Michael Hartmann
@thedreaminggoat.bsky.social
Just some German guy posting about everything he's interested in.
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Mia Wallace & Gromit
As requested by Paul Savage
As requested by Paul Savage
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Mia Wallace & Gromit
As requested by Paul Savage
As requested by Paul Savage
Happy 50th birthday to Patti Smith‘s Horses. That album still sounds as powerful today as it did then (or as it did when I discovered it years later). The opening line is like a hand grenade being thrown.
And 79 years old Patti Smith is still the coolest person ever.
youtu.be/uURzmsTsLc8
And 79 years old Patti Smith is still the coolest person ever.
youtu.be/uURzmsTsLc8
Patti Smith - Land : Horses - Land Of A Thousand Dances - Gloria - L'Olympia Paris - 21/10/2025
YouTube video by indiegilles
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Happy 50th birthday to Patti Smith‘s Horses. That album still sounds as powerful today as it did then (or as it did when I discovered it years later). The opening line is like a hand grenade being thrown.
And 79 years old Patti Smith is still the coolest person ever.
youtu.be/uURzmsTsLc8
And 79 years old Patti Smith is still the coolest person ever.
youtu.be/uURzmsTsLc8
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If you're looking for something to dislodge that Gordon Lightfoot earworm, tomorrow is ALSO the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's debut album. Like Bruce Springsteen says, starts with "probably the greatest opening line of anyone’s debut album in rock ’n’ roll."
This is a fun piece:
This is a fun piece:
Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary (Gift Article)
In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you're looking for something to dislodge that Gordon Lightfoot earworm, tomorrow is ALSO the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's debut album. Like Bruce Springsteen says, starts with "probably the greatest opening line of anyone’s debut album in rock ’n’ roll."
This is a fun piece:
This is a fun piece:
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So very excited to share this news
excited to share that we are following through on our earlier commitments and putting together an independent+neutral organization to house the DID PLC system, includes the directory service
Creating an Independent Public Ledger of Credentials (PLC) Directory Organization | Bluesky
The Bluesky Social app is built on an open network protocol that refers to each user by a unique Decentralized Identifier, or DID (a W3C standard). The most popular supported DID method was developed ...
docs.bsky.app
September 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
So very excited to share this news
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
September 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
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oh my god someone slashed our tire
September 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
oh my god someone slashed our tire
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The true purpose of Bluesky has been revealed and it's Michael Stipe telling us the lyrics to It's The End Of The World As We Know It
Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.
September 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The true purpose of Bluesky has been revealed and it's Michael Stipe telling us the lyrics to It's The End Of The World As We Know It
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Rogue.site is now a reality! Thank you to everyone along the way who helped make it possible.
If you like what you see, and want more of it. Consider pledging your support with a subscription. Your funds will go to support independent games journalism written by humans, for humans.
If you like what you see, and want more of it. Consider pledging your support with a subscription. Your funds will go to support independent games journalism written by humans, for humans.
Rogue
Ad-free video game news, guides, opinions, history, culture, previews, interviews, and reviews written by humans, for humans
Rogue.site
September 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Rogue.site is now a reality! Thank you to everyone along the way who helped make it possible.
If you like what you see, and want more of it. Consider pledging your support with a subscription. Your funds will go to support independent games journalism written by humans, for humans.
If you like what you see, and want more of it. Consider pledging your support with a subscription. Your funds will go to support independent games journalism written by humans, for humans.
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Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material.
Oh my.
Oh my.
September 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material.
Oh my.
Oh my.
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VIZ Media quietly added an AI-translated manga to their app and hoped no one would notice. We did.
Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form.
We don't want your AI translations!
Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form.
We don't want your AI translations!
Dear manga publishers, we don’t want your AI translations
VIZ Media quietly added an AI-translated manga to their app and hoped no one would notice. We did and want none of it.
www.comicsbeat.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
VIZ Media quietly added an AI-translated manga to their app and hoped no one would notice. We did.
Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form.
We don't want your AI translations!
Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form.
We don't want your AI translations!
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Well, I'll be damned.
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...
newatlas.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Well, I'll be damned.
