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paisleysparks44.bsky.social
@paisleysparks44.bsky.social
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Contributing editor for Albumism, writer of stuff and Prince fan(atic?). I have a million notebooks with ideas and unfinished scripts/books/screenplays in - maybe one day I’ll get one seen. Doubt it though!
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paisleysparks44.bsky.social @paisleysparks44.bsky.social · Aug 3
Today was our 19th wedding anniversary. To celebrate we went to some art shops (my wife’s choice) and then to the V&A East for the Black British Music exhibition.
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ndrew.bsky.social
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
October 8, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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writersofcolour.bsky.social
The far-right smashed up a HMO housing asylum-seekers last night.
October 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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wagatwe.bsky.social
this story is extremely (and unnecessarily) graphic, so please take care of yourselves as I see this making the rounds.
phoenixnewtimes.com Phoenix New Times @phoenixnewtimes.com · 23h
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congressional-candidate-is-raped-while-repairing-her-campaign-signs-40705248/
October 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
paisleysparks44.bsky.social
Booked mine today!
October 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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phoenixnewtimes.com
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congressional-candidate-is-raped-while-repairing-her-campaign-signs-40705248/
October 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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solomonrmissouri.com
Samuel Alito probably knows how to be a Christian... he probably knows how to be thoughtful, considerate, caring...

But he has no desire to concede the point ... The messiah in his faith is not Jesus... it's power.
October 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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flyingrodent.bsky.social
I note that all of this analysis has been *completely unaffected and unchanged* by Israel embarking on a programme of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and Lebanon that the white people world has non-negotiably supported. That simply is not a factor, at all.
Zack Polanski had the chance to show real leadership. He blew it | Rafael Behr
A toxic debate over anti-Zionism leaves the Green leader looking like a passenger in the movement that carried him to the top, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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randomvariable.co.uk
The Tony Blair who spent his time as special envoy mostly making money for himself whilst protecting Israel at all costs, the Tony Blair whose wife was legal counsel to NSO Group as they hacked into human rights activists phones? The Tony Blair who is a salesman for Alex Karp?
gavinmit.bsky.social gav @gavinmit.bsky.social · 1d
'tony blair worried greens are ruining things for palestinians' is an onion headline
October 7, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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ianpethick.bsky.social
So, Jeffrey Archer got into Oxford on the back of made up A level results and a non existent degree from an American university. Interesting to compare the different reaction from media and politicians to that which was handed out to Professor Jason Arday.
October 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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bendunnell.bsky.social
If anyone still wonders about how Jimmy Savile got away with it, just read all the tributes to Archer that refer more prominently to his charity work than his crimes. There’s a big part of it.
itsjoels.bsky.social Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 1d
He wasn’t colourful, he was a fantasist lying criminal piece of shit. Hope that helps.
October 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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judgemenot69.bsky.social
Scottish film could steal The Jazz Singer’s crown as ‘world’s first talkie’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Scottish film could steal The Jazz Singer’s crown as ‘world’s first talkie’
Scots-written Till the Bells Ring premiered a year before the Hollywood film, which featured spoken words by Al Jolson
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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raxkingisdead.bsky.social
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification. For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.
October 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
paisleysparks44.bsky.social
My daughter has started watching Buffy and I think it may have awakened her somewhat!
October 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
NEW | A corrective to the obituaries…

HERE LIES JEFFREY ARCHER
The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan.

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/here-lies-...
Here lies Jeffrey Archer
The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
October 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
paisleysparks44.bsky.social
I wrote about Prince’s first moment in the sunshine.
albumism.com Albumism @albumism.com · 1d
How would you rate this album on a scale of 1 (unlistenable) to 10 (indispensable)? | Listen to the album + explore our tribute here: album.ink/Prince1979
October 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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albumism.com
How would you rate this album on a scale of 1 (unlistenable) to 10 (indispensable)? | Listen to the album + explore our tribute here: album.ink/Prince1979
October 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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ign.com
Star Wars actor Jordan Stephens says he declined to return in hit Disney+ series Andor after being told to cut off his dreadlocks — to ensure his appearance looked "realistic." https://bit.ly/3VT7ESm
October 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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marcusjdl.bsky.social
The wikipedia page is missing the racism so here it is now
Asked by a panel whose members were Jewish, Italian and Asian if race relations were improving, he replied: "When I was a child, to see a black man and a white woman together it was something you looked at. Now it's every other person and, thank God, that's wonderful. That's the way we should be going.' Less than a week after he offended a 10,000-strong Hindu audience at Wembley with the words "it's great to see so many Muslims under one roof", Lord Archer was determined not to err again. But last night's uproar suggested he had failed. "The other thing and this is obvious too, and this is obviously not to be misinterpreted by anyone, you see it as a generational thing. If you look at, particularly, Afro-Caribbeans 30 years ago, they had the worst jobs and were not well dressed, they were eating the wrong food and you were very aware of it," he went on. "Your head did not turn in the road if a black woman passed because they were badly dressed, probably overweight and probably had a lousy job. If you walk down London streets now there are most staggeringly beautiful girls of every nationality. That is part of getting rid of prejudice and making things equal," Lord Archer declared.
October 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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simongosden.bsky.social
Man who purchased a farm as a tax dodge now complaining as it’s hard work.
What a hypocrite.
October 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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matthew-wright.bsky.social
Jeffrey Archer, liar, jailbird, Tory and ‘nearly man’ of British politics (apparently) once took a long and very much unwanted look at my wife’s chest and followed that with a “nice rack” comment. Stick that in your obituaries x
October 6, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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irishgoonet.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...
Misogyny killed Monica many years before she died
When poor Monica Coghlan died in a car crash last week, it was a result both pitiful and inevitable. The rightful order had been restored. Justice had been done. Her sad, brief life was over: she had ...
www.heraldscotland.com
October 6, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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ianmartin.bsky.social
As ever, and for the last time in connection with lying shit Jeffrey Archer, we remember Monica Coghlan, whose life he destroyed.
October 6, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
Jeffrey Archer has died - here is the obituary of Monica Coghlan

www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...
Misogyny killed Monica many years before she died
When poor Monica Coghlan died in a car crash last week, it was a result both pitiful and inevitable. The rightful order had been restored. Justice had been done. Her sad, brief life was over: she had ...
www.heraldscotland.com
October 5, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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priyamvadagopal.bsky.social
I don't accept soft Hindutva is a good thing. So, no, I am not accepting soft Zionism as a good thing.

No gradation of ethnonationalism is a good thing particularly when it has its hands on the levers of state.
October 6, 2026 at 7:17 AM
paisleysparks44.bsky.social
I wrote this one about Level 42.
October 6, 2026 at 6:43 AM