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nickzoic.bsky.social
nick
@nickzoic.bsky.social
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Notorious Tinkerer, Nanoinfluencer & Flâneur. https://nick.zoic.org/ Trying to get to the future before I'm too old to enjoy it. ex-𝕏 nickzoic More often found on fediverse: @[email protected] but trying this out too. (pronouns: he/him)
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ChrisP @wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social · 1d
In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 9h
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

Founder's still got game though.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 10h
That is so dumb it is quite possibly true.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 12h
Dan Andrews On Phone In China Meme, which says "MAKE THEM TAKE TWO TRAINS TO WORK" and very larrge "EVERY DAY" Also Dan is wearing sunglasses now for no particular reason.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 1d
... he says, brushing crumbs from his shirt.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations, you are accidentally a computer programmer.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, the classic answer of "have your ancestors steal it and you inherit it."
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 1d
Imagine being the hacker who breaks into this one, hits download everything, wakes up to discover they now have a petabyte of poo shots.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 1d
betcha there was recently a documentary about on the gorilla channel.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 1d
Amazing life story too. I went looking for details of her musical processes (yeah, nerd) and found this excellent essay: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
The Compositional Possibilities Are Endless. By Else Marie Pade - The Wire
To coincide with Kammer Klang's season finale at Cafe Oto , read an exclusive essay by the late Danish electronic music pioneer Else Marie Pade, courtesy of her estate, whose music is featured alongs...
www.thewire.co.uk
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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1d
just found out about elsa marie pade, an electronic music pioneer from denmark. this 1958 piece is WILD. imagine hearing this in 1958
Else Marie Pade - "Syv Cirkler" (1958)
YouTube video by One Eyed King
www.youtube.com
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 1d
Oh that's hilarious I always thought there would be some good explanation like making sure expansion boards couldn't be put on misaligned but ... Happy Birthday, little headers :-)
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 2d
Also from memory (I did a bunch of maths on this last time it came up) we could roughly halve the emissions from propellants just by having a used inhaler disposal program.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 2d
To be fair, it might have become accidentally pulled out while he was looking for his soul.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 2d
The cybertruck of badges.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 2d
They should start handing out an igNobel for Logging Off.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 3d
"who the fuck asked you" is a useful go-to.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 4d
Yeah I got up to Hurstbridge yesterday, lovely day for it, but just dribbled up to the school and back today to keep the #biketober thing going ...
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 4d
Didya make it?
(I did not)
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 6d
I learned to recite Jabberwocky from memory because if I could get all the way through it without objections I knew she was truly asleep :-)
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 6d
I mean, yes and no, their business model probably depends on users getting bored of asking for inane Rule-34-esque crap after a day or two but keeping their subscription up for another couple of months just in case they get a crush on a new celebrity and/or species.

(taylor swift cache hit %age?)
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 6d
"This gorgeous innovation" is a contender for worst phrase.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 6d
Yep, i think people are scared by the idea that personality is elastic and plastic, that we can be changed both temporarily and permanently by the people and circumstances we are surrounded by.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 6d
Ah yes the ethnically pure London of the ... 1990s.
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nick @nickzoic.bsky.social · 7d
A happy black labrador retriever lays on a polished wooden floor (feature-grade plantation jarrah, thanks for asking) with one leg sticking out at a weird angle because labrador and she's looking right at the camera in case it suddenly turns into a treat or something.
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