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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 10h

You’ll be delighted to know I found my Christmas Countdown calendar. And we’ve had our first card.

Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 23h

Singles were 99p in Deletion Records in Nairn. I was six. It was either Sunday Girl by Blondie, or Fiddler’s Dram’s Daytrip To Bangor, but I genuinely cannot recall which one with certainty.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

UK radio became infested with failed-presenters-turned-useless-managers (who could talk a good game to gullible boards.) One such cretin insisted that presenters stand up during their shows - banning chairs from the studio. Happily, UK law had other ideas. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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‘People are pissed’: union decries TSA’s removal of chairs for checkpoint staff

Order for workers to remain standing to ‘reinforce professionalism’ draws rebuke amid plunging morale

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

This was a fantastic show. It also made me revisit the second movement - which actually is pretty disturbing. Also reminded me of when we were in San Francisco and I recorded a video clip of Chris, in Union Sq, saying “It’s gonna rain”, which I then digitally Reiched. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Sunday Feature - It's gonna rain - BBC Sounds

Poet Paul Farley explores Steve Reich’s pioneering early piece ‘It’s Gonna Rain’.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

He's with the Angles now

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Gravel pizza. Uranium smoothies. Cyanide-on-toast.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I wonder what would happen if I sent four quid to this address?

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I propose and plan an analogue Xmas this year.

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.

A photo of my dog photo-bombing Devil's Tower. My dog, a husky/malamute/wolf with black and tan fur is sitting in front of the towering rocky pillar with a large smile and tongue hanging out.

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I never got why the Sunaks didn't just go to California, enjoy their wealth, and have a wonderful life; I would. Why take on the hopeless job of Tory-PM-after-Truss (and endure the most hateful racism from the vilest mouth-breathing scum?) This excellent book makes clear: he didn't really want to.

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Sunak at 10 – Atlantic Books

The Sunday Times bestselling author of Truss at 10 returns with the definitive account of the Conservative Party’s collapse and what this means for the future of British politics. ‘Riveting… This extr...

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My life was a little better before I knew this.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Truly the most accursed item is for sale in the second hand racks (and I did once see a record of actual Hitler speeches in here).

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Feeling super autumnal today. And the Christmas decorations go up in four weeks.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The clip of them doing “Overload” at the Labour conference was very impressive, but it also reminded me that there have been more Prime Ministers in the last decade, than members of the Sugababes, ever.

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Syd Cannings @sydcannings1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When the local dinosaur hops up onto your car... #birds #Yukon

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Eva, it's behind you.

Eva Longoria with caption "Searching for France" but she is walking away from the Eiffel Tower.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m currently being sold a Vauxhall Chevette for just under £4000 partly on the basis that it has a clock.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s fine, I just wouldn’t crash.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I found a compilation of old car adverts on YouTube. It’s hilarious: voiceovers proudly proclaim the decadent luxuries of head restraints and passenger side mirrors. But I’d still choose a 1980 Ford Fiesta over a modern equivalent, doubtless infested with hateful screaming always-on electronannies.

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J G Ballard bot @ballardbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He merely readjusts reality to suit himself.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

BBC Radio 3 is broadcasting all day from lighthouses around the UK. It’s an excellent thing.

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Andrii Frolov @artandriifrolov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Night London" - my oil painting

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I want to live in a world where Rob Bryden isn't doing the voiceover of 70% of TV ads

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m still using a 2015 MBP to edit audio daily; it’s my “other” machine. Had a new battery fitted about six months ago. It runs just fine.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I can at least do this, though. The annual “Turning of the Vegvísir* to Jólatré” is complete. (* much simplified as I am bad at painting)

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have a 100 Days Until Christmas calendar - somewhere. Since the house move, I cannot find it. Now there are only 92 days and I am slightly more distressed about it not being up than perhaps I ought to be. (Here it is pictured, last year, before I lost it.)

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Who is actually running air traffic control in the UK? A stray cat that wandered past the office? A face drawn on a balloon? Liz Truss?

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Repurposing Xenakis as Sunday-morning-ambient.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I have neither children nor a Times subscription (so can’t read the full horror of this) but in the name of all sautéed fuck would you PLEASE JUST LEAVE YOUR (ADULT!) KIDS THE HELL ALONE

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@coreyfroggatt.bsky.social I would read a novel set entirely on this “troubled road”. I might even write one.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What do you MEAN you don't want a hifi for your home that looks like a base spec head unit from a mid 2010s Kia?

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Byko finally getting their festive act somewhat together.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I have a friend called Al, who has seemingly been castigated as a threat to humanity in headlines for around a decade now.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Some eerie and wintry electronics from Kyle Bruckmann.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What I would really like though is a new genuine Apple leather case for my current phone. It’s pretty battered, and not just in a “acquires beautiful patina” way. They are impossible to find, however. Or at least I have not managed to do so.

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Jessý Potato @markdownhandsup.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

While a lot of Europe and the US still struggles with 30°C weather (it's been 36°C+ at my family's home), autumn is definitely here in Reykjavik. The leaves have already started to change, the nights are growing darker and cooler, the moss is slowly losing color, and the air has that crisp smell.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My iPhone 13 Pro Max is now pushing five years old, and apart from needing a new battery, has worked and works flawlessly. I love Apple stuff but a foldable Duo - with the 1TB I now have - is TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED POUNDS. £200 more than a decent new MacBook Pro. Nearly enough for four Neos.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I have named my splendid old Land Cruiser Ýmir, after the frost giant: doubly appropriate as I got the air conditioning fixed today. He is so old, there is a (working) radio/CD/tape deck on the dash. I am now recording cassettes to play while driving. It’s a very relaxing and mindful activity.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If the mic is that small, pin it the fuck on. I cannot take this tiny mic holding phase one bit longer. Y'all look ridiculous.

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Dr. Amy, PsyD 🎃 @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com · 07/09/2026

A while back I saved a gif of a circle for deep breathing but the file got corrupted and seems to be having a panic attack

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This week, I did a very very very Icelandic thing.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Radio 1 Dance playing Miami 2 Ibiza by Swedish House Mafia & Tinie Tempah, whose lyrics reference FHM, downloading MP3s, and BlackBerry phones: all somehow making the track feel more dated than Rock Around The Clock.

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Matt Bishop 🏳️‍🌈 🏁 @thebishf1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Spotted & snapped in St John’s Wood, London, just now: always nice to see an old Volvo still earning its keep.👌

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

There is no world in which I wouldn’t read this the day it came out.

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Darren Adam @darrenadam.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

And aspirin, which you can get here (in pharmacies) but only as Treo, which bundles it compulsorily with a high dose of caffeine into a soluble tablet. It does have a lovely taste of strawberries though, so that’s something.

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