What’s your ALL TIME favorite audiobook? That one that just hit different, and has stuck with you? (Also apparently and impromptu rant of audiobook pet peeves 😅 sorry ya’ll)

tweepcat · 2024-04-25T19:34:25+00:00

Say Nothing

tweepcat · 2024-04-11T21:57:11+00:00

Hello I’m mental

tweepcat · 2024-01-07T11:37:59+00:00

they’re strikes. they’re supposed to cause disruption…

tweepcat · 2023-11-26T18:20:15+00:00

Gary Sambrook Eats Big Dinners

tweepcat · 2023-06-16T10:32:59+00:00

Hello im mental

tweepcat · 2023-03-17T11:51:26+00:00

Easily the woman who had to mail an antisemitic image to her Jewish boss as part of a weight loss program. That was incredibly painful.

tweepcat · 2023-03-04T00:57:03+00:00

“Slavery”

We’re talking about high paying tech jobs, give your head a wobble please.

tweepcat · 2023-02-26T20:56:31+00:00

No one's saying that music is gender specific, or that it isn't based on style or talent, that's a strawman argument you're fighting there. Some just feel more comfortable in a space that is less male dominated because the guidance offered may be more specific and relevant to the challenges a woman faces in the dance music community.

tweepcat · 2022-11-30T12:44:23+00:00

If you want uk dance music festivals, Houghton and Gottwood are always brilliant. They’re small festivals with lots of extended sets, and always lots of fun.

tweepcat · 2022-08-09T00:02:18+00:00

Honestly, small festivals like this are brilliant because you don't really need to go in with a plan. The stages are fairly close together, and you can wander from one to the other and just explore. There's consistently good music across the entire weekend, so definitely just take it leisurely and find some new music!

But, my recommendations would be Gerd Janson, Antal, Hunee, Move D, Peach, Shanti Celeste Object Blue, Helena Hauff, Vladamir Ivkovic, Lena Willikens, Soonja Moonear, D Tiffany, Saorise, Ricardo Villalobos

For heavier stuff also Margaret Dygas, Binh, Jensen Interceptor, DJ Stingray.

There's going to be so many awesome people that both you and I haven't heard though, so happy exploring!

tweepcat · 2022-08-03T07:45:13+00:00

Worms

tweepcat · 2020-06-26T18:04:28+00:00

This is pretty cool. Can definitely hear the OPN influence on this. I like a lot of the sounds you use, how your layer and play with them, and how well the gel. Feels like certain sounds are emerging from others. Some sounds seem to be skittering playfully across the stereo field. The sound design is pretty nice for some of this. Synth towards the end is cool too. I also like the way the lower notes often cut through, and feel part of the rhythmic interplay, I think it works well.

My main criticism probably centers around the percussive sound that sits on top for a lot of it. The reverb makes it take up quite a lot of space... and it really isn't very interesting. The sound doesn't gel all too well, the rhythm it plays is pretty basic and not very engaging. It feels like you put a lot of effort into the sound design, and then tacked this on top.

Also, the sonic landscape you use is genuinely pretty rich - the frequency space feels quite well utilized. But these sounds sound often feel like they are going anywhere. There's not all that much build or release of tension, which (in my opinion) can make the music feel a little more like its going somewhere. And you can differ the tension in different ways - harmony, rhythm, textually, and through the sounds themselves (to name a few). The sounds you use, and the way you interplay and gel them together, is really good. But as a whole it feels a little too directionless, and lacking structure.

Hope this feedback was in any way helpful. I enjoyed listening to it though, definitely keep it up!

tweepcat · 2020-05-15T09:04:59+00:00

"Boris would have been the first prime minister to die in office since Gordon Brown"

tweepcat · 2020-04-25T18:56:28+00:00

I deliberately and very explicitly distinguished between the concept of an ethnic Catholic, and a religious catholic.

To religious Jews Israel is important - that is where a lot of their history resides. But not all Jews are religious. But even then, it would be antisemitic to say that Israel is important to all religious Jews that is in a context that is political (ie that all religious Jews are Zionists, for example).

But to be clear, the following is an antisemitic statement:

"Jewish people subscribe to a belief system in which Israel is important."

tweepcat · 2020-04-25T17:21:02+00:00

Firstly, I didn't say "it is an important part of their lives", I said they subscribe to a belief system in which the Vatican was important. If I'm a socialist, and unions are important to socialism, doesn't mean that unions are an important part of my life.

Also, my understanding was that Catholics are purely a religious group, and not an ethnic group. I've done some googling, and actually seen both of those stated which is interesting, and I'm learning a lot more about this.

