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Planning the pages: 2025 edition
As it’s the first day of a new year, it’s also the time when (apparently traditionally, now) I select a list of potential reads. There’s 25 this year (because 2025 right?) and whi…
captainfez.com
Here's my plans for reading for this year. Let's see how effectively I stick to them. (Hint: probably not well.)
captainfez.com/2025/01/01/p...
captainfez.com/2025/01/01/p...
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It’s so perfect that it’s a Peugeot, this is the most french shit, don’t get me started. The sort of shit you just assume is a joke the French are playing on the world but the French are so committed to the bit they’re all driving with these steering wheels too saying “hoh hoh stupid englishman lol”
Finally, what we've all been asking for at long last is here: a steering wheel designed by someone who is not a human being, and has never driven a car.
www.carscoops.com/2025/12/this...
www.carscoops.com/2025/12/this...
This Stellantis Brand Is Quietly Preparing Its Most Radical Steering Wheel Yet for Production | Carscoops
The Hypersquare steering wheel and steer-by-wire technology are headed for a production car soon, as Peugeot begins early prototype testing
www.carscoops.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It’s so perfect that it’s a Peugeot, this is the most french shit, don’t get me started. The sort of shit you just assume is a joke the French are playing on the world but the French are so committed to the bit they’re all driving with these steering wheels too saying “hoh hoh stupid englishman lol”
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Tempted to do a WORST BOOKS I READ IN 2025 thread.
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Tempted to do a WORST BOOKS I READ IN 2025 thread.
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Me, interrupting Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday party- "Statistically, there is little evidence to suggest that chimney sweeps experience more good fortune than anyone el-"
*is escorted out, shouting "and when they do, it isn't contagious!"
*is escorted out, shouting "and when they do, it isn't contagious!"
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Me, interrupting Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday party- "Statistically, there is little evidence to suggest that chimney sweeps experience more good fortune than anyone el-"
*is escorted out, shouting "and when they do, it isn't contagious!"
*is escorted out, shouting "and when they do, it isn't contagious!"
Happy new-one-of-these to all who celebrate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Fk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Fk...
Low Pressure, Fatal Consequence: Explosion at Yenkin-Majestic
YouTube video by USCSB
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Happy new-one-of-these to all who celebrate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Fk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Fk...
This appears to be a reasonable list to work through. letterboxd.com/obscureness/...
Kaidan
Kaidan (怪談) (sometimes transliterated kwaidan) is a Japanese word consisting of two kanji: 怪 (kai) meaning “strange, mysterious, rare or bewitching apparition" and 談 (dan) meaning “talk” or “recited n...
letterboxd.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This appears to be a reasonable list to work through. letterboxd.com/obscureness/...
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
Look, the whole mission creep thing happening when you have to fill a void due to lack of resources? That's fuck you pay me territory if you're doing stuff someone a level up should be doing.
In more amenable news, turns out Aldous Huxley is a funny bastard. Huh.
In more amenable news, turns out Aldous Huxley is a funny bastard. Huh.
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Look, the whole mission creep thing happening when you have to fill a void due to lack of resources? That's fuck you pay me territory if you're doing stuff someone a level up should be doing.
In more amenable news, turns out Aldous Huxley is a funny bastard. Huh.
In more amenable news, turns out Aldous Huxley is a funny bastard. Huh.
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“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
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at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
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interesting choice to project "LET THEM BE KIDS" onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of the celebrations of the teen social media ban
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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2025 book eighty-one: Joan Samson: The Auctioneer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
2025 book eighty-one: Joan Samson: The Auctioneer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Yes please. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0S_...
The Astral Whip | Weird Sounds - Weird Gear
YouTube video by Reverb
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December 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Yes please. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0S_...
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2025 book eighty: Joshua Hull: 8114 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
2025 book eighty: Joshua Hull: 8114 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A symphony for dot matrix printers. staalplaatlabel.bandcamp.com/album/sympho...
Symphony #1 For Dot Matrix Printers, by The User
16 track album
staalplaatlabel.bandcamp.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
A symphony for dot matrix printers. staalplaatlabel.bandcamp.com/album/sympho...
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Weird Al is always correct.
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Weird Al is always correct.
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There's a software engineer in Hong Kong who makes incredibly detailed scientific diagrams for wikipedia, like this clickable metro-style map of metabolic pathways!!!
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
There's a software engineer in Hong Kong who makes incredibly detailed scientific diagrams for wikipedia, like this clickable metro-style map of metabolic pathways!!!
A collection of modem sounds just because. goughlui.com/2017/05/30/p...
Project: THE (large) COLLECTION of V.34 Modem Sounds
After my posting of the definitive collection of V.90 modem sounds, a number of people got in touch with me with a few of them requesting the same to be done with V.34 connections. At first, I didn…
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December 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A collection of modem sounds just because. goughlui.com/2017/05/30/p...
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THESE MOD KIDS
WILL DANCE TO ANYTHING
WILL DANCE TO ANYTHING
December 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
THESE MOD KIDS
WILL DANCE TO ANYTHING
WILL DANCE TO ANYTHING
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Been saying this for a long time: Piracy is often the only ethical way to engage with some media.
Also key for preservation of classic movies and music. (Pay artists when applicable but download and preserve media.)
Also key for preservation of classic movies and music. (Pay artists when applicable but download and preserve media.)
everyone needs to start pirating movies and TV shows again NOW
Netflix Wins the Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War, Enters Exclusive Deal Talks (Netflix offering $30 a share and a $5 billion break-up fee) www.thewrap.com/netflix-wins...
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Been saying this for a long time: Piracy is often the only ethical way to engage with some media.
Also key for preservation of classic movies and music. (Pay artists when applicable but download and preserve media.)
Also key for preservation of classic movies and music. (Pay artists when applicable but download and preserve media.)
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Here's me. "Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity"
Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity - The Shot
It really is the 1% versus the rest of us. The stakes couldn't be higher. And the enemy could not be more depraved. Still, we'll win.
theshot.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here's me. "Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity"
I suppose that answers that.
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I suppose that answers that.
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Bleak!
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Bleak!
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HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
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you ask the average person why we can’t get rid of fossil fuels overnight and they’ll probably have a few decent answers, regardless of their politics
you can’t do the same with AI. no one’s going to have an answer. turn it off and burn it down, we lose nothing.
you can’t do the same with AI. no one’s going to have an answer. turn it off and burn it down, we lose nothing.
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
you ask the average person why we can’t get rid of fossil fuels overnight and they’ll probably have a few decent answers, regardless of their politics
you can’t do the same with AI. no one’s going to have an answer. turn it off and burn it down, we lose nothing.
you can’t do the same with AI. no one’s going to have an answer. turn it off and burn it down, we lose nothing.