Herb Morgan
@monkmorgan.bsky.social
eclectic generalist, incessant dabbler, surfer of a perpetually revolving set of interests
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Herb Morgan
@monkmorgan.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Hello, Bluesky. Liking it here, so far.
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Been working on this one for a while — it's a little bit of history of a key foundation of internet technology, and a little bit of an explainer about how people _actually_ invent things. This is the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world. www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
How Markdown took over the world - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Been working on this one for a while — it's a little bit of history of a key foundation of internet technology, and a little bit of an explainer about how people _actually_ invent things. This is the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world. www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
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Experience reimagined global sound recordings from the archives through live performance, artist conversations and interactive activities in 'A Century of Sounds: Live' in collaboration with Cities and Memory & @ocmevents.bsky.social. Fri 27 Feb 6.30-9pm. Tickets £10 (Members £5).
bit.ly/3MGbBFC
bit.ly/3MGbBFC
January 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Experience reimagined global sound recordings from the archives through live performance, artist conversations and interactive activities in 'A Century of Sounds: Live' in collaboration with Cities and Memory & @ocmevents.bsky.social. Fri 27 Feb 6.30-9pm. Tickets £10 (Members £5).
bit.ly/3MGbBFC
bit.ly/3MGbBFC
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Learn more about the archaeology of sound and music in Antiquity, with articles on Neolithic shell trumpets in Catalonia (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...), Bronze Age cymbals from Oman (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...) and the earliest stringed instruments in Vietnam (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...)
January 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Learn more about the archaeology of sound and music in Antiquity, with articles on Neolithic shell trumpets in Catalonia (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...), Bronze Age cymbals from Oman (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...) and the earliest stringed instruments in Vietnam (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...)
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D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up. n.pr/3YIJurW
In Memoriam 2025: The Musicians We Lost
D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up. n.pr/3YIJurW
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'Brett’s greatest trick in channeling Holmes was to make Holmes seem like himself. His performances were an integration and shedding of the self, a foretaste and remembrance of where the character was going, and where he had come from.'
Jeremy Brett, the Perfect Sherlock Holmes
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Jeremy Brett, the Perfect Sherlock Holmes
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December 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
'Brett’s greatest trick in channeling Holmes was to make Holmes seem like himself. His performances were an integration and shedding of the self, a foretaste and remembrance of where the character was going, and where he had come from.'
Jeremy Brett, the Perfect Sherlock Holmes
buff.ly/7UxfopN
Jeremy Brett, the Perfect Sherlock Holmes
buff.ly/7UxfopN
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Ancient cave art is beautiful to look at—and it was likely also meant to be part of a listening experience. A growing field of archeology is uncovering the role music played during the Ice and Stone Ages. 🎶
How Did Ancient Humans Use The Acoustics Of Spaces Like Caves?
What did a vulture-bone flute sound like inside a cave? How about singing inside a tomb? Researchers are bringing ancient sounds back to life.
buff.ly
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ancient cave art is beautiful to look at—and it was likely also meant to be part of a listening experience. A growing field of archeology is uncovering the role music played during the Ice and Stone Ages. 🎶
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'They might seem new age-y, but SOTL always sound too damaged for that categorisation to make absolute sense. The beauty comes from the reflections of inner turmoil.'
#StarsOfTheLid - Music for Nitrous Oxide is No 5 in tQ’s Reissues, posthumous releases Etc. of the Year 2025
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#StarsOfTheLid - Music for Nitrous Oxide is No 5 in tQ’s Reissues, posthumous releases Etc. of the Year 2025
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December 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
'They might seem new age-y, but SOTL always sound too damaged for that categorisation to make absolute sense. The beauty comes from the reflections of inner turmoil.'
