Alastair
@randomphrase.bsky.social
Mainly more active over on Mastodon: @randomphrase@masto.nyc
@rubenbolling.bsky.social @tomtomorrow.bsky.social Thanks for a fun evening! Great to put a voice and face to you both. Sorry I couldn’t stay and ask an awkward question, maybe next time. Love your work x2
March 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
@rubenbolling.bsky.social @tomtomorrow.bsky.social Thanks for a fun evening! Great to put a voice and face to you both. Sorry I couldn’t stay and ask an awkward question, maybe next time. Love your work x2
Great fun at the listening party yesterday for “The Bad Fire”, @mogwai.scot ‘s new album, out today: album.link/i/1772756309
The Bad Fire by Mogwai
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January 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Great fun at the listening party yesterday for “The Bad Fire”, @mogwai.scot ‘s new album, out today: album.link/i/1772756309
Not sure that I would have picked Lawson over Tsunoda if I was running Red Bull, but hey. Best of luck to the young Kiwi.
Also who fills the now vacant RB seat? Colapinto I would assume?
Also who fills the now vacant RB seat? Colapinto I would assume?
December 19, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Not sure that I would have picked Lawson over Tsunoda if I was running Red Bull, but hey. Best of luck to the young Kiwi.
Also who fills the now vacant RB seat? Colapinto I would assume?
Also who fills the now vacant RB seat? Colapinto I would assume?
What a great finish to a great #F1 season! Still can't believe we had *seven* *multiple* race winners this season. And the constructors championship came down to the last race. Can't ask for much more than that. Looking forward to 2025 for many reasons - especially Lewis the Red!
December 8, 2024 at 3:18 PM
What a great finish to a great #F1 season! Still can't believe we had *seven* *multiple* race winners this season. And the constructors championship came down to the last race. Can't ask for much more than that. Looking forward to 2025 for many reasons - especially Lewis the Red!
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Long ago in the pages of @2000ad.bsky.social strip Judge Dredd, the madman in charge of Mega-City One made a fish his deputy as a flex. Can't think why just came to mind...
November 14, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Long ago in the pages of @2000ad.bsky.social strip Judge Dredd, the madman in charge of Mega-City One made a fish his deputy as a flex. Can't think why just came to mind...
As a nearby resident I can only apologise to the Walz’s for their unfortunate NY pizza choice. I mean Justino’s is *fine* but I almost never go there.
And big kudos for keeping religion out of politics.
And big kudos for keeping religion out of politics.
Tim and Gwen Walz pick up post-debate slices at Justino's in Midtown. Reporters shout questions, which they try to ignore.
REPORTER: Would you all be willing to talk a little bit more about your religion?
TIM WALZ, to GWEN: We're Lutherans. We don't talk about religion.
REPORTER: Would you all be willing to talk a little bit more about your religion?
TIM WALZ, to GWEN: We're Lutherans. We don't talk about religion.
October 2, 2024 at 1:41 PM
As a nearby resident I can only apologise to the Walz’s for their unfortunate NY pizza choice. I mean Justino’s is *fine* but I almost never go there.
And big kudos for keeping religion out of politics.
And big kudos for keeping religion out of politics.
No fucking swearing on the bloody F1 radio? Are you shitting me?
September 19, 2024 at 9:49 PM
No fucking swearing on the bloody F1 radio? Are you shitting me?
Anything is possible folks. Ferrari winning in Monza. Harris winning in November.
September 1, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Anything is possible folks. Ferrari winning in Monza. Harris winning in November.
Doohan confirmed as the second Alpine driver. So this makes potentially four Aussie drivers next year: Piastri, Ricciardo, Doohan and Bottas :)
August 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Doohan confirmed as the second Alpine driver. So this makes potentially four Aussie drivers next year: Piastri, Ricciardo, Doohan and Bottas :)
Ad agencies really leaning hard on the “let’s laugh at the famous persons’ vocal idiosyncrasies with a very tenuous relation to the product” concept this year.
February 12, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Ad agencies really leaning hard on the “let’s laugh at the famous persons’ vocal idiosyncrasies with a very tenuous relation to the product” concept this year.
Getting ready to watch the Big Hand Egg Game.
Waiting for one of the teams being crowned “world” champion; it’s a joke that never gets old!
Waiting for one of the teams being crowned “world” champion; it’s a joke that never gets old!
February 11, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Getting ready to watch the Big Hand Egg Game.
