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Machine Music @machinemusic.bsky.social · 18h

Bandcamp Friday is a good time to remind you fine folk of our new compilation album. All proceeds go to World Central Kitchen. machinemusic1981.bandcamp.com/album/milim-...

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MILIM KASHOT VOL. 7, by Machine Music

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There should be space in the discussion of Manchester City's breach of Premiership rules for an examination of the UAE government's open contempt for rules and the dire and bloody consequences of their rule-breaking outside the realm of sport. A 🧵...

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Short fic & comics from 30+ writers, mostly from Dalit, Bahujan, and Adivasi backgrounds. Meghalayan cyberhorror, Ambedkarite magical realism, tasawwuf solarpunk in the Western Ghats, Gujarati robot caste revolts. Cover art by Priyanka Paul. Pick up a copy!!! www.blaft.com/products/the...

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The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF

An anthology of weird, fantastic, supernatural, Dalit futurist, & magical realist fiction by writers from South Asia and the diaspora. edited by R.T. Samuel, Rakesh K. and Rashmi R.D. cover art by...

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

will say it again: the most effective way to curb far right agitators like Lowe, "Tommo" et. al. would be to stop their ability to earn money for it from social media or live streaming. So much of it is grifting for revenue, not attention.

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Terracotta Distribution @terracottadist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NEWS: Hirokazu Koreeda's new film LOOK BACK - a decade-long friendship between two aspiring manga artists - has UK distribution via GKIDS and screens at BFI London Film Festival. #HirokazuKoreeda #terracottastore

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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane. To mark it we have selected a number of essays and reviews from back issues of The Wire going back over 40 years, all attempting to come to an understanding of the meaning and significance of Coltrane’s life and music.

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Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Halt and Catch Fire made the 100 Best Shows of the 21st Century.

This drama began in the early days of the personal computer evolution—before social media, before FOMO, before AI angst—to tell the story of a Quartet of tech pioneers, who looked at those clunky beige desktop boxes and saw kaleidoscopic future. Computers were “the thing that gets us to the thing,” the latter thing being connection, empowerment, even a new kind of art. What began as a familiar tail of business-suite intrigue—“mad men” with processors—became a rich, heartfelt, human exploration of the cost and rewards of work and the necessity of failure. Its portrait of 80s and 90s techno-optimism may seem quaint now, but its rendering of the love of creation remains bleeding-edge. —James Poniewozik

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Lew Stringer @lewstringer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Rob Reed and Claire Bend, the filmmakers behind the Oink! documentary have set up a crowdfunder to expand the film with more footage for future screenings. It's not often we get films about humour comics in this country so here's the link if you wish to support it... www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/oink

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Oink: Piggs, Puns & Plops - Short Documentary

Raising finishing and screening funds for a short documentary that looks at the origins, influence & legacy of a revered cult British comic.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy Robot Dreams day from the film's art director Jose Luis Agreda.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Here's the list of everything banned going into Gaza including. Water Filters Water Purification Tablets Nappies Insulin Wheelchairs Fishing rods and all fishing equipment All Water Pumping and sewage treatment equipment All Cancer drugs and Antibiotics It's a Genocide.

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Latest from me: bit of proper journalism. A specialist in the industrial scale production of fake vinyl was jailed yesterday. This is the whole story www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...

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Deep cuts: how one Londoner’s fake vinyl empire sheds light on ‘industrial scale’ fraud

Thousands of knock-off records worth a fortune are being seized in the UK by anti-counterfeit police stings

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

GenAi companies know this massive theft is existential to the industry. Instead they weave doomsday stories & and impose the solution. They push for bail outs, regulatory capture and escape from legal consequences. So we don’t use the civil or criminal laws we have. May they only get justice.

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“An astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” and the “largest theft of labor in human history” is what a Microsoft executive privately said about GenAi as shown in newly unsealed court filings. And these court filings get worse. These execs knew all along the immense theft they committed.

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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 10/09/2026

NEWS 🚨: Paul Chadwick's early CONCRETE stories finally return to print in a paperback omnibus format, coming June 2027! Details: bit.ly/4xIbJXC Volume 1 of this release collects the first two volumes of Concrete, Depths and Heights. By @paulchadwick.bsky.social

Cover of Concrete Omnibus Volume 1, illustrated by Paul Chadwick

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Also, why is this basically written up as "quirky crowd make an embarrassing mistake" and not "violent racists form mob because Asian people use hotel"?

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Chat Pile @chatpileband.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Who Loves the Sun tour heads to Europe and the UK this Feb. Tickets go on sale Sept 11 at 11AM CEST - get yours at chatpile.net/shows

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There's an under-discussed link between the 'cerebral' Christian Conservatism of Orr/ Kruger etc, the 'cultural Christianity' of Lowe etc., and the 'Christian' rhetoric & symbols of the Patriot Platform thugs. It's not enough to see this in terms of US influence - it's got a domestic inflection.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

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Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads

Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns

A photo from the BBC of an older woman, with grey hair, being led away by police.

A photograph of a line of men in black clothes and balaclavas blocking the port at Dover.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

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The Seldom Seen Kid @seldom-seen-kid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

They're all dead, Dave.

