Oliver Plaschka
@rainlights.net
Writer, translator & classically trained hodad
(F&SF&everything. PhD from HD, sometimes teaching at HHU. 70s proghead, middle-aged father, decent tour guide, very bad surfer.)
GER/ENG
☄️ www.rainlights.net
(F&SF&everything. PhD from HD, sometimes teaching at HHU. 70s proghead, middle-aged father, decent tour guide, very bad surfer.)
GER/ENG
☄️ www.rainlights.net
"The next step is Discipline", as Robert Fripp would have it. I'm trying to scale down my online time and might disappear for a couple of days.
I wish all of you a pleasant change of years, and I'll be back sooner or later.
I wish all of you a pleasant change of years, and I'll be back sooner or later.
December 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"The next step is Discipline", as Robert Fripp would have it. I'm trying to scale down my online time and might disappear for a couple of days.
I wish all of you a pleasant change of years, and I'll be back sooner or later.
I wish all of you a pleasant change of years, and I'll be back sooner or later.
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To introduce myself again: I am a shoggoth from Genoa, Italy, a mad sculptor of cosmic horrors since the late 90s, a digital illustrator and starving artist, a translator of Weird Fiction into Italian, and occasionally a writer. You can find me through linktr.ee/andrea.bonazzi while I'm still alive.
November 17, 2024 at 2:11 AM
To introduce myself again: I am a shoggoth from Genoa, Italy, a mad sculptor of cosmic horrors since the late 90s, a digital illustrator and starving artist, a translator of Weird Fiction into Italian, and occasionally a writer. You can find me through linktr.ee/andrea.bonazzi while I'm still alive.
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Thread: My fav TV shows of 2025 (or shows I discovered this year)
1. Somebody Somewhere
Loved its unusual characters, its calmness and humanity. Some family conflicts were resolved too easily (or not at all), but following Bridget Everett on her journey through laughter and tears was great fun
1. Somebody Somewhere
Loved its unusual characters, its calmness and humanity. Some family conflicts were resolved too easily (or not at all), but following Bridget Everett on her journey through laughter and tears was great fun
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thread: My fav TV shows of 2025 (or shows I discovered this year)
1. Somebody Somewhere
Loved its unusual characters, its calmness and humanity. Some family conflicts were resolved too easily (or not at all), but following Bridget Everett on her journey through laughter and tears was great fun
1. Somebody Somewhere
Loved its unusual characters, its calmness and humanity. Some family conflicts were resolved too easily (or not at all), but following Bridget Everett on her journey through laughter and tears was great fun
Glad the 3-day-madness is over
There was only a small amount of crying involved on day 2, so, I guess, it was a good one
There was only a small amount of crying involved on day 2, so, I guess, it was a good one
December 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Glad the 3-day-madness is over
There was only a small amount of crying involved on day 2, so, I guess, it was a good one
There was only a small amount of crying involved on day 2, so, I guess, it was a good one
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Me:
- turquoise is my favorite color
Listifications:
- azure4ever added you to the blocklist "green bitches"
- emeraldlover added you to the blocklist "blue hate"
- turquoise is my favorite color
Listifications:
- azure4ever added you to the blocklist "green bitches"
- emeraldlover added you to the blocklist "blue hate"
December 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Me:
- turquoise is my favorite color
Listifications:
- azure4ever added you to the blocklist "green bitches"
- emeraldlover added you to the blocklist "blue hate"
- turquoise is my favorite color
Listifications:
- azure4ever added you to the blocklist "green bitches"
- emeraldlover added you to the blocklist "blue hate"
Ten years ago, my typical Christmas would still involve four separate visits with different relatives.
This year, it would have been one. But I had to cancel.
This year, it would have been one. But I had to cancel.
December 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ten years ago, my typical Christmas would still involve four separate visits with different relatives.
This year, it would have been one. But I had to cancel.
This year, it would have been one. But I had to cancel.
My 2025 guide for an easy-going Christmas:
1. Get some work done first.
2. Make a plan for the rest of the day.
3. Get the presents part over with ASAP.
4. Spend every free minute setting up a new PC.
5. Be ready to go to bed by the time you would usually get anxious.
1. Get some work done first.
2. Make a plan for the rest of the day.
3. Get the presents part over with ASAP.
4. Spend every free minute setting up a new PC.
5. Be ready to go to bed by the time you would usually get anxious.
December 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My 2025 guide for an easy-going Christmas:
1. Get some work done first.
2. Make a plan for the rest of the day.
3. Get the presents part over with ASAP.
4. Spend every free minute setting up a new PC.
5. Be ready to go to bed by the time you would usually get anxious.
1. Get some work done first.
2. Make a plan for the rest of the day.
3. Get the presents part over with ASAP.
4. Spend every free minute setting up a new PC.
5. Be ready to go to bed by the time you would usually get anxious.
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12 Songs Of Xmas, No. 1: Renaissance, 'Ocean Gypsy.' I'm sharing twelve marvellous songs this holiday; some classics, some that I've been thinking about during the year...
