So, in an astonishing turn of events it turns out that my neighbour is running to be the Reform councillor for this area. Mate, you can't even close your garage door because it's so disorganised.

#MusicChallenge #ScavengerHunt2 Day 26: Fits in a thimble 'Germs' - Yeasayer youtu.be/TNKsifSe_GQ?...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 26: A song for a first date '(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?' - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds youtu.be/Dd51SEljBU0?...

#ScavengerHunt2 #MusicChallenge Day 25: Makes A 'Boing' Or 'Thud’ 'Quoth (Wooden Thump Mix)' - Polygon Window Troublesome noisy neighbours? Put this on repeat and then go out for the day. That should sort them out. youtu.be/OKwLz8XdRUo?...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 25: A Song About Self-Love 'I Am The Greatest' - A House youtu.be/3yMk-LJefG0?...

"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, but slowed 800%. Almost 40 minutes long and darkly amazing. youtu.be/dNRGu2-t3PA Social media memories reminded me that I discovered this #music six years ago today.

#MusicChallenge #ScavengerHunt2 Day 24 - Something You Lost 'Lost Property' - The Divine Comedy The very best song on this very subject. A veritable list of things lost over the years. youtu.be/5wRiPz18pso?...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 24: A song with an intro 'Sub-culture' - New Order youtu.be/voAECRlgTjk?...

Bluesky's leadership is basically Basil Fawlty: they have dreams of a higher class of customer and they are appalled that they have to put up with the riffraff that has actually shown up.

#ScavengerHunt2 #MusicChallenge Day 23: Found in a purse or pocket "All I want is a photo in my wallet" ’Picture This’ - Blondie youtu.be/jZz9igFHT-M?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 23: A song with a weird music video 'Another Brick In The Wall, Part Two' - Pink Floyd. Okay, in hindsight it's just schoolboy surrealism but it scared the shit out of me every time it was on Top Of The Pops. youtu.be/HrxX9TBj2zY?...

#ScavengerHunt2 #MusicChallenge Day 22: Made of Rubber or Plastic ”this here's the Rubber Duck" ’Convoy’ - C.W. McCall youtu.be/Sd5ZLJWQmss?...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 22: A song with non-western harmonic ideas 'Cantonese Boy' - Japan youtu.be/SfVG-4g0c1I?...

Not knowing what the worst people in the world were thinking every fucking day

Apr 21st 1880 - On this foggy night the Elizabeth Dane steered off course and crashed into rocks. 100 years later the crew returned. 📽️📅 The Fog (1980)

#MusicChallenge #ScavengerHunt2 Day 21: Found At The Beach 'Seagull' - Ride youtu.be/In9yq3oNqCg?...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 21: A Song With Syncopation 'Pick Up The Pieces' - Average White Band youtu.be/7Rvk0NPupIU?...

"Wouldst thou like to live-- Ow!" *thwack* "Let me propose this bargain again. Would thou-- Ow! You little shit!" *thwacking continues* "Have you considered a career in harrowing? You've got the knack. Ow! You bastard! Knock that right off!"

#ScavengerHunt2 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 20: Something Hard To Lift 'Nine Million Bicycles' - Katie Melua youtu.be/rrPUJsZQSkw?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 20: A song with fade-out ending 'Cortez The Killer' - Neil Young 7.5 glorious minutes that build and build and then....just drift away. But of course Neil Young's solo is still out there travelling through space like Voyager 1. youtu.be/uX9k9aoX6gk?...

I remember all the big media studies textbooks in the early nineties being obsessed with the TV presentation of American wrestling. Interesting, I thought, but weirdly niche. Cut to today, where every aspect of society operates like American wrestling.

#MusicChallenge #ScavengerHunt2 Day 19: Found in a music shop "I do like an overpriced LP On Record Store Day" 'Record Store Day' - Half Man Half Biscuit youtu.be/NH6YiXL1IYc?...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 19: A song that gives you chills 'Decades' - Joy Division youtu.be/pQWEQ_Q0_58?...

As an author who also happens to have a book in @waterstones.bsky.social, I at least know the difference between paperback and hardback books, which he’s standing in front of…

Re: nostalgia for VHS tapes and other analog media, I saw someone say like "a VHS tape never sold my information to a nazi" and yes that's true! But the reason it's true is actually because Congress passed a law in 1988 specifically making it illegal for video stores to sell your rental history

I’ll never forget watching The Wicker Man with my outer Hebridean mum. “I just don’t know where there got all that wicker from”

Strait of Hormuz lolz

Nowadays we'd get three films about how learning to surf made the Joker man all SAD

A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi

The great thing about my CD player is that if I play an Adam Ant song on it, it doesn't spend the rest of the week telling me I want to listen to Kajagoogoo or showing me adverts for pirate shirts.

I've ranted about LLM "AI" elsewhere, and in replies, but to reiterate it in a thread that I can pin now: One of the fundamentals of computer science is "Garbage In, Garbage Out". I learned this as a child, learning to program, over 40 years ago. You cannot put bad data in, and get good data out.

The kids know what's right & just: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

#ScavengerHunt2 #MusicChallenge Day 18: A Messy Food "mom's spaghetti" 'Lose Yourself' - Eminem youtu.be/7YuAzR2XVAM?...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 18: A song that feels relaxed 'Blade Runner Blues' - Vangelis youtu.be/ECYLHiXvrBQ?...

#MusicChallenge #ScavengerHunt2 Day 17: An Appliance "No amount of poetry Would mend this broken heart But you can put the HOOVER round If you want to make a start" 'The Short Answer' - Billy Bragg youtu.be/RzkvAwgjGDQ?...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 17: A Song That Feels Bouncy 'Battles' - Atlas youtu.be/IpGp-22t0lU?...

Oh, Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why You had to hide away for so long (so long) Where did we go wrong?

I enjoy Bluesky but the fact it is randomly down for 1-2 hours a day is really not great

#ScavengerHunt2 #MusicChallenge Day 16. A hated fruit or vegetable "With George the milkman she’d have kids, not Brussels sprouts!" 'Neville Thumbcatch' - The Attack youtu.be/ziiqYOQoIe4?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 16. A song with voice leading focus 'Over The Border' - Saint Etienne youtu.be/VjnHdcTsjSI?...

#ScavengerHunt2 #MusicChalenge Day 15: Body part (not eyes or heart) "From my head to my toes to my teeth through my nose" 'Leave Me Alone' - New Order Choose which ever body part is your favorite youtu.be/2zpYieracgw?...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 15 - A song with a heavy brass presence Brassy Bassey 'Goldfinger' - Shirley Bassey youtu.be/yDS6pHOpHmI?...

#MusicChallenge #ScavengerHunt2 Day 14: Something you read "Uncle Arthur still reads comics Uncle Arthur follows Batman" youtu.be/E_Zl1TVA9Kk?...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 14: A song with lo-fi sound 'Just Fun' - Jeffrey Lewis youtu.be/PCqO3bH8Rdc?...

#MusicChallenge #ScavengerHunt2 Day 13: It makes you dirty 'Down In The Sewer' - The Stranglers youtu.be/wB3XGrWZQlM?...

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 13: A song with reverb-heavy production 'The Rubber Room' - Porter Wagoner youtu.be/Q5eP2W3fLu4?...

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

JD Vance fails in his mission to obtain the headpiece from the Staff of Ra.