Jon Miles
Things get more interesting at the edges and boundaries. We can do better than this. Brum-based; charity/social justice sector; music; environment & nature; church and politics.
- Reposted by Jon MilesSorry to soil my timeline but this did make me laugh…you? Took me a moment… Greg Bovino was asked how he felt about his demotion today. "Well, obviously, I'm not happy", he replied. Someone in the crowd shouted back, "So which one are you?"
- It's all good (Labor Days was my introduction and remains a fav) - latest is pretty good too: aesoprock.bandcamp.com/album/i-hear...
- A Beginner's Guide to Aesop Rock We take a deep dive into the rapper and producer's body of work www.treblezine.com/beginners-gu...
- Two of my least favourite teams in the AFC championship game
- Reposted by Jon MilesA reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
- Just wanted something totally immersive and calming today. echospace313.bandcamp.com/album/the-ot...
- Reposted by Jon MilesThat’s not even close to an apology. And besides, Denmark lost more people per head of the population than *any* other country in Afghanistan. The obviousness of his contempt for crucial alliances matches the obviousness of his contempt for the truth.
- Reposted by Jon MilesWorth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
- Reposted by Jon MilesAre you filled with righteous anger about Donald Trump's fascism in the States? Good, but not enough. Now, make it your personal responsibility to ensure Nigel Farage never gets to introduce it here.
- Reposted by Jon MilesUltimately you're not supposed to believe it. It not mattering is the point. The bolder the lie, the greater the impunity. The ultimate victory for evil is not convincing you, it's the truth being irrelevant.
- Reposted by Jon MilesI think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now and can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies. We will need writers who can remember freedom. Poets, visionaries – the realists of a larger reality.
- Reposted by Jon MilesWhen Public Enemy tells you to bring the noise, you bring the noise.
- Reposted by Jon MilesFarage has been touring Davos all week pledging to “fight the globalists” - all funded by a $10 billion trust run on behalf of an Iranian billionaire. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Jon MilesThis is what following Jesus looks like, in the face of the abomination which is Christian Nationalism
- Reposted by Jon MilesOnce again, these people aren't "patriots". They hate their own countries and have built an entire career out of attacking them, while cheering on any foreign leader who does the same
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- Reposted by Jon MilesDoes she know that the panopticon is now viewed primarily as dystopian?
- Reposted by Jon MilesThe Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
- Today’s listening. Enjoying revisting loads of Echospace and related sounds. echospace313.bandcamp.com/album/dreami...
- Reposted by Jon MilesThat’s because the Trump administration is lying.
- A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here. nyti.ms/4sEdp2r
- Garden looking magical B14 #uksnow
- Reposted by Jon MilesThere is a howling void where this man’s soul should be
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- Reposted by Jon MilesLarge parts of the second largest city in the UK have had no domestic recycling service for the whole of 2025. There is apparently no time table, plan, or commitment from the local council to fix this environmental disaster.
- Reposted by Jon MilesAnderson Jeremiah, Bishop of Edmonton, calls on Christians to embrace hospitality, generosity, and compassion, and to reject ethno-nationalism. www.london.anglican.org/articles/jes...
- Reposted by Jon MilesThis needs serious attention. The role of some Christian Churches and the spread of US right-wing mash-up of faith and politics looks to be coming to the UK. See also articles about Paul Marshall. Thankful that Senior leaders are telling a different story. @quietriotpod.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jon Miles🧸 Toys4Birmingham are looking for donations of new toys and gifts for city’s most vulnerable children and young people Donations are being taken until Tuesday 16 December ℹ️ For details to arrange drop off, follow the link in the comments👇
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- Corum and Williams are such a good 1-2 combo #Rams
- Reposted by Jon MilesMy dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
- Reposted by Jon MilesCelebrating God come down in a war torn occupied land, as a brown-skinned refugee - to announce God is With Us and all are welcome!
- Reposted by Jon MilesGood (also as the article says but the headline obscures, this is part of a wider and co-ordinated response which also involves the Baptists, the Methodists, and the URC)
- Reposted by Jon MilesToday is Bandcamp Friday, so if you were thinking of pulling the digital trigger finger on The Bug vs @ghostdubs.bsky.social 'IMPLOSION', it is a great day to do so...! 😉 thebugvsghostdubs.bandcamp.com/album/implos... ('Dub album of the year 2025' @thewiremagazine)
- This is a superb record by @robertdallasgray.com . A perfect 30 minutes.
- you can get my new record for 4 pounds! riyl john martyn, michael rother, durutti column, the cure, weird crypto-religious song cycles robertdallasgray.bandcamp.com/album/missals
- Reposted by Jon MilesPuka Nacua you are unreal
- Reposted by Jon MilesSeeing it in slow motion with the db's hand in there too 🤯
- Reposted by Jon Milesthis is a lazy metaphor, the writers need to do better
- Reposted by Jon MilesA former UK prime minister held responsible for tens of thousands of deaths while the US president calls for elected politicians to be hanged. A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death. And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.
- Reposted by Jon MilesWhy does she think the British voter wants this?!?!
- Reposted by Jon MilesI struggle to see why turning ourselves into a society so unwelcoming that even those afraid for the lives are deterred from coming is something we would actually *want*.
- Reposted by Jon MilesSickening rhetoric by Home Secretary. Denying access to human rights isn't "protecting the public". This is Labour further demonising those seeking asylum in language very reminiscent of the far right. Yes, some break the law, so should be prosecuted within the law. Removing rights is not the answer
- Reposted by Jon MilesIn normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
- Thanks for the tip @capgrasman.bsky.social. This is a really special album by @ipekgorgun.bsky.social . Lots to explore.
- the only thing you need to do today is get yourself a copy of new @ipekgorgun.bsky.social on @touch33.net which is excellent! 🔥 ipekgorgunreleases.bandcamp.com/album/earthb...
- Reposted by Jon MilesThere is nothing that demonstrates more strongly that America is firmly in a post-Christian era … than the fact that believers (even clergy) are arguing over whether hungry and marginalized people are worth feeding.
- Totally unexpected treat from a master of his craft. aesoprock.bandcamp.com/album/i-hear...
- Reposted by Jon MilesThe sheer greasy desperation from these bastards that any violent crime is committed by an immigrant so they can continue their grift. Even when they know it isn't true. Foul.
- Reposted by Jon MilesMy new album "1979" is out today on 2LP and Digital. Listen now: balmat.lnk.to/1979 Buy on Bandcamp: mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/1979
- Reposted by Jon Miles🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween... #halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
- Reposted by Jon MilesOh dear. There is no difference. Both Tory and Reform are peddling racism for votes. Pochin *and* Jenrick were racist and twisting yourself into an ugly knot to try to claim otherwise is just a collapse of your own dignity as well as your morality.
