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@blownmagnet.bsky.social
Clang, crash, bang! (Finalist for Best Cross-Border Shipping Solution 2021, 2025)
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Please, Apple, do this one right.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Apple TV's New Cyberpunk Show That Was Called 'Unfilmable' Is the Sci-Fi Event of the Decade
One book-to-screen adaptation that was once thought impossible is finally coming to Apple TV next year--and we couldn't be more excited.
www.cbr.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Please, Apple, do this one right.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
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Yes! Signed.
Also a bunch of libraries are pulping way more than half of their books to give spaces for people just to look at their phones. There’s a mutilation happening and the thinking is that they’re more “community hubs” than libraries. I’m calling these wannabe bookless places ‘vibaries’
Also a bunch of libraries are pulping way more than half of their books to give spaces for people just to look at their phones. There’s a mutilation happening and the thinking is that they’re more “community hubs” than libraries. I’m calling these wannabe bookless places ‘vibaries’
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Yes! Signed.
Also a bunch of libraries are pulping way more than half of their books to give spaces for people just to look at their phones. There’s a mutilation happening and the thinking is that they’re more “community hubs” than libraries. I’m calling these wannabe bookless places ‘vibaries’
Also a bunch of libraries are pulping way more than half of their books to give spaces for people just to look at their phones. There’s a mutilation happening and the thinking is that they’re more “community hubs” than libraries. I’m calling these wannabe bookless places ‘vibaries’
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That only 12,000 people get to tell the story of seeing the great North side win their second in a row is an indictment on the salaries of the visionless executive of #AFL
Three women working four days a week could do a better job than those overpaid plonkers
#AFLWGF #AFLW #AFLWRoosLions
Three women working four days a week could do a better job than those overpaid plonkers
#AFLWGF #AFLW #AFLWRoosLions
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
That only 12,000 people get to tell the story of seeing the great North side win their second in a row is an indictment on the salaries of the visionless executive of #AFL
Three women working four days a week could do a better job than those overpaid plonkers
#AFLWGF #AFLW #AFLWRoosLions
Three women working four days a week could do a better job than those overpaid plonkers
#AFLWGF #AFLW #AFLWRoosLions
Let them keep the money
Couple from Kazakhstan allegedly used hidden camera and earpieces to win $1.18m from Sydney’s Crown casino
Couple from Kazakhstan allegedly used hidden camera and earpieces to win $1.18m from Sydney’s Crown casino
Woman, 36, and her husband, 44, arrested at Barangaroo and charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage
A married couple from Kazakhstan has allegedly won more than $1m from Sydney’s Crown casino using a tiny camera hidden in a Mickey Mouse T-shirt and “deep-seated earpieces” that allowed them to communicate.
New South Wales police said on Sunday the couple was charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage after being arrested in the Barangaroo casino. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Let them keep the money
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So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
Stone Roses rehearsing - perfect. youtu.be/v--zWOpYvJA?...
The Stone Roses - Waterfall 2012 ( Re-upload )
YouTube video by Music View
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Stone Roses rehearsing - perfect. youtu.be/v--zWOpYvJA?...
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The extra layer to this tragedy is that the Wang Fuk towers were built under a public housing scheme established in the 1950s after a devastating shanty town fire in nearby Shek Kip Mei.
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
Hong Kong fire kills 55, hundreds missing as police blame ‘grossly negligent’ construction firm
A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 55 people and left nearly 300 missing may have been caused by a "grossly negligent" construction firm using unsafe m...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The extra layer to this tragedy is that the Wang Fuk towers were built under a public housing scheme established in the 1950s after a devastating shanty town fire in nearby Shek Kip Mei.
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
What caused the SKM fire? Wealth inequity. What caused the Wang Fuk fire? Wealth inequity.💔
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Hanson coming up with flimsier and flimsier excuses to wear the burqa, just convert and make peace with it already, we don't all need to go on this journey with you
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hanson coming up with flimsier and flimsier excuses to wear the burqa, just convert and make peace with it already, we don't all need to go on this journey with you
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Guilty, But a Hero? Inside the Trial of Shinzo Abe’s Assassin
The case has become a lightning rod for public fury over the ruling party’s entanglement with a predatory religious group.
