Madonna – Confessions II

The first album I’ve had on repeat is Confessions II from Madonna, which is a follow-on to her 2005 Confessions on a Dance Floor.

Confessions I, as I guess we should call it now, I also an album I listened to on repeat when it was released; and ‘Forbidden Love’ and ‘Isaac’ from this are among my all-time favourite tracks of hers.

Confessions II is a gorgeously produced, intricately-layered, intimate-yet-universal concept album that is great to listen to from start to finish – especially since each song transitions so perfectly into the next.

I don’t have any favourite songs from this album yet, but I have had bits from ‘Bring Your Love’, ‘Danceteria’, ‘Love Sensation’, and ‘Love Without Words’ stuck in my head on-and-off all month.

If you want to get a feel for the album, check out ‘Confessions II - The Film’ (14 min), which is basically a six-song music video mash-up.

Charli XCX – Music, Fashion, Film

I stopped listening to nothing but Confessions II on my work commute only when Charli XCX released Music, Fashion, Film on 24 July – and now I have that on repeat :)

This album is a super smart follow-up to 2024 Brat because it goes in a completely different direction: more guitars, fewer synths, and a move away from the club sound. Of course you wouldn’t expect anything less from Charli because she is hugely creative and constantly evolves her music from album-to-album.

I think this album is great, and if you think so too, check out its accompanying film: ‘Charli xcx presents Music, Fashion, Film’ (42 mins). Charli is an astute cultural observer and this film explains some of the “why” of this album.

Charli is also someone who invests in making consistently excellent music videos, and I particularly love the one for ‘Camera’ starring the fantastic Vincent Cassel. (There’s also a bit in ‘Charli xcx presents Music, Fashion, Film’ in which she pitches the idea of this music video to Vincent via voice note.)

I highly recommend you give this album a listen.

Other albums

Other albums I’ve been listening to over the last couple of months, though not on repeat, have been:

• Sting – The Night Watch: Live at the Rijksmuseum (which you can watch the live recording of on YouTube: Sting - Sounds Like Art - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - ARTE Concert)

• Naomi Scott – F.I.G

• Gabi Belle – City Girl (for which you can watch the making-of story: I tried making an album in 30 days)

In case you were wondering…

You may have been wondering why I’m suddenly talking a lot more about music on this blog. I feel I don’t talk enough about the things that I love and that I’m enjoying reading, watching, or listening to. So I’m hoping to do more of that going forward.

All this month I’ve been using Jonas Schäfer’s darktable styles that mimic Fujifilm’s simulations (in this case, ACROS) to convert the camera-raw images to greyscale before I edit and publish them. This time, however, I used Darktable’s ‘monochrome’ module to do the greyscale conversion and – you know what? – I think it works quite well :)

When the boat is taller than the house

Between the goal posts

Give way to trams

Tram tracks on Collins Street in Docklands

Down the escalators at Southern Cross Station

Train at Southern Cross Station

Mind the (relatively small) gap

Parked outside the industrial showroom

Train zipping along at a railway crossing – 1

Train zipping along at a railway crossing – 2

Train zipping along at a railway crossing – 3

Nadia at the Cornish Arms rooftop bar

Here are some of the photos I’ve taken over the last couple of weeks. (I’m only shooting in black-and-white this July, fyi.)

Underneath a bus shelter, only somewhat protected from the downpour

On Ventura bus #1619

Tactile directional tile across a walking and cycling path

Tactile warning tiles just before the walking path crosses the road

Reflections on a Mazda console

Nicely-spaced murder

High beams at dusk

Why Melbourne?

After we got married in Pakistan in 2004, Nadia and I wanted to go overseas to study. When deciding where to go, we picked three cities that were (a) great places to live and (b) had multiple universities that the two of us could apply to.

The cities we picked were:

• Melbourne, Australia;

• Boston, USA; and

• Vancouver, Canada.

We decided all this just as the southern-hemisphere university admissions cycle started and, as luck would have it, both of us applied to and got into the University of Melbourne. [1]

This was great because my older sister was living in Melbourne at the time and she had just completed her PhD from the University of Melbourne. Meaning not only did she know the city we’d be moving to, she knew the exact university we’d be going to as well.

With our university acceptances in hand, a guaranteed soft landing in a new country, and the full scholarship I was awarded for my MBA studies, we leapt at the chance to head down under.

