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Mike

@mike-solo.bsky.social
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#BHAFC season ticket holder. Hip Hop, funk, jazz soul, preferably on vinyl. Beer snob & son of toil.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 16h
AI, as a political project, is primarily focused on your devaluation. Hope this helps.
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Albumism @albumism.com · 19h
Remembering Fela Kuti today on what would have been his 88th birthday (born October 15, 1938) | Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/FelaKutiHBD
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Albumism @albumism.com · 18h
Happy 35th Anniversary to Digital Underground’s second studio album ‘Sons of the P’ originally released October 15, 1991 | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @jesseducker.bsky.social here: album.ink/DUSonsOfTheP
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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The British media seem to be going to extraordinary lengths to suppress reporting on alleged child sex abuser Lola Salem A cisgender Oxford lecturer and Telegraph, Critic, and Spectator journalist And ex-girlfriend of Spectator editor, Telegraph journalist, and member of the House of Lords
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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 21h
Piracy is wrong and you should never do it. If you want to steal other people’s art you should do the legal way and start an AI tech company.
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
My personal favourite Fela tune, Water No Get Enemy. youtu.be/kisTH3SFegc?...
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Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy
YouTube video by Fela Kuti
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Fela, VIP - Vagabonds In Power. youtu.be/7bpThXP9f8I?...
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Fela Kuti - V.I.P
YouTube video by anikulapo71
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Fela & Ginger Baker. youtu.be/0zWRjgathjA?...
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Fela Kuti - Let's Start
YouTube video by gd73
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Fela would of been 88 today. This podcast about his incredible life & struggles against authority is unmissable, & available on multiple platforms. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Fela Kuti: Fear No Man - YouTube
From Higher Ground Audio and Audible Originals comes an epic new documentary podcast from Jad Abumrad, creator of Radiolab and Dolly Parton’s America. In a w...
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Disabled people don't own their Motability cars. They give up their other benefits to pay to lease them. The cars have vital adaptations for disabled use. They make active life - and employment - possible, for thousands and thousands of people: our fellow-citizens. But Nigel Says Fuck'Em...
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Old Ladybird books updated, 1964 and 1978. Jane changes her mind about fishing. Artist: Martin Aitchison
Peter stands on the riverbank fishing and smiling to himself. Jane sits with her back to him, sitting on a stone and reading. Peter and Jane are now both wearing jeans and both are fishing. The water level is lower and in the background there is adult supervision. 
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Shady Inference 🌫️ @blot.city · 12/10/2026
If you're a black person accused of academic fraud, the british press and political elite will harass you until you kill yourself. If you're a racism denialist accused of sexual crimes against children, the british press and political elite will *immediately* deploy the wall of silence.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Wellcome Trust was set up to improve the health of humans, animals and the environment and is now the UK’s richest charity, with £35.7bn assets. Among its highly varied portfolio of investments is Brighton Marina, owned by its subsidiary, Premier Marinas.
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Enjoyed a few pints of this at the King's Head in Coltishall a few weeks ago, cracking pint & a lovely friendly pub.
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 11/10/2026
are we going to talk about how the mail has pulled this article (2nd) or just move past it as everybody tends to do
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.
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WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Dancer
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
GOOD!
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I love discovering & sharing new music, but as you say, most music I post is lucky to get a couple of likes on here. I also do instagram, but that largely seems to have run it's course. Cool to hear the Brighton link!
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We're in!
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5th Iranian White Van Regiment 🇵🇸 @mickeymarxclub.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
For every melt who wishes the Greens would "stop banging on about Gaza and go back to focus on the environment" (or words to that effect), I would like to pose the following question: is war good or bad for the environment?
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Live-streamed public executions by firing squad: how low can barbarian America go? America is lost. It’s so morally debased it can’t be saved. Only its collapse will lead to redemption. Until then, every civilised nation on Earth should turn its back on this pariah. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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Live-streamed public executions by firing squad: how low can barbarian America go?
Where exactly is rock bottom for America? How low can that nation sink?
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
*VAPES*
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Currently queuing to get into Thorpe Park. Between the guy behind listening to the F1 out loud & breathing everyone's secondhand Tapes, we're having a whale of time. Been here 40 minutes so far.
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Chris S @stylistic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If a putative boss spent the entire interview quoting my fascist grandfather I simply wouldnt take the job.
In his "most notorious [job] interview," Karp met Louis Mosley, an Oxford graduate whose grandfather Oswald Mosley was the British fascist leader during World War II and once named "worst Briton of the twentieth century."

