Nick π
@nickoctopus.bsky.social
It's me, hi, I'm the one screaming "LOG OFF", it's me He/him. UK. I occasionally make EBM/industrial music as Trellick. I hate fascists & bigots and post angrily about that sort of thing
created August 3, 2023
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fesshole π§» (@fesshole.bsky.social) reposted
Graduated in Zoology & wanted to work in endangered species conservation. Landed a fantastic job with a cheetah programme in Mozambique but it's not quite what I thought it would be as I have to wank off 2-3 cheetahs a day & safely store the spunk in separate labelled containers.
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
disappointing
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
He is absolutely going to get persuaded into an early election to prove a point somehow and then be the biggest loser in british history, I hate the empty suit haircut wanker so much
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
my carbide chef is just out of frame, laughing too
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
Handsome lad
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
that's what people actually look like naturally when they've had their microplastics removed by special presidential doctors
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
no wonder Starmer's getting all up on this to support the fucker, he wouldn't want to upset _HER_
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, I had a very vague awareness (a tutor at university was a Quaker and mentioned some stuff about the way they were as an org, and I'd heard about a few historic things) but this is real great
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
Such a helpful guy
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
"imagine knowing electricity or the internet were coming" "ok but the shit you're shilling is fucking with both of those for everyone, so maybe fuck off forever axios""
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
This is pretty good. Turns out that it's actually really easy not to gleefully waltz into cackling bigotry alongside the far right and their transphobic chums if you actually have some principles www.quaker.org.uk/documents/re... shame about the government though π
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
war department and announcing more gestapo deployments supposedly (but hopefully being dead anyway)
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
Lidl do a real great ginger squash (I mean they call it a ~cordial~ but same difference)
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
The paragon of elegance
Blue Heron Farm (@blueheronfarm.bsky.social) reposted
I forgot to share this earlier today!
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
*yawning, brushing toast crumbs off myself* ok ok I'm up GOD
Iain (@iainnd.bsky.social) reposted
The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a bossπ" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
[extremely eurodance rap break voice] apolitical that's typical don't call me hypocritical the west I think it's best esoteric pseudo-mystical!
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
look all I'm saying is that quite a few Rome songs would be improved by HP Baxxter yelling HARDCORE TO THE FLOOR! JEROME ON THE LICKS WHILE HP BRINGS THE KICKS and [I'm dragged offstage whereupon heavyset men in flecktarn jackets wrestle me to the ground and start to pummel me into unconsciousness]
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
look all I'm saying is that quite a few Rome songs would be improved by HP Baxxter yelling HARDCORE TO THE FLOOR! JEROME ON THE LICKS WHILE HP BRINGS THE KICKS and [I'm dragged offstage whereupon heavyset men in flecktarn jackets wrestle me to the ground and start to pummel me into unconsciousness]
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
doing really shitty straight-to-youtube hardstyle, trance and dubstep remixes of neofolk tracks would be an incredibly funny bit now that I think about it
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
I was trying to think of a really bad imaginary neofolk artist/song and that's about the worst I could come up with
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
Vergessenkrieg - We Mourn The Lost Sons of a Europe In Flames (TiΓ«sto mix)
The Strategic Abby Reserve (@popeguilty.bsky.social) reposted
I know it's a whole genre but when you say "neofolk" this is more or less what I imagine
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
there's that one very left wing and explicitly anti-fascist neofolk label I guess but honestly if I wanted bald dudes of somewhat uncertain political leanings cloaking things in metaphor and staring into the middle distance, then I've got multiple other genres that'll sort me out for that, y'know?
Mary Dineen π· β€οΈπ‘ (@marysunshineisgone.bsky.social) reposted
Missed a golden opportunity for #Shiny So how about #MountainMonday #MacroMonday #photography
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
Neofolk bands/fans do indeed run the risk of having to show up in just a t-shirt or tank top if they've been politely informed that wearing That Jacket with Those Insignia outside might result in a situation (sorry to anyone who's a non-problematic neofolk fan but come on, you know who/what I mean)
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
this looks like an incredible example of "whimsical and stupidly expensive Airbnb that the most annoying friend in the group books for your trip instead of a perfectly normal and fine hotel"
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
good melty cheese action
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
One time I visited, there was the deeply unsurprising reveal that he hates the satnav in his car, but leaves it turned on specifically so that he can complain about it and disregard its suggested route
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
I guess the only upside to this is that since he doesn't really seem to believe in mental health as a concept, he won't be using it as a therapist at least
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
realising with horror that when I visit my Dad in a couple of weeks time, there's a pretty high chance he's going to excitedly show me that he's been using chatGPT for some kind of really dumbass purpose will he be talking to it about family history? asking it to write shopping lists for him?
