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hedders

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Rarely entirely serious. Fond of otters and dogs, scarily obsessive about music and old videogames. Boosts absolutely are endorsements; it's why I boosted them. He/him.

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ProfLouiseL, to random
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Genuinely quite surprised at the number of people coming out to say throwing a milkshake at Farage was 'assault' and must never happen to politicians. I absolutely agree politicians should not be subject to violence, but there is a long, proud history of throwing foodstuffs at people as a form of protest. Intended to humiliate and ridicule, not to injure. Pleased to see Mastodon mostly agrees. #Farage #Milkshake

https://criticallegalthinking.com/2019/05/24/a-short-history-of-throwing-food-at-fascists/

hedders,
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@ProfLouiseL Entirely. If you’re OK with people lobbing eggs at John Prescott, you also have to be OK with people hoofing milkshakes at Poundshop Hitler.

hedders, to random
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My wife has just invented the word "shituation". Think she might be a genius.

EU_Commission, to random
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EU citizenship means: ____

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🗣️ Speak up: You can launch or support a European Citizens’ Initiative and petition the European Parliament.

Find out what being an EU citizen really means for you → https://europa.eu/!n7HDFW

hedders,
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@EU_Commission … something that I and my children used to have, until it was taken away from us by people who find out what to think from the Daily Mail.

RickiTarr, to random
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Me, when I'm about to critique someone's taste in music online:

hedders,
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@RickiTarr Oh I was BORN ready.

hedders,
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@RickiTarr oh Lord I think I have those exact glasses.

hedders, to Starfield
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Keza MacDonald called #Starfield “No Man’s Skyrim” and it’s hard to think of a more perfect joke.

hedders, to random
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Advice needed from PC gamers who run Linux, please!

I’m thinking seriously about ditching Windows on my main PC. The only reason I haven’t done so years ago is gaming. I have a massive library on Steam and I really don’t want to kiss that goodbye.

I understand Linux gaming has got wildly better in recent years. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good primer on the subject? Debian or Debian-like focused preferably, as that’s what I’m most comfortable with.

hedders, to random
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Well this isn't creepy at all.

hedders, to random
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Denis Villeneuve really missed a trick with Dune Part Two. Imagine having Christopher Walken in Dune and not having him say “If you walk without rhythm, you won’t attract the worm”.

hedders, to random
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Fascinating and insightful article on British accents and how they affect how we perceive people. If I’m really honest it is basically how my own prejudices play out in my head; I do tend to make snap judgments about people based on how they speak, far more than the content of what they say. It’s something I work on avoiding every day.

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2023/oct/08/we-still-make-judgments-from-the-way-people-talk-rob-drummond-decodes-accent-prejudice?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

hedders, to random
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Please read this. The Post Office scandal is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in history, but it is being almost completely ignored and the people responsible for it will almost certainly walk away entirely unscathed. Marina Hyde is rarely serious, but in this piece she is as serious as a heart attack.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/18/post-office-scandal-cover-up-justice

hedders, to random
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A few things commercial lawyers say, and what they meant by them:

"We seem to have one or two unmarked edits in this clause" --> "You're a crook."

"I don't think we're very far apart on this, but I'm not sure what's on the page at the moment entirely reflects what we're aiming for" --> "You can't draft."

"I wonder if we're over-complicating this?" --> "I'm on a fixed fee."

hedders, to animals
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Dogbert has gone into power-saving mode. #DogsOfMastodon

dentangle, to random
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NB: I'm not saying community service is a bad thing. Far from it. But it should never be compulsory.

I earned my Queens Scout Award from age 14-18, which involved hundreds of hours of community service. It's valuable, educational and humbling, but it shouldn't be handed out as a punishment, or used as slave labour.

If the point of is education, make it part of schooling. Learning by doing, in the community, while at school? Sure, but we don't call that

hedders,
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@onepict entirely. Nobody this policy appeals to will have done, or have to do, national service.

hedders,
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@onepict Yes, I am aware of that. My point is that the Tories' proposed policy is not only stupid and fashie, but also completely pointless under its own terms because "getting kids involved in their communities" is a solved problem, by things like the DofE.

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@onepict I didn't know France had that. Huh. TIL.

The thing about all of this is, it never seems to occur to these people to just, y'know, ask people rather than just leaping to compulsion. If you ask people to help, they often do.

