Nick
@bucolicfield.bsky.social
Occasional thoughts about noisy experimental music and Cardiff town planning debacles. Mostly I just lurk.
Also here: https://letterboxd.com/vitalbeachyeah/films/diary/ and here: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/187052-nick
Also here: https://letterboxd.com/vitalbeachyeah/films/diary/ and here: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/187052-nick
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“They need better training” is just the liberal way of wanting nothing to change but also wanting to feel good about nothing changing
January 10, 2026 at 2:13 PM
“They need better training” is just the liberal way of wanting nothing to change but also wanting to feel good about nothing changing
Great band, RIP
So sad to hear the grapevine of death a few years back of High Rise’s Munehiro Narita, perhaps my favourite ever guitarist. Just been publicly announced. The wildest soloist you could imagine and an absolute beast on a riff. No rock music ever kicked more ass than this youtu.be/xDxqmLLgaeg?...
High Rise: Live (1994)
YouTube video by Lukáš Grygar
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Great band, RIP
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“you won’t get away with this”
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“you won’t get away with this”
so we're on step two of this?
Plausible worst case scenario with Venezuela in four steps:
1. Rubio and Venezuelan exiles sell the idea of decapitation strikes against Maduro to Trump as the one big thing that solves Venezuela, cartels and Cuba for the US.
1. Rubio and Venezuelan exiles sell the idea of decapitation strikes against Maduro to Trump as the one big thing that solves Venezuela, cartels and Cuba for the US.
January 3, 2026 at 10:50 AM
so we're on step two of this?
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i feel this way about CITIZEN KANE, which is a very fun and funny movie
People who think Kurosawa is “homework cinema” need to be slapped around a bit.
so cool that when Kurosawa made Seven Samurai, he was like, "What if a movie absolutely ripped for three-and-a-half hours straight?"
January 3, 2026 at 2:11 AM
i feel this way about CITIZEN KANE, which is a very fun and funny movie
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truly one of the geniuses of posting
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
truly one of the geniuses of posting
Okay, quick best-of-2025 thread. Here's the books which got the coveted 'five stars from Nick on goodreads' badge of honour:
December 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Okay, quick best-of-2025 thread. Here's the books which got the coveted 'five stars from Nick on goodreads' badge of honour:
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me: you boy what day is it today?
boy: nonces shout out of the window day.
me: oof you’ve absolutely done me there.
boy: nonces shout out of the window day.
me: oof you’ve absolutely done me there.
December 25, 2024 at 7:57 AM
me: you boy what day is it today?
boy: nonces shout out of the window day.
me: oof you’ve absolutely done me there.
boy: nonces shout out of the window day.
me: oof you’ve absolutely done me there.
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The creepy Joshua Project is an evangelical group with Pence connections with a huge database of "unreached peoples" "prime for conversion to Christianity." They have tons of language data from missionaries that nobody else has.
Anyway, I stole all of it. Here's one off-putting visualization
Anyway, I stole all of it. Here's one off-putting visualization
Phyllotaxis - Souls
dr.eamer.dev
December 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The creepy Joshua Project is an evangelical group with Pence connections with a huge database of "unreached peoples" "prime for conversion to Christianity." They have tons of language data from missionaries that nobody else has.
Anyway, I stole all of it. Here's one off-putting visualization
Anyway, I stole all of it. Here's one off-putting visualization
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just started having recency bias and i love it. easily the best bias
August 12, 2023 at 6:04 PM
just started having recency bias and i love it. easily the best bias
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Uganda lose 3-1 to Tunisia in the AFCON group stage, but can take some solace from the fact that they have one of the best flags in the world.
December 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Uganda lose 3-1 to Tunisia in the AFCON group stage, but can take some solace from the fact that they have one of the best flags in the world.
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You know how sometimes people will make sensationalist claims to the FBI for the fame and clout of them coming out six years later in a report no one was sure would ever be publicly available
* DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: SOME DOCUMENTS RELEASED CONTAIN UNTRUE AND SENSATIONALIST CLAIMS MADE AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE FBI RIGHT BEFORE 2020 ELECTION
* DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: TO BE CLEAR CLAIMS AGAINST TRUMP ARE UNFOUNDED AND FALSE
@reuters.com
* DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: TO BE CLEAR CLAIMS AGAINST TRUMP ARE UNFOUNDED AND FALSE
@reuters.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
You know how sometimes people will make sensationalist claims to the FBI for the fame and clout of them coming out six years later in a report no one was sure would ever be publicly available
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A type of rat with long legs called a Stilt Rat, would quickly become the darling of anyone who beheld it
December 30, 2024 at 7:26 PM
A type of rat with long legs called a Stilt Rat, would quickly become the darling of anyone who beheld it
This is a brilliant game which everyone should get/play
Paradise Killer is currently FREE on Epic Games Store as one of their festive free games! 😱
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
December 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is a brilliant game which everyone should get/play
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
A neat early 2020s thing was niche post-punkers Life Without Buildings being discovered by a new generation via TikTok. I see some actual live footage was unearthed on the back of that - www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIb...
Life without buildings – New Town (live)
YouTube video by Lwb Fan
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A neat early 2020s thing was niche post-punkers Life Without Buildings being discovered by a new generation via TikTok. I see some actual live footage was unearthed on the back of that - www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIb...
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insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
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HOW IS THIS REAL
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
HOW IS THIS REAL
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BORING: Assigning "levels of canon" to Star Wars media.
NOT BORING: Construing all Star Wars media as variously motivated propaganda which actually exists in some notional Star Wars universe, often only tenuously related to real events, and loudly speculating about what "really happened".
NOT BORING: Construing all Star Wars media as variously motivated propaganda which actually exists in some notional Star Wars universe, often only tenuously related to real events, and loudly speculating about what "really happened".
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
BORING: Assigning "levels of canon" to Star Wars media.
NOT BORING: Construing all Star Wars media as variously motivated propaganda which actually exists in some notional Star Wars universe, often only tenuously related to real events, and loudly speculating about what "really happened".
NOT BORING: Construing all Star Wars media as variously motivated propaganda which actually exists in some notional Star Wars universe, often only tenuously related to real events, and loudly speculating about what "really happened".
All Watched Over By Machines of Will and Grace
December 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
All Watched Over By Machines of Will and Grace
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You alright man? I keep seeing small damage numbers coming off you
July 8, 2024 at 7:00 AM
You alright man? I keep seeing small damage numbers coming off you
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It's that time of year again
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's that time of year again
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