True story.

A South African classic from a few years ago, by @carloscartoons.bsky.social. #southafrica

honestly I'm more impressed the bear was on lawnmower

I'm currently consumed by this track by German Industrial Techno/EBM artist SOMAN, and I don't know how I missed it when this album was released in 2020. #industrialmusic #ebm

It's a loud and clear message: "Be afraid, monkeys, be very afraid."

Let that be a lesson: Don't fkuc with birds.

I'm starting to enjoy the "Liquid Glass" look of #iOS26 ... barring the stupidity of transparent buttons and fields hovering over body text, like in Safari. It's a throwback to 2001's Mac OS X "Aqua" interface, which would eventually inspire 2007's Windows Vista "Aero" look.

Grrr... I hate not being able to edit posts. Now I have to delete and post again.

A moment of silence for my old Mac, which is no longer supported with system security updates (besides the usual malware definitions). 🥲 #macOS

Congrats to Tramell Tillman – a.k.a. scary but lovable Milchick – for the Emmy. Severance would be dead without him.

According to the @economist.com, the US's democracy is as flawed as my semi-third-world country, which makes me feel a whole lot better 😅 First prize goes to Norway, which scored a perfect ten.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Kate Bush's brilliant Hounds of Love.

If #iOS26's lack of usability bugs you as much as it does me, you can go to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Reduce Transparency.

"We’re about to see the same five-stages-of-grief cycle we saw when Apple first released the iOS 26 beta to developers this summer: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and, finally, acceptance." – Cult of Mac, on #iOS26.

Imagine minding your own business and the next thing you know, you're on a different continent? 🪰 "Help me. Please help me"

The best potential proof that life once existed on Mars. 🦠

Well, I watched Weapons at home, and I liked it, but it was a little overhyped, and I was hoping for a different explanation for why the kids went missing. 6.5/10 from me. #horrormovies Nothing gets close to Bring Her Back as far as this year's horror films go though.

I swear, #StarTrekSNW is one long whiskey promotion. Every time I see a scene like this, I expect an ad break.

An informative, short interview with Baldeep Chahal – an expert on that overused (but real) term "narcissism".

This month, 40 years ago, The Jesus and Mary Chain released the Just Like Honey 12", featuring the powerful wall-of-sound B-sides Head and Cracked. #noiserock #shoegaze #alternative

Happy #StarTrekDay (plus two days). The world has been unlearning this lesson over the last decade. Tuvok would not be impressed.

On #StarTrekDay (plus one day), some advice from Lieutenant Commander Worf – Star Trek DS9 "Rules of Engagement"

On Saturday, Iszoloscope's brilliant The Audient Void turned 20. #industrial #rhythmicnoise #breakcore

Happy 7 of 9 day for Sunday, Trekkies! I thought she had aged so damn gracefully in Star Trek Picard.

Today, 40 years (and a week) ago, Einstürzende Neubauten released a true industrial classic, Halber Mensch. It featured classics like the title track, Yü-Gung (Fütter mein Ego), Z.N.S. and Der Tod ist ein Dandy. #industrialmusic

On #StarTrekDay (+1), a classic.

Happy #StarTrekDay for yesterday, Trekkies! The original series aired for the first time in 1966, on this day, kicking off my favourite escape in the form of more series, seasons and episodes than I could count. (PS: Where's Sulu?)

I've finally finished After Life. It was so far outside my usual genres, but being a Ricky Gervais fan, a cynical romantic and an atheist who's into dark humour, I just had to see what people had been on about. 9/10 from me – no schmalz, just an honest look at what matters.

Some memory lane for #macOS enthusiasts. Many of these apps didn't exist before Mac OS X, so not that many Classic Mac OS icons here, but more wil be added.

@arvinash.bsky.social discusses my _big_ question, focusing on the theory of spontaneous creation involving quantum field fluctuations. (16 min.) #cosmology #physics #science

I miss the days of hand saws and brooms. #noisesensitivity

During an 1989 anti-apartheid protest in Cape Town, participants were sprayed with purple dye to mark them for later arrest. Afterwards, someone cleverly wrote the sentence "The Purple Shall Govern" on Greenmarket Square ("The People Shall Govern" was a popular slogan at the time). #southafrica

My browser's start page pic for this hour. It's by photographer Dan Meyers, who actually specialises more in textures: unsplash.com/@dmey503 #photography

From @sciencecomedian.bsky.social on Threads: "A cat, for Freddie Mercury's birthday!" 😅

I was burning the midnight oil (deadlines!), but what made it more than bearable were the new Years of Denial and @snowbeasts.bsky.social releases. 'Affaire de coeur' on the Years of Denial EP is def. my favourite. Both are great releases! #ebm #industrial #darkwave Links in comment.

This week's South Park. #satire

All true, I know this cause I've watched detective series/movies of some of these regions 😅 Man, those Scandinavian and German detectives are depressed.

I've been so focused on finding "new" music this past decade that I forgot how great the music is I already know. For #KateBush fans.

The Tower of Pisa photographed by Michele Chiroli: instagram.com/michelechiroli

Someone over at Threads declared these two superb films among their favourite sci-fi movies, and I want to live with her. #scififilms The Endless: imdb.com/title/tt3986820 Coherence: imdb.com/title/tt2866360

"Comorbid" by 3D artist Sean Mundy. instagram.com/seanjmundy

Brilliant cartoon by Morten Morland. #antivaxxers #schoolshootings

Nice mothership (falling through our atmosphere). From Invasion (2021-) season 3. Unfortunately, I can't recommend the series – it's not exactly good – but I watch it now and then in the hope of spotting an alien or spaceship. #scifimovies

Happy birthday to "the voice of God" a.k.a. Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins. Thank you for the yodel.

Happy C̶h̶a̶t̶G̶P̶T̶ I mean C̶l̶a̶u̶d̶e̶ I mean G̶e̶m̶i̶n̶i̶ I mean D̶e̶e̶p̶s̶e̶e̶k̶ I mean #SkynetDay ⏳

Well done, South Park. It's about time people woke up. ChatGPT's sycophancy bothered me from the beginning. I can't help but believe that it's designed to addict you. #AI

Star Trek Voyager > Star Trek TNG > Star Trek SNW > Star Trek TOS > Star Trek Enterprise > Star Trek DS9 > Star Trek Picard > Star Trek Discovery. #startrek #scifiseries

T2: Judgment Day > T3: Rise of the Machines > Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles > The Terminator > Terminator Salvation > Terminator: Dark Fate > Terminator Genisys. #scifimovies

Alien > Aliens > Alien Resurrection > Prometheus > Alien³ > Alien Romulus > Alien Covenant

A HUGE win for Bluesky. I urge you to read this article – I couldn't fit a summary of it in this post – but for me, the greatest takeaway is that facts are no longer welcome on Twitter, whereas the Bluesky community generally welcomes them. #misinformation #disinformation