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Thank fuck. I really do mean it. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Part of the philosophy of our computer-less / DAW-less album project is to deliberately put back the flaws and natural variations. We’ve all grown accustomed to hearing nothing but smoothed perfection and we’re training AI with that accordingly. This approach is a form of resistance. It’s also fun.

My daughter, 14, is now recording vocal duets with me on this computer-less album project. I think that’s just about the best thing there is. She’s fucking nailing it too, with heart.

@schwindter.bsky.social saw this and the first person I could think of to send it to was yourself. That’s purely down to how many episodes of By-the-Bywater I’ve absorbed at this point.

His co-defendant, a Mr S. Doo, entered a plea of “Ruh-roh!”

Ambient Selection: Aphelion: a tribute to Lorraine Hansberry by Fold (@fold.fm) #music #ambient

Why are international media suddenly teeing up fear of a plague outbreak? My neurospicey pattern recognition system joined some crazy dots on this one. Might all be hyperbolic nonsense, you be the judge. foldfm.substack.com/p/why-are-in...

#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes & guzzle our water. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming our communities and environment now. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

Happy birthday to the late, great Fannie Lou Hamer. How we need her energy and courage now. fold.bandcamp.com/track/dont-k...

Saving this one for just the right moment.

“Civilisations should never be confused with the states that they typically outlast, nor should we unreflectively prefer larger units of political order to smaller units.” — James C. Scott (Against the Grain) This statement will become very important in the coming few years, mark it’s words.

I am happy to report that our return to a more physical, embodied approach to making records (without a computer / DAW) is paying major dividends. We’re two tracks in and the results are something special. Everything comes out sounding like it was made in the 1970s, which is no bad thing (we think).

Just a note of solidarity with French students who are protesting the conditions of their schooling. When a generation feels continuously exploited and disenfranchised, what choice do they have? Media coverage would do well to focus a little more on the reasons for their actions, in our opinion.

“Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that.” — Nemik’s Manifesto (Andor)

Idea for a satirical imperialist mascot: Hegemony Cricket.

Odd that they’ve had so many egg shortages in the US with all those chickens coming home to roost.

And indeed, looking ahead to our next episode, out in a couple of weeks.

We are well underway working on an album made entirely offline without the help of a modern computer (no DAW). There will be no editing at all, every sound you hear will be an actual performance. We won’t even reverse anything (and that’s really hard for me). We’re using a Tascam DP-24SD.

We did it! A million signers at stoptheracetoreplace.org?bsky -- still time to add your name and share this campaign widely...

As a NYC resident on 9/11, and having narrowly avoided the disaster zone due to being late for work, of course 9/11 was a pivotal moment for me. Yet as traumatic as the day’s events were, it was the aftermath that affected me the most. Here’s the full story: open.spotify.com/episode/4pE2...

For years, New Yorkers have demanded access to City records about the lasting health impacts of the horrific September 11th attacks. For years, they have been denied and ignored. That ends today. nyc.gov/sept11docs

Our latest episode is live! (Our 90th, crazy to think it.) This time around we talk about bodies in #Tolkien — we all have one (or at least we hope you do), so how are they thought of for Elves and beyond? Listen in for more! Art by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social as ever!

“Add your name to the declaration, stop the AI race to replace humans” stoptheracetoreplace.org/en

We’ve made it to 6 #podcast episodes! It seems many do not so this is a happy milestone. Our latest episode just went out, the first to feature another member of Fold: our incredible drummer Jimmy "on a life of music, neurological differences and the state of tech." open.spotify.com/episode/6Wm7...

Please sign this petition demanding immediate action to end the British government’s complicity in Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, as well as its illegal occupation and other violations of international law. palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/tell-andy-bu...

Water nationalisation for our water security? End north sea oil & gas - invest in renewables for our energy security? A maximum workplace temperature for worker security? No. A request not to sell BBQs. This is dire from Andy Burnham. Spectacularly mishandling the crisis.

If this makes you as angry as it should: take some action. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Over the past week I’ve taken some drastic measures to change how I make music. I’m stepping away from the computer as much as possible in all aspects of writing and production. I’ve spent so much time locked into the computer paradigm that it has become almost joyless. Happy days are ahead.

It is #BandcampFriday again! If you were thinking of buying our music via Bandcamp then this is the best day for that. Merch… All LPs are still only £10 each. Also, vinyl bundles: 1) All 12"s: 3 LPs + EP = £35 2) All 7"s: 4 45s = £15 3) Fold LP + 3 7" singles = £15 Visit fold.bandcamp.com/merch

81 years ago today the USA dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. We dedicate our anti-war piece ‘In the Goodness of Time’ to the people of Hiroshima, past & present. The scale of human loss still eludes us as we continue to murder each other over resources & profits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3oJ...

This morning I was joined by a firefighter, a medic, a former soldier and Chris Packham to call on the government to act now. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.

If you are, like us, massive Tolkien fans then this is the podcast for you. We never miss an episode.

bunnies scurry past the rusting remains of the noo-noo and voice trumpets scream as the red teletubby sun, greybearded and laughing, expands to devour the land

Jonathan Porritt has been arrested. As he says "trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism."

I've just signed "Open University, stop advertising on Rupert Murdoch's Talk Radio" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/op... @stopfundinghate.bsky.social

if you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation

The more we look away and brush these things under the carpet, the less human we become.

“When I go, I want to go in my sleep like my grandfather—not screaming like the passengers in his car.” — Spike Milligan

I just signed a @foxglovelegal.bsky.social petition: Health Secretary Yvette Cooper: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign here: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/yv...

I stopped buying DVDs ca 2005 having only collected ~20. I hated how expensive they were & illegally copied loads until downloads took over. 21 years later, I was given a £400 Sony player for free and can buy 5 DVDs for £1 at my local charity shop. My revenge, cold as it may be, is finally complete.

As the UK welcomes a new Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, women and children in Palestine continue to face the horrors of genocide and illegal occupation. This is a chance for change. We need urgent action to help end the violence. Email the new Foreign Secretary now: bit.ly/4w4q0NH

Look: stories are everything. EVERYTHING. They are the cognitive framework of our personal reality AND societal reality. We need to tell ourselves, and each other, different stories if we want to change the world. Left vs Right is a story that doesn’t serve us well. Its time to let that one go.

Microsoft is planning to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire & become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

This article argues that for Argentinian football, “violent behaviours are endemic to the sociocultural composition of the game itself, and that incidents of belligerence and antagonism cannot be separated from its wider context.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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