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
[snorting with derisive laughter] "sippers", I call them
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
[standing up in Parliament] would the Prime Minister like to comment on the suggestion that he is in fact a flag nonce? And as a follow-up question, if he likes the flag so much (due to his aforementioned status as a flag nonce) then why does he not marry it?
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
was about to shout PARKLIFE but instead just stared at all those red flags muttering "jesus fucking christ"
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
it turns out to make a Certain Kind Of American big mad if they go off about bland british food and a british person raises questions about (for example) grits, sausage gravy or chicken and waffles in response because apparently it's not fair to mention those π
madeline odent (@oldenoughtosay.com) reposted reply parent
yesterday a moot of mine who has recently moved here from the states was talking about how they asked Brits to list native cuisine and they were 'just listing types of pies' and i did not have the heart to explain that what they were actually doing was 'taking the piss'
Raechel Kelly (@raechelkelly.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Dropping off some film last week, there was a girl in the queue in front of me trying to get a film developed. Barrage of questions from guy behind the counter eg βMatt or glossβ etc and after a while she leant on the counter and said βIβm so sorry Iβm really hungover this is a lotβ. A vibe.
Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) reposted
rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
gencab for cutie (@babadooknukem.bsky.social) reposted
Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about
fesshole π§» (@fesshole.bsky.social) reposted
I was 30 miles from home when I realised there was a bee stuck in the car. I felt strangely guilty and drove all the way back home to let her out so she didn't get stranded with no hive.
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
please tell Adonis that I love him, it's an urgent time-sensitive message imo
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
There's a fun website (that I now cannot find) which tracks costumes that get reused in different movies, sometimes indeed over decades like this!
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
it is the fucking 31st of August, shops I otherwise liked do not need to be promoting their festive range or advent calendars already!
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
I did not yet follow!
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
can't even see the woods for the trees these days, because of oak
Oregon ππ² (@oregonthedm.bsky.social) reposted
Your social circle sapphic needs to be informed of this
martin (@trustworthym.bsky.social) reposted
paulie: i don't get it. why would you listen to some broad putting on makeup for an hour. chrissy: it's not just the makeup. she makes it sound all crazy, with computers or somethin. the kids love it. paulie: i still don't get it. does this Rita chick even- silvio: Sam McKinlay is a man.
Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens (@csmfht.bsky.social) reposted
Alex von Tunzelmann (@alexvont.bsky.social) reposted
This thread is exactly how I feel about genAI. Completely turned off by it on all artistic, intellectual and moral levels. I have no interest in anything it can say or generate. It is anti-human.
derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) reposted
Beautiful 1860s Victorian butterfly, which was used to store small packets of sewing needles on the underside of the wings. This was a collaboration between a London-based drapers company and a sewing needle manufacturer. On exhibit at Tatter Blue, a Brooklyn textile museum. IG tatterbluelibrary
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
basically, Piston Damp (except they ramp up the electropop) but that's his brother so probably counts as cheating for your metric here
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
Fire Walk With Me in the cinema was, quite frankly, A Lot. In a very good way, but still a lot. Glad I got the chance to watch it on a big screen.
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
Some actor used VNV's Legion in an insta reel the other day and I almost fell out of my chair when I scrolled to it. Utterly unexpected
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
I had ramen earlier and would definitely have offered some to any cats who happened by.
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
The Swiss military needs _extremely_ specialised equipment www.victorinox.com/en-US/Produc...
Gregk Foley (@gregk.co.uk) reposted reply parent
There is simply no way for the BBC, or the British Government, or the EU, or any other governmental, media or other influential institutional body that has thrown itself so full-throatedly behind Israel until now to change its position without prompting the question, "So what was all that?"
