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The 20 greatest bass solos of all time – from the fastest ‘lead bass guitarist’ to the only bass solo James Jamerson ever recorded

We count down moments of bass guitar genius from Tal Wilkenfeld, Flea, Victor Wooten, John Myung and many more

Guitar World

20 metal bands with no bad albums

From Tool to Cave In and Mastodon, these metal masters all boast spotless back-catalogues

Metal Hammer

The Evolution of Social Media: Goodbye Twitter, Hello X and AI

2023 was a year of social media transformations and challenges. From the farewell to Twitter to the rise of X and Bluesky, and the growing concerns about m...

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The year of social media soul-searching: Twitter dies, X and Threads are born and AI gets personal

We lost Twitter and got X

The Independent UK

X’s rivals prepare to make decentralized social media the new norm

Meta's Threads starts interoperability testing, and Bluesky isn't far behind.

Fortune

The 10 greatest compilation albums in heavy metal history

From greatest hits to rarity-stacked soundtracks, these are the best compilations in the history of heaviness

Metal Hammer

"Opeth and Scissor Sisters are fans of mine": comedian Bill Bailey talks Mastodon, Ghost and why he'd love to have a nerdy conversation with Prince

Musical comedian Bill Bailey answers your questions on his favourite instrument, exotic animals and why he misses Never Mind The Buzzcocks

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10 heavy metal supergroups that actually turned out super

Murderdolls, Audioslave and Roadrunner United have proven that the supergroup can sometimes yield amazing results

Metal Hammer

Want to join Apple and Disney in dumping X? Here's how to do it

Quitting X/Twitter is the hot new social media trend. Here's how to do it

“Occasionally one of their legs would go up slightly. Were they playing or checking emails? I thought it would be fun to have them doing The Hokey Cokey”: Bill Bailey’s Kraftwerk sketch

Comedian and master prog musician discusses the gems in his record collection, including Yes, Roxy Music and Hawkwind – and outlines plans to play the Albert Hall like an instrument

Louder

Let the community work it out: Throwback to early internet days could fix social media's crisis of legitimacy

In the 2018 documentary “The Cleaners,” a young man in Manila, Philippines, explains his work as a content moderator: “We see the pictures on the screen. You then go through the pictures and delete those that don’t meet the guidelines. The daily quota of pictures is 25,000.” As he speaks,…

The Conversation

Posting RSS Feed to BlueSky

I'd like our posts to be available on BlueSky as well as on Twitter and Mastodon. Is there a good service that will automatically post from an RSS feed (or a Twitter or Mastodon account) to BlueSky? Thanks!

Reason

Testing Automatic Feeding to Our Mastodon Account (@VolokhC@Liberdon.Com) via MastoFeed

I just learned, several months after it happened, that our automatic feeding to Mastodon stopped earlier this year, because the auto-feed service (moa.party) shut down. I'm now trying MastoFeed.org, and this is my test post. UPDATE: Looks like it's working.

Reason

Leaving X can be a rewarding experience—but nobody’s matching Twitter’s ideological diversity

Bluesky and Mastodon offer a great experience now, but they’re still not quite as useful as Twitter once was.

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The Hindu

Scientists leave X as platform changes character

A recently conducted survey by the journal Nature has shown that researchers are leaving the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter)

Evening Standard

X is accused of slowing down content from sites Elon Musk doesn’t like

Users were reportedly forced to wait longer to view links to The New York Times and Instagram

Newslaundry

Twitter ‘delays’ access to news websites that drew ‘Musk’s ire’, later revokes

Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, had reportedly delayed access to links to the New York Times, Reuters, and its rival apps and websites, including Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky and Substack – allegedly targeting companies that have “drawn the ire” of Musk, the Washington Post reported.

Metal Hammer

10 classic metal songs we can't believe don't get played live

Iron Maiden's only number 1 single, an AC/DC classic and title-tracks aplenty - we're amazed these songs haven't been played more

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How to verify your Threads profile on Mastodon

Want to know how to verify your Threads profile on your Mastodon profile page? We'll guide you through the process.

New free Threads upgrade ties it even more closely to Instagram

These aren't the upgrades many users were waiting for, but they're important and significant too

iMore

Want to use Mastodon on your Apple Watch? Try Stomp

If you’ve been wanting to use Mastodon on your Apple Watch, Stomp is a great way of doing just that.

Threads is getting its most wanted upgrade in the next few weeks

Two essential upgrades are coming to Threads to further torment Twitter

Metal Hammer

"Some Kind Of Monster? It was all a bit Spinal Tap." Bill Bailey on the rock and metal albums that have defined his life

From Mastodon and Opeth's prog metal majesty to Metallica going off the rails with St Anger, these are the albums that have sountracked Bill Bailey's life

Creative Bloq

Elon Musk's controversial AI plan has artists jumping ship from Twitter

Could BlueSky benefit from the X exodus?

The Hindu

Today’s Cache | Musk threatens to sue researchers; BBC tries out Mastodon; India’s premium smartphone shipments grow

News snippets for X social media platform threatening to sue a non-profit for research critical of its leadership. BBC experimenting with Mastodon, and India's premium smartphone segment growing 112% YoY in Q2 2023.

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