So it was that on 12 July 2006, Nadia and I hopped on a one-way flight to a place almost 11,000 kilometers away and in a hemisphere that neither of us had been to before.

20 years on

We landed in Melbourne on Tuesday, 13 July 2006, and the very first place my sister and a family friend (who was also my sister’s housemate) took us to for lunch was A1 Bakery on Sydney Road in Brunswick.

It was fitting, then, that on 13 July 2026, Nadia and I went back to A1 for lunch to mark the occassion :)

Settling down

Nadia completed her MA and went on to do a PhD from UniMelb as well. I completed my MBA and went into the job market. Nadia did a couple of other things, but eventually made her way back to UniMelb, which is where she now teaches.

I don’t remember exactly when we decided that Melbourne was the place we were going to call home, but a big part of why we decided to stay was the people we met here along the way. Which is why we also marked our twenty years in this city with our friends and family at the Cornish Arms rooftop bar this weekend.

Looking forward

What are our plans for the next twenty years? I have no idea, because Nadia and I plan our lives in four-year increments.

I mean that literally, by the way. Ever since Nadia’s PhD graduation in 2013, when our lives were finally disconnected from the degree-seeking schedule that universities impose on you, we’ve been making and documenting four-year life plans.

Actually, that’s not entirely true. We do have over 26 years left on our mortgage. So, if nothing else, in 2046 we’ll still be paying that off!

But my point is that twenty years is a long time so, instead of planning that far ahead, we’re just going to do what we can and roll with the punches when we can’t. That is life, and we’re looking forward to what the next twenty years in Melbourne will bring us.

[1] Yes, technically I got into Melbourne Business School which, back then, was only half-owned by the University of Melbourne. MBS is now wholly owned by UniMelb.

Q. Do typefaces or fonts used in a book or other document need to be credited? CMOS 4.106 makes me think they should, but maybe I misunderstood something.

Read the FAQ page for the full answer, but the tl;dr is that, no, in most cases font licences don’t require you to credit them in your publications.

Like I said in my earlier post, I do appreciate it when publishers share which typeface(s) they’ve used in their publications – like the University of Chicago Press folks do on the colophon page of the CMOS Online website.

Oh, and in case you don’t know, this website has a colophon page too :) You’ll find that in the footer.

Now that I am going out more often and taking my camera with me when I do, I’ve decided to keep things interesting by developing a new photography skill. So during all of July I’ll shoot only in black-and-white.

I’ve configured my Fujifilm X-S10 camera to use the ACROS film simulation, which means the camera’s electronic viewfinder shows me everything in black-and-white. And when I import these photos in to darktable, I use Jonas Schäfer’s darktable styles that mimic Fujifilm’s simulations– specifically the ACROS one.

Here, then, is my first batch of black-and-white-only photos.

There’s roadworks happening in a nearby suburb and I wanted to see what photos I could take there, so Nadia and I walked around the area while I took some photos.

Nadia is ready to head out

Cat in the driveway

Hanging plant baskets on the front porch

Detour to the left

Twisted-metal rope

End of the detour

Creative sign from Claudio+Marwan Residential

Tiny, wonky lighthouse in the garden

Your speed is 41km/h

You are under the speed limit

Telephone and internet wires running underground

No roadworks on Sunday afternoon

I’m really enjoying the process of learning this new skill! I’m having to look at things in a different way and adjust my composition to accommodate the lack of colour in my photos. It is challenging and a whole lot of fun :)

I love Melbourne in winter

I got there a little early and managed to take a few photos outside.

Scienceworks museum in Melbourne

Scienceworks museum members entry

1966 Ford Falcon XP outside Scienceworks

Ford Falcon outside Scienceworks

Naked bus stop shelter at night

Blank bus stop shelter

No need to stop when there's no one there

No one at the bus top

Naked bus stop shelter

I’m not ill, just tired. It’s week four of the roughly six weeks it takes me to fully get over each bout of post-viral fatigue.

Happily, this time around I was 80% back to normal by week two! That’s fantastic compared to how debilitating this was last year.

Like Peter Gabriel who, since his 2023 album i/o, has been releasing “Bright-Side” and “Dark-Side” mixes of all his songs.

And Dua Lipa released regular and extended versions of Radical Optimism in 2024 – though the extended versions were on digital and streaming only.

