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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 09/10/2026

The guy the US Government is proposing to execute live on the internet is a paraplegic. They’re gonna shoot someone in a wheelchair on livestream. Just fuck off, America.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 07/10/2026

She helped them try to find an artery in her own execution. She would have woken thinking she was in the afterlife and found she was shackled by her burnt arms. They might have another go too. They didn't torture Robert-François Damiens this badly. Savages. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...

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Follow live: Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after failed execution, her lawyer says

Pike, who murdered Colleen Slemmer in 1995, has a "long road to recovery" after regaining consciousness, according to her legal team.

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The eternally moonlit world of Victorian painter John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)

Four paintings depicting nocturnal scenes in Victorian England on full moon nights.

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This weeks @socialistworker.bsky.social is Out! After the hounding of Professor Jason Arday - The racists won’t defeat us 30,000 join mass vigil in London for #ProfessorJasonArday. socialistworker.co.uk Buy it. Read it. Sell it.

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 03/08/2026

Funny how often a complete prick dies on the same day as a nice person who made people smile, and you really get to see the difference between the two ways people react.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 29/07/2026

Thinking about the 2xLP vinyl set. I'm just a part time fan, aren't I? :-(

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 18/07/2026

I have many friends who are interested in the Victorian period, and many who appreciate rebellious women from any era - this new book by Judy Cox should be an absolute treat...

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 10/07/2026

Well they aren't talking about old Binface anymore are they?? #justsaying

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

'Southwark Bridge by Moonlight' (1887) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (Private collection)

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 30/06/2026

I once got thrown out for sitting quietly in the corner reading my Kindle. They confirmed that if I'd been reading the same book on paper my custom would have been welcome.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 30/06/2026

So, farewell then, Humphrey Smith - Owner of Samuel Smiths. If you can't say anything nice about someone don't say anything at all.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 25/06/2026

You mention "Patrick from the Daily Star" - was that Paddy O'Clery?

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This week's @socialistworker.bsky.social... Who's streets? OUR streets! The far-right are full of shite!

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Racist #Farage and Nazi "Tommy Robinson" can incite a racist mob to attack black people and burn their property and they are free to spread their poison but if you say you're against #Israel's #genocide....

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 11/06/2026

What a wonderful thing Reddit is. Before it how on earth were people able to express that the change of colour on the subscribe button on their free podcast app is clearly the worst event in human history since Perl Harbour and thats just the bloody breaking point now?

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 11/06/2026

I don't quite get Hammers business model. They cram every potboiler release with extras, have a YouTube channel and yet are still able to release something like this BlueRay magazine stacked with more content for geeks like me. I don't get how they do it but I love that they do!

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

You can always tell when The Stranglers have been in to return their books.

A stack of books with their spines showing. Gordon Brown, Texture, Lakes, Sun

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Happy 60th Eric Cantona...who knows how to kick racism out of football

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 17/05/2026

Great special from Dark Corners. I'd have Dark Eyes and The Return of the Vampire higher and much as I love Black Cat I'd go for Son of Frankenstein for #1, a sensational performance. Bela was a good leftie who had to leave Hungary for his part in the 1919 revolution. youtu.be/_EwZFIxT_0M?...

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Bela Lugosi's Top Ten Horror Films

YouTube video by Dark Corners Reviews

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 12/05/2026

Not only is this fantastic in it's own right but it has absolutely enraged the hate filled waste of blood and organs that is Graham Linehan. Hope it doesn't aggravate his already problematic blood pressure to the point it does him a proper mischief. I really do. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Irish TV to air Father Ted instead of Eurovision final in protest against Israel’s inclusion

National broadcaster RTÉ accused of antisemitism for decision to screen satirical 1996 Eurovision episode in boycott of contest

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#MayDay2026 greetings to all workers of the world. "We have been nought. We shall be all. #HappyMayDay #InternationalWorkersDay #mayday #InternationalWorkersDay #MayDay2026 ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿✊

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

19/04/1943: The #WarsawGhettoUprising began, showing that even in the worst possible conditions, people can fight their oppressor. Glory to the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto. #NeverAgain Zog nit keyn mol performed by @russchandlermusic.com and Rachel Weston youtu.be/WGBxDQsLS9k?...

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Zog nit keyn mol (The Partisans Song) by Russ Chandler ft. Rachel Weston

YouTube video by Russ Chandler

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 07/04/2026

Is this the most "World holds it's breath" moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 04/04/2026

100+ anti-racists faced down 30 or so flag-shagging zeros in Sheffield today. Including a spontaneous song session from people going to the Session Festival. Now that's what I call folk music!

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 29/03/2026

What a day - half a million strong! Yaxley-Lenon and Ketamine Elon and Trump and whats-her-name Badenoch and Farage and the rest of the sewer dwellers and flag-shaggers got no conspiracy theory to cover this - YOU are the ones who don't belong here. #TOGETHER we are DYNAMITE!

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 19/03/2026

I'm playing a couple of sets at the Sheaf View this Saturday. Folks songs, protest songs, Music Hall, ragtime and all sorts of shenanigans. Kick-off is 8pm and it's free. The way I look at it is if you don't come you'll only end up wasting that time enjoying yourselves.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 14/03/2026

Had fun playing at the Together Alliance rally in Sheffield today. No messing about, everyone down to London for the 28th.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 01/03/2026

They'd bomb our cities and kill our leaders too if it suited them.

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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

🏰 #SongSheetSaturday 🏰 "It's a Bit of a Ruin that Cromwell Knocked About a Bit" (1921) Performed by the incomparable Marie Lloyd, Queen of the Music Hall who brought this witty number to life, poking fun at England's crumbling historical sites with her trademark cheeky charm #MusicHall

Sheet music cover for 'It's A Bit of A Ruin That Cromwell Knocked About A Bit' sung by Marie Lloyd. Inset full length photograph of Marie Lloyd. British Music Hall Society Archive image.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 22/02/2026

Happy 100th birthday Kenny. I'm sorry you were so unhappy. You don't half cheer me up. youtube.com/watch?v=E86p...

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The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie

YouTube video by Kenneth Williams - Topic

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 13/02/2026

You are incapable of feeling shame, Starmer so I'm not going to bother wishing it on you. Just go to Hell and take the rest of the Labour party with you. Respect to all the ordinary folks who put it on the line to challenge this disgusting law. socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

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Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful in ‘monumental victory’

Judges have ruled that the Labour government’s ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. The co-founder of Palestine Action, Hudda Ammori, brought a legal challenge to the proscription of the non-violent ...

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 06/02/2026

Charlie Brooker says meringue sounds like it was named by the person who invented them at the point they'd taken their first mouthful.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 03/02/2026

Lots of Labour peeps furious that Lord Mandeldson did some insider dealing with Epstein over the 2008 financial crash. They'll livid when they find out Tony Blair lied through his teeth to get into a war that killed two million Iraqis in order to suck up to the US President.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 01/02/2026

I am currently reading Jane Eyre. I have never come across a fictional character I dislike more than St. John Rivers. More than Count Dracula or anyone from any Victor Serge novel I've read or anyone. What a KNOB.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 30/01/2026

Such a dark, glum conclusion to the series. More like a Gothic Play for Today. A gothic Play for Today, now THERE'S an idea!

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