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csven @csven.bsky.social · 1h

Any interesting design work in it; something a bit less Mead than usual but that's worth seeing?

csven @csven.bsky.social · 1h

Evening work.
Evening music.

Reminded earlier of this band, so dug the CD out to give it an overdue listen. #NowInMyEars (the only piece of the album I could find online) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlLo...

#MusicSky

THD - Some Urban Myths

YouTube video by mouthbreather00

www.youtube.com

csven @csven.bsky.social · 7h

Can't remember which band the above reminds me of, so digging into my CD's.

#NowInMyEars - youtu.be/mZmunk_63M0?...

Frantic

YouTube video by Gridlock - Topic

youtu.be

csven @csven.bsky.social · 8h

#NowInMyEars - scage.bandcamp.com/album/we-end...

we end in a beautiful mess, by s:cage

10 track album

scage.bandcamp.com

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csven @csven.bsky.social · 14h

great photos

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csven @csven.bsky.social · 14h

May I suggest checking out Anduril's recent post showcasing a new helmet. I believe it's called Eagle Eyes. Some of the responses have alluded to the two protrusions on top being a bit too... furry. Might inspire.

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csven @csven.bsky.social · 1d

For no particular reason this old album - a favorite I've not listened to in some time - came to mind, so #NowInMyEars - youtu.be/Zdo-s3tBdXA?...

Perfect Tan (Bikini Atoll)

YouTube video by Machines of Loving Grace - Topic

youtu.be

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csven @csven.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating read - www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies

The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of comput...

www.theguardian.com

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csven @csven.bsky.social · 1d

After seeing her music performed in concert for the first time, I'm curious about her most famous work. So #NowInMyEars - youtu.be/bIcCpukIaRs?...

#MusicSky

Ellen Reid: p r i s m / Act I: Calming Prayer

YouTube video by Tim Parsons - Topic

youtu.be

csven @csven.bsky.social · 2d

This is comforting news - blog.bostonorganics.com/unknown-bact...

An unknown bacteria on Earth has developed in the Chinese space station: astronauts are faced with a situation straight out of a science fiction movie.

Space exploration has entered a new era where microbial discoveries challenge our understanding of life beyond Earth. The Chinese Tiangong station recently became the site of an extraordinary finding ...

blog.bostonorganics.com

csven @csven.bsky.social · 3d

Watching the 2nd season of "The Sandman" and hearing about Bernie Capax for the first time. Now wondering about the other 59, but finding very little about them.

#TheSandman

csven @csven.bsky.social · 4d

#SciFiFri
#vssDaily
#vss365

The medical pod jettisoned clear of the drop ship, settled gently at the crash site, and unfolded like an oversized origami blossom crafted from white leather.

Med One exited smartly but with perhaps a bit too much verve. Air Force 1's occupants were clearly toast.

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csven @csven.bsky.social · 16d

Attended the LA Philharmonic today and really enjoyed the new piece by Ellen Reid - www.laphil.com/musicdb/arti... - with whom I was unfamiliar.

Highly recommend that anyone in the LA area interested in complex, experimental soundscapes try to get to a concert ( @androidlust.com ).

#MusicSky

Ellen Reid | LA Phil

Ellen Reid, composer, Los Angeles Philharmonic

www.laphil.com

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csven @csven.bsky.social · 18d

Popped in expecting to see Malcolm McD gracing the thread.

*smh*

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csven @csven.bsky.social · 21d

Haven't flown in a couple years.

Got on my flight this morning and took my seat early. People start settling in and a flight attendant gets on the intercom and says, "Is [insert Latina name here] on board. You're not in trouble."

Nervous laughter all around.

csven @csven.bsky.social · Sep 13

#SciFiFri
#vss365
#vssDaily

Tarmac didn't feel like a criminal. Why should he?

"Quantum potential is non-local. How can it be a crime to transport energy across a border when that energy is borderless?" he asked.

The judge answered, "Because the information potential was copyrighted. Next!"

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csven @csven.bsky.social · Sep 9

Something *not* in my CD collection is #NowInMyEars - collide1.bandcamp.com/album/notes-...

Notes From the Universe, by Collide

11 track album

collide1.bandcamp.com

csven @csven.bsky.social · Sep 9

Another one from the CD collection #NowInMyEars - frontlineassembly.bandcamp.com/album/epitaph

Epitaph, by Front Line Assembly

10 track album

frontlineassembly.bandcamp.com

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csven @csven.bsky.social · Sep 9

Workday music #NowInMyEars, from a CD that I've not pulled out in a long while - frontlineassembly.bandcamp.com/album/implode

Implode, by Front Line Assembly

10 track album

frontlineassembly.bandcamp.com

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csven @csven.bsky.social · Sep 9

#NowInMyEars - www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBA0... (sounds better now than when it was released, afaic)

#MusicSky

CHEMLAB - East Side Militia/Reissue 1996/1999 full album

YouTube video by The Warning And More

www.youtube.com

csven @csven.bsky.social · Sep 9

#NowInMyEars (apparently a greatest hits compilation) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C3P...

THE _ S M I T H S (The World Won't Listen)-(Full Album)

YouTube video by Paulo All - Flashback

www.youtube.com

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csven @csven.bsky.social · Sep 9

Evening work.
Evening music.

#NowInMyEars - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klee... (for the first time in a very long time).

New Order - Substance (Full Album)

YouTube video by Full Spin

www.youtube.com

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csven @csven.bsky.social · Sep 8

Workday music #NowInMyEars - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzem...

This and "Dopethrone" are, for me, among the best of their genre.

Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today (Full Album)

YouTube video by Tomás Nada

www.youtube.com

csven @csven.bsky.social · Sep 6

Finally got an old pastel I bought years ago from a classmate framed. Happy with the result. Sad to learn the artist died during COVID.

#ArtSky ?

csven @csven.bsky.social · Sep 6

My guess is that somewhere in development a showrunner volunteered how creepy it would be to see a xenomorph with eyes beneath translucent skin. So I figure we have a T. Ocelles/Xenomorph hybrid coming.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering if that Half-Life Headcrap-looking Orchid alien lays parasites.

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