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2024-02-20 14:40:23

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
I have a copy but haven't listened to it for a while.
I will dig it out later!
Maybe not as "live" as advertised, but I think that was standard for the Tangs!
https://www.voices-in-the-net.de/logos_live.htm

2024-02-18 14:12:24

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
The double CD looks like it's got some interesting versions on it - I didn't even know Sasha had remixed 'Midnight' - that alone is tempting.
16 Euro looks to be around £13 which is a pretty good price for the remaster and the bonus bits.

2024-02-18 13:15:54

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
Don't worry about that! Your liking the music is more than enough!
The fund-raising side was almost an afterthought, but the news here was so full of that awful killing that I just wanted to do something.

2024-02-18 13:09:29

Woot! 🎉
Orbital are releasing a remastered version of their legendary green album (in April) 😎
https://orbitalofficial.bandcamp.com/album/orbital-3
I still have the original CD somewhere, although my tape of it has long since disappeared, chewed up by a recalcitrant car cassette player, iirc.
No matter! This is still a classic of its time and I will look forward to hearing the remaster.

2024-02-18 12:50:21

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
Oh thank you! I've had some really nice comments - now I'm just waiting for pay day so I can round up the amount and then I'll do the donation thing.

2024-02-18 08:18:07

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
Many happy returns of the day, youngling! 🥳
May your day be filled with cake 🎂 and other nice things!

2024-02-18 07:06:03

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@npub14k6…nvma
Good morning! How are you today?

2024-02-18 06:49:12

06:48 and time for coffee ☕️

2024-02-17 20:59:46

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@npub14k6…nvma
Yes, that would work.
I'll do as many Saturdays as I can but I always worry my disordered sleeping will make me pay for it later :(

2024-02-17 20:43:33

And that wraps up this weekend's Northern Exposure watchalong!
Thanks to all who joined in - I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!
We'll be back on Wednesday with our next #NEWAL session - stay tuned for further announcements!
Roll outro music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfr3L0drhS8
#NEWAL

2024-02-17 19:19:23

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@npub1j0r…lmkr
Unless each one is just tuned to itself?
#NEWAL

2024-02-13 07:51:19

"'I want to make things better': Esther Ghey on her hopes for online reform"
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/12/i-want-to-make-things-better-esther-ghey-on-her-hopes-for-online-reform
"Ghey has two goals: to introduce mindfulness to schools across the UK - a mission for which she has already raised over £95,000 - and more ambitiously, to reform the internet."
"She is calling for stricter controls on social media access for under-16s, believing Brianna would be alive if her killers had not been able to access violent content online, including the dark web."

2024-02-12 19:55:17

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@npub17z6…4mp8
A text editor? They're going to add A.I. to a text editor?
What a world we've made.🙄

2024-02-10 19:33:44

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@npub14k6…nvma
She seems to favour beaded, handmade dangly earrings?
Immaculate taste!
#NEWAL

2024-02-10 19:29:37

I think we need a Marilyn #EarringWatch
#NEWAL

2024-02-10 09:16:08

I'm happy to see Mhairi Black has written a column for The National about Sunak's incredibly ill thought out anti-trans "joke" during PMQs last week - but I'm not so happy that it's paywalled so I can't actually read the damn thing.
Although, from what I can see of the comments, it seems it probably contains enough of her incisive insight to have upset the transphobes.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights :transgender:

2024-02-07 19:26:53

White people with dreadlocks.
Jeez, Chris, anti-racist work is an ongoing thing.
#NEWAL

2024-02-07 14:18:07

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
Treating the neighbours to something rudely loud, I hope! :)

2024-02-07 09:26:21

How is it 9.30am of the clock in the morning already?

2024-02-06 19:14:12

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@npub183w…mdyy
Yes! Thankfully. And I have supplies of stodge that should see me through 😎

2024-02-06 17:44:54

#NowPlaying Elvis Costello - "I’m Ahead If I Can Quit While I’m Behind"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHzRcpT1SME
Shout out to the former Liz Truss chancellor and a fitting nowhere man for our times, Kwasi Kwarteng, who announced this very morning that he would not be standing again at the next election...

