Michael Douglas
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Michael Douglas
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The Ansible:
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Latest and last The Ansible of 2025 is out now!

Reflections on travels in the PNW and some late Autumn releases for the darker months - happy solstice all!

#musicwriting #doom #blackmetal #blackmetalsky #doommetalsky #pallbearer #stygianbough #oneofnine #yelloweyes #drone #ambient #folk
December 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Announcement: 🏆The John Rylands Library has been awarded the FX Award for Museum or Exhibition Space 2025, triumphing in a highly competitive international category. 😀
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/the-john-rylands-library-wins-prestigious-fx-award/
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The latest edition of my newsletter - videogame soundtracks, the genius of Hollow Knight and Silksong, composer Christopher Larkin and what these beautiful games can teach us about creativity in 2025! #silksong #hollowknight

It's Dangerous To Go Alone! Take This.
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It's Dangerous To Go Alone! Take This.
Hello! Welcome to this edition of the Ansible and sincere apologies for the delay.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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“An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the artificial intelligence industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny.” Out from behind the paywall: the Editors on the literature of AI resignation.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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BOOK LAUNCH: Join us for the launch of our new book, Radical Abundance!

📆 Friday 19th September, 7-9pm
📌 Pelican House, London

🔗 Register your free place: www.in-abundance.org/latest/book-...

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What Does Winning Look Like? Radical Abundance Book Launch
Aug 27, 2025
www.in-abundance.org
August 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Latest The Ansible is out now!

Thoughts on 28 Years Later and some albums and artists that carry it's fervent, heatstroke-induced atmosphere

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Sumer is icumen in
It actually feels like we’re getting a proper Summer this year in the UK.
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July 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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New Fall of Efrafa merch drop for all you Watership Down-themed stadium crust hypebeasts out there alexcf.bigcartel.com/product/fall...
Fall of efrafa longsleeve T shirt
This is a pre order - shirts will ship within one month as of 10th July. Patience is appreciated! A fundraising shirt for MAP (Medical aid for...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Umberto Eco’s enduringly popular manual “How to Write a Thesis” is more than a guide for undergraduates; the book is a celebration of the magical process of self-realization.
A Guide to Thesis Writing and a Guide to Life
Writing and research manuals like Umberto Eco’s “How to Write a Thesis” offer a vision of our best selves, Hua Hsu wrote, in 2015.
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June 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
My latest edition of The Ansible is out now - on 2025's edition of Roadburn festival, what a special place it was and how it might be the best festival in the world for any 40+ DIY Elders/Punks/Music Fans!

#roadburn #thou #diy #festivals

Redefining Heaviness open.substack.com/pub/theansib...
Redefining Heaviness
“Outside the walls of civilization lies a wilderness beyond belief and without end!!!!!”
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June 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future is now available to pre-order!

PLEASE do this directly via @plutopress.bsky.social rather than through Amazon etc. Their distro is from both UK and US.

www.plutobooks.com/978074535135...
May 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Casting out into the digital ether, my most recent piece on metal-punk miscreants Thou and plans for The Ansible over the year as I start gearing up for Roadburn:

#thou #diy #punk #hardcore #metal #sludge #roadburn #roadburnfestival #roadburn2025

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By Endurance We Conquer
Traversing Life's Summits
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April 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Welcome to the official BlueSky account for The University of Manchester Library! 👋

Follow us for Library news and updates, information about our resources, Library services and more. 📚

@uomlibrary.bsky.social #HelloBlueSky
March 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The latest edition of my Substack 'The Ansible' dropped last week - please read below! Thoughts on the further splintering of social media platforms (is it worth me posting here?) and new records from Drew McDowall and Rafael Anton Irisarri

Ambient Nihilism open.substack.com/pub/theansib...
Ambient Nihilism
I don't have to tell you things are bad.
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December 10, 2024 at 1:40 PM