There have always been multiple versions of songs, of course – album, radio, live, remix, 20th anniversary, etc – but releasing multiple studio versions from the get-go is a new and very cool development.

Also, I know Peter Gabriel’s “Been Undone” was released on 3 and 18 January 2026 – the Dark-Side and Bright-Side mixes, respectively – but I think this is going to be my song of the year.

Here are the 36 albums I’ve listened to on repeat over the last five years or so, listed in alphabetical order by artist name.

• Big Thief – Double Infinity (2025)

• The Birthday Massacre – Violet (2004)

• Charlie XCX – Brat (2024)

• The Chicks – Gaslighter (2020)

• Deep Forest – Made in Japan (1999)

• Devon Cole – Two Shades Blonder (2024)

• Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa Live from the Royal Albert Hall (2024); Radical Optimism (2024)

• Elderbook – Another Touch (2024); Little Love (2023); Innerlight EP (2021)

• Filter – The Algorithm (Ultra Edition) (2023)

• Garbage – Let All That We Imagine Be the Light (2025)

• Goo Goo Dolls – Vol.2 (2008)

• Gretta Ray – Positive Spin (2023)

• Haim – I Quit (2025)

• Heleina Zara – Autopilot (2024)

• Jackson Browne – The Very Best of Jackson Browne (2004)

• Laufey – A Matter of Time (2025)

• Linkin Park – From Zero (2024); Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) (2024); One More Light (2017)

• Michelle Branch – The Trouble with Fever (2022)

• Natasha Humera Ejaz – Ordinary Miracle (2023)

• Peter Gabriel – I/O (2023)

• R.E.M. – R.E.M. Live (2007)

• Rosa Damask – Adore You (2024)

• Rosalía – Lux (2025); Motomami (2022)

• St Vincent – All Born Screaming (2024)

• Tori Amos – Diving Deep Live (2024)

• U2 – Easter Lily (2026)

• The War on Drugs – Live Drugs Again (2024); I Don’t Live Here Anymore (2021)

• Wet Leg – Moisturiser (2025); Wet Leg (2022)

I did listen to lots of other albums, of course. They didn’t make it to this list because I only liked a handful of songs from them.

Take Lady Gaga’s Mayhem (2025), for example. I listened to that from start to finish a few times and then I picked the songs I liked the most (seven of them, it turns out) and added them to my ‘Current’ playlist. But this wasn’t an album I listened to on repeat all the way through.

Same with albums from Aly & AJ, Cannons, The Chemical Brothers, Folk Bitch Trio, FKA Twigs, Kesha, Kita Alexander, London Grammar, Mammoth, Miya Folick, Moby, Neil Finn, Nine Inch Nails & Boyz Noize, Robyn, Rosa Damask, Sabrina Carpenter, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Taylor Swift, Xani, and Zoe Keating, to name a few.

What albums have you had on heavy rotation over the last few years? I’d love to know.

‘Song for Hal’

The Edge on lead vocals.

These lines as a reference to death:

Did you hear “forever”?
Was it playing soft and low?
It’s not a song you wanna hear
If you’re not ready to go

The comfort people find in religion, even though I’m not at all religious myself.

‘In a Life’

This song might be about “celebrating friendship”, but it’s about so much more than that.

Larry Mullen Jr’s drumming.

These lines, which are so relevant today:

And when we make the bed out of war
Deafen our children with its roar
Repeat, rewind, replay once more
Never unsee the sights they saw

The anthemic outro with The Edge, once again, on lead vocals.

‘Scars’

The way this song ends with, “You won’t know who I am / The next time we meet” and then transitions seamlessly into ‘Resurrection Song’.

Larry Mullen Jr’s drumming.

‘Resurrection Song’

Larry Mullen Jr’s infectious drum parts.

Adam Clayton’s driving bass parts.

The Edge’s shimmering, tinkling, shining guitar parts.

The emotion in Bono’s vocals, and how they’re raw and not overproduced.

The fantastic dynamics throughout the song structure.

(Yes, this is my favourite song on the album.)

‘Easter Parade’

A beautific, anthemic outro singing a Greek phrase from the Bible that translates to, “Lord have mercy”. I bet no one had that on their Bingo card!

‘COEXIST (I Will Bless The Lord At All Times?)’

Who thought that in 2026 U2 would release a 6 minute, 48 second quiet, mostly-vocal song produced by Brian Eno that was “a lullaby for parents of children caught up in war”.

