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Systems in Tension: Britain’s China Crisis Spy Farce and the Architecture of Denial

A forensic if mordant look at how the “Chinese spies in Parliament” case collapsed.  I don’t think it was lies, more a system that’s eating itself. Legal, political, and economic silos each told their own version of the truth until coherence disappeared into the vortex. Between Cummings’ claims, Martin’s rebuttals, the embassy standoff, and Kemi Badenoch’s attack on Starmer, it’s a living portrait of Britain’s institutions locked in tension. Prosperity versus protection; diplomacy versus denial. But it doesn’t mean the system is broken; it might be working exactly as intended. Get the money in at all costs?

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A History of Cowboy Psychedelia

Wide-brimmed dreams, desert reverb, and the strange saddle between country & mind-expansion… “A History of Cowboy Psychedelia” traces the strange, dust-blown intersection between country music and psychedelic experimentation. From the mythic melancholy of Gram Parsons to the surreal duets of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra and onwards to the captivating urgency of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club, this long-form essay maps a hidden aesthetic that runs through outlaw country, cosmic Americana, and outsider folk. It’s not a genre you’ll find in the record bins, but it lingers like a mirage on the edge of American sound. This is music for the lonely, the altered, and the in-between.

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Celebrating a Milestone: Horkan.com Reaches 12th on Feedspot’s UK Tech Blog List

I’m pleased to share that Horkan.com has been recognised as the 12th most widely read tech blog from the UK by Feedspot, based on RSS feed aggregation in their recent article “Top 70 UK Tech RSS Feeds“. This acknowledgement is a significant moment for me, reflecting a journey that began over 17 years ago.

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