Dawn Vespero
@dawnvespero.bsky.social
Music lover, persistent dabbler in all other forms of art, and maintainer of Coil fan site The Black Sun Lodge. (https://publish.obsidian.md/theblacksunlodge/Home)
I also have a blog over at https://dawnvespero.neocities.org
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I also have a blog over at https://dawnvespero.neocities.org
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Dawn Vespero
@dawnvespero.bsky.social
· Sep 2
#DieErstenLetztenGletscher, eine #Kurzgeschichte von Rebellion und Realität im 21. Jahrhundert, ist jetzt durch #story.one verfügbar: www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...
"Anything that makes life more efficient inherently makes it less human." An idea that I feel will stick with me. A balancing act, like everything in life.
99percentinvisible.org?p=46178
#automation #liveable #human
99percentinvisible.org?p=46178
#automation #liveable #human
The 99PI Anniversary Special: 15 for 15 - 99% Invisible
This year marks the 15th anniversary of 99% Invisible! If our little design podcast were a person, it would be old enough to have a provisional driver’s license in some states or celebrate a quinceañe...
99percentinvisible.org
September 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"Anything that makes life more efficient inherently makes it less human." An idea that I feel will stick with me. A balancing act, like everything in life.
99percentinvisible.org?p=46178
#automation #liveable #human
99percentinvisible.org?p=46178
#automation #liveable #human
#DieErstenLetztenGletscher, a #shortstory of rebellion and reality in the 21st century is now available from #story.one: www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...
September 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
#DieErstenLetztenGletscher, a #shortstory of rebellion and reality in the 21st century is now available from #story.one: www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...
#DieErstenLetztenGletscher, eine #Kurzgeschichte von Rebellion und Realität im 21. Jahrhundert, ist jetzt durch #story.one verfügbar: www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...
September 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#DieErstenLetztenGletscher, eine #Kurzgeschichte von Rebellion und Realität im 21. Jahrhundert, ist jetzt durch #story.one verfügbar: www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...
Introducing #ATLUS 's newest smash hit #RPG: #ShinTegamiSensei ! Follow the riveting story of Purotaru-kun as he navigates the difficulties of dealing with his Letter Writing class' substitute teacher! Collect all 333 colored inks, and recruit your classmates to fight the most persistent typos!
August 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Introducing #ATLUS 's newest smash hit #RPG: #ShinTegamiSensei ! Follow the riveting story of Purotaru-kun as he navigates the difficulties of dealing with his Letter Writing class' substitute teacher! Collect all 333 colored inks, and recruit your classmates to fight the most persistent typos!
Reposted by Dawn Vespero
it's important to remember that MAGA/QAnon are not coherent political movements or ideologies, but rather just a loose ecosystem of people trying to drive clicks, and revenue, by whatever desperate means--a grift, in other words.
Shocker: new study finds that MAGA and QAnon-adjacent influencers seem to have stopped pushing a misinformed panic over human trafficking, largely abandoning an issue that no longer drives the online engagement it once did.
Conspiracist MAGA Influencers Are Posting a Lot Less About Human Trafficking These Days
MAGA conspiracists and QAnon-adjacent influencers have largely moved on from stoking a panic about human trafficking that peaked in 2023.
www.rollingstone.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
it's important to remember that MAGA/QAnon are not coherent political movements or ideologies, but rather just a loose ecosystem of people trying to drive clicks, and revenue, by whatever desperate means--a grift, in other words.
Reposted by Dawn Vespero
There's a reason people don't want you to experience negative emotions through fiction and the reason is fascism, because then you'll realize how unfair your own condition is and you'll start questionning the World and ipso facto the system.
It's always about control, never about protecting
It's always about control, never about protecting
A key point in Fahrenheit 451 is that books were banned because they made people depressed and uncomfortable. The novel's protagonist, Montag, is taken into custody after he reads a poem that makes a woman cry because she realizes the emptiness of her life.
![[quoting a tweet from isabelunraveled in which she rails against depressing books that get branded as “great writing”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreidzblpxefncqr2c73v7myen325wvtk767i7rw4zcc32c3hj4gzv5a@jpeg)
July 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
There's a reason people don't want you to experience negative emotions through fiction and the reason is fascism, because then you'll realize how unfair your own condition is and you'll start questionning the World and ipso facto the system.
It's always about control, never about protecting
It's always about control, never about protecting
Reposted by Dawn Vespero
July 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Reposted by Dawn Vespero
Happy birthday old friend
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www.stereogum.com/2306423/nin-...
Nine Inch Nails' 'With Teeth' Turns 20
In 2020, Nine Inch Nails were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, an inclusion that would have seemed unthinkable at one point but by then seemed well overdue. It was a sign of the Rock Hall f...
www.stereogum.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy birthday old friend
www.stereogum.com/2306423/nin-...
www.stereogum.com/2306423/nin-...
