Martin Austwick
@martinaustwick.bsky.social
Musician/podcaster/writer;
often: Song by Song, Neutrinowatch, Pale Bird, Drilled
also: The Allusionist, 20,000Hz
martinzaltzaustwick.com
often: Song by Song, Neutrinowatch, Pale Bird, Drilled
also: The Allusionist, 20,000Hz
martinzaltzaustwick.com
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2025 – year of the fool
I think every year since like 2016 I’ve said “well that was a terrible year, but here are some things I’m glad I did, hire me”. This year is weird for me because I honestly had a better year than 2…
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2025 is nearly over! Here’s some of the stuff I did, and liked (hire me) martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/2...
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Every great adventure in a TTRPG, no matter which system, should include at least one (if not more than one) element that needs to be solved without using the character sheet. Puzzles, Role Playing encounters, hard choices - players feel more satisfied when it is more than dice that wins the day.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Every great adventure in a TTRPG, no matter which system, should include at least one (if not more than one) element that needs to be solved without using the character sheet. Puzzles, Role Playing encounters, hard choices - players feel more satisfied when it is more than dice that wins the day.
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There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
There we go. That there’s a headline.
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I feel like letting every president of my lifetime get away with Unlimited War Crimes was a serious mistake
January 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.
December 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.
I was reflecting recently on how the enshittification era means that streamers’ main accomplishment as a sector has been to drive people towards physical media; social media has made itself almost completely non-social; etc etc
I'm listening to a lot of end-of-year wrapup stuff from artists I support and it's striking how much rollback there is - the favorite/best stuff of 2025 they are talking about is like... rediscovering radio. Getting DVDs from the library to avoid bullshit streaming licensing issues. Indie games.
January 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I was reflecting recently on how the enshittification era means that streamers’ main accomplishment as a sector has been to drive people towards physical media; social media has made itself almost completely non-social; etc etc
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A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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The way we need to market this shit is to do what conservatives did for the past 30 years and write books like “The ten forbidden truths you’re not allowed to say on politically correct tv” and then it’s just cities are mostly fine and it’s good to get a flu shot
A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
The way we need to market this shit is to do what conservatives did for the past 30 years and write books like “The ten forbidden truths you’re not allowed to say on politically correct tv” and then it’s just cities are mostly fine and it’s good to get a flu shot
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Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
December 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May
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Good night, queen
December 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good night, queen
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As I said recently in The Guardian:
"Despite their hopes to the contrary, anti-trans campaigners have not won the hearts and minds they believed the Supreme Court would give them"
So they turn to this; desperate, fascistic calls for the destruction of those they hate (framed as ideas, not people).
"Despite their hopes to the contrary, anti-trans campaigners have not won the hearts and minds they believed the Supreme Court would give them"
So they turn to this; desperate, fascistic calls for the destruction of those they hate (framed as ideas, not people).
December 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
As I said recently in The Guardian:
"Despite their hopes to the contrary, anti-trans campaigners have not won the hearts and minds they believed the Supreme Court would give them"
So they turn to this; desperate, fascistic calls for the destruction of those they hate (framed as ideas, not people).
"Despite their hopes to the contrary, anti-trans campaigners have not won the hearts and minds they believed the Supreme Court would give them"
So they turn to this; desperate, fascistic calls for the destruction of those they hate (framed as ideas, not people).
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This is still so good.
December 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is still so good.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
So many obviously. Here’s my favourite
December 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
So many obviously. Here’s my favourite
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Yeah well my buddy already lost his job to artificial intelligence. He was an art thief.
December 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Yeah well my buddy already lost his job to artificial intelligence. He was an art thief.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Again: Inattention is surrender. So don't surrender.
Only 41% of the agreed-upon trucks are entering Gaza (Government Media Office, December 22) and 80% are commercial (ICRC, December 19). There's no aid. Give. Act.
One way—help six families & a camp: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Only 41% of the agreed-upon trucks are entering Gaza (Government Media Office, December 22) and 80% are commercial (ICRC, December 19). There's no aid. Give. Act.
One way—help six families & a camp: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
December 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Again: Inattention is surrender. So don't surrender.
Only 41% of the agreed-upon trucks are entering Gaza (Government Media Office, December 22) and 80% are commercial (ICRC, December 19). There's no aid. Give. Act.
One way—help six families & a camp: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Only 41% of the agreed-upon trucks are entering Gaza (Government Media Office, December 22) and 80% are commercial (ICRC, December 19). There's no aid. Give. Act.
One way—help six families & a camp: chuffed.org/project/hope...
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I understand that YouTube is the dominant cultural delivery method of our age but i genuinely don’t understand it. I don’t want video of my audio entertainment. I listen while I’m doing other things. I don’t even know what the use case would be for me.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I understand that YouTube is the dominant cultural delivery method of our age but i genuinely don’t understand it. I don’t want video of my audio entertainment. I listen while I’m doing other things. I don’t even know what the use case would be for me.
The bar for any podcast that isn’t Unedited 1-2 People Chatting* is also unfeasible. You want me to turn my narrative nonfiction show into a filmed doc? My fiction into a literal tv series? A reminder again to work in whatever fucking medium you want to
*also a perfectly good form
*also a perfectly good form
2010: we are pivoting to video, learn to use this flip cam and develop your Personal Brand
2016: why isn’t this working
2019: we have made a terrible mistake
2026: we are pivoting to video
2016: why isn’t this working
2019: we have made a terrible mistake
2026: we are pivoting to video
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
December 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The bar for any podcast that isn’t Unedited 1-2 People Chatting* is also unfeasible. You want me to turn my narrative nonfiction show into a filmed doc? My fiction into a literal tv series? A reminder again to work in whatever fucking medium you want to
*also a perfectly good form
*also a perfectly good form
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2010: we are pivoting to video, learn to use this flip cam and develop your Personal Brand
2016: why isn’t this working
2019: we have made a terrible mistake
2026: we are pivoting to video
2016: why isn’t this working
2019: we have made a terrible mistake
2026: we are pivoting to video
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
December 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
2010: we are pivoting to video, learn to use this flip cam and develop your Personal Brand
2016: why isn’t this working
2019: we have made a terrible mistake
2026: we are pivoting to video
2016: why isn’t this working
2019: we have made a terrible mistake
2026: we are pivoting to video
I just got back into Letterboxd and I’m giving everything 3.5 stars. Color out of space? 3.5 stars. Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence? 3.5 stars. What is happening
December 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I just got back into Letterboxd and I’m giving everything 3.5 stars. Color out of space? 3.5 stars. Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence? 3.5 stars. What is happening
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Pretty much all questions that were asked at the inauguration of the NHS, they didn't prove particularly difficult to resolve despite the aftermath of the Blitz, massive shortages of labour and building materials, huge government debt
How much are you going to pay doctors?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Half the amount that everyone currently pays could provide universal healthcare. Private health companies don’t need to exist. Eliminate them. And use your collective buying power and economies of scale to get it done. Every cent of their profit is healthcare denied.
December 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Pretty much all questions that were asked at the inauguration of the NHS, they didn't prove particularly difficult to resolve despite the aftermath of the Blitz, massive shortages of labour and building materials, huge government debt
2025 is nearly over! Here’s some of the stuff I did, and liked (hire me) martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/2...
2025 – year of the fool
I think every year since like 2016 I’ve said “well that was a terrible year, but here are some things I’m glad I did, hire me”. This year is weird for me because I honestly had a better year than 2…
martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
2025 is nearly over! Here’s some of the stuff I did, and liked (hire me) martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/2...