@clogmuso.bsky.social
Retired db admin and software developer. Musician for clog dancing, calls and plays (not necessarily simultaneously) for barn dances, ceilidhs. Anarcho-syndicalist tendencies but will settle for anything to keep Reform out
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If you were looking for an exposition of what British values *could* be you could do a lot worse than Ian McKellen wielding Shakespeare like a rapier.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If you were looking for an exposition of what British values *could* be you could do a lot worse than Ian McKellen wielding Shakespeare like a rapier.
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Scott Riley tested free and open source design tools out when researching his course, Mindful Design. They actually worked out better than Figma ever could, as he explains in this article with loads of options for you.
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piccalil.li/blog/the-ope...
The open source design stack
Scott Riley tested free and open source design tools out when researching his course, Mindful Design. They actually worked out better than Figma ever could, as he explains in this article with loads of...
piccalil.li
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Scott Riley tested free and open source design tools out when researching his course, Mindful Design. They actually worked out better than Figma ever could, as he explains in this article with loads of options for you.
piccalil.li/blog/the-ope...
piccalil.li/blog/the-ope...
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
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“Gramsci used to say 'Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will'. What he meant is: understand how the bloody system works.” - Stuart Hall, born Feb. 3, 1932
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
“Gramsci used to say 'Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will'. What he meant is: understand how the bloody system works.” - Stuart Hall, born Feb. 3, 1932
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...they told her no, didn't they
January 31, 2026 at 11:51 PM
...they told her no, didn't they
Arrived this morning. Watched just now. Bliss.
January 31, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Arrived this morning. Watched just now. Bliss.
This is terrific stuff from a terrific writer
January 31, 2026 at 10:24 AM
This is terrific stuff from a terrific writer
Gosh. The great Marilynne Robinson is angry. Great piece on Minneapolis in today’s FT.
January 31, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Gosh. The great Marilynne Robinson is angry. Great piece on Minneapolis in today’s FT.
Waiting for mine to arrive - definitely one of the best
Just received my new Criterion edition of I Know Where I’m Going. Apparently it’s on BBC2 tomorrow, so it’ll be on the iPlayer and you have no excuse not to wallow in one of the best films ever made.
Pure romance, and the birth of the sixties in the forties. Postwar rage in its veins: Never again.
Pure romance, and the birth of the sixties in the forties. Postwar rage in its veins: Never again.
January 30, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Waiting for mine to arrive - definitely one of the best
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Be polite to strangers, the overwhelming majority of people you don't know are decent and kind, and you are not as good at spotting the ones who aren't as you think you are.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
January 29, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Be polite to strangers, the overwhelming majority of people you don't know are decent and kind, and you are not as good at spotting the ones who aren't as you think you are.
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Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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January 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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“Newton said he regretted his “childish” language but told the investigation he was making “private jokes on a private messaging platform”. He said he did not believe he had breached the councillors’ code of conduct “because it was a private conversation”.
As if that’s the problem
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As if that’s the problem
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January 27, 2026 at 2:52 PM
“Newton said he regretted his “childish” language but told the investigation he was making “private jokes on a private messaging platform”. He said he did not believe he had breached the councillors’ code of conduct “because it was a private conversation”.
As if that’s the problem
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As if that’s the problem
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The investigation found that Newton “persistently abused and denigrated” people including Mishra, making remarks that “a reasonable person would find racist”.
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour’s Gorton and Denton byelection campaign hit by fallout from ‘vile’ WhatsApp chat
Exclusive: Report on six Labour councillors comes just weeks before byelection triggered by Andrew Gwynne’s retirement
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The investigation found that Newton “persistently abused and denigrated” people including Mishra, making remarks that “a reasonable person would find racist”.
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
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Maybe Trump's lawsuit is having the effect he intended?
I’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.
January 25, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Maybe Trump's lawsuit is having the effect he intended?
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Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
January 24, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
Has he fallen asleep yet?
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Has he fallen asleep yet?
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Chloe Zhao posted this and now I'm imagining Baz Lurhmann's "Hamnet."
January 20, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Chloe Zhao posted this and now I'm imagining Baz Lurhmann's "Hamnet."
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It's called contingency planning and risk management. It's one of the things government used to do.
Susanna Reid asks Darren Jones what British companies who export to the US should do to prepare for a possible increase in tariffs.
Darren Jones replies: "you shouldn't prepare for a hypothetical"
Darren Jones replies: "you shouldn't prepare for a hypothetical"
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
It's called contingency planning and risk management. It's one of the things government used to do.
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"If great powers abandon even the pretense of rules & values for the unhindered pursuit of their power & interest, the gains from transactionalism will become harder to replicate" -- Carney's speech at Davos is an extended criticism of the damage Trump is doing (though he's not mentioning his name)
January 20, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"If great powers abandon even the pretense of rules & values for the unhindered pursuit of their power & interest, the gains from transactionalism will become harder to replicate" -- Carney's speech at Davos is an extended criticism of the damage Trump is doing (though he's not mentioning his name)
👏👏👏😂
January 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
👏👏👏😂
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actually it's called Reform because they're trying to re-form the Conservative party but in the tent next door
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
actually it's called Reform because they're trying to re-form the Conservative party but in the tent next door
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🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 AM
🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...