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Hank Spears

@hankspears.bsky.social
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Failed musician. Plays bass in @rrrapidkool.bsky.social and makes unlistenable electronica with linktr.ee/simplecarpenter (he/him).

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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 19h
Can's Mother Sky is over 14 minutes and it could be twice as long if you ask me.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Love it when you get a new device with a decent battery life. Got an eBook reader back in May and I'm only just charging it for the second time.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gets funnier the more you look at it
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💯 this. Been wearing the same analogue watch for nearly 20 years, I think I've changed the batteries 3 times. I've never understood how a smart watch could be better.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Heh, imagine getting upset that someone hasn't heard a song that you like. Life would be so boring if we all liked the same things.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
FFS YOU DON'T NEED TO SEND ME A CODE, IT'S THE SAME DEVICE I ALWAYS USE!
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good to see that it's not wall to wall USA - Happy Valley is a good shout - but non-English language drama is worth a look too. Deutschland 83/86/89 is better than most of these shows.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lancaster-adjacent people! I'm appearing at the next Hymns for Robots at the Golden Lion on 15th October. Should be fun!!
Poster for the next Hymns for Robots at the Golden Lion, Lancaster, Thursday 15th October. Be there or be square!
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Wide shot of the BRITISH MUSEUM. There are suggestions of fascism around the streets - tanks, barricades, an Orwellian 'Big Brother'-style poster on a wall. A voice of a TOUR GUIDE emanates from the museum:

TOUR GUIDE:
So the Tapestry tells acrucial chapter of our nation's history...

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[Cut to interior of museum. A long Bayeaux-style TAPESTRY is on display, and the Tour Guide is speaking to a tour group]

TOUR GUIDE [smiling]:
How modern fascist Britain was created. 

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TOUR GUIDE:
The Tapestry begins here with the 2008 Crash, then austerity, then the AI Crash...

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TOUR GUIDE:
...and by the end of the room it's just full-on fash. 

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CHILD IN TOUR GROUP [gesturing to the tapestry]:
What's this middle bit?

TOUR GUIDE:
This is the 2026 Battle of Legitimate Concerns 

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TOUR GUIDE:
[show a reporter standing next to the Dover protests]
Here's the media saying the government have got to do something about the legitimate concerns...

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CHILD:
...About the failure of capitalism?

TOUR GUIDE:
No about brown people on boats

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CHILD:
[pointing at boats crossing the sea on the tapestry]
Are these boats the mega-dinghies?

TOUR GUIDE:
Not all of them

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[we see one of the boats  is a giant yacht]
TOUR GUIDE:
That one's a superyacht,
carrying money from the American fascists to the British ones.

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TOUR GUIDE:
You see really it's as much a story of convergence as it is of conflict.

[An alarm sounds in the museum]
DING DING DING DING 

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TOUR GUIDE:
Ok, tour over everyone 

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TOUR GUIDE:
It's time for the Two Minute Hate!

[They all leave the museum]

