So much for the boycott, first email I open this morning is a notification of a recurring Apple Pay payment for some subscription or another. Apparently I don’t even have to spend money (or know what I’m spending it on) to spend money.

Hi @tedconferences.bsky.social how y’all feeling about Elon these days? Because you’re partially to blame for giving him cultural cachet.

Those complaining about social media sinking human discourse to new lows of snarky, petty, accusatory, and enforced orthodoxy obviously never read a Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll letters section

If you see this, post a magic user

I was once a freelancer for TED and it always blew my mind how the “liberal/ progressive” elements of the VC/Silicon Valley ecosystem believed that enlightened billionaires were going to solve climate change, save the planet, fight creeping hate and fascism, etc. How’s that working out for y’all?

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Don’t know about y’all but I spent the latter years of the 70s reading hippy utopian sf and so always assumed everyone in the 21st c was gonna have multiple genders, futuristic pronouns, several sets of genitalia, and copulate with who/what and wherever they wanted

With new advances in technology, computers will be able to do tiresome and unrewarding work like painting, writing, and composing music, leaving human beings free to create shareholder value and protect inventory

Continue to protest and put pressure on US officials to end the slaughter in Gaza, yes. Police our friends’ reactions to the occupation on social media, no.

Praise Kali, the fucker is finally dead.

Hearing word that CC Hennix has passed. Absolute legend and I’m so happy to have been able to see her perform. music.youtube.com/watch?v=VAOw...

The future is weird

It doesn’t seem entirely coincidental that Twitter, a major thorn in the side of those who would destroy democracy, no longer functions as a tool to facilitate journalism (or street-level protest, for that matter).

What’s next, Discogs?

This isn’t what was meant by “put the music in its coffin.”

Finally deleted my Twitter account. Good riddance.

Gettin serious in NYC

Just realized I’m mixing up Russell Brand and Stewart Brand no wonder I’m confused