Ned Raggett
@nedraggett.bsky.social
Hi! I write about music at various spots (@thequietus.com, @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, Shfl and my Patreon, also in the past @allmusic.com, @pitchfork.com, @bandcamp.com etc. etc.). Plus podcasting about #Tolkien with friends at @bythebywater.bsky.social
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Ned Raggett
@nedraggett.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Given the very specific circumstances, I'd either check to see if I'm on drugs or if the baby is on drugs and if the latter find out where I could get some because clearly those are some gooooood drugs.
Well, it's time for some honest to god Bluesky lore.
A year ago, the site was still invite only, and one morning I posted something random and didn't think much about it beyond my own amusement.
This is the story about the #ChristianSkydivingBaby and how it completely took over @bsky.app (1/x)
A year ago, the site was still invite only, and one morning I posted something random and didn't think much about it beyond my own amusement.
This is the story about the #ChristianSkydivingBaby and how it completely took over @bsky.app (1/x)
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truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
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as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
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We are talking about Sherlock Holmes's brother, Minecraft Holmes
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We are talking about Sherlock Holmes's brother, Minecraft Holmes
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Me to the people who do not know the music I'm playing "Look, Skinny Puppy's gonna give it to ya"
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Me to the people who do not know the music I'm playing "Look, Skinny Puppy's gonna give it to ya"
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Baby, no one could name characters like Charles Dickens. Mr. Luke Honeythunder!
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Baby, no one could name characters like Charles Dickens. Mr. Luke Honeythunder!
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good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
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It's haunted
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It's haunted
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As someone who finds it problematic in some representations, I endorse this sentiment. It’s astonishingly heartwarming and shatters probability until only miracles remain
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
As someone who finds it problematic in some representations, I endorse this sentiment. It’s astonishingly heartwarming and shatters probability until only miracles remain
One of my holiday alltimers now. Whether this dub or the original with subtitles, see it.
Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
One of my holiday alltimers now. Whether this dub or the original with subtitles, see it.
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Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
Intro yourself etc:
* The final MBV show for 16 years, 1992
* El Vez joining the Sugarcubes in 1992 for “Blue Eyed Pop.”
* First Rock for Choice show (Nirvana/L7/Hole, etc), 1991
* First Brett Anderson (of Suede) solo show, London, 2007
* Terrastock 2 as mentioned below and many more after.
* The final MBV show for 16 years, 1992
* El Vez joining the Sugarcubes in 1992 for “Blue Eyed Pop.”
* First Rock for Choice show (Nirvana/L7/Hole, etc), 1991
* First Brett Anderson (of Suede) solo show, London, 2007
* Terrastock 2 as mentioned below and many more after.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
-The Pogues with Joe Strummer opening for Los Lobos
-REM for Fables, right in the pit
-The Unforgiven, The Beat Farmers and the Blasters
-X opening unannounced for Oingo Boingo
-Terrastock 1 (and 2). To say those were legendary is an understatement
-The Pogues with Joe Strummer opening for Los Lobos
-REM for Fables, right in the pit
-The Unforgiven, The Beat Farmers and the Blasters
-X opening unannounced for Oingo Boingo
-Terrastock 1 (and 2). To say those were legendary is an understatement
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
-Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
-The Flaming Lips
-Public Enemy
-R. E. M.
-HAIM
-Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
-The Flaming Lips
-Public Enemy
-R. E. M.
-HAIM
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Intro yourself etc:
* The final MBV show for 16 years, 1992
* El Vez joining the Sugarcubes in 1992 for “Blue Eyed Pop.”
* First Rock for Choice show (Nirvana/L7/Hole, etc), 1991
* First Brett Anderson (of Suede) solo show, London, 2007
* Terrastock 2 as mentioned below and many more after.
* The final MBV show for 16 years, 1992
* El Vez joining the Sugarcubes in 1992 for “Blue Eyed Pop.”
* First Rock for Choice show (Nirvana/L7/Hole, etc), 1991
* First Brett Anderson (of Suede) solo show, London, 2007
* Terrastock 2 as mentioned below and many more after.
Good times: had. Zoning for remainder of day in effect.
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Good times: had. Zoning for remainder of day in effect.
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Tired: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a long consumerist advertisement for a corporation-based American hegemony that peaked before the forever wars.
Wired: Shaggy and Busta Rhymes are dad rock now.
Wired: Shaggy and Busta Rhymes are dad rock now.
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tired: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a long consumerist advertisement for a corporation-based American hegemony that peaked before the forever wars.
Wired: Shaggy and Busta Rhymes are dad rock now.
Wired: Shaggy and Busta Rhymes are dad rock now.
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BREAKING SNAIL CRIME NEWS
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
BREAKING SNAIL CRIME NEWS
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It has, sadly, often come down to this.
My rule of thumb is if the company is named after something in Lord of the Rings, it’s almost certainly evil.
Since its founding in 2017, Anduril Industries has become one of the hottest companies in a crowded field of defense-tech startup.
Its fast-moving approach comes with its share of setbacks.
Its fast-moving approach comes with its share of setbacks.
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It has, sadly, often come down to this.
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Dead internet theory.
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Dead internet theory.
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I'm so happy for everyone who worked on this movie, it's what she deserves 🥲🥲🥲
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm so happy for everyone who worked on this movie, it's what she deserves 🥲🥲🥲
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So, when people are saying that AI is keeping the economy afloat (it isn't) they mean all the ad buys for the NFL games, yeah?
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
So, when people are saying that AI is keeping the economy afloat (it isn't) they mean all the ad buys for the NFL games, yeah?
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Streaming for free on YouTube!
YAY YAY! (<— watch and this will make “sense”)
YAY YAY! (<— watch and this will make “sense”)
Who needs the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade when you have the fever dream of Fun In Balloonland? Please enjoy about ~1 minute of the most insane yet somehow real footage you will ever see.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Streaming for free on YouTube!
YAY YAY! (<— watch and this will make “sense”)
YAY YAY! (<— watch and this will make “sense”)
Repeating myself from earlier this week — it’s a great film, see it when you can.
Let’s all go around BlueSky and each say what we’re thankful for. I’ll start: GLENN CLOSE! And #WakeUpDeadMan being in theaters. WITH GLENN CLOSE! Thanks to all who are coming out to see it. Theater finder in my pinned post!
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Repeating myself from earlier this week — it’s a great film, see it when you can.
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Thinking about OpenAI's court defense of "user violated terms of use" in the wrongful death case and reading their terms of use, which are more about IP protection (how ironic!) than user safety. But also see the wildly detailed usage policy.
openai.com/policies/row...
openai.com/policies/usa...
openai.com/policies/row...
openai.com/policies/usa...
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Thinking about OpenAI's court defense of "user violated terms of use" in the wrongful death case and reading their terms of use, which are more about IP protection (how ironic!) than user safety. But also see the wildly detailed usage policy.
openai.com/policies/row...
openai.com/policies/usa...
openai.com/policies/row...
openai.com/policies/usa...
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grabbed a fresh loaf at the store
November 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
grabbed a fresh loaf at the store
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I'm proud of this podcast and especially of this final episode. I feel like we went out with a bang!
It's our last episode! We're so grateful to everyone who's listened to us for the past 7 years.
We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.
www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.
www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
November 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm proud of this podcast and especially of this final episode. I feel like we went out with a bang!
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked