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Daily Music Pick: Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees. Contains one of my favourite lyrics ever - "He used to do surgery, for girls in the 80s, but gravity always wins. And it wears him out." #radiohead #dailymusicpick youtu.be/n5h0qHwNrHk?...

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Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

YouTube video by Radiohead

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 29/09/2026

The problem isn't what individuals, groups and political parties the masses think are bad, sometimes they are and sometimes they aren't. The problem is the masses have for decades been choosing demonstrably worse individuals, groups and political parties to replace them and "fix" things.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 29/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Joy Division - Transmission. Their best song by far. #joydivision #dailymusicpick youtu.be/J7D5heNRUy0?...

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Transmission

YouTube video by Joy Division - Topic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 28/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Paramore - Misguided Ghosts. Just a really beautiful song to start the week. #paramore #dailymusicpick youtu.be/oGWeHPK3NC4?...

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Paramore - Misguided Ghosts (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Paramore

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 27/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: U2 - Promenade. Pairing U2 with legendary producers Eno + Lanois was a stroke of genius then and is still a stroke of genius today. Their best album by a longshot imo. #U2 #dailymusicpick youtu.be/G8mPiGMLf4M?...

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Promenade (Remastered 2009)

YouTube video by U2 - Topic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 26/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Gary Numan - Cars. Another song that sounded impossibly alien when first released. #garynuman #dailymusicpick youtu.be/Im3JzxlatUs?...

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Gary Numan - Cars HD

YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 26/09/2026

I really wish Meta would give me an option to decline Muse that states "No, not in a million years, I don't want your stupid AI thing go away stop offering it to me even after I declined it 4 times." 🙄

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 26/09/2026

If your answer to any problem, any issue, any concern is to treat anyone as if they matter less than you and your "type" then kindly f$&k off and go away.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 25/09/2026

The number of apps who have a "premium" level whose primary ads on the non-premium level are about how you wouldn't have these ads if you had premium is really pathetic and growing. 🙄

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 25/09/2026

The problem is, far too many of "us" are idiots.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 25/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: The Walkmen - The Rat. Quite relentless. #thewalkmen #dailymusicpick youtu.be/asI2DsUPWJ4?...

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The Walkmen - "The Rat"

YouTube video by TheWalkmenMusic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 24/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: The Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels. A song from the perspective of the husband of a wife struggling with depression. This one hits hard. #theinspiralcarpets #dailymusicpick youtu.be/J-fX0UbpZls?...

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Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels (Official Video)

YouTube video by Inspiral Carpets

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 23/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Ministry - The Angel. Before they became heavy industrial monsters. #ministry #dailymusicpick youtu.be/8zRCDO-NZLA?...

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The Angel

YouTube video by Ministry - Topic

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Walter Cronkite: After liberating execution camps… Germans (who cried) they didn’t know…were as as guilty as Nazis…because they applauded when Hitler shut down (media) and said, ‘We don’t need to know. We trust our government...’ It’s our duty to know.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

If it looks like transit rights and smells like potash, it must be one of those "Cards" Trump is always mumbling on about.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For God's sake, this is craven. The Russians have been trying to obliterate US companies in Ukraine repeatedly and with some success. The US government says nothing at all.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: The Flatmates - Shimmer. Classic 80s British guitar pop. #theflatmates #dailymusicpick youtu.be/OJgM33dFQ5I?...

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The Flatmates - Shimmer

YouTube video by Henry Ner

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 21/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume. Hard to explain just how alien and weird this sounded in the late 80s. #pumpupthevolume #dailymusicpick youtu.be/ULdCat1B_FE?...

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Pump Up The Volume MARRS

YouTube video by ruggerintrah

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 20/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Dream Wife - Fire. One of the best concerts I've ever been to; imagine this edgy pop/rock being played by Motorhead and you get the idea. #dreamwife #dailymusicpick youtu.be/W49ghm7IX4A?...

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Dream Wife - Fire

YouTube video by DreamWifeVEVO

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 19/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Matthew Good - Moon Over Marin. I still can't believe this is a Dead Kennedys cover. #matthewgood #deadkennedys #dailymusicpick youtu.be/ZcN_7iv-Igw?...

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Moon Over Marin

YouTube video by Matthew Good - Topic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 18/09/2026

Get a calendar! It's a lovely addition to my house and helps me remember the Ukrainian names for days of the week.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 18/09/2026

There was a time when fire mattered. Then, superstition mattered. Then, religious beliefs mattered. Then, production capacity mattered. Then, political connections mattered. Now, belligerent stupidity combined with social media persuasiveness and the ability to lie shamelessly matters. We're doomed.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 16/09/2026

The USA at the moment, and likely for a long time in the future. youtu.be/DKGdRHezwlw?...

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Walk Away

YouTube video by ccacanada

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 16/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Real Estate - Had To Hear. Effortlessly beautiful and calming. #realestate #dailymusicpick youtu.be/aTxGOyqKe30?...

