Alex
@maplin.bsky.social
Computer monkey who prefers old stuff to new.
I've been a musician, a singer, a podcaster and an SITP organiser. I might do some of them again.
I've been a musician, a singer, a podcaster and an SITP organiser. I might do some of them again.
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There's a whole genre of memes about confusing 'goths' (the subculture) & 'Goths' (5th century German tribe).
But it made me ask: Why DO we call them "goths"? What about 5th century Germans has to do with loving The Cure?
Did the Visigoths invent Hot Topic?
The answer is complicated!
But it made me ask: Why DO we call them "goths"? What about 5th century Germans has to do with loving The Cure?
Did the Visigoths invent Hot Topic?
The answer is complicated!
May 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
There's a whole genre of memes about confusing 'goths' (the subculture) & 'Goths' (5th century German tribe).
But it made me ask: Why DO we call them "goths"? What about 5th century Germans has to do with loving The Cure?
Did the Visigoths invent Hot Topic?
The answer is complicated!
But it made me ask: Why DO we call them "goths"? What about 5th century Germans has to do with loving The Cure?
Did the Visigoths invent Hot Topic?
The answer is complicated!
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then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
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Dan Brown is a fucking million copy performance poet. Look at the sheer effrontery here: The Secret of Secrets. You can read the name in various ways; it means nothing; it promises revelation below the fold; it is perfect titular clickbait.
I reviewed the new Dan Brown. It is (I note admiringly), weapons-grade bollocks.
The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown review – weapons-grade nonsense from beginning to end
Code-breaking hero Robert Langdon is back for another conspiracy thriller, featuring underground laboratories and new thoughts on the nature of consciousness
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Dan Brown is a fucking million copy performance poet. Look at the sheer effrontery here: The Secret of Secrets. You can read the name in various ways; it means nothing; it promises revelation below the fold; it is perfect titular clickbait.
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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@welovepulp.bsky.social new album 'More'❗
A press release has appeared at pulp.roughtraderecords.com/more 😮
#TheMildOnes #MOs #Pulp #JarvisCocker
A press release has appeared at pulp.roughtraderecords.com/more 😮
#TheMildOnes #MOs #Pulp #JarvisCocker
April 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
@welovepulp.bsky.social new album 'More'❗
A press release has appeared at pulp.roughtraderecords.com/more 😮
#TheMildOnes #MOs #Pulp #JarvisCocker
A press release has appeared at pulp.roughtraderecords.com/more 😮
#TheMildOnes #MOs #Pulp #JarvisCocker
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Tentative good news.
'Sources have told the Guardian that ministers have accepted the need to protect British creative industries from the plans, which would otherwise have made their work available for access by AI companies unless they deliberately opted out.'
UK ministers consider changing AI plans to protect creative industries
Exclusive: partial climbdown over use of work protected by copyright considered after intense lobbying by top artists
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Tentative good news.
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The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
December 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM
The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
#NowPlaying TV On The Radio - NPR Tiny Desk Concert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi_j...
#TVOnTheRadio #TinyDesk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi_j...
#TVOnTheRadio #TinyDesk
TV On The Radio: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:21 AM
#NowPlaying TV On The Radio - NPR Tiny Desk Concert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi_j...
#TVOnTheRadio #TinyDesk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi_j...
#TVOnTheRadio #TinyDesk
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This is my bookstore, Phoenix Books in Montreal. Show her some love. 🖤
November 21, 2024 at 11:11 PM
This is my bookstore, Phoenix Books in Montreal. Show her some love. 🖤
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Everyone on this site has a library card
November 13, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Everyone on this site has a library card
OK, I've learned some lessons from my time on The Bad Place. I've spent a good amount of time on the Fediverse, too.
Let's see how this goes.
Let's see how this goes.
November 15, 2024 at 5:38 PM
OK, I've learned some lessons from my time on The Bad Place. I've spent a good amount of time on the Fediverse, too.
Let's see how this goes.
Let's see how this goes.