@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-12-21 19:38:43
#Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection | Manchester | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/d
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-12-21 19:38:43
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2025-11-20 23:02:59
Good growth?
'Greater Manchester unveils £1bn "good growth" plan' -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyn8y6q957o
We considered this concept long ago:
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-20 02:15:57
Trump signs Epstein bill into law, releasing files from DOJ (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/5614156-trump-signs-epstein-transparency-act/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p169#a251119p169
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2025-12-07 21:42:03
from my link log —
The significance of Brooker's autocodes in taking the early Manchester machines into the market.
https://www.curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/computer50/www.computer50.org/mark1/gethomas/manchester_autoc…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-11-11 07:30:39
Reach agrees to pay "substantial damages" to Bob Vylan frontman Pascal Robinson after the Manchester Evening News wrongly reported he performed Nazi salutes (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://press…
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2026-01-15 08:38:35
No Jim McMahon, it's perfectly OK to disincentive car use, especially where aviation is concerned.
'Manchester Airport shouldn't become like Gatwick' - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ne
@relcfp@mastodon.social2025-11-20 06:10:28
International Conference on Globalisation in Languages, Education, Culture, and Communication(GLECC 2026) 28-30 July, 2026, Manchester, UK
https://ift.tt/TKHpszg
updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - 3:08pmfull name / name of organization: GLECC Organising…
via Input 4 RELCFP
@stsquad@mastodon.org.uk2026-01-18 14:03:31
Returning from Manchester after our meal celebrating the end of a friendly current exercise competition. One comment did come up if there was any way we could avoid #strava. So fellow open source hackers does anyone know of #selfhosting solution that would allow me and a couple of friends to log …
@Dragofix@veganism.social2025-12-18 22:51:43
UK social homes unprepared for rising heat as policy fails to keep pace, new research warns #UnitedKingdom
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2025-12-21 09:36:09
#ManchesterCityCouncil #planning committee meeting was a disgrace.
Councillors failed to represent the enormous local opposition to this monolithic scheme.
They only celebrated 49 affordable homes (pitiful against the actual need which won't be met by private sector developers…
@losttourist@social.chatty.monster2025-12-13 20:58:03
Braved the crowds in #Manchester.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-19 15:21:03
White House inner circle seeks to get Trump on script (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5655881-trump-white-house-address-script/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p39#a251219p39
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2025-11-07 00:44:41
Oops, first time I've heard of the top of a phone mast burning out; Don't think there was any lightning.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/statement-issued-o2-after-phone-328…
@fgraver@hcommons.social2026-01-06 18:30:15
Jeg liker Ole Gunnar godt, og synes det var moro å fŸlge ManU både da han var spiller og trener, men allikevel er eneste mulige reaksjon på dette: 😂🤣🤪🤣😂
The Athletic: Solskjær har vært i samtaler med Manchester United – NRK Sport – Sportsnyheter, resultater og sendeplan https://www.
@whitequark@mastodon.social2025-12-15 17:58:22
what fucking cunt is in charge of the trains at manchester
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-13 15:45:56
HS2: "at least £100bn will be spent but only 135 miles of railway built."
That's double the original cost for the Y shaped lines to Manchester and Leeds.
New Birmingham-Manchester rail link to be proposed - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75xrwlw5n2o
@krone@frawas.de2025-12-10 23:30:17
„Königliche“ Krise - Manchester City dreht Hit gegen Real Madrid #News #Nachrichten
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-19 04:35:57
Elon Musk spotted at White House dinner for Saudi crown prince (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5612031-trump-musk-bezos-saudi-dinner/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251118/p166#a251118p166
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025-12-14 07:15:22
Zum Jahresende schaltet #MTV seine internationalen #Musikkanäle ab, ein Schritt, der das Ende einer Ära markiert.
#Streamingdienste und
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-13 09:15:04
Religion has no place in education: it only brings division and ignorance.
We know this from Northern Ireland.
Primary school in Oldham wants to introduce new ‘faith-based’ entry criteria to tackle oversubscription - Manchester Evening News
https://www.
@stsquad@mastodon.org.uk2026-01-17 09:09:58
Had a great night out catching up with old geek friends in Manchester last night. Topics over interest covered 3dprinting, ISAs (both sorts) the inevitable AI discussion as well as how our kids are dealing with growing up in our future.
