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Bishopjoey

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#TechnicalWriter by day, play around with #fiction and #criticism by night.
US #Expat in the #Netherlands
White Privileged #Cis #Bisexual

#Yiddish #Yiddishkeit #Jewish
#music #drone
#JamesJoyce
#BlackLivesMatter
#СлаваУкраїні
#CovidIsntOver
#WTFM

Fascism is to be defeated, not debated.

Mars is the only known planet to be inhabited solely by robots. (Sean Carroll, The Big Picture)

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dgar, (edited ) to random
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Hashtag: #FortnightFridayMusic
Hosted By: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #Quick
Submission: Don’t Stop Me Now
By: Queen
Submitted by: @dgar
Songwhip Link: https://songwhip.com/queen/dont-stop-me-now
Context: https://mindly.social/@bborn/112453532374865377

“I'm a shooting star, leaping through the sky like a tiger
Defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car, passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go, go, go, there's no stopping me”

Bishopjoey,
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Oooh. Nice choice.
That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit
I'm travelin' at the speed of light...

SergKoren, to random
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Happy National Notebook Day.

How many do you own? I’ve have hundreds, going back decades.

Bishopjoey,
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@SergKoren I have dozens going back about 25 years. I have two running at any given time - one for work and one for creative/journaling.

My latest (started this morning) is a JetPens Tomoe River S Kanso Noto Notebook which, alas, has a lot of bleedthrough and the dots are too hard to see first thing in the morning. Generally, once I start a notebook, I see it through.

Bishopjoey,
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@SergKoren Ah - it is indeed ghosting that I experience, not bleedthrough. But it makes writing with my preferred dark inks and medium nibs a bit of a problem.

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It's #TuneTuesday and the theme is #MyPreciousMusic - what's your most treasured piece of physical music media.

I've got a lot of CDs and a fair amount of vinyl, but this one just jumped out at me. EN's meditation on World War I that premiered on that war's 100th anniversary is a gorgeous collection. Favourite tracks are Der 1. Weltkrieg (Percussion version) and All of No-Man's Land Is Ours.

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Hashtag: #AlternateFridayMusic
Hosted By: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: Just
Submission: Dupree's Diamond Blues by the Grateful Dead
Why? It's got an interesting tale on justice...

https://youtu.be/YK3f4SwNCTk

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The Hachette Book Group imprint publishing the upcoming memoir by the South Dakota governor announce it’s removing Kristi Noem’s false claim she met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

Bishopjoey,
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@w7voa Bwa ha ha. Nothing about the dog though.

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@MarkIngs @bborn
#FortnightFridayMusic

The word this week is #ride

This track has the classic line 'Jesus rides beside me / He never buys any smokes' Fell in love with this album when it came out and it's still the pinnacle of the 'mats for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvGjAYH-Nq4

dgar, to random
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Toot number #40,620.
It’s been 529 days since joining Mastodon and still no one suspects I’m a rock

Bishopjoey,
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@dgar We don't suspect you're a rock, but we may suspect you're an island.

Bishopjoey, to random
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Damning review of the new Polanski (not that I'm much interested in his work anymore, but he did make some classics) in euronews...
"It looks cheap, is as funny as running face first into a spinning propeller, and despite the presence of John Cleese, Mickey Rourke, Fanny Ardant and Joaquim de Almeida, there is not a single redeeming quality to be found. I struggle to recall a movie that misses its mark as spectacularly."

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/03/28/heres-why-you-need-to-stay-away-from-roman-polanskis-the-palace

golgaloth, to books
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Okay, so what's your favourite last line of a book? I head a lot of good first lines, but what's a good last line?

I'm going with, The Willows, by Blackwood: And when I turned my eyes again from his ghastly face to the river, the current had done its work, and the body had been swept away into mid-stream and was already beyond our reach and almost out of sight, turning over and over on the waves like an otter.

#books #reading #AmReading #AmWriting

Bishopjoey,
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@golgaloth Yes I said Yes I will Yes is certainly up there.
Also: But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can’t stand it. I been there before.
(Huck Finn)
And: “Yes,” I said. “Isn’t it pretty to think so?”
(The Sun Also Rises)

Bishopjoey, to random
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A big 'don't use in microwave' label would help (not saying it wasn't there, mind you).

Also: Why does it not surprise me that Nestle's involved? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/starbucks-recall-mug-overheat-break-injuries/

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Good morning. Don’t get overwhelmed today. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Bishopjoey,
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@SergKoren International Tiramisu goes well with Ceremonial Coffee, I've found.

