I asked RiffRanger, my AI postpunk expert and interlocutor whether any of the Pitchfork best albums were postpunk ish. Even RiffRanger couldn’t help but recommend Brat.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

12/20

Not bad from an atheist.

🎄 Another Christmas event on Sandy Park Road, our fantastic local high street. Sunday 15th December from 10-4pm. Free entry. Lots of craft stalls, delicious mulled wine and cider, and plenty of tasty dishes all day. 😋

#shoplocal

Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies Comparing the bloc’s antitrust penalties to tariffs, the Meta boss argued that Brussels is “screwing with” American industry.

Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies..I guess no one saw that coming
www.politico.eu/article/zuck...

@trumpdailyposts.bsky.social
BREAKING CRAP! NEW COINS AND BUCK NOTES ISSUED!
The Department of the Treasury issued new coins and buck notes denominated in Russian Rubles with the effigy of King Donald the Felon!

A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street

A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire

A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background

The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.

These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.

You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

Study Suggests that Romantic Partners Are the Most Influential Toward Veganism The organisation Faunalytics has published a new study on how veganism can spread through a social network. The literature review includes studies on smoking cessation, making comparisons with the…

A new study on the way veganism can spread through a social network concluded that romantic partners are the most influential. 💏🌱

#veganism #veganmovement #vegannews #research #study

Furious Mayor blasts Merseyrail and announces review into chaos Steve Rotheram says huge disruption on the line this week - including total suspension of services today - is 'completely unacceptable' as he summons rail bosses to explain themselves

NEW: Furious Mayor Steve Rotheram blasts Merseyrail and announces independent review into chaos

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

It’s gone public… beavers are back in the Somerset Levels, specifically in the Avalon Marshes area - spreading naturally from other populations. Woohoo! We look forward to them spreading throughout the Levels, and they will always be welcome if they turn up on our sites. Somersetwildlands.org

#EmbarrassmentInChief 🤮

Who else loves Charlie Mackesy?

Cardiorespiratory fitness overrides BMI for association with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, results from a systematic review of 20 studies
bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

James Gillray’s famous 1805 cartoon depicts William Pitt and Napoleon Bonaparte, both dressed in military attire, seated opposite one another at a table, carving the world with their swords as if it were a plumb pudding. It signifies their battle to assert global dominance over one another. #EditorialCartoon #Napoleon #War #PittTheYounger #NapoleonicWars

220 years later, Morton Morland’s cartoon replaces Pitt and Napoleon with Trump and Musk. #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #USA #EditorialCartoon

@mortenmorland.bsky.social stars Trump and Musk in this remake of the classic 1805 cartoon by Gillray which featured British PM PItt the Younger and French Emperor Napoleon I, carving up the globe as if it were a plumb pudding. Will the Americans’ overindulgence also bring about their bitter end?

Great to work with the lab of @julieakmcdonald.bsky.social and see this preprint out on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, looking at how nutrient availability and microbial #metabolites impact #VRE colonisation in the #antibiotic treated gut: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #MicroSky #GastroSky

Bridgnorth Old Market Hall makes Privet Eye #Shropshire #Bridgnorth

Bandstand in the Meadows

The bandstand in The Meadows was originally built in the 19th century and was a popular venue for musical performances. It was demolished around 1957.

Thanks to Neil from the Friends of the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links for the image submission (Copyright TSPL)

Britain certainly must not @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Why you should be old enough to vote at 16 Teenagers aged 16 and 17 are considered capable of making life-changing decisions and working, so why can’t they vote too?

Teenagers aged 16 and 17 are considered capable of making life-changing decisions and working, so why can’t they vote too? | Lydia Pearson
northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/why...

Boxing Day is the biggest day of the year for fox hunts across the country. So help us ruin their big day.

Repost this and drop us a follow if you're against the sick pastime of fox hunting.

Support wildlife this Boxing Day.

I agree that X needs to go. Elon Musk's support of the far right is purely to serve his own interests. It's troubling, and creating divisions will only benefit big tech companies and far right governments but nobody else. Supporting far right views will only create major problems like 100 years ago.

Winter is a really tough time for the NHS. I wish them well and give thanks for their hard work and dedication. 💙💙💙

Good to see Jorvik Radio in York, North Yorkshire, starting the Bluesky journey. @jorvikradio.bsky.social

Nice walk in winter sunshine around my village patch today. Highlight was this male Wigeon with the usual Shoveler, Teal, Gadwall & Mallard on pond opposite house #ukbirding #cheshirebirding

Ivy berries are a valuable food source for a variety of birds in the winter. This Woodpigeons having a feast just outside my study window

Wow 🦆

Wow