Leigh Yoxall

Tiny faced, snake-hipped, legendary media director

[RIOPY @riopymusic]

A short extract of Sky Opus Fire. Have a nice week everyone.

#Pianist #RIOPY #PianoMusic #RiopyMusic #SkyOpusFire #EmotionalMusic #ClassicalMusic #Piano

[videos that boost your mental health @cheerfulclips]

When you travel back in time and meet your younger self

[John Cusack @johncusack]

I don’t know how anyone could debate this -
“ If we owe a moral responsibility to Israeli children, then we owe the same moral responsibility to Palestinian children. Their lives have equal weight. If you care about human life only in Israel or only in Gaza, then you don’t actually care about human life.”
Kristof ⬇️

https://t.co/D2GgZqBPv2

[Leigh Yoxall @LordMondo3rd]

Love @PepperellEddie go get em chief! You make me smile and laugh in amongst all the serious hoo haw of pro golf! Keep telling it like it is!

[Leigh Yoxall @LordMondo3rd]

Love the Ryder Cup but still chuckle at the two tone tan that these pro golfers have on their faces. No tan on their foreheads and sunkissed everywhere else! Oh to be a pro golfer. #RyderCup

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Me trying to find the bathroom switch in the middle of the night.. 😂

[Clockwork Cosmos @ClockworkCosmos]

"The worst thing is not that the world is unfree, but that people have unlearned their liberty" - Milan Kundera (1929-2023)
#MilanKundera

[The Poke @ThePoke]

The original Apple Vision Pro.

[Men's Humor @MensHumor]

I have never seen a more accurate depiction in my lifetime.

[Pepe Meme @pepe_fgm]

🤣🤣🤣

[Leigh Yoxall @LordMondo3rd]

Something I saw at the weekend and strongly believe this amazing individual should be knighted. Arise Sir Kevin. https://t.co/oSqVwgdTwi retweet and let’s get him his award for Rob, Doddie, Stephen and MND.

[Lee Trott @MC372]

Episode VII: Return of the Pillows

Source: https://t.co/0gG6VtoXrA

[Leigh Yoxall @LordMondo3rd]

@podbackuk why have all my collection points nearby disappeared? I had lots of nearby options around N16 to use but now my nearest is over 2 miles away. Doesn’t make it easy to recycle anymore.

[HENRY MORRIS @mrhenrymorris]

Man of his word.

[Mark Elliott @markmobility]

Artist's portrait of America.

[Leigh Yoxall @LordMondo3rd]

Just had some sad news about a mate who passed this morning due to cancer. A truly lovely man. These words from Anthony Bourdain have some great advice. Makes you think

[Berenice Mansfield(Bellamy) @berenicebellamy]

@RichardEGrant Your neighbours gift of literally wrapping yourself in precious memories is the kindest thought. As Charlie Mackesy notes below -

[England's Barmy Army 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎺 @TheBarmyArmy]

😂😂😂