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Do you use 37signals’ products? I’ll not link to David Heinemeier Hansson’s piece on Europe. You don’t need to read it - and I’m sure you can Google it if you want to. But, fuck me. What a nasty piece of work this techbro Nazi is.
\n", "date_published": "2026-07-17T23:57:56+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/07/17/do-you-use-signals-products.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/07/15/this-is-an-odd-headline.html", "content_html": "This is an odd headline from the Guardian this morning:
\n\n\nAnn Widdecombe killing: police investigating possible leftwing motivation
\n
“Extreme left motivation” I could swallow, but “leftwing”?
\n", "date_published": "2026-07-15T09:39:28+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/07/15/this-is-an-odd-headline.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/07/15/why-have-british-elites-failed.html", "content_html": "Why have British elites failed? Why despite the evidence of failure do they continue to fail? What are the institutional and educational determinants? Can they be fixed in a reasonable (years not decades) timeframe? Who are the beneficiaries of failure given the negligible impetus for change?
\n", "date_published": "2026-07-15T08:12:32+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/07/15/why-have-british-elites-failed.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/07/01/the-political-class-dare-not.html", "content_html": "The political class dare not say, “our policies are impoverishing people”. So, instead, we have “cost of living crisis”.
\n", "date_published": "2026-07-01T08:07:21+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/07/01/the-political-class-dare-not.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/24/crucial-track-for-may.html", "title": "Crucial Track for 24 May 2026", "content_html": "\"Total Eclipse\" by Klaus Nomi
\n\n\nIt's a Total Eclipse. I miss Klaus Nomi.
\nView Miles Metcalfe's Crucial Tracks profile
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-24T23:00:01+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/24/crucial-track-for-may.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/20/a-puddle-collects-just-where.html", "title": "A puddle collects just where you step off the crossing. Pedestrian-hostile London at its finest.", "content_html": "
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The deal is that I shouldn’t do recommendations. They drum this into you, and make you feel bad for killing off the dinosaurs.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-16T23:41:04+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/16/the-deal-is-that-i.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/16/225315.html", "title": "Crucial Track for 15 May 2026", "content_html": "\"Everybody Loves a Loser\" by Morcheeba
\n\n\n20-odd years ago, everybody loved a loser. I won't be lonely long.
\nView Miles Metcalfe's Crucial Tracks profile
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-16T22:53:15+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/16/225315.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/16/amazing-the-way-to-tell.html", "content_html": "Amazing! The way to tell the difference between antisemitism and “legitimate concerns” is the colour brown. Welcome, friends, to bonkers Britain.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-16T22:44:55+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/16/amazing-the-way-to-tell.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/16/itunes-is-suggesting-that-i.html", "content_html": "Itunes is suggesting that I “explore Belgian rock”.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-16T21:38:49+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/16/itunes-is-suggesting-that-i.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/16/one-of-the-amusing-things.html", "content_html": "One of the amusing things about English politics (for small values of “amusing”) is the number of people who have literally done nothing all their lives gabbling on about “delivery”. I mean, I get the political class shafted the sub-postmasters, but must they continue to gaslight them?
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-16T19:21:58+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/16/one-of-the-amusing-things.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/16/crucial-track-for-may.html", "title": "Crucial Track for 16 May 2026", "content_html": "\"Wicked Game\" by Chris Isaak
\n\n\nWho remembers Wicked Game by Chris Isaak? It has this misogynistic edge that makes me feel uncomfortable to this day.