@UP8@mastodon.social2025-12-12 02:18:44
Since Massabesic Lake is the water supply for Manchester, NH it's one of very few lakes in Southern NH which isn't crammed with ticky-tacky houses; a trail leads from the road to a point where you're surrounded by water on three sides
#photo #photography
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2026-01-15 08:51:22
Rare good news for now, but don't trust the Planning Inspectorate to uphold the rejection.
Scheme to build 2,150 homes in Greater Manchester countryside REJECTED - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/scheme-build…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-12-23 04:50:41
An interview with Manchester Evening News editor Sarah Lester about the outlet's £4.99/month paywall, for which sign ups are "slightly ahead" of expectations (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news-leader
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-04 15:56:01
Emergency Protest Manchester: No War on Venezuela | Stop the War
https://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/emergency-protest-manchester-no-war-on-venezuela/
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2025-12-05 09:19:24
Ha ha.
If they seriously want to learn about economic growth then they should meet those of us who have been critical of this ecocidal doctrine for over a decade.
Government sends advisors to Greater Manchester to learn about economic growth - Manchester Evening News
…
@yaya@jorts.horse2025-10-28 19:12:26
I genuinely think whoever designed man city's third kit should go to prison for the rest of their life #fedifc https://mastodon.social/@footiebuzz/115453337798882675
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-11-28 00:51:03
Reach's Manchester Evening News launches a metered paywall and a £4.99/month digital subscription as Reach starts rolling out paywalls across its titles (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/manchester-evening-news-launc…
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2025-12-08 19:30:25
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#Radio3InConcert
- Shostakovich from Manchester
BBC Philharmonic and Chief Conductor John Storgårds in Shostakovich. They are joined by Anastasia Kobekina for Dvořšk's Cello Concerto.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mw41
@losttourist@social.chatty.monster2025-12-12 20:38:57
BELINDA! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Did I mention that I saw her at the Manchester O2 a few months ago? Did I? Did I? 😆 #TOTP
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2025-11-18 22:27:05
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Loose Articles:
🎵 Marseille, Manchester (In The Area) (feat. Nadir)
#LooseArticles
https://open.spotify.com/track/3q6dAHnPgksCBrTs0wpz4q
@krone@frawas.de2026-01-05 12:30:20
Kommt jetzt Glasner? - Knalleffekt: Manchester United wirft Amorim raus! #News #Nachrichten
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-12-10 17:25:44
Not so surprising given Starmer's ever greater adoption of Reform's pseudo-policies.
Bolton gets first Reform councillor as former Labour member joins party - Manchester Evening News https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ne
@UP8@mastodon.social2025-12-12 02:13:28
Pond by an old railroad grade by Massabesic Lake near Manchester, NH where I grew up -- I walked here almost every day when I was a teen
#photo #photography #landscape
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-16 21:01:49
Trump says there's no reason 'right now' to use Insurrection Act in Minneapolis (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/5693019-trump-insurrection-act-minneapolis/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p104#a260116p104
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2026-01-07 08:45:35
"It appears the council would like to see more multi-storey car parks on the edge of town constructed after opening the Ancoats Mobility Hub last summer."
So people still encouraged to drive through Manchester.
Watch out for this and then fight it; we need proper city-wide traffic reduction.
The latest plan to convince you not to drive into Manchester city centre - Manchester Evening News
@primonatura@mstdn.social2025-12-29 12:00:16
"First of nine new river walks in England announced for north-west"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Nature
@cdarwin@c.im2025-10-29 03:19:12
Threatened attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states were thwarted when Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker, 33, was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor and other items, officials said Tuesday.
The arrest comes as antisemitic sentiment and attacks have surged globally.
A car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue left two dead in Manchester, England, earlier this month,
less than two weeks after a late-night fire was set at a synagogue in Florid…
@cheryanne@aus.social2025-11-26 18:25:00
@… at least, some proof of your existence.
"In a twist, the findings lend credence to the Australian folk hoax of the “drop bear,” a ferocious, carnivorous variety of koala said to fall upon its victims from the canopy. Paleontologists think Thylacoleo was an adept climber and ambush predator that could dive upon its prey from tree branches or roc…
@krone@frawas.de2026-01-04 21:30:41
Premier League - Manchester City lässt spät Punkte liegen #News #Nachrichten
@pre@boing.world2025-11-22 14:34:40
Content warning: re: bitcoin conference report
Short panel on merchant adoption.
Hipster burgers here in Manchester takes bitcoin. The owner says people are generally more curious than dismissive.
Gresham's law implies that people spend their worst money first. They want rid of it. When you give merchants your bank money you give them the worst money. Be kinder to merchants!
