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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 27/09/2026

This photograph of a football match in Gaza by Palestinian photographer Jehad Alshrafi was removed from the Deauville Sport Images Festival in France last month following a pressure campaign from the Israeli government:

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Rather dazzled by my new @wiaiwya.bsky.social bag that just came through the letter box, the quality is exceptional. Looks like I'll be cutting quite the dash at the record fair AND the vegetable aisle in Asda.

Picture show a rather nifty tote bag that reads "I ❤️ Scottish POP!'

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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pasted a John Berger quote into Google, just to see. Gemini assured me it was from Downtown Abbey.

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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Pretty much everything you need to know about the British Right in two images.

Arday was a stupid intellectual poisoning Britain

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Shoe in for the next FIFA Peace Prize, I’d reckon.

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Bren Sweeney @brensweeney.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

My first solo print exhibition at Mono, Glasgow throughout August. All welcome. Opening night Aug 2nd. Dj’s @thepastels.bsky.social and John Sweeney.

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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 08/07/2026

🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves confirms the Clacton by-election will go ahead "It is a farce and a desperate distraction. But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him"

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Man of the match so far? Got to be Van Morrison for me Clive.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Absolutely sprinted through this in a couple of days and highly recommend it. She has a Muriel Spark like gift for observation and making dialogue seem believable. A very very good book indeed.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Here's something I wrote about the new Understudies single (out today) and the MySpace/indiepop interface. shaunpaultomkiss.substack.com/p/city-slick...

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City Slickness

On Soho by the Understudies

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Here's something I wrote about spending a Saturday night and Sunday morning at the 100 Club rare soul all niter. Putting down talc before reading isn't mandatory but is encouraged. shaunpaultomkiss.substack.com/p/nobodys-go...

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Silja Haddal Mork @silja-hm.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Up for a summer adventure? Would you like to volunteer at Indiefjord? 🦄 Drop me a line on here or send an email to info@indiefjord.com for all the info you need.

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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The roast is the show-business form of Shirley Jackson's lottery. It's a public display of the anger and self-hatred of those caught in the system, a ritual gathering of sellouts hitting each other with bladders and pretending it doesn't hurt. (1974)

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I've wriiten about the album Fuzzy by the mighty Grant Lee Buffalo, a genuine lost classic and an unlikely inspiration to a Britpop number one single. open.substack.com/pub/shaunpau...

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A Whisper in your Ear

On Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo

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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.

David Attenborough and one of his creations.

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Manchester History @mcrhistory.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

30th July 1962: British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley knocked down by angry protestors at a public meeting held in Manchester. "We're not far right we're just right" bleated his 83 followers.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This was published on April 1st, but no joke, it's one of the finest things he's written and I don't say that lightly. A nourishing and seductively enjoyable read.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Dreamt last night that we had a new menu at work and one of the dishes was called The Terry and June. I'm not sure that one will come true but I rather hope it does.

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Monorail Music @monorailmusic.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

finally reissued! 25th anniversary pressing of Camera Obscura’s hallowed debut album. First love cuts the deepest and all that. Monorail exclusive green and gold LP w/ signed repro print. Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi: monorailmusic.com/product/bigg... @mergerecords.bsky.social

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A quick bump of that thing I wrote-for fans of literature, friendship, Scottish indie and satisfying links. open.substack.com/pub/shaunpau...

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A Small and Grateful Heart

The Big Gun, Butcher Boy, Mayflies and Glasgow's indie kid intelligentsia young team.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

With Andrew O'Hagan back in the collective conscience after his excellent Mountbatten article)LRB book review, I thought it would be a good time to revisit his writing and link to the Glasgow indie community. open.substack.com/pub/shaunpau...

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A Small and Grateful Heart

The Big Gun, Butcher Boy, Mayflies and Glasgow's indie kid intelligentsia young team.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Just seen this on Soul Source. Is Finchley Ted a soul boy now?

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Pete Green @petegreensolo.com · 12/03/2026

⬇️ This includes my piece on Mansfield v Lincoln - featuring flags, pub chat, tactical cramp, a relaxing lilac kit, and a social media kid creating fantasy scorelines - order a copy!