The question mark at the end of the song title.

Bono’s voice, equalised but otherwise raw and unprocessed; and with an occasional chorus effect applied.

“[The] girl of Guadalupe”?

The unexpected stinger/discordant chord at the end of the song/EP that has no musical or commercial reason to be there except that’s what the band/producer wanted (or wanted to leave in).

Thoughts about the whole EP

U2 when they’re being experimental, when they’re not trying to be commercial, when they’re singing about things that matter very deeply to them.

How this EP feels like a more mature version of U2 from their The Unforgettable Fire days.

Everyone has a chance to shine on this EP but, for my money, I think Larry Mullen Jr is the star of this album.

The EP title is a nod to Patti Smith’s 1878 album Easter, which I wouldn’t have otherwise sought out and listened to.

A few things to note:

• The list below covers only the typefaces I enjoy writing in the most, along the heading typefaces I usually pair them with.

• Happily, the list of honourable mentions in each section covers most of the typefaces I enjoy reading in as well. I do occasionally use these typefaces for writing, but only when the need arises.

• Within each section, typefaces are listed in alphabetical order.

• Paid typefaces are flagged with “($)” after their name.

• The first time I mention a typeface I’ve added a link to where you can download or purchase it, or just find out more about it.

In case you’re interested, I have a separate post about my favourite ebook typefaces and an ongoing series on cool type pairings I’ve found on the web.

For completeness’ sake, I should say that I don’t always pair typefaces. Sometimes it’s just best to use the same typefaces for headings and titles as well :)

Serifs

I do most of my writing in serif typefaces using LibreOffice.

Calluna

I almost always pair Calluna ($) with Calluna Sans ($). If I hadn’t purchased Calluna and Calluna Sans together, I’d probably pair Calluna with Whitney ($) for its elegance, Neue Montreal ($) for its neutrality, or Brother 1816 ($) for its geometric elegance.

Crimson Pro

I usually pair Crimson Pro with Work Sans since the two have a similar vibe or with Nebula Sans for a slightly more elegant vibe. Other good pairing options are Avenir Next ($) for its elegant geometric nature and Fact ($) for its squarish geometric nature (which provides a nice contrast to Crimson Pro).

Crimson Pro is a modern interpretation of Garamond. Nebula Sans is a version of Source Sans 3 that’s been adjusted to look like Whitney. Fact is a modern interpretation of Frutiger.

ETbb

I usually pair ETbb with Public Sans or Nimbus Sans, both of which are on the friendlier side of neutral. Other good pairing options are Brother 1816 ($) for is geometric elegance and Neue Montreal ($) for its slightly-friendly neutrality.

That said, when I’m using ETbb as a reading typeface, I almost always pair it with itself.

ETbb is a version of ET Book, Edward Tufte’s modern interpretation of Bembo. Public Sans is my favourite modern interpretation of Franklin Gothic. Nimbus Sans is a version of Helvetica that’s a little more like Univers, which I really like. Neue Montreal is a great, slightly friendlier alternative to Helvetica.

Goodchild

I almost always pair Goodchild ($) with Nicholas ($) since Nicholas is the “tight but not touching” headline version of Goodchild. Another good pairing option is Hint ($) since that adds a touch of neutral elegance.

Goodchild is a modern interpretation of Jenson.

Mercury

I almost always pair Mercury ($) with Whitney ($) or Whitney Narrow ($). Other good pairing options are Metropolis ($) for its neutrality and Calluna Sans ($) for its elegance. The Mercury + Whitney combo is my default in LibreOffice Writer.

Metropolis is an interpretation of Gotham, the latter being from the same type foundry as Mercury and Whitney.

Source Serif 4

I almost always pair Source Serif 4 with Source Sans 3. Other good pairing options are Fira Sans to add a bit more character, Merriweather Sans to add a bit more elegance, and Public Sans to add a more classic, friendly vibe. The Source Serif 4 + Source Sans 3 combo is what I usually use when sending an editable document to someone (with fonts embedded).

Public Sans is my favourite modern interpretation of Franklin Gothic.

Stempel Garamond

I pair Stempel Garamond ($) with Rethink Sans since they have a similar vibe or with Nebula Sans for its solid elegance. Other good pairing options are Jost* for its geometric elegance and Cabin for its geometric friendliness. Stempel Garamond also works well with something neutral like Helvetica.

