Lachlan Musicman
datakid.bsky.social
Lachlan Musicman
@datakid.bsky.social
Systems - computer and otherwise, data science, political and cultural theory. Book reader, music listener, D'n'D participant, traveler.
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it's Christmas Eve but it's also the 16 year anniversary of the time an art historian for the Hungarian National Gallery spotted a long lost painting while watching Stuart Little with his 3-year-old daughter, recognizing it in the movie set
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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In "Breaking the World," Justin Mann analyzes the work of Octavia E. Butler, Colson Whitehead, and Janelle Monáe to show how their practices of speculation are tools to break apart the antiblack world of the security state. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/wsdmSyo
December 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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"Something bigger than favorite" for Shigeru Mizuki is how I feel too.
Just finished volume two of Tokyo These Days. I think I've decided I have a favorite comic artist, and it is Matsumoto Taiyo. Mizuki Shigeru feels like something bigger than favorite, in a hard to pin point way. So it's Matsumoto.
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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The obvious & cruel irony is: the same welfare surveillance state which uses invasive tech to monitor our behaviour — right down to who we sleep with — refuses to monitor the outsourced providers it pays billions of dollars to make punishment decisions under social security law
December 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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December 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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I've started blogging again - this time about why bad food reviews are so rare in Singapore (and the country's last honest food reviewer).

Read it here: www.singapore-samizdat.com/p/the-most-s...
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Following the region and being Australian is very tricky this time of year! Everything winding down at home but certainly not elsewhere - big Najib update AND an ASEAN meet on the border crisis today
December 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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I will never get tired of coming across people sharing my art.
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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There is a Locke, Hobbs, and a Rousseau playing in the NFL. There is also a Luther, Calvin, and a Knox.
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
No carols at my local cafe at this time. Joy Division and Lou Reed before 9am. The kids these days/the kids are alright (?!)
December 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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A book of menus from 1809 has been used to re-create historic bento boxes for a 220-year-old Shimosawa inn. japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/features/del...
Students Recreate 19th-Century Bento Boxes Made for Ino Tadataka’s Survey Team in Hot Spring Town on Nakasendo Road
<p>NAGANO — University students recently devised recipes to re-create a menu that was offered to the surveying team of Ino Tadataka, who created Japan’s first surveyed map, when they stayed in Shimosu...
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp
December 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Oh boy, Zootopia is the worst visual art I've ever seen in my life. I am speechless. #acab
December 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
LOL at private health premium increases.What a scam. They even tell you why - above CPI needed to maintain the same level of profit. Better results with cheaper coverage in the public system. Don't be a sucker.
December 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Just finished volume two of Tokyo These Days. I think I've decided I have a favorite comic artist, and it is Matsumoto Taiyo. Mizuki Shigeru feels like something bigger than favorite, in a hard to pin point way. So it's Matsumoto.
December 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Me hearing about the Ashes: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

Me watching the Ashes: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
December 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙‍♀️🎄
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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In 2026 I hope you get freakier and get plenty of money and become the cutest or scariest you wanna be and that your hard earned talents and hobbies reward you endlessly
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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tram from footscray station, down ballarat road, all the way to caroline springs town centre via caroline springs station - ALP will never lose another election in the west for at least 3 generations if they build this
These proposals from Infrastructure Victoria to extend tram lines make a lot of sense. They'd make Melbourne's trams more useful for more people by better connecting to railway stations and other suburban destinations.
How about it, Vic govt?
December 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Record Store Buys Former Prison’s Entire Vinyl Collection

Pentridge Prison in Melbourne was a most imposing structure

The entire Pentridge Prison music catalogue - almost 2,000 records - now belongs to Joshua Smith,
owner of the beloved Footscray Records

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X-E...
Record Store Buys Former Prison’s Entire Vinyl Collection | 10 News+
YouTube video by 10 News
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December 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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While you're reflecting on this year that is almost past, check out our new episode on nostalgia! @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social @philosophymatters.bsky.social @jenhkling.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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As this Crimethinc article I keep coming back to says:
crimethinc.com/2018/03/22/w...
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=phV7... Best Chinese Movies of 2025 (and more) by @accentedcinema.bsky.social
Best Chinese Movies of 2025 (and more)
YouTube video by Accented Cinema
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December 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM