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
www.youtube.com
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...
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Ex-fucking-squeeze me but who signed off on describing Wuthering Heights as "The Greatest Love Story Of All Time"?!
Is that the book about the most malignant cunts ever imagined and the violence they inflict on those around them?
Jesus Christ. It is a very good novel, but LOVE STORY?! Fuckin hell.
Is that the book about the most malignant cunts ever imagined and the violence they inflict on those around them?
Jesus Christ. It is a very good novel, but LOVE STORY?! Fuckin hell.
February 13, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Ex-fucking-squeeze me but who signed off on describing Wuthering Heights as "The Greatest Love Story Of All Time"?!
Is that the book about the most malignant cunts ever imagined and the violence they inflict on those around them?
Jesus Christ. It is a very good novel, but LOVE STORY?! Fuckin hell.
Is that the book about the most malignant cunts ever imagined and the violence they inflict on those around them?
Jesus Christ. It is a very good novel, but LOVE STORY?! Fuckin hell.
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'Angus Taylor has argued there is a distinction between “good migration” and “bad migration”, saying the former brought cappuccinos to Australia.'
Boy from The King's School say what?
Boy from The King's School say what?
February 13, 2026 at 3:42 AM
'Angus Taylor has argued there is a distinction between “good migration” and “bad migration”, saying the former brought cappuccinos to Australia.'
Boy from The King's School say what?
Boy from The King's School say what?
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1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18.
Our obligation is to them, colleagues.
Them.
Our obligation is to them, colleagues.
Them.
February 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18.
Our obligation is to them, colleagues.
Them.
Our obligation is to them, colleagues.
Them.
Wish someone was live-monitoring Ley's cortisol levels. The falloff following the leadership decision would have been an incredibly steep cliff.
February 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Wish someone was live-monitoring Ley's cortisol levels. The falloff following the leadership decision would have been an incredibly steep cliff.
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The govt isn’t ’failing to close the gap’ they are succeeding in creating the impression that they are trying to close the gap while ignoring all the evidence of what should be done to actually close it.
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The govt isn’t ’failing to close the gap’ they are succeeding in creating the impression that they are trying to close the gap while ignoring all the evidence of what should be done to actually close it.
Again, nothing is ever Malcolm's fault.
(even if you agree with his underlying criticisms)
(even if you agree with his underlying criticisms)
Malcolm Turnbull says the problems he had while PM weren’t with Labor, but “with people like Angus Taylor & Tony Abbott, & their friends in the media”
“They had control over Dutton, they burnt it to the ground.”🔥
“They’ve now got their man in again with Angus Taylor” #auspol
“They had control over Dutton, they burnt it to the ground.”🔥
“They’ve now got their man in again with Angus Taylor” #auspol
February 13, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Again, nothing is ever Malcolm's fault.
(even if you agree with his underlying criticisms)
(even if you agree with his underlying criticisms)
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Momentum is building within the Nationals' membership for the party to contest the Farrer by-election against the Liberals, 6 News understands
Sussan Ley won the seat from the Nats in 2001, but they are now able to contest with no incumbent member in the running
Sussan Ley won the seat from the Nats in 2001, but they are now able to contest with no incumbent member in the running
February 13, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Momentum is building within the Nationals' membership for the party to contest the Farrer by-election against the Liberals, 6 News understands
Sussan Ley won the seat from the Nats in 2001, but they are now able to contest with no incumbent member in the running
Sussan Ley won the seat from the Nats in 2001, but they are now able to contest with no incumbent member in the running
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Reminder that Alex Taylor’s delusional belief that OpenAI had “murdered” his GPT4o companion precipitated the violent breakdown that ended with his suicide by cop. For some of these people, the consequences of losing this sycophantic model will be severe.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
February 13, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Reminder that Alex Taylor’s delusional belief that OpenAI had “murdered” his GPT4o companion precipitated the violent breakdown that ended with his suicide by cop. For some of these people, the consequences of losing this sycophantic model will be severe.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
The White Ambassador with Bjorn Stewart | Always Was Tonight
YouTube video by ABC Indigenous
www.youtube.com
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*.