\nView Miles Metcalfe's Crucial Tracks profile
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-16T01:50:36+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/16/crucial-track-for-may.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/16/have-i-mentioned-fiio-eh.html", "content_html": "Have I mentioned FiiO EH11 Bluetooth headphones? They’re a mere £33 at Advanced MP3 Players. They sound fine, have a nice retro-kitsch vibe, are super-light, and are great for listening at home.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-16T01:41:39+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/16/have-i-mentioned-fiio-eh.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/16/my-parents-never-shoved-quakerism.html", "content_html": "My parents never shoved Quakerism down my throat, and, in any case, if I’m not quite an atheist, I’m a Quaker non-theist these days. But, if I ever pause to think (tbh, I rarely do), I internalised a lot, and it’s not as if I ever read the whole way through Quaker faith and practice.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-16T01:07:40+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/16/my-parents-never-shoved-quakerism.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/10/bridget-phillipson-says-labour-needs.html", "content_html": "Bridget Phillipson says Labour “needs to tell its story better”. Bridget Phillipson is complacent, out of touch and wrong. Clueless complacent class cabinet members like Bridget Phillipson have destroyed the Labour Party.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-10T10:40:05+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/10/bridget-phillipson-says-labour-needs.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/09/i-am-stunned-at-how.html", "content_html": "I am stunned at how tone-deaf Starmer and the people around him are.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-09T11:43:03+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/09/i-am-stunned-at-how.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/08/the-greens-zo-garbett-takes.html", "content_html": "The Greens’ Zoë Garbett takes the Hackney mayoralty form Labour in a convincing if not overwhelming win. Labour’s Caroline Woodley came second. I like Caroline Woodley, and thought she was a good mayor. But I understand this result. I hope the Labour party does too.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-08T13:41:45+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/08/the-greens-zo-garbett-takes.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/07/if-you-live-in-london.html", "content_html": "If you live in London and are registered to vote, don’t forget to vote today. Polling stations are open from 0700 to 2200. Remember you need to bring ID.
\nWhat do local councillors do for you? earlier I shared some short propaganda videos.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-07T06:31:43+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/07/if-you-live-in-london.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/06/its-local-elections-in-london.html", "content_html": "It’s local elections in London tomorrow, 7 May. Don’t forget to vote! Why do people become councillors? What do they do? Here’s another cute video from Canning Town South councillor Rohit Dasgupta on what he’s doing for local residents.
\n\n", "date_published": "2026-05-06T22:23:12+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/06/its-local-elections-in-london.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/05/im-kind-of-liking-these.html", "content_html": "I’m kind of liking these cute little videos made by local councillors for the upcoming elections on Thursday 7 May. It’s going to be a tricky election in Newham for Labour - but there’s certainly individual Labour councillors I’d support. Here are some in Canning Town South.
\n\n", "date_published": "2026-05-05T22:54:41+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/05/im-kind-of-liking-these.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/05/greatorex-street-at-greatorex-street.html", "content_html": "Greatorex Street. 📍
\nAt 📍 Greatorex Street watching the Air Ambulance come in to land.
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I haven’t decided how to vote in the local elections on Thusday. My decision-making would be easier if a boundary change hadn’t moved me from Canning Town to Custom House, as Canning Town South Labour Councillor Rohit Dasgupta is a good, hardworking councillor and all round good guy.
\n\n", "date_published": "2026-05-04T19:55:31+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/04/i-havent-decided-how-to.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/03/crucial-track-for-may.html", "title": "Crucial Track for 03 May 2026", "content_html": "\"Cloudbusting (2018 Remaster)\" by Kate Bush
\n\n\n\"Hounds of Love\" is the perfect album. Fight me: I still dream of Organon.
\nView Miles Metcalfe's Crucial Tracks profile
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-03T23:46:46+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/03/crucial-track-for-may.html" }, { "id": "http://mmetcalfe.micro.blog/2026/05/02/folks-flight-is-hard-im.html", "content_html": "Folks, flight is hard.
\nI’m human. My starting point is coots running across the water.
\nI need a 15m wing-pack and a tow to get close, and generally I crash into the dock covering less distance than my total wingspan.
\nI can barely cope with the downstroke in ground effect. The “ground” punches up.
\n", "date_published": "2026-05-02T01:10:48+01:00", "url": "https://lastchance.rodeo/2026/05/02/folks-flight-is-hard-im.html" } ] }