Back in Berlin, renewed, wishing both cities were 10C cooler and 20db quieter
if one summer I started to see bioluminescent jellyfish where I'd never seen them before, I might want to know what was altering the marine ecology, whether something was going wrong. But I wouldn't necessarily expect to find out the answer from the immanent floaty glowers themselves
Level 42 with Allan Holdsworth playing the guitar solo. there's nothing like it, including other songs by Level 42. youtu.be/OSK8VZ7DSMM
A Kinder Eye
YouTube video by Level 42 - Topic
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spent the day yesterday in moderately frustrating queer as well as religious spaces, not speaking very directly about events, but I think it's not the moment to fall away from one another. what I find is that people vanish, they become unreachable, and it's hard to see who it might be happening to.
overall if someone is unkind or outrageous or consistently brings out the worst in you, it's not necessary to attend to what they are doing every single day. social media makes this hard to remember, and so does a culture in which there is a lot of emphasis on keeping oneself in circulation
I pretty much got my feelings about 🌈 stuff onto the page in June. feels like there isn't much more to say, but of course that's a deceptive feeling. as it is in gardening, weeds return. but also as in gardening, there's no need to deliberately plant them. bsky.app/profile/essj...
jackie ess@essj.bsky.social · 2mo agowhat if instead of LGBT it was just B, for Being? 🌈
whether you're at CSD or IQP or planning on staying home to read Paul Scott's Raj Quartet, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend
speaking as a Berlin resident who dislikes the nightlife, articles like this are a good sign that at least it's becoming uncool
do any of you have a working youtube audio downloader I am not always online (despite appearances) and need this very badly
Meshuggah - Straws pulled at random - Final part 2h55m loop
YouTube video by brothir
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regardless of who wins the game fifa should use var to retroactively invalidate the results and give the cup to Norway
Life metal. Not-too-careful riffing on the outro to Meshuggah’s Straws Pulled at Random. Otherwise their vocals and imagery and overall message (as far as I can make it out) get in the way of the music for me.
having a little get-together at a bar in neukölln tonight, to celebrate my partner's dissertation being finished, and a belated birthday for myself. in case you only see this here and you'd like to come, write me for details
Hot weather sets up an intense conflict between dignity and comfort. Whoever wins, I lose. Months more of this
The win may not have been deserved but the loss was. What comes of Brexit
I wish Mbappé and Haaland could both have won the cup, or faced off for it. Was that ever possible? Either way, both are winners to me. Seems logical at this point to throw our support behind Spain.