As soon as Mosley sat down, Karp began reciting from memory, for several minutes, one of Oswald's 1939 speeches demanding Britain seek peace with Nazi Germany. When finished, Karp executed tai chi moves and walked out without saying goodbye
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Cats are the best!
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Martin Grimshaw Has Long Covid @thrivingplanet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bonus Mandrill, the opening theme from their 1971 debut album, 'Mandrill' is a heavy funk workout, with incredible guitars that mimic the sound of mandrill monkey calls. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqqR...
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Mandrill (Album Version)
YouTube video by Mandrill - Topic
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Martin Grimshaw Has Long Covid @thrivingplanet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tune Of The Day, in case you need something fun and uplifting, maybe something to shimmy or nod your head along to. Hagalo by Mandrill (1973), an American AfroFunkRock band I LOVE. Here's a more Latin Jazz workout, with trademark vibes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vly-WdbHhQw
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Hagalo
YouTube video by Mandrill - Topic
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Mandrill are amazing, heavy, heavy band.
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
America is properly fucked in the head! BBC News - Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I feel like I've done my share. It's time for someone else to have a turn. Definitely true you value your time more as you get older.
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DJ Feminem @djfeminem.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Water No Get Enemy
YouTube video by Fela Kuti - Topic
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 17/11/2024
Yes 😤😤😤
A signed and framed press of Beauty And The Beat (it’s my wife’s that’s why it says her name)

A multi colored record casing with numerous rap gods on the cover with their hair turned into parted white man hair
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Jesse Ducker @jesseducker.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Shameless plug, but… I wrote this a few years back: albumism.com/features/eda...
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Revisiting Edan’s ‘Beauty And The Beat’ (2005) | Retrospective Tribute
Edan’s second studio affair has a ton of replay value, because even at only 34 minutes in length, it feels like an epic undertaking.
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Dr Ieithydd (Carys) @yrieithydd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yep. So much "red tape" is red because someone died first
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Ian Pethick @ianpethick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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.
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Listening Habit @listeninghabit.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Respect to Phill Most Chill. He’s got some fire in the catalog. #oldschoolhiphopjams "On Tempo Jack" youtu.be/QOMFuJ_G0cE
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Phill Most Chill - On Tempo Jack
YouTube video by ticoinjapan
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
IF the strike aircraft were driven out of RAF Fairford by an enemy threat, then that enemy has enjoyed more success than the Luftwaffe during the whole of the Battle of Britain.
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wasting Police time.
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Congratulations to Welshman Elfyn Evans on clinching his first World Rally Championship! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motors...
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WRC: Elfyn Evans becomes world champion after late Oliver Solberg crash
Five-time runner-up Elfyn Evans is world champion for the first time after rival Oliver Solberg crashes in the final moments of Rally Italia Sardegna.
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ha! My daughter buys us one each every Christmas!
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Slowly & reluctantly putting garden stuff away in readiness for winter, even though it still feels like summer!
A small sunny garden, with long shadows.
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Greatest lp ever!
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
24 hour delivery from Juno of this brilliant lp from Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos, livening up my morning. Soundtrack/library jazz with a Greek twist. #vinylsky #jazzsky
A vinyl lp cover featuring the artists in an Alfa Romeo convertible with a Greek coastline behind.
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Deliberately didn't post the song for that reason! - soz..
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sunday morning with a mild hangover and Lena Lovich's "Lucky Number" stuck in my head!
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pub band tonight playing lots of 80's synth pop, not really my style, but I'm glad someone is keeping this sound alive. Always good to hear something different.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
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Mike @mike-solo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Quirky! 🤩
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