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42 years ago Madonna at 26 opened the first ever MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 with 'Like A Virgin' Now at 68 she opened the VMAs again, performing with Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, Fab 5 Freddie, dancers and a lot of choreography It celebrates a time in the 1980s when art changed the world

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Madonna opens 2026 VMAs with Charli XCX, performing Danceteria (featuring maybe the most creative use of urinals since George Michael's Outside video)

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Madonna opens 2026 VMAs with Charli XCX, performing Danceteria

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Madonna opens the VMAs with this performance of Bring Your Love (with Sabrina Carpenter), 42 years after opening the same awards show as a 26-year-old with Like a Virgin in 1984

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What the 'recent invention' of reading does to our brains

It seems a safe bet we could all name people out there who never read fiction and lack empathy because of it "What we find is parts of the brain that become active while we're reading narrative fiction are the same parts of the brain that are activated when we're trying to understand other people."

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What happens in your brain when you read? And can it help you navigate real life? This is what science tells us.

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Why on earth are 366 people watching such nonsense?

trump tv screenshot from youtube showing 366 people watching on sunday september 27th 2026

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"We know that reading fiction can help to hone the same sort of mental processes that we use to understand other people, including empathy and perspective-taking" #reading #booksky

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What the 'recent invention' of reading does to our brains

abc.net.au

What happens in your brain when you read? And can it help you navigate real life? This is what science tells us.

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Propaganda? This 30 second ad is running on US TV The anti-communism, government ad is paid for by US taxpayers It features singers repeatedly singing 'Love Me' as a rapid sequence of images of the current US leader play at an intense speed (NOTE: rapid-image epilepsy alert may be appropriate)

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Politico and MS NOW report their journalists have again been refused entry to the White House in breach of the court order to re-admit them

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"While thousands of kids are suffering in ICE prisons like Dilley, and immigrant children are about to be shipped to a new ICE facility in Louisiana, the Trump regime keeps stealing kids entertainment properties to promote its racist ICE deportations scheme." — @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Kaitlin Collins, a first rate reporter of CNN, was invited by the UN to cover this unhappy, ranting and raving insecure lunatic who seems sick, treasonous and demented

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There is something very wrong with this man—this is not normal

Donald trump tweet attacking Kaitlin collins of con

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Journalists at other news outlets - ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, NY Times, Washington Post - should all stop attending White House events until press access for journalists at CNN, MSNOW and Politico is restored. Denying him the spotlight shows this administration who wields the power of the press.

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

National Institutes of Health does science. Science isn't "woke"—it’s science. The NIH funds life-saving medical research. But the White House is actively de-funding scientific projects that mention "gender," "climate change," "equity," or "race". Censoring words won't cure diseases.

theguardian.com

Trump reportedly to form health funding board that could veto ‘woke’ initiatives

President’s latest order expected to bring NIH funding under control of Trump administration to align with agenda

Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Weekend Rock: Suzi Quatro & Alice Cooper - Kick Out The Jams

Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A lunatic is loose in the Oval Office

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Akayla Gardner, MS NOW White House reporter, was refused entry to the White House this morning and her Press Pass was confiscated Revoking credentials for reporting on the administration looks a lot like a direct step toward authoritarian, state-controlled media

images from ms now showing a reporter from the network blocked from access on Saturday 19th September 2026

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sweden's likely new prime minister Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson can partly thank Benny from ABBA for her winning the election He stumped for her with an adapted version of Mamma Mia "Magdalena, here I go again! My my, how can I resist you? Magdalena—my my, I could never let you go"

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Mark Carney to EU: "I'm not proposing to become a great power rival only with better manners. We do not seek power to dominate others. We are pursuing resilience so no one can imperil our sovereignty, threaten our territorial integrity, or undermine our freedoms, our democracies, our rule of law."

mark carney speaks at eu parliament thursday 17 september 2025

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A just-released photo taken of Air Force One last night shows Trump looking at this poster that says: "Kennedy Center DEMOLISH"

trump looking at poster saying kennedy center demolish in window of air force one taken on 16 sept 2026

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Mark Carney, at the European Parliament: "Diversity confers advantage, based on shared values"

canadian prime minister mark carney speaks to european parliament on 17 september 2026

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Rep. Joyce Beatty describes Kennedy Center Board meeting when they discussed her Beatty v. Trump lawsuit successfully forcing Trump's name off the building "He went into a tantrum. I reminded him he had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room. I was not going to let him bully me, intimidate me."

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Meta uses David Bowie's Five Years song in this AI ad "News had just come over We had five years left to cry in News guy wept and told us Earth was really dying And all the somebody people I never thought I'd need so many people Five years, that's all we've got" — 'Five Years', David Bowie

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Farewell Bob Mackie, the legendary American fashion designer to the stars, who has died aged 87. He dressed Tina Turner, Cher, Beyoncé, Dolly Parton, Bette Midler, Farah Fawcett, Miley Cyrus, Doris Day, Liza Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland—and for decades he defined Hollywood glamour.

photo of bob mackie american designer with cher in 2021

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“If I’m paying for your wedding, at some point, you’re going to owe me something,” said Frank Montoya Jr., a retired career FBI official who held senior counterintelligence roles. Oligarchs like Kremlev often act in coordination with the Russian government.

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Dallas GOP midterm convention included a random thirst pic on their Jumbotron of influencer Hasan Piker in underwear Was there any point being made with this?

Picture of Hasan Piker in underwear appeared on the jumbotron at the dallas midterms convention on 10 sept 2026

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Céline Dion — That's The Way It Is LIVE in Paris tonight, 12th September 2026

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

DEI means recruiting the best candidates and appealing to the widest possible customer base - which results show is good for people, and for business www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

guardian newspaper report friday august 14th saying
US firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrived
Exclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’t

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' usually gets around 2.2 million viewers watching on a typical night His interview with James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social on YouTube just passed that many If you'd like to add one more to the total, here's the link to watch it youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?... #StreisandEffect

youtu.be

Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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Thank you Gloria Steinem—a world where women and girls are equally respected is a world I want to live in

time magazine cover of gloria steinem 4 september 2026 showing her birth year 1934 and her death year 2026 under her name over a photo of her aged around 35

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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In Nazi Germany people swore an oath to a Führer, not to the country Last night in Dallas *he* said “I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States", & on voting: "that I will go out…I don’t care if I’m registered or not, I’m going to try to cheat like hell like they do”