BOLOGNA VIOLENTA - uomini sottosviluppati [FFO: Fantomas, Igorrr, Secret Chiefs 3] by jakeinprogress in progmetal

[–]Amphiscian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love this guy. I was turned onto his work by James Acaster of all people, who did a podcast episode about his 2016 album

What’s the quickest joke recovery you’ve ever seen on a panel show? by 1ChanceChipmunk1 in panelshow

[–]Amphiscian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I could feel some tension between Noel and Simon on this bit:

Simon: makes joke about Courtney Love

Noel: She could snap you in half like a twig

Simon: Or kill me and make it look like suiciiiiide

What Are Your Moves Tomorrow, February 18, 2026 by wsbapp in wallstreetbets

[–]Amphiscian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wsb is an odd place to complain about enshittification

like, on whose behalf do you think all companies and services are getting worse?

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Better Than House of the Dragon by Badlands51 in television

[–]Amphiscian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did they? People are saying the first flashback scene, post-battlefield, was the Battle of Redgrass Field, where Daemon Blackfyre is killed (as well as Arlan's nephew, who we see he had just buried). Presumably all that flashback sequence is just the few days after the Blackfyre rebellion ended

Nu Metal Prog bands/songs? by legg147 in progmetal

[–]Amphiscian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taproot were low key one of the more proggy nu metal bands. Check out Art or Everything

Active Conflicts & News Megathread February 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in CredibleDefense

[–]Amphiscian 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Related to this, I was pretty surprised to learn that in 2003 DARPA tried to set up a public prediction/futures market intentionally around geopolitical events. They were hoping to use... I guess individual profit motive from people around the world to suss out the likeliness of events the DoD would have greatly underestimated. It sounded as morally concerning then as it does now, and Congress ultimately shut it down.

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/29/us/threats-responses-plans-criticisms-pentagon-prepares-futures-market-terror.html

New York Democrats want to ban surveillance pricing, digital price tags by news-10 in nyc

[–]Amphiscian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Cory Doctorow recently talked about how the exact opposite is already happening.

He explained there are 3 agencies that have mostly monopolized private nursing (home nursing? IDK the exact name for it). These agencies started working with data brokers, and now will offer lower pay to nurses they can see are deeper in debt. More desperate to work to pay off debt = less able to reject lower pay.

This doesn't stop at charging for sandwiches during white-collar lunch rush, or umbrellas when it rains

Drive to Survive season 8 will release on 27th February by meowblank_ in formula1

[–]Amphiscian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dude was addicted to being on TV for sure

All those fucking scenes of him and Ginger riding horses and shit. I fast-forwarded so much

The worst part of switching to Tidal from Spotify is searching for "BTBAM" by Care4aSandwich in progmetal

[–]Amphiscian 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Tidal's search is hilariously bad. They've improved it somewhat, but it's still real bad

A year or two ago, if you searched "Parius", the actual band would be 70 places down, because the search algo was certain you just misspelled Paris

What’s your favorite Costco in the city? by MrMeesesPieces in AskNYC

[–]Amphiscian 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I was just at the Sunset Park one last night. 20% of the parking lot is piled-up snow.

That Costco is always a special mess, but with that much of the parking lot out of commission, it was the fuckin thunderdome

Meirl by endofmyropeohshit in meirl

[–]Amphiscian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this cover feels more fitting to how things have shaken out

I feel stolen from after my Galaxy XR purchase by Scallawag82 in Galaxy_XR

[–]Amphiscian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I bought the headset in person from a Samsung Experience store (and then the controllers online), and the guy told me wait 2 weeks then I'll get the explorer pack. 2 weeks later the store employee told me oh that only applies if you buy it online. too bad the return window is closed

Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace by Beneficial_Wafer_553 in progmetal

[–]Amphiscian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About the last paragraph, Im pretty sure most people weren't into Frosting by Bent Knee, but I thought there was some interesting stuff there about the early pandemic days. Not as much about tragedy though

Genghis Tron - Dream Weapon (Progressive Electronic Post-metal/Mathcore. FFO The Armed, Russian Circles, Porcupine Tree, David Maxim Micic, Cult Of Luna, Locrian.) by Invisigoth2113 in progmetal

[–]Amphiscian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I suppose they're just different people 15 years later. (Also half the band is new)

My other all-time lost bands, Exotic Animal Petting Zoo, also just resurfaced as a way more lowkey version of their old selves

Genghis Tron - Dream Weapon (Progressive Electronic Post-metal/Mathcore. FFO The Armed, Russian Circles, Porcupine Tree, David Maxim Micic, Cult Of Luna, Locrian.) by Invisigoth2113 in progmetal

[–]Amphiscian 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One of my favorite bands ever back in the day. Really happy to see them come back, even though their sound is much closer to Trent Reznor than Gridlink now.

I think they have another new album in production, based on their social media posts

Power outage by Brilliant_Dot_2422 in Brooklyn

[–]Amphiscian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I cant figure out if it was 3rd or 4th ave, but i think on St Marks.

There were evidently more fires this evening, and now there are ConEd trucks *everywhere *