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Push @pushonblue.bsky.social · 3h

It’s 30 years since the launch of Muzik and I’ll be talking about the magazine at a House Of Koko event in Camden tomorrow night (Friday), together with several other members of the Muzik team. It’s many years since I’ve seen some of them, so this should be good fun!

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Electronic Sound @electronicsound.bsky.social · 7h

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! We have GARY NUMAN on the cover of this month’s Electronic Sound and we’re bundling the magazine with an exclusive red vinyl seven-inch featuring two tracks from ‘Telekon’ chosen for us by the great man himself. Get your copy now at electronicsound.co.uk/issue130garynuman

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 22h

In the age of forums and early days MySpace and Bebo (and *very* early Facebook) I made some great friends who I still keep up with and have met multiple times. Everything post-2010 has been like shouting into a toilet.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 1d

Aside from anything else, it's become clear as I've become an adult that *more* people should have done some sort of English or humanities degree or module. It feels mad now that people used to sniff at Media Studies.

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 1d

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 6d

I never, ever thought I would be one of those "parents these days" people, but quite clearly parents these days view children as some sort of milestone that they've met and leave it at that, or just can't be bothered to put the effort in.

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 6d

DON'T HAVE CHILDREN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PARENT THEM GOOD GOD HOW HARD IS THIS TO UNDERSTAND?!

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 7d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 7d

Didn't even realise there was one!

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 7d

This year is apparently the year I chose to try and read about eight books at once, so I've obviously further decided that my spooky October read shall be King and Straub's 'The Talisman'.

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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 8d

i truly cannot get over this stupid AI image of a gas stove

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8d

I found this pretty persuasive. Maybe there's some evidence of real harm from the current regulatory status quo but doesn't really seem to be.

www.joshbarro.com/p/this-is-th...

This Is the Kind of Overregulation that Makes New York Unaffordable

The city council's plan to require plumbers to install all gas appliances in the city is an obstacle to Zohran Mamdani's pledge to freeze rents

www.joshbarro.com

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 8d

It feels like the 00s again for all the wrong reasons.

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 8d

I mean he seriously could not have revealed it at a worse time. I was genuinely staggered at the timing. I'm against it but even I was bit "lol wow lol"

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MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 8d

Some great reporting here: “One of the most prominent YouTubers, Anthony Styles, 59, has since deleted his AJ Audits channel after it was revealed he is a convicted paedophile. He was known to frequent protests… where demonstrators claimed to stand for the “protection of women and children”

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 9d

Hotels housing migrants are now YouTube content farms. Outrage = clicks. Clicks = cash: £10k–£20k a month, just for filming cruelty. Division is the business model.

Details here ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social

Lucrative hate: YouTubers target migrant hotels for clicks

YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 8d

Probably a good idea to stop using Twitter/X then.

Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 8d

Ed Miliband turns on Elon Musk. “He incites violence on our steeets. He calls for the overthrow of our government. He disseminates disinformation. He thinks he can tell us how to run Britain. We have a message for Elon Musk: ‘Get the hell out of our politics and our country!’”

Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 9d

ICYMI: a new edition of Happening Again is out now and the musical round-up this fortnight is heavy on the synth work.

Happening Again #46

Do androids dream of electronic music records?

happeningagain.substack.com

Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 10d

Good lord the future is 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵.

AI Commissioner | Comedy Sketch | Particle6

YouTube video by Particle6 TV

www.youtube.com

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 10d

Why would you want this? Who is this for? How does a human agent even represent an AI actress? Wtf is going on?

AI Actress Tilly Norwood Debuts at Zurich Summit as Industry Grapples With Emerging Tech: We Want Her ‘to Be the Next Scarlett Johansson’

AI actress Tilly Norwood has attracted the attention of multiple talent agents.

variety.com

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 12d

A really fun one to put together, with some absolute stonkers. The new Happening Again has just dropped into inboxes. Come and read why I'm raving about Mega Drive, OGRE Sound, @sferro.bsky.social, Infinite Luxury (@occams-laser.bsky.social), and the 'Silksong' score.

Happening Again #46

Do androids dream of electronic music records?

open.substack.com

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 12d

A really fun one to put together, with some absolute stonkers. The new Happening Again has just dropped into inboxes. Come and read why I'm raving about Mega Drive, OGRE Sound, @sferro.bsky.social, Infinite Luxury (@occams-laser.bsky.social), and the 'Silksong' score.

Happening Again #46

Do androids dream of electronic music records?

open.substack.com

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 13d

Why are people posting on social media in 5120x1080.

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 13d

Music journalism was once funded by labels advertising. In 2025, barely any record labels advertise, instead paying influencers to gab on. If you believe in cultural criticism and long-form writing, becoming a tQ subscriber is one vital way to ensure it survives:

thequietus.com/subscribers/

Subscribers | The Quietus

Support independent journalism and culture Help The Quietus continue bringing you the best in cultural criticism by joining one of our subscription tiers. Cancel easily anytime.

thequietus.com

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josh @lobstereo.bsky.social · 13d

asked to show my digital id card and get out my pdf of the magna carta

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 15d

For some reason, the last two issues of Happening Again have been my best performing. Thank you to all who read it. If you enjoy it, feel free to recommend it someone or even better yet, subscribe!

Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 22d

Happening Again #45 has dropped into inboxes, and features a musical round-up that includes @cecylruehlen.bsky.social and @matthewhiram.bsky.social, as well as bits on space and Silksong.

Happening Again #45

Through the looking-glass and then some

open.substack.com

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 15d

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 1, Episode 11

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Fin @finmilligan.bsky.social · 15d

Yeah I think this might be it, as I've noticed a considerable dip in quality quite recently. It's not a new thing of course but it has got worse as of late. It's a real shame as well. I don't understand why people are still on there. It's basically just 4chan these days.

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