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alanbenzie

@alanbenzie.bsky.social

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alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · Apr 25

Self promotion post. My old band have started putting tracks we made many years ago online and you might like them. this was recorded in Glasgow tenement 30 years ago, although I don't think it sounds like it
researchmusic.bandcamp.com/album/rise-s...

Rise Sessions, by Re:Search

researchmusic.bandcamp.com

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 15h

OK we're there! A conversation with @stewarthome.bsky.social is such a cultural encyclopedia-meets-rollercoaster, there was so much to look up.... as ever no-questions free subs for anyone on low income or in education, just DM, but obviously support if you can.

📸 @briandavidstevens.bsky.social

No. 41a: Stewart Home Part 1

Baudrillard and bootboys: broadcasting from the sewer with the provocateur extraordinare.

bassmidstopsandtherest.substack.com

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 23h

We can but hope

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

* Doctor quietly slips ticket for Pagliacci The Clown back into desk drawer*

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

I had an enquiring mind

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

Actively researched "What happens when you put milk in the sodastream?" Spent three hours cleaning the kitchen ceiling.

Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean “cheating on your partner” stupid, I mean stupid stupid. Like, once, I had this bubble bath which smelled absolutely delicious, so I took a big glug of it. That kind of stupid. (It did not taste delicious.)

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

Licked the end of an operating soldering iron to clean some flux off it.

Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean “cheating on your partner” stupid, I mean stupid stupid. Like, once, I had this bubble bath which smelled absolutely delicious, so I took a big glug of it. That kind of stupid. (It did not taste delicious.)

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

(I didn't really)

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

No one in this scenario was furiously overstyled though.

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

I felt so much better!

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

I was once feeling quite depressed on a bus, and I looked out the bus window to a rainy windswept shop doorway where I saw a gull corner a pigeon then grab the pigeon's head in its beak and snap its neck, then walk away.

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

Labradoodle here exhibiting the strange proportions that have led me to believe they are just people dressed up in dog costumes.

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 2d

These dogs were spotted taking a group photo in their Halloween costumes. We're impressed by the dog walker's dedication to getting the shot, but that ghost definitely wishes he could actually disappear. 14/10 for all (TT: franklinbarkzoo)

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

Lukewarm water? Lukewarm? LUXURY.

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 1d

I've set my sights on playing drums for LCD Soundsystem and then winning the Stirling Prize

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Zarah Sultana sets sights on replacing Labour and gaining power

Zarah Sultana sets sights on replacing Labour and gaining power

MP who left Labour in July to form leftwing grouping with Jeremy Corbyn, says party is not just one of protest The MP Zarah Sultana has said she hopes her new political party will ultimately replace Labour as she revealed she is committed to winning power. Sultana left the Labour party in July to form the new group, operating under the temporary name Your Party. Continue reading...

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alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 2d

*damp kids look up excitedly*

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 2d

A window cleaner once earnestly explained to my ex-wife, while standing outside on a fourth floor window ledge, that gravity was a conspiracy by the CIA and before the conspiracy humans used to be able to fly. He was also into crypto.

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social · 2d

In the 1600s, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, a nephew of Charles I of England, won a bet about whether a tunnel can be cut through a cube to allow another cube of equal size to pass through. Today, mathematicians study this “Rupert property” in many shapes. www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 2d

IIRC Jason had also been dumped by a woman, who chose Richard Ashcroft over him, which would explain a lot of the pain evident in the album.

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 2d

It's OSB rather than chipboard, if it's OSB/4 it is designed for loadbearing & wet/humid conditions, plus it's most likely also treated for the kitchen use. It's not a material choice I would make, but the council building control won't have signed off the building if it was failing that easily

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 3d

I had a Henry in my last flat and I grew to hate it. Yes, it did suck, but it was bulky and hard to store, awkward, noisy, tipped over rather than rolled. #teamMiele

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 3d

Irresponsibly posting my location on social media

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 3d

It's lower sugar than full fat Coke, but still about 60 cal per can.

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 3d

"Lunch at my desk" vs "interact with colleagues". I can't win here Stephen

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 4d

I have to use a PC at work and I hate Windows 11 with a heat that could melt ceramic. I would rather get a refurbed Mac than have to use Windows. (Not that MacOs isn't flawed, but it's still so much better).

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 4d

Did a dog draw that?

alanbenzie @alanbenzie.bsky.social · 4d

Now I need to know what treasure your daughter has discovered!