the upstart
@prismatic7.bsky.social
to be specific, i'm not terrific
just a manifester who can get off wit it
Melbourne based noise bastard, theatre maker, deep-fried academic.
He/they.
just a manifester who can get off wit it
Melbourne based noise bastard, theatre maker, deep-fried academic.
He/they.
Pinned
the upstart
@prismatic7.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Maybe the traditional introduction post:
Sound designer, recent Primitive Calculator (band on hiatus, we think), theatre nerd, theatre production educator and scholar, wishes to annihilate utterly the cesspool of fuckheadery that is the VCA, needs a fuckin job. Swears fuckin constantly. Drinks.
Sound designer, recent Primitive Calculator (band on hiatus, we think), theatre nerd, theatre production educator and scholar, wishes to annihilate utterly the cesspool of fuckheadery that is the VCA, needs a fuckin job. Swears fuckin constantly. Drinks.
As an Arsenal fan from Australia who cannot stomach the black and white stripes... Howay the lads
Harvey Barnes double helps Newcastle derail Manchester City revival
Harvey Barnes double helps Newcastle derail Manchester City revival
Newcastle’s recent slide left them 15th in the Premier League at kick-off but, by the end of an always absorbing, sometimes almost anarchic, eveningthey had ascended to Cloud Nine.
It is very hard to argue that Eddie Howe is not an elite coach but, until this watershed win, his record against Pep Guardiola was pretty dismal.
In 18 Premier League matches against Manchester City, with Bournemouth and Newcastle, Howe had lost 16 and drawn two. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
As an Arsenal fan from Australia who cannot stomach the black and white stripes... Howay the lads
Alright. You've got Dick Cheney, now do John fucking Howard and Tony Blair
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Alright. You've got Dick Cheney, now do John fucking Howard and Tony Blair
I thought of something today that hasn't crossed my mind in years: writing a good copy. I'm not sure I ever did it beyond Year 7 - by that time my handwriting was truly appalling anyway, so the difference between 'rough' and 'good' was generally negligible.
Nostalgia. It's for saps.
Nostalgia. It's for saps.
September 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I thought of something today that hasn't crossed my mind in years: writing a good copy. I'm not sure I ever did it beyond Year 7 - by that time my handwriting was truly appalling anyway, so the difference between 'rough' and 'good' was generally negligible.
Nostalgia. It's for saps.
Nostalgia. It's for saps.
We used to meet every Thursday
Thursday
Thursday in the afternoon
For a couple of beers
And a game of pool
Thursday
Thursday in the afternoon
For a couple of beers
And a game of pool
September 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We used to meet every Thursday
Thursday
Thursday in the afternoon
For a couple of beers
And a game of pool
Thursday
Thursday in the afternoon
For a couple of beers
And a game of pool
Candy says she wants me with her
Down in Candyland
Down in Candyland
September 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Candy says she wants me with her
Down in Candyland
Down in Candyland
You and me
Will never be
Fine
(you know we'll never be)
Yeah you and me
Will never be
Fine
Will never be
Fine
(you know we'll never be)
Yeah you and me
Will never be
Fine
August 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
You and me
Will never be
Fine
(you know we'll never be)
Yeah you and me
Will never be
Fine
Will never be
Fine
(you know we'll never be)
Yeah you and me
Will never be
Fine
Good goddamn #metafilter needs a way to flag a flag, like
Pick a reason to flag this flag:
- damp liberal tone policing
- Americans are not the only fruit
- flagger is astro-TERFing
- flagger just wants dead queers
- flagger is some kind of fucking dimwit
- flagger can go fuck a penis worm
Pick a reason to flag this flag:
- damp liberal tone policing
- Americans are not the only fruit
- flagger is astro-TERFing
- flagger just wants dead queers
- flagger is some kind of fucking dimwit
- flagger can go fuck a penis worm
August 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Good goddamn #metafilter needs a way to flag a flag, like
Pick a reason to flag this flag:
- damp liberal tone policing
- Americans are not the only fruit
- flagger is astro-TERFing
- flagger just wants dead queers
- flagger is some kind of fucking dimwit
- flagger can go fuck a penis worm
Pick a reason to flag this flag:
- damp liberal tone policing
- Americans are not the only fruit
- flagger is astro-TERFing
- flagger just wants dead queers
- flagger is some kind of fucking dimwit
- flagger can go fuck a penis worm
A) this is why bloosky exists
B) deeply fucking unserious country
B) deeply fucking unserious country
One of the best things about being in an international server is that if I mention that I live in Bear Country (CO), the Australians all howl about how we need to shut up about Aussie wildlife, because THEIR large carnivores mostly stay in the water, NOT INVITE THEMSELVES INTO THE KITCHEN. (🧵1/?)
August 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A) this is why bloosky exists
B) deeply fucking unserious country
B) deeply fucking unserious country
No daddy no to take photograph
August 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
No daddy no to take photograph
From a conversation with a theatre maker earlier today: Centrists benefit from fascism or personality rule because their key concerns of status and socio-economic power are preserved in their favour. They can perform hand-wringing concern about 'division' but won't to risk their comfort to do so.