2024-02-05 15:12:11

Tonight! A special, one-off, start-the-week 'Northern Exposure' mass watchalong!
By special request, for tonight only, we'll be continuing our full binge-watch of the entire series, in order, picking up from the weekend.
Monday 05 February, please join us:
- 7.30pm UK (19.30 UTC), Se3, Ep6 The Body in Question
Please join us in live-tooting our snarky thoughts using the hashtag #NEWAL
We here at Moose Central apologise for the short notice but sometimes you've just got to carpe Alces alces

2024-02-01 15:40:53

Starmer says Labour would 'level up workers' rights in way not attempted for decades'
Somehow I can't see this being a Damascene moment on the path to fully-automated luxury Communism.
A reboot of old school Thatcherism? 🤔

2024-02-01 13:02:49

"Donald Trump’s data protection claim for damages over allegations in the 'Steele dossier' that he took part in 'perverted' sex acts and gave bribes to Russian officials has been dismissed by a high court judge in London."
Poor old Trumpy, his day's off to a bad start already...

2024-01-31 19:45:43

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@npub1t3r…6knd
Soonish. Got to get my ugly sleep! 🤣

2024-01-31 19:44:40

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@npub1t3r…6knd
I think mine might be a slightly extended break!
#NEWAL

2024-01-31 19:08:50

Joel: That's the movies, Ed. Try reality.
Ed: No thanks.
#NEWAL

2024-01-28 12:56:06

Sunday #musicking
I made an early-ish start on re-recording the sequencer bits that I wasn't so happy with yesterday but I'm not much happier with this morning's efforts.
I was about to jump in and start assembling what I've got, with this morning's bits serving as a placeholder until I've got something better, but I seem to have run out of energy.
Maybe I'll eat and get back to it later.
Conundrum: Wanting the thing done but not in a half-arsed way.
#PernicketyFace

2024-01-27 13:26:17

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@npub183w…mdyy
All beep-booped out, now.
A chunk of this morning's #Musicking will have to be shelved. Not the end of the world, but a damn nuisance. I wanted to get this second piece finished this weekend and that won't happen now.
But - if a job's worth doing, it's not worth doing in a half-arsed way. I want this bugger done right! 🤣
#PernicketyFace

2024-01-27 13:18:45

Saturday #Musicking 3:
It turns out the ratcheting *does* matter... 😑
No, you've just bought a 64hp Pod.
A pain, for sure, but otoh I'm glad I didn't hold out for a 108hp Palette.
Eurorack: All-in-one money sink *and* space invader 👾
Pretty cool when it's all working, though 😎

2024-01-26 19:59:47

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@npub1ezx…74mr
Here you go
https://we.tl/t-qe8XWuz5uH
Zip file with the PDF inside.
WeTransfer link, valid for 7 days.

2024-01-26 19:58:01

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@npub1ezx…74mr
It was ok for me (UK, Zen Internet) but apparently masto won't let me upload it.
Hang on, I have another idea.
brb

2024-01-26 18:51:57

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
Peace is returned to the proceedings!

2024-01-26 18:49:24

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
Hmm... Your next avant garde musical project awaits!
Grab a sneaky voice recording on your phone!

2024-01-26 18:44:43

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
'Aarrrrrullldd!

2024-01-25 18:26:08

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@npub1m9q…7ssd
Giving the public what they want.

2024-01-25 18:19:44

"Cast of The Fast Show to reunite for a UK stage tour"
#GettingTheBandBackTogether

2024-01-24 20:47:36

OK fediverse, I think that's tonight's spamming of the #NEWAL hashtag done!
Thank you everyone, those were two choice episodes!

2024-01-24 08:04:16

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@npub1s0h…exs3
Vote for the stopped clock candidate! 🤣

2024-01-24 08:02:24

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@npub1s0h…exs3
And the candidates are Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall 😬

2024-01-24 07:56:05

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@npub1s0h…exs3
brb making a Unilateral Declaration of Independence for west London...

