Musician, songwriter, retired from 9-5 life, visually impaired person. he/him DMs disabled. I follow back ✅ unless you're a rightist. I block if you're a twat.https://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mrij2ptqas22"What was your most embarrassing moment? My first holy communion, where my trousers were too big for me and fell down, a circumstance which earned me both the instant contempt of the girls and the heightened interest of the priests." - Andrew O'Hagan, the Guardian.25 Jul 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrij2ptqas22https://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mrhsofdgtk2dToo high a word count for Bluesky, so screenshot from my other channel.25 Jul 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhsofdgtk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mrfehpu4ks23From Nigel Kane on another channel.24 Jul 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfehpu4ks23https://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mrdugaeaf22qIn case you missed the original exchange ...23 Jul 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdugaeaf22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mnuly3reo22gI think it's going to get ugly in N Ireland tonight. The knuckle daggers are organising to close off streets, ordering businesses to "close by 5:30" and telling supporters to "come prepared to fight." Yep, this is on posters openly circulating on social media.09 Jun 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuly3reo22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mnmzsgg4xk2zBlack guillemots seen today on Annalong harbourside, County Down. #birds #UKBirds #NorthernIreland #CountyDown #Mourne06 Jun 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnmzsgg4xk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mnfnicin4s2yI agree wholeheartedly. No serving politician should present any television or radio programme that has anything to do with current affairs. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfnicin4s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mmws53flnk2cMost of us are not soldiers or physical fighters. I am visually impaired. But all of us can offer something to speak truth to power. I write songs ad I talk to people. Only a few ever hear the songs, I dont always speak when I should, but it's what I can do. If we all try, it will work.28 May 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmws53flnk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mmtfsugn6s2oWhen old friends meet for the first time in about 40 years and it's like no time has gone by. 1 This morning - me and Skunk 2 Skunk in our "golden summers" 1981(?) 3 Me around the same time We last saw each other around '87 or, maybe, '89.27 May 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtfsugn6s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mmgowxfjx22hPhotos by Owen Davies taken on 31st Oct 1982 at Bath Pavilion. Bow Wow Wow played on Annabella Lwin's 16th birthday. I was front row. One of the best gigs I ever attended.22 May 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgowxfjx22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mmf5wkbb3s2s8 years sober today. Go me.21 May 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmf5wkbb3s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mlv537dtyk2n"In practice, the financially secure are most likely to vote either Labour or the Tories while the struggling go Green or Reform, depending on whether they’re socially liberal or conservative." @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social in today's Guardian. An important insight into voting patterns in #UKPolitics15 May 2026 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlv537dtyk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mltkwalb3k2bWe're going to see voting intention poll after poll after poll in the coming weeks for Makerfield. Most will be total bollocks put out by one party or another to favour its own candidate. Here's the baseline from 2024 GE. My guess? Green again. People don't like being told who to vote for.14 May 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltkwalb3k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mlreld2btc2uI've got £5,000,000 in crypto that says otherwise ...13 May 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlreld2btc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mlpuwtsnp22ovia Church of Jeff. Pretty much, in my 'umble, how it is.13 May 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpuwtsnp22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mlm4wsw4ik2xWith First Ministers of each of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales all representing parties with manifesto commitments to independence from the UK, perhaps they should be having a three way summit to discuss chucking England out of the union? Might be a quick way around the problem.11 May 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm4wsw4ik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mlm4rqz7gk2mWith First Ministers of each of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales all representing parties with manifesto commitments to independence from the UK, perhaps they should be having a three way summit to discuss chucking England out of the union? Might ge quick way around the problem.11 May 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm4rqz7gk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mej4qyvqhc2510 Feb 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mej4qyvqhc25https://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mdoagmhs2224Latest odds for the Gorton and Denton by-election from Ladbrokes. The bookies tend to do their homework, they don't like losing money. Currently they reckon it's close Reform v Green with the bad guys very slightly ahead. Greens heavily backed which has shortened their odds, too. #UKPolitics30 Jan 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdoagmhs2224https://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mdib3wzhtk2p"The UK has a gay Jew leading Muslims to vote Green" I reckon that's brilliant. But it was written by Katie "racistfucker" Hopkins trying to show the opposite. Long may gay Jewish people & enlightened Muslims & Hindus and whoever else be prominent in secular politics. A rainbow nation is great.28 Jan 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdib3wzhtk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mdbbec4ch223Understand that after Nuremberg, many were not allowed to live. Jail was not an option. This was not just the highest ranking. This was for many, many of those who served the Nazi regime at all ranks, including administrators. This can happen again.25 Jan 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbbec4ch223https://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mcx2eheolc2gNot the only lie in his graceless, stupid speech today. "America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is." (Canadian Broadcasting Corp)21 Jan 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcx2eheolc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mcunsqq7wk2a"America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is." -Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026. Canada appears to have seen the truth of the matter. It's deeper than one man.20 Jan 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcunsqq7wk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mcry3r7xss2yThoughts on Starmer's speech. A bit too wordy for this format, so I screenshot it.19 Jan 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcry3r7xss2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mcneg3ugxk24From Spring '27 former service personnel will be eligible for recall to until the age 65. Reasons updated to include the government and military making "warlike preparations" rather than there being a declared "national emergency" or "state of war." That's not just a minor tweak. #UKPolitics17 Jan 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcneg3ugxk24https://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mchjy6x2k22cI live in the UK. To all US visitors who pretend to be Canadian because you're embarrassed. Mostly, we can tell you're lying. There's enough Canadian accents on the internet that we generally know the difference. Just own it.15 Jan 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchjy6x2k22chttps://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mcdfynumk225The Clash, July 1978. "The Only Band That Matters" played 4 nights at the Music Machine in Camden. The climax of their On Parole tour. Guesting on guitar, Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols. What a time to have been alive. (Photographer unknown to me, apologies for lack of credit).13 Jan 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcdfynumk225https://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mbykz6d7zs24Mealy-mouthed #BBC referring to Trump "acquiring" Greenland. Try using that language if Putin was talking about a possible invasion of Estonia. Would Russia "acquire" Estonia or invade and annexe it? Trump and the USA is threatening to invade and annexe Greenland. NOT fucking acquire it. #UKPolitics09 Jan 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbykz6d7zs24https://bsky.app/profile/jinalangu.bsky.social/post/3mbwu7555yk2jExcellent analysis by We Have, I Fear, Confused Power With Greatness across on FB. #UKPolitics08 Jan 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:sinjfrf4sazmpfhd4svmglgo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwu7555yk2j