Waiting for one of the teams being crowned “world” champion; it’s a joke that never gets old!
Waiting for one of the teams being crowned “world” champion; it’s a joke that never gets old!
But His Verbal Slip
February 9, 2024 at 9:21 PM
But His Verbal Slip
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I’d prefer that both presidential candidates were younger and sharper, but I don’t buy “singularly uncomfortable.” We’ve had old, questionably physically and/or mentally fit presidents before. I kind of feel like one candidate being entirely lawless is more singular.
The special counsel’s report and President Biden’s performance at a last-minute news conference on Thursday night placed his age, the singularly uncomfortable subject looming over his re-election bid, back at the center of America’s political conversation. nyti.ms/3uvl4a4
February 9, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I’d prefer that both presidential candidates were younger and sharper, but I don’t buy “singularly uncomfortable.” We’ve had old, questionably physically and/or mentally fit presidents before. I kind of feel like one candidate being entirely lawless is more singular.
This is the worst possible reason for me to re-watch Predator for the zillionth time tonight. Still gonna.
February 2, 2024 at 9:07 PM
This is the worst possible reason for me to re-watch Predator for the zillionth time tonight. Still gonna.
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RIP, Dillon. Push all the pencils you like.
February 2, 2024 at 8:19 PM
RIP, Dillon. Push all the pencils you like.
Of course the real winner from Lewis' move to Ferarri is VCARB, now that no one is talking about their disastrous name change any more.
February 2, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Of course the real winner from Lewis' move to Ferarri is VCARB, now that no one is talking about their disastrous name change any more.
RB Formula 1 team logo done in the style of Arby's fast food restaurant logo.
January 29, 2024 at 2:40 PM
RB Formula 1 team logo done in the style of Arby's fast food restaurant logo.
Great article from @drgitlin.bsky.social on the woes at Boeing.
So sad to see a once-great company fall so far so publicly. I sincerely hope they can turn their apparently broken corporate culture around.
arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01...
So sad to see a once-great company fall so far so publicly. I sincerely hope they can turn their apparently broken corporate culture around.
arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01...
Alaska Airlines says it found many loose bolts on its Boeing 737 Max 9s
Inspections after a near-disaster reveal widespread problems with Boeing fleet.
arstechnica.com
January 26, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Great article from @drgitlin.bsky.social on the woes at Boeing.
So sad to see a once-great company fall so far so publicly. I sincerely hope they can turn their apparently broken corporate culture around.
arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01...
So sad to see a once-great company fall so far so publicly. I sincerely hope they can turn their apparently broken corporate culture around.
arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01...
The comments! Excellent work everyone.
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January 25, 2024 at 10:43 PM
The comments! Excellent work everyone.
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I find this new "RB" confusing and infuriating. Like so many obnoxious rebrands before it, I shall be deadnaming them from now on. AlphaTauri it is.
January 24, 2024 at 2:20 PM
I find this new "RB" confusing and infuriating. Like so many obnoxious rebrands before it, I shall be deadnaming them from now on. AlphaTauri it is.
“Stake” F1 team? Sorry but that name sucks. Sauber it is.
January 4, 2024 at 12:29 PM
“Stake” F1 team? Sorry but that name sucks. Sauber it is.
Took me way too long to realize that BSky supports per-user RSS feeds. Just add `/rss` to the profile link. Mine is bsky.app/profile/rand...
December 26, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Took me way too long to realize that BSky supports per-user RSS feeds. Just add `/rss` to the profile link. Mine is bsky.app/profile/rand...
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Everyone at Rebellion is deeply saddened to hear of the death this morning of 2000 AD artist Ian Gibson. Read our tribute here: bit.ly/47Tyefe
December 11, 2023 at 7:58 PM
Everyone at Rebellion is deeply saddened to hear of the death this morning of 2000 AD artist Ian Gibson. Read our tribute here: bit.ly/47Tyefe
The Hipgnosis doco is as good as everyone - or at least everyone on my socials - is saying. Great watch for people of a certain age especially. www.netflix.com/title/81721595
Watch Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) | Netflix
Packed with rock stars, this documentary tells the vibrant story of the design duo behind some of the 20th century's most iconic album covers.
www.netflix.com
December 6, 2023 at 2:54 PM
The Hipgnosis doco is as good as everyone - or at least everyone on my socials - is saying. Great watch for people of a certain age especially. www.netflix.com/title/81721595