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Anarcho-nerdist. Radical Eyore-ism.
"Never knowingly understood."
"Never knowingly understood."
I went into the Maverick bar, sorta? www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47754/... Come for the oblique weed smoking reference, stay for the Lenin allusion.
I Went into the Maverick Bar
a country-and-western band began to play “We don’t smoke Marijuana in Muskokie” And with the next song, a couple began to dance.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I went into the Maverick bar, sorta? www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47754/... Come for the oblique weed smoking reference, stay for the Lenin allusion.
Judging by that picture, Josh has immaculate taste, 'tis a pity I'm the other side of the Atlantic.
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Judging by that picture, Josh has immaculate taste, 'tis a pity I'm the other side of the Atlantic.
It reminds me, somewhat of meeting people(well men) into really high end hifi. Thousands of pounds worth of equipment but ony 50 records. They put somethin on and go "this will sound amazing" and without fail Dire Straights, or some other MoR dross comes out of their ten grand speakers.
September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It reminds me, somewhat of meeting people(well men) into really high end hifi. Thousands of pounds worth of equipment but ony 50 records. They put somethin on and go "this will sound amazing" and without fail Dire Straights, or some other MoR dross comes out of their ten grand speakers.
I kinda think they are. Major label vinyl prices seem really distorted £30+ (HMV want £35 got Abba Gold) compared to £20 for new music on indie labels. It all seems aimed at people jumping on the vinyl revival bandwagon who won't ever own may records and mostly nostalgia buying.
September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I kinda think they are. Major label vinyl prices seem really distorted £30+ (HMV want £35 got Abba Gold) compared to £20 for new music on indie labels. It all seems aimed at people jumping on the vinyl revival bandwagon who won't ever own may records and mostly nostalgia buying.
Tolkien on the other hand was a supporter of Franco.
The inclusion of Tolkien and (C.S.) Lewis in the list is a deeply wierd dog whistle. Popular as they are they are hardly part of the canon. Both however were very reactionary and explicitly opposed to the separation of church and state.
The inclusion of Tolkien and (C.S.) Lewis in the list is a deeply wierd dog whistle. Popular as they are they are hardly part of the canon. Both however were very reactionary and explicitly opposed to the separation of church and state.
September 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Tolkien on the other hand was a supporter of Franco.
The inclusion of Tolkien and (C.S.) Lewis in the list is a deeply wierd dog whistle. Popular as they are they are hardly part of the canon. Both however were very reactionary and explicitly opposed to the separation of church and state.
The inclusion of Tolkien and (C.S.) Lewis in the list is a deeply wierd dog whistle. Popular as they are they are hardly part of the canon. Both however were very reactionary and explicitly opposed to the separation of church and state.
I once put on some real-life mennonite rappers. They were mostly like regualar M.C.s except, as they were very keen to emphasise, definitely NO SWEARING.
September 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I once put on some real-life mennonite rappers. They were mostly like regualar M.C.s except, as they were very keen to emphasise, definitely NO SWEARING.
My daughter, 13, discuseed it in class yesterday. She reported 90% of her year group had seen it.
September 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
My daughter, 13, discuseed it in class yesterday. She reported 90% of her year group had seen it.
I once had a temp job whose sole purpose seemed to be to make it look like the other workers were really busy and had too much to do. Two weeks of moving piles of empty cardboard boxes to from one end of the factory to the other and back again.
September 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I once had a temp job whose sole purpose seemed to be to make it look like the other workers were really busy and had too much to do. Two weeks of moving piles of empty cardboard boxes to from one end of the factory to the other and back again.
We do this with kids at Woodcraft Folk to make charcoal for drawing. Altoids tin with a hole in the top filled with willow sticks. Put in the embers of a campfire when they build up and pull the tin out in the morning.
September 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We do this with kids at Woodcraft Folk to make charcoal for drawing. Altoids tin with a hole in the top filled with willow sticks. Put in the embers of a campfire when they build up and pull the tin out in the morning.
They definitely weren't. It gets mentioned in the video you can see here: heritagecalling.com/2024/08/30/a... I was 15 when I started going to the Mermaid and that was nothing out of ordinary.