Ben from lnbits, the first merchant point of sales lightning devices, says merchants are interested because they want to have a broad portfolio. Accepting bitcoin is the easiest way to get it, without "know your customers" banking rules.
#bitfest #bitcoin
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-15 21:10:42
Trump to visit North Carolina on Friday (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/5649987-trump-visits-north-carolina/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p95#a251215p95
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2025-12-29 11:19:26
'Manchester is unaffordable for ordinary Mancs - but it's too late to turn back' -
Yes, surprise, surprise, it's the growth model.
And it isn't so much a question of turning back as choosing another course, as we've argued throughout the hypergrowth period in GM.
Manchester Evening News
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-12-11 17:20:56
ReformUK and their ilk keep claiming it is easy for asylum seekers. Like if they eventually get settled status, the Home Office immediately makes them homeless. So easy for them, our beneficent welfare system. That's after living on a pittance while awaiting a decision, so no spare money to put down for a deposit.
Andy Burnham makes demand after claims government policies creating homelessness - Manchester Evening News
@mlawton@mstdn.social2025-10-26 18:03:18
This losing stretch of 5 losses (all comps) in 6 games, featured 5 of those games being away and all 5 losses by a single goal.
Will being back at Anfield for 5 of the next 6 games help? The conventional wisdom is playing at home is nearly equivalent to a goal.
They will need the crowd as they run the gauntlet of Crystal Palace, Aston Villa, and Real Madrid. 😱
Then it's away to Manchester City. 😬
Not that the schedule is ever easy, but things get significantly e…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-16 00:10:40
Trump blames Brown, not FBI, for delay in finding shooting suspect (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5650235-trump-blames-brown-university-shooting-suspect-delay/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p114#a251215p114
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-05 20:27:20
Scores of people gathered outside Manchester Central library in very cold conditions this evening, in solidarity with the Venezuelan, Cuban, and all people and against this nearly new adventure of US imperialism.
#Manchester #Venezuela
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-15 17:15:42
Trump says Rob Reiner, victim of possible homicide, died of 'Trump derangement syndrome' (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5649316-rob-reiner-homicide-trump-derangement/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p66#a251215p66
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-12-15 09:28:24
The killing of people for their identity is wrong.
In Palestine
In Manchester
In Sydney
In Sudan.......
Doing it in one place leads to it being done in another.
Shouldn't need saying
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2025-12-01 09:56:04
Not a bad read on #Wythenshawe and the redevelopment plans.
The battle for the garden city - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ne
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-06 10:35:36
The UK's Global acquires a majority stake in The Overlap, the YouTube sports media network founded by ex-Manchester United soccer player Gary Neville (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/global-buys-gary-neville-the-overlap-…
@pre@boing.world2025-11-22 10:39:50
Content warning: bitcoin conference report
Despite much opinion to the contrary, the government money we use is crappy.
I'm at bitfest in Manchester to find out if Bitcoin could be a better money.
It could hardly be worse.
The mood is still good, people are joking about recent devaluation rather than crying. Those who aren't all in are trying to buy more at the discount.
After an introduction by Mad Bitcoins, Joe Bryan explains the problem with government money.
He imagines an island on which two types of money are tried, with a dividing wall between them.
When economic problems hit, government can just print more money on the fiat side. Everyone now using money which is worth less. Distorting prices, inflating asset prices, making the rich (who hold assets) richer and the poor (who have to pay inflated prices) poorer. Driving wealth inequality.
On the hard money side, government must tax properly. Take in more from the rich rather than inflating to take it from the poor. Reducing wealth inequality.
On the government money side, the wealthy monitize houses, stocks, resources. Saving in money is impossible, its inflated away. So they save in assets and hording resources. Capital is misallocated. The youth can't afford houses. Poverty traps are caused. The only way out is printing more for benefits. Making it all worse. More economic crises, more printing. More government debt.
Eventually, the wall is broken. Government money people can save in the hard money instead. It reduces the value of government money further. More printing. More inflation.
Eventually, war. Funded by printed money.
The dollar is the best of a bad bunch all other government money is falling in value even faster.
I wonder, is bitcoin really this better money though? It's limited, hard, and can't be printed without energy investment.
I'm still unsure that fixing money fixes the world.
--
Note: "crypto" is mostly more like government money than bitcoin. It can be printed indefinitely by it's makers, does not cost it's makers to print. Crypto is usually just a scam people to get more bitcoin. Bitcoin is not crypto.