Album of the Week:
"Black Antlers" by Coil
album.link/i/1802022541
For obvious reasons, I don't yet have a physical copy of this album to show off, but I'm glad it's finally getting its due rerelease!
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #coilMusic #BlackAntlers
"Black Antlers" by Coil
album.link/i/1802022541
For obvious reasons, I don't yet have a physical copy of this album to show off, but I'm glad it's finally getting its due rerelease!
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #coilMusic #BlackAntlers
April 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Album of the Week:
"Black Antlers" by Coil
album.link/i/1802022541
For obvious reasons, I don't yet have a physical copy of this album to show off, but I'm glad it's finally getting its due rerelease!
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #coilMusic #BlackAntlers
"Black Antlers" by Coil
album.link/i/1802022541
For obvious reasons, I don't yet have a physical copy of this album to show off, but I'm glad it's finally getting its due rerelease!
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #coilMusic #BlackAntlers
Album of the Week:
"The New Backwards" by Coil
album.link/i/1624902181
Finally, there's photographic proof
of me listening to Coil. Underground cool kid status achieved. Pan be praised!
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #coilmusic #thenewbackwards
"The New Backwards" by Coil
album.link/i/1624902181
Finally, there's photographic proof
of me listening to Coil. Underground cool kid status achieved. Pan be praised!
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #coilmusic #thenewbackwards
April 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Album of the Week:
"The New Backwards" by Coil
album.link/i/1624902181
Finally, there's photographic proof
of me listening to Coil. Underground cool kid status achieved. Pan be praised!
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #coilmusic #thenewbackwards
"The New Backwards" by Coil
album.link/i/1624902181
Finally, there's photographic proof
of me listening to Coil. Underground cool kid status achieved. Pan be praised!
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #coilmusic #thenewbackwards
Gotta say, I find the new #Ministry album to be pretty pointless. The rerecordings are so similar as to be near indistinguishable at times. I really would have hoped for a more thorough reworking so these songs would be properly in line with the band's modern style.
#music #thesquirellyyears
#music #thesquirellyyears
March 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Gotta say, I find the new #Ministry album to be pretty pointless. The rerecordings are so similar as to be near indistinguishable at times. I really would have hoped for a more thorough reworking so these songs would be properly in line with the band's modern style.
#music #thesquirellyyears
#music #thesquirellyyears
For anyone interested in exploring Coil's discography, Bandcamp just published a very nice article on this topic:
daily.bandcamp.com/lists/coil-a...
#music #coilmusic #peterchristopherson #johnbalance
daily.bandcamp.com/lists/coil-a...
#music #coilmusic #peterchristopherson #johnbalance
Dark Dreams and Bright Nightmares: The Mortal’s Guide to Coil
Where to begin with one of the most sinister, subversive bands in the history of heavy music.
daily.bandcamp.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
For anyone interested in exploring Coil's discography, Bandcamp just published a very nice article on this topic:
daily.bandcamp.com/lists/coil-a...
#music #coilmusic #peterchristopherson #johnbalance
daily.bandcamp.com/lists/coil-a...
#music #coilmusic #peterchristopherson #johnbalance
Album of the Week:
"OK COMPUTER (OKNOTOK 1997-2017)" by Radiohead
album.link/i/1239489060
This troubled world shall not know peace until Thom Yorke is tried at the Hague for keeping "Lift" from the public.
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #radiohead #okcomputer
"OK COMPUTER (OKNOTOK 1997-2017)" by Radiohead
album.link/i/1239489060
This troubled world shall not know peace until Thom Yorke is tried at the Hague for keeping "Lift" from the public.
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #radiohead #okcomputer
March 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Album of the Week:
"OK COMPUTER (OKNOTOK 1997-2017)" by Radiohead
album.link/i/1239489060
This troubled world shall not know peace until Thom Yorke is tried at the Hague for keeping "Lift" from the public.
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #radiohead #okcomputer
"OK COMPUTER (OKNOTOK 1997-2017)" by Radiohead
album.link/i/1239489060
This troubled world shall not know peace until Thom Yorke is tried at the Hague for keeping "Lift" from the public.
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #radiohead #okcomputer
Welp, guess this is it, folks. Anyone developing a FOSS version of Discord?
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
Brace yourself for Discord to get worse: Reports swirl that the company is in talks with bankers about opening itself up to shareholders
Late capitalism, but make it quirky.
www.pcgamer.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Welp, guess this is it, folks. Anyone developing a FOSS version of Discord?
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
Good news for my German-speaking audience! I've had a new short story by the name "Marinetti's Hände" published in print. You can find it at www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar... or in your store of choice under ISBN 978-3-7115-8143-3.
