Nick Fisher

"UK blocks Imgur"
"UK 'looking into' trackable digital ID system"
"Ted Cruz calls for end to attacking paedophiles"
"Trump declares war on.. Portland?"

what a perfect week to start planning a homemade rocket to space and never coming back

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If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that's iconic to you

Signs of a dark timeline: AI getting used for draconian face recognition, and yet there still isn’t a browser extension using it to block any YouTube thumbnail with some moron pulling an OTT expression

Very true!

YouTube video by St. Rizla Replay - Touge 3

1. Be a Japanese game music producer.
2. Create a banger of a jungle track for a racing game you're working on.
3. Use it solely for the skippable instant replays.

*sigh* I miss the music of the early PS days.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR8e...

REVIEW: Moonbeam City Comedy Central's short-lived animated 80s parody still has bang for its buck, despite too much reliance on Archer-esque humour.

Digging up TV from the recent past can yield odd finds. Notably Moonbeam City, a forgotten animated sitcom from 2015 that combined Miami Vice, a Patrick Nagel art style and Archer-esque humour into 10 absurd but mostly engaging episodes.

Review below!

www.cultofdistraction.com/posts/review...

Trying to write well on the side of a full-time coding job that takes up most of your mental energy each day is daunting. I have no idea how those coders with well-maintained blogs do it, but they have my awe and respect.

Jonathan Joss was Comanche and Apache and an openly gay actor.

He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down.

The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him.

This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies

REVIEW - Macross: Do You Remember Love? Japan's most iconic space opera saga scintillates in the 21st century thanks to a spectacular 4k remaster and an enduring tale of love and war.

The space opera franchise that is Macross is one of the most beloved anime series’ of all time. 'Do You Remember Love?', the feature-length movie of the original TV series, got a new 4k blu-ray in Japan earlier this year.

Does it still stand as an all-time classic? You betcha. tinyurl.com/3k75jwyj

Also, in a sneaky subversion of stepping around the whole Robotech / Harmony Gold nonsense, the Japanese blu-ray has English subtitles.

I got mine from YesAsia, but a Google search should reveal it to be available from numerous other retailers.

30 years of the Sega Saturn: Sega Rally Championship The rally racer that made rally racers a key part of the industry instead of outliers.

There are those who will tell you that Sega Rally Championship is overrated. Those people are not to be trusted. This game whipped so hard in 1995 that it rid Japan of the "taboo" of rally racers, brought realistic driving on different surfaces to the fore of racer design, *and* still rules today.

"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong

(April 8, 2025)

For my indie game this weekend, I'll be playing Turbo Dismount 2 by Secret Exit / Parta Games.

In a saluted return for the 'Dismount' series, you score points by throwing human mannequins into stunts that, through your control, go horribly wrong.

The more brutal the crash, the higher the score!

Yeah, that's what I hope too. Good to see them dropping in France already.

Very late thoughts on yesterday's Nintendo Direct, and the Switch 2:

- Mario Kart World looks good (KO / grand tour races)!
- Gamechat + GameShare are long overdue
- Really want to give the mouse mode a go
- Ooh, Duskbloods!
- Ooh, new Professor Layton game!
- Ugh. Pricing. Gonna wait til Xmas.

Ok, but how does he feel about Brexit?

Statement from SEGA for immediate release, titled "Miles 'Tails' Prower relocates to Europe, changes name to kilometres prower".

Official Statement: Miles 'Tails' Prower

YouTube video by House of Protection House Of Protection - Fire (Official Music Video)

Got a tip-off from a friend about House of Protection, an electronic rock / punk band from right here in LA, and figured I'd keep on spreading the word.

We need music like this right now.

#MusicSky

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoCf...

Marvel unveils the gigantic cast for Avengers: Doomsday Phase 6 is almost here.

With a cast of 50+ planned, how on Earth are Marvel going to fit so many actors into Avengers: Doomsday without rushing the whole thing?

Hopeful it won't be a train wreck given the star power on board, but hell if it doesn't already seem like a logistics nightmare.

www.theverge.com/news/636463/...

YouTube video by Ulrich Schnauss - Topic Knuddelmaus (2019 remaster)

Song for the week.

Ulrich Schnauss - Knuddelmaus (2019 Remaster)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E61l...

#MusicSky #ambientmusic #downtempo #chill

Imagine Making Documentary About U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Historic Run at 1994 World Cup (EXCLUSIVE) Imagine is making a documentary about the U.S. Men's Soccer Team's historic 1994 World Cup run.

As an English football nut living in the States, I've grown an affinity over the years for the exploits of the USMNT - especially their 2002 and 1994 WC teams.

They may have been 'underdogs', but they certainly had talent.

Looking forward to the upcoming '94 doc!

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there.

If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it.

Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.

This one weird trick can make online publishing better Opinion: Well, maybe not richer, but we're about to find out

Nice opinion piece from El Reg regarding the financial future of online publications.

It's not great that quality content on the 'free' Web is dying. But I'll take the Wikipedia / Patreon approach over ads and enshittified UX to get it any day of the week.

www.theregister.com/2025/03/17/u...

This weekend's Steam game of note is the brilliant monastic brewing sim that is Ale Abbey.

Train your team of medieval monks and nuns through the rigors of ale in a game that is clearly inspired by the Bullfrog 'Theme' series.

Well worth raising a glass to. Just keep the clergy off the sauce!

Noble Oak - Morning

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOVF...

#MusicSky #ambientmusic #dreampop

Mini-Review Blitz: February / March 2025

Beware the Ides of March.. and the MCU's continued lousy run.

Reviews for Captain America: Brave New World, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, Cassandra (Netflix) and, um, Pokemon Concierge.

www.cultofdistraction.com/posts/mini-r...

Why Local-First Software Is the Future and its Limitations | RxDB - JavaScript Database Discover how local-first transforms web apps, boosts offline resilience, and why instant user feedback is becoming the new normal.

There's a lot of buzz about 'local first' software for the web. Not sure if it's the full 'future' as advertised here, but interesting benefits are there.

Besides, anything that means you don't have to write so many REST endpoints for the backend can't be all bad. ;)

rxdb.info/articles/loc...

YouTube video by Nilufer Yanya Nilüfer Yanya - 'Just A Western (Boy Harsher Remix)' (Official Audio)

Nilüfer Yanya - Just A Western (Boy Harsher Remix)

#MusicSky #remix #synth

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnt9...

A snap of one of the sites, with a big hello and orange boxes and little site banners and shrine links

Another more vertically aligned site, Exo.Pet.

A snapshot of the featured websites on Nekoweb.

It always comes up whenever I showcase either an old website or something like Wii stuff, the we used to be a proper country etc, so a fresh heads-up that early 2000s web vibes are alive and well in Neocities and Nekoweb.

*Use* them. Don't just throw around slogans and say you miss it.