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Rich Hammond

@nottopgearrh.swifties.social
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Music lover, self indulgent writer, global solar power planner, games enthusiast. Acceptable standard amateur drummer. Sideline Swiftie. I write about music at www.recordreconstructor.com in order to beat someone I saw on a tv quiz show once.

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This One Goes to 11 @thisonegoesto11pod.bsky.social · 8h
We're back. And we're blonde. Just kidding. But we are talking about #ParallelLines by #Blondie with Gabriel Rotello! #podcast #musicpodcast #ThisOneGoesTo11
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Ep 124: Gabriel Rotello Nominates Blondie's "Parallel Lines" - YouTube
Did you miss us? Did you really think a podcast called This One Goes to ELEVEN wasn't going to return for season ELEVEN? We're back, and we've got someone wh...
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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 1h
Cult franchise. (5.42 billion worldwide) You probably never heard of it.
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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
chat is this good
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A customer just tried to use an employee discount code that ChatGPT gave her. I work at a high-end clothing store and clocked in to my manager telling me about the most unhinged interaction from yesterday. A woman walked in asking if she could use a 40% off code she got online. We don't have any sales running, so my manager looks at the screen and realizes ChatGPT straight up handed this woman a real employee's internal ID number.
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
the only video worth rescuing from my deleted twtter
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We here at the newsdesk are getting reports that the leaked Eminem song may indeed be a fake. We will keep you updated with further developments as they come in.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 02/10/2026
I think it's great that these people are in charge of everything
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+ Follow back "You think we're getting a little too close to Meta?" Georges asked. "I'm not afraid of the sun. You know — Icarus? I'll get as
close to the sun as I can."
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Joined Nov '24 #TheLensNola®, Georges dismissed concerns from some of his reporters
that his embrace of Meta blurs the line between the news and business.
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What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
O ... Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history - we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first home for
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G... Unless they figure how to make planes actually invisible, "stealth" just means low
radar cross section in the 2 to 18 GHz range. Against an advanced enemy, current stealth technology is not worth the design
constraints imo.
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 01/10/2026
waking up every day in 2026 like:
a construction sign on the side of the highway that says "IT'S COMING IT'S BAD"
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Jupiter from Stuffy Doll @stuffydoll.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stephanie Beatriz just dropped a Latin jazz album that’s pretty bangin
Perseverancia by Stephanie Beatriz
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 29/09/2026
I work as a Head of Planning for multinational company. Each week I build statistical models which aim to predict our business performance with some accuracy, and the rest of the time explaining to people who don’t know statistics why “we can’t just put an extra two million in there, it looks low…”
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 24/09/2026
I’m experiencing a very weird brain wrinkle at the moment as the podcasts I am catching up on both hit COVID times and I’m getting lockdown nostalgia. Look, I know it wasn’t great for people but can we please have a little 6 months shelter-in-place and solidarity as a treat every so often?
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Gwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...
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High Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen Marshall
A satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG!
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 19/09/2026
I was worried that my joke about The Between would be too niche, but I’m afraid it’s worse than that. #ttrpgs
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Mike @2adult2person.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Twitter user dawnedEUW quote tweeting a "picture" of a white dragon laying on the ground: i can't help but notice that i am seeing a lot more dragon sighting videos since the advent of generative AI.

Could it be that AI's adverse effects on the environment are leading to a change in their behavior, e.g. lack of water sources that causes them to move closer to cities?
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 19/09/2026
The month of gigs continues tonight with @deathcabforcutie.bsky.social at Victoria Warehouse, for which Catherine and I are very excited. She did ask if we can try to get close to the stage so she can admire Ben Gibbard’s thighs, which feels unnecessary to the experience in my mind.
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do you want to take climate action in your day-to-day life? This fall, Project Drawdown is piloting a new six-week virtual program designed to help people discover their most impactful climate actions. Learn more and apply by Thursday, October 8: bit.ly/drawdowntraining
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Andrew Wormald @andrewwormald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I was sad to miss The Between tonight but at least @nottopgearrh.swifties.social and I got chance to play some Star Trek: Captain’s Chair. #StarTrek #CaptainsChair #JonathanArcher #Enterprise #FaithoftheHeart #Itsbeenalongroad
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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you like ZERO COMPANY, don’t sleep on MIDNIGHT SUNS - Custom main character - Interact with X-Men, Avengers, Midnight Suns, Spider-Man (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal) & many others - Form and build relationships with each one - Amazing combat - Villain voiced by Jennifer Hale
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 15/09/2026
I listened to three Macklemore albums today. That wasn’t on my bingo card for 2026 but it seemed right under the circumstances. Seems like the only strike against him is earnestly blundering when trying to make a point in his music. Seem preferable to bending over to a billionaire cabal.
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 15/09/2026
Easiest day one pledge of my life, could not be more aimed at me specifically if it were coded into my DNA.
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A Couple of Drakes @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hack. Churn. Survive. Repeat. Dead Net, our solo game of high-tech lowlifes pulling paydata from dead megacorps, is coming to Kickstarter. Sign up or miss out, Reggie.
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Coming soon: Dead Net - A Solo Tabletop RPG for High-Tech Low-Lifes
Dive the Dead Net, snag the paydata, survive the churn.
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ʅαυɾα⸆⸉ ✮˙ᴴ🐞| cleveland! ❤️‍🔥 @fateofophel1ia.swifties.social · 14/09/2026
CLOCKED HIM 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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Ed was in o fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being chollenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words
"Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sidesi
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Alexander the Fine @alexrineh.art · 13/09/2026
Sunlight breaks through the clouds, birds chirp as if for the first time. The smell of hope fills the air.
Comment on itch.io
I am new to TTRPGs, what is 5e?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.
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mike @staykinduniverse.swifties.social · 11/09/2026
celebrate surviving unprecidented times
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 06/09/2026
Saw @jasonnarducy.bsky.social and Michael Shannon at the Brudenell tonight. I saw REM live once, in 2000, but the chance to hear those songs live in a packed room, delivered with energy and life was everything I wanted. Getting to hear Country Feedback played was really something. Thank you both.
A small stage filled with talented musicians, three with guitars, and a small but densely packed crowd paying close attention to the lead singer, delivering an amazing performance.
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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Tony Woodlief: Son just texted that his teacher asked everyone in class with a parent who has a PhD to raise their hands. I told him this is an old Khmer Rouge trick and not to fall for it.
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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Friendly reminder that you can just do this and no one can stop you.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
lol
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The actual number of moves that are not utterly stupid in chess is tiny and chess will be fully solved one day
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Chess is hard for humans, but not for computers.
One day, it will be fully solved like checkers.
Between now and then, or even after, have fun.
People enjoy many games/sports where machines are vastly betterThere are more possible chess games, by about 40 orders of magnitude, than atoms in the observable universe. To solve chess, you'd have to map them all. Good luck.
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Chess is hard for humans, but not for computers. One day, it will be fully solved like checkers. 

