Chris Ratcliff
@chrisratcliff.bsky.social
Car and whisky fan. Co-host of the Automovie Podcast. Takes photos, shares whisky thoughts, and builds Lego.
I don’t get the new Leica. It’s like a worse M and a worse Q.
October 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I don’t get the new Leica. It’s like a worse M and a worse Q.
*sobs in regret*
September 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
*sobs in regret*
This is the answer to why computational photography can be a bad thing.
It could see this as a mistake. Lower contrast, boost the shadows, even out the exposure and… ruin it.
It could see this as a mistake. Lower contrast, boost the shadows, even out the exposure and… ruin it.
iPhone shot from about 2016. Under the railway bridge in Yurakucho, Tokyo.
September 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This is the answer to why computational photography can be a bad thing.
It could see this as a mistake. Lower contrast, boost the shadows, even out the exposure and… ruin it.
It could see this as a mistake. Lower contrast, boost the shadows, even out the exposure and… ruin it.
Happy “Max Verstappen goes to the classroom for his Nurburgring B permit” to all who celebrate.
September 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Happy “Max Verstappen goes to the classroom for his Nurburgring B permit” to all who celebrate.
Same as it ever was. These days though, kids don’t have to learn Netware. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Most school hacks carried out by their own pupils, watchdog says
The Information Commissioner's Office says schools face an
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Same as it ever was. These days though, kids don’t have to learn Netware. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Are all the racists in the pay of Big Flag?
August 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Are all the racists in the pay of Big Flag?
How annoying do you think Norman Cook finds the first two bars of Praise You?
He must have heard it A Lot during making the record, but also for the last *checks notes* 26 years…
God, I’m old.
He must have heard it A Lot during making the record, but also for the last *checks notes* 26 years…
God, I’m old.
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
How annoying do you think Norman Cook finds the first two bars of Praise You?
He must have heard it A Lot during making the record, but also for the last *checks notes* 26 years…
God, I’m old.
He must have heard it A Lot during making the record, but also for the last *checks notes* 26 years…
God, I’m old.
A very British thing: Not knowing how to confidently end a phone call.
August 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A very British thing: Not knowing how to confidently end a phone call.
Threads really is the rage bait social network, isn’t it? I mean, it’s completely not FBs MO at all, but I am swamped with cancel the BBC and cut council funding straw man arguments, mixed in with engagement bait nonsense.
August 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Threads really is the rage bait social network, isn’t it? I mean, it’s completely not FBs MO at all, but I am swamped with cancel the BBC and cut council funding straw man arguments, mixed in with engagement bait nonsense.
Appropriately smooth Latin vibes, a video with the saturation all the way up and a wash in orange and teal, and a great vocal performance with some great guitar work of course. #forgottenbanger www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Whg...
Santana - Smooth (Official Video) ft. Rob Thomas
YouTube video by SantanaVEVO
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August 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Appropriately smooth Latin vibes, a video with the saturation all the way up and a wash in orange and teal, and a great vocal performance with some great guitar work of course. #forgottenbanger www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Whg...
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Surreal to see arguments that many of us were trying to make six years ago now being mainstream public discourse. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The unintended consequences of the Online Safety Act | Letters
Letters: Alex Treryth sees the legislation as an excuse to conduct a massive data grab, while Jonathan Coates believes it’s small sites that will suffer
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Surreal to see arguments that many of us were trying to make six years ago now being mainstream public discourse. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I grew up with Elvis being Blue Suede Shows and pop like that. This shows his range, from to soft to booming, and the emotion into a beautiful song that ebbs and flows but has amazing crescendos and orchestration. A true #forgottenbanger www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBqH...
An American Trilogy
YouTube video by Elvis Presley - Topic
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August 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I grew up with Elvis being Blue Suede Shows and pop like that. This shows his range, from to soft to booming, and the emotion into a beautiful song that ebbs and flows but has amazing crescendos and orchestration. A true #forgottenbanger www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBqH...
I can’t separate the song from the video, both of which are of their time, but a great reinvention of Madonna to have a song so contemporary yet her own. youtu.be/x3ov9USxVxY #forgottenbangers
Madonna - Ray Of Light (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by Madonna
youtu.be
August 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I can’t separate the song from the video, both of which are of their time, but a great reinvention of Madonna to have a song so contemporary yet her own. youtu.be/x3ov9USxVxY #forgottenbangers
Who, in the mid-2000s would think to do an album of 60s inspired modern song covers? Perfectly captured and sometimes outshining the originals. I lived for early sneak versions on East Village radio, and the album holds up now. youtu.be/FYbp_vph_ig #forgottenbangers
Stop Me Mark Ronson Daniel Merriweather Glastonbury
YouTube video by Justin Hewelt
youtu.be
August 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Who, in the mid-2000s would think to do an album of 60s inspired modern song covers? Perfectly captured and sometimes outshining the originals. I lived for early sneak versions on East Village radio, and the album holds up now. youtu.be/FYbp_vph_ig #forgottenbangers
If you hear this, you could be watching any teen movie from late 90s/early 00s. The video is also that typical heavy grade too. youtu.be/beINamVRGy4 #forgottenbanger
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life (Official Music Video) [HD]
YouTube video by Third Eye Blind Videos
youtu.be
August 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
If you hear this, you could be watching any teen movie from late 90s/early 00s. The video is also that typical heavy grade too. youtu.be/beINamVRGy4 #forgottenbanger
The printing press, Geocities, the Canon 5D mk2. They all promised a democratisation of content production and/or distribution, but did not make works themselves more creative.