2024-01-24 07:22:56

State Mouthpiece Radio unusually preoccupied with Trump/Biden and I am reminded of the old meme that even if you vote for the lesser of two evils, you are still voting for evil.
I'm beginning to see the Sunak/Starmer division in the same light but at least there are options for tactical voting in this Untied Kingdom.

2024-01-21 18:29:16

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
I'm sorry to hear about that.
I'm told that it can be quite a trial and error thing to find head meds that work, but it sounds like you're getting there, which is good to hear.
Are there any options for music therapy there? I don't know if that's a daft question, forgive me if so.

2024-01-21 18:07:46

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
I've been working on a piece this weekend, did some recording yesterday and started to stitch all the various fragments together earlier today.
I get overloaded if I do too much in one go, so I've got it to a point where I felt able to pause it and will return to it later in the week.
I'm pleased with it so far, it's very inspired by the likes of 'Phaedra' and 'Rubycon' without trying to be a carbon copy.
I'll post a link when it's done but that'll be a while yet.

2024-01-21 17:37:32

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
No, but it's obviously deeply embedded in my psyche!

2024-01-21 17:33:11

- Is it windy?
- No, it's Thursday.
- So am I, let's go to the pub.
#BaDumTsssh

2024-01-21 10:01:38

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
Storm Bastard III Jr.

2024-01-20 20:08:48

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@npub14k6…nvma
Bit of a trek for a loaf of bread, though...

2024-01-20 20:02:48

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@npub14k6…nvma
He fought a bear (and the bear won)
#NEWAL

2024-01-20 18:07:00

"DPD AI chatbot swears, calls itself 'useless' and criticises delivery firm"
I can't speak for the automated customer service software they use, but they're one of the better couriers here, by a county mile.

2024-01-20 10:46:20

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
There are many decibels in my madness...

2024-01-20 10:45:52

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
As in 'There's method in my madness'!

2024-01-20 10:43:59

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
Nah, it's all part of the process!
#BeMoreEdgarFroese

2024-01-20 10:41:25

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
I think my ears have fallen off

2024-01-20 10:32:49

Fucking HECK that oscillator is loud. 🔊
#XaocDevicesOdessa

2024-01-20 07:57:25

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@npub14k6…nvma
Slowly the penny is dropping?

2024-01-19 18:25:45

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@npub1945…7afa
What a virus... 😐

2024-01-19 16:24:40

Ohh, is *that* why he couldn't be arsed to actually engage in that earlier conversation about that woman's shitty experience with the NHS? Got an important footy match to go to...
Fuckhead. 😡
"Rishi Sunak heaps praise on Southampton FC manager"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-68028135

2024-01-19 15:47:38

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@npub1l0x…ckv7
"The focus group said no interaction with any pleb should be more than 30 seconds and the best way to end it is to laugh and walk away. Remember: your private helicopter is waiting and you have to be back at No.10 by 2pm latest"

2024-01-19 15:41:16

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@npub1l0x…ckv7
It's mind-boggling.
What *was* he thinking?
(If anything)

2024-01-19 15:17:47

Siri, show me an example of an out-of-touch and insensitive "leader" who is more concerned with holding on to his rapidly evaporating political power than actually trying to understand what ordinary people are going through...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-heckled-nhs-waiting-lists-b2481579.html

2024-01-18 19:11:52

"Jeremy Hunt hints at voter-friendly tax giveaway in March budget"
For all the Tories' rich mates, no doubt, and screw the rest of us plebs.
I won't be voting for you bunch of cheese-bags, no matter how big the bribe.

2024-01-18 16:41:26

Despite my propensity for sensory overload if I watch too many moving images in one sitting, I am intrigued enough by the advance publicity for this film to want to seek it out and watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhjIyZpczh0
#LOLA

2024-01-18 13:45:07

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
Ooh, nice one!
The Golden Veg tasted okay but was a bit thin for my liking. It was also sans croutons.

2024-01-18 13:40:12

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
Souped up!

2024-01-18 13:04:45

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
The Crew-Tones should have been the name of some 1950s rockabilly band.