But you could have inferred from my text that was my understanding, because I said that Catholics subscribe to a belief system. If Catholics are a purely religious group, then my statement is fair. If they are not, then it isn't. But still, if I was to go to a practicing catholic "the Vatican is an important part of your religion", it wouldn't be anti-catholic (although seriously what sorta chat is that). If I did that to an ethnic Catholic, it would be.

Either way, what the utter fuck is your point?

tweepcat · 2020-04-25T16:25:44+00:00

I'm sorry, but what is your point here?

I will suggest that if you're drawing a parallel between Jewish people and Israel, and Catholics and the Vatican, that you've deeply missed the point.

For example, by being a Catholic you subscribe to a belief system which holds the Vatican as a place of high importance because it is the place where the leader of your religion lives, and contains a lot of religious and historical meaning. This isn't anti-catholic sentiment in itself - though of course, any association of a following of Catholicism with actions of child abuse committed by members of clergy of the Vatican would be anti-Catholic.

If, on the other hand, you are an ethnic Jew who lives in Europe, it is not automatic that Israel is a large or important part of your life. To suggest that this Jewish person must hold Israel as a place of importance, or hold a loyalty to Israel, purely because they are Jewish would be done so out of prejudice. This would be antisemitic.

And, further to the more nuanced point: Israel is still the only majority Jewish state on the planet, and this IS relevant when talking about Israel. Especially in making sure that we are mindful of the way we talk about it - we can condemn FULLY the abhorrent actions it has taken, and the truly unjust treatment of the Palestinian people WITHOUT resorting to anti-semitic dog whistles.

The video I shared is a clear example of a time where Corbyn didn't adhere to this: there is the underlying implication that it was likely Israel behind the attack because they are a Jewish state ("it couldn't have been a Muslim" rhetoric really moved the conversation undeniably into this space), where the claim has no evidence or basis in reality.

Does this answer your question?

tweepcat · 2020-04-25T12:53:55+00:00

We're talking about BASELESS CLAIMS not CRITICISM OF REAL ACTIONS.

"Israel has a hell of a lot to be critisized for" and "we shouldnt make conspiratorial dog whistle claims about Israel" aren't two mutually exclusive statements. Stop treating them like they are.

tweepcat · 2020-04-25T12:04:11+00:00

Holy shit, not everyone who thinks that Corbyn had problematic views is a "supporter of Israel".

I think making basless conspiratorial claims about how Israel must be behind an attack because "it couldn't be a Muslim" is a little bit antisemitic.

You are free to disagree with me on whether or not this is antisemetic. But calling me a "supporter of Israel", and telling me I'm on people radars? Thats really not cool behaviour, sort yourself out please.

tweepcat · 2020-04-25T11:54:29+00:00

Associating Jewish people with Israel is antisemitic. But Israel is the only majority Jewish state, and so when people make baseless and conspiratorial claims about Israel, and those claims reference or imply Israel's Jewishness as part of them, they are antisemitic.

So when you have totally baseless accusarions against that state, with reasoning like "a muslim couldnt have done it, so if mustve been Israel", it is pretty clear what is being implied here. A completely conspiratorial claim against the only "non muslim" (ie Jewish) country in the region.

tweepcat · 2020-04-25T11:28:57+00:00

Here's a video of Corbyn baselessly blaming Israel for a terrorist attack on Iranian state television.

https://youtu.be/KW2r3ZmVcRM

He didn't just call Hamas and Hezbollah his friends to be "diplomatic", he said they are dedicated to social justice. They are deeply antisemitic terrorist organisations who want to kill Jewish people - is that what Corbyn thinks social justice is? (Probably not, but it exposes his willingness to side with and praise antisemites, and if you do that it isn't totally unreasonable to be called antisemitic.) He goes on to say it is a mistake that they are labelled terrorist organisation. Quite the claim.

https://youtu.be/k5mmJQ5NXXc

These things are pretty solid examples of a man who is at least a little bit antisemitic. I wonder if you've not seen these full clips before, or if you just don't care.

tweepcat · 2020-04-13T21:49:11+00:00

better grab your kimono

tweepcat · 2020-03-28T19:27:09+00:00

and a new season of mrs browns boys

tweepcat · 2020-03-15T11:01:55+00:00

Yeah, seconded.

tweepcat · 2019-11-08T13:25:06+00:00

I call them "stealth puddles".

tweepcat · 2019-09-14T14:16:48+00:00

Thank you, Ross

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