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Real Estate - Had To Hear (Official Video)

YouTube video by realestateband

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 15/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: The Go-Betweens - Hope Then Strife. What a beautiful band they were. #thegobetweens #dailymusicpick youtu.be/MTx5GiFzrW8?...

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Hope Then Strife (Remastered)

YouTube video by The Go-Betweens - Topic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 14/09/2026

What non-Canadians need to realize is this - the reason the number is "perhaps surprisingly" high for a "sudden change" is that this is NOT a sudden change, this trade war is the last straw of decades and decades of being treated a little inferior in so many ways by more Americans than you'd think.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 14/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Buffalo Tom - Summer. "Summer's gone..." seems fitting at the moment. #buffalotom #dailymusicpick youtu.be/ltJsQbfIlpA?...

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Summer

YouTube video by Buffalo Tom - Topic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 13/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Camera Obscura - French Navy. Breezy beautiful melody for the beginning of Autumn. #cameraobscura #dailymusicpick youtu.be/O3CkfvYMCWM?...

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Camera Obscura - French Navy (Official Video)

YouTube video by Camera Obscura

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 12/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: The Wonderstuff - Ruby Horse. Classic 80s guitar pop. #thewonderstuff #dailymusicpick youtu.be/HgZp7ucnFzA?...

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Ruby Horse

YouTube video by The Wonder Stuff - Topic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 11/09/2026

AI will never understand why people don't like it, and that is the end of AI.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 11/09/2026

Given my typical musical tastes there is ZERO reason for me to not just like but LOVE this song. AI will never understand that. youtu.be/O3CkfvYMCWM?...

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Camera Obscura - French Navy (Official Video)

YouTube video by Camera Obscura

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 11/09/2026

AI created music will never replace human created music - Simon Cowell himself popularized the phrase "The X-Factor." Only humans are capable of discerning music that has an unexplainable yet undeniable "X-Factor" that greatly increases its desirability and there is no equation for it.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 11/09/2026

Every 2-3 months I set aside 30 min to go into my Google account, my Microsoft account and my devices in general and clear out anything no longer needed, apps that I no longer use, files I can't see any reason to keep, and I think of ways to disconnect further from the oligarchs. Schedule it.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 11/09/2026

People can be divided into 2 categories - those who want to find someone to tell them "the truth" and those who understand "the truth" is a concept requiring study and understanding and logic. One group wants to be told, the other group wants to understand the concept. Unfortunately they both vote.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 10/09/2026

Given that Shopify's "AI Powered Agent" has suggested I activate services I already use, re-suggested services I have twice declined with extreme negative responses, repeatedly suggested I tag books as both hardcover and paperback and generally doesn't seem to even understand what I sell, hell no.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 10/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Margo Gontar - My K.Y.I.V. Heartfelt funky club tune from journalist, musician and queen of Ukrainian swearing @margogontar.bsky.social #dailymusicpick youtu.be/1uiFiL_zJPA?...

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My K.Y.I.V.

YouTube video by Margo Gontar - Topic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 09/09/2026

Your occasional reminder that algorithm-manipulated interaction is not Free Speech, it is a business model to increase profit. More algorithms = less Free Speech. Any platform saying it is a Free Speech platform that forces algorithms onto its users is lying.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 09/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Portishead - Mysterons. This album is a creepy and odd masterpiece. #portishead #dailymusicpick youtu.be/slDNOtOQ8oA?...

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Mysterons

YouTube video by Portishead - Topic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 08/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: INXS - All The Voices. Before becoming global stars, INXS were a slightly less stadium and a little more eclectic band. #INXS #dailymusicpick youtu.be/kLNmHSHZTqA?...

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INXS - All The Voices

YouTube video by INXS

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 07/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Orbital + Sleaford Mods - Dirty Rat. Still pertinent unfortunately. #orbital #sleafordmods #dailymusicpick youtu.be/4FM7XeaSO0M?...

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Orbital & Sleaford Mods - Dirty Rat (Official Video)

YouTube video by Orbital

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 07/09/2026

Witkoff and Kushner are either exasperatingly dumb and out of their league or deeply and unforgivingly greedy and/or evil; there is no longer any room for a middle take.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 06/09/2026

Advertising persuasion and propaganda work on the same decision-making centers of your brain. Most thinking people accept that if a person cannot independently explain why they buy and/or prefer a particular product - advertising persuasion likely made the decision for them. 1/x

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 06/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid. How a group consisting of 3 producers and a headstrong vocalist ever released any music is a mystery to me. #garbage #dailymusicpick youtu.be/ypr18UmxOas?...

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Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid

YouTube video by GarbageVEVO

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 05/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: The New Pornographers - Letter From An Occupant. A belter of a song with a great video. #newpornographers #nekocase #dailymusicpick youtu.be/wCc_8HuWlQo?...

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The New Pornographers - "Letter from an Occupant" (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by The New Pornographers

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 04/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Saint Etienne - Like The Swallow. This would be a great soundtrack to a wild dream. #saintetienne #dailymusicpick youtu.be/flk1rpVQQdU?...

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Like the Swallow

YouTube video by Saint Etienne - Topic

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