2024-01-18 12:57:38

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@npub1lj8…mr3x
Potato and Leek!
Although my local Tesco-operates had a 3 for £3 dealy going last week so that's a chance to go wild and experiment.

2024-01-18 12:52:07

It's... cuppasoup time :toot:
On the menu today it's Golden Vegetable as I try to break my Potato and Leek habit.
#MyExcitingLife
#ColdAndForgettable

2024-01-18 09:26:57

Dear The Cold Weather
Fuck you and fuck the iced-up unicorn you rode in on.
🥶

2024-01-17 19:49:49

Here's where I drop out of tonight's #NEWAL session.
I'm a poor little over-sensitive snowflake (who hits sensory overload way too quickly)
But it's been a blast, moosefans, thank you for the company!

2024-01-16 17:29:46

Unemborkened oscillator sings like a birb.
I hooked up the main out & the 2 partials, patched in an audio output then did some random knob twiddling, just to check everything made a noise.
From that alone I heard about a zillion potential sweet spots whizzing past.
omg
My plan to leap straight into recording the next album has been shelved for now as, once I've got the sequencer patched in, along with a second osc for some serious low end (and maybe an arp) - well, I may be gone some time!

2024-01-16 16:57:57

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@npub183w…mdyy
I am looking forward to catching up with that.

2024-01-16 09:12:39

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@npub183w…mdyy
DPD

2024-01-15 10:45:08

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@npub19mj…6kxq @npub1t3r…6knd
Same here.
It's especially annoying when all I've done is share a link to a newspaper article. I'm like, "Go and hassle the journalist who wrote it, you absolute teapot"

2024-01-15 10:35:14

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@npub1t3r…6knd
I think they must be scanning for keywords and immediately jumping in with their "Well actually" bullshit.
I hope they're happy shouting into the void!

2024-01-15 09:18:28

Reply guys and what-aboutery - a fast track to a permamute.

2024-01-14 14:53:25

#Iceland eruption: Looks like the first house in #Grindavik has caught fire
https://livefromiceland.is/webcams/fagradalsfjall

2024-01-14 10:50:15

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@npub1tu0…sva5
Now we wait to see what happens to that big grey building (and how soon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqudj0x0POA

2024-01-13 21:47:54

And that wraps up this weekend's Northern Exposure watchalong!
Thanks to all who joined in - I hope you enjoyed it (I did!)
We'll be back on Wednesday with our next #NEWAL session - stay tuned for further announcements!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/750/836/886/272/166/original/9bfeb3126f147615.mp4

2024-01-13 17:59:46

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@npub1945…7afa
ZING! :)

2024-01-13 15:29:02

Today, Saturday 13 January, please join us for the fediverse's best 'Northern Exposure' mass watchalong! We'll be continuing our full binge-watch of the entire series, in order, picking up from earlier this week.
- 7pm UK (1900 UTC) - Se1, Ep4
- 8pm UK (2000 UTC) - Se1, Ep5
- 9pm UK (2100 UTC) - Se1, Ep6
For those without access to the DVDs please PM me or @npub1t3d…qnlg for a link to the files.
Everyone's welcome to join in on the live-tooting (use the hashtag #NEWAL and set your posts to public)

2024-01-12 20:52:57

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@npub1945…7afa
It also makes sense not to go sticking one's head above the parapet.
Although that's probably a self-defensive reflex I've brought over with me from x-twitter.
No sense in waving red flags at the GC transphobe army and anyway, those who know me, will know...

2024-01-12 16:16:49

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
je téléphone á la police...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/743/871/350/696/876/original/8c607afbdd9c045e.jpg

2024-01-10 20:47:57

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@npub14k6…nvma
Not me, I'm afraid, fading fast over here!
But it's been so good with a bunch of #MooseFans!

2024-01-10 11:20:45

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@npub14xq…afu2
And, dare I say, unwelcome news, too!

2024-01-10 06:33:40

"SoundCloud hosting platform for Sale for over $1 billion"
https://www.gearnews.com/soundcloud-hosting-platform-for-sale-for-over-1-billion/
With the recent changes in ownership of Bandcamp and now the potential sale of Soundcloud, I have a sense of foreboding about what the future may hold for those of us who aren't necessarily trying to monetise our creativity and just want an online space to share our stuff.

