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🎵 Anecdata - NEW LP, 'Vita Brevis' out August 22, 2025: https://anecdata.bandcamp.com/album/vita-brevis-part-1 - music by a human about what it feels to be at threat of being replaced by a robot https://bsky.app/profile/anecdata.bsky.social

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · Aug 21

I made this. You know, by hand, the old-fashioned way. Well, on a computer, so not totally old-fashioned, but at no point was a robot involved. So I guess that makes it old-timey. Even if it's brand new today. #musiciansky #musicsky #music #indie #synthpop #alternative

Anecdata @anecdata.bsky.social · Aug 21

🎵 Anecdata - NEW ALBUM 'VITA BREVIS, PART 1' out now! A mix of alt-synthpop, industrial rock and indie, recorded in a bedroom in west Auckland. Free/pay what you want download. Also on streaming. anecdata.bandcamp.com/album/vita-b... #music #musicsky #musiciansky

Vita Brevis, Part 1, by Anecdata

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 2h

I'm not the only one who thinks The Simpsons is actually kind of good again!

Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 2h

Agreed, I think it's having something of a renaissance. If seasons 12-29 didn't exist and seasons 30 on were a reboot putting the characters in the 2020s, fans would be excited about it. Not as good as the golden age, but very enjoyable

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 2h

The new episodes have been decent too. Not S4-8 classic, but far better than some post-golden episodes have been

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 2h

Guess we can close the live updates now, what more is there to be said

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 2h

the graph is looking pretty good compared to last week (in grey), gotta say

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 2h

Thankfully we seem to have the entire RNZ reporting team filing for the live updates this afternoon else I'd be fucking screwed

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 3h

Jebus Christ, we have so many damn councils in this country

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 9h

I'm doing live updates on the local election results this afternoon on RNZ, if you want to be the first to know how much of a crushing victory 'did not vote' had across the country

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 4h

I'll definitely go see Running Man when it comes here, but it's so expensive I think I'll wait for the rest on Disney or whatever... burned by those shitty adaptations of The Stand and Dark Tower

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 5h

It's Edgar Wright. He doesn't make bad movies, so it's gonna be great

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 6h

I wasn't even aware he was running! Would have voted otherwise

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 8h

Bet it was still a plurality though

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 9h

I'm doing live updates on the local election results this afternoon on RNZ, if you want to be the first to know how much of a crushing victory 'did not vote' had across the country

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 9h

I already found out the Queen died from an Onion post. Please don't do that with Ringo

The Onion @theonion.com · 9h

Paul McCartney Now Openly Referring To Self As ‘Last-Living Beatle’

Paul McCartney Now Openly Referring To Self As ‘Last-Living Beatle’

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R.E.M. lyrics bot @shinyhappybot.bsky.social · 3d

Now, nonsense isn't new to me.

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 19h

I'm not aware of the politics of the Nobel Peace Prize winner, but I'm on shift for a bit tomorrow so a good outcome for me unless she's secretly orange

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 19h

I found an hour long live show by Garbage from 1996 and skipped through it quickly to show the kids bits of each song before they got bored... And they didn't even play Stupid Girl 💀

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 19h

I dunno if Ministry could. NIN could, Manics could, but they probably don't want to anymore 😂🫠😩 it's late and we're all getting old

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 19h

But what if, hear me out, a 35-year-old metal song with one chord and one note brings down capitalism

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 19h

When did YouTube start labelling decades-old music videos with 'conspiracy' warnings?

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 20h

These are both amazing. On the same page. Have to assume there's more...

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 20h

fucking incredible

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 20h

This is the kind of news - "nothing happened" - I signed up for. Not this dystopian end-of-civilization rubbish

Jason Kemp @dialogcrm.bsky.social · 21h

This is from the Auckland Star January 8th 1940. The second mini story is predictable but reads like NZ really was British in those days.

Sorry this is from Jan 8th, 1940. Its all text. Antarctic Does not Appeal and Blessing of Democracy.

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 21h

Linguists/history students trying to read this post in 1000 years

a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face while talking to a woman on a couch .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face while talking to a woman on a couch .

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 22h

I've spent the past two days trying to get a good guitar tone for some new recordings, I barely even know what is going on but somehow I read this and nodded agreeingly

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 22h

Sentences that wouldn't have made sense a decade ago

Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 1d

Portland reclaiming frogs for the forces of light in meme semiotics is a delight

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 1d

Another dog whistle is 'bodily autonomy' which has changed meaning to 'antivaxxer' in the past five years, at least in the context of local elections...