Helen McCarthy

Andrew O’Hagan on Mummy’s favourite

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

That's How Strong My Love Is YouTube video by Otis Redding - Topic

youtu.be/ySvRbV3_C6g?...

a drawing of a monk wearing dark glasses and rolling dice at a table

gambling monk, germany, 15th century

Farage U-turns again on Iran war as Reform’s policy descends into ‘chaos’

No principles, no morality, no information, no expertise, just endlessly appeasing Trump, Putin, Netanyahu and assorted billionaires and foreign oligarchs or chasing the next headline, until suddenly colliding with reality. Bang, oof.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Super Jamano De Dakar - Indu Waad [Senegal, Mbalax] (1984)

Super Jamano De Dakar - Indu Waad [Senegal, Mbalax] (1984)
https://redd.it/zpr704
https://youtu.be/dFme6ukAlug

Greg Proops - Free State of California Listen to Free State of California by Greg Proops.

My New Improvised Comedy Album🎤
Free State Of California🌴
Is Live
I think you need this.

Download here⤵️
lnk.to/freestateofcalifornia

Recorded Live @punchlinesf
San Francisco, California 🌁
For @aspecialthingrecords

Use Liberally

#gregproops
#freestateofcalifornia
#comedyalbum
#standupcomedy

Oh.

I dumped Twitter, FB and Insta over a year ago. Some friends didn't sign up here or email me instead, but that's OK.

Takumi - Days Of Romance [Japan, New Wave, Synthpop, Electronic] (1983)

Takumi - Days Of Romance [Japan, New Wave, Synthpop, Electronic] (1983)
https://redd.it/1r3rhjp
https://youtu.be/wuo3I4CChzQ

熱い風 - Noriko Miyamoto [1979 Japan Jazz]

熱い風 - Noriko Miyamoto [1979 Japan Jazz]
https://redd.it/9azs4j
https://youtu.be/CjsmgNR1cE0

200 years ago today, Alexander Graham Bell became the first Boomer to call someone younger than them for absolutely zero functional reason at all.

Stopping all violence against women and girls is a big ask for the Govt, police and society. So let's start with one thing. Men, stop all male violence against women and girls. Stop being violent. Stop your mates being violent. Shop them if they are.Then Govt etc can deal with the other 5% of #VAWG

On the day multiple media organizations reported on a video showing a U.S. Tomahawk missile killing dozens of children in an Iranian elementary school, the White House's meme strategists posted a missile video soundtracked by Nelly's "Here Comes the Boom" wapo.st/3NhffGm

Thrilled to have been awarded a Vandervort prize for my recent article "The Invention of the Kamikaze: Dissent and Resistance in the Japanese Military" by the Society for Military History, as one of the two best articles last year in the Journal of Military History!

Os Pilantrocratas - O Mandrake [Brazil, Easy Listening/Lounge] (1969)

Os Pilantrocratas - O Mandrake [Brazil, Easy Listening/Lounge] (1969)
https://redd.it/5f1nc8
https://youtu.be/BCT4IFtuMjE

Looking upriver from Greenwich, past the Cutty Sark towards the new developments in North Greenwich, on a beautiful day in March 2026 .

My operation is scheduled for tomorrow, so today we went out in the sunshine to one of our favourite places. I believe in finding joy wherever possible and living as well as possible. I hope you lovely butterflies can all find your joy.

Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’ Exclusive: Rented datacentres and unrealised supercomputer site raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’

Misinformation, smoke and mirrors, fallible Govt oversight and most profits going offshore xith little benefit to the UK - who'da think state investment in #AI was just more snake oil?

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Artist gains a following with mechanical deep-sea critters | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis MATSUYAMA—The ribbon-like oarfish and the “living fossil” coelacanth appear even more mysterious with “guts” made of cogwheels and electric appliance scraps.

Waste to art: childhood anime fan and lifelong crafter Sayuri Mori found a new purpose after raising her daughter. The recycled scrap and 100-yen store finds she once turned into jewellery now become steampunk deep-sea creatures with a growing social media profile
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

Sweet and lovely. and a reminder that so much of Japan's best-loved, most socially embedded anime makes little impact on English-speaking fans.

Ants Waking: A Fantasy Novella With Bonus Short Stories and Poetry A Fantasy Novella With Bonus Short Stories and Poetry

ANTS WAKING is a thrilling, visceral magical realism tale about an autistic college freshman in the magical city of Cambridge racing against meddlesome gods bookshop.org/p/books/ants... #booksky #sff #fantasy

It doesn’t work like that when:

1) oil infrastructure is blown up

2) the war has already shown the US cannot defend the Gulf states, so shipping risk stays high - pushing up insurance costs too

3) Iran can choke Strait of Hormuz

4) previous wars have seen oil stay high long after war.

Whatever next - the de-extinction of the Norwegian Blue?

As expats rushed to leave Dubai, many did so leaving their pets behind. Dogs were found tied to lamp posts, left in empty apartments, or dumped near shelters

Influencers & expats who built brands around luxury living are being called out for abandoning their fur babies when things turned dangerous

Tokedashita Garasubako — Anmari Fukasugite [Japan, Psychedelic Rock/Contemporary Folk] (1970)

Tokedashita Garasubako — Anmari Fukasugite [Japan, Psychedelic Rock/Contemporary Folk] (1970)
https://redd.it/bv4swq
https://youtu.be/EK2qgHOp5sE

A young man sits in a library working on a laptop.

Sunday 8 March was COVID-19 Day of Reflection.

We thought about how public libraries supported the most vulnerable. Kirklees made around 12,000 phone calls to vulnerable library users.

Our 2020 report, 'Libraries in the Pandemic' explains more.

www.librariesconnected.org.uk/resources/li...

The impact of Brexit on immigration to the UK A new analysis finds that Brexit raised the number of foreign-born workers in the UK by about 200,000, but resulted in a more dramatic shift in the countries of origin.

The impact of Brexit on UK immigration - new research by @johnspringford.bsky.social & me for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukandeu.bsky.social

Brexit

a) reduced EU-origin employees by 785K (2.3% of workforce)
b) increased non-EU origin employees by 992K (2.95%)

www.cer.eu/insights/imp...

If I were Ed Milliband this morning I would:
•announce the biggest home insulation drive in the UK ever. Saves costs, saves heat.
•redouble progress on wind, solar, nuclear, battery storage. Net zero is energy security.
•electrify the UK as a national security issue.
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So tell me again why Grok is a) in any way contributing to social and individual wellbeing and b) allowed to degrade the name it borrowed

Lady Rap - Mulheres Pretas [Brazil, Chill Rap] (1993) Laidback rap track for a hot summer day

Lady Rap - Mulheres Pretas [Brazil, Chill Rap] (1993) Laidback rap track for a hot summer day
https://redd.it/w4lsj5
https://youtu.be/9JiEy9uDQSQ

Armenian TVR Variety Orchestra - My City [Armenia / USSR - Jazz / Funk / Easy Listening] (Unknown but c/1973)

Armenian TVR Variety Orchestra - My City [Armenia / USSR - Jazz / Funk / Easy Listening] (Unknown but c/1973)
https://redd.it/boyuny
https://youtu.be/dcvZ24TeD4o