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Alex @whaleslikeislands.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Listened to this album a couple times while driving around town today, and it rips from start to finish.

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Josh Visser @joshvisser.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I think we’ve severely undervalued the impact of local newspapers in making for a more harmonious and informed society. Instead these news deserts have been filled by angry national outlets and local Facebook pages that reward hostility.

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Alex @whaleslikeislands.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Incredibly cool opportunities here.

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I love this, on the dream of the multilingual city.

"There is a version of the city in which English, Chinese, Spanish, and other widely spoken languages are useful lingua Franca's, not killer languages baselessly touting their own superiority. Where there is space for smaller languages to thrive in homes and community contexts. Where speakers of every language have access to the information and interpretation they need. Where multilingualism is a priority, and everyone has the options and resources to maintain and develop their ancestral and community languages, not to mention learning new ones. In this imaginary but not impossible New York, differences would be recognized, interpreted and enjoyed, not wished away or weeded out."

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kelly pendergrast @kellypendergrast.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

No news hook sorry (‘Trump take egg’? ‘RFK take vaccine’?? maybe!) but here’s a new piece by me in Slate talking about kitchen aesthetics & ideology, John Berger’s The Eaters and the Eaten, food anxieties, and the Tartine bread book: slate.com/business/202...

slate.com

The Unnerving Meaning of the Two Kinds of Instagram Kitchens

They look different, but they underscore the same anxieties.

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Alex @whaleslikeislands.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Finally listening to this brilliant compilation from @petepaphides.bsky.social / @needlemythology.bsky.social on this rainy Saturday. Really spectacular stuff, and absolutely engrossing liner notes.

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Nico Wave @nico-wave.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

#31GreatWomanMusicians Day 13. Sarah Martin (Belle and Sebastian) Not the type to seek the spotlight but an integral part to the beauty of B&S : violin, keyboards, vocals, she does it all and gave us some very special songs 👏 "I Didn't See It Coming" youtu.be/5XsB5dWYBj4?... Paris, may 2024

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T @mamafirefly.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Kinda want a burrito, kinda want to disappear into the woods forever.

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Alex @whaleslikeislands.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Top-tier stack on the shelf today.

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Unchartered Streets @uncharteredstreets.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I don't know what the death of civilised America is going to sound like; but the dull metallic stamp of a pneumatic drill breaking up the Black Lives Matter mural on 16th Street yesterday morning felt like some sort of premonition.

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 12/03/2025

A guide to the music of Cocteau Twins, the history of music in the workplace, the late Steve Albini singing the praises of Jason Molina, a Low Culture Essay on cult Berlin film Christiane F and UFO hunting with Aidan Moffat of #ArabStrap... #ThePortal: Quietus Archive Dive thequietus.com/portal/

Black and white image of the Cocteau Twins

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Reading about the insane numbers of books that ordinary working people used to read a hundred years ago feels like seeing pictures of the Pacific Ocean back when it teemed with whales. Hard to comprehend what we’ve lost.

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Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The thing about our label is that we get carried away and keep adding more bits until our profit margin is only visible with a microscope. Which is why #BandcampFriday is so huge for us. If you were thinking of buying Sensitive now's the time! needlemythology.bandcamp.com/album/sensit...

needlemythology.bandcamp.com

sensitive - an indie pop anthology, by Needle Mythology

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Alex @whaleslikeislands.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

So many good SLR releases recently. Go buy them!

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EarthlyEducation @earthlyeducation.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

paris proves it: when we stop designing cities for cars and start designing them for people, the air clears, the streets come alive, and life gets better. less smog, more green. less noise, more joy. fewer fumes, more kids playing safely. this isn't some hippy dream, it's a choice.

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Green Apple Books @greenapplebooks.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

“It’s a reminder that you don’t actually own much of the digital content you consume, and without the ability to back up copies of ebooks, you could lose them entirely if they’re banned and removed.” www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

theverge.com

Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books

It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 20/01/2025

If you have a cool idea you’re working on, today’s the day to get productive. There will be time to get mad later.

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Alex @whaleslikeislands.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Spend the snowy Sunday stumbling through some tunes from Belle and Sebastian and the Velvets.

A color photograph of a Crumar Mojo 61 electric organ by a window.

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Joyzine @joyzineuk.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

GET INVOLVED WITH JOYZINE Joyzine is always on the look out for enthusiastic, creative and talented people to join our team. Whether you are a beginner or seasoned writer or photographer and want to join us as a contributor go to joyzine.org/contact/ to find out more.

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liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

everyone should start a band. no one should start a generative a.i. music company

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Alex @whaleslikeislands.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I linked to Orange Juice’s “Rip It Up” music video in a final announcement to my students this term, and not only did they listen to it—they liked it! Looks like you’ve got some new undergraduate fans in Ohio, @edwyncollins.bsky.social.

Screenshot of part of a student email reading “(On a final note: I enjoyed the Orange Juice record).”

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