Ben Peake
@reddishraven.bsky.social
Somewhat random. Full of all the vices and none of the virtues of my Gen-X heritage. He/Him.
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Ben Peake
@reddishraven.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Given it's late March, probably past time I start a 2025 New Tunes thread.
First off the rank is art-rap group clipping. Daveed Diggs may not objectively be the best rapper in the world, but damn it if he's not my FAVOURITE.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvp5...
#NowPlaying
First off the rank is art-rap group clipping. Daveed Diggs may not objectively be the best rapper in the world, but damn it if he's not my FAVOURITE.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvp5...
#NowPlaying
Dodger
YouTube video by clipping. - Topic
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Right. So writing my best 5 albums and tracks of 2025, as I've done in years past.
My Bluesky thread of 2025 new tunes is here, I'll add links to the reviews below that. Happy listening, to whatever you're into.
bsky.app/profile/redd...
My Bluesky thread of 2025 new tunes is here, I'll add links to the reviews below that. Happy listening, to whatever you're into.
bsky.app/profile/redd...
The White Ambassador with Bjorn Stewart | Always Was Tonight
YouTube video by ABC Indigenous
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February 13, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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If Labor doesn't run a candidate in Ley's seat it stops being a verdict on the government, and would more be a verdict on turfing Ley (although that's a factor either way)... will be interesting to watch
February 13, 2026 at 12:07 AM
If Labor doesn't run a candidate in Ley's seat it stops being a verdict on the government, and would more be a verdict on turfing Ley (although that's a factor either way)... will be interesting to watch
6.2% margin in Farrer, just noting.
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
6.2% margin in Farrer, just noting.
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"As for the peculiar logic of the Adelaide board, I just found it shameful to attempt to connect an individual Palestinian academic with a terrorist attack. To me, that’s the logic of the mob. It’s not people running a literary festival, and a Palestinian writer is not a terrorist with a gun."
"If you create a special category of speech, in this case the speech of Palestinians, which is to be silenced before it’s even heard, then I think you make yourself ridiculous." www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
‘The logic of the mob’: Why Zadie Smith withdrew from Adelaide Writers’ Week
The acclaimed novelist explains her decision and why she believes writers have a duty to speak.
www.theage.com.au
February 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"As for the peculiar logic of the Adelaide board, I just found it shameful to attempt to connect an individual Palestinian academic with a terrorist attack. To me, that’s the logic of the mob. It’s not people running a literary festival, and a Palestinian writer is not a terrorist with a gun."
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The coalition/throupolition would need to win 20 seats at the next election to be competitive, 28 to take government.
Why is anyone pretending this leadership change will change anything?
Why is anyone pretending this leadership change will change anything?
February 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The coalition/throupolition would need to win 20 seats at the next election to be competitive, 28 to take government.
Why is anyone pretending this leadership change will change anything?
Why is anyone pretending this leadership change will change anything?
Taylor/Hume honestly feels like (if nothing else) the BLANDEST leadership team we've seen in politics for some time. (Crean/Macklin maybe the only one less interesting this century).
February 12, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Taylor/Hume honestly feels like (if nothing else) the BLANDEST leadership team we've seen in politics for some time. (Crean/Macklin maybe the only one less interesting this century).
Grattan makes a pretty fair point here, I think. The Ley opposition came off an extremely low policy base (and policy formation infrastructure) bequeathed by Dutton and to an extent the arse-end of the Morrison period.
February 12, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Grattan makes a pretty fair point here, I think. The Ley opposition came off an extremely low policy base (and policy formation infrastructure) bequeathed by Dutton and to an extent the arse-end of the Morrison period.
Ah, some people are annoyed that Amy Remeikis has written the book she wanted to write rather than the book they think she should have written.
Looks interesting nonetheless, and a pretty uncompromising title. www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Where-...
Looks interesting nonetheless, and a pretty uncompromising title. www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Where-...
Where It All Went Wrong
On the thirtieth anniversary of John Howard coming to power, a searing analysis of the untouchable prime minister: how the ‘great economic manager’...
www.simonandschuster.com.au
February 12, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Ah, some people are annoyed that Amy Remeikis has written the book she wanted to write rather than the book they think she should have written.
