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Melody Fair @sky-west.bsky.social · 16h

"Progressives concentrate in safely blue states." Have you been to a red state lately? There are so many people of all ages trying mightily to turn GA (one example) blue. Setting up booths at country fairs, going door to door. etc. lol. the moderation lists I've been added to in this thread.

Melody Fair @sky-west.bsky.social · 16h

Justifiably? Am I supposed to thank you for not adding me to your "fascist shitheads" moderation list? If you get your person, great. I'm voting for them. If it's Kamala again, I'm voting for her while you stay home. I just don't have that luxury. Must be nice.

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Melody Fair @sky-west.bsky.social · 17h

He's saying he'd rather send 300 million people to the Trump slaughter than sacrifice his principles. I hope he doesn't run.

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Melody Fair @sky-west.bsky.social · 19h

The courage of one's convictions is a luxury when you are the only thing standing between 300 million people without agency and today's Republican party under Trump. Don't run if you are thinking of standing on principle and sacrificing the rest of us along the way.

Melody Fair @sky-west.bsky.social · 19h

Still there. On the corner of Amen Corner and Ave Maria Lane. maps.app.goo.gl/vh6ENX8xPMfx...

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Melody Fair @sky-west.bsky.social · 21h

Except that the courage of her convictions was a luxury, given the stakes. She owed it to all of us to do what polls said would win. Regardless of her personal convictions. No one who asks these questions today has been able to prove she would have won if she handled Gaza differently. No one.

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Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 14/10/2026

Against my will, I keep seeing clips on socials of talking heads in front of electoral maps talking excitedly about polling averages and the tone completely misreads the moment and is so distasteful.

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Melody Fair @sky-west.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Oh yeah I see that now on the screen printing. But it looks intentional. Not like a mistake or error. I just like that it's not super bright and screaming brand new while obviously being new and good quality. Hard to find in a graphic t-shirt. Congrats!

Melody Fair @sky-west.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

That does look good. Better than the photos on the web site. Thanks for the update!

R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

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“Daysleeper” live at the European Video Music Awards in November 1998, Milan, Italy 🇮🇹. The first single from Up was released on this day in ‘98.

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Shell @risu.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

My middle child was using chat gpt yesterday, on an account the SCHOOL helped him set up, to do revision. Now I have to argue about dangers of LLM while the teachers extol the virtues of a tech they don’t understand and only use as it makes them feel smart with tech for once. I’m so angry.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I had no delusions I was gonna become an important media CEO guy when I left the bigger microblogging platform with all of the journalists and politicians on it, but guess what? It happened, because the only way to win on the Charles Manson Helter Skelter Reenactment App is not to play.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It's not even the ethics of it. My career, my hobbies, my free time, hell, my whole life took off once I fully left Twitter. It is a place to go if you want to be stuck in a neverending race war feedback loop. Like not using ChatGPT, not using Twitter is a superpower. Remain employable; stay off it.

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It has been right under our noses this entire time. I'm off for a bit! Hope it's somewhat nice still wherever you are. Thanks for sharing your time with Jayne in Thame. That was cool to see. ❤️

No! I'm tired... I meant Maurice. Maurice wears the two button jacket in the performance. Darn! Robin seems to be wearing the same tie in the performance as the photo shoot with that orange background that was at Lime Grove.

I haven't seen any conflicts on the Rolls Royce day/date. So everything falls into place from there. Barry is wearing an interesting two-button jacket in most of these photos. Robin wears it for the performance.

I hope to be proven wrong because that means we will now for sure.

I think I've got something on the taping date for the Boxing Day show. bsky.app/profile/sky-...

It is 100% ridiculous that we don't know if it's 25 or 26. I'm digging my heels in on 25 with Scotland 26. But would be thrilled to be proven wrong. I just don't think Hazel and Grant have the goods when it comes to sources. I'm sure they think one day off is no biggie and maybe they are right.

Yes but we don't know what day. Getty says Nov 25. Mirrorpix says Nov 26. I think it's interesting that every single photo of this day is given the date of Nov 25 on Getty.

People complaining about buying the CD say it is exact to the Melbourne sound board. But I've never heard either... Mike Sweeney's FB did not have dates but had this.

I think one day off is not that bad. They could have gone to Scotland before... Maybe it took longer for a story to make its way to the paper in Scotland? I think it's a lot worse to invent a concert during a very important tour, and call it THE FIRST show. lol.

