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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 53m

Bit late to the party here but The Correspondent is pretty good, isn't it. Certainly feel inspired to barge my way into an English Literature seminar

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rory malcolm @rorymal.com · 05/10/2026

peelsessions.club had a little bit of fun building this tonight after I got really, really into post-punk's heydey again recently

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Peel Sessions

Every session recorded for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show, 1967–2004. Filter by genre, band, year and origin; watch on YouTube.

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

B&Q playing Patrice Rushen's Haven't You Heard = somehow bought six paint tester pots instead of my planned three

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Having a nice Friday afternoon listening to World Domination Enterprises www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPKr...

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World Domination Enterprises - Asbestos Lead Asbestos 4K

YouTube video by ScottishTeeVee

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Longyfan @longyfan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

To elaborate on that last repost, eimi – cryptics editor at the Indy – is gauging interest in an independent follow-up to the Independent crossword Email trulyindependentcrosswords@gmail.com with the subject line “truly” Comment #152 on the fifteensquared blog fifteensquared.net/2026/09/21/i...

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Independent Cryptic Crossword – the future – Fifteensquared

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Come see Murder Bridge do a karaoke set of our own songs at Bingo Masters Breakout @ the Betsey Trotwood in Farringdon tonight! I'm bringing the badges

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Insane xword from Brendan in today's Grau (complimentary)

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

sometimes the goal of science is to help us begin to understand the mystery and complexity of this astounding universe and sometimes the goal is to simply improve the human experience

a man eats a burrito over a wide funnel mounted over a stand holding a soft taco shell to catch what falls

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The world's most notorious custard-pie thrower is dead. What an obituary. He got Bernard-Henri Lévy seven times.

Known to his army of fans as L’Entarteur or Georges le Gloupier, Godin launched his career as a serial deflator of egos in 1969, when he planted a tarte à la crème on the face of the French novelist Marguerite Duras (“She has a kind of intelligence and cleverness that serves only her own vanity,” he complained), and he went on to “pie” a cast list of celebrities for sins ranging from pomposity to “choosing to function in the service of the capitalist status quo”.

The same could not be said of Bernard-Henri Lévy, one of France’s “new philosophers,” whose provocative views on sex, frequent appearances on television and penchant for white silk shirts unbuttoned practically to the navel, had made him a cult figure – and one of Godin’s most satisfying victims.

Levy once declared: “I am the most gifted writer of my generation,” and often boasted of his reasonableness and tolerance, but he was forced to endure footage being repeatedly shown on French television of himself, covered in cream, during a visit to the Belgian city of Liège, trying to strangle Godin and shouting: “Get up, or I’ll kick your head in.”

Noël Godin was born on September 13 1945 and came to pie-throwing after a rebellious youth in which he scandalised the priests in the confessional by speaking of his “horrible sexual life”, and was thrown out of Liège University after emptying a pot of glue over the head of a law lecturer who had helped write the constitution for the Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar.

He found work at Friends of Film, an obscure magazine published by the Belgian Catholic League. It had a tiny readership, which was just as well, as Godin made up most of his articles. In one he claimed that Louis Armstrong had once been a cannibal and had invested in a film called The Vegetables of Good Will in which Claudia Cardinale played a giant endive.

In another he conjured up a fictional blind Thai filmmaker named Vivian Pei, describing her film, The Lotus Flower Will Never Again Grow on the Edge of Your Island, in such convincing terms that an Asian film specialist travelled to Thailand in an effort to track her down.

“We’re very careful not to hurt people,’’ he explained. “Well, they are hurt, but always in their amour-propre.”

In 1995 Godin published an autobiography, Cream and Punishment. His other targets over the years included the New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard (who charmed his assailant by hailing the attack as a homage to silent film), the French politician Nicolas Sarkozy, the choreographer Maurice Béjart and the Ryanair chairman Michael O’Leary. He tended not to pick Belgian victims, he explained, because few would notice if he did.

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

HOOTING each time I see the Drag Race Down Under girls carefully deliberating over, then choosing, a very obviously wooden lipstick

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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 14/08/2026

I know you all hate the emergency alert about disposable barbeques. But yesterday I watched a man at our hotel breakfast set fire to a toaster by trying to toast a croissant - despite multiple signs telling him not to. Today he tried again. So, you know, calibrate for the average person.

