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Ned Raggett

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Hi! I write about music at various spots (@thequietus.com, @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, Shfl and my Patreon, also in the past @allmusic.com, @pitchfork.com, @bandcamp.com etc. etc.). Plus podcasting about #Tolkien with friends at @bythebywater.bsky.social

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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · Nov 14

Well, it's time for some honest to god Bluesky lore.

A year ago, the site was still invite only, and one morning I posted something random and didn't think much about it beyond my own amusement.

This is the story about the #ChristianSkydivingBaby and how it completely took over @bsky.app (1/x)

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · Nov 14

Given the very specific circumstances, I'd either check to see if I'm on drugs or if the baby is on drugs and if the latter find out where I could get some because clearly those are some gooooood drugs.

A supposed Quora question: "Atheists, imagine you're going skydiving with a Christian baby. Suddenly the baby tells you he won't open his parachute until you renounced atheism and accept Jesus as your lord and savior. What would you do?"

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Abe El-Raheb / Editor & Writer @eldashraheb.bsky.social · 10h

Crying before it even starts at the pre-music of Joe Strummer singing “Redemption Song”

Memorial for Kaleb Horton

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 2h

The path of wisdom. BTW you should believe me.

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 2h

No lie!

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 4h

True!

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 4h

So I’m assuming Autechre will be performing in pitch black or the like so my photo for the night is Mark Broom tearing it up beforehand. (Apparently Cygnus killed earlier.)

Mark Broom on the right under stage lights opening foe Autechre, the Regency, San Francisco, Oct 10 2025.

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 5h

Wisdom

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 5h

It’s…something. Oh and the movie ends with his now human character riding a Ducati motorcycle around India looking to find himself, mannnnn.

I’m not joking about that either!

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 5h

If only we could fully enjoy his.

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 5h

Given his portrayal of a computer program learning how to be a real live boy consists of delivering his lines flatly and blankly, you’d be onto something.

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 5h

Anyway I thoroughly appreciated a Nine Inch Nails album visualizer blasting out over a theater sound system but sadly there were these annoying bits of people talking that kept getting in the way.

Anyway off to the Autechre show!

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 5h

So what if I told you that a significant part of the screenplay of Tron Ares is about how much Jared Leto’s program character loves Depeche Mode so much he can’t put it into words?

I am mot joking, BTW.

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 8h

Nice and apt comparison.

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 8h

Roffle -- am listening to the 'new' single now as it happens. Lovely to hear this way.

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 9h

Meantime on #DragRacePH #SlaysianRoyale

In the Drag Race Philippines werk room, with the queens in boy mode, Suki Doll, second from left, says "It's the gravity in the popcorn."

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 10h

Well THAT took long enough. (More of a SoCal issue, but still.)

California just made fridges and stoves mandatory in every rental home

Landlord groups say the rule adds financial strain, while tenant advocates call it a long-overdue recognition of essential living needs.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 14h

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 12h

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The issue in this case is whether "Not Like Us" can reasonably be understood to convey as a factual matter that Drake is a pedophile or that he has engaged in sexual relations with minors. In light of the overall context in which the statements in the Recording were made, the Court holds that it cannot.

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 13h

so excited to talk about food, friendship, and labor with @annaleen.bsky.social and Lee Lai on Sunday!

COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 13h

Litquake (@litquake.org), the Bay Area’s sprawling literary festival, kicks off today! Check out picks from COYOTE staff, including events featuring @annaleen.bsky.social, @susiebright.bsky.social, @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, @janelleblarg.bsky.social & more www.coyotemedia.org/litquake-gui...

7 Can’t-Miss Events at Litquake 2025

Here are COYOTE’s picks for the beloved literary festival, which kicks off Oct. 9.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 13h

I can't wait for @litquake.org, the SF Bay Area's iconic festival for people who love to read and write. Check out @coyotemedia.org's guide to what's happening -- I hope to see you there!!!

COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 13h

Litquake (@litquake.org), the Bay Area’s sprawling literary festival, kicks off today! Check out picks from COYOTE staff, including events featuring @annaleen.bsky.social, @susiebright.bsky.social, @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, @janelleblarg.bsky.social & more www.coyotemedia.org/litquake-gui...

7 Can’t-Miss Events at Litquake 2025

Here are COYOTE’s picks for the beloved literary festival, which kicks off Oct. 9.

www.coyotemedia.org

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 13h

Litquake (@litquake.org), the Bay Area’s sprawling literary festival, kicks off today! Check out picks from COYOTE staff, including events featuring @annaleen.bsky.social, @susiebright.bsky.social, @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, @janelleblarg.bsky.social & more www.coyotemedia.org/litquake-gui...

7 Can’t-Miss Events at Litquake 2025

Here are COYOTE’s picks for the beloved literary festival, which kicks off Oct. 9.

www.coyotemedia.org

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 13h

On a brighter note, Bay Area folks may want to review @coyotemedia.org's recommendations for events at @litquake.org, which kicks in today. (Separately: I'll be at the @zentronix.bsky.social / @wkamaubell.bsky.social event tomorrow!)

7 Can’t-Miss Events at Litquake 2025

Here are COYOTE’s picks for the beloved literary festival, which kicks off Oct. 9.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Nuala Bishari @nuala.bsky.social · 16h

Reporting from @coyotemedia.org cited in here 👀

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 16h

The mayor overhauled the city's street outreach teams by consolidating their ranks, focusing on specific neighborhoods and putting them under the oversight of one leader. Here’s how it’s going.

Mayor Daniel Lurie revamped S.F.’s street crisis teams. Is it working?

The mayor overhauled the city's street outreach teams by consolidating their ranks, focusing on specific neighborhoods and putting them under the oversight of one leader. Here’s how it’s going.

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine @sterlewine.bsky.social · 13h

Ned’s sentiments mirror mine.

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 14h

As I’ve noted via various reposts on here, Kaleb Horton has a memorial today down in SoCal; I regret for various reasons I could not attend. I think of him today, once more. This piece from earlier this year gained much attention after he died. It’s worth your time. Best to all attending.

I wish I had a time machine so I could go back in time and talk to my dad in 1988, just before I was born, and tell him what it’s like to live in the future. I’d tell him all the amazing things that a...

kalebhorton.ghost.io

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 14h

As I’ve noted via various reposts on here, Kaleb Horton has a memorial today down in SoCal; I regret for various reasons I could not attend. I think of him today, once more. This piece from earlier this year gained much attention after he died. It’s worth your time. Best to all attending.

I wish I had a time machine so I could go back in time and talk to my dad in 1988, just before I was born, and tell him what it’s like to live in the future. I’d tell him all the amazing things that a...

kalebhorton.ghost.io

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 15h

Reading various tributes to Kaleb Horton and thinking how absurd it is that so much of the brilliant writing published by brilliant writers for MTV News has effectively vanished, and for no good reason at all

channel-6.ghost.io/its-just-dif...

IT'S JUST DIFFERENT VALLEYS, THAT'S ALL

“I’m pretty sure he killed JFK, can we keep him?”

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