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Slow News Dave
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· Jun 24
The Dave Watches The Great Films He's Never Seen Project
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The list of films for The "Dave Watches The Great Films He's Never Seen" Project has hit 120 (including those I've already watched over the last few weeks). That should keep me busy for a while.
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I'm not starting an award.
But I am going on a perhaps quixotic months-long exercise in spotlighting great quality early 2020s queer SFF. The details, the thinking behind it, and a bonus cringeworthy pun are here!
I look forward to shouting at y'all about great books over the next few months.
But I am going on a perhaps quixotic months-long exercise in spotlighting great quality early 2020s queer SFF. The details, the thinking behind it, and a bonus cringeworthy pun are here!
I look forward to shouting at y'all about great books over the next few months.
I'm not starting up an award
...but I am testing a hypothesis and spotlighting some great queer SFF
borrowed-and-blue.beehiiv.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:43 AM
I'm not starting an award.
But I am going on a perhaps quixotic months-long exercise in spotlighting great quality early 2020s queer SFF. The details, the thinking behind it, and a bonus cringeworthy pun are here!
I look forward to shouting at y'all about great books over the next few months.
But I am going on a perhaps quixotic months-long exercise in spotlighting great quality early 2020s queer SFF. The details, the thinking behind it, and a bonus cringeworthy pun are here!
I look forward to shouting at y'all about great books over the next few months.
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Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.
I'm also unspeakably charmed by Isiliel, the solo project of one of the members of NECRONOMIDOL, which is just fantastic. I'm not /generally/ a metal guy, but this is extremely my shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGLj...
Isiliel - Umbral Exorcism
YouTube video by IMPERIET IV
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 AM
I'm also unspeakably charmed by Isiliel, the solo project of one of the members of NECRONOMIDOL, which is just fantastic. I'm not /generally/ a metal guy, but this is extremely my shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGLj...
Truly that is the dream
February 10, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Truly that is the dream
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中村佳穂 ライブ "SING US" 忘れっぽい天使 / そのいのち"
YouTube video by 中村佳穂_sub
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:48 AM
You absolutely may
February 10, 2026 at 4:12 AM
You absolutely may
So far I've watched Bocchi the Rock, BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, Ave Mujica (which is a direct sequel to MyGo), and am just about done with Girls Band Cry, and I'd happily recommend all of them. Haven't seen K-On! yet, but it's on the list (along with Idolish7 and Carole & Tuesday).
February 10, 2026 at 4:09 AM
So far I've watched Bocchi the Rock, BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, Ave Mujica (which is a direct sequel to MyGo), and am just about done with Girls Band Cry, and I'd happily recommend all of them. Haven't seen K-On! yet, but it's on the list (along with Idolish7 and Carole & Tuesday).
STOP THE FUCKIN' PRESSES I have just come across NECRONOMIDOL, a lovecraftian metal/idol band who are extremely fuckin' good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j7m...
February 10, 2026 at 4:06 AM
STOP THE FUCKIN' PRESSES I have just come across NECRONOMIDOL, a lovecraftian metal/idol band who are extremely fuckin' good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j7m...
Fuck yeah this slaps
February 10, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Fuck yeah this slaps
Grinning like an idiot at this ridiculous punk album, too otobokebeaver.bandcamp.com/album/itekom...
ITEKOMA HITS, by Otoboke Beaver おとぼけビ～バ～
14 track album
otobokebeaver.bandcamp.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Grinning like an idiot at this ridiculous punk album, too otobokebeaver.bandcamp.com/album/itekom...
I did think that I should probably check out some REAL Japanese music, as opposed to fictional stuff, so I went on Bandcamp Dive and now I'm about to get extremely into Japanese Shoegaze -- sorry to everyone I talk to about music for somehow getting MORE insufferable
SPOOL, by SPOOL
12 track album
spool1991.bandcamp.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I did think that I should probably check out some REAL Japanese music, as opposed to fictional stuff, so I went on Bandcamp Dive and now I'm about to get extremely into Japanese Shoegaze -- sorry to everyone I talk to about music for somehow getting MORE insufferable
I was briefly surprised that I got so into all these different girls band anime, but then I realised it was an entire genre about sad girls with guitars and it all fell into place.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I was briefly surprised that I got so into all these different girls band anime, but then I realised it was an entire genre about sad girls with guitars and it all fell into place.
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Be part of the first-ever book exploring transness in cyberpunk
Your support is an act of resistance in a time of surveillance & censorship
What’s more punk than that?
