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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2h

French version

Dernière Danse (Indila): 9
Dernière Danse (Kyo): 8

Total : 17

Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Fun music game.

Take two songs with the same name and post your combined score out of 10. How high can you get?

No covers/no triples (e.g. Power of Love)

My first effort, which i think is hard to beat...

Zombie (Fela Kuti) 10/10
Zombie (The Cranberries) 7/10

Total score: 17

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2h

Breathe (The Prodigy): 10
Breathe (Taylor Swift): 8
[Breathe (Sean Paul Ft. Blu Cantrell): 8]

Total score: 18

Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Fun music game.

Take two songs with the same name and post your combined score out of 10. How high can you get?

No covers/no triples (e.g. Power of Love)

My first effort, which i think is hard to beat...

Zombie (Fela Kuti) 10/10
Zombie (The Cranberries) 7/10

Total score: 17

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2h

Angel (Mattafix): 9
Angel (Aerosmith): 8

Total score: 17

Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Fun music game.

Take two songs with the same name and post your combined score out of 10. How high can you get?

No covers/no triples (e.g. Power of Love)

My first effort, which i think is hard to beat...

Zombie (Fela Kuti) 10/10
Zombie (The Cranberries) 7/10

Total score: 17

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2h

#43
A Quiet Place (Seichō Matsumoto, 1975)

A bureaucrat’s wife dies suddenly in odd circumstances - what happened? Well crafted study on how mundanity can turn into destructive obsession, and fascinating window into corporate Japan of the 1970s. Recommended

#booksky 📚🖋️

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The Sociologist's Dojo @thesociologists.bsky.social · 8h

A Sociologist's lamentation.

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 1d

(Sorry)

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 1d

The mystery thickens. Now I'm very curious :)

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 1d

*post. Damn

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 1d

Had to read your pots thrice - was thinking what the ridiculous/funny part was in Let the RIGHT one in :) did not know a spoof (?) existed, might have to check it out

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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Fun music game.

Take two songs with the same name and post your combined score out of 10. How high can you get?

No covers/no triples (e.g. Power of Love)

My first effort, which i think is hard to beat...

Zombie (Fela Kuti) 10/10
Zombie (The Cranberries) 7/10

Total score: 17

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2d

I like also that the title below is “surrounded by idiots” - seems a good combo

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 2d

New Louise Kennedy novel out next year

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

www.irishtimes.com

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3d

It really is

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! Will have to check it out :)

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3d

In Tokyo?? Where!

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe a coincidence. But the fact that it very well might not be one says a lot about the current situation. And about disturbing times ahead.
Solidarity with Mark Bray

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3d

Brutal

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3d

Bubbles expert here.
This is not normal behaviour, these bubbles are afraid; they seem to move erratically, suggesting high levels of anxiety and distress. Being jumped at by large flightless birds tends to generate frenzied group responses in bubbles, that in turn exacerb

I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 3d

Penguin losing its mind over bubbles...

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

#bluesky #animals #wildlife #nature

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 3d

Penguin losing its mind over bubbles...

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

#bluesky #animals #wildlife #nature

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity with & ❤️ for Mark Bray.

#FCKNZS

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3d

That is the way

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 4d

JUST OUT: "Boundaries and Cleavages: Elements of a Cultural Sociology of Political Divides."

OA: direct.mit.edu/ecps/article...

It develops what the cultural sociology of group formation can contribute to research on political cleavages.

(And why "Somewheres vs Anywheres" really doesn't cut it.)

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 4d

Definitely not. But is more hesgethian

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 4d

But then it gets deep fried in batter, right? Right?

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 4d

“Tough tofu” was just there

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 4d

:)
Fully agree on the substance of your post, by the way

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 4d

Would be so nice if the 2022 election was sill ahead. Those last few years have been a lot

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 4d

Love it profoundly