There’s no question that the accused is guilty.
#Japan
open.substack.com/pub/tokyopal...
The case has become a lightning rod for public fury over the ruling party’s entanglement with a predatory religious group.
There’s no question that the accused is guilty.
#Japan
open.substack.com/pub/tokyopal...
Yamagami’s Trial Begins: Abe’s Assassin Is Clearly Guilty. So Why the Hero Worship?
Tetusya Yamagami has taken responsibility for all charges against him. He's also responsible for revealing the ugly truth behind an exploitative cult and the politicians in their pocket
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Guilty, But a Hero? Inside the Trial of Shinzo Abe’s Assassin
The case has become a lightning rod for public fury over the ruling party’s entanglement with a predatory religious group.
There’s no question that the accused is guilty.
#Japan
open.substack.com/pub/tokyopal...
The case has become a lightning rod for public fury over the ruling party’s entanglement with a predatory religious group.
There’s no question that the accused is guilty.
#Japan
open.substack.com/pub/tokyopal...
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
Wait Spotify bought whosampled?!?
The story slightly buried in this announcement of the launch of SongDNA and the expansion of song credits is that they acquired WhoSampled to do this. I guarantee you there's about to be a slew of bad info attached to music now and it'll be damn near impossible to get corrected.
Spotlighting the people, connections, and stories behind your music – Spotify for Artists
Expanded Song Credits, SongDNA, About the song
artists.spotify.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Wait Spotify bought whosampled?!?
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
This is amazing
Here is a Christmas gift months in the making: an RF rip of the greatest magic special in history. Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, directed by David Mamet, never released on home video, sourced from an internal HBO Production tape sourced by @pulsingcinema.bsky.social: archive.org/details/rick...
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This is amazing
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The free fed square gig loses its point once tickets come in.
Then it just becomes just another event that's centered around getting onto a ticketing website on time - just like everything else.
Don't let it lose its real life, off-screen spontaneous magic.
Then it just becomes just another event that's centered around getting onto a ticketing website on time - just like everything else.
Don't let it lose its real life, off-screen spontaneous magic.
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The free fed square gig loses its point once tickets come in.
Then it just becomes just another event that's centered around getting onto a ticketing website on time - just like everything else.
Don't let it lose its real life, off-screen spontaneous magic.
Then it just becomes just another event that's centered around getting onto a ticketing website on time - just like everything else.
Don't let it lose its real life, off-screen spontaneous magic.
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because if you save it, you have a cold drink (your file) for later
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
because if you save it, you have a cold drink (your file) for later
This is the logical outcome of just destroying public services over decades - nobody can do anything.
Prime example of why the contract between the public and the police is breaking down, regardless of long term crime trends. Thames Valley Police don’t even think it’s their job to investigate this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field
The enormous pile of rubbish is called an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is the logical outcome of just destroying public services over decades - nobody can do anything.
OH on the tram - “I never thought I’d get into crypto until they combined it with pokies”
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
OH on the tram - “I never thought I’d get into crypto until they combined it with pokies”
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The mythical media trump—who knows anything about what he's talking about—is on a collision course with the sudden need to pretend to know nothing at all about a story that he's had lots of help trying to forget.
Round Up the Usual Suspect - Truthdig
The media version of Donald Trump as the author of his own administration isn't the one leaving his DNA at the crime scene.
www.truthdig.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The mythical media trump—who knows anything about what he's talking about—is on a collision course with the sudden need to pretend to know nothing at all about a story that he's had lots of help trying to forget.
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"Teenage Wasteland" is maybe the best two-word phrase in rock history and frickin Pete Townshend had to name the song "Baba O'Riley"
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Teenage Wasteland" is maybe the best two-word phrase in rock history and frickin Pete Townshend had to name the song "Baba O'Riley"
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
Great actor - a force of nature.
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor of Ran, Yojimbo and Harakiri, dies aged 92
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Great actor - a force of nature.
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New substack post
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
New substack post