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Links for 02-04-26

“As cliche as it sounds, to us, punk is very much an attitude rather than an outfit or a sound. It’s about going against the mainstream, doing things for yourself, being respectful of other people, and making different types of people feel welcome and included.”

via Morning Star

The Daily Mail Backed the Blackshirts. It Can Shut up About Antisemitism

via Novara

Links for 01-04-26

“I’ve been doing social media for nearly 20 years and I was brilliant at it, but today’s social media, all about reels and fancy videos targeted at the increasingly shorter attention spans of today’s generation mean this is a very different social media, far less fun.”

via the Coffee Ponce of SW8

“I remember the sort of grittiness. It was a mixture of the wonderful smells of the city mingled with the diesel from the buses and the coal dust in the air. The smell of the urban environment struck me as something I will always remember.”

via Left Lion

Links for 24-03-26

“This is difficult to explain and justify to those unfamiliar with what a Taiwo Awoniyi is. But trust us on this. Taiwo goals mean more. There is no equation, algorithm, or numbers to prove this: it just is.”

via the always excellent David Marples

Links for 22-03-26

“I don’t follow Forest for the logic of it, I follow them for the magic of it.”

via Forza

“If you have a head for heights, then a job as a crane operator must provide some fascinating views of both construction sites and the wider area, although I would not fancy the climb up the ladders within the central frame to reach the cabin.”

The Garden at 120

Links for 18-03-26

“I know that such a documentary is the director’s construct, telling the story he wants you to know. But I really did come out of it feeling warmer about Elvis the human being, and even more regretful about the opportunities he missed.”

Richard Williams on EPiC: Elvis Presley

Links for 17-03-26

“There are also people out there who’d make appalling local councillors, not because you disagree with their policies but because their character is fundamentally flawed. They might be lazy, untrustworthy, clueless, toxic, fraudulent, even criminal… and a three week vetting process is never going to be able to weed out all the worst candidates.”

via Diamond Geezer

Everyone gains when more people cycle”: New report suggests cycling saving the NHS more than £72m per year

via road.cc

“The 13 players signed in a £200m summer recruitment campaign have contributed six goals between them. Two of those are from defender Nicolo Savona. Three of them have already left.”

Ouch

Links for 14-03-26

“AI opens up graphic art to people who never thought they could do it. I bet you some absolutely fantastic artists are blossoming right now. Calling it slop is just as disrespectful as calling art expressed in software “code.” BTW they said the same bullshit about bloggers and we know how that turned out”

via Dave Winer