David Bennett
@toosurreal.bsky.social
Movie geek, electronic music lover, recovering programmer.
Very amateur synth and digital art dabbler.
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Very amateur synth and digital art dabbler.
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David Bennett
@toosurreal.bsky.social
· Oct 14
How I arrived on BlueSky
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[Happy 86th birthday to solar eclipse photographer and composer Wendy Carlos, known for "Switched-On Bach," A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, TRON, and “Peter and the Wolf” with Weird Al Yankovic. Listen to “Switched-On Bach” below.]
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November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
[Happy 86th birthday to solar eclipse photographer and composer Wendy Carlos, known for "Switched-On Bach," A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, TRON, and “Peter and the Wolf” with Weird Al Yankovic. Listen to “Switched-On Bach” below.]
archive.org/details/wend...
archive.org/details/wend...
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It is, as my mum would say, “windy for the boats”. And raining. So why not stay in and grab yourself 4 albums (81 tracks) of old techno, IDM, ambient and all that for the temporary total price of £2:
shadowdancermusic.bandcamp.com
shadowdancermusic.bandcamp.com
SHADOW DANCER
Brothers Al & Paul Farrier. Previously released music on Boysnoize Records, GND, Unknown To The Unknown, Turbo, Balkan Vinyl & Bad Life. Also provided remixes for Altern 8, Chilly Gonzales, Chromeo, Z...
shadowdancermusic.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It is, as my mum would say, “windy for the boats”. And raining. So why not stay in and grab yourself 4 albums (81 tracks) of old techno, IDM, ambient and all that for the temporary total price of £2:
shadowdancermusic.bandcamp.com
shadowdancermusic.bandcamp.com
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FUN FACT even back in the late 1980s when I'd go on family package holidays, whenever it was mentioned that [place X] was popular with British tourists we'd avoid it.
Precisely because of stupid bullshit like this.
Precisely because of stupid bullshit like this.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
FUN FACT even back in the late 1980s when I'd go on family package holidays, whenever it was mentioned that [place X] was popular with British tourists we'd avoid it.
Precisely because of stupid bullshit like this.
Precisely because of stupid bullshit like this.
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Q: It’s starting to sound like underage women are children. What’s the difference between underage women and children?
A: Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq...
A: Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq...
FAQ: Underage Women
“Many of the headlines have read that [Jeffrey Epstein] is accused of ‘sex with underage women.’ Really? Why are we whitewashing? Why are we not ca...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Q: It’s starting to sound like underage women are children. What’s the difference between underage women and children?
A: Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq...
A: Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq...
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Can confirm, I did say this, over on Threads. I stand by it here as well. And everywhere else!
“Re ‘There are a lot of people on your side who will be in the Epstein Files too!’: No there aren't, my side is the ‘People Who Don't Fuck Children’ side, anyone not on this side can get all the way into the bin, what side are YOU on, exactly?” — John Scalzi
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Can confirm, I did say this, over on Threads. I stand by it here as well. And everywhere else!
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A friend sent me this lolololol
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A friend sent me this lolololol
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NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! This month’s Electronic Sound explores the strange and unsettling world of COLD WAR ELECTRONICA and we have a superb 35-track double CD to accompany the mag. Tension! Anxiety! Paranoia! Doom! Gloom! It’s all here! Get your copy at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! This month’s Electronic Sound explores the strange and unsettling world of COLD WAR ELECTRONICA and we have a superb 35-track double CD to accompany the mag. Tension! Anxiety! Paranoia! Doom! Gloom! It’s all here! Get your copy at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine
Wait, what???
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Mike Fleming Jr: Peacock Folds On ‘Poker Face’ Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants 2-Season Deal With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth Charlie Cale
Peacock Folds 'Poker Face' Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants A New Deal, Two Seasons With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth
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November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wait, what???
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Looking good...
youtu.be/AGLxj7j-hTU?...
youtu.be/AGLxj7j-hTU?...
Fallout: Season 2 - Official Trailer (2025) Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins
YouTube video by IGN
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November 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Looking good...
youtu.be/AGLxj7j-hTU?...
youtu.be/AGLxj7j-hTU?...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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ValhallaFutureVerb. $50. Available now. valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/...
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
ValhallaFutureVerb. $50. Available now. valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/...
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This is really clever
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is really clever
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It was seventy years ago today. And that clock still doesn’t work..
Nov 12th - The Hill Valley clock tower was struck by lightning, George decked Biff and saved Lorraine, Marty travelled Back to the Future.
📽️📅 Back to the Future (1985)
📽️📅 Back to the Future (1985)
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It was seventy years ago today. And that clock still doesn’t work..
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The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Christmas is coming
The goose is getting fat
How about a silly card
The features the word twat?
And if that doesn’t
float your boat
There’s jaws and Luke and shit
I know it’s early to flog cards
But I’m just that kind of tit...
*PROSTITUTING MY ART KLAXON*
Dippyfishcards.etsy.com #bsnm #mhhsbd
The goose is getting fat
How about a silly card
The features the word twat?
And if that doesn’t
float your boat
There’s jaws and Luke and shit
I know it’s early to flog cards
But I’m just that kind of tit...
*PROSTITUTING MY ART KLAXON*
Dippyfishcards.etsy.com #bsnm #mhhsbd
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Christmas is coming
The goose is getting fat
How about a silly card
The features the word twat?
And if that doesn’t
float your boat
There’s jaws and Luke and shit
I know it’s early to flog cards
But I’m just that kind of tit...
*PROSTITUTING MY ART KLAXON*
Dippyfishcards.etsy.com #bsnm #mhhsbd
The goose is getting fat
How about a silly card
The features the word twat?
And if that doesn’t
float your boat
There’s jaws and Luke and shit
I know it’s early to flog cards
But I’m just that kind of tit...
*PROSTITUTING MY ART KLAXON*
Dippyfishcards.etsy.com #bsnm #mhhsbd
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People don't like to talk about the time when the trees of Whirlow Wood grew wooden people to send as emissaries to Barwell village. People don't talk about the Treaty of the Axe. The ongoing offerings. – Ruth Hyde #VOH
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
People don't like to talk about the time when the trees of Whirlow Wood grew wooden people to send as emissaries to Barwell village. People don't talk about the Treaty of the Axe. The ongoing offerings. – Ruth Hyde #VOH
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "Neptune's Brood".)
(Here's the opening of "Neptune's Brood".)
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "Neptune's Brood".)
(Here's the opening of "Neptune's Brood".)
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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ai has entered its roast era. large scale mockery signals the beginning of the end. good. 🙂
June 3, 2024 at 6:00 PM
ai has entered its roast era. large scale mockery signals the beginning of the end. good. 🙂
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Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
Finally managed to get the bloody cover off my wing mirror without breaking it - result!! I can replace it with the new one now.
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Finally managed to get the bloody cover off my wing mirror without breaking it - result!! I can replace it with the new one now.