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music +films +photography. & snark about all else. tentativeness of an infinite man: https://fallenleavesbox.art "a temptation to exist... in terrible canyons of static." —Emil Cioran +GY!BE

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well, someone has been looking at my listening/buying and it has to stop.

(pedantically, just a post-punk and not a punk fan.)

12.03.2026 19:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I do not want to click and be disappointed that they don't mention that he is a massive The Fall fan, along with other greats (like Joy Division, and too many to mention).

what else can propel him to such excellence/rewards?

(and yes, also follow @chrispps.bsky.social for great academic insights.)

12.03.2026 18:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I hated it when the class syllabus was like this.

11.03.2026 07:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

wow, this is still going on?

last year, the UK job listings stood alone for this very absurdity.

using my values in a metric vs. USA (absurd) salaries, the UK was at 1/6th (vs. EU ~1/4th).

Space X & Tesla job adverts were/are still the most absurd… but that is a company vs. a country absurdity.

09.03.2026 11:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

— I was never to be ready for Dhamer properly adapted to be an apt simile for the craziness of the last decade+

02.03.2026 06:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

— an Italian Futurism, a fascist-loving movement, painting is both spot-on for this moment and great artwork.

01.03.2026 23:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

— you may laugh, but I am thinking that with Dubai getting a little, if not just a tad, then Miami (Dubai West, really) will get the tourist.

28.02.2026 19:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

— I hope to ask for forgiveness for my hasty post.

these are indeed top priorities that tarnish, and prevent, the greatness of the USA from being fulfilled.

national security should wait, because America First reasons.

28.02.2026 19:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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— loved comments pt2 (technical prowess)

28.02.2026 19:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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— loved comments pt1

28.02.2026 19:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) YouTube video by KEXP

DON´T ASK ME HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE WATCHED IT!

thanks to @missy-misanthrope.bsky.social I dared to look at the comment section.
on.
YouTube.

there is a great humanity in the world, it is just too danged silent.

[ some screenshots of fave comments to follow ]

28.02.2026 19:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

— just yesterday I had a bit of a chance to catch the comments.

this is the best comment section I have ever read, and that it happened on YouTube is even more striking: it made the sensible people come out.

28.02.2026 19:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

— is there a mention of which Monday, and what the we-got-guts meter reading is?

there is that thing that Congress can designate a day to last months to run out the clock.

or something like that. I am forgetting my USA Civics. (on purpose.)

28.02.2026 18:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ohyeah, this is how they get to some integral Friedman Units... ironically, it may be a few weeks before the Friedman Units are commonly used. so that is what Cotton is marking as in"a few weeks".

[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedma... ]

28.02.2026 18:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

— OMG!1!! so diligent and proactive (given all the warning signs). I will think that people in the line of fire and/by incompetence now can chill until then.

however, I may be too cynical, but my guess is that Speaker Johnson will not allow anything because he has not seen the video/articles.

28.02.2026 18:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

— the most important question is: did you write the post while you were stared down by the dogs?

and the second, lesser, question is: will the ouchies be alright sooner than later?

28.02.2026 17:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

is it too late to impeach all the motherfuckers?

(I mean, impeachments of all of them in this cabal to, you know, effect regime change.)

28.02.2026 17:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) YouTube video by KEXP

what did I just watched?
what did I just heard?
what did I just burned into my brain?

1. Star Trek (aliens) meets Godspeed You! Black Emperor?
2. Teletubbies meets Kraftwerk?
3. polkadots meets The White Stripes?
4. medieval jokers meet Cheap Trick?

KEXP remains vital.

youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so

22.02.2026 19:29 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

— 92% and 30°C is some kind of combination not to be wished on anyone.

somehow I thought that it was dry heat country.

22.02.2026 12:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

— unaware of Australian swearing.

what I like about our swearing is that it can be layered, and the worst ones are 4+ words deep, usually involving mother and religious artifacts.

one word cursing is just an emphatic modifier, and like the gradation by intonation (not noticeable to me in English).

22.02.2026 12:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

the language of the press continues to be disappointing, amidst the entire failing of so many institutions. this is utterly bizarre.

if the "gamble" has been empirically shown to be a disaster... then it is no longer a gamble, since there are no odds of reversing the loss/trend/actions.

22.02.2026 12:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

— I love to swear, as a reaction to something.
it used to be fine, in that people never understood Spanish* … but now, well, people here swear a lot!

*cursing in English is most unsatisfying, and can’t mimic Samuel L Jackson

19.02.2026 11:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

— surely, and we have been slow to develop a shield.

19.02.2026 11:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

— I have fond memories of the blink-tag…

19.02.2026 11:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in a dark room . Alt: a man in a suit and tie , with a Windsor Knot, is standing in a dark room .

ohwow.

a Windsor nut is brought to justice.

that leaves just the USA as a safe heaven for paedophiles or insurrectionists (if Korean), or both types if an American president.

www.bbc.com/news/live/c7...

19.02.2026 11:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

—disarm my language is unrelated to not harming my neighbours.

I need more clarity from Pope Leo: disarming my language are 'em fighting words. fuck that.

17.02.2026 06:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

—ha! priceless.

right now, bringing ethics to Ai seems to be like a war for peace.

maybe it will be like (red) LED watches and other digital vs. analog fights: people will settle after a long while.

17.02.2026 06:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

—never paid much attention to him: so much winning.

just like with Nirvana, the cacophony + din was a bit much with The Smiths, and frankly, it was hard to click with their sound. I found Hatful of Hollow brilliant, but everything else was "meh".

now, it is different with both bands, and others.

17.02.2026 06:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

this is some kind of awesome programming of LLMs.

may be fun to go to the comment section (for once).

16.02.2026 17:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Italy's 'Lovers’ Arch' collapses into sea on Valentine's Day The popular tourist attraction was a proposal spot for couples and featured on postcards.

I would say, not now we are all busy.

one can presume that the locks at Pont Des Arts should be brought back, huh?

www.bbc.com/news/article...

16.02.2026 16:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0