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genderisthebastard.bandcamp.com/album/pedal-...
#nowlistening
sure, Borbetomagus comes to mind but with harsher noise and sweeter sax.
#nowlistening
sure, Borbetomagus comes to mind but with harsher noise and sweeter sax.
PEDAL YOUR ABOMINATIONS, by GENDERISTHEBASTARD, panic clause
7 track album
genderisthebastard.bandcamp.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
genderisthebastard.bandcamp.com/album/pedal-...
#nowlistening
sure, Borbetomagus comes to mind but with harsher noise and sweeter sax.
#nowlistening
sure, Borbetomagus comes to mind but with harsher noise and sweeter sax.
egunbeltzak.bandcamp.com/album/a-bask...
This is gold ! There are not so many good covers of Yanka and here is a FULL album of brilliant ones, and in euskara (which works wondefully).
#nowlistening
This is gold ! There are not so many good covers of Yanka and here is a FULL album of brilliant ones, and in euskara (which works wondefully).
#nowlistening
A Bask Tribute to Yanka Dyagileva, by EGUN BELTZAK
14 track album
egunbeltzak.bandcamp.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:47 PM
egunbeltzak.bandcamp.com/album/a-bask...
This is gold ! There are not so many good covers of Yanka and here is a FULL album of brilliant ones, and in euskara (which works wondefully).
#nowlistening
This is gold ! There are not so many good covers of Yanka and here is a FULL album of brilliant ones, and in euskara (which works wondefully).
#nowlistening
First listen of 2026
#nowplaying
Conspiracy - Soviet Jazz Festival Zürich 1989 – Box Set (Limited Edition): 4 x CD, 1991, LEO Records
#nowplaying
Conspiracy - Soviet Jazz Festival Zürich 1989 – Box Set (Limited Edition): 4 x CD, 1991, LEO Records
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
First listen of 2026
#nowplaying
Conspiracy - Soviet Jazz Festival Zürich 1989 – Box Set (Limited Edition): 4 x CD, 1991, LEO Records
#nowplaying
Conspiracy - Soviet Jazz Festival Zürich 1989 – Box Set (Limited Edition): 4 x CD, 1991, LEO Records
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Maxi and Maya (barely visible, on the right of the chimney), quietly waiting for Santa.
December 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Maxi and Maya (barely visible, on the right of the chimney), quietly waiting for Santa.
traitdunion.bandcamp.com/album/il-ny-...
Indochine et Sham 69 ont fait un petit par une nuit moite et glauque.
Une vraie claque !
#nowlistening
Indochine et Sham 69 ont fait un petit par une nuit moite et glauque.
Une vraie claque !
#nowlistening
il n'y a pas d'ailleurs, by trait d'union
9 track album
traitdunion.bandcamp.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
traitdunion.bandcamp.com/album/il-ny-...
Indochine et Sham 69 ont fait un petit par une nuit moite et glauque.
Une vraie claque !
#nowlistening
Indochine et Sham 69 ont fait un petit par une nuit moite et glauque.
Une vraie claque !
#nowlistening
1972, un pamphlet qui votait loin.
December 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
1972, un pamphlet qui votait loin.
Fontaine St Conval
Bois du Cranou
Hanvec
Détails : Fontaine de dévotion Saint-Conval, forêt du Cranou (Hanvec) - Bretania le portail des cultures de Bretagne share.google/8PJrmIvEUbcM...
Bois du Cranou
Hanvec
Détails : Fontaine de dévotion Saint-Conval, forêt du Cranou (Hanvec) - Bretania le portail des cultures de Bretagne share.google/8PJrmIvEUbcM...
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Fontaine St Conval
Bois du Cranou
Hanvec
Détails : Fontaine de dévotion Saint-Conval, forêt du Cranou (Hanvec) - Bretania le portail des cultures de Bretagne share.google/8PJrmIvEUbcM...
Bois du Cranou
Hanvec
Détails : Fontaine de dévotion Saint-Conval, forêt du Cranou (Hanvec) - Bretania le portail des cultures de Bretagne share.google/8PJrmIvEUbcM...
#statsky
#blackmetalsky
those two areas of interest of mine rarely intersect !
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.10254
#blackmetalsky
those two areas of interest of mine rarely intersect !
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.10254
arxiv.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#statsky
#blackmetalsky
those two areas of interest of mine rarely intersect !
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.10254
#blackmetalsky
those two areas of interest of mine rarely intersect !
