Words in Edgewise News Roundup - December 28, 2025

Robert Cox

28 Dec 2025 — 3 min read

Florist’s Cyclamen blooming in a nearby park in Dublin.

DUBLIN, IRELAND (December 28, 2025) — it’s my final newsletter of 2025. Seems like the year flew past. I mentioned last week I had two important stories in the works. I posted one: the full unedited Garris videos.

As it’s the year end let me remind readers, in the finals months of 2025 I added NextDoor, BlueSky, Threads and… email.

There is no good reason why I have not actively promoted the email subscription option for TOTS (you can also subscribe to get emails from Words in Edgewise) but it already has over 3,000 subscribers so clearly readers like it. To get every article published on the Talk of the Sound home page just visit talkofthesound.com and add your email address.

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