Sven Vabar

@aliide
Good story.
Once our cat came home deep into the night (he could open the window by himself). We were in bed and I was relieved to hear that our cat was finally at home, eating his food in the kitchen. But then, on the other hand, I heard that he was under out bed, growling. A […]

"What most clearly sets it apart from other genres is that it’s so rooted in anger and sadness — or their common ancestors: terror, lack, isolation and despair. Metal, one fan told me, is “a strange road to joy.” " […]

Ainuke "asi": retsensent Ave Taavet kirjutab "semiootilisest tulevärgist". Mu meelest on raamatus semiootikat ikka väga minimaalselt. Kivivalges on filosoofiat küll, aga see filosoofia puudutab põhimõtteliselt ikkagi asju, mitte sõnu jms märke. Kivivalge kardab strukturalismi ja saussure'likku […]

Hea algus raamatuarvustusele, eriti tervitatav, et Kivivalge omale: "Tegelikult vajaks „2013–2024” kasutusjuhendit, mitte arvustust. Ehkki füüsiliselt on see ju raamat ning kindlasti ka kirjandus, toimib see nagu masin."

https://keeljakirjandus.ee/ee/archives/39140

I am speechless. How lousy are Halloween costumes compared to this. Estonian traditional mardipäev and kadripäev costumes are no worse than this though. Costumes by #Sunn O)))'s Attila Csihar are also reminded.

https://www.charlesfreger.com/portfolio/wilder-mann-fr/

@drdannypenman.bsky.social
The correct quote is: "What the caterpillar calls the end of the world,
the master calls a butterfly". - Richard Bach, Illusions. The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. ISBN: 9780440204886, New York: Dell, 1989 (first ed 1977), p 177.
Lao Tsu also does not speak about […]

It wasn't just the Democrat establishment and its major donors who did everything they could to sink Mamdani. It was also large sections of the "liberal" press. What do we learn from this? That they would rather the Democrats fail than be led by people who want a fairer, kinder, greener society.

@drdannypenman.bsky.social
The author of this quote is not Lao Tsu, but Richard Bach.

Eating by candlelight in the shadow of Ironbridge power station
~ David Bagnall (1972)

I wrote about Bluesky’s moderation tensions and the White House’s threats and the critical need for open networks that can do broad connection and also care for communities at Tech Policy Press […]

Janar Ala arvustas Vikerkaares Kivivalget: "Pealkirjad on tal head, ütlevad palju, võib-olla isegi kõik või peaaegu kõik. Teeks neist top 5: 1) kirjutada, et mitte öelda, mis mul öelda on, 2) hansapanga paroolikaart, 3) elu on müra. pluss midagi, 4) aine must telefon 5) kurat teab mis. Keeruline […]

Kivivalge tekst viimases Vikerkaares:

https://www.vikerkaar.ee/kaardid-ja-tsoonid/

Everybody else is a Dark Age hick

@andy-paciorek.bsky.social
Oh wow, I didn't know that link.
(Leyland vs Leland typo was what switched on my association process. Leland Palmer surely sang Get Happy.)

@andy-paciorek.bsky.social
Maybe you mixed up Leland Palmer and Leyland James Kirby. Kind of appropriate mix-up though.

It is understandable, yet at the same time most bizarre that the whole world takes this man so seriously. Eagerly follows every single word he talks or writes.

"Be cool, be cool when you walk down, but don’t, don’t bop down the stairs. That’s the one thing with Obama, I had zero respect for him as a president, but he would bop down those stairs, I’ve never seen – da da da da da da, bop, bop, bop, he’d go down the stairs, wouldn’t hold on. I said, it’s […]

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I started out as a big fan of #Jesu in late 2000s and mostly didn't get Godflesh. But I gradually started to get them. These days is still very much like older Jesu stuff but Godflesh is the metal act I listen to most often. Interestingly, Jesu hasn't put out any good records since 2010 […]

Metal has usually been too much confined by the boundaries of subculture(s), but JK Broadrick has organically mixed very different kinds of extreme metal, post punk, hip hop, drum'n'bass, dub, and shoegaze with no regards to unwritten rules of some subculture whatsoever. This is very rare. Who […]

#Godflesh will be performing in Riga next Saturday (11 Oct). This is important. #JustinKBroadrick is not just one of the most trailblazing artists in metal, being a vocalist of the first Napalm Death album and starting the genre of industrial metal. But he is true auteur of metal - a world where […]

A scientist stands in front of an enormous contraption "I created this device to test my theory that our entire reality is a simulation, but the readings I'm getting suggest something much worse" "What?" Asks a second scientist. "We're living in a cartoon!" Says the first. "Does it at least have a good punchline?" says the second. The fiorst scientist carefully looks over the data, then eventually replies "Nope" From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld - order it at www.tomgauld.com

A cartoon from my new book, 'Physics for Cats'. Out next week: www.tomgauld.com

Väikevenna leiba on meil siin Tartus müüdud aastakümneid, tootjaks neil päevil Eesti Leivatööstus. Vb mujal tõesti ei müüdagi kui Tartu kandis, ei tea. Väikevenna leib on mu andmetel Viru leiva - mida müüdi juba Vene ajal - järeltulija de jure ja de facto, nii et ma olen seda lapsest saadik söönud.

Väikevenna leiva kvaliteet on alla läinud. Ja leivapäts ise väiksemaks. Tegu on kahetsusväärse, et mitte öelda tõsise arenguga meie mikrokliimas.

#väikevennaleib

我为何免费赠送万维网 Why I gave the world wide web away for free (www.theguardian.com) 19:17  ↑ 112 HN Points

"Why I gave the world wide web away for free"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free
Tim Berners-Lee vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for...

Night time. Three figures walk up a set of stairs. They are in fact Penrose stairs, an impossible object which one can walk up endlessly. Low on the side of the stairs is a window. Another figure leans out and shouts up at the walkers: “Guys! I'm sure it's not easy being trapped in an endless paradox representing the limited nature of human perception, but some of us are trying to sleep down here!”

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

"[Wilhelm Reich] argued that [orgone] is in the soil and air (indeed, is omnipresent), is blue or blue-grey, and that humanity had divided its knowledge of it in two: aether for the physical aspect and God for the spiritual. The colour of the sky, the northern lights, St Elmo's Fire, and the […]

New album by #Paradiselost. First impression: after a couple of very weak albums Paradise Lost have got their mojo back. The last time I remember them having any mojo was 'Tragic Idol' (2012). Good news for a fan of them since 'Gothic' (i.e. me) […]

This bridging systems seems to have been developed just to lure people from Fediverse to create an account in Bluesky.

#Bluesky doesn't really plan to federate, right? I.e. join #Fediverse. All this talk some two years ago was just some kind of publicity stunt. This bridging thing clearly doesn't work and they are probably not planning to make it better.