Creativity is a skill. If you want to be a creative, you have to be willing to do the work to learn it, and you have to be willing to be bad at it. GenAI does not make you a creative. It makes you someone who is willing to pretend that you did work that is actually someone else's.
August 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The printing press, Geocities, the Canon 5D mk2. They all promised a democratisation of content production and/or distribution, but did not make works themselves more creative.
An odd reason to appreciate a song, but once it was pointed out how well mixed this is, how each element has space to breathe, that it stuck in my head. #forgottenbanger
youtu.be/cvn6eYJh-0c
youtu.be/cvn6eYJh-0c
Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue - Kids
YouTube video by robbiewilliamsvevo
youtu.be
August 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
An odd reason to appreciate a song, but once it was pointed out how well mixed this is, how each element has space to breathe, that it stuck in my head. #forgottenbanger
youtu.be/cvn6eYJh-0c
youtu.be/cvn6eYJh-0c
Today’s forgotten banger. Great chord progressions, catchy as hell. Orson - No Tomorrow youtu.be/LLmLgJO0utw #forgottenbanger
No Tomorrow
YouTube video by Orson - Topic
youtu.be
August 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Today’s forgotten banger. Great chord progressions, catchy as hell. Orson - No Tomorrow youtu.be/LLmLgJO0utw #forgottenbanger
Today’s forgotten banger. The production is top notch, it’s a catchy bastard, and the piano solo (performed by the Rev Richard Coles) is top notch. youtu.be/1RHBAd5YUR8 #forgottenbanger
The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris) [Official Video]
YouTube video by London Records
youtu.be
August 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Today’s forgotten banger. The production is top notch, it’s a catchy bastard, and the piano solo (performed by the Rev Richard Coles) is top notch. youtu.be/1RHBAd5YUR8 #forgottenbanger
Ash - A Life Less Ordinary. (Also, the film of the same name is truly underrated.) youtu.be/HixzDQQYXNM #forgottenbanger
Ash - a life less ordinary - Top of the Pops original broadcast
YouTube video by Tysongreer
youtu.be
July 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ash - A Life Less Ordinary. (Also, the film of the same name is truly underrated.) youtu.be/HixzDQQYXNM #forgottenbanger
Reposted by Chris Ratcliff
Apologies for the delay for reasons, but my @steelcon.info 2025 photos are up! (Well, the main set) Never thought a community event would need a war photographer
photos.app.goo.gl/ucd7XPVSFc4s...
photos.app.goo.gl/ucd7XPVSFc4s...
SteelCon 2025 · Jul 7 – 29 📸
Shared album · Tap to view!
photos.app.goo.gl
July 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Apologies for the delay for reasons, but my @steelcon.info 2025 photos are up! (Well, the main set) Never thought a community event would need a war photographer
photos.app.goo.gl/ucd7XPVSFc4s...
photos.app.goo.gl/ucd7XPVSFc4s...
Apologies for the delay for reasons, but my @steelcon.info 2025 photos are up! (Well, the main set) Never thought a community event would need a war photographer
photos.app.goo.gl/ucd7XPVSFc4s...
photos.app.goo.gl/ucd7XPVSFc4s...
SteelCon 2025 · Jul 7 – 29 📸
Shared album · Tap to view!
photos.app.goo.gl
July 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Apologies for the delay for reasons, but my @steelcon.info 2025 photos are up! (Well, the main set) Never thought a community event would need a war photographer
photos.app.goo.gl/ucd7XPVSFc4s...
photos.app.goo.gl/ucd7XPVSFc4s...
Tom Lehrer has left this realm, but his music has an enduring appeal. A week or so ago I was enjoying @mitchbenn.bsky.social giving a potted history and lovely, personal reflection on Tom’s work.
July 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Tom Lehrer has left this realm, but his music has an enduring appeal. A week or so ago I was enjoying @mitchbenn.bsky.social giving a potted history and lovely, personal reflection on Tom’s work.
Reposted by Chris Ratcliff
How great was Tom Lehrer? In 2020, he moved his entire catalog into the public domain because he felt he'd made more than enough money off of it.
Enjoy every Tom Lehrer album:
tomlehrersongs.com
Enjoy every Tom Lehrer album:
tomlehrersongs.com
Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer
Songs and Lyrics
by Tom Lehrer DISCLAIMER STATEMENTI, Tom Lehrer, individually and as trustee of the
tomlehrersongs.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
How great was Tom Lehrer? In 2020, he moved his entire catalog into the public domain because he felt he'd made more than enough money off of it.
Enjoy every Tom Lehrer album:
tomlehrersongs.com
Enjoy every Tom Lehrer album:
tomlehrersongs.com