#bitfest #bitcoin
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2025-12-18 19:31:56
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Radio3InConcert
Takashi Yoshimatsu, John Barrow, Jonathan Price, Kate Wilson, Manchester Camerata & Sachio Fujioka:
🎵 White Landscapes, Op. 47a; (2nd mvt)
#TakashiYoshimatsu #JohnBarrow #JonathanPrice #KateWilson #ManchesterCamerata
@UP8@mastodon.social2025-11-28 03:03:49
Elliot and I went to New England last weekend on short notice -- here's Massabesic Lake which I walked around almost every day growing up in Manchester, NH
#photo #photography #landscape <…
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2025-11-06 16:56:51
Manchester’s Local Plan is available in draft.
You've til 17 Nov to respond.
Our post gives you the links to the plan and consultantation, AND our draft response that you can use as a template for yours!
In summary, the council is constrained by planning regulations but they could still do much better.
Tell them!
#Manchester
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-11 18:52:13
Pressure grows on No 10 as Burnham backs Tory call for social media ban for children | Social media | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/11/kemi-badenoch-says-tories-would-ban-under-16s-from-addictive…
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2025-12-18 19:27:01
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalMixtape
Takashi Yoshimatsu, John Barrow, Jonathan Price, Kate Wilson, Manchester Camerata & Sachio Fujioka:
🎵 White Landscapes, Op. 47a; (2nd mvt)
#TakashiYoshimatsu #JohnBarrow #JonathanPrice #KateWilson #ManchesterCamerata
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-08 01:40:45
Trump: ICE officer involved in Minneapolis fatal shooting 'seems to' have acted 'in self defense' (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5677460-trump-ice-officer-self-defense/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p159#a260107p159
@UP8@mastodon.social2025-12-16 01:56:35
Forest canopy and rock outcropping by Massabesic Lake near Manchester, NH
#photo #photography #landscape #forest
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2025-11-11 11:25:27
We've now posted our submitted response to Manchester’s Local Plan – consultation | Steady State Manchester https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/10/27/manchesters-local-plan-responding-to-the-consultation/
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-10-28 12:19:38
Manchester’s Local Plan – responding to the consultation | Steady State Manchester
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/10/27/manchesters-local-plan-responding-to-the-consultation/
Our draft response notes some glaring prob…
@krone@frawas.de2025-11-03 09:52:17
Pep Guardiola staunt: - „Er ist auf dem Niveau von Messi und Ronaldo“ #News #Nachrichten
@losttourist@social.chatty.monster2026-01-15 14:54:52
Absolutely outstanding work from whoever the mayor of West Yorkshire has engaged to create maps.
Supposedly a map of the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail upgrades, this seems to show two new places called Warrington appearing somewhere in east Cheshire or north Derbyshire, has shifted Manchester Piccadilly to just south of Sheffield, and created a new Hull just north of York.
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2025-11-11 11:15:30
10 years on, believe it or not, the Paris Agreement was signed.
This was our very short reaction at the time. Prescient, you might think.
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
Paris Climate Change Agreement, 2015: the good, the bad and the ugly. | Steady State Manchester https://…
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2025-10-23 22:58:56
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
GoGo Penguin:
🎵 Luminous Giants (feat. Rakhi Singh & Manchester Collective)
#GoGoPenguin
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-05 00:50:53
Spanberger wins Virginia governor's race (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5583526-spanberger-virginia-gubernatorial-victory/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251104/p142#a251104p142
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-12-05 09:28:54
Here's a new irritation, on several sites.
An intrusive prompt to scroll to the next article, obscuring what you are reading.
MEN at least lets you close it. Not all do.
Funnily enough, I can navigate menus, and go to the toilet too, all by myself.
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2025-10-27 14:26:24
About Manchester’s Local Plan and how to respond to the consultation.
