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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs

@joemuggs.bsky.social

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Like Icarus ascending on beautiful foolish arms I have bad dreams and I poop a lot. bassmidstopsandtherest.substack.com joemuggs.substack.com theartsdesk.com soundoflife.com mixcloud.com/joemuggs rovr.live/#/curator/joe-muggs etc

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 19h

Anyway, here's some weekend reading for you. Fantastic and inspiring story of a great artist operating on her own terms, well outside standard industry and hip scene paths.

No. 40: Kayla Painter

Exploring time, space, seafaring and the solar system with the DIY multimedia explorer

bassmidstopsandtherest.substack.com

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 4m

Tipsy did three great big albums jam packed with this vibe

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 22m

They're literally installing Racism Dial bsky.app/profile/numb...

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Jan 15

vox populi

Altman: thanks a lot for these! some common requests:

AGI (a little patience please)
GPT-5
better voice mode
higher rate limits
better GPTs
better reasoning
control over degree of wokeness/behavior
video
personalization
better browsing
'sign in with openai
open source

Quoting:
what would you like openai to build/fix in 2024?

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 15m

One way to think about it, is that they want to get BACK what was previously considered every man's right by default.

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 43m

After various takeovers and selloffs Talkin' Loud rights are very... tangled.

But my got, the SUAD album is an all timer! !K7 reissued it in '97 on a better pressing.

Now Is Early (Nicolette)

Read Joe Muggs on Now Is Early by Nicolette

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 48m

By the time of James' arraignment on October 24, DOJ will EITHER have dismissed Jim Comey's case, OR the evidence that Halligan was unlawfully appointed AND the evidence that EDVA knew they had no probable cause against Comey will be public.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/11/p...

Prosecutors Sucking Lemons in Their Vindictive Prosecution of Jim Comey - emptywheel

Unless prosecutors find a way to make the Jim Comey prosecution go away, in nine days, we'll get details (in the Vindictive and Selective Prosecution motion) of the efforts Trump has already made to p...

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 48m

OMG OMG #FeuilltonBros #HesseWeCan

Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 1h

I truly wish all of the German Feuilleton bros who have been fawning over Thiel would read @adriandaub.bsky.social‘s piece in the Guardian and take some time to think long and hard about the fact why they believe Thiel to be a brilliant intellectual genius.

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 49m

#NGOMEANSNGO

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 2d

I love when Andy Ngo does one of his David Attenborough-style posts about Antifa and highlights some kid who took a bong rip and waddled into the protest dressed like a giant muppet.

My favorite flavor of his commentary by far.

Andy Ngo wants to draw your attention to Barney the dinosaur

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 58m

And Token 2 is some more retro-modernist exotica

Tipsy - Space Golf

Tipsy - Space Golf

YouTube video by tipsydave

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 58m

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I'm going to push the boundary slightly into exotica but I think it fits

Les Baxter - Quiet Village

Quiet Village

YouTube video by Les Baxter - Topic

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

My “I have taken a lot of drugs in my time, of varying strength, and I’ve never felt the urge to attack a synagogue” t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Shelby Edwards @sedwards.bsky.social · 4h

So important. They fired people working on Ebola in Africa tonight. The people who track and investigate and report on disease outbreaks. The CDC prior to the first Trump administration was the global gold standard... but the ideologues can't stand it.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 9h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you! And yes, absolutely. I actually think The Discourse around music would be a lot less pessimistic if the major publications / commentators were based in Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle....

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

Ooh James, I have something that might be of interest overlapping into this territory. How do I get in touch? DM me an email address maybe?

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

entirely assimilated into the main branding and bureaucratic structure, essentially binning a couple of years' work and many, many millions of pounds.

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

Oh this is super interesting. I did some branding work for an attempt by one of the Big Banks to "startupify" - i.e. launch a fintech product as semi-autonomous from the main company - so got a ringside seat as every single bit of innovation and character was sanded off the project until it was

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

It's interesting that this film seems to - as you suggest with its "everyone's worst fears" take - provide a handle for everyone's ideological bugbear too. Those to the left of you can hate on it for the clichéd and leery depiction of black women, for example.

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

I just want you all to know I am VERY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU

The Best Album of 1989 @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social · 22h

The Best Album of 1989 Round 2 Match #95
#11 Fugazi, 13 SONGS
vs.
#75 Nomeansno, WRONG

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The Best Album of 1989 Round 2 Match #95: Fugazi vs. Nomeansno

This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Friday, October 10th 9am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto Round 3 of the bracket. If you haven’t heard either album, I highly s...

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

It is especially given I have extremely poor impulse control and a pathological drive to insult or wind up people who are bigger and harder than me.

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 8h

this video is AI generated. the reporter has three arms and people in the background phase in and out of each other, and it comes from an AI sharing account

be cautious with what you share these days, friends

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 9h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

Not getting injured.

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

That said, he might have bitten off more than he can chew in this case: as I suggested in other replies, the NT and its membership are a lot sassier, and have a lot less propensity to suffer fools gladly, than he seems to imagine.

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

(this is also why it's very stupid of Farage to pick a fight with them, and he really should know this)

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1h

Oh they do! Sadly she doesn't post on here any more, but if you're on the cursed site, check out their Comms Director, she absolutely embodies the formidable no-nonsense, no-patience-for-blowhards spirit that keeps the NT thriving x.com/CeliaRichard...

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 2h

The remixes from that album were insane too. Krust! Alec Empire! Absolutely apocalyptic.

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