@heavyweight.bsky.social I know this is due to recent, replayed episodes, but you have to admit, this is quite funny 🤣

Black Mirror isn't really what it used to be but by goodness that Eulogy episode was great, Paul Giamatti is incredible.

Oh yes @3six.bsky.social @ambientdroner.bsky.social @pastinside.bsky.social

Great essay about useless AI assistants and how they could actually be made more useful with some actual thoughtful design koomen.dev/essays/horse...

AI Horseless Carriages | koomen.dev

An essay about bad AI app design

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FWIW, I'd love to be a STEM teacher but I don't see a path that doesn't result in a ~50% pay cut initially, which kinda sucks 😔 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

We need more male teachers so British boys have role models, says minister

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, says there are too few men working in schools as UK reflects on TV series Adolescence

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I have listened to the song Frontier Psychiatrist a million times and I’ve even looked at sample breakdowns, but this video of the samples being places in an Ableton session is so fun and instructive. youtu.be/Epr8xDE3Kgk?...

Deconstructing The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist

YouTube video by Karl Boltzmann

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Re-watched Severance season 1 in preparation for season 2 and boy oh boy had I forgotten how good it was. I felt that the pacing was incredible, and the tension in that last episode... If season 2 is shit, please don't tell me.

A really lovely episode!

Alex Goldman@agoldman.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hi, I’m Alex goldman I used to host the Reply All podcast. I have a new show now called @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social. People seem to really like the most recent episode so if you’d like to check it out, you can do so at the link below. Thank you!!!

My goodness this new @mogwai.scot is incredible... Goosebumps... 🤯 youtu.be/91HSMqHukuo?...

18 Volcanoes

YouTube video by Mogwai - Topic

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New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...

Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X

Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.

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#albumsof2024 so I ran out of time and didn't wanna drag this into Jan. These were the ones I didn't post. FWIW, the Lminl album was my fave Northern Irish thing, the Armand Hammer was my fave rap, the GY!BE album was just beautiful and Nxworries was Knxwledge's smoothest production to date xx

Is it possible to perform a denial of service on a Bluetooth speaker? I'm very curious to learn whether this is achievable... Theoretically of course 🫣

#albumsof2024 Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay - vibey, futuristic pop music with strong lyrics and a mad theme about getting a compact disc installed in her head and relearning what it is to be human, forget Brat summer, it's Imaginal Disk autumn magdalenabay.bandcamp.com/album/imagin...

#albumsof2024 Fantasy World by Lilacs & Champagne - one of my tops for the year, two members of Grails doing some wild Dilla/Madlib type stuff but played (?) by a band (?). Honestly, I can't genre this. Post-rock-beat-hop? I'm confused but it's great lilacschampagne.bandcamp.com/album/fantas...

#albumsof2024 Acts of Harm by Outlander - cinematic, dreamy, shoegaze (doomgaze?) from Brum. Have loved these lads since Sundowner and it was a joy to see them play this live. Emotive, sounds huge and a lovely album to listen through whole outlandertheband.bandcamp.com/album/acts-o...

#albumsof2024 Infinite Reflections by Uniri - four prominent London jazz musicians bring us the best intersection of jazz and hip-hop I've heard in years... Cosmic, psychedelic, unreal drums... Roots in Dilla, eyes in the clouds uniri.bandcamp.com/album/infini...

I'd like to add "Bluetooth speakers at the beach" to the list of things I hate please.

Cool to see @bellingcat.com featured in the permanent exhibition at ACMI in Melbourne!

#albumsof2024 Charm by Clairo - this is a little pocket of warm, 70's-esque, whispery, soft rock, jazz meets bedroom-lofi thing. It's great, def listen to the album in sequence, I feel like it flows so well. Sounds like there's a Wurlitzer piano in there too... clairo.lnk.to/Charm

#albumsof2024 Spot Land by Gnod - on @rocketrecordings.bsky.social, warm, slow, wistful psychedelia from the UK. One of my fave UK releases this year, gutted I had a family clash when they came through town. Lap steel, brushed drums, kalimba, one to float away on gnod.bandcamp.com/album/spot-l...

#albumsof2024 Your Community Hub by @warringtonruncorn.com - a beautiful, sparse slice of electronic music, a "sonic exploration of the new towns movement", pulsing, at times dystopian, damn cool & so well produced with a tense yet hopeful feel warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/your-c...

#albumsof2024 Umbilical by Thou - one of my favourite heavy records of the year, a perfect slice of sludge/doom metal on @sacredbones.bsky.social - the energy is immense, the absolute snarls backed by a grimy, spacious, loose production, brutal and brilliant thou.bandcamp.com/album/umbili...

#albumsof2024 Inside the Light World by Sun Ra at the OVC - this is a remastered recording of Sun Ra playing at the OVC (google it). I just love the Piano sound on this, and it's got a fave rendition of Theme of the Stargazers and Sunset on the Nile strut.bandcamp.com/album/inside...

#albumsof2024 Constellation by Caoilfhionn Rose - @gondwanarecords.bsky.social coming through with a lush record rooted in jazz, folk, with one of my fave voices of 2024. Piano driven but riddled with synth, sax and samples cc @keelinmusic.bsky.social caoilfhionnrose.bandcamp.com/album/conste...

Sorry y'all, gonna have to post 2 #albumsof2024 a day now if I wanna get through my list, probably wasn't wise to start this when I was travelling 😅 so many missed days. Anyway, lean in...

I have not once run out of inspiration with my mix series, women of ambient. Hope you find some new gems here! ✨ open.substack.com/pub/cloudcol...

december 'women of ambient' + marine eyes updates

marine eyes ~ december newsletter

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#albumsof2024 To Belong by Marine Eyes - beautiful ambient, brimming with shimmering drones and slow synths but some songs channel a beautiful dream pop edge, especially the vocal tracks, Bridges is just utterly lovely, thanks @marineeyes.bsky.social marineeyes.bandcamp.com/album/to-bel...

#albumsof2024 You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To by Knocked Loose, generally not my thing genre wise but man this got under my skin, pure aggression with a punchy production to back it up. fight music. Big riffs but then brought back slower and dirtier. knockedloose.bandcamp.com/album/you-wo...