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4.5.14+hometown-1.2.1
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I've started a Bluesky account, due to the groundswell of folks in my networks who never made the move over here. I'm still on the Fedi at this account as well, but may decide if/how to make these accounts more distinct.
Anyway, come follow me over there as well!
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Test - Complete the sequence:
SQUAWK!
Hallelujah!
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I'm so Gen X I automatically play appropriate music cues and sound effects from ancient TV shows in my head for every situation I encounter.
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Really looking forward to the upcoming game Hollywood Animal. Here's a nice explanation of why and how they went with a detailed but playful 2D design in an era when even strategy games are 3D.
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The solution to shitty social media platforms is not another shitty social media platform, but getting past the whole concept of “social media” as it’s been designed for the past 20+ years.
And honestly we’re not (yet) up to the task.
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Great example of how culture, politics, and business today all center on the existential question of how much AI fraud and sludge the inflection points of any platform can take before it threatens the integrity of the entire system.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/14/24294995/spotify-ai-fake-albums-scam-distributors-metadata
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I can remember specific dinners I had in 1997 but I can’t remember what I had for lunch on Monday.
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I’m sorry, could you speak up?
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Every minor twinge on any joint could be a minor twinge or a resigned “welp, I guess that’s how it is from here on out.”
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I try to get home before the sun goes down because nighttime driving really sucks.
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I take advantage of the depth of streaming platforms to watch TV shows from the 1970s. Again.
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There are three groups of people who’ll get hurt by the incoming administration: the people who didn’t vote for him, the people who didn’t vote at all, and the people who did vote for him.
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Good overview of some of the positive results at the state level in many states, including protections for abortion rights, raising minimum wages, and protecting public schools. https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/through-the-darkness-some-rays-of?r=1dh1ua&utm_medium=ios
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Good morning. Let’s fucking do this thing.
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Don’t buy the Trump bravado.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/dont-buy-the-trump-camps-spin?r=1dh1ua&utm_medium=ios
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One Upon A Time in Deep Ellum
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Just a reminder on this Juneteenth that all of Bandcamp’s platform proceeds today will go to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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Currently have "The War Games" on silently in the background in a pop-out window (from Plex's Doctor Who channel). I always forget how the production design for this story is bonkers and amazing. Amazo-bonkers. It could only have been made circa 1968-69 and is delightful.
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