Renaissance - Ocean Gypsy (BBC Sight & Sound 1977)
YouTube video by 2old2Rock
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
12 Songs Of Xmas, No. 1: Renaissance, 'Ocean Gypsy.' I'm sharing twelve marvellous songs this holiday; some classics, some that I've been thinking about during the year...
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Merry atheist Christmas from my favorite deconsecrated church
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Merry atheist Christmas from my favorite deconsecrated church
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Vorwort von Friedrich Engels zur dritten Auflage von "Das Kapital" 👇
December 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Vorwort von Friedrich Engels zur dritten Auflage von "Das Kapital" 👇
Still not quite over the eye-opening realization how much of a brainwash the German word "Arbeitgeber", i.e. employer, is.
Whereas "to CAUSE work" - understandably so - is seen as something negative, "to GIVE work" is framed as something people should be grateful for
Whereas "to CAUSE work" - understandably so - is seen as something negative, "to GIVE work" is framed as something people should be grateful for
December 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Still not quite over the eye-opening realization how much of a brainwash the German word "Arbeitgeber", i.e. employer, is.
Whereas "to CAUSE work" - understandably so - is seen as something negative, "to GIVE work" is framed as something people should be grateful for
Whereas "to CAUSE work" - understandably so - is seen as something negative, "to GIVE work" is framed as something people should be grateful for
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Typografie ist wichtig!
December 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Typografie ist wichtig!
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It’s the opening day anniversary of Disney’s PG-rated risk, STAR WARS style — THE BLACK HOLE. Time to trot out my fun 40th anniversary interviews with Joseph Bottoms and the late, great Robert Forster & director Gary Nelson (RIP): www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... #filmsky
“We Never Had an Ending:” How Disney’s ‘Black Hole’ Tried to Match ‘Star Wars’
Forty years later, Gary Nelson, along with actors Joseph Bottoms and the late Robert Forster, look back at Disney's big-budget space adventure 'The Black Hole'
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It’s the opening day anniversary of Disney’s PG-rated risk, STAR WARS style — THE BLACK HOLE. Time to trot out my fun 40th anniversary interviews with Joseph Bottoms and the late, great Robert Forster & director Gary Nelson (RIP): www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... #filmsky
Only once in a year, the light falls EXACTLY through this crack
December 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Only once in a year, the light falls EXACTLY through this crack
It's Earth sunbathing its butt day!
Today is the December solstice at 15:03 GMT/16:03 CET.
This @eumetsat.int MTG‑I1 image from 19 December 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day–night terminator tilted near its annual maximum of about 23.5°.
This @eumetsat.int MTG‑I1 image from 19 December 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day–night terminator tilted near its annual maximum of about 23.5°.
December 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It's Earth sunbathing its butt day!
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Dino Nuggets an Heiligabend?🤔
a red car with a chicken nugget on the side
Alt: A dino nugget is chasing a car.
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Dino Nuggets an Heiligabend?🤔
Challenge to myself: only post about nice things at least until next year (thoughful observations about the shortcomings of life, reality and Christmas are permissible, snarkiness and general grumbling are not)
December 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Challenge to myself: only post about nice things at least until next year (thoughful observations about the shortcomings of life, reality and Christmas are permissible, snarkiness and general grumbling are not)
Finally watched the excellent film about the history of King Crimson by Toby Amies, available from @burningshed.com
Sometimes brutally honest about Fripp's perfectionism, Bill Rieflin facing the last months of his life, and what it takes to accomplish what they did
Sometimes brutally honest about Fripp's perfectionism, Bill Rieflin facing the last months of his life, and what it takes to accomplish what they did
December 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Finally watched the excellent film about the history of King Crimson by Toby Amies, available from @burningshed.com
Sometimes brutally honest about Fripp's perfectionism, Bill Rieflin facing the last months of his life, and what it takes to accomplish what they did
Sometimes brutally honest about Fripp's perfectionism, Bill Rieflin facing the last months of his life, and what it takes to accomplish what they did
Reading about billionaire idiots pouring all their resources into the development of AI increasingly feels like "sure, building a doomsday machine / researching this deadly virus / summoning Nyarlathotep should be our TOP priority"
December 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Reading about billionaire idiots pouring all their resources into the development of AI increasingly feels like "sure, building a doomsday machine / researching this deadly virus / summoning Nyarlathotep should be our TOP priority"