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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 15h
James Baldwin on how to live through your darkest hour www.themarginalian.org/2020/04/23/j...
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James Baldwin on How to Live Through Your Darkest Hour and Life as a Moral Obligation to the Universe
“I have always felt that a human being could only be saved by another human being. I am aware that we do not save each other very often. But I am also aware that we save each other some of th…
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ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Japanese artist’s symphony of decomposing matter and broken things offers a poetic reflection on the disjointed state of modern life.
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Yuko Mohri: How to Love Broken Things
The Japanese artist’s symphony of decomposing matter and broken things offers a poetic reflection on the disjointed state of modern life
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harrysword.bsky.social @harrysword.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In this photograph 1960’s John Steinbeck has intense ‘massively wealthy disruptive AI start up founder who moved to Borneo to live in a massive tent surrounded by land mines from which he transmits a weekly podcast warning about government overreach/quantum aliens’ energy.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026
Climate Week is here in New York City, and our work has deep roots. 18,261 trees planted this year. The most in a decade.
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 20/09/2026
"Renowned conductor and founder member of Can Irmin Schmidt tells the Quietus about his love of cooking, gives you a recipe, and explains how a tin of okra nearly cost Can their name." Irmin Schmidt Of Can On Food And Cooking (Plus A Recipe Tip):
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Irmin Schmidt Of Can On Food And Cooking (Plus A Recipe Tip) | The Quietus
Growing up poor taught me to make do and invent I grew up during the war, then after the war it was a very poor time for us. Our house was bombed to nothing, and we were often starving. What impressed me was that my mother always succeeded in making little dinners that everybody liked. […]
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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
City manoeuvres #london
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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The clear benefit of this approach is allowing the film's sense of anti-authoritarian irreverence and quirky British humor to come through unfiltered by any Hollywood homogenization."
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Rogue Trooper Review: Duncan Jones' Cyberpunk War Cartoon Is Appealingly Irreverent [TIFF 2026] - Looper
If you're a fan of animated movies based on ’80s comics, "Rogue Trooper" should be on your watchlist.
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 11/09/2026
“So I plugged in the Akai S-1000 sampler at home, plugged the bass into the sampler, and played a bunch of random notes with a piece of toast in my mouth … It was just complete John Cage, I Ching randomness.” Meat Beat Manifesto’s “Radio Babylon,” breakbeat hardcore’s accidental anthem:
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How Meat Beat Manifesto’s ‘Radio Babylon’ became breakbeat hardcore’s accidental anthem
Ben Murphy catches up producer Jack Dangers to learn the story of how he accidentally produced the track that would become a benchmark of breakbeat hardcore
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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · 11/09/2026
PREORDER: 'Don't You Want It' by Davina Often spun garage-house belter with soulful vocals and production from Underground Resistance’s Mad Mike. www.normanrecords.com/records/1363...
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Citizen Helene / Galaxy Brain @citizenhelene.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New Dave Angel album on the way 👀 daveangel.bandcamp.com/album/a-time-and…
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A Time And Place, by Dave Angel
15 track album
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 03/09/2026
NEW: the UN's weather and climate agency issued a stark and historic warning this morning about the supersized El Nino, issuing what it says is the most certain forecast in the history of the organization about the strength of the building phenomenon:
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We’ve Got a ‘Supersized’ El Niño on Our Hands
The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the climate phenomenon that has the Pacific running a fever will last until at least February, with dire consequences for weather worldwide.
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Daily Stoic @daily-stoic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"It is quality rather than quantity that matters." -Seneca
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Lary Crews © @larycrews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The movie is based on a novel by Stephen King and was directed by David Cronenberg. It’s a happy collaboration. No other King novel has been better filmed and Cronenberg, who knows how to handle terror, now also knows how to create three-dimensional, fascinating characters.
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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
CHECKMATE, TRIFFIDS
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 30/08/2026
“‘Music was better in my day’, apparently. Even if your day included hit songs by the Wurzels and nonsense like ‘Mouldy Old Dough’ by Lieutenant Pigeon.” “If that’s music, then I’m the Shah of Persia”:
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“If that’s music, then I’m the Shah of Persia”
A hundred years of hating on new music…
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DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Alexandre O. Philippe's doc Memory: The Origins of Alien examines the ideas and personalities behind Dan O'Bannon, H.R.Giger and Ridley Scott's classic 1979 SF shocker Now on various VoD platforms: dmovies.org/2019/07/10/m...
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Memory: The Origins Of Alien - DMovies
Director Alexandre O. Philippe's doc examines the ideas and personalities behind Dan O'Bannon, H.R.Giger and Ridley Scott's classic 1979 SF shocker - now on various VoD platform
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DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Cornish director of Bait and Enys Men returns to the medium of short film with a kaleidoscopic travelogue of the Celtic world Now on BFI Player: dmovies.org/2025/07/06/i...