#Manchester #planning #LandUse
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-02 23:50:39
Trump blocks chipmaker merger, citing national security risk (Julia Manchester/NewsNation)
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-blocks-chipmaker-merger-citing-national-security-risk/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260102/p57#a260102p57
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-11-25 16:25:51
"AI in the guise of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, GenerativeAI (GenAI), or Large Language Models (LLMs)... can be very useful in certain application areas such as recognising or generating patterns in large data sets. However, their key drawback is that any correctness arguments will be inherently probabilistic as they are usually based on unknown data distributions and are therefore susceptible to errors (sometimes termed “hallucinations”). "
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-02 16:10:42
Trump says he 'aced' third cognitive exam in defense of 'perfect' health (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5669617-president-trump-health-cognitive/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260102/p29#a260102p29
@UP8@mastodon.social2025-12-13 02:47:30
Path through the forest along Massabesic Lake east of Manchester, NH
#photo #photography #forest #landscape
@krone@frawas.de2025-12-24 08:06:22
Pep Guardiola warnt: - Bei zu vielen Keksen droht den City-Profis Ärger #News #Nachrichten
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-15 11:34:58
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Manchester Camerata & Gšbor Takšcs‐Nagy:
🎵 Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture
#WolfgangAmadeusMozart #ManchesterCamerata #GáborTakácsNagy
https://open.spotify.com/track/1uBXE7Utss0lUXZVA2y6jl
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@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-01 20:40:38
White House confirms Hegseth authorized second strike on drug boat (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/5628447-defense-secretary-authorizes-drug-boat-strike/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p77#a251201p77
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-12-01 12:42:22
By me
‘Change Everything’, Natalie Bennett’s Green Philosophy, a review | Steady State Manchester https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/12/01/change-everything-natalie-bennetts-green-philosophy-a-review/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-10-29 14:20:56
Trump pitches working with Democrats on ObamaCare alternative (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5578479-trump-democrats-obamacare-alternative/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p53#a251029p53
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2025-12-13 22:59:44
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NewMusicShow
Ben Nobuto & Manchester Collective:
🎵 Serenity 2.0 (Excerpt)
#BenNobuto #ManchesterCollective
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-12-01 20:25:52
@krone@frawas.de2025-10-22 08:55:25
Das schaffte nur „CR7“ - Haaland: Verrückte Serie und 288.000-Euro-Bolide #News #Nachrichten
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-10-28 13:45:49
Trump threatens to send 'more than National Guard' to US cities (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5576016-trump-national-guard-deployment-speech-japan/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p41#a251028p41
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-10-27 14:01:02
Trump confirms secondary physical included MRI, cognitive test (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5574520-trump-mri-cognitive-test/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251027/p33#a251027p33
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-10-26 12:42:47
"Some of the mistakes we have made, some of the unforced errors have given a sense that we are not on the side of ordinary people."
I imagine Leo is of the Roman persuasion too.
Who is new deputy Labour leader Lucy Powell? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev1d3
@steadystatemcr@mstdn.social2025-10-27 10:49:34
Manchester’s Local Plan – responding to the consultation
Local Plans are what guide the pattern of a land use and and building across a council area. In the case of Greater Manchester (excluding Stockport), the Joint Strategic Plan, Places for Everyone sets the scene, as does the government's National Planning Policy Framework. That means that there are some very real constraints on what can be put into a so-called Local Plan (not very local - in the case of…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-10-23 00:26:04
Trump predicts deal on 'everything' in meeting with Xi (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5568488-trump-predicts-deal-xi-jinping/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251022/p164#a251022p164
@pre@boing.world2025-11-23 00:08:23
Content warning: re: bitcoin conference report
Of course it's not only the money which is broken.
The music industry is also very crappy. Major pop stars rake in billions while most artists starve. There's only three record companies left, acting as gate keepers determining which sings get the payola to get radio play and Spotify basically gave up paying small artists in order to give Joe Rogan hundreds of millions of dollars.
Terrible situation.
So can bitcoin and lightning fix this?
Thus the after party here in Manchester.
Musicians and rappers at the event embrace V4V, value for value. Busking on the internet. Payment links on screen and on the live stream as they play.
Ainsley Costello tells us that her first song on fountain.fm made her a million sats, way more than any Spotify stream could make even if they still paid small artists.
She played us that song and then a whole range of artists took to the stage, live streamed over nostr, with donations coming in from all over the world.
All of them were talented and entertaining, but in particular Green Sands were tight and energetic and rocking, Edwin Williamson was deep and baritone and country, Roger 9000 really pumped the crowd with his bitcoin based songs and great tiny digital guitar and The Crypto raptor gets a special mention.
It was a really fun party, with musicians who all believe there is a better way than the terrible music industry.
Fast change overs and short sets means there were like ten acts in four hours among a friendly crowd in a dirty dive bar who all shared this common cause.
Full act list, all of whom are with checking out.
Ainsley Costello
The crypto raptor
Andy prince
Green sands
Edwin Williamson
Nathan abbot
G o l d
Longy
Roger 9000
Fable
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