Ben Peake
@reddishraven.bsky.social
Somewhat random. Full of all the vices and none of the virtues of my Gen-X heritage. He/Him.
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Ben Peake
@reddishraven.bsky.social
· Mar 21
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YouTube video by clipping. - Topic
www.youtube.com
Given it's late March, probably past time I start a 2025 New Tunes thread.
First off the rank is art-rap group clipping. Daveed Diggs may not objectively be the best rapper in the world, but damn it if he's not my FAVOURITE.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvp5...
#NowPlaying
First off the rank is art-rap group clipping. Daveed Diggs may not objectively be the best rapper in the world, but damn it if he's not my FAVOURITE.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvp5...
#NowPlaying
*scratch scratch*
Let me in, I'm cold. Of course it's me, Shiveley Jordan
Let me in.
*scratch scratch*
Let me in, I'm cold. Of course it's me, Shiveley Jordan
Let me in.
*scratch scratch*
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
*scratch scratch*
Let me in, I'm cold. Of course it's me, Shiveley Jordan
Let me in.
*scratch scratch*
Let me in, I'm cold. Of course it's me, Shiveley Jordan
Let me in.
*scratch scratch*
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AUSTRALIAN AI: G’day! I’m Bonza, the LLM trained on dinky-di Aussie lingo! What can I do for you tod-
ME: Potato cake.
AUSTRALIAN AI: [sparks fly out of computer, explodes]
ME: Potato cake.
AUSTRALIAN AI: [sparks fly out of computer, explodes]
📢 Sovereign Australia AI wants to build a model that understands Australian culture and values. But does the country really need it?
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
‘Thongs aren’t underwear’: The case for an Australian ChatGPT
www.smh.com.au
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
AUSTRALIAN AI: G’day! I’m Bonza, the LLM trained on dinky-di Aussie lingo! What can I do for you tod-
ME: Potato cake.
AUSTRALIAN AI: [sparks fly out of computer, explodes]
ME: Potato cake.
AUSTRALIAN AI: [sparks fly out of computer, explodes]
Think I've been good, @profanity.accountant, can you check?
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Think I've been good, @profanity.accountant, can you check?
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Look, "Bernhard" was a typo. No additional snark intended.
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Look, "Bernhard" was a typo. No additional snark intended.
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“Holy haha, or holy peculiar?”
Muscular Christianity.
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“Holy haha, or holy peculiar?”
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November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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The Allan government is facing heavy criticism over its bungled Metro project, with services already failing to meet capacity demands.
Announcement at Footscray that the first #metrotunnel train "has left Sunbury on time and is already full" #MelbourneTrains
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Allan government is facing heavy criticism over its bungled Metro project, with services already failing to meet capacity demands.
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A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
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The Doctor is right and correct
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Doctor is right and correct
Bleakly, a mate of mine said he'd almost finished reading Abundance, because it's being taken seriously by policy makers and he needs to know how to debunk it when it comes up in conversation.
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Bleakly, a mate of mine said he'd almost finished reading Abundance, because it's being taken seriously by policy makers and he needs to know how to debunk it when it comes up in conversation.
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Celebrating a war crime to gloat that you can get away with it while people against the genocide experience further crackdowns on peaceful protest is so ghoulish.
“Social cohesion” my ass.
“Social cohesion” my ass.
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Celebrating a war crime to gloat that you can get away with it while people against the genocide experience further crackdowns on peaceful protest is so ghoulish.
“Social cohesion” my ass.
“Social cohesion” my ass.
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is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
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The UK Conservative Leader with a take like a poast from someone called @BritishIsraelite1933 or somesuch.
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The UK Conservative Leader with a take like a poast from someone called @BritishIsraelite1933 or somesuch.
Comedians starting shit and then being ASTOUNDED at the hostile response are a Bluesky subspecies all of their own...
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Comedians starting shit and then being ASTOUNDED at the hostile response are a Bluesky subspecies all of their own...
I'm really resistant to the idea of objective Evil as a thing. Hegseth is a significant challenge to that.
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I'm really resistant to the idea of objective Evil as a thing. Hegseth is a significant challenge to that.
They've really got to stop titling their digests this way, it does not read like three separate stories.
The evolving history of the Beatles, Buddhist extremism, and anatomy of a WhatsApp group scandal
The evolving history of the Beatles, Buddhist extremism, and anatomy of a WhatsApp group scandal
Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales
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Dear readers, the circus has left Canberra, which means we’ve reached the slow slide into 2026. Praise be. Before you dive into this week’s selection, feel free to nominate your favourite read of a somewhat lighter persuasion. I’ll be on Team Animalia (unless The Eleventh Hour finally gets its due). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
They've really got to stop titling their digests this way, it does not read like three separate stories.
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"That's Numberwang!"
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"That's Numberwang!"
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Jeff Buckley at the Palais
The Prodigy at the Big Day Out
Tatiana Nikolayeva at Hamer Hall
Archie Roach at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Weddings Parties Anything - The Central Club
Jeff Buckley at the Palais
The Prodigy at the Big Day Out
Tatiana Nikolayeva at Hamer Hall
Archie Roach at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Weddings Parties Anything - The Central Club
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
1. Barenaked Ladies at Universal Mardi Gras
2. Weird Al in Indianapolis
3. Mountain Goats in Durham
4. Jonathan Coluton in Raleigh
5. Flight of the Conchords in Cary
Look when you’re not a music guy you see a lot of novelty/comedy bands
1. Barenaked Ladies at Universal Mardi Gras
2. Weird Al in Indianapolis
3. Mountain Goats in Durham
4. Jonathan Coluton in Raleigh
5. Flight of the Conchords in Cary
Look when you’re not a music guy you see a lot of novelty/comedy bands
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
the Mountain Goats
the National
Jeff Mangum
Against Me!
Jenny Lewis circa The Voyager
the Mountain Goats
the National
Jeff Mangum
Against Me!
Jenny Lewis circa The Voyager
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Jeff Buckley at the Palais
The Prodigy at the Big Day Out
Tatiana Nikolayeva at Hamer Hall
Archie Roach at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Weddings Parties Anything - The Central Club
Jeff Buckley at the Palais
The Prodigy at the Big Day Out
Tatiana Nikolayeva at Hamer Hall
Archie Roach at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Weddings Parties Anything - The Central Club
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Look, I'm genuinely sorry for the Graham Linehan posts. I really am. But this is just too fucking astonishing not to share. The last paragraph of an Observer interview with him. Absolutely beyond parody. He's gone. He's absolutely fucking gone.
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Look, I'm genuinely sorry for the Graham Linehan posts. I really am. But this is just too fucking astonishing not to share. The last paragraph of an Observer interview with him. Absolutely beyond parody. He's gone. He's absolutely fucking gone.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Some on the right, including Elon Musk, are misinterpreting the game Dungeons & Dragons—and the intention behind its original story—to further a racist agenda, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues: theatln.tc/YRKYtIjQ
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Some on the right, including Elon Musk, are misinterpreting the game Dungeons & Dragons—and the intention behind its original story—to further a racist agenda, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues: theatln.tc/YRKYtIjQ
Men will quit the party and stand for One Nation, abandoning any loyalty they may have had to the party that elevated them to the highest office it has to offer...
... rather than go to therapy.
... rather than go to therapy.
I see Barnyard is having his 9th mid-life crisis.
November 27, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Men will quit the party and stand for One Nation, abandoning any loyalty they may have had to the party that elevated them to the highest office it has to offer...
... rather than go to therapy.
... rather than go to therapy.