Ned Raggett
@nedraggett.bsky.social
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
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.
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)
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)
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TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN OP-ED: In our society we have too often accepted the heckler’s veto, allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good and making the refusal to forgive our highest virtue
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN OP-ED: In our society we have too often accepted the heckler’s veto, allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good and making the refusal to forgive our highest virtue
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
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I’ve never heard Isaac Chotiner speak but in my head, he sounds like Vincent Price.
February 2, 2026 at 4:41 AM
I’ve never heard Isaac Chotiner speak but in my head, he sounds like Vincent Price.
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Carole King ICE OUT pin FTW
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Carole King ICE OUT pin FTW
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woooow, they both look so beautiful 😭
Queen Latifah and Doechii just decided to step out on stage, looking -this- fucking good.
I am stunned at the beauty, WOW. #GRAMMYs
I am stunned at the beauty, WOW. #GRAMMYs
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 AM
woooow, they both look so beautiful 😭
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Chotiner: Tell me what you found interesting about these vampires.
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
February 2, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Chotiner: Tell me what you found interesting about these vampires.
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
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Alex Warren takes out his earpiece, immediately slips off beat lmao
February 2, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Alex Warren takes out his earpiece, immediately slips off beat lmao
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jukebox of only field recordings
February 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
jukebox of only field recordings
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This Jack Horner. Who’s been known to the whisper network for some time now. There’s a reason I have repeatedly turned down writing about his work or him.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
This Jack Horner. Who’s been known to the whisper network for some time now. There’s a reason I have repeatedly turned down writing about his work or him.
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I hope people are ready for when he decides to decapitate the Lincoln Memorial & put his own head in its place. I am not joking at all
February 2, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I hope people are ready for when he decides to decapitate the Lincoln Memorial & put his own head in its place. I am not joking at all
A nice little surprise. My review when the album was released. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
February 2, 2026 at 1:24 AM
A nice little surprise. My review when the album was released. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
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this is not a drill: To Live and Die in LA, one of the greatest crime films ever made, is on Criterion this month www.criterionchannel.com/stunts/seaso...
To Live and Die in L.A. - Stunts! - The Criterion Channel
Directed by William Friedkin • 1985 • United States
Starring William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow
William Friedkin’s kinetic neonoir takes the ’80s action thriller to new heights of hyperstyli...
www.criterionchannel.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:22 AM
this is not a drill: To Live and Die in LA, one of the greatest crime films ever made, is on Criterion this month www.criterionchannel.com/stunts/seaso...
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jfc is there anything evil he wasn't involved with?! (mass ticket resell in this case, of fare thee well & dead & co. tix, summer 2015.)
February 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
jfc is there anything evil he wasn't involved with?! (mass ticket resell in this case, of fare thee well & dead & co. tix, summer 2015.)
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One of the wildest days online I’ve ever experienced, 13 years back. My near insta-review that followed shortly thereafter: thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
February 2, 2026 at 1:06 AM
One of the wildest days online I’ve ever experienced, 13 years back. My near insta-review that followed shortly thereafter: thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
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"Q and the COntinuum". In Which Q, as punishment for his sins of goading humanity , is exiled to work as a barkeep on a starbase . His other Q Continuum contacts are his exasperated handlers who turn into absolute drunkards in order to cope
Hilarity ensues
SHUT UP & TAKE MY GOLD PRESSED LATINUM
Hilarity ensues
SHUT UP & TAKE MY GOLD PRESSED LATINUM
I once had the ill-advised idea that De Lancie should have had a Q spinoff show from ST:TNG after the latter ended. It would have lasted as long as the Ropers, but I would’ve watched it anyway.
February 2, 2026 at 12:58 AM
"Q and the COntinuum". In Which Q, as punishment for his sins of goading humanity , is exiled to work as a barkeep on a starbase . His other Q Continuum contacts are his exasperated handlers who turn into absolute drunkards in order to cope
Hilarity ensues
SHUT UP & TAKE MY GOLD PRESSED LATINUM
Hilarity ensues
SHUT UP & TAKE MY GOLD PRESSED LATINUM
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It’s not that Chotiner is principled and excellent at asking just the right questions, he’s also extremely well prepared AND quick witted enough he can construct these bon mots immediately: bsky.app/profile/tyle...
February 2, 2026 at 12:58 AM
It’s not that Chotiner is principled and excellent at asking just the right questions, he’s also extremely well prepared AND quick witted enough he can construct these bon mots immediately: bsky.app/profile/tyle...
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I am also not an artist, but I am a crafter and a fellow Spidey writer, so taking a page out of Jody's book to contribute to #Comics4Liam
Please visit comics4liam.com for more info on how you can help our immigrant communities 🕷️🕸️❤️
Please visit comics4liam.com for more info on how you can help our immigrant communities 🕷️🕸️❤️
February 2, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I am also not an artist, but I am a crafter and a fellow Spidey writer, so taking a page out of Jody's book to contribute to #Comics4Liam
Please visit comics4liam.com for more info on how you can help our immigrant communities 🕷️🕸️❤️
Please visit comics4liam.com for more info on how you can help our immigrant communities 🕷️🕸️❤️
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de Lancie's performance was indirectly inspired by Liberace and, I have to think, de Lancie would have made a great Liberace.
February 2, 2026 at 12:51 AM
de Lancie's performance was indirectly inspired by Liberace and, I have to think, de Lancie would have made a great Liberace.
A wacky half hour sitcom would have been gold.
I once had the ill-advised idea that De Lancie should have had a Q spinoff show from ST:TNG after the latter ended. It would have lasted as long as the Ropers, but I would’ve watched it anyway.
February 2, 2026 at 12:31 AM
A wacky half hour sitcom would have been gold.
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one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
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CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
December 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
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The one and only.
#GRAMMYs Best Americana Performance Winner: Godspeed - Mavis Staples
February 1, 2026 at 11:31 PM
The one and only.
I gotta say, seeing him out of the gate as Q the night TNG debuted on 1987, that was a wild ride. "Encounter at Farpoint" is nobody's idea of a truly great episode but right from his "Stay where thou art" move, it was insane gold.
john de lancie clearly having the time of his fucking life every time he gets to play the horny space god of mischief
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I gotta say, seeing him out of the gate as Q the night TNG debuted on 1987, that was a wild ride. "Encounter at Farpoint" is nobody's idea of a truly great episode but right from his "Stay where thou art" move, it was insane gold.