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.
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.
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.
Crucial Track for 03 May 2026
"Cloudbusting (2018 Remaster)" by Kate Bush
"Hounds of Love" is the perfect album. Fight me: I still dream of Organon.
Folks, flight is hard.
I’m human. My starting point is coots running across the water.
I 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.
I can barely cope with the downstroke in ground effect. The “ground” punches up.
When I’m chilling on my laptop, doing light-weight online stuff and listening to whatever music, I tend to reach for my FiiO EH11 headphones. Lightweight, unpretentious-ish, sound double-plus-okay. You can buy them for around £30 from Advanced MP3 Players or Amazon or whatever.
Two dead junior pigeons on the balcony this morning. Blood and feathers everywhere. Maybe a gull or a crow. Very sad. From the size of the dead birds, they are very recently fledged.
In busy environments, my EarPod Pros have flat, down-toning digital audio splats, like you’d guess AI “imagined” the sound of slo-mo raindrops. I don’t know what causes this.
I’m beginning to feel I should trim down the number of online services I rarely use. The POSSE nirvana is forever just beyond the horizon. And anyway, I have very little to say, except now and then, with friends.