Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.

Marion Davies!

I’vd always loved El-Mohtar’s writing but this is really something else. Go read it.

Hesperides Mobile Synthesis Platform Portable handheld drum machine and synthesizer platform, served in a game controller form factor, by Altered State Machines.

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Thanks to @electronicsound.bsky.social for a lovely farewell review of 'Tone Science Module No.10 The Final Patch'. As they say "all good things come to an end".
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I'm very much enjoying this book I'm currently reading. It has a young boy with magical powers he knew nothing about, being taken away from his dull life in suburbia after accidentally creating mayhem by casting spells.

Wait, fascists are fragile narcissists! 🤯

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Keep the two distinct in your head.

It is so, so important to learn to understand the difference between A Gross Thing That Freaks Me Out, versus A Thing Which Causes Actual Harm In The World

because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you

I think about this constantly

bop of the summer
#bopofthesummer

To spend a life ruining the lives of others is a choice I will never understand.

"It was possibly the most difficult album I've ever done. It came out screaming." Guitarist Steve Hackett on Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno and the making of a prog-rock classic #TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums...

A lot of other confusing things make sense when you internalize this somewhat non-intuitive part of the process.

My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!

Hans: Palestine is the story. Not Glastonbury. Mass starvation is the story. Not Glastonbury. IOF members admitting to intentionally shooting civilians that pose no risk seeking aid is the story. Not Glastonbury. Addictive opiods in bags of flour to a starved population is the story. Not Glastonbury. Genocide is the story. Not Glastonbury. Palestine is the story. Not Glastonbury.

Hans Zimmer speaks out against the genocide of Palestinians

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

Take note.

Jordan Peterson on lasagne

“If I were a science journalist writing an article about a supposedly shocking development like this, I would email some experts and check to see if it’s for real. But plenty of science journalists don’t bother with that anymore: they just believe the press releases.”

A black and white cat sat on a bannister.

Longest shot in the world here, but one of our #cats went missing last Saturday and still hasn't shown up. Never missed a meal in her almost 6 years.

She's microchipped, neutered, and wearing a grey collar.

Droylsden area of Greater Manchester, specifically M43 7 postcode.

Please repost.

- I want things to be different - *smashes everything* - oh no

I think about this comic at least once a week

A hateful thing to say. People whose approach to life is not faith-based have done enormous good, majority non-religious societies have been some of the strongest proponents of human dignity and solidarity. Why is the BBC just printed this unchallenged? If it's "news", it should be balanced.

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

Quite the payoff