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This forest fire aerial is now available! All profits are going to the Devon Wildlife Trust 🦡 the link to the listing is here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/forest-...

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Forest fire - 'You'll choke too'

My first ever embroidered forest fire. This is a response to widespread climate apathy and selfishness I've been feeling around me.

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Baba Yaga's Hut @babayagashut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

NEW SHOW: December 18th-20th DJ Scotch Egg Residency at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social Tickets on sale Friday at 10am, save the tickets now via Dice link.dice.fm/T4c7db5a7318 Individual show tickets available or a 3 day pass at a discounted rate.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In 'Have you ever felt like this? news' news, ITVX will stream cult - if not often downright weird - kids' show Round The Twist from 17th September

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Troutboy @troutboy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

No surprise that Sex Matters CEO, Maya Forstater supports racist eugenist Nathan Cofnas. bsky.app/profile/jess...

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Nick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Actually sad what AI has done to the world of souvenir fridge magnets, postcards, etc. It's kind of microcosmic of the whole issue: the people in charge of fridge magnets don't seem to care that fridge magnets actually matter to people who collect fridge magnets.

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Shreya Ila Anasuya - THE POISON PALACE @thresholdrose.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

For context, PLEASE read frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-cul...

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Shreya Ila Anasuya - THE POISON PALACE @thresholdrose.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This really pissed me off. I know not to expect much from the BBC but it is so utterly disingenuous not to talk about the way in which the right-wing has been actively using the Ramayana as propaganda. Not a word. www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

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Mythical beasts, almighty gods, new technology: The epic blockbuster that could be India's answer to The Odyssey

The Ramayana is one of India's most famous stories – and now the heroic epic has been adapted into two mega-budget films that the team behind it are hoping will be a global event.

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Troutboy @troutboy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Amazon entering their new villain arc, buying massive quantities of rare books, scanning them, then destroying them.

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Troutboy @troutboy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Looks like a new groove-laden Massive Hassle album this way cometh. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VxG-... #NewMusicFriday

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MASSIVE HASSLE - Extra Ordinary (Official Video)

YouTube video by MASSIVE HASSLE

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Troutboy @troutboy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Looking forward to the new Kraanerg album if this slice of avant-prog is anything to go by. Great @bhanupratap.bsky.social cover too. kraanerg.bandcamp.com/album/aria-f... #NewMusicFriday

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Aria for Labellum Tongues, by Kraanerg

6 track album

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The biggest selling comic of all time is One Piece. The second biggest is not from the US or UK. It's French. DELIGHTED to welcome @juliekalman.bsky.social onto Untitled History Pod to talk origins of Asterix the Gaul and how it made modern France. Listen below, Youtube or your pod app of choice

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Episode 27: The history and cultural impact of Asterix the Gaul

The Untitled History Podcast · Episode

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels

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Andy Burnham warns of summer ban on disposable barbecues

Andy Burnham said he would consider if a restriction on purchasing the products during the summer months could be justified

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Mute Neighbor @muteneighbor.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Gig poster for sludge monsters Chat Pile. Took me much longer than I would’ve liked to really dial in the interior portion of the design. Went through well over a dozen revisions to get to the final. Still, very happy with the results. #gigposters #posterart #sludge #theflenser #chatpile

High contrast black and white gig poster for the bands Chat Pile, Soul Glo, and Virga at Revolution Hall in Portland Oregon. An immense grim reaper looms in the frame. Within the negative space of its robe is Washington DC in flames. Huge billowing clouds of smoke erupt from multiple locations. Enormous wooden crosses tower over the landscape and buildings, periodically enveloped by the smoke.

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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 12/08/2026

On August 12, 1960, Dr. Seuss published what would become his biggest-selling book of all time. Written as the result of a $50 bet between Seuss and his publisher at Random House, Bennett Cerf, the book, by some estimates, has sold north of 200 million copies. The book? Green Eggs and Ham. /1

An original 1960 copy of Dr. Seuss's GREEN EGGS AND HAM.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It is just unacceptable that the NHS may have to find funds to fight potentially a slew of nuisance lawsuits funded by one extremely wealthy person with an obsession.

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Russell Hillman is a spooky name if you think about it. @allhellismrsun.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Threatening legal action against Amnesty International and the NHS is definitely the choice of a good person.

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Troutboy @troutboy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Violent racists hitting people with bricks and biting people, but apparently it’s people seeking asylum who will make residents feel unsafe at night? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Police make further arrests as Thetford disorder continues

The arrests follow disturbances linked to anti-immigration protests in the market town.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 01/08/2026

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has approved the controversial data centre on behalf of Angela Rayner, overruling Tower Hamlets Council and local opposition. Brick Lane local residents react:

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Fraser Geesin @frasergeesin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

5 DAYS TO GO Extract from new @countbinface.bsky.social comic coming 06.08.26 from @selfmadehero.bsky.social with 10% going to @sheltercharity.bsky.social Pre-order NOW from @goshcomics.bsky.social goshlondon.com/pre-order-th...

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