(I know that's not the point of this half-baked policy announcement. it's just "red meat" for the Daily Heil and the ever-dwindling group of pensioners who read it.)

hedders,
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@dentangle Oh sure, no issue with that. I guess I was just saying that this silly policy announcement by little Rishi is redundant even on its own terms, because of things like the DofE making the ill he's identifying an already-solved problem.

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Given the antics of the likes of that Wragg twit, I wonder if we might be better served by banning the sale of smartphones to Tory MPs.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/10/uk-ministers-considering-banning-sale-of-smartphones-to-under-16s

PixelBandits, to VideoGames
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Do you have any weird gaming / sound memory combinations?

It was 1998. My brother got Tenchu for Christmas. He also got the Phil Collins' Greatest Hits CD. Which is why I can't play this without singing Easy Lover.

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hedders,
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@PixelBandits The Spectrum port of Afterburner, soundtracked by The Doors. Because of course.

hedders, to random
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This is important. Musicians are on the bones of their collective arses, and the creation of new music is rapidly becoming the preserve of a few mega-artists and those with other incomes who can afford to do it as a hobby.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/25/shocking-truth-money-bands-make-on-tour-taylor-swift

TheMetalDog, to punk
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Henry Rollins on the "one ray of light" within 1980s rock
Ex-Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins has always been keen to voice his musical opinions, and during the late 1980s, he was a particularly big fan of Ween.

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/henry-rollins-ray-of-light/

hedders,
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@TheMetalDog The thing about old Hammerin' Hank is that he's often right, and even when he's wrong he's hilarious. I'll always have time for him.

TheMetalDog, (edited ) to Metal
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#TheMetalDogToots

From Metalhead to Maestro: 7 Essential Skills for Symphonic Composition

  1. Craft melodic lines with chord tones.
  2. Build powerful chord progressions.
  3. Understand musical forms and structures.
  4. Integrate dynamic rhythms.
  5. Study symphonic metal hits.
  6. Combine scale and chord lines.
  7. Modulate smoothly between keys.

Favorite or Boost to nudge for more on this.

🤘 😎

#metal #symphonicmetal #composition #music #musictheory

hedders,
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@TheMetalDog You forgot 8: Have a sweet hat.

TheMetalDog, to random
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#TheMetalDogArticleList
#Loudwire
Bands Who Either Don't Have a Bassist or Don't Have a Guitarist
Not every band needs a guitarist or a bassist. These rock and metal band's certainly don't.

https://loudwire.com/rock-metal-bands-no-bassist-no-guitarist/

#DeathFromAbove1979 #AnimalsAsLeaders #Apocalyptica #BellWitch #TheBlackKeys #TheDoors #TheEvens #TheHu #ThePackAD #TheWhiteStripes #TwentyOnePilots #VanCanto #YeahYeahYeahs #RoyalBlood #SleaterKinney #TaipeiHouston #Japandroids

hedders,
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@TheMetalDog nice to see Morphine getting some love. They deserve to be so much more famous than they are.

TheMetalDog, to random
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JAMES HETFIELD: It Is 'A Travesty' That MOTÖRHEAD Hasn't Been Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

https://blabbermouth.net/news/james-hetfield-it-is-a-travesty-that-motorhead-hasnt-been-inducted-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame

hedders,
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@TheMetalDog One of the things I love about metal is the respect that flows down the generations. Like, iconoclasm has its place, punk needed to happen etc etc etc, but still. The fact that Hetfield looks up to Lemmy the way that younger bands look up to him is pretty heartwarming.

TheMetalDog, to ethelcain
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#NowPlaying #TheMetalDogIsNowPlaying
#MercuryRev
Deserter's Songs
Holes

YouTube Search:
https://youtube.com/results?search_query=Mercury+Rev+Deserter's+Songs+Holes

Songwhip:
https://songwhip.com/Mercury-Rev/Holes

Lyrics:
https://genius.com/Mercury-rev-holes-lyrics

Song Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_2c_E_c-U0

LastFM:
https://www.last.fm/music/Mercury+Rev/_/Holes

#indie #dreampop #alternative #alternativerock #indierock

hedders,
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@TheMetalDog I had completely forgotten about that strange, beautiful album.

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