Stempel Garamond is a modern interpretation of Garamond. I’m not a big user of Garamond, but this version is my favourite. Rethink Sans is a fork of DM Sans, which itself is a fork of Poppins. Jost* is a modern interpretation of Futura. Cabin is a modern interpretation of Gill Sans.

TT Jenevers

If I’m not pairing TT Jenevers ($) with itself (usually its Extra Bold weight), I pair TT Jenevers with Cooper Hewitt for its classic, geometric vibe. Other good pairing options are Merriweather Sans which adds a bit of geometric elegance, Public Sans which adds a bit of friendliness, and Whitney ($) which adds a bit of friendly elegance.

Willy Caslon

I pair Willy Caslon ($) with Public Sans, since they both have the modernised-classic vibe. Other good pairing options are Neue Montreal ($) for its friendly neutrality, Neue Haas Unica ($) for its warm neutrality, and Trade Gothic Next ($) for its classic, friendly vibe.

Willy Caslon is a modern interpretation of Caslon. Public Sans is a modern interpretation of Franklin Gothic. Neue Montreal is a modern interpretation of Helvetica. Neue Haas Unica is modern interpretation of Unica, which was an amalgam of Univers and Helvetica. Trade Gothic Next is a version of News Gothic, which is the regular-weight version of the original Franklin Gothic.

Honourable mentions

These are the body text typefaces I use for writing only when the need arises, along with the typefaces I like to pair them with.

• Bitter: Montserrat, Cabin, Work Sans.

• Chaparral ($): Myriad Condensed ($) (modern interpretation of Franklin Gothic), Chaparral Display/Subhead ($)

• Charis (updated version of Charter): Inter, Cooper Hewitt, General Sans, Cabin.

• Heuristica (extended version of Utopia): Cooper Hewitt, Public Sans, Cabin, Inter.

• Libre Baskerville: Montserrat, General Sans, Cabin, Arimo.

• Merriweather: Merriweather Sans, Oswald, Poppins, Brother 1816 ($).

• Novela: Nimbus Sans, Metropolis, Figtree, Fira Sans.

• Sabon Next ($): Neue Haas Unica ($), Nimbus Sans, Avenir Next ($), Ideal Sans ($).

• Sentient: Nimbus Sans, General Sans, Nebula Sans, Merriweather Sans.

Finally, I should mention that, even though I don’t currently use these typefaces (they’re on my wish list), the Untitled Serif ($) + Untitled Sans ($) pairing is excellent.

Sans serifs

Calluna Sans

I almost always pair Calluna Sans ($) with Calluna ($). If I hadn’t purchased Calluna Sans and Calluna together, I’d probably pair Calluna with Mercury ($) or Heuristica for their authoritativeness or Gentium (probably Extra Bold) for its warmer vibe.

Heuristica is an extended version of Utopia and is a good, free alternative to Mercury.

Fact

I usually pair Fact ($) with Bitter since the letterforms of both are based on rounded rectangles. Other good pairing options are Caladea for its friendliness, Faustina for its modern rounded-rectangular warmth, and Mercury ($) for its authoritativeness.

Fact is a modern interpretation of Frutiger.

General Sans

I usually pair General Sans with At Hauss ($) since they’re both quite similar (ie At Hauss could almost pass as the display version of General Sans). Other good pairing options are Jost* for its geometric sharpness, Charis for its modern friendliness, and Sentient for old-school its charm and warmth.

Jost* is a modern interpretation of Futura. At Hauss may be a paid typeface, but its non-commercial version costs only €9!

Hint

I usually pair Hint ($) with Emy Slab ($) since they’re both slightly elegant but otherwise solid typefaces. Other good pairing options are Editorial New ($) to add some modern style, Audela ($) to add a little chunkier solidity, and Calluna ($) to add some friendlier style.

Hint is my preferred alternative to Avenir.

Ideal Sans

I almost always pair Ideal Sans ($) with Sentinel ($) since they both have the same vibe and are from the same type foundry. Another good pairing option is Metropolis for its modern solidity.

Metropolis is an interpretation of Gotham, the latter being from the same type foundry as Ideal Sans and Sentinel.

