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Max Deveson

@maxdeveson.bsky.social
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BBC journalist, currently producing #bbcglobaleye, previously @bbcnewsnight

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jackie Jackson died two days ago. His death did not get the fanfare that the big celebrities get but I assure you he was no less than any of them: a titan astride the earth. In this thread, a few of the songs he played bass on. You know these songs. You know their bass parts. youtu.be/DKVB_CtU8XQ
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Pressure Drop
YouTube video by Toots & The Maytals - Topic
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 16/08/2026
“Dancing Queen,” ABBA’s biggest hit and only chart-topper in America, was released 50 years ago today. After initially dismissing the song in his youth, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has written and spoken extensively about his appreciation for “Dancing Queen,” including in his book ‘World Within A Song.’ 💃
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Bear Claw Billie (1590/5000) @bearclawbillie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
HEY THIS IS JUST A PAINTING OF A THEATER SHOWING COYOTE VS. ACME
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Bony Frightower @tonyhightower.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's a piece of trivia: in her long, wonderful life, Dolly Parton managed to buy more books than any other individual in history.
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There is this weird moisture coming out of the sky and it’s freaking me out
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.
A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.
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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I don't think there should be a defibrilator on Snowdon. And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
My daughters are growing up assuming every two years we get into a football championship semi-final and get a new Prime Minister
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Looking back now, I realize that growing up in MK in the 80s was like living in a Kraftwerk album
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karanormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
me: should i chronicle history or document current events? funk soul brother: write about now
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Long shot, but if anyone in North #Oxford has lost a tortoise with a surprising turn of speed in the heat, do get in touch..
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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
[giving a critique after the first performance of 4'33"] ME: I guess my main feedback would be: there's no notes JOHN CAGE: oh great! ME: no hang on
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My wife was annoyed with the tangled way I had wound up the hose, so I told her to stop kink-shaming me
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Jesus wept
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Asked Aretha Franklin which wildlife charities she supports. She said RSPB ETC. Have a good weekend folks
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
ITV has announced 70 Up, the documentary following contributors every seven years, is to come to an end. The director Michael Apted died in 2021. The Up film series has aired since 1964. Final episodes this year.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Walton Street’s much-loved second-hand vinyl store, Riverman Records, could be at risk. A planning application seeks to convert the shop into a one-bedroom flat, claiming ”removal of the discordant commercial frontage… [would] restore a traditional architectural rhythm to Walton Street”.
Riverman Records frontage at 153 Walton Street
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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
you shouldn’t learn about bands from shady TikTok manipulation, you should learn about bands by hanging out with a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of
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Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
THREAD: I’ve been posting pretty much daily on my Patreon site. All of my posts this year have been free to access, so all you need to spend is your precious time. Here are some recent things you might have missed. (thread) patreon.com/NeedleMythol...
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A place to talk about what we love about the music we love
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 30/03/2026
friday I’m in loveless 🐐🐐 [📷: Charlotte Courbe]
The Cure’s Robert Smith and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields at Teenage Cancer Trust 2026
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Today we published a report on younger news audiences. Authored by Craig T. Robertson, @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social and @richardfletcher.bsky.social, it's based on DNR and other surveys Full report reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/understandin... Seven findings in thread
group of young people sitting on stone steps, focused on their smartphones. Below the image, text reads: "March 2026. Understanding young news audiences at a time of rapid change. A new report by Craig T. Robertson, Amy Ross Arguedas, Mitali Mukherjee and Richard Fletcher."
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Let's talk about the Aylesbury tunnels.
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Ben Fletcher-Watson @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view.
And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone.

"When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/11/2025
Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/
Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.
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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 20/11/2025
R.I.P. Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, bassist of #TheStoneRoses and #PrimalScream buff.ly/qN3AvUA
Mani of The Stone Roses
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
#bbcglobaleye really is a fantastic advert for BBC News worldwide, every Monday at 7pm.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 06/11/2025
I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 24/09/2025
Look what we have here then.
1817 map snipping, "Well. Well. Well."
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Ali Catterall @alicatterall.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
I came across this user comment while looking for some Nick Drake demos on YouTube just now. Have a read - it's rather magical. Original link: youtube.com/watch?v=fBdb...
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Robin Allender @robinallender.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Little guitar cover of Missionary Bell from the new Cass McCombs album
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Simon Jenkins should be focusing more on this egregious cultural vandalism
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Great public service thread here for Oxfordshire folks from @oxfordclarion.bsky.social - results of the local elections as they are announced
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
So Here We Are
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Bony Frightower @tonyhightower.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Like a bunch of others, I'm largely reposting this to save it for myself.
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Song for a sunny evening as the seasons change youtu.be/uMypOR64DkY?...
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Seasons Come, Seasons Go
YouTube video by Bobbie Gentry - Topic
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Simultaneously overjoyed at the thought of unreleased music from the sessions for this masterpiece, and horrified it’s TEN YEARS OLD 😱
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Uh oh
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The Science of Sleep is a great film!
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is very cool. Like a bunch of VHS tapes someone left on their garden wall for people to pick up. Some good, some bad, lots I’ve never heard of.
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Lllpll
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
“I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I'd ever met.” What a life to have lived, to have someone write things like this about you when you die #ripdavidlynch
kyle_maclachlan Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn't recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision.
What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to.
Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I'd ever met.
David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath.
While the world has lost a remarkable artist, l've lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own.
I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We'd talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh.
His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other.
I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he's gone.
David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale.
Thank you for everything.
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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This headline reads like the BBC is terrified of being sued for libel by the rhino.
Headline: Zebra dies after 'incident' with rhino at zoo.
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
“The imagery is next level shocking.” “Our house will definitely be next…” The story of the LA fires, as told by the residents whose neighbourhoods have been left devastated. [Part 1] #Newsnight
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I hear the judges for the BBC Sound of 2025 are predicting Keir Starmer will be PM this year
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🚨BLUEY MOVIE! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! YOU HAVE TWO YEARS TO PREPARE YOUR CHILDREN!🚨
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
“I get woken up by being kicked in the face, drinks thrown over you… it’s hard going” @vicderbyshire.bsky.social spent the early hours with rough sleepers, waking up on the streets of London in the depths of winter #Newsnight
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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I wish I was a little bit smaller Wish I was a crawler I wish I was a mouse, in your house I would appaul yer.
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Max Deveson @maxdeveson.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Um, is the sun actually going to bother rising this week? I feel like Jodie Foster in True Detective.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
me: perfect, no notes john cage: thank you
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