Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴
@derekjarman
(heavy) music fan, (very) amateur cricketer, EFC supporter, cook, animal-lover, cat servant, RPGer, PC gamer, pragmatist.
Tonight's viewing. Great fucken movie. www.imdb.com/title/tt0114...
GAEREA at Max Watts Melbourne. Good show (even if the PA system wasn't quite up to scratch) and I really appreciate a gig that finishes at a reasonably civilised time.
@altnoaa.bsky.social posted this AI-generated slop and tried to argue that the "feels" were strong enough to justify it. Garbage. Rules: 1. If you must post AI-generated images or video always label it clearly as such. 2. If you want to post something pleasant, go with something real.
"Australian Hero", you say @australia.theguardian.com? How about "pointless, robotic douchebag watched by a tiny minority"?
Just idly looking at the EA store... $40 for some aesthetics... on top of what you pay for the game. Not even a microtransaction... I don't play this game, but that seems like a grift to me. I did play a lot of Battlefield 2 - paid for the game, paid for some extra maps/content and that was all.
He's only a little bit broken... One extra foot isn't a problem, right?
If our governments hadn't been slaves to the road/trucking lobby for years, there might be trains that would reduce this problem.
In my view, a kneejerk response from the club. Another (recently extended) coach being paid *not* to coach the team. Inherited a shit list, makes some inroads but impatience is loud Shit clubs make shit decisions. I hope I look back on this post in later years and think "Man, was I wrong". #EFC
Cracking sky this morning. The mix of high and low-level cloud and a large one in just the right spot to catch the red of the early sun. #morningsky
Victorian premier, Jacinta Allen, includes the word "dickheads" in an official, government press-release. I see this as a positive. Bob Hawke's utterance of the word "bullshit" on national television was a turning point for swearing in Australia and I support this example as continuation. #auspol
This was with regard to a post by @cheriepriest.com who blocked me not long after this interaction (more weaksauce). Nothing I wrote was disrespectful or insulting, just engaging with the premise. Apparently she doesn't like it when something she posts publically "escapes containment".
Bandcamp Friday arrives. Time to clean out the wishlist. Go support an artist you love. Today's purchases. #metalsky \m/ #BandcampFriday
I 100% agree with this AOTM call by Angrymetalguy.com. Domhain are fantastic and this album is magical. #metalsky \m/
As an Essendon supporter I found the juxtaposition of the advert and the ladder on the AFL app amusing. C'mon, Bombers. Hopefully we can make some kind of game of it. #EssendonVBrisbane
@angrymetalguy.bsky.social The tag on Facebook doesn't seem to have worked, so I'm passing this on here. The guys in Domhain were very pleased with the recognition.
I wasn't sure that was true so I did a table of the bottom four for the last 14 seasons. I reckon WC (4 years), North (5) & GC (5) are outliers in the data, mostly it looks like teams are down there for 2-3 seasons. Of course, how high they rise varies.
I recently had the privilege of getting to see one of my favourite bands play live. Domhain put on a really good show and I'll remember it always. Thanks, guys. #heavymetal #metalsky \m/
beneathasteelsky1.bandcamp.com/album/cleave Leaving Glasgow by train under leaden skies. Soundtrack: Cleave by Beneath a Steel Sky. Nothing quite like watching the world go by while listening to great music.
One of the other cool things that can come from buying from independent artists is the personal notes. Very occasionally, and they are treasured. The one written on styrofoam from Chaos Beyond and the ones from the Hammers lads on the inside of an alcohol container are special. #metalsky \m/
One of the cool bonuses of buying a bunch of CDs and shirts from independent record labels and bands is the number of random (and not so random) stickers one can accumulate. #metalsky \m/
A simple treat is sitting out under the pergola while it buckets with rain. Occasional lightning and thunder help too.
A better representation of deaths in ICE custody over the years. People should be disappointed at any deaths in immigration custody, but Trump did preside over two of the worst years in the last 20. I think the phrase "abolish ICE" is self-defeating and stupid. But...
Saw this post from a MAGA-type on Twitter. Some of this is batshit, but there's three items on there that are accurate.