Gosh, I've just seen someone describe Erik Satie's music as being exercises in "repetition and thoroughness". Yes, that's it. That's where it fits into my musical framework. I'm a big fan of both repetition and thoroughness. That's what I get out of dance music generally.

@doodleslave.bsky.social @jonstackpool.bsky.social @judetheconfused.bsky.social @swarf.bsky.social @einatmen.bsky.social @geofflean.bsky.social Morning, all. Fell asleep in my wheelchair and was woken up by my alarm at 7. Think I might try going to bed for a couple of hours. Best wishes to all!

1. I'm proud both my sons have made musical progress - elder sold a couple of beats, & younger has surpassed his dad in piano playing. 2. I'm proud that #Marmite has discovered self-confidence by going outside. 3. I'm incredibly grateful for my online community - you helped me thru a difficult year.

Morning all. #KrakówSmog -4°C Cloudy Pollution 13%

Hey all, if you've been thinking of grabbing an album, do it before 2026 and we'll add it to our donations to 2 charities here in Portland. The digital discography=$8.05! Broke and want an album?Lemme know & I'll send a code. Happy new year, etc. ❤️ thevardamanensemble.bandcamp.com

Now *that* is something to bear in mind. There are solid practical reasons for changing the approach to something less horrendous.

#NowPlaying Japan - "Nightporter" One of their *very best* songs, and there's a lot of competition. The piano work is out of this world. youtu.be/gYs8SWr9GA8...

Part of the problem is that so many people are allergic to making a non-technocratic argument. If this citizen, whose claim to citizenship is 'because my mother is', why not anyone else? The question that broadcasters need to ask and the argument the government needs to make.

Yes, it is a blinding song. And justifiably rated highly by those in the know. And yet I think its's my least favourite on that album. For me, it doesn't fit with the rest of the songs. Different atmosphere entirely.

Somewhere right now, a song’s being uploaded that’ll never chart, never trend, and still mean everything to somebody. That’s the good stuff. Drop yours here.

#NowPlaying The Specials - "Protest Songs 1924-2012" What an album. A collection of 14 protest songs which avoids the obvious ones. Absolutely marvellous. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Yes, this is very good. DON'T SUBMIT TO THE PINK SLIME

One of my favourite Doric expressions is 'fit wye?', which translates to English as 'what way?' but it's used the same as Scots 'how?' which in English is 'why?' which rhymes with 'wye', so it means and sounds the same

I’ve been invited to a huge wedding and the faith and custom is Jewish (moderate) Any one know what dress code I use?

Oh gods yes. I remember when this image appeared first. Just an amazing shot.

Gosh, I've just seen someone describe Erik Satie's music as being exercises in "repetition and thoroughness". Yes, that's it. That's where it fits into my musical framework. I'm a big fan of both repetition and thoroughness. That's what I get out of dance music generally.

OK, a few days ago, someone asked for perfect albums from the 90s. I would go with Aphex Twin's "Selected Ambient Works Volume II" from 1994. Absolutely groundbreaking, and thoroughly deserving of its reputation. If you don't know this, you owe it to yourself. youtu.be/MW3tcBRe41w...

Well. My favourite cross-linguistic homophone is the RP pronunciation of the word "cheaper", which sounds like the Polish word "cipa", which means "cunt".

Guys, if you want a browser that has a healthy attitude to towards AI, then I recommend the Vivaldi browser. That with the uBlock Origin extension is very good at blocking ads and social media links. Having been with Firefox since Netscape Navigator days. it finally seemed like time for a change.

#NowPlaying The Grid/Robert Fripp - "Leviathan" Masters at work. Glorious. Why "Leviathan"? As Richard Norris said, “Whales are quite mysterious. Their brains are enormous, and we don’t quite know what all the brain power is doing. A bit like Robert really.” music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#BilliesMusicMonth #MusicChallenge Day 30: Calm The Grid/Fripp - "Empire" music.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-U...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 30 - A song to dance to at your party The Knack - "My Sharona" Last song I ever danced to. At @sodslawyer.bsky.social's 40th birthday. When an elderly black guy came up to me afterwards, and said, "You have the rhythm in your body". youtu.be/bbr60I0u2Ng...

