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iotar

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A brief overview of men being killed by K-pop idols in music videos.
#kpop

http://www.iotacism.com/2025/uncategorized/kpop-man-killers/

December 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM

iotar

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For at least a decade I've been using a Nokia 7370 swivel mobile as my standard phone. I've owned three of these in total, including my first mobile in the 00s.

So, to keep things interesting I've switched to a 7360, which has the same attention to detailing […]

[Original post on mastodon.online]

December 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM

iotar

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badass anime girl in Woolwich tunnel for no reason

December 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM

iotar

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Two anime girls in fighting stance in front of a railway three-storey car park in Wolverhampton

December 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM

iotar

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I was slightly annoyed with some bollocks lesson scheduling this afternoon, so I nipped into the secondhand shop behind Berlitz beforehand, and scooped up another mint condition Passport album. This period with Christian Schultze on keys and Curt Cress on […]

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December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM

iotar

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Delenn is making friends with the new studio tech. Delenn say yes!
#studio #tascam #mixer #catsofmastodon

November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM

iotar

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I was wondering why I wasn't using the Wavestate so much lately, when it's such a powerful and fun device. Turns out it was that it wasn't at my desk where I am most of the time, so I changed that. The Sonic Cell (upper right) has better reverbs that the […]

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November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM

iotar

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The current state of the ramen shelf. I mean, sure, we picked up a few bargains today, but yes, I admit it does look a bit like we've got a problem.
#ramen #ramyun

A serious quantity of ramen/ramyun or a shelf.

November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM

iotar

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Had to hang out in town during a long day of classes, so I visited the secondhand record shop in the street behind the Berlitz centre and picked up this total bargain. Double-album of the first two Passport albums. 1976 issue in mint condition.

The first of […]

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November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM

iotar

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Ramen shelf was getting a little meagre lately so I stocked up. The Jaifai Tom Yum Shin Ramyun is especially good.
#ramen #ramyun

Some really good instant noodles on a shelf.

November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM

iotar

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Not the most expensive ramen I've ever bought, but probably the fanciest packaging. Pretty intense aroma, good chewy noodles. Interesting.
#ramen

Mama Oriental Kitchen Truffle ramen packaging: dark blue and gold.

Mama Oriental Kitchen Truffle ramen packaging: noodle cake and flavour packets.

November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM

iotar

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Anyone else feeling that kando?
#kando #Yamaha

November 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM

iotar

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Panda and Delenn have been busily sitting in different places this weekend.
#catsofmastodon #Caturday

Tuxedo cat sitting on a colourful sofa in front of a Chinese newspaper and an e-reader.

Tuxedo cat sitting in a small yellow beer box.

November 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM

iotar

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Today's big find in Jägerstraße: a six volume box of James Last's Nonstop Dancing albums from 1965-1968. Total price: one euro!
#vinyl #easylistening #jameslast

October 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM

iotar

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You know your Sunday is a barrel of laughs when you're using pages that look like this for reference.
#synth #yamahaxg #web1_0

October 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM

iotar

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Panda is looking for MIDI cables.
#catsofmastodon #Caturday #studio #casio #reeltoreel

Tuxedo cat sitting on a desk in my studio surrounded by keyboards, effects units, MIDI expanders and a reel to reel tape deck.

October 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM

iotar

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Modhaus publicity shots of Kim Lip really are the shit.
#kpop #modhaus #kimlip #artms #loona

October 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM

iotar

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POV: Lippy has just turned you into a pin cushion.
#kpop #kimlip #artms #loona

October 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM

iotar

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Sometimes people find it hard to understand what I believe in. I believe in this.
#kpop #nobodywantstolistentothesmithsbitch

akihabara angel

october 1at 7:46PM
bitches who dont like kpop are so annoying nobody wants to listen to the smiths bitch put girl front on

October 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM

iotar

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One U-bahn stop away there's a Cash Converter type of shop that sells second hand TVs, Playstations, DVDs and the rest, but this week they happened to have a load of 20th Century composition on vinyl going for a euro a disc: German, Austrian, Czechoslovakian […]

[Original post on mastodon.online]

October 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM

iotar

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Very good book morning. Firstly I had a meeting with the author of the book I was doing an index for, and we signed off the project and I got paid.

And then the first copy of Epson Moore arrived in the post. And it's perfect!

#epsonmoore #publishing #indexing

October 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM

iotar

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I put 100 tiny dice in a Klein bottle, and now I know that I need more tiny dice.

September 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM

iotar

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I have this perfectly good studio in the next room, so I decided to set another little one up on the corner of my desk instead of using the main setup. Anyway, discovering some great Easter eggs in the Roland Sonic Cell that can get me halfway to sounding […]

[Original post on mastodon.online]