Yes and I can't find any listings on for the Bee Gees on the radio in Manchester or Scotland during those days.

Yes because the other side can rightfully call us lying and pandering because it is lying and pandering.

Doesn't the DJ say it's 1pm, broadcast live? I'm listening now to see if they mention Scotland.

Yes I'm supposed to be okay with it because it feels on side but I'm not okay with it. It feels cloying and yes, false.

Maybe... So they were at Oswald on 25 or 26 and according to Hazel it's the 26th. I trust Hazel more than I trust Grant but it's a long time ago... This piece is no help either.

That is a fantastic archive! Thank you for sharing that...

Yes it says in the Manchester Evening News the Hotel Piccadilly. Here they are with Kenny Horrocks and Paul Frost at the hotel - as well... I think Oswald and Keppel were same day but don't know for sure...

You mean like a quote about kindness attributed to Robin Williams only he never said that? Those make me nuts. Of course Robin Williams was kind and of course everyone loved Robin and should be kind - but ugh. It's not true. It's sanctimonious. And it feels like a lecture.

Ok I still don't know the date of the TOTP opening interview.... But the taping of **Massachusetts** for Boxing Day broadcast looks to me like Tuesday, December 12, 1967. Maurice is wearing Barry's jacket, for starters. And Robin's tie? Liverpool was Dec 14. youtu.be/ZT_92UJ5eNc?...

Definitely. I think that Roger Scott and Regent Street are Nov 20. Both the Scotland visit and Oswald were reported by local papers on the Friday. My guess is they headed up from London, stopped in Bedworth, then up to Manchester then on to Scotland. But it could have been an up and back.

It would be nice to date the 1981 school visit but it's not THAT important. I just don't see how the Scotland paper says on FRIDAY that the Bee Gees have already been there, done radio shows, had dinner with the reporter at the hotel, and stayed overnight, if they were in CCH on Thursday... 🤔

I think it was an accident in hindsight. Hugh & Barbara were living nearby, thinking they'd live all their lives there. They wanted to be able to visit. And it's posh. They bought three places. Then they moved to Las Vegas. Hugh was laid to rest at F.L. as planned. But Barbara decided not to be.

Just in case I seem too harsh, I don't think it matters if they were at Oswald on a Wednesday or a Thursday. But I do think it matters that a concert has been invented. I wonder if it was a Tokyo radio broadcast from Shepperton? Seems it might not match Melbourne if that's where it came from.🤔

Oh, it's not so homey like Robin's final place. It's a bit forlorn and isolated. But they are in a very swanky area on a hill. Very similar to Dolly. Only it's outside. They are above ground.

Interesting! Hazel is the one who said on FB that Barbara's first fiancé died in a car accident during a blackout. I can't think of a better example of the butterfly effect.

Yes! I will take a photo. I have a photo from a couple of years ago when I went but I didn't take flowers and really regretted it and felt slightly ashamed. But we were on the way somewhere else, traffic was nuts. And it was right there. So I pulled in to see if I could find it. He's with Hugh.

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Yes. Different one. Sorry. I laugh out loud when Robin does the sirens... and "I can hear the bombs now..." 🤣 www.youtube.com/watch?v=El8y...

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If anyone can find a polite way of asking Grant about his sources it's you and @suzmatth.bsky.social and @jayneanastasia.bsky.social . imho Grant is not an archivist. Fine. His primary interests lie in telling you his opinion about the music. Fine. He simply gets the sequence of events wrong.⏳🤷

Since it is Grant and Decades I'm going to need their source for Thur, 26 Nov. 😉 I had it there - per your good advice in 2024. But recently learnt about the Scotland trip... And can't see how that gets worked in by Friday press time if Manchester is Thursday. 🤔Maybe Scotland came before CCCH?

Yes Thame is looking lovely and Robin's grave looks properly maintained now. It must be a daily chore deciding which fan bits to leave and which are too shabby to stay. Andy's stone was redone a few years ago and is still in good shape. I need to go over to Forest Lawn and leave some flowers - soon.

Melody Fair @sky-west.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Is this the one where Barbara sings and Robin makes a joke about the blitz?

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Melody Fair @sky-west.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

That would be brave of you. I would like to know his source for the assertion. If I'm right (and a lot of other people who had the theory before me) Grant and Tim just accepted the liner notes on a bootleg released in 2020. Before 2020, this story did not exist. 🤷