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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today's trawl found this. DIY recording from a shed, of a song with a lovely theme. Not a current 'go-to' topic, but a fantastic sentiment. andylewisuk.bandcamp.com/track/liz-tr...

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Liz Truss Crashed The Economy, by Andy Lewis

track by Andy Lewis

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ignore the video (I regret using Covid imagery) but this is a song for our times. Wake The Fuck Up Or We're All Going To Die. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hrr...

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Wake the Fuck Up

YouTube video by craigwithington

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@lastudiolafayette.bsky.social I just saw a post you put up. I did write a song called Wake the Fuck Up because We're All Gonna Die. The song was written before Covid about general human crapness. I wish I'd not set it to Covid images for a video, but, there we are... Hope you play and enjoy it.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

'Get your prayers out, God loves guns.' How the fuck is Donald Trump the President of such an important nation? seewords.bandcamp.com/track/god-bl...

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God Bless America, by See Words

from the album Autotelic

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Anyone ever fall in love + feel continual heartache as you watched it never quite work out? seewords.bandcamp.com/track/just-a...

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Just A Girl, by See Words

from the album The Golden Age Of Appearance

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This book describes the poverty of hand to mouth existence and the accompanying fury of it. In it, the central character rages against all that is so evidently unfair. 'Henry Dubbs' is his summary of the dupes in similar lives that are not angry about it. www.caughtbytheriver.net/2024/04/cali....

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Caliban Shrieks: Surviving the Daily Grind | Caught by the River | Caught by the River

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I always assume that everyone's been in a band. What've you got? Play me some dreams from your younger self; show me how you were ticking.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Throw some music on. This love song was written about sharing cheap booze with my partner, on an Amsterdam canal side, far from the maddening crowd. A stolen moment turned into a Time Machine, allowing me to re-see that beautiful day and the freedom we have, whenever I want.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

An English take on American rock, dedicated to the US in their time of need. seewords.bandcamp.com/track/god-bl...

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God Bless America, by See Words

from the album Autotelic

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This is what @heathensquirrel.bsky.social did, over winter. 20 songs. It could have been 10 or 8, finely honed. I once knew someone who spent 6 years finely honing his stuff, same thing. Different way of going about it. The title of the lp says it all; Google it seewords.bandcamp.com/album/autote...

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Autotelic, by See Words

20 track album

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Nick and I got busy, worked up music without presupposing what it should sound like, came up with 20 different pictures. Let your ears have a look tomorrow.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Hey, everyone! If you don't already know. This is the cordial of choice to refresh you in lovely weather.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thanks to @russincheshire.bsky.social I'm able to make sense of $1 trillion. If I got $1 a second, it'd take 31,709 years to make that much. I'd need 400 lifetimes to accrue it.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Today, the weather was perfect: tidied the garden and familiarised a cat to it, while drinking home made beer and listening to lots of music. Not listened to this in years, and it was beautiful. I had the whole lp on though, of course. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kret...

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The Sand Band - Set Me Free

YouTube video by TheSandBandUK

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Maria has got a new passport. I look forward to what we'll do next. This is about Maria and me seeing stuff because she's got a passport. We like it. rainbowsmile.bandcamp.com/track/get-away

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Get Away, by Rainbow Smile

from the album If I only had a Band...

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Saw Thraa last night in the Sacred Trinity Church, in Salford. It is, apparently, the oldest church in Manchester and was founded in 1635. Thraa (and Smote) were both great too.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This sounds like the future. Hooray for good science!

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

A special #EasterCelebration to tell the Jesus story while watching Mary Berry make hot cross buns. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLjH...

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Red Wine Everywhere

YouTube video by craigwithington

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

If you know Manchester, you’ll know where this pic is.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/02/2026

Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Hey, America! It seems your president is ramping up global danger. Do you know anyway to let his supporters know that that is a very bad idea? It would be great if a communication breakthrough happened and they could see how bad this is.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

(pt 2) AI Overview A squid is a fast-moving, [--------RE---DAC---TED----] mollusk (cephalopod) known for its soft body, large eyes, intelligence, and jet propulsion. Add any names you know, but the above fit the description. Anyone know how to deal with cephalopods?

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

SQUID INK Can anyone know what's true anymore? Do we walk or lurch, blinded by squid ink? Whoever, or whatever, influence Trump or Putin or Farage or... ...too many names that I know. I'm sure you could add more, known to you. (pt 2 below)

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

We lost Pat Fish a while ago, now Max Eider has gone to join him. So many memories of their beautiful music but this is one I even bothered to learn. RIP Max. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6d9...

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Down the Drain

YouTube video by The Jazz Butcher - Topic

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics. I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem. Sign and share. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy

We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

There is something about the angle of my view in Wallop (Manchester) that reminds me of the Nighthawks painting by Edward Hopper.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

This cost nothing to record in 2020, when we all stayed home. The words were aimed at positivity and I'm happy that their aim can still be heard 5 years later. Sad and rubbish news will exist everyday + I will continue to, like you, complain of its cause. rainbowsmile.bandcamp.com/track/the-su...

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The Sun Also Rises, by Rainbow Smile

from the album kennt

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

If Britain insists on issuing Identity Cards, I'm guessing the King will get number 1. It'd be interesting to see who gets the 666th one.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

6 home brew flavours at the moment. Admittedly, there’s only 1 Ged and 3 Trevors

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

To all the dick heads that like to rev their cars loud in cities and towns. ‘Brrrrum, brrrrum, brrrrummm!’ like a three year old. Try Lego, it’s more creative and less childish.

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Book concept: People start finding books in a Little Free Library that were never written or published in this world. Some are exactly what the "borrower" needs. Some are a delight. But some are dangerous. And the Little Free Library just might have a sinister agenda...

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Getting home to find a bundle of unexpected goodies is a great way to enhance a day. Cheerd @heathensquirrel.bsky.social

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

If each dollar of Elon Mollusk’s wealth was tone second, he’d have 12,184 years worth of seconds. 1 million seconds (and who wouldn’t love to be a millionaire?) is 11 and a half days worth of seconds.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Pooks (my cat) passed away a few years ago now. It’s good to see a coal tit making the most of some of his fur for nesting.

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Well, Tunng were very special last night at the Brudenell. Wonderful!

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

A special Blue Sky song for Donald Trump. God Bless America. less than two minutes of badly played well meant frustration at the world. rock on! rainbowsmile.bandcamp.com/track/gba-go...

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GBA (God Bless America), by Rainbow Smile

from the album Opsimath

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

From “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler #skybrary #skybrarians #booksky

A screenshot of a poem. The poem reads:
Choose your leaders
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Canadian House of Commons Member Charlie Angus: Canadians are very proud of our traditions. We know, having lived next door to our neighbors… that while our taxes might be slightly higher, it doesn’t cost us a dime to go to the doctor…

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cisumner.bsky.social @cisumner.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

This theatre company is great. We saw the live play of this but will watch this filmed version. Thoroughly charming story telling. We see everything that we can by them (they’re based in Kent so we sometimes miss some.) youtu.be/EMxhblCLpkg

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1927's GOLEM

YouTube video by 1927 Theatre Company

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