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.10254
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andreamatranga.substack.com/p/benefit-of... I wrote a thing contrasting Kitano with Tarantino's relationship with violence
Benefit of Carnage: Tarantino, Kitano and the Art of Violence
When Quentin Tarantino recently dismissed Paul Dano as the wrong “type”—too soft, too twitchy, insufficiently heroic, it was not a comment on his skill, but on his temperament. The man does not fit in...
andreamatranga.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
andreamatranga.substack.com/p/benefit-of... I wrote a thing contrasting Kitano with Tarantino's relationship with violence
#nowlistening
fave track from fave album
The Sleepwalker | This Kind Of Punishment share.google/WkGCHY4P1tUL...
fave track from fave album
The Sleepwalker | This Kind Of Punishment share.google/WkGCHY4P1tUL...
The Sleepwalker, by This Kind Of Punishment
from the album A Beard Of Bees
share.google
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
#nowlistening
fave track from fave album
The Sleepwalker | This Kind Of Punishment share.google/WkGCHY4P1tUL...
fave track from fave album
The Sleepwalker | This Kind Of Punishment share.google/WkGCHY4P1tUL...
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Que j'aime (non) ces braves gens se déclarant de gauche de vraie qui ce matin ont tous sorti le canot et les rames pour venir faire la morale sur l'air "désolé l'oeuf de Bardella c'est une violence in-to-lé-rable vous ne pouvez pas cautionner débat d'idées."
Déjà, les mecs, un oeuf.
Ensuite 1/
Déjà, les mecs, un oeuf.
Ensuite 1/
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Que j'aime (non) ces braves gens se déclarant de gauche de vraie qui ce matin ont tous sorti le canot et les rames pour venir faire la morale sur l'air "désolé l'oeuf de Bardella c'est une violence in-to-lé-rable vous ne pouvez pas cautionner débat d'idées."
Déjà, les mecs, un oeuf.
Ensuite 1/
Déjà, les mecs, un oeuf.
Ensuite 1/
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Thoughtful (as always) blog post from Nicholas Carlini. "Are large language models worth it?" A nice read giving his perspective on risks of ML models.
Post: nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2025...
For people who prefer, this is the video of the talk from @colmweb.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=PngH...
Post: nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2025...
For people who prefer, this is the video of the talk from @colmweb.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=PngH...
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thoughtful (as always) blog post from Nicholas Carlini. "Are large language models worth it?" A nice read giving his perspective on risks of ML models.
Post: nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2025...
For people who prefer, this is the video of the talk from @colmweb.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=PngH...
Post: nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2025...
For people who prefer, this is the video of the talk from @colmweb.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=PngH...
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"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
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Morning listen - massive compilation suggested by @vmdtm.bsky.social
wherewordsfail.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
wherewordsfail.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
Where Words Fail, Music Speaks - A Compilation For Ania Mehring, by Various Artists
62 track album
wherewordsfail.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Morning listen - massive compilation suggested by @vmdtm.bsky.social
wherewordsfail.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
wherewordsfail.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
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Friends!
Please go and pick up the new @transgressivemetal.bsky.social EP today!
5 tracks of blistering, ferociously vitriolic thrash/death metal.
It's an absolute belter, and you do yourself a disservice by not listening to it!
transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com/album/not-li...
#Metalsky
Please go and pick up the new @transgressivemetal.bsky.social EP today!
5 tracks of blistering, ferociously vitriolic thrash/death metal.
It's an absolute belter, and you do yourself a disservice by not listening to it!
transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com/album/not-li...
#Metalsky
Not Like This, by Transgressive
5 track album
transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Friends!
Please go and pick up the new @transgressivemetal.bsky.social EP today!
5 tracks of blistering, ferociously vitriolic thrash/death metal.
It's an absolute belter, and you do yourself a disservice by not listening to it!
transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com/album/not-li...
#Metalsky
Please go and pick up the new @transgressivemetal.bsky.social EP today!
5 tracks of blistering, ferociously vitriolic thrash/death metal.
It's an absolute belter, and you do yourself a disservice by not listening to it!
transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com/album/not-li...
#Metalsky
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Survey papers have been doing that (burning the commons) much before LLMs. Good surveys are an art form and require a lot of work. People (even very senior) have been using them as citation farming dumps, flag-planting exercises, "opportunities and challenges" generators, et cetera.
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Survey papers have been doing that (burning the commons) much before LLMs. Good surveys are an art form and require a lot of work. People (even very senior) have been using them as citation farming dumps, flag-planting exercises, "opportunities and challenges" generators, et cetera.
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A just society gives priority to the least advantaged. (John Rawls)
US law makers. Don’t give me your commie bullshit.
US law makers. Don’t give me your commie bullshit.
SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
A just society gives priority to the least advantaged. (John Rawls)
US law makers. Don’t give me your commie bullshit.
US law makers. Don’t give me your commie bullshit.
Clerodendrum trichotomum
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Clerodendrum trichotomum