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Jack Hurley

@loudribs.bsky.social

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Purveyor of coastal slander. No gift for jobbery. Not the best but always in demand. RUBBISH SEASIDE BOOK NOW AVAILABLE 👇👇👇👇 Loudribs.com.

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · May 29

It is DONE!

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 16h

S’all good - gotcha money and off to live the highlife now!

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 17h

DON’T BAN LIBERATOR_HEN

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 18h

DON’T BAN TREVOR SHIP

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 21h

Angrier and ANGRIER

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 22h

BAN MARK SILVER

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 22h

Made some new stickers yes I did yes I did

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 1d

Of course! Well sleuthed!

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 1d

What were all the underscores doing before email addresses?

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

That’s it. That’s all you need to know. You’re a fully-qualified dubbist now. Please accept these ceremonial hotknives and Jah bless.

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

They have much to answer for

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

THEY HAD IT COMING

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

If the production is A++++ but some mad bastard keeps dropping a spring reverb unit on the floor to simulate thunder or some bollocks:

➡️ It’s King Tubby

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

If it’s got all the best daft dub noises but the snare sounds like a shotgun:

➡️ It’s Scientist

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

MY 20 SECOND GUIDE TO DUB

If the production is ace but some bloke’s wibbling utter cobblers over the top of it :

➡️ It’s Lee Scratch Perry

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

Corr! That’s lovely that…

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

Leeds looking positively Grimshawian ce soir

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

Hegseth spent A LOT of time talking about exactly that!

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

The Texas National Guard rocking up in Chicago. Think they got antifa and fajitas confused.

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

This article is a) vast and b) very much for you if you ever get the feeling that something hinky’s going on with GenAI.

To quote:

“Generative AI exists for two reasons: to cost money, and to make executives look busy.”

www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

The Case Against Generative AI

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...

www.wheresyoured.at

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 2d

Bah. Now I’m back amongst the ranks of you Single Yolk Rubes - BUT KNOW THIS: I have tasted the double yolk life and it fundamentally changed me. We are not the same.

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 3d

Oh god STOP IT

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 3d

I AM THE LORD OF ALL THE EDGELORDS!

Robby Jenners - probably

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 3d

Holy fuckballs - she just did the B-O-R-D-E-R thing. Now I have to phone 111 to see if I’ve received a fatal dose of cringe.

Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 3d

Just listening to her on Today right now and she’s only got two settings: Overconfidently forthright which is *always* followed by intense annoyance when the world inevitably fails to greet her proclamations with unconditional praise.

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Jack Hurley @loudribs.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi’s just a haunted, peevish paperweight at this point isn’t she?

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