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Future Sounds of Kraut Vol. I

If you dig the original kosmische Musik from the 70s ( etc.), this comp of modern Krautrock should tickle your fancy. Volume II is also good stuff.

https://compostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/future-sounds-of-kraut-vol-1-compiled-by-fred-und-luna

SergKoren, to random
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Happy Prevent Plagiarism Day

Bishopjoey,
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@SergKoren Is that day not every day?

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    Bishopjoey,
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    @aetataureate Love and best wishes from the Lowlands!

    Here's a picture of two great blue herons. I tell you that in 17 years of living near wetlands populated by these beauties, I have only ONCE seen two near enough for one to say to the other "Hey babe, come here often?"

    Bishopjoey, to random
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    Hey friends! Do I know anyone with a Beeper invite code?
    https://www.beeper.com/

    Bishopjoey, to random
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    #NowPlaying
    #AmListening
    Oingo Boingo - Good For Your Soul

    Last week I was listening to Our Opinions are Correct with @annaleen and @charliejane and there was a reference to The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Going down the rabbit hole I listened to an audiobook of HG Wells' Island of Doctor Moreau (which I enjoyed) and was reminded of this song based on the Wells... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTPVm8gv8fM

    seanpatrickphd, to Anime
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    Can anyone recommend some that will give me and my spouse The Feels™? We watched Maboroshi last night and really enjoyed it, and we're now watching Orange with a plan to move on to Your Lie In April after that if we can still take it. We've also recently enjoyed Toradora!, Violet Evergarden, and Your Name.

    Bishopjoey,
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    @seanpatrickphd Yeah, pretty much anything Studio Ghibli. Note: The Grave of the Fireflies is painful feels (Hiroshima and Nagasaki are plot points). I'm pretty sure I saw it 25 years ago and have never had the cojones to watch it again.

    That said, Howl's Moving Castle and My Neighbour Totoro are wonderful. I'm still working my way through the rest.

    fkamiah17, to music
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    MOOOOOOOOORNNNNNINNNNNGGGGG 😆 🔊 🔼
    🎶 Bruce Wayne, Auf Weidersehen
    Dirty Harry, "Make my day"
    Terminator, hit the north
    Alan Moore knows the score ... 🎶
    #Music #NowPlaying

    Pop Will Eat Himself - Can U Dig It?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36nWNAvtwrw

    Bishopjoey,
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    @fkamiah17 Aw hell yeah.

    Let's get down to it boppers!

    Bishopjoey, to random
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    Came down with a non-covid flu about 10 days ago. Y'know what I skipped just before leaving for xmas with the family in the UK? My flu jab. Best beloved got hers and has been fine, health-wise.

    If you haven't yet, get your flu jab! The bugs this year are not messing around.

    Daojoan, to random
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    I start each day with the intention of writing positively about tech and AI and then I open my laptop and there it is. There’s the fuckery. Just there

    Bishopjoey,
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    @Daojoan And in such quantity. And such ubiquity.

    Bishopjoey, to random
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    @neurothing's #ThursdayFiveList is themed #TheNumbers today, songs with numbers in the title...

    The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AgQjg_rBo4
    The Sex Pistols - Seventeen
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj4nYKVK044
    Pete Wingfield - 18 With A Bullet
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV0rZQMXRKA
    The Romantics - 21 And Over
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVIEM4wimaw
    King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAQqVhd3eJg

    lydiaconwell, to movies
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    Is there a place that's not Amaz0n where you can download non-fiction audio books?

    I mean, I might have the tools at my fingertips to search for this myself but I'm just so lazy.

    I've been incrementally watching #hbomberguy's new video and I want to read more #MovieTheory book (or listen to them because I'm lazy)

    #BFI do a range of books critiquing #movies and they're pretty good.

    But me want more.

    #Theory #Film #FilmTheory

    Bishopjoey,
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    @lydiaconwell Librivox is great, but the limitation is that all their audio is public domain, so not necessarily as timely as the stuff you might be looking for.

    This might be a resource for you...
    There are a few books on this page, but the audio takes rather a long time to load.
    https://archive.org/details/filmsoundtheoryp0000unse/page/n7/mode/2up

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    #NowPlaying #AmListening The self-titled debut by The Damage Manual. The first version of this band featured Martin Atkins on drums, the inimitable Chris Connelly on vocals, Jah Wobble on bass, and Geordie Walker (RIP) on guitar. Yes, it sounds just like a gorgeous car crash between PiL, RevCo, and Killing Joke. If it didn't, one would be a little surprised.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmoVIKDlZS8

    vcaston, to vinylrecords
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    Excellent finds today at Encore Records.

    @vinylrecords

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    @vcaston @vinylrecords Very sweet.

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