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Wasn't planning on getting my hair cut tomorrow but suddenly feel duty bound.

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Caesar Flunk @caesarflunk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Absolute elite level shithousery from Wolves. And I love it.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Andrew's completely broke which raises the possibility that a Norfolk duty solicitor is currently having the strangest day of his / her life.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Work morning improved immeasurably by Eyes Without a Face by Billy Idol coming on the radio. But who sanctioned the rap bit in the middle eight? Bananas.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Very very excited about this one.

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HawaiiWoOoOoOoOorms @hawaiiworms.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Please support my petition to Manchester city council to get a blue plaque put up at that spot on Temperance Street where a man getting a handjob was captured by a Google street view car.

A Google Street View screenshot of Temperance Street in Manchester, England. The scene shows a curved road flanked by high brick walls and a large railway arch in the background. On the right-hand side of the picture two individuals are captured against a brick wall, a woman and a man. The woman is giving the man a handjob. They are slightly blurred out.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

RIP Eddie McCreadie. Toast of the Fulham Road and no stranger to the Kings Road . I remember reading a 70s Chelsea year book that published one of Eddie's poems under the headline ' The Bard of Stamford Bridge'. It was very reminiscent of the lyrics of Moonlight Drive by the Doors if memory serves.

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Del @derkhat.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Do you remember that they used to tell us where the referee was from? Even today, I remember that George Courtney was from Spennymoor.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This post by the world’s richest and most divorced man on the site he bought to promote his far right extremism is ripped straight from the Klan messaging of the 1870s or the 1915 film Birth of a Nation that inspired the Klan’s rebirth as a PR stunt/Ponzi scheme/terrorist organization in the 1920s.

Elon Musk
Yes
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Declaration of Memes
@Liber... •21h
We need to save America then the entire West.
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We are witnessing the greatest act of cuckoldry in human history
An entire civilisation willingly giving away its land, women, & children because the alternative is to being called a racist 17 12K
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Von Hitchofen ™⍼☈♅ 🛩👹😬 @vonhitchofen.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”

Four men in parkas forcing a furious polar bear into a cage.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I've written something about youth and addressing people's snootyness about the Stone Roses. Link in comments.

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Andy Dawson @andydawson.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The Ogdens have got the same mugs as The Beatles in Get Back

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary: His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I've watched this 100 times and I plan on clearing my schedule so I can watch it 100 more

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

"You've come to the right guy" His podcast is (as is this article) as wonderful as you expect. Heartily recommended.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Post you from a different era. At the Charlatans in Manchester. Roller skate skinny, still not shaving properly and possibly the best hair of may career. With in an hour of this being taken Johnny Marr made a surprise appearance and I literally, literally, squealed in delight.

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Shaun @shaunbrilldream.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

At the pub and a quiet young guy slides over and says 'Just wanted to say I saw you at the Martha gig in Manchester '. Pal for life right there.

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Bruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

RIP Claudia Cardinale

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LithiumChaser @lithiumchaser.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Katharine Hepburn by George Hurrell (1937)

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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

New on Substack; Engels, sugar cubes, & a baby elephant My German adventure feat; a dangling monorail, Wim Wenders, and a Friedrich Engels gift shop. With walk-on parts for the Eiffel Tower, and ex-members of the Fall. davehaslam.substack.com/p/engels-sug... Who knew the future was 125 years old?

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Engels, sugar cubes, and a baby elephant

My German adventure

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Bob Stanley @rockingbob.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Of all the things that have happened to us in 35 years, hearing Winona Ryder say Saint Etienne "totally rescued me while I was going through a hard time" is up there. Bless her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjX...

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Winona Ryder On The 90s: 'A Lot Of The Trends Were Just Awful!'

YouTube video by ELLE UK

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Grant McPhee @grantmcphee.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

"Stuart went to Germany with a Liverpool skiffle group" Fascinating that Sutcliffe's death made the front pages of the news. And bittersweet that the reporting was the only time it would be for his own achievements rather than a footnote to what was about to change everything.

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