Ah, Ich hatte nicht begriffen, dass eine Zurückweisung essentieller Teil der Argumentation war. Also „der Traum vom neuen Menschen“ negativ belegt, und „Traum“ insofern nicht als Utopie sondern eher als „Hirngespinst“ gemeint war.

Well, you have a popular one! Praise the Lord! I am just posting into the void.

Ich stehe gerade auf dem Schlauch (habe aber auch gerade meine traditionelle Weihnachtsgrippe): Inwiefern räumt man *den* Mechanismus der Popkultur ab, wenn man den „Traum vom neuen Menschen“ als „Auflösung der bi-polaren Geschlechterordnung“ interpretiert?

DPD are the worst. „you weren’t home, we‘ll try another day AND your parcel is on its way to a Pick-Up AND going back to our delivery Center“. „Your parcel is back at our delivery center AND here is the Address of a Pick-Up Location“.

Sigmund Freud was always an hour early for trains. At least he was in „The End Of The World News“ by Anthony Burgess. I don’t know if he was in real life. But I am happy to blurr the line between fiction and fact here.

I am always at least 30 Minutes early. I have taken a vow never to run for public transport decades ago. So for busses and the tube I might actually slow down when I see it might get close. I just wait for the next one. Trains: always 30 minutes early. At least.

I will dig out the DVD. Time for some quality TV

It is really grating to hear the wonderful Edwyn Collins sing „She‘s my raison d‘être, exetra exetra“ on the also wonderful Orange Juice song „Bury My Head In My Hands“. I wish I were more relaxed about it. I also wish Peter Cetera had a brother called „Edwyn“.

Thank you so much! It is really of absolutely no importance but still annoying as fuck. „Two expressos exetera…“

Personally 1987 and 2008 were probably worse. But, hell, the state of it all. Objectively 2025 was probably the worst year since I was born. And it looks very much like the worst is yet to come.

You are absolutely right. I need to be more positive ;) I discovered some really interesting new music while browsing your list.

So much good stuff I haven’t heard of, but should have.

Not a big fan of Bertolucci either. I suppose the film could have been much better, Paul Bowles‘ novel is a masterpiece. But the film is okay and Sakamoto‘s music is borderline perfect.

so glad to see @barryglendenning.bsky.social running the guardian live blog right now because this is the correct commentary

While I admit that that is probably the best and most natural reaction to the song, I have to admit I quite liked it. When it came out. And I was eleven. Their style is probably worse than the song. If possible.

Okay, haven’t seen that one, but it *sounds* quite obviously AI. But then again, you never know with these beasts… 😄

Damn now the educational aspect is gone with the video. Which one was it? In case I have come across it and taken it for real.

Tesla employees passed around photos of the insides of customers' garages, footage of what they were doing inside/near their cars. The cars were OFF at the time, a nude Tesla driver walking past their car in the privacy of their own garage became a Tesla office meme

Stop embracing surveillance tech