I've mentioned this previously... but having just put it on after not listening for a while I am reminded just how good it is. Timeworn - Leave the Soul For Now. Excellent music, cool cover art too. #metalsky

Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴@derekjarman.bsky.social · last yr.

For your listening pleasure #164 Timeworn - Leave The Soul For Now This is one of my favourite melodic post-metal albums... almost catchy. Unfortunately the band has split-up... sort of continued as 'Claimstaker', but that's a different style. #HeavyMetal #metalsky \m/

Re: Gruen (ABC). I preferred Russell over Todd. Todd was an ad exec who seemed to hate advertising, Russell was an honest ad geek while Todd was all sanctimonious and superior. However... After watching the latest season, I wonder if Russell has lost his mind... Or disappeared up his own arse.

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Australia's favourite multi-award winning, multi-award losing, longest running, and most importantly, the only show about advertising is back for our 18th season.

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This is the kind of thing an anti-corruption commission should be finding and exposing. Hopefully Victoria can give IBAC the necessary powers to look beyond probable crimes. #auspol #vicpol

‘Did you send that report?’ The Icac bombshell that came late for Damien Tudehope

The former Liberal finance minister was questioned by Icac counsel assisting, Peggy Dwyer, on Tuesday

theguardian.com

Just thrown this on after not listening to it for a while... man its great. A shame the band seems to have ceased. King Goat - Debt of Aeons. Soaring, yet grimy doom. #metalsky \m/

Debt of Aeons, by King Goat

7 track album

kinggoat.bandcamp.com

Of course he backs the powerful and the wealthy... that's what politicians do.

Reading this article about Supergirl; apparently a key difference between two competing cuts was the amount of screentime the villain (Krem) got. I had to do a search... I had literally forgotten what the main villain from the movie looked like... or did.

There Were Two Rival ‘Supergirl’ Cuts At DC And Both Sound Equally Bad

Supergirl had two cuts going into release, one that was the director's version and one the studio's. Here's what the difference was.

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I really appreciate when a band can deliver a concept album without resorting to spoken-word passages. #music

Tonight's viewing. Great fucken movie. www.imdb.com/title/tt0114...

Memo: Politicians If: a. you don't want to appear corrupt/inept/dodgy; and b. you're about to do something that you wouldn't want to answer a direct question about, then Don't do this thing you're about to do. Albanese refused to confirm we went to a dinner. Maybe, don't go to it? #auspol

Because AIPAC know their presence is becoming toxic, they hide behind 'UDP' and don't even mention Israel when targeting politicians that don't like the genocidal actions of the IDP.

AIPAC’s $50 Million Secret

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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I am a fan of Faith No More and I'd love to see them play when they tour Australia next year... But with a general admission ticket running to $350+ I can't justify it. I could afford it, but I refuse. Call it an ineffective unilateral boycott. #musicsky

I couldn't give a shit about soccer or the World Cup... but festooning sporting events with advertising does suck.

Independent Australia@independentaus.bsky.social · 7d ago

The 2026 World Cup exposed how modern sport increasingly treats fans not as spectators, but as products whose attention is constantly being sold. World Cup 2026: When the spectator became the product ~ Jack Waters independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...

Absolutely nothing is sacred to these fucking people while they keep their bubble inflated. Not the ground water, not the communities near their datacentres... and not books.

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.

Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...

The world is fucked, isn't it.

Here's something fucked. A Melbourne man was charged with sexual assault on a Qantas flight last September. His case was dismissed last night. His name was published. Another Melbourne man was found guilty of rape yesterday, but his name is suppressed by court order. Links below. #vicpol

This guy may be my new hero (I don't have heroes, but you know what I mean). He spoke clearly and eloquently about the problem of AI data centres for their communities and offered a real solution to the issue.

Ohio man questions why normal people are footing the bill for data center growth

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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AI companies are spending trillions on assets that need to be replaced every few years to spit out substandard answers to questions and they're desperate for you to become addicted to them so they can try to monetise them. Huge bubble that reminds me of tulips. Good summary of the issues.

Who decided AI was inevitable?

Cory Doctorow is the author and tech critic who brought us the term ‘enshittification’ – which refers to the gradual decline in the quality of digital platforms and services over time. Now he’s warni...

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You can't rely on a woman to have other women's backs, but you can rely on Hanson to be a fucking idiot. #auspol

Pauline Hanson’s comments about domestic violence are more than vile. They are dangerous for women | Nicole Yade

A woman in Australia is killed by someone she trusted every 11 days and misinformation about family violence does real harm to victims

theguardian.com

Blindead 23 - Deuterium. The band name almost turned me off, but I'm glad I checked this out. Excellent progressive death, full of emotion and atmosphere. Definitely in my AOTY calculations. #metalsky \m/

Deuterium, by Blindead 23

7 track album

peaceville.bandcamp.com

The Odyssey is a pretty enjoyable movie. Certainly a spectacle worthy of a large screen. As is the case with a lot of modern movies, the dialogue is not always very clear. It is also fucken loud at points; be prepared.

I don't understand how she can sit there and make those kind of requests/comments/statements with a straight face. The reason people are pissed-off at Israel is because they see what's happening in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon... and they also see their governments turning a blind eye. #Auspol

Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine🍉🍉@joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Segal even told the inquiry she’d like a positive story of Israel told for every negative—a demand that could see the [ABC] follow every story on Israel bombing children alive in their tents with a nice story on the flowers in Netanyahu’s garden." — Ronni Salt theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

I would expect that a political party would use something like Robodebt to nail the perpetrators in the other party. The fact that very little has happened and no accountability levied tells me that the whole game is a protection racket. Politicians and public servants united. #auspol #bebetter

Robodebt whistleblower was told her royal commission evidence ‘could cost you your job’, court hears

Exclusive: Jeannie-Marie Blake is suing the Australian government over alleged threats, which her department denies making

theguardian.com

I enjoy seeing on-screen reunions: When two actors who have worked together in one thing show up together in something else.

baryontheband.bandcamp.com/album/hypnos Atmospheric post-metal of the highest order. It is steeped in melancholy... but it makes me happy to hear it. #metalsky \m/ #BaryonTheBand

HYPNOS, by Baryon

6 track album

baryontheband.bandcamp.com

It really was too much to ask that the NACC would be a force for good, wasn't it? SETEC ASTRONOMY Surprising, really that corporate media aren't all over it, given that it provides a free hit against the labor government. #auspol #michaelwest

A good example of why independent journalism is more and more vital. It is a disgrace that the SA premier tried to prevent the release of his diary; the cozy relationship between journos and politicians is an open secret... barely worth protecting. #auspol

Back-Scratching. Premier Malinauskus’ love-in with Newscorp exposed - Michael West

Rex Patrick FOIs expose the cosy relationship between SA Premier Peter Malinauskas and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, and its large advertisers

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After listening to a bunch of her shit at the royal commission, I find myself feeling anti-the antisemitism envoy. The idea that when reporting that the IDF have killed a bunch of kids in Gaza the ABC should also talk about the Israeli Start up community is asinine. #auspol #jilliansegal