Between now and then, or even after, have fun. People enjoy many games/sports where machines are vastly better.
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Wrong, all legal chess positions are ~40 oom less than the estimated atoms in the Universe. And ASI will figure out ways to solve and compress that are far beyond what we could possibly comprehend. 

(Here I am arguing with some random intern at a chess website 🤦‍♂️)
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even my friends don't text me back that fast
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 04/09/2026
I’m starting to understand why “One Night Only” has a “Kaiju and Other Monster Effects Coordinator” in the credits now
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 04/09/2026
Super-stoked to have secured Hayley Williams tickets for next year as Ego Death At The Bachelorette Party was my favourite album from last year and I really want to see some of those tracks live. Roll on July 2027!
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Channel 4 investigation into secret foreign funding of polling for Reform is explosive. JL Partners are cooked IMO. The Times and Telegraph will be livid with Reform over it. And Farage will almost certainly face police, Standards and/or EC investigations over it. youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?...
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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 02/09/2026
After a short break for a summer holiday we were back playing #TheBetween this evening, where each of our hunters went on a date; our Mother showed his folklore doctor crush his collection of bodies, our Underground found herself on an unexpected date with Tati Braithwaite at a shooting range…
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just installed solar + battery. It's not to save the planet, I've lost faith that's possible. It's to give us a private power supply when things really go to shit.
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
‘You can’t own a game’ rendered like the old anti piracy ads
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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 31/08/2026
I’m sure most of you aren’t watching the US Open right now which means you missed this instantly iconic moment, now available in gif form
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 30/08/2026
At Daisy Chain Fields tonight, Olivia Rodrigo brought out Sarah McLachlan for “Building A Mystery” and “Angel,” dedicated to Dolly Parton. The pop star's festival, which was inspired by McLachlan’s Lilith Fair, raised $10M for women's rights nonprofits, an amount Melinda French Gates is doubling.
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Kate @zen.r0b0.ca · 30/08/2026
Netrunner is a really fun game, it has no card scarcity, and you can proxy your entire decks even at the world championship (Oct 2-4 in Montréal!). But the real secret ingredient is the community. It's always an absolute joy to play, be they fresh faces or former champions.
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 30/08/2026
Since everyone else is posting their Hawkses, here’s mine! I have great affinity for minor Clone Wars character Bariss Offee so I was delighted to have the option to make a Mirialen character. She loves pants with big pockets, gloves like The Undertaker, and shooting droids. #ZeroCompany
A computer game image of a lime green skinned woman with elaborate face tattoos wearing a grey leather jacket, dark purple cargo pants and very purple long leather gloves.  She’s the best.
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
one piece of advice i can share as a parent: certain phases can be really tough, but they do pass. around 18 months my son kept demanding that i condemn hasan piker. all day and night too, i was at the end of my rope. now he’s really into fire trucks. it’s always something new
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 29/08/2026
What’s a movie you saw 3 or more times in theatres? #filmsky
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Harold Perrineau as Mercutio in Romeo And Juliet
Alt: Harold Perrineau as Mercutio in Romeo And Juliet
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Ellen Rose @icklenellierose.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton AND Tim Curry?!?!?! Can we not?! 😭💔
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 23/08/2026
Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Excel:=IF(ROUND([@[CupValue]], 0)=1, “Cup is Half Full”, “Cup is Half Empty”)
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 22/08/2026
Made it. Drove from Sheffield to Dumfries to Belfast to Ballyliffin to Westport to Waterville to Kilashee to Dublin through Holyhead and north Wales and ended up right back where we started. Now sleep.
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Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · 21/08/2026
Struggling a little bit for RPGs for this months column for TTGM. If you have a project coming out in September or beyond, let me know. I highlight all sorts of RPGs so don't be afraid to speak up.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Solar panel prices have fallen 90% since 2010, making solar the cheapest form of energy on Earth. oilprice.com/Alternative-...
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How Solar Panel Prices Fell 90 Percent In 15 Years | OilPrice.com
Solar power outpaced every other energy source in 2025, driven by falling costs, early policy bets and a global push for energy security.
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Rich Hammond @nottopgearrh.swifties.social · 21/08/2026
Look, I’m not saying our entire trip to Ireland was an excuse to visit the @cmatbaby.bsky.social mural in Dunboyne, but it would have been rude to be so close and not pay our respects.
Two smiling idiots in front of a nicely painted mural of Irish singer CMAT, in a blue hooded cloak looking towards the sky with an arm upraised.  On the wall, text reads ‘Welcome to Dunboyne, home of CMAT’.
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