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I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash - DMovies
The Cornish director of Bait and Enys Men returns to the medium of short film with a kaleidoscopic travelogue of the Celtic world - on BFI Player from Monday, August 17th
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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Stunning Watergate Bay, Cornwall
Watergate Bay, Cornwall
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boomkat.com @boomkat.com · 19/08/2026
Ghost Dubs has a new album on the way, even deeper and moodier than its predecessor, crafting blurred melodies and narco loops into something heavyweight and hypnotic, tipped FFO Echospace, Burial Mix, Andy Stott... Boomkat Exclusive red vinyl 2LP: boomkat.com/products/obl...
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boomkat.com @boomkat.com · 13/08/2026
One of the UK’s most distinctive filmmakers is also one of the best scorers in the game, once again reminding us of fellow Cornish native Aphex Twin's 'Selected Ambient Works Vol II' boomkat.com/products/the...
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Claude Young @claudeyoung.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Stoic antidote to frustration – Marcus Aurelius on how to keep your mental composure and emotional equanimity when the world gets you down www.themarginalian.org/2021/04/13/m...
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The Stoic Antidote to Frustration: Marcus Aurelius on How to Keep Your Mental Composure and Emotional Equanimity When People Let You Down
The art of tempering your fury with an infuriating existential truth.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Misinformation is rife on social media and plays a key role in fuelling racist abuse, violence and even riots But the way we regulate it is - bluntly - rubbish In the second part of my look at social media regulation, I focus on our flawed approach to misinformation and how we might improve it:
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How do you solve a problem like social media? Part II - misinformation
Misinformation and disinformation are among the worst online scourges, with huge real-world impacts. Why are our regulations so weak? And are there risks in making them stronger?
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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I was all set to take their Satan Sauce pizza challenge, until I got to the last sentence. 
Very complex sign in this pizzeria try on a chalkboard. It says that you can take this challenge or you can order any slice of pizza that you want but then they put this stuff called Satan sauce on it presumably some sauce with a lot of red pepper. And then if you finish the pizza in 90 seconds or less, you and various types of promotionals, and they take your picture and put you on the wall of fame.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
RIP William Orbit youtu.be/TwRtPzNdAz8?...
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Bassomatic - Rat Cut-a-Bottle
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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 06/08/2026
'What makes The Cramps so compelling was that they weren’t revivalists revelling in nostalgia or irony. Instead, they actually walked it like they talked it and were one of the few exactly the same offstage as they were on.' The Strange World Of… #TheCramps buff.ly/2B5SUKF
The Cramps - Gravest Gravy album cover. The band in an alleyway, with three large black dogs, the entire image tinted a light green.
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DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
British horror looks to real life-events and Hannah Arendt for inspiration Harrowing short shows at the 30th Fantasia International Film Festival: dmovies.org/2026/08/05/b...
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Bruised Sky - DMovies
British horror looks to real life-events and Hannah Arendt for inspiration - harrowing short shows at the 30th Fantasia International Film Festival
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 03/08/2026
“At the heart of all my music is the practice of listening in a kind of non-judgmental way. A lot of the time, when we listen, we listen with something in mind. We all have the experience of talking with someone and only paying attention to what we’re going to say next.”
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Hildur Guðnadóttir's Beautiful Homecoming at Reykjavik Arts Festival » PopMatters
Hildur Guðnadóttir is the undisputed inheritor of Iceland’s classical mantle, and at the 2026 Reykjavik Arts Festival, she is finally back on stage in her homeland.
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boomkat.com @boomkat.com · 03/08/2026
Finally in on wax - Ron Trent's adventures in downbeat dimensions for Music From Memory...✨ boomkat.com/products/moo...
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so." René Magritte on enchantment, the courage of joy, and the antidote to the banality of pessimism: www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/31/r...
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Enchantment and the Courage of Joy: René Magritte on the Antidote to the Banality of Pessimism
“Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so.”
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 30/07/2026
“I love using instruments that I can actually touch, rather than just messing around with a mouse. It’s unpredictable. I’ve done that for years, and I still love doing it because you’re finding new things all the time.” Doublespeak’s Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur, and Benge on Analog:
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Doublespeak's Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur, and Benge on Analog and Their Exciting Collaboration » PopMatters
A modern day elecropop supergroup, Vince Clarke lets Doublespeak's reputation and carefully curated cover songs speak to their influence.
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Claude Young @claudeyoung.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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The Bob Moog Foundation Archives just added 4489 items from inMusic - CDM Create Digital Music
500 schematics, 700 letters, vintage synths, publications, personal effects from Dr. Bob, prototype models, and more: thanks to a major gift from inMusic, the Bob Moog Foundation has massively expande...
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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🐝 🌿 www.anl.gov/article/inse...
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Insect populations flourish in the restored habitats of solar energy facilities
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory studied how insect communities responded to newly established habitats on solar energy facilities built on retired agricultural land. At the end of five year...
