I didn't post this yesterday because I assumed Joe Lycett invented it thetimes.co.uk/article/reform…

“He was the most angular, crazy guitar player”

Featuring Andy, Buzz Osborne from melvins.com spoke to @guitarworldmagazine about the 11 guitarists who shaped his sound.

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“The campaign is part of an increasingly sophisticated strategy that has built on nearly 10 years of Kremlin efforts to elevate the voices of populist anti-establishment politicians”

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Catherine Mayer This decision puts it on par with El Salvador which has the most restrictive abortion laws in the world - the only difference being the exclusion of 'risk to maternal health' ...

Right wing populism is quite literally turning back the clocks on progress. Do not think “this can’t happen here” because it absolutely can bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

“For a casting announcement of a play to ignite such twisted ugly abuse is truly embarrassing for those so empty and barren in their own lives that they must meddle in hateful abuse.”
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Loving this unexpected turn by Adam Fleming BBC Radio 4 PM to umbraphilia with anita anand Simon Singh, poetry, last dayers and an astronaut musing on how far away the moon is #TotalEclipse

When the first half of a headline speaks to a reality the second half glosses over

If you want an insight into the real risk #AI poses to all areas of creativity, listen to this podcast in which tech investors, with zero understanding of creative process, muse on the possible impacts and exult podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mor…

If only people didn’t have to experience loss to write it this well. A piece for those who can’t imagine how it feels & those who know it too well

What a great review for a brilliant single from JJ Sterry
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Oh good, it's a wider outage. Nobody on the neighbours' WhatsApp has Virgin Media 🐐 services either. #Virgin isdown #Virgin

Classic Virgin Media 🐐. No broadband or TV service and when I try to log the outage via my account, I get this

It is time to take the step of suspending UK arms sales. They only make up a tiny fraction of Israel’s arms imports. But it is a political message and might encourage debate on the issue in Washington. Meanwhile, the IDF has to create conditions for the aid agencies to resume End

💸 Nick Macpherson – who served as Treasury permanent secretary under Brown, Darling and Osborne – says his guess is that Labour 'will, and so they should, borrow a bit more in order to invest'.

Snippets here from his The Power Test interview:

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RIP the great Hella Pick. I met her last year at the inaugural lecture in her name and felt honoured just to be in her presence. 
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A statement from our Executive Director, Selma Taha, on the shocking developments around the racist attack on her and her friends on the tube in Sep 2023.

In solidarity ✊

News from the Department of Don’t Assume a Labour Landslide
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Lord Ricketts, former national security adviser, tells #R4Today 'we've reached the point' for the UK to no longer sell arms or trade with Israel, after seven aid workers, including three British citizens, were killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza.

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