[ends]
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Spectrum games were mostly either way too hard or way too easy, but Turbo Esprit managed to hit the sweet spot.
Screenshot of the ZX Spectrum game Turbo Esprit. It has dodgy wireframe graphics but was so much fun to play!
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Found out that if you watch the HORSE WEEK video with captions on, it tries to transcribe all the horsey grumbling.
Video still of some horses in a field with the caption "Huh? Heat. Heat."Video still of a horse in a field with the caption "Hey."
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I liked a Sister Rosetta Tharpe reel on Instagram so now my feed is full of Sister Rosetta content. Bring it! She is awesome!!
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Life is good. People are lovely. Around 20% everywhere are appalling human beings. Don’t be weak - they’re trying to wreck it for everyone.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The new Simple Carpenter single HORSE WEEK is out today! Available on Subvert, YouTube and all good streaming platforms*. See linktree in bio for more details.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So many questions about this - why would you have "well heads, sewer pipes" in your garden, but you would want a cover "without sacrificing functionality"?? gardenartisans.com/decorative-p...
gardenartisans.com
Decorative Pipe Cover with Sphere
Stunning Obelisk with Sphere is garden decor with purpose. Hollow so that you can cover up those ugly PVC and miscellaneous pipes in your yard. Stands 11.25" square x 36" high. Cover sewer vents.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In other news, I have a single out on Friday. More info soon...
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This account is supposed to be mostly focused on music, but somehow politics keeps creeping in. If someone is being oppressed and you don't speak out, you're enabling the oppressor. Free Palestine, Slava Ukraini, and fuck all the bullies and fascists who seem to be in power at the moment.
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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 15/09/2026
Everything is political. Saying you don’t “do politics” or you “don’t take sides” is a political decision.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Post a banger not in English: youtu.be/CSZX5i5SLcE?...
youtu.be
Idoli - Amerika (HD)
YouTube video by YU Rock HD
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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is a fantastic deal if you want to learn more about programming. Maybe now is the time to start rewriting everything in Rust...
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Mind blown by this incredible image (and the further details in the replies).
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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and whiteCenter square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettesBlock of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in markerCarol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 06/09/2026
Silicon Valley's effort to destroy democracy is the biggest story of our political moment. Beware of those who have nothing to say about it.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Got my tickets for this - totally looking forward to it!
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MTDomain 🦋 @mtdomain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Five people climb a gantry in the name of Just Stop Oil and the police shut the motorway, arrest the protesters and imprison them for up to 5 years. Hundreds of people block one of UK's busiest ports in the name of Stop the Boats, and the police do nothing and no-one is arrested. Really? Sigh.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
There are three good pubs in London?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Here's an oral history of maybe the most venerated front page of The Onion of all time. You'll get the 9/11 edition along with this month's paper in the mail in a couple of weeks.
melmagazine.com
An Oral History of The Onion’s 9/11 Issue
Immediately after 9/11, humorists struggled with what many called ‘the death of irony.’ Then ‘The Onion’ returned and showed everyone the way
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's no wonder people have record labels to do all this admin stuff for them. I'm trying to get my next single on streaming and the distributor just made me update my application because the composer name has to be all capitals. FFS.
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Andres Guadamuz @technollama.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
An elegant weapon for a more civilized age
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's always annoyed me that Python will import a local file with the same name over an installed module and this shows it's also dangerous: Researcher shows how Claude Code can be tricked simply by asking it to summarize a website www.theregister.com/research/202...
theregister.com
Researcher shows how Claude Code can be tricked simply by asking it to summarize a website
More prompt-injection hijinks from wunderwuzzi
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A guy picks his brother up from prison and they go back to work.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Aren't computers amazing? We've got more processing power than ever, but nothing works properly and it's all shit. Well done, everyone.
Screenshot of Bluesky failing to load.
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
LISTEN TO HIM. Guy did not have peers. Out of the fucking gate! Thank Christ he rolled with Dusty Hill & Billy Gibbons or he would have been bored to death. ❤️ youtu.be/7DiQBAAwMZE?...
youtu.be
Just Got Paid
YouTube video by ZZ Top - Topic
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I don't have it any more, but a New Wave of British Heavy Metal compilation. Full of bangers from Samson, Def Leppard, Diamond Head, etc.
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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026
Was Jason Arday plagued by false allegations because of racism? We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
goodlawproject.org
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I was assuming it would be cloudier than this, but it was perfect eclipse weather in Heptonstall.
Bad phone picture of an eclipse, taken at 1/3000s. You can at least see a little crescent-shaped lens aberration at bottom right.
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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 10/08/2026
All you need to know about synthesizers. youtu.be/f_5V_Ssem9Q?...
youtu.be
Vic and Bob's Popadoodledandy - Brian Eno & Rick Wakeman Part 1
YouTube video by OCD Records
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I'm with Gen Z - only the worst LinkedIn-botherers use the phrases at the bottom of the list.
An in the Big Issue showing poll results that a very low percentage of Gen Z understand phrases like "hard stop in five", "eat the frog", and "ideate".
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It's Bandcamp Friday, which means you can buy the hit album Riding the Green Wave and all the other great stuff that I've got on there. simplecarpenter.bandcamp.com/album/riding...
simplecarpenter.bandcamp.com
Riding the Green Wave, by Simple Carpenter
8 track album
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
You know you follow a lot of nerds when suddenly everyone is talking about the Massachusetts DA's GUI.
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 06/08/2026
Oh my, the icons, completely magnificent (also not good, obvs)
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis.
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Once again, we need to turn to the @vizcomic.bsky.social letters page for a bit of common sense.
Letter to Viz:
Could the media please stop giving US president Donald Trump's pronouncements any gravitas, reporting on his words as though they are considered statements of any significance. They are just the first fucking thing that comes into his head. 
Renton Brightworthy, Hull
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Hank Spears @hankspears.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We put the prog rock prom on and woah, that Peter Hamill performance was something wasn't it?
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