#StarsOfTheLid - Music for Nitrous Oxide is No 5 in tQ’s Reissues, posthumous releases Etc. of the Year 2025
buff.ly/FEQ8zVM
#StarsOfTheLid - Music for Nitrous Oxide is No 5 in tQ’s Reissues, posthumous releases Etc. of the Year 2025
buff.ly/FEQ8zVM
A couple pics of the Moon from this morning
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A couple pics of the Moon from this morning
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📰 Are Catalonian conch shells among the earliest musical instruments?
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments
Conch-shell trumpets discovered in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia make tone similar to french horn, says lead researcher
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📰 Are Catalonian conch shells among the earliest musical instruments?
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Remembering Julee Cruise, born this day in 1956 who collaborated so memorably with Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch, including her single "Falling" in Twin Peaks.
Julee Cruise - Falling (Twin Peaks Soundtrack)
YouTube video by Serge K
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Remembering Julee Cruise, born this day in 1956 who collaborated so memorably with Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch, including her single "Falling" in Twin Peaks.
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Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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November 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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🔭 Globular Cluster M15 Deep Field
Image Credit & Copyright: Alvaro Ibanez Perez
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
Image Credit & Copyright: Alvaro Ibanez Perez
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 Globular Cluster M15 Deep Field
Image Credit & Copyright: Alvaro Ibanez Perez
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
Image Credit & Copyright: Alvaro Ibanez Perez
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
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On 18 November 2017 an astronaut aboard space station #ISS took this image of aurora borealis from over southwestern Canada. The brightest city in the image is Edmonton, Alberta. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YearsOnISS
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
On 18 November 2017 an astronaut aboard space station #ISS took this image of aurora borealis from over southwestern Canada. The brightest city in the image is Edmonton, Alberta. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YearsOnISS
Work drawing 20251114
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Work drawing 20251114
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Brian Eno's album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) was released on November 14, 1974
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Brian Eno's album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) was released on November 14, 1974
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The latest book from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social’s LAMP project (who invited me to lecture on Baltic religion last month) is out in open access: Indo-European Afterlives: blog.stockholmuniversitypress.se/2025/11/11/h...
How the Indo-European peoples imagined death – Language, myth and archaeology in a new book
By interweaving philological analysis, archaeological evidence and mythological narratives, Indo-European Afterlives offers new perspectives on how notions of death and the beyond w…
blog.stockholmuniversitypress.se
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The latest book from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social’s LAMP project (who invited me to lecture on Baltic religion last month) is out in open access: Indo-European Afterlives: blog.stockholmuniversitypress.se/2025/11/11/h...
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
Linux Virtualization and stuff
Docker - containers
Distrobox - arch aur on debian os
Qemu - virtual machines
Wine, bottles
Proxmox
Expresscard to nvme
ThinkPad ultrabay ssd
Msata ssd
2.5" ssd
Docker - containers
Distrobox - arch aur on debian os
Qemu - virtual machines
Wine, bottles
Proxmox
Expresscard to nvme
ThinkPad ultrabay ssd
Msata ssd
2.5" ssd
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Linux Virtualization and stuff
Docker - containers
Distrobox - arch aur on debian os
Qemu - virtual machines
Wine, bottles
Proxmox
Expresscard to nvme
ThinkPad ultrabay ssd
Msata ssd
2.5" ssd
Docker - containers
Distrobox - arch aur on debian os
Qemu - virtual machines
Wine, bottles
Proxmox
Expresscard to nvme
ThinkPad ultrabay ssd
Msata ssd
2.5" ssd
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Libraries matter. Access matters.
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Libraries matter. Access matters.
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Pocket shrine with vintage French elements in my shop (link in bio).
#alteredart #mixedmedia #sacredart #shrine
#alteredart #mixedmedia #sacredart #shrine
January 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Pocket shrine with vintage French elements in my shop (link in bio).
#alteredart #mixedmedia #sacredart #shrine
#alteredart #mixedmedia #sacredart #shrine
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ESP_014296_1255 - From UAHiRISE (NASA) (uahirise.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/dZHkAK
September 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
ESP_014296_1255 - From UAHiRISE (NASA) (uahirise.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/dZHkAK