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Here's something useful - an amazing archive of BBC Essential Mixes to play and download. Features sets by Andrew Weatherall, Massive Attack, Portishead, Bukem, DJ Shadow, Daft Punk, Goldie, François Kevorkian, Coldcut, Optimo, Frankie Knuckles, Greg Wilson, Gilles etc ▶️ archive.org/download/BBC...
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A Free Online Archive Lets You Explore 5.8 Million Works of Art Spanning 5,000 Years of History
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A Free Online Archive Lets You Explore 5.8 Million Works of Art Spanning 5,000 Years of History
Though it's traditionally meant 'last in a progression or series,' as Merriam-Webster puts it, the word ultimate has been more often used in recent decades to mean 'the best or most extreme of its kin...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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boomkat.com @boomkat.com · 23/07/2026
Rhythm & Sound See Mi Yah First re-pressing in years of Mark Ernestus & Moritz Von Oswald’s divine, final Rhythm & Sound release, 2005, heeling to tradition with a one-riddim album which completed perhaps the greatest 10 year run in all of music…ever? boomkat.com/products/see...
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 19/07/2026
"Whenever people live under a regime that limits freedom and self-expression, once that pressure disappears, there's an explosion of creativity in every direction … people searching for freedom through sound, long nights, and very loud basslines." Let's Get Rominimal:
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Let’s Get Rominimal
Looking back at the Romanian minimal techno movement.
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DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"I got hold of Raiders of the Lost Ark when I was nine or 10-years-old, and it blew me away" Read our interview with the Danish director of The Last Viking (in cinemas now): dmovies.org/2026/07/07/o...
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Our dirty questions to Anders Thomas Jensen - DMovies
Paul Risker interviews the Danish director of the split personality comedy hit The Last Viking; they discuss multiple identities, echo chambers, parenthood, Indiana Jones, "John Lennon", and more
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 16/07/2026
"The duo has described their initial meeting in the ‘70s as being “like magic.” Since then, the combination of Dunbar’s nimble drumming + Shakespeare’s driving and melodic bass has melded to create one of the most distinct sounds in recorded music." Six Essential Sly & Robbie Releases on Bandcamp:
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Six Essential Sly & Robbie Releases on Bandcamp
A guide to reggae’s most famous duo.
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Claude Young @claudeyoung.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Korg Intros NTS-4 Performance Mixer Kit For Compact Hardware Setups
Korg’s NTS-4 is a compact six-channel performance mixer kit with built-in effects, USB audio/MIDI connectivity, and support for synthesizers, modular systems, and desktop hardware.
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 12/07/2026
"How did a kid from rural Michigan – who lived among cows, haybales and strawberry festivals – change the face of music? As Atkins blazes into the UK, he relives his wild times at early British raves." Techno godfather Juan Atkins — ‘There were 5,000 white kids going crazy to my music’:
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Techno godfather Juan Atkins: ‘There were 5,000 white kids going crazy to my music’
How did a kid from rural Michigan – who lived among cows, haybales and strawberry festivals – change the face of music? As Atkins blazes into the UK, he relives his wild times at early British raves
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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
‘…we need to achieve a minimum of 40% street tree canopy cover, and preferably more, before we start to really feel the benefits of nature’s most advanced air-conditioning technology.’ Me, for Big Issue, on tackling urban #heatwaves…👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/heat...
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Alex Martin @signalflow.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A day late posting but really enjoyed world pasta day! Sausage crumb with fennel, basil pesto and cream.
Sausage crumb fennel leak pesto pasta
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 08/07/2026
"Raw oscillators, filters and amplifiers intended for not musical but industrial purposes. At some point, experimental musicians realised that if you amplified the electric signals they put out, you could generate, process, and control audio signals." The people using test equipment to make music:
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“These are better sine waves. They just are”: We meet the people using test equipment to make music
Curious about how to make music with raw oscillators and other pieces of exotic Cold War-era test equipment? Don your lab coat and find out how you can incorporate old gear into your own productions. Just beware of high voltage
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Algerian Cave Paintings Suggest Humans Did Magic Mushrooms 9,000 Years Ago
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Algerian Cave Paintings Suggest Humans Did Magic Mushrooms 9,000 Years Ago
We moderns might wonder what ancient peoples did when not hunting, gathering, and reproducing. The answer is that they did mushrooms, at least according to one interpretation of cave paintings at Tass...
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Claude Young @claudeyoung.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Why Detroit's Vinyl Culture Is Unlike Anything Else in the World | Living for the City Ep. 7
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Thai Beef Noodle Soup That Has Been Continuously Simmering for 52 Years
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The Thai Beef Noodle Soup That Has Been Continuously Simmering for 52 Years
As Bangkok rises into the ranks of the world's great culinary destination cities, its restaurant scene caters to ever more well-heeled travelers. There, you can now visit establishments with not just ...
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