spicebaliset
@spicebaliset.bsky.social
Fantasy & SF composer, occasional book reviewer, guitar affecionado and an appreciator of westerns/pulp cinema
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December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Rest in peace. A blues legend
Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74
Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74
Middlesbrough-born musician had hits with Driving Home for Christmas, On the Beach and The Road to Hell
Chris Rea, the British singer-songwriter whose hits included Driving Home For Christmas, has died at the age of 74, a spokesperson for his family said.
The statement said that he died “peacefully in hospital … following a short illness”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Rest in peace. A blues legend
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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The best way to check if Cloudfare is down is to try one of these "is this thing down for everyone or just me" websites.
They're all on Cloudfare so none of them will reply.
They're all on Cloudfare so none of them will reply.
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The best way to check if Cloudfare is down is to try one of these "is this thing down for everyone or just me" websites.
They're all on Cloudfare so none of them will reply.
They're all on Cloudfare so none of them will reply.
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happy slightly belated 22nd birthday to one of the best movies ever made
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November 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
happy slightly belated 22nd birthday to one of the best movies ever made
Watched The Professionals (1966) over the weekend. For a traditionally made flick, it’s almost a revisionist zapata western. Great dialogue, excellent pacing and cinematography. The musical score is the only less than stellar aspect of it. 9/10
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Watched The Professionals (1966) over the weekend. For a traditionally made flick, it’s almost a revisionist zapata western. Great dialogue, excellent pacing and cinematography. The musical score is the only less than stellar aspect of it. 9/10
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A quick book rec from me:
If you love horror/acid westerns with with a dash of Cormac McCarthy and Uncle Steve, this is going to rock your world
If you love horror/acid westerns with with a dash of Cormac McCarthy and Uncle Steve, this is going to rock your world
June 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A quick book rec from me:
If you love horror/acid westerns with with a dash of Cormac McCarthy and Uncle Steve, this is going to rock your world
If you love horror/acid westerns with with a dash of Cormac McCarthy and Uncle Steve, this is going to rock your world
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when the AI bubble pops and corporations stop forcing AI down our throats i'll miss stuff like this
May 31, 2025 at 2:10 AM
when the AI bubble pops and corporations stop forcing AI down our throats i'll miss stuff like this
One day and change into my Norway trip, and I’m already in love with brunost and can’t imagine my life without it
May 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
One day and change into my Norway trip, and I’m already in love with brunost and can’t imagine my life without it
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Well, hurrah for 15 April, because that can only mean one thing. Yes, indeed – it’s 247 years to the day since Parson Woodforde’s hogs got shitfaced
![Diary entry: "April 15 [1778] ... We breakfasted, dined, supped and slept again at home. Brewed a vessel of strong Beer today. My two large Piggs, by drinking some Beer grounds taking out of one of my Barrels today, got so amazingly drunk by it, that they were not able to stand and appeared like dead things almost, and so remained all night from dinner time today. I never saw Piggs so drunk in my life."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vckf3haopb3yncclmf7o2m3f/bafkreigzainpi2xi34xmqm2y6rwqyart2ckbcdo2th7pcfehqcsp2tbzyu@jpeg)
April 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Well, hurrah for 15 April, because that can only mean one thing. Yes, indeed – it’s 247 years to the day since Parson Woodforde’s hogs got shitfaced
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RIP Val Kilmer. An incredibly talented and idiosyncratic character actor who got type cast as a leading man because he was gorgeous.
April 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
RIP Val Kilmer. An incredibly talented and idiosyncratic character actor who got type cast as a leading man because he was gorgeous.
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I miss when it was socially acceptable to grab a vending machine at the top corners and rock it until you got your legal tender worth.
Doesn't work? Give it a WHACK and that'll do it.
March 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I miss when it was socially acceptable to grab a vending machine at the top corners and rock it until you got your legal tender worth.
Conclave ruled.
a man in a red robe with a cross on his neck
ALT: a man in a red robe with a cross on his neck
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March 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Conclave ruled.
On a week long YMO bender, and I have 0 regrets
March 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
On a week long YMO bender, and I have 0 regrets
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Please, please archive your work. Please. I’ve recently been saving lots of my essays as pdfs just so the Internet doesn’t suddenly delete them all (this happened to a whole load of blogs I wrote for The Independent years ago). I don’t want you to wake up and suddenly find your work gone like I did.
February 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Please, please archive your work. Please. I’ve recently been saving lots of my essays as pdfs just so the Internet doesn’t suddenly delete them all (this happened to a whole load of blogs I wrote for The Independent years ago). I don’t want you to wake up and suddenly find your work gone like I did.
Man, job hunting never gets easier, doesn’t it?
February 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Man, job hunting never gets easier, doesn’t it?
Thoughts on new Weeknd album so far: “Open Hearts” is a banger
February 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Thoughts on new Weeknd album so far: “Open Hearts” is a banger