At the Mermaid: The Punk, Metal and Grindcore Pub in 1980s Birmingham
Discover the Mermaid pub, Birmingham, a centre for heavy metal and grindcore music in the 1980s for bands like Napalm Death.
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September 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
They definitely weren't. It gets mentioned in the video you can see here: heritagecalling.com/2024/08/30/a... I was 15 when I started going to the Mermaid and that was nothing out of ordinary.
Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester used to have this outside complete with sign "This is not a climbing frame"
September 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester used to have this outside complete with sign "This is not a climbing frame"
"When I say bot you say cat"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_rU...
(from: needlejuice.bandcamp.com/album/goodby...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_rU...
(from: needlejuice.bandcamp.com/album/goodby...)
Logan Whitehurst & The Junior Science Club - The Robot Cat
YouTube video by Gremlin Music
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August 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"When I say bot you say cat"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_rU...
(from: needlejuice.bandcamp.com/album/goodby...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_rU...
(from: needlejuice.bandcamp.com/album/goodby...)
Not pre-cut but a lot of my clothes came from as a kid in the 70's were from sew at home pre-printed kits. They still sell some of the original 1970's kids designs (really 70's www.clothkits.co.uk/collections/...) but this is the UK so no shipping :(
Clothkits | Shop Online | All Skill Levels
Discover Clothkits, celebrating over 50 years of British heritage with unique pre-printed dressmaking kits ready to cut & sew.
www.clothkits.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Not pre-cut but a lot of my clothes came from as a kid in the 70's were from sew at home pre-printed kits. They still sell some of the original 1970's kids designs (really 70's www.clothkits.co.uk/collections/...) but this is the UK so no shipping :(
That anonymity, or rather pseudonymity, was a good thing was a given when I first started using the internet (early 90's) and after. It was routine to give false info, why was it anybody's business? People did ( and do) go to great lengths to maintain pseudonyms so indentity was still consistent.
August 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
That anonymity, or rather pseudonymity, was a good thing was a given when I first started using the internet (early 90's) and after. It was routine to give false info, why was it anybody's business? People did ( and do) go to great lengths to maintain pseudonyms so indentity was still consistent.
Spiked (and UnHerd) are listed on the festivals Corporate Partners page in unsurprising news.
August 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Spiked (and UnHerd) are listed on the festivals Corporate Partners page in unsurprising news.
I'm 57, been involved in politics since I was 14, the SWP has acted the same way the whole time. I've even seen local party members working to actively sabotage national Party efforts to pull these kind of stunts in a local campaign (so they could take it over) as they knew how bad it would be.
August 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'm 57, been involved in politics since I was 14, the SWP has acted the same way the whole time. I've even seen local party members working to actively sabotage national Party efforts to pull these kind of stunts in a local campaign (so they could take it over) as they knew how bad it would be.
Gotta say, genius subject line on the email you just sent.
August 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Gotta say, genius subject line on the email you just sent.
The long awaited Jubilee line extension to St Enoch maybe?
August 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The long awaited Jubilee line extension to St Enoch maybe?
There was an ongoing trail, ended by the death of the defendent this year: www.zeit.de/gesellschaft.... The US deported someone in 2021 edition.cnn.com/2021/02/20/u... but the Germans chose not to prosecute.
Concentration Camp Duty: The Last SS Guard
Gregor Formanke stood guard in Sachsenhausen. Jerzy Zawadzki was nine years old, and a prisoner. When Formanek is indicted at age 99, their lives intersect once more.
www.zeit.de
August 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
There was an ongoing trail, ended by the death of the defendent this year: www.zeit.de/gesellschaft.... The US deported someone in 2021 edition.cnn.com/2021/02/20/u... but the Germans chose not to prosecute.
Online second hand book pricing: definitive proof that markets are not, in fact, rational.
August 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Online second hand book pricing: definitive proof that markets are not, in fact, rational.
If they did it would the last time anyone ever manged to be up to date.
August 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If they did it would the last time anyone ever manged to be up to date.
I was the shadow in my home town.
August 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I was the shadow in my home town.
I've been using the same spoon for 43 years now.
August 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I've been using the same spoon for 43 years now.
There's somebody's World Book Day costume right there.
July 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
There's somebody's World Book Day costume right there.