that's worst about the BBC.
Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC 6 music is one of my favourite things
Having it interrupted by breathless news bulletin telling me ‘government has banned taxis for asylum seekers’ *really isn’t*
New lines like ‘Home Office spent £1k over weekend on taxis’ would struggle to make a local newspaper
Having it interrupted by breathless news bulletin telling me ‘government has banned taxis for asylum seekers’ *really isn’t*
New lines like ‘Home Office spent £1k over weekend on taxis’ would struggle to make a local newspaper
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Radio 6 is a tribute to all that is best at the BBC. It is inform, educate and entertain in musical form: Utter loveliness. And then they periodically allow the news department to mutilate it with these context-free anti-asylum bulletins, reminding you of all that's worst about the BBC.
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Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt
That shortlist for the official name of the Corbyn-Sultana party:
Your Party
Our Party
Party On, Dudes
It’s My Party And I’ll Cry If I Want To
Your Party
Our Party
Party On, Dudes
It’s My Party And I’ll Cry If I Want To
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
That shortlist for the official name of the Corbyn-Sultana party:
Your Party
Our Party
Party On, Dudes
It’s My Party And I’ll Cry If I Want To
Your Party
Our Party
Party On, Dudes
It’s My Party And I’ll Cry If I Want To
#NowPlaying Goldray - Feel The Change
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
#NowPlaying Goldray - Feel The Change