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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 18m

I think Star Wars: Outlaws is the most fragile PC game I've played in ages.

It's been a long time since I had a game crash with such regularity.

Ubisoft (after a long support conversation) eventually blamed it on hardware.

Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 3h

For your listening pleasure #313

Mass Culture - Primal | Ephemeral

Greek post/sludge metal. I really enjoy the atmosphere on this album. I do have to say... not a great band name. Not even sure what they were aiming for there.

#HeavyMetal #metalsky \m/

Primal | Ephemeral, by Mass Culture

8 track album

massculture.bandcamp.com

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 1d

Good fun if you like old-fashioned beat-em-up games.

Maybe a little too heavy on the lore.. and honestly the accent applied to the "mother" grates a bit, but looks like a deep game that will keep me entertained for a good while.

#Absolum

Absolum Game

Crafted with passion by the dream team that redefined side-scrolling beat 'em ups, Absolum mixes top-of-the-class combat action with modern roguelite elements

playabsolum.com

Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 1d

For your listening pleasure #312

Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing

All the way back to the 2nd album for this US metalcore band - still my favourite of theirs.

Notably, this band has two self-titled albums, released less than a decade apart.

#HeavyMetal #metalsky \m/

Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing (Full Album) [Official]

YouTube video by RHINO

youtu.be

Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, good news.

Does the ordeal rate a mention in your Google review of the venue?

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 2d

For your listening pleasure #311

Soothsayer - Echoes of the Earth

Sludgy, atmospheric doom out of Ireland. They've been quiet for the last few years, but I hope there's more coming. Their early EPs are good, but it feels like they hit their straps with this album.

#HeavyMetal #metalsky \m/

Echoes of the Earth, by SOOTHSAYER

6 track album

soothsayer.bandcamp.com

Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 2d

4/4
Those guys were forced out *due* to an administrative foul-up, which, again, is the root cause of all the shit we've been seeing from the club.

#Essendon

Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 2d

3/4
The club has lurched from knee-jerk reaction to short-term decision over the last two and a bit decades (paying out close to $2m (my estimate) for people *not* to coach the club)

My point is that Mr Lerner is putting way too much weight on the movement of four players.

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 2d

2/4
and administrators - they are cultural. Good culture takes effort, bad culture is what happens when no-one is paying attention. That's what happened at Essendon.

When Hird & Thompson arrived in 2012 they entered less a club than a collection of warring fiefs and it didn't get better.

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 2d

1/4
I've said this many times, but in my view Essendon's problems stem from poor administration. They missed the move to professionalism around 2000 (things going so well on-field, no-one rocked the boat) that most of the competition started to embrace.

The issues transcend players, coaches...

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 2d

Just means they're not looking hard enough (as if it's that hard).

Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, that's pretty unreasonable.

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 3d

Well, in that case, they're being oversensitive babies and deserve everything they get.

I mean... we all should read the terms, but we also have become conditioned not to expect unreasonable conditions.

I'd get it if you were cancelling the week before the trip... but months out?

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 3d

For your listening pleasure #310

Testament - The Formation of Damnation

These US thrash legends release their 13th album today, so in honour of that, I present (IMO) an album where they returned to form.

Sonically similar to "Practice...", but undeniably modernised.

#HeavyMetal #metalsky \m/

TESTAMENT - The Formation of Damnation (OFFICIAL FULL ALBUM STREAM)

YouTube video by Testament

youtu.be

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 3d

My approach in similar circumstances is to bring the situation to the vendor's attention (for you: mention the short time b/n book and cancel, plus the lead-time) and ask them what one should do.

That gives them the option of the gracious response.

ACL references early on get people's backs up.

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 4d

For your listening pleasure #309

Cryptic Abyss - Feed 'em to the Sea

Now-defunct Australian death/thrash/groove band that put out a couple of albums and disappeared - which is a bit of a shame.

#HeavyMetal #metalsky \m/

Feed 'Em To The Sea, by Cryptic Abyss

11 track album

crypticabyss.bandcamp.com

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 4d

We should expect that the individuals making these egregiously stupid (and in some cases, potentially criminal) decisions at government and corporate organisations would be held accountable.

However, our institutions are completely uninterested in that.

So... it shit keeps happening.

#auspol

A culture of leniency. Exposing wrongdoing or protecting wrongdoers? - Michael West

Corporate regulator ASIC lets crooked bankers walk free, and the notional anti-corruption commission ignores Robodebt.

michaelwest.com.au

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 4d

Memo

To: Australian Labor Party
RE: Secrecy

Stop being shit. Stop giving your opponents free kicks by pulling this nonsense.

The Albanese government is tying itself in knots to keep this document secret

A long-running quest to obtain a departmental brief hit another wall yesterday.

www.crikey.com.au

Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 5d

For your listening pleasure #308

Charon - Songs for Sinners

I thought these guys were done, but there has been recent movement that indicates they are releasing another album.

Melancholic and gothic but without leaning too heavily on synths.

#HeavyMetal #metalsky \m/

♫ ❤️ Charon - Songs for the Sinners (2005) 🤘 full album - YouTube

Artist: Charon Album: Songs for the Sinners Released: 2005-08-31 Label: Spinefarm Records Country: Finland Genre: Rock Style: Gothic Metal, Heavy Metal Music...

youtube.com

Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 6d

For your listening pleasure #307

Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera

These Germans play my favourite kind of power metal - it's a bit more "muscular" than a lot of the more symphonic, higher-pitched versions.

The epic "And Then There Was Silence" is a favourite.

#HeavyMetal #metalsky \m/

A Night At The Opera, by Blind Guardian

10 track album

blindguardian.bandcamp.com

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 7d

On average, the item on Amazon that most closely matches your search will be the 17th result on the page.

Amazon treats their customers and merchants pretty shabbily these days. My approach is to always look for other merchants selling what I'm after before using Amazon.

#enshittification

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 7d

Assuming this survey is at least semi-accurate... I find the idea that so many people think that their mental health challenges are an *important part of [their] identity" kinda disturbing.

I'm not saying you can't have challenges... but you have to be about more than your struggles.

Mental Illness, Political Ideology, and Holding False Beliefs

Survey data are clear: Americans, particularly younger generations, are more often perceiving themselves to be—and being reported as—mentally ill.

research.skeptic.com

Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 7d

For your listening pleasure #306

INSOMNIAC - Om Moksha Ritam

A recent find, I'm not entirely sure where they fit. Doom? Grunge? Stoner (quiet, light version)?

Either way, these yanks create floaty, atmospheric dreamscapes that are pretty pleasant to listen to.

#HeavyMetal #metalsky \m/

Om Moksha Ritam, by INSOMNIAC

7 track album

insomniacvibes.bandcamp.com

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Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 7d

www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/...

Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 5, 2025 | GoComics

Read Non Sequitur—a comic strip by creator Wiley Miller—for today, October 5, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!

www.gocomics.com

Derek Jarman 🤘🟥⬛ @derekjarman.bsky.social · 8d

For your listening pleasure #305

LIGHTCHAPTER - It All Ends Tonight

They just released their second LP but I'll call out this Danish electro-metalcore/melodeath band's EP from 2021 instead.
Not ground-breaking, but well-executed nonetheless.

#HeavyMetal #metalsky \m/

It All Ends Tonight, by LIGHTCHAPTER

4 track album

lightchapter.bandcamp.com

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