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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 22h

A reminder for those interested, that the source material for this upcoming documentary is available in book form!

Amazon link for 'Saucers, Spooks and Kooks: UFO Disinformation in the Age of Aquarius', by @agorightly.bsky.social:

www.amazon.com/Saucers-Spoo...

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 14h

This #buyastrangerabook offer from @notmoro.bsky.social is still up for grabs.

Jess is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £20!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, let us know!

UK only

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 21h

More #buyastrangerabook day action!

@notmoro.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £20!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, let us know!

UK only

Jess (Eldritch mode) 🎃 @notmoro.bsky.social · 22h

Yes please, I would like to BUY A STRANGER A BOOK, up to £20. ("Strangers" can include mutuals I don't know very well, unless I have already bought them a book previously.)

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Xenia Pestova Bennett @xeniapestova.bsky.social · 18h

coming up in Edinburgh! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leaky-bodi...

Leaky bodies and touchy software

A concert and exhibition opening featuring new music that explores instruments, bodies, software and hardware.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social · 1d

Back in ye ol' Tumblr days, I was posting Art Adams art like it was my job. Eventually, he heard about it and he and Joyce started sending me commissions and other pieces he thought I might enjoy posting. I just found the folder. wow.

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thebotmakes.bsky.social @thebotmakes.bsky.social · 1d

boomkat.com/products/woo... this has a piece on it that’s bassoon (or technically 7 bassoons, 6 of which are taped but I’ve assumed no electronics meant fx / synths rather than this, apologies if not!). The whole album is excellent!

Mary Jane Leach - Woodwind Multiples

Mary Jane Leach is a composer focussed on the physicality of sound, its acoustic properties and how they interact with space. She has played an instrumental role in NYC’s pioneering Downtown scene alo...

boomkat.com

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nicola @gleanniucha.bsky.social · 1d

Please, if good television matters to you, repost or repackage this video until everyone you follow has seen it

#televisionmatters

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thebotmakes.bsky.social @thebotmakes.bsky.social · 1d

Now playing 👇

And obviously the reversy thing will be getting done 😂

JR Moores @spinal-bap.bsky.social · 12d

While we’re celebrating the anniversary of Sonic Youth’s Washing Machine, here’s a reminder that the founding members of Mogwai used to repeatedly listen to The Diamond Sea, backwards as well as forwards. @mogwai.scot @plasmatron.bsky.social

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1 of 100 @weare1of100.bsky.social · 1d

We’re doing something we’ve never done before, a Ltd Edition drop in the shop!
Fini Tribe are taking over with their album launch, spinning 45s, signing records, and teaming up with us on a collab tee.
Form an orderly queue, folks 😉
📍Saturday 11th Oct, 1pm

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Faex Optim @faexoptim.bsky.social · 2d

My next full-length LP 'Solar Drift' will be release by Touched Music on 7th November. The album will be available on Vinyl, CD, and digital formats - 6 original tracks + 2 guest remixes (and 2 bonus remixes on CD and digital versions) - available initially via the label's Bandcamp.

More to follow.

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1 of 100 @weare1of100.bsky.social · 2d

Reposts very much appreciated 🙏

1 of 100 @weare1of100.bsky.social · 2d

Fini Tribe will be in Glasgow on Sat 11th, 1pm in our shop! They will have records and CDs to sell and for the first time EVER you will be able to order their Limited Edition T-shirt number too before it goes online. Four of the band are going to play some 45s and have a blether. Let The Tribe Grow.

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ThunderOwl @thunderowl.one · 2d

"Build a #DIY #FPGA #Synthesizer—No Soldering Needed! Discover how to assemble the XVA1 (aka XFM2) synthesizer—powered by the Artix A7 35T FPGA—entirely on a breadboard. This beginner-friendly, no-solder build is perfect for synth enthusiasts, makers, and curious DIYers."
youtu.be/nki57HRnFIw

XVA1 DIY FPGA synthesizer: no soldering build

YouTube video by Floyd Steinberg

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qdot @buttplug.engineer · 2d

Boards of Canada's Olsen performed on a PDP-1. Holy shit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubk...

Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer

YouTube video by Joe Lynch

www.youtube.com

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thebotmakes.bsky.social @thebotmakes.bsky.social · 3d

The Gogar Stone in Edinburgh. Not the biggest stone but close enough to my work to make it a lunchtime megalith, and i was grinning like an idiot on the way back to work at the thought of that 😀 #StandingStoneSunday @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social

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thebotmakes.bsky.social @thebotmakes.bsky.social · 3d

PotAIto has had a glow up for her big day out! Come and see if you can make this cybertuber smile at Heart of Newhaven’s Tattie Fest, 2:30 - 5 today.

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Red Pill Junkie @redpilljunkie.bsky.social · 5d

It's my Entropy+1 day, so you know the rules: Please like and share my artwork.

absurdbydesign.com

Arena México illustration, drawn by Miguel Romero (absurdbydesign.com)

The Catsorcists illustration, drawn by Miguel Romero

Illustration made to promote Loren Coleman's International Cryptozoology Museum, drawn by Miguel Romero (absurdbydesign.com)

Super Inframan Illustration, drawn by Miguel Romero (absurdbydesign.com)

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Chloe/ RAICA @chloeharris.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s my new album quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/the-ab... bandcamp day woo.

The Absence of Being, by Raica

7 track album

quietdetails.bandcamp.com

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thebotmakes.bsky.social @thebotmakes.bsky.social · 6d

This is a pro(ta)totype for the PotAIto, which I’m displaying this Sunday 2:30 to 5 at the Heart of Newhaven’s Tattie Fest in Edinburgh. It’s a potato based and powered AI entity, combining 2 of my great loves, chips and chips. His little smile lights up when he sees a human face 😀 #circuitpython

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 7d

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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thebotmakes.bsky.social @thebotmakes.bsky.social · 6d

Ha ha brilliant, that’s how to sell me music 👍

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Robin Rimbaud - Scanner @scannerdot.com · 7d

Come and join in the Listening Party with @quietdetails.bsky.social and myself tomorrow night, 2 October.

quietdetails.bandcamp.com/merch/qd40-s...

qd40 Scanner - Forces, Reactions, Deflections Listening Party from quiet details

Listening Party from quiet details.

quietdetails.bandcamp.com

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Lane! Draws! Comics! @lanedraws.bsky.social · 8d

I'm 33 today. Birthdays are always a bit weird for me, but, if you'd like to celebrate it, you could share this post with my art and my portfolio attached. ;)

Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com

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Field Lines Cartographer @flcartographer.bsky.social · 8d

Here we go - my final release of 2025…

Norman Records @normanrecords.com · 9d

PREORDER: 'Apeiron Anxiety' by Field Lines Cartographer

New full-length on Castles In Space from FLC, an electronic concept work exploring themes of Greek philosopher and his theories of apeiron.

@flcartographer.bsky.social @castlesinspace.bsky.social
www.normanrecords.com/records/2120...

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quiet details @quietdetails.bsky.social · 8d

Tomorrow friends

qd40 @scannerdot.com

First thing as always ✨

#scanner #quietdetails #music #experimental #ambient #fieldrecording #bandcamp #musicsky

quiet details @quietdetails.bsky.social · 14d

Coming soon - qd40 Scanner - Forces, Reactions, Deflections

For our fortieth release in the quiet details series I have the honour of presenting an incredible interpretation from one of the most boundlessly innovative figures in the creative arts, Robin Rimbaud, here as Scanner @scannerdot.com