@northumbriana@ArtisanBakingNE Took my primary school class to sing outside Big River Bakery. Someone dressed as a giant friendly stottie came out and started bouncing around. Was a very surreal moment.
@ScrtDrugAddict I remember seeing them on their Farewell tour and the vibe was they'd go await and have a Pixies revival in a few years. Wait it out until the world caught up. Unfortunately, the world is full of idiots.
At the hotel in Frankfurt there was a publishing convention and every room was taken, parties all night. I didn’t know there were so many book publishers in the world. I was trying to find Crystal Lake Publishing so I could congratulate them on publishing The Great God Pan, one of my favorite books. I thought they might be interested in some of my stories. Unfortunately it was too crowded and I never did find them.
@shankysanghi@lesser441117@JeremyVineOn5@_JessicaDavies@Mattallwright Newcastle didn't have any race riots this summer. It doesn't suffer the same levels of post Thatcher deprivation that other places sadly suffer from. It's a far better place for. It's multicultural, proud and progressive.
@harry_robe34788@gordon_gapp@ukJ0N But Harry... he did beat up two female police officers.
And Harry... glad to see your patriotism for Denmark's Faroe Islands rather than England. You gotta laugh!
@guardiang2 The Guardian 1821: Here to fight for social justice and support the victims of the Psterloo Massacre.
The Guardian 2024: 34. Referring to Magaluf as “shagaluf."
@memizon Stewart Home's Blood Rites of the Bourgeoisie and 69 Things to do with a dead princess are both pretty far-out.
Memoirs of Gnostic Dwarf might win for best title though.
@israeldevries @sara_jayne67 @Alex_Niven I'm sorry you experienced that, those anti-semite thugs do not speak for the vast majority of Geordies. The North East has a proud Jewish history and heritage. I hope you had positive experiences here too.
@LukeHaines_News Sad to read this. I got into him through your song 'Satan Wants Me.' An amazing author - 'Exquisite Corpse' 'Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh' and 'The Limits of Vision' are particular favourites. I'd often check out Dedalus Press every now and then to see if he had a new book out.
The relentless disinformation has its sources in Russian interference as a means to destabilise multiculturalism and democracy. It reduces discourse to mindlessness, feeds on prejudices and bankrolls social media owners. I found them fascinating, now they're frightening. 2/2
For many rioters their radicalisation begins on Facebook. They start with British nostalgia pages that a harvest followers and it leads to cult of the personality images, like North Korean propaganda centred around Farage and Robinson. 1/2