August 8, 2025 at 7:41 AM
From a conversation with a theatre maker earlier today: Centrists benefit from fascism or personality rule because their key concerns of status and socio-economic power are preserved in their favour. They can perform hand-wringing concern about 'division' but won't to risk their comfort to do so.
And am I born to die
To lay this body down
And must my trembling spirit fly
Unto a world unknown?
A land of deepest shade
Unpierced by human thought
The dreary regions of the dead
Where all things are forgot?
To lay this body down
And must my trembling spirit fly
Unto a world unknown?
A land of deepest shade
Unpierced by human thought
The dreary regions of the dead
Where all things are forgot?
August 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
And am I born to die
To lay this body down
And must my trembling spirit fly
Unto a world unknown?
A land of deepest shade
Unpierced by human thought
The dreary regions of the dead
Where all things are forgot?
To lay this body down
And must my trembling spirit fly
Unto a world unknown?
A land of deepest shade
Unpierced by human thought
The dreary regions of the dead
Where all things are forgot?
Fackinell. 40. My favourite character in all of the comics world. Gold.
40 years of John Constantine! Come raise a glass with me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk. With @jamiedelano.bsky.social
@damedenisemina.bsky.social
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/70761/the-most-important-british-character-in-us-comics-john-constantine-hellblazer-alan-moore
@damedenisemina.bsky.social
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/70761/the-most-important-british-character-in-us-comics-john-constantine-hellblazer-alan-moore
The most important British character in US comics
Alfred Pennyworth? Captain Britain? No, it’s a trench-coated, chain-smoking reprobate who this year celebrates his 40th birthday—John Constantine
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Fackinell. 40. My favourite character in all of the comics world. Gold.
ME: wow it's so hard to maintain new friendships
ALSO ME AFTER 15 BEERS: yeah man it's so good to have met you, hit me up on my Ravelry DMs if you wanna hang out or some shit
ALSO ME AFTER 15 BEERS: yeah man it's so good to have met you, hit me up on my Ravelry DMs if you wanna hang out or some shit
July 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
ME: wow it's so hard to maintain new friendships
ALSO ME AFTER 15 BEERS: yeah man it's so good to have met you, hit me up on my Ravelry DMs if you wanna hang out or some shit
ALSO ME AFTER 15 BEERS: yeah man it's so good to have met you, hit me up on my Ravelry DMs if you wanna hang out or some shit
Me watching any TV sci-fi: "Can't you just be Canadian? Everyone knows you're Canadian!"
July 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Me watching any TV sci-fi: "Can't you just be Canadian? Everyone knows you're Canadian!"
Youthful bar staff: hey that band with the song that goes "no way get fucked fuck off", you know "am I ever gonna see your face again no way get fucked fuck off", will they make it? Are they even Australian? You know, that band?
July 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Youthful bar staff: hey that band with the song that goes "no way get fucked fuck off", you know "am I ever gonna see your face again no way get fucked fuck off", will they make it? Are they even Australian? You know, that band?
What if they got AI sex partners instead?
A new study of heterosexual couples in Australia and Germany reveals the economic costs to women when their partners work long hours.
New study finds the gender earnings gap could be halved if we reined in the long hours often worked by men
theconversation.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What if they got AI sex partners instead?
YES I CAN HEAR YOU, CLEM FANDANGO
July 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
YES I CAN HEAR YOU, CLEM FANDANGO
rrrrrrRRRayyyyy Purrrrrrrrrrchasssssse
July 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
rrrrrrRRRayyyyy Purrrrrrrrrrchasssssse
I know I'll express this wrong, but holy shit there is nothing more validating than people you love telling you that you deserve success. Nothing.
July 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I know I'll express this wrong, but holy shit there is nothing more validating than people you love telling you that you deserve success. Nothing.
That little jink at the end, then the absolute rocket from the edge of the area. Monster.
July 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
That little jink at the end, then the absolute rocket from the edge of the area. Monster.
When we next audit the Official Melbourne Stereotypes Manual, let's make sure to include the Coburg Pub Dad.
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
When we next audit the Official Melbourne Stereotypes Manual, let's make sure to include the Coburg Pub Dad.
YOU. FUCKIN. WHAT.
This is not, by any lights, OK.
This is not, by any lights, OK.
July 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
YOU. FUCKIN. WHAT.
This is not, by any lights, OK.
This is not, by any lights, OK.
I am literally about 60 seconds into the new Midsolar Murders book by @mightymur.bsky.social and I *need* a Zesty Yaboi, Private Flytrap spinoff series as much as I need Sanctuary Moon to spinoff from the Murderbot show. Which is a *lot*
July 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I am literally about 60 seconds into the new Midsolar Murders book by @mightymur.bsky.social and I *need* a Zesty Yaboi, Private Flytrap spinoff series as much as I need Sanctuary Moon to spinoff from the Murderbot show. Which is a *lot*
Blixa.
"Lazarus" (David Bowie cover) by Blixa Bargeld and Nikko Weidemann
YouTube video by Blixa Bargeld
youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Blixa.