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Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

it is time

I've been looking for the title and artist of a particular instrumental piece since 1985. The other day I found out it was The Whale by ELO. That's almost like looking for a mysterious unknown relative and finding out they live just a few streets away... :-)

A reminder that the “trans lobby” is just trans people going about their lives, and the “fight” being referred to is JK Rowling using her money, power and influence to endorse policy that is killing trans people. I’m amazed she could move to type a new essay with the layers of blood on her hands.

Also on Mitch Benn stuff, he's on Looks Unfamiliar again :-)

Looking forward to listening to this tonight :-)

Every gothic horror:

They were already paying peanuts in compensation and they tried to do a sliding scale based on *how close they judged each parent was to their primary school age kids*, for fucks sake

Aberfan wasn't a "tragedy", it was corporate manslaughter compounded by appalling government and corporate treatment of the survivors afterwards

Guarantee you that pretty much no-one who bought a "Proud of the BBC" t-shirt would wear it in public now

Hope Michael Palin makes a good recovery

Also bear in mind Palin is under a great deal of strain these days, as he is required to be nicer than ever to maintain the cosmic balance against Cleese.

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

Really large fine for people who refer to the UK as England. Especially if they then say Wales and/or Scotland are in England! Aaargh!

Mountain Goats 'No Children' The Beautiful South 'Don't Marry Her' Candy Statton 'Young Hearts Run Free' (this was played at my cousin's wedding) Simon and Garfunkel 'I Am A Rock' Elton John and Millie Jackson 'Act of War'

Jamiroquai 'Little L' Luther Vandross 'A House Is Not A Home' Destiny's Child 'Survivor' Beyonce 'Me Myself and I' Tom Jones 'Delilah'

Van Helsing is on the loose... @mitchbenn.bsky.social

“Everybody’s dead, Dave.” “Edward the Confessor’s dead?” “Everybody’s dead, Dave.” “What about Harald Hardrada?” “He’s dead, Dave. Everybody’s dead, Dave.” “Not King Harold?” “Yes, Dave. King Harold’s dead, Dave. Everybody is dead, Dave.”

I have already heard from trans constituents who are avoiding essential NHS screening and treatment for fear of being treated without respect and dignity. Ministers told me: “the revised guidance will support the privacy, dignity and safety of all patients” How exactly does this do that?

Add "For Tax Purposes" to a movie Sammy and Rosie Get Laid For Tax Purposes

Add "For Tax Purposes" to a movie A Walk In The Woods For Tax Purposes

Add "For Tax Purposes" to a movie Being John Malkovich For Tax Purposes

Add "For Tax Purposes" to a movie Mrs Harris Goes To Paris For Tax Purposes.

This song (Shaggy & Rikrok "It Wasn't Me") was stuck in my head a few days ago

I'm pimping this show again - it will be brilliant :-) (And too far away for me. Bah!)

First day of being back in autumn/winter clothes. Bah!

That time someone dumped a toy house on the cemetery wall and, when I crouched a bit, some ✨ Hollywood Magic ✨ occurred.

XTC Senses Working Overtime. "And all the world is pushed for space, it's just for me to kick his face..."

This will be great fun! I would be going if it was anywhere near me

You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while. Why? Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year. Deal? 1/15 #bees

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

I live opposite a whole spinney of them. Gets 'interesting' in high winds...

When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.

Thanks to me mishearing, pasta sauce is now called Bastard Sauce :-) (Which, now I come to think of it, would make a good name for a really hot chilli sauce or something...)

I was also unexpectedly able to have the flu one myself as a carer, so that's saved me £25 :-) (Had a paid covid one in the summer)

I went with Dad for his flu & covid jabs this morning. While in the queue we overheard the following conversation... Old guy 1 (hint of pride) "My wife's too young for the covid jab!" Old guy 2 "You've got a young missus, then, have you?" Old guy 1 "Well, she's not that young, she's 74..."

Well, this is a delight. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Now available for pre-order: GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S DRACULA: Original London Cast Recording All the songs from Mitch Benn’s forthcoming comic operetta Preview tracks now streamable mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/origin...

Ella used to do this with her cuddly penguin when we were asleep at night

for real, just bang a guitar guy in his car on a back road in texas in ~2007 and then let him dump you in a fit of depression/anxiety six months later, which he will regret for years. boom, personalized music!

If you want "personalized music" made just for you pick up a fucking guitar. Or else break the heart of someone who already has.

HIVE MIND - trying to source some sort of coffin/similar sized box for my Dracula operetta. Anyone got anything suitable they don’t mind lending/selling/hiring out?

Just saw folk who join the uncritical rush towards AI referred to as "LLMings", and I am stealing that.