Looks interesting nonetheless, and a pretty uncompromising title. www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Where-...
Looks interesting nonetheless, and a pretty uncompromising title. www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Where-...
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
Honestly wish more of parliament was like this. Straight questions (from the relevant MP, what's more!) and what looks like a good faith promise to answer it.
I know it's not always what it's used for, but there's a place for it.
I know it's not always what it's used for, but there's a place for it.
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Honestly wish more of parliament was like this. Straight questions (from the relevant MP, what's more!) and what looks like a good faith promise to answer it.
I know it's not always what it's used for, but there's a place for it.
I know it's not always what it's used for, but there's a place for it.
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We hired the manager of The Lying Store and Mr. Steal Your Money to push our new technology and people are still skeptical?
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
We hired the manager of The Lying Store and Mr. Steal Your Money to push our new technology and people are still skeptical?
How is Angus Taylor?
Why is Angus Taylor?
Who is Angus Taylor and could he cut it as opposition leader? theconversation.com/who-is-angus... via @theconversation.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:32 AM
How is Angus Taylor?
February 12, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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no Elon, all experts agree the ideal close quarters weapon is a Sig P320, carried in a special holster configuration only used by special forces guys called "reverse appendix carry". If the barrel is pointed into your guts when holstered you're doing it right.
Always keep the chamber loaded.
Always keep the chamber loaded.
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
no Elon, all experts agree the ideal close quarters weapon is a Sig P320, carried in a special holster configuration only used by special forces guys called "reverse appendix carry". If the barrel is pointed into your guts when holstered you're doing it right.
Always keep the chamber loaded.
Always keep the chamber loaded.
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we need a program where highly successful (read: flush) devs can pay a UBI for a gamedev (who doesn’t work for them) for 3 years and see what they come up with
no strings, no recoup, just paying someone’s bills for a spell
it used to be called patronage and it’s how we made like everything ever
no strings, no recoup, just paying someone’s bills for a spell
it used to be called patronage and it’s how we made like everything ever
I don’t think it’s been great for video games to be on the stock market
February 12, 2026 at 2:04 AM
we need a program where highly successful (read: flush) devs can pay a UBI for a gamedev (who doesn’t work for them) for 3 years and see what they come up with
no strings, no recoup, just paying someone’s bills for a spell
it used to be called patronage and it’s how we made like everything ever
no strings, no recoup, just paying someone’s bills for a spell
it used to be called patronage and it’s how we made like everything ever
The impression I've always got of James Paterson is that he's Tim Wilson minus the vestigial flashes of self-awareness.
February 12, 2026 at 1:58 AM
The impression I've always got of James Paterson is that he's Tim Wilson minus the vestigial flashes of self-awareness.
She's been working this grift for literally 30 years.
That she's been able to sustain it is honestly a national shame.
That she's been able to sustain it is honestly a national shame.
February 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
She's been working this grift for literally 30 years.
That she's been able to sustain it is honestly a national shame.
That she's been able to sustain it is honestly a national shame.
From my daughter's legal studies teacher. Kinda dig this model.
February 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
From my daughter's legal studies teacher. Kinda dig this model.
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Orphans are too poor to afford their own housing and yet are splurging on a second bowl of artisan hand-made gruel
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Orphans are too poor to afford their own housing and yet are splurging on a second bowl of artisan hand-made gruel
At some point there is going to be a tipping point for public affect on US vs China. Things might get wild.
Latest figures show that Australians still hate the thought of travelling to the USA - me in #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
At some point there is going to be a tipping point for public affect on US vs China. Things might get wild.
Old enough to remember when Fortnite was being advertised solely as a PvE Basebuilder.
it's insane to me as someone who watched the live service model grow into what it is today that these kinds of games aren't even given a month to live and potentially grow and gain and audience when something like league or fortnite didn't blow up overnight.
February 12, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Old enough to remember when Fortnite was being advertised solely as a PvE Basebuilder.