Martin
@concretebadger.bsky.social
Amateur writer/musician, cat dad, general geek, he/him
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Martin
@concretebadger.bsky.social
· Mar 8
"Made to love magic": thoughts on Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
In the prologue to his book The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil makes this observation about how humans perceive death and the passage of time:
“A great deal of effort goes into avoiding it. ...
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My thoughts on the first season of the Frieren animated TV show:
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IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckin...
From the nextfuckinglevel community on Reddit: Portuguese Catholic priest who mixes Gregorian chants with industrial techno house music!
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February 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckin...
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清楚がするｷﾞｬﾙﾋﾟからしか得られない栄養素
February 10, 2026 at 7:17 AM
清楚がするｷﾞｬﾙﾋﾟからしか得られない栄養素
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If you don't use one already, it's never a bad day to set up an RSS reader.
February 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
If you don't use one already, it's never a bad day to set up an RSS reader.
LRP: I miss websites
Every time I see a site say "it's better on the app!" I find myself silently replying, "no it damn well isn't"
Every time I see a site say "it's better on the app!" I find myself silently replying, "no it damn well isn't"
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
LRP: I miss websites
Every time I see a site say "it's better on the app!" I find myself silently replying, "no it damn well isn't"
Every time I see a site say "it's better on the app!" I find myself silently replying, "no it damn well isn't"
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a nice thing about when the internet was a bunch of little sites and servers was that it was a lot harder for governments to pressure "the chat provider everyone uses" to implement age verification.
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
a nice thing about when the internet was a bunch of little sites and servers was that it was a lot harder for governments to pressure "the chat provider everyone uses" to implement age verification.
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
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From Anime to Transformers to Tabletop: How the VF-1 Valkyrie from Macross Became an Icon in 3 Fandoms: Caelyn Ellis explores the history of the Valkyrie VF-1, and how it became an iconic, irreplaceable part of three distinct fandoms.
#macross #transformers #battletech
#macross #transformers #battletech
From Anime to Transformers to Tabletop: How the VF-1 Valkyrie from Macross Became an Icon in 3 Fandoms
The end result of this massive tangle of licensing and legal kerfuffle is that, 42 years after it was created, there are now three distinct robots you can see on screens and buy figures of that are all, at heart, the VF-1S Super Valkyrie
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February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
From Anime to Transformers to Tabletop: How the VF-1 Valkyrie from Macross Became an Icon in 3 Fandoms: Caelyn Ellis explores the history of the Valkyrie VF-1, and how it became an iconic, irreplaceable part of three distinct fandoms.
#macross #transformers #battletech
#macross #transformers #battletech
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Excuse me but WHAT 🧐 (from personal experience in the CRO industry: I'm disappointed but not surprised that this sort of thing is happening, especially right now) www.reddit.com/r/clinicalre...
From the clinicalresearch community on Reddit
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February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Excuse me but WHAT 🧐 (from personal experience in the CRO industry: I'm disappointed but not surprised that this sort of thing is happening, especially right now) www.reddit.com/r/clinicalre...
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The Gladiatrix Provocator. I love how they're like radical gremlins.
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The Gladiatrix Provocator. I love how they're like radical gremlins.
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My friend told me that I should wear this glasses.
I hate this, where can I buy it?
I hate this, where can I buy it?
February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
My friend told me that I should wear this glasses.
I hate this, where can I buy it?
I hate this, where can I buy it?
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Holy shit you do not want to miss Mark Kermode's review of Melania 🔥 youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
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February 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Holy shit you do not want to miss Mark Kermode's review of Melania 🔥 youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
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I never noticed this either.
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I never noticed this either.
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
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腰くらいまで髪の毛あるとケアに要する時間が１時間越えてそう
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 AM
腰くらいまで髪の毛あるとケアに要する時間が１時間越えてそう
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A cheerful thought for a Sunday night: We're already 29% of the way through February; by the end of the month the UK will have an hour and forty minutes more daylight each day than it did at the start. Spring is coming x
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February 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM
A cheerful thought for a Sunday night: We're already 29% of the way through February; by the end of the month the UK will have an hour and forty minutes more daylight each day than it did at the start. Spring is coming x
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