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Seeing humans do well at sports! And also seeing them do badly

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 12/08/2026

Here’s another sample clue from issue 4, this one from Crenditi, the ‘nom de croix’ of @juffowup.bsky.social and @longyfan.bsky.social for their UK collabs: 'Frick’ (not ‘f**k’) is written after other bad language (8) Not ordered yet? It’s still available [currently UK only] at unchcrosswords.com

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Unch Crossword Magazine

Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Cor managed to 100% solve this month's Graux Genius, maybe I'm getting the hang of these

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I was asked about my favourite films this other day, and this speculative one has to be up there

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Listening to the import version of Since I Left You for... possibly the first time? The extra sample sections are easy to spot but I can see why they didn't bother clearing them all

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Still five more hours of July *taps watch*

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D*o.t_s>k°y @dottsky.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

At Jesus Christ Superstar. My mum “I don’t know the story of this one at all.”

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Solidarity with all our siblings at Trans Pride today - the haters are obviously jealous at how fabulous you all are

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Tough week for various reasons but the prospect of watching swimming with Scots Gaelic commentary is immensely cheering

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

There seems to have been a lot of July so far, and yet there is still another week and a half of July left?

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

New RB - I think I like this better than the last single? (video not particularly SFW) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX6Z...

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Rebecca Black - Hot Wet Delirious (Official Video)

YouTube video by rebecca

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

THE WORLD IS A GLOBAL ENTITY NOW - M Pougatch channelling @jennyholzer.bsky.social

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Incredible overnight sporting result!

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

Black eggs perfec t size to put baby in to nap! inside very soft and comfort baby sleep soundly put baby in eggs. no problems ever in eggs because good shape and support for baby neck weak of big baby head. can trust black eggs for giveing good love to baby. friend mysterious black eggs.

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Apparently coconut macaroons are not part of your five a day, even if you eat the whole packet

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Halfway through the year! Here are some 2026 songs I've enjoyed so far, in a thread.

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Fascinated by the increasingly desperate masculinity of vape marketing (MEGAPRO MAXX FIRE PLUS) to men determined to huff out the exact smell of the My Little Pony Perfume Puff Palace (1989)

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Cor the UVA kids are fast this week

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Tom @tomvictor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Finally we get a Sash! derby at the World Cup

"Ecuador" is a song produced by German DJ and record production team Sash! featuring fellow German DJ Rodriguez. It was released in [Wikipedia entry cuts off here]

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

hello everyone i am working on a big piece for guardian about the CURRENT STATE OF MUSIC ZINES!!!! i have many already but i want to get as many as poss from FAR AND WIDE in uk so pls either fill out the form here or email me directly (email on my website in bio) www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

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Sniffin’ Glue at 50! Do you make a music zine? If so, we want to see it

To mark 50 years since the punk DIY publishing explosion, we want to compile a map of the UK’s contemporary zine scene

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Yes it's hot, but meanwhile over on Instagram, techno legend Surgeon has posted a picture of a random jam doughnut on his stories

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Wowza, good on yer Kate (this is slightly bonkers as she's the current 200 breaststroke Olympic champ)

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 09/06/2026

Keep it quiet but UNCH ISSUE FOUR PRE-SALES ARE OPEN NOW unchcrosswords.com#shop

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Unch Crossword Magazine

Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine

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Mondo Trasho @mondotrasho.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Who needs Killing Joke's hot sauce, or Iron Maiden's Trooper ale when you can have Cabaret Voltaire's Henderson's Relish instead 👀

Cabaret Voltaire Ltd Edition Hendersons Relish

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Right let's watch some cricket highlights

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's not complicated, see below! Let people piss in peace

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This is now pretty much done! Anyone want to give it a test drive?

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

One last call for votes for Dani Lia! 🇦🇹

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Mad props to the air-conditioned District line

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John Information @katstevens.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I've had a completed crossword grid (with no clues) kicking about for a while now. Was feeling a bit uninspired by it, but this morning I've had an idea for a mildly-infuriating clue mechanic and have got a second wind 👍

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James East @jameseast.online · 24/05/2026

I was responsible for this (it was literally my idea while I was Product Manager for Media Playout at the BBC) and it is still my proudest achievement ever

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