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It's me, hi, I'm the one screaming "LOG OFF", it's me He/him. UK. I occasionally make EBM/industrial music as Trellick. I hate fascists & bigots and post angrily about that sort of thing

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In the 1970s, no British actors could do a convincing American accent, and now they all can. It's like how birds learned to drink cream through milk bottle tops.

10.10.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 348    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 2

it is exceptionally pretty and cool to chill with tho, for sure!

10.10.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My only complaint about the game is I'd like the city to be a teensy bit less dark sometimes, but I know that is very much The Vibe 😎

10.10.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
orange cat lurking in the window

orange cat lurking in the window

my neighbor stopped me in the parking lot to say "is that your cat?? he's so handsome and I need you to know I'm obsessed with him" and I looked up and saw this

09.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3655    πŸ” 234    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 8
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Public Works and Utilities, by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan 6 track album

And we are go! warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/public...

10.10.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 10
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Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

www.theverge.com/news/797051/... well I'm sure this will only happen once and not constantly

09.10.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reading some "How can we use AI well?" articles, it feels a lot like "How can we use cocaine well?" There's definitely ways you could improve functional use, but a) seriously do you really want to b) do people who want to use it really want to c) long term, is this something you want to have said?

09.10.2025 06:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

lance reddick (rip) once called a guy in my replies an asshole

08.10.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1012    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 1

due to my regrettable Englishness, even though I've lived in scotland for more than half my life and Edinburgh for quite a bit of that, there are still a few streets where I'd reconsider looking at flats if I was moving because I'm genuinely unsure how to pronounce them still

08.10.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

how did I get to 47 years old and already having a keen interest in mixed drinks without discovering before today that triple sec & tonic is absolutely delicious?

08.10.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(I joined the wrong instance, I suspect, given it was a more regional one rather than one for Cool People)

08.10.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are there any good strats for finding people on mastodon? is it best to just pick an instance with good posters and search for keywords you might like posts about, because last time I tried Over There, it just felt very very lonely other than the handful of people I already knew from elsewhere

08.10.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

It has been *checks* twenty goddam years and I am STILL unhappy that the EP that ended up being the final Tarmvred release was vinyl only

COME BACK JONAS, WE MISS YOU

08.10.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was the right thing to do

08.10.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My cat, who never sits on my lap, actually sat on my lap this morning. And is still there right now. I had to call in sick to work so he can sit on me as long as he wants.

08.10.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 872    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 5

The happiest lil man

08.10.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I live in Edinburgh, so

08.10.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this has made me as viscerally angry as the word "webisode" did when that was used

08.10.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"I'm actually not getting radicalised by all the right wing podcasters/youtubers/posters I avidly follow" is the new "advertising doesn't work on me" imo

08.10.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

slightly distressed at the implication some people don't deal with lengthy journeys (or idk, a quiet evening at home) by just listening to the same album or EP on repeat for hours on end

sure, I -could- put more stuff on my phone, but what if I just keep listening to that one album?

08.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

will you be the "abruptly goes dramatically and publicly insane" type of journalist, or the as-yet unobserved other kind? πŸ˜€

08.10.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

would, without hesitation. Sometimes you just need grease

08.10.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh my god I'm watching someone watch a live twitch streamer waterbirth (like inflatable pool in the living room, a bunch of WoW streamers sitting around watching) the future is so stupid. does this count as hot tub streaming? someone in the chat said "W push" lmfao

08.10.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 417    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 6

oh no

08.10.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Goth: The Oldest Youth Subculture What I want to speak to is this concept of punishing those who dare to age – particularly in the goth scene. A scene that has, since existence, actually tried hard to venerate its veterans.

A snide comment prompted some reflection and writing from me on the blog. Many thanks to everyone who responded initially, and I hope this reassures many more that nobody can 'age out' of #goth!

#gothicstyle #ageing #subculture #gothsubculture #goths

08.10.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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The greatest thing I own or will ever own is this old retail standee where Dracula casually reveals a coffin full of Doritos and Pepsi.

07.10.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1704    πŸ” 330    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 28

Excellent idiot

08.10.2025 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maximum d r a m a βœ”οΈ

07.10.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Vampire Run (Bread and Roses) | Lambeth Fringe | Performing Arts Festival | Sept - Oct Much-loved Off West End Performing Arts Festival curated by The Bread and Roses Theatre. Some of the best and most crowd-pleasing theatre, comedy, works in progress, drag, spoken word, experimental p...

If any of you are a) in London and b) want a good time on the evening of 16th October, then perhaps you should go to this: lambethfringe.com/events/the-v...

It's a one man* show that's a social deduction game of Knightmare, set in a vampire's castle

*the one man, in this case, is my brother

07.10.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

inkjet printers: yes

laser printers: MY UNDERSEA BRETHREN DO NOT TALK ABOUT WHAT THESE TRULY ARE AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM

thermal printers: technically these are actually crabs, it's complicated

07.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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