Ted Loaf
@tedloaf.bsky.social
Views, mostly borrowed. Bicycles, clobber, music & afternoon naps. Will do Kier for cash.
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So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
Oh my darling can’t you see, you mean so much to me!
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Oh my darling can’t you see, you mean so much to me!
An itch you can’t scratch.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
An itch you can’t scratch.
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
From a year when I was mainly listening to the first Sabres album and this.
For this week's Sunday Review, I went long on one of my favorite albums of all time: Giant Steps by the Boo Radleys.
The Boo Radleys: Giant Steps
Read Zach Schoenfeld’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From a year when I was mainly listening to the first Sabres album and this.
Sunday church bells and I start singing A Man of Great Promise.
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Sunday church bells and I start singing A Man of Great Promise.
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
TOTPs 1981 contains my initial exposure to pop music. The Jam had no significant hits in 81 and I wonder if they hadn’t come back in 82, I may have been slightly more optimistic about life….
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
TOTPs 1981 contains my initial exposure to pop music. The Jam had no significant hits in 81 and I wonder if they hadn’t come back in 82, I may have been slightly more optimistic about life….
Booking a train ticket and the app has asked me to confirm my age in order to personalise my experience . Have entered 19. I expect cheekbones, raves/clubs and a sense of wonder.
November 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Booking a train ticket and the app has asked me to confirm my age in order to personalise my experience . Have entered 19. I expect cheekbones, raves/clubs and a sense of wonder.
Enough with the joanna!
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Enough with the joanna!
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Today's news reminded me of the greatest interview ever.
Mani causing utter chaos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6HR0-1wsJw
Mani causing utter chaos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6HR0-1wsJw
Primal Scream Interview @ Glastonbury 2005
YouTube video by marcelicapavel
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Today's news reminded me of the greatest interview ever.
Mani causing utter chaos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6HR0-1wsJw
Mani causing utter chaos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6HR0-1wsJw
Without Mani they would have remained a goth racket. Very sad.
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Without Mani they would have remained a goth racket. Very sad.
“Are you playing that music you make dad?”
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Are you playing that music you make dad?”
Is all Ai use wrong? Specifly, all LLM use?
If it enables a state secondary teacher, that is doubling as a department head, to rapidly create lesson resources (without Ai slop) why should they not use it?
If it enables a state secondary teacher, that is doubling as a department head, to rapidly create lesson resources (without Ai slop) why should they not use it?
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Is all Ai use wrong? Specifly, all LLM use?
If it enables a state secondary teacher, that is doubling as a department head, to rapidly create lesson resources (without Ai slop) why should they not use it?
If it enables a state secondary teacher, that is doubling as a department head, to rapidly create lesson resources (without Ai slop) why should they not use it?
And now, the pub to celebrate Olly Cracknell.
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
And now, the pub to celebrate Olly Cracknell.
“Many never released together before.”
Bought from a second hand place in Sydney Street, Brighton 1985.
Bought from a second hand place in Sydney Street, Brighton 1985.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Many never released together before.”
Bought from a second hand place in Sydney Street, Brighton 1985.
Bought from a second hand place in Sydney Street, Brighton 1985.
Social media weight watchers.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Social media weight watchers.