2024-01-07 19:16:11

"Mouse filmed tidying up man's shed every night"
Former movie star newly fallen on hard times in the public domain finds a way to manage his anxieties by breaking into humans' properties and tidying up after them.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67902966

2024-01-07 18:12:50

@npub1yxz…6s8m
I'll be sorry to see you go, if that's how it plays out, but I can empathise with how you feel.
It was a hell of a culture shock, making here my only social media platform. I'm about a year in now and still feel like I'm finding my feet - yet I have no wish to return to any of those platforms where The Algorithm (TM) is king.
Now I've depressurised a bit (Twitter makes people quite aggressive) I like the more relaxed 'downhome' vibe here but I realise it's not for everyone.

2024-01-06 13:03:22

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@npub14k6…nvma
That is *such* a clickbaity headline, it makes it seem like she swore *at* him.
I heard that interview and all she did was repeat the language *he* was said to have used and asked if he really had said those things.
She was quoting him.
Mind you, I'd have applauded if she *had* sworn at him - "Oh, you fucking liar" - but she didn't.
I don't have much (any) time for the BBC's fawning client journalists but she's usually really good, almost forensic in her approach.

2024-01-02 16:57:39

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@npub183w…mdyy
I always end up shouting at those bloody things.
I think they were programmed by some young Olympics runner, being An Old means I am also Slow and trying to get stuff into a crumpled carrier bag so that the vaguely heaviest things are at the bottom makes it flash up some dire warning about items removed (they weren't).
The staff are pretty good about it now (they laugh at the Old Slow and unlock the screen for me).

2024-01-01 08:14:56

Japan issues major tsunami warning for coastal prefecture after 7.6 magnitude earthquake.
NHK TV warned torrents of water could reach as high as 5 meters and urged people to flee to high land or a top of a nearby building as quickly as possible.
The broadcaster reported that a tsunami with a height of 1.2 metres reached Wajima city in Ishikawa.
The area affected by the earthquake includes a nuclear plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company said it was checking for problems.
#ClimateDiary

2023-12-31 18:25:16

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
I've never really seen the point of it, to be honest.
And too many people seem unable to "enjoy" themselves unless they're rolling drunk.
I think I'm officially An Old.

2023-12-31 18:08:13

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@npub1yxz…6s8m
Much the same but without a cat for company.
I hope things get better for you soon.

2023-12-30 20:11:23

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@npub14k6…nvma @npub1t3r…6knd
I think - so far - those who've expressed an interest have been England/Wales based?
I'm more than happy for moosefans in the US to join in but I'm a bit concerned that the timezone differences could complicate matters?

2023-12-30 19:55:21

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@npub1t3r…6knd @npub14k6…nvma
We seem to have hit a 7pm sweet spot!

2023-12-30 19:49:31

I don't know if it's only @npub14k6…nvma and I who are doing this Northern Exposure watch-along, or if there are more of you who just aren't saying a lot?
But I'm having a really good time with it!
Thank you, again, @npub14k6…nvma !
Same time next week?
#NorthernExposure
#NEWAL
#SpoilerAlert

2023-12-30 19:22:04

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@npub14k6…nvma
It's pretty great to show all these different faith traditions but my vote still goes to the raven pageant!
#NorthernExposure
#NEWAL
#SpoilerAlert

2023-12-23 20:03:42

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@npub14k6…nvma
I just don't remember it clearly enough to be able to suggest any particular episode.
The Reddit page I linked before might provide some ideas?
https://www.reddit.com/r/northernexposure/comments/rgjpwy/which_episode_is_the_episode/
But we've got a week to decide, so no great rush!

2023-12-23 19:52:36

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@npub14k6…nvma
That was fun!
I guess we're open to suggestions for next week's watch-along?
#NorthernExposure
#NEWAL

2023-12-21 18:19:21

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@npub1t3r…6knd
This was the one I posted about.
Eight days ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/13/felling-of-torquay-famous-palm-trees-pure-vandalism-say-residents