Clive Summerfield

New from me on Political Sandbox: The Bluesky First Cinema Film Awards 1,438 of you told me your first film at the cinema. I've counted them, crowned a winner and handed out awards. The hardest fought: What Were Your Parents Thinking? https://politicalsandbox.substack.com/p/the-first-film-awards

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live! Levellers Jethro Tull Marillion Steeleye Span Deep Purple Sky Al di Meola John McLaughlin The Hu Stevie Nicks

After 50 years of Labour control, Barnsley now has a Reform majority. They've FA so now they get to FO, but then they voted massively for Brexit, so Turkeys and Christmas springs to mind.

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only

This is the best thing I've heard today, and possibly this week. Seems appropriate that the Great Old One should be mentioned on a Friday the 13th. Cthulhu ftagn! Iä! Iä!

Stop analysing how a pigeon plays chess. Stop it now.

Love this 😍

Historically Labour hasn't done too bad with Home Secs; Jenkins, Straw and Blunkett were all solid, reasonably progressive occupants of that office. Mahmood by comparison seems determined to plumb previously unseen depths of regressive policies, as @danielsohege.bsky.social so clearly highlights.

25 years in the company of Mo, Bob, and many others both light and dark. Arrived and read, a fitting conclusion courtesy of @cstross.bsky.social, though hopefully not our last visit to the Laundryverse. A belting end to an entertaining journey.

I'll hold up my hand and plead guilty to being a sucker for a trash Nic Cage movie. Post a movie you like with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. #blueskyart #art #painting

Curzio Malaparte's "Coup d'État: The Technique of Revolution" was written in 1931, and is his reflections on modern coups. As Ken has noted, it is very prescient regarding events in America right now.