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
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I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
www.comicsbeat.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
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You know lads, I have to truly say: of all the possible forms of pornography, going after the one that doesn't even involve real people really does put an end to the idea that anti-porn crusades are ever about protecting women
July 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
You know lads, I have to truly say: of all the possible forms of pornography, going after the one that doesn't even involve real people really does put an end to the idea that anti-porn crusades are ever about protecting women
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★ICEBlock, an iOS Exclusive
https://daringfireball.net/2025/07/iceblock
https://daringfireball.net/2025/07/iceblock
ICEBlock, an iOS Exclusive
To maintain anonymity and store zero user data, there is and can be no web app version of ICEBlock. There is and can be no Android version. Only iOS supports the security and privacy features for ICEBlock to offer what it does, the way it does.
daringfireball.net
July 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
★ICEBlock, an iOS Exclusive
https://daringfireball.net/2025/07/iceblock
https://daringfireball.net/2025/07/iceblock
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Even if you don't purchase smut, it should be common sense that the right for anyone else to obtain it shouldn't be completely up to modern day crusaders and credit card payment processors.
July 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Even if you don't purchase smut, it should be common sense that the right for anyone else to obtain it shouldn't be completely up to modern day crusaders and credit card payment processors.
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This situation with itch.io is an absolute mess and for a conservative group to singlehandedly harm so many developers' livelihoods is alarming. No one should have that power.
July 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
This situation with itch.io is an absolute mess and for a conservative group to singlehandedly harm so many developers' livelihoods is alarming. No one should have that power.
It’s been a while since I played the game on console, but it was a lot of fun. And you can’t go wrong with a free game.
July 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It’s been a while since I played the game on console, but it was a lot of fun. And you can’t go wrong with a free game.
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THE ROCKETEER PUNCHING THE SHIT OUT OF A NAZI AI
July 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
THE ROCKETEER PUNCHING THE SHIT OUT OF A NAZI AI
What could possibly go wrong? It’s not like words can have multiple meanings. And there are certainly no languages that are heavily relying on context. No writer will ever use neologisms. And not a single novel will include completely made up languages. I’m sure these „translations“ will be fine.
July 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
What could possibly go wrong? It’s not like words can have multiple meanings. And there are certainly no languages that are heavily relying on context. No writer will ever use neologisms. And not a single novel will include completely made up languages. I’m sure these „translations“ will be fine.
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Post from the great Padraig Kenny over on IG
July 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Post from the great Padraig Kenny over on IG
My wallet is already feeling the pain, but these era vinyl box sets are fantastic. Of course I‘m going to buy this final one too.
DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016)
13-CD, DIGITAL AND AUDIOPHILE 18-PIECE VINYL BOX SETS
RELEASED 12th SEPTEMBER, 2025 - STAY TUNED FOR PRE-ORDER LINKS
PRESS RELEASE: www.davidbowie.com/blog/2025/7/8/david-bowie-6-i-cant-give-everything-away-2002-2016-press-release
13-CD, DIGITAL AND AUDIOPHILE 18-PIECE VINYL BOX SETS
RELEASED 12th SEPTEMBER, 2025 - STAY TUNED FOR PRE-ORDER LINKS
PRESS RELEASE: www.davidbowie.com/blog/2025/7/8/david-bowie-6-i-cant-give-everything-away-2002-2016-press-release
July 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
My wallet is already feeling the pain, but these era vinyl box sets are fantastic. Of course I‘m going to buy this final one too.
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"Though there's nothing glacial about it, Trump is ushering in America’s ICE age. He's catapulted it into America’s best-funded law enforcement agency, increasingly beyond accountability.That makes it Trump’s private army — his security state within the state." My column www.ft.com/content/b6a5...
Trump’s ominous ICE security state
The nation of immigrants’ shift to mass deportation is among the most shocking turns in US history
www.ft.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"Though there's nothing glacial about it, Trump is ushering in America’s ICE age. He's catapulted it into America’s best-funded law enforcement agency, increasingly beyond accountability.That makes it Trump’s private army — his security state within the state." My column www.ft.com/content/b6a5...