"Marinettis Hände. Life is a Story - story.one" online kaufen
Kaufen Sie “Marinettis Hände. Life is a Story - story.one” von Dawn Vespero als Gebundene Ausgabe. ✓ Kostenloser Versand ✓ Click & Collect ✓ Jetzt kaufen
www.thalia.de
March 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Good news for my German-speaking audience! I've had a new short story by the name "Marinetti's Hände" published in print. You can find it at www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar... or in your store of choice under ISBN 978-3-7115-8143-3.
On every day, my goal is to give "Fiona Apple at the '97 VMAs" and immediately get kicked in the head.
February 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
On every day, my goal is to give "Fiona Apple at the '97 VMAs" and immediately get kicked in the head.
Remember: Entrenched #nationalism is a great operational convenience to any government. However much you fuck up people's lives, you get to turn around and say "yOu ShOuLd Be ThAnKfUl YoU gEt To LiVe In SuCh A gReAt CoUnTrY"
February 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Remember: Entrenched #nationalism is a great operational convenience to any government. However much you fuck up people's lives, you get to turn around and say "yOu ShOuLd Be ThAnKfUl YoU gEt To LiVe In SuCh A gReAt CoUnTrY"
#RandomThought: Has any other country celebrated founding anniversaries like the U.S.? There was no German centennial celebrations in 1971, but the #USBicentennial was so huge an event they had to plan it six years in advance.
February 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
#RandomThought: Has any other country celebrated founding anniversaries like the U.S.? There was no German centennial celebrations in 1971, but the #USBicentennial was so huge an event they had to plan it six years in advance.
Album of the Week:
"Broken" by Nine Inch Nails
music.apple.com/de/album/bro...
Crippling anxiety-coded. This record doesn't get to spin up when things are going well.
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #nineinchnails #ninbroken
"Broken" by Nine Inch Nails
music.apple.com/de/album/bro...
Crippling anxiety-coded. This record doesn't get to spin up when things are going well.
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #nineinchnails #ninbroken
February 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Album of the Week:
"Broken" by Nine Inch Nails
music.apple.com/de/album/bro...
Crippling anxiety-coded. This record doesn't get to spin up when things are going well.
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #nineinchnails #ninbroken
"Broken" by Nine Inch Nails
music.apple.com/de/album/bro...
Crippling anxiety-coded. This record doesn't get to spin up when things are going well.
🎵💿 #music #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #nineinchnails #ninbroken
Been toying with an idea for a while: A video series exploring stories told through albums. I'm thinking things like The Downward Spiral, maybe prog-rock like The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. How many people would be interested in that?
February 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Been toying with an idea for a while: A video series exploring stories told through albums. I'm thinking things like The Downward Spiral, maybe prog-rock like The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. How many people would be interested in that?
Shoutout today to the great @zen-browser.app, who are realizing my dream of an open source Arc browser! It's already in a great state, even if a rare few bugs still pinch me in the sides every now and then.
February 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Shoutout today to the great @zen-browser.app, who are realizing my dream of an open source Arc browser! It's already in a great state, even if a rare few bugs still pinch me in the sides every now and then.
Recently finished the astonishing #TrisolarisTrilogy by #LiuCixin. Truly an epic work, full of originality and well implemented twists. Sure to stick with me.
The full series I would probably only recommend to real sci-fi nerds, but #TheThreeBodyProblem gets a full recommendation to anyone!
The full series I would probably only recommend to real sci-fi nerds, but #TheThreeBodyProblem gets a full recommendation to anyone!
February 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Recently finished the astonishing #TrisolarisTrilogy by #LiuCixin. Truly an epic work, full of originality and well implemented twists. Sure to stick with me.
The full series I would probably only recommend to real sci-fi nerds, but #TheThreeBodyProblem gets a full recommendation to anyone!
The full series I would probably only recommend to real sci-fi nerds, but #TheThreeBodyProblem gets a full recommendation to anyone!
Album of the Week:
"The Vietnam War" by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
album.link/i/1278523535
One of few soundtracks I love so much that I bought it on Vinyl. Check out the documentary as well.
🎵💿 #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #trentreznoratticusross #thevietnamwar
"The Vietnam War" by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
album.link/i/1278523535
One of few soundtracks I love so much that I bought it on Vinyl. Check out the documentary as well.
🎵💿 #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #trentreznoratticusross #thevietnamwar
February 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Album of the Week:
"The Vietnam War" by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
album.link/i/1278523535
One of few soundtracks I love so much that I bought it on Vinyl. Check out the documentary as well.
🎵💿 #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #trentreznoratticusross #thevietnamwar
"The Vietnam War" by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
album.link/i/1278523535
One of few soundtracks I love so much that I bought it on Vinyl. Check out the documentary as well.
🎵💿 #nowplaying #albumoftheweek #trentreznoratticusross #thevietnamwar
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David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
variety.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...