Scotty Ray (@theterminizer.bsky.social) reposted
replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names
Cheesecake (@cheesecakethecat.bsky.social) reposted
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
This is my strategic plan when faced with a buffet breakfast
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
Anyone who hasn't seen it needs to log tf off and come back when they have imo
Tart Attack (@tartattack.bsky.social) reposted
ME: oh man, it's been ages since I talked to this friend, I should text them SCHEMING VIZIER/MY SOCIAL ANXIETY: and yet they have not texted you either in all this time. most curious, my lord
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
I can only assume that anyone who wears this automatically starts narrating, in the voice and everything
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
also I definitely caught some side-eye when I referred to Warhammer books being YA (even if they pretend very hard that they're _not_)
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
you didn't _say_ Steven Universe fans but oh boy that's where I've seen it the most I enjoy some kids/teens shows as fun things obviously, but there's a point where people end up coming over like Ageing Nerd Yelling In The Faces Of Little Kids At A Pokemon Tournament
Catbus (@hayao.lol) reposted reply parent
remember in the pandemic when people stopped driving everywhere all the time and pollution subsided and wildlife reappeared all over the place?
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
if you're an American and about to say "but SNL is great actually!" then yes yes, that's the _joke_ here, that you do that
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
Everyone knows that facebook's algorithm is comically shit but pushing a story about Saturday Night Live to a British person? Come on Zuck, I'm more likely to interact with prawn jesus or REMEMBER ARE TROOPS [poppy poppy genAI picture of three armed German soldier] than _that_ bollocks
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
for the passengers? or on the front of a train so that if there's a THE BRIDGE IS OUT!!! situation, the train itself can get a fun little ride down to the water?
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
UPDATE: the instant bibimbap was pretty great actually! You get a container of sticky rice to heat up (microwave or in boiling water), then chuck that back into the cup and add THE PACKETS (sauce/oil/vegetables) to it Obviously, I also added one (1) fried egg
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
wooooo grats! Exciting times! I hope to join you (uh, in that state I mean, not in your house) someday!
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
I genuinely worry that one day I'll become one of the people who gets red-faced screaming angry about THE BINS. Is it a slow process, does it happen overnight, will I even realise?
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
This explains a lot about you, tbh
Adrian Chills (@adrianchills.bsky.social) reposted
#19: Forward Roll
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
I'm pretty excited about the extendable spoon in this pack of instant bibimbap
Dave Walker (@davewalker.bsky.social) reposted
Possible causes of your problems. Itβs a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm withholding judgement until I understand where he stands on Faygo, and then doublecheck that against scripture
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
Sure, this looks like very normal instructions. Just add the participation to the courage, got it.
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
oh damn
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
I'm a fan of Laibach's interpretation, personally www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM90...
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
extremely this
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
Mine is doing this, with the added comedy that if you say "so I should write short and simple documents in future?" you get a sort of awkward no, because they want a reason to run it through the plagiarism machine
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
God this country and the media are just enraging every day
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
Not mean enough for sure
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
CSPAM is just not the same [tentatively laudatory]
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
"as it's not illegal, began to order massive doses" This is where foreboding music should come in tbh
SLAM JOHNSON (@mlyp.bsky.social) reposted
a note from me
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. (@sarahmackattack.bsky.social) reposted
I have to imagine that for Otis, finding a box that she fits into so precisely must feel the same way it feels for us to find the perfect pair of jeans.
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
so helpful
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
sudden realisation that this means I'm going to be sitting in a cinema watching the somewhat intense (but, obviously, amazing) back half of FWWM: oh shit oh no oh god
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
oh hell yeah this weekend I am gonna get to see Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me on the big screen aaaaaaaaaaaaaa yesssssss
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social) reply parent
where do you stand on moxie?
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
1. don't be me 2. oh jesus I'm nobody's idea of wellness 3. how am I alive? 4. just idk, do anything but what I do
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
another day, another article where previously rented property apparently vanishes into the ether or otherwise magically disappears from the housing market in a sparkle of glitter if the landlord sells it www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
bjørnebær (@lilbjornebaer.bsky.social) reposted
i no longer have a cat, i have possessed basket
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
thehardtimes.net/blog/my-top-... okay this is pretty fair I think
Nick π (@nickoctopus.bsky.social)
Making an extremely stealthy exit from the office because a co-worker is retiring today and they were trying to give everyone tearful hugs goodbye
onion person (@junlper.beer) reposted
theyβre calling the most recent shooter in minnesota trans to ignore the fact that there has been an organized group of far-right suicidal school shooters and this person is very likely going to be linked to them as well
Jon Christian (@jonchristian.net) reposted
NEW: After numerous tragedies, OpenAI says it's scanning users' conversations, escalating to human readers, and contacting law enforcement where necessary futurism.com/openai-scann...
Catbus (@hayao.lol) reposted
I will never understand anyone who posts for reasons other than "if I don't get this thought out of my head in the next 15 seconds it will explode, Scanners style"