Nick 🐙
@nickoctopus.bsky.social
He/him, in the UK. NB & ND. I occasionally make EBM/industrial music as Trellick. I hate fascists & bigots. Trans rights are human rights. I will never log off.
JAWS IN SPACE a generation ship travelling to a distant star system, and a mutated shark from earth's last ocean is somehow inside one of the vast water tanks and gets into the coolant-filled conduits closing scene where they splash down onto a water planet and the shark escapes into the new world
weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo agolet's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?
Unironically? I'd set it in the 1800s with Jaws hunting an old whaling ship. Show the horror of industrial whaling and the working conditions on those hellish floating factories, then have Jaws rip it all to shreds while toxic masculine whale hunters try and fail to kill something that fights back.
weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo agolet's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?
those days when I log on and everyone is being mad about some internet pundit that I'm blissfully unaware of (usually it's an American politics opinion-haver) is a lot like when I go into the office and people are holding forth about The Match Last Night And What The Manager Is Doing Wrong
lmao they're just rerunning the pandemic PPE grift for their mates
Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · yesterdayEXC: UK govt is “stripping back” onerous public procurement rules in pro-growth shake up of system, Louise Haigh tells FT Overhaul will make job creation/skills development the only ‘social value’ requirement for biz competing for Whitehall contracts worth £90bn annually www.ft.com/content/9878...
they should make a granola that you can't eat dry by the fistful straight from the pack
No cheating post your lock screen
Alix Weasel@alixwzl.bsky.social · yesterdayNo cheating post your lock screen
in the most Nick situation ever, I watched a DS9 episode where an unseen voice was encouraging characters to talk through their otherwise unspoken worries. I assumed it was building to a horror reveal that they were being manipulated but nope instead the moral is that talking helps work out feelings
watching the new Bobby Fingers video and laughing so hard I can barely breathe
Even the mainstream media pieces vocally calling out the nonce glasses from Meta are dramatically downplaying just how much men already photograph/video women and girls in any space they can without their knowledge/consent (deliberately? ignorance? not wanting endless "not all men" commenters?)
Happy Birthday #Skynet - human decision making was removed from strategic defence on this day in 1997.
I get my dopamine by listening to the same song over and over on loop like a normal person
Kate Holzemer@katebits.bsky.social · 2d agoAnother thought: in his statement, Hank Green expressed quite a lot of shame about the "dopamine hit" he gets from using AI. As a non-AI user I don't really know what he's referring to here. Is the AI voice flattering him while also doing his job (presumably poorly)? Because that's big weird.
The one thing twitter was _really_ useful for was illustrating this, where as soon as any bluecheck commentariat arsehole got bodied, you'd see all their smug dinner party pals having a hugbox in the comments even if it was folk who you'd otherwise assume would be ideologically opposed to them
Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · 2d agoThe UK commentariat and political class are almost exclusively a wealthy, politically powerful and insular group, many of whom landowners/landlords, and almost every last one of them despises the working class, minorities, migrants, queer people, and disabled people. That’s why they love Rod Liddle
developing a new theory kind of like carcinisation except it's about how every Guardian columnist either evolves into Adrian Chiles or instead branches off to be a reactionary right wing weirdo (you know, the ones who pretend they're very much not that) anyway, here's the latest Chilesisation
Hard hitting journalism at the Northern Echo www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2642298...
Can passengers take Greggs through security at Newcastle airport? - What to know
Newcastle Airport passengers are asking if they can take their Greggs order all the way through security and enjoy it in the departure lounge, or…
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okay yes I've stayed up far too late BUT a) this is my time to steal and b) the next two and a half weeks will be v stressful with life & work stuff, so being somewhat sleepy will help with that as things will be gently blurred around the edges and I don't _have_ any other coping strategies*
fess isn't mine, but someone once tried to scam me on insta like this. Joke's on them tho, I wasn't familiar with the person they were pretending to be but now I follow the person's real insta - not because their work is particularly my thing, but because they have cute cats and generally seem fun😻
fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · 3d agoMy voracious consumption of porn has helped me in one aspect of my life - not getting hoodwinked by fake profiles on Facebook. "Oh look, it's Mia Malkova! She's using a pseudonym, I assume to protect her privacy. Of course you can have my bank details!".
Front 242 - No Comment->Official Version->Front by Front or Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity->Trans Europe Express->The Man-Machine or Pet Shop Boys - Please->Actually->Introspective (I'd actually accept nearly any run of 3 PSB albums without much argument)
Mia Murphy 🏳️⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d agoWhat's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)
This weekend has involved -an admittedly pleasant Saturday afternoon/evening -trying to deal with Ovo Energy's shitty chatbot to dispute a hefty bill that I have not incurred -discovering that a new phone I bought and planned to set up today does not, in fact, work So on balance: meh
went out dancing for the first time in over a month. it turns out now a load bearing part of my psyche is being a conduit of music in a sweaty undulating mass of flesh. i feel like i just chugged a health potion.
I wish I could still drink coffee because I REALLY WANT THE FABULOUS ICED COFFEE
Took clients out to dinner. The bill came and "it's on me!" so I took out my purse and looked for my company card. My kids had taken the notes and cards out of my purse and replaced them with sliced ham. An embarrassing situation saved by a phone wallet.