My jajowar has arrived! Looking forward to perfectly boiled eggs from now on. @thechiller.bsky.social @darklyadapted.bsky.social

@doodleslave.bsky.social @jonstackpool.bsky.social @judetheconfused.bsky.social @swarf.bsky.social @einatmen.bsky.social @geofflean.bsky.social Afternoon. Finally managed to wake up, so today's pretty much a non-event. Much too late for coffee, but I'll drink it anyway All the best for the evening

Afternoon all. #KrakówSmog -1°C Clear Pollution 15%

The first 3 words you see will define your 2026. HAHRQAAETH BTEQ CHOPEBUTTER I'm not sanguine about chopebutter, but I'll give the rest a go.

Georgian has a pretty distinct word for 'Greek': berʒeni (ბერძენი). It's been explained as deriving from a word for 'wise', with Greece thought of as the land of wise people, but a more plausible explanation is that it comes from the city of Byzantium, centuries before it became Constantinople.

Walked down Edinburgh North Bridge at the same time as John Otway was driving up it. He was in a Sinclair C5 with his name on the side.

Oh excellent news. Brexit sovereignty strikes again. ‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no. We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources. www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...

Are you closer to the North or South Pole? See more maps like this: brilliantmaps.com/which-one...

The 12th-century Romanesque nave at Ely Cathedral rarely steals the spotlight (thanks to that lantern tower), but it’s absolutely jaw-dropping

You either die being dispossesed, or live long enough to see Zanu PF doing symposiums about why productivity in Zimbabwean agriculture isn't what it used to be

Sadly this did not end up being what I'd hoped

Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting From the new Private Eye, out now.

Putin should learn the old African proverb: “The person who throws the punch can never remember — and the person receiving it can never forget.”

My tattoo artist somehow ended up on John Waters’ Christmas card distribution list, and he’s the one card she sends out every year as apparently Waters will cut you off in a heartbeat if you do not send him one.

Zelenskyy: ‘Russia is at it again, using dangerous statements to undermine all achievements of our shared diplomatic efforts with President Trump's team. We keep working together to bring peace closer.’ 1/

#NowPlaying Jon Hassell - "Alchemistry" Oh yes, this is very good. Almost funky, and builds so well. youtu.be/ZPxuHNfjNl0...

In ideal world, Lavrov would be fed into a wood chipper*. *Oh FFS, really? OK, it's an expression used to emphasise one distaste for someone or something. It's not to be taken fucking literally.

As we're talking about removing citizenship today, let's start with THIS GUY 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

To use a much lower key example: we no longer have the path to citizenship that Kemi Badenoch took. I won’t pretend that I think someone who talks about her “ethnic enemies” (!!) is well-integrated into British society. She is IMV stealing a living and endangers much I value. Still a citizen!

If you use kagi.com for your search, there's a setting to block AI images. Immensely useful. And you can block internet domains - so for example I've blocked Amazon. No Amazon results at all in my searches. No ads. No bullshit SEO. Just pure, clean search results. It really is a revelation.

Never had a moment to seize everything I ever wanted, but the closest were. * Moving to Prague in 1992 for work, after spending 2 years unemployed in the UK. * Moving to Kraków in 1994. * Er * That's it.

Still waiting for my jajowar, dammit.

An interview with billionaires where they asked over and over and over what exsctly they do with that $353,003,375,780 until they're forced to admit that it's "nothing" and ask them about all the stuff that needs fixed in the world and why it goes unfixed while they sit there on a pile of "nothing".

The English word ‘shirt’ has the same origin as ‘skirt’. While ‘shirt’ directly stems from Proto-Germanic *skurtijōn, ‘skirt’ was borrowed from its Old Norse descendant. Here’s number 10 in my doublet series: English doublets with a Germanic origin. Tomorrow: German. I started this series ... 1/

Offensively rich people are mentally ill. They're money hoarders, and hoarding is not healthy.

No, of course we shouldn't revoke citizenship once it's been granted. As soon as you start doing that, you make it easier to revoke citizenship for *anybody*, and that's clearly and obviously wrong.

@bh71.bsky.social Hi, how's things?

#NFWHealth OK, so now I'm signed off work till 14/1. That's good, because I'm in quite a lot of pain at the moment on top of everything else, so coping with teaching would be… difficult. Also, I've no idea what's going to happen on 7/1, so best to be on the safe side.