Nebula Sans

I usually pair Nebula Sans with Mercury ($) since they have a similar vibe or with Clab ($) if I want a slightly more solid vibe. Other good pairing options are Goodchild ($) for its modern elegance and Heuristica for its modern friendliness.

Nebula Sans is a version of Source Sans 3 that’s been adjusted to look like Whitney. Heuristica is an extended version of Utopia and is a good, free alternative to Mercury.

Officer Sans

I pair Officer Sans (free) with itself or with Caladea for its friendliness.

You can get the basic version of Office Sans for free, but there is also a full Officer Sans family that you can purchase.

Public Sans

If I’m not pairing Public Sans with itself, I usually pair it with Sentient since they have a similar vibe (friendly, classic). Other good pairing options are Georgia (or Gelasio) for its retro charm, Roboto Slab for its solidity, and Heuristica for its modern friendliness.

Public Sans is my favourite modern interpretation of Franklin Gothic. Gelasio is an open source version of Georgia. Heuristica is an extended version of Utopia and is a good, free alternative to Mercury.

Rig Sans

If I’m not pairing Rig Sans ($) with itself, I usually pair it with Sentient since the latter adds a bit of classic charm to the text. Other good pairing potions are Literata TT Subhead for its solid warmth, Clab ($) for its elegant authoritativeness, and Goodchild ($) for its modern elegance.

Rig Sans is the typeface I go to every time I’m tempted to use something like Verdana.

Source Sans 3

I almost always pair Source Sans 3 with Source Serif 4 since they’re part of the same family. Other good pairing options are Manuale for its rounded-rectangular sharpness, Roboto Slab for its solidity, and Charis for its modern friendliness.

Charis is an updated version of Charter.

Whitney

I almost always pair Whitney ($) with Mercury ($) since they have a similar vibe. Other good pairing options are Sentinel ($) for its old-school vibe, Metropolis for its solidity, and Goodchild ($) for its modern elegance.

Metropolis is an interpretation of Gotham, the latter being from the same type foundry as Whitney and Sentinel.

Honourable mentions

These are the body text typefaces I use for writing only when the need arises, along with the typefaces I like to pair them with.

• Avenir Next ($): Futura ($), Blacker Display ($), Quador Display ($), Clab ($)

• Brother 1816 ($): Faustina, Heuristica, Goodchild ($), Zilla Slab

• Fira Sans: Merriweather, Roboto Slab, Heuristica, Inter Display

• Inter: Sentient, Heuristica, Caladea, Roboto Slab

• Neue Montreal ($): Editorial New ($), Nicholas ($), Sentinel ($)

• Roboto: Roboto Serif, Roboto Slab, Bitter

Finally, as mentioned in the serif section above, even though I don’t currently use these typefaces (they’re on my wish list), the Untitled Sans ($) + Untitled Serif ($) pairing is excellent.

Monospace

I’m only including this section for completeness’ sake because, whenever I use a monospace typeface, I pair it with itself.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The monospace typefaces I use most often are JetBrains Mono, Berkeley Mono, and Cascadia Code. I will also occasionally use Drafting* Mono, At Textual, and Clack.

Concluding thoughts

Sorry for the long post – I had a lot to get through!

If you’ve made it all the way to the end, tell me what your favourite or go-to typeface pairings are.

😆

Last month it was Julia from the “Square Space Security Team”.

And this week we have “Collins” reaching out from the “Squarespace Security Team” so at least they got the name of the company right. “Collins” was even helpful enough to leave the quotation marks around his name. Good on you “Collins”.

“Passengers on the platform are reminded to stand behind the yellow line until the train comes to a complete stop”

— Repeated pre-recorded announcement made over the public address sytem at all train stations in Melbourne.

I can imagine the discussion the pre-teen and their mother had on platform 10 at Southern Cross railway station just before I took this photo. That’s because, the second the mother looked away, the pre-teen quietly stretched one leg and tapped the forbidden side of the yellow line with their toe before quickly pulling their leg back 😛🙄

Days or Ash is good, but Easter Lily is excellent. And both are a true return to form.

In fact, I think maybe 80% of the music I’ve listened to since Easter Lily was released on 2 April has been this EP played from start to finish!

The post from 21 April 2026 reads:

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

I took only a handful of photos with it on today’s short walk though. I was having more fun talking with Nadia that I was with taking photos :)

Suburban electricity pole

Statue in a garden

Colourful windmill on a fence