Not-for-profit crowdfund runs until March
Let’s chronicle the new cyberpunk canon together!
🔗 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Your support is an act of resistance in a time of surveillance & censorship
What’s more punk than that?
Not-for-profit crowdfund runs until March
Let’s chronicle the new cyberpunk canon together!
🔗 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
February 9, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Be part of the first-ever book exploring transness in cyberpunk
Your support is an act of resistance in a time of surveillance & censorship
What’s more punk than that?
Not-for-profit crowdfund runs until March
Let’s chronicle the new cyberpunk canon together!
🔗 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Your support is an act of resistance in a time of surveillance & censorship
What’s more punk than that?
Not-for-profit crowdfund runs until March
Let’s chronicle the new cyberpunk canon together!
🔗 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Non-English Bangers: Anime Edition www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ-O...
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Non-English Bangers: Anime Edition www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ-O...
And also: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA__...
Tāiro
YouTube video by KOMMI - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
And also: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA__...
Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMMh...
(You all knew where this was going)
(You all knew where this was going)
February 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMMh...
(You all knew where this was going)
(You all knew where this was going)
Would it be better if they put more effort into their political attacks? Probably not, but at least there'd be less shit flooding into the zone, such as it is.
February 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Would it be better if they put more effort into their political attacks? Probably not, but at least there'd be less shit flooding into the zone, such as it is.
One of the more depressing things about National going all-in on AI slop attack ads is that they don't HAVE to. Everyone knows they've got money, but god forbid they give any of it back to New Zealanders. Just spewing out thought-free bile at the lowest possible cost and effort. #NZPOL
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
One of the more depressing things about National going all-in on AI slop attack ads is that they don't HAVE to. Everyone knows they've got money, but god forbid they give any of it back to New Zealanders. Just spewing out thought-free bile at the lowest possible cost and effort. #NZPOL
Liquified Natural Gaslighting
New liquified natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'?
New liquified natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'?
The government wants taxpayers to pay for a new liquified natural gas import terminal, but is promising lower power prices will come as a result.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Liquified Natural Gaslighting
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Hugo eligibility post!
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
The Cuddled Little Vice (Sandman)
Previously in The Last War in Albion: Alan Moore wrote Watchmen, which, for complicated reasons involving William S. Burroughs and the weak nuclear force, ended the Cold War and replaced it with a mag...
www.eruditorumpress.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Hugo eligibility post!
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
“The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
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$?????? millions on a liquefied natural gas terminal that cuts against the actual economics of natural gas instead of just paying for everyone to switch to fucking electricity is probably peak Luxonism. Bad economics, bad infrastructure, bad decision.
February 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
$?????? millions on a liquefied natural gas terminal that cuts against the actual economics of natural gas instead of just paying for everyone to switch to fucking electricity is probably peak Luxonism. Bad economics, bad infrastructure, bad decision.
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This is a significant issue for democracy and trust in news media (already dismal, as we know). I'm so glad that Meta is taking action against this automated AI slop on their platforms by doing... *checks notes* nothing. #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How fake NZ news pages are swamping Facebook with AI slop
Analysis - "Fake NZ news" pages are bombarding social media with misleading slop, including using AI to animate photos of a teenage landslide victim.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 8, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This is a significant issue for democracy and trust in news media (already dismal, as we know). I'm so glad that Meta is taking action against this automated AI slop on their platforms by doing... *checks notes* nothing. #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
I feel like I say this every time I see Nick Cave but I left the gig thinking "oh yeah I get organised religion now, I understand"
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I feel like I say this every time I see Nick Cave but I left the gig thinking "oh yeah I get organised religion now, I understand"
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In another universe Nick Cave is a tent revivalist preacher for his own cult in which I am a devoted parishioner.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 6 Feb 2026. Probably the best Bad Seeds gig I've been to! The band was on fire, the vibes were immaculate, and all the songs sounded great, both the old and new. Plus I never thought I'd get to hear the Bad Seeds doing Shivers, so that's a new life highlight.
February 7, 2026 at 12:44 AM
In another universe Nick Cave is a tent revivalist preacher for his own cult in which I am a devoted parishioner.
There were moments between lining up at 4.30 and Nick appearing on stage at 8.00 where I thought "was it worth the effort to get this spot" and then all doubts disappeared as soon as the band started playing.
February 7, 2026 at 12:43 AM
There were moments between lining up at 4.30 and Nick appearing on stage at 8.00 where I thought "was it worth the effort to get this spot" and then all doubts disappeared as soon as the band started playing.