good lord there are some tedious takes in this thread. i declare it no longer a judgment free zone, adding everyone to a list

It’s trivial compared to all else but as computer components & entertainment systems become more prohibitively expensive it’s becoming increasingly clear that we can have AI & data centers & petroleum wars or we can have stuff we actually want like movies & video games & physical media but not both.

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

still holding the line on "fireworks suck"

so fucking sick of ai

Meta selling its compute capacity...Oracle warning everybody that it might not get paid by OpenAI...going on a major business TV show tomorrow...the Summer of Smiles has begun

(tim heidecker voice) I LOVE THIS MOVIE

Today's newsletter is about how the AI industry is losing - its economics don't work, its leaders can only sell its product through swindling and egregious forward-looking statements, and the largest financial institutions in the world are wising up. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-industry-is-losing/

[0003526] Trader Mental Illness

this type of aesthetic gets such a reaction out of me. if someone turned golden tee into a walking simulator it would be a legitimately moving piece of art

“These Meta glasses are anti-social from the jump. If all we have is this ad to judge the product, they’re not about capturing memories with your friends at the bar or a party. They’re about packaging one’s life and then viewing it as an out-of-body experience, like you’re already dead.” 🔥🔥🔥

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pikuniku 🌱🔴

Sunday services start at 11am ET. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FZy...

I made memory from scratch and I may have gone a bit overboard. Ok 64 bits overboard… Enjoy the new video! youtu.be/IOtf85sHRlg

reading the new cory doctorow (the reverse centaur's guide to life after ai). as always he seems a bit too much of a techno-optimist for me to get fully on board with him and could do with generally taking a stronger stance against ai. but still a decent read

np

🎶🎵 sam,

watched vanya on 42nd street not too long ago so naturally i had to rewatch drive my car. i love this film so much

quick ratchety burst ambience thing https://soundcloud.com/caustic_gates/semantics #modularsynth #ambient

Me: Okay, there's been a thunderstorm, the heatwave should be over now. (New health bar appears) (The sun is now named 'Sol, Starflame of Regret') (Objectively the greatest piece of classical music ever recorded starts playing).

love this album. whatever the weather (loraine james)

didn't think i was going to make it out of this alive (i did) #868back

acid thing. will be back on my usual ambient nonsense shortly https://soundcloud.com/caustic_gates/neural-transduction #acid #modularsynth

fixed your headline

WHOLE ECONOMY IS GOOSE.

video game shop of the year (from 868-back)

exactly and reason the ac discourse is infuriating is how it misses the point of how unbelievably fucked we all are on a global level and 'just install ac' is rearranging deckchairs

I get that the AC hating French are crazy, but all the Americans laying into them rubs me the wrong way… do u understand that it is supposed to be like mid 70s in Paris this time of year. The emotional weight of it is crushing and it makes sense to feel like it’s just not supposed to be like this

Now and always, say NO to Al ✊️

Dear musicians, Why the HELL are you not only subscribing to Spotify, but sharing links to your music there? Why are you helping this company grow, despite them throwing you under the bus every single chance they've had in the last decade? I legitimately can't wrap my head around this.

I bet it feels good as hell for a hacker to do this tbh

🎵🎶 sam,

i think about this film a lot

Brand new Dev Dive! I talked to Michael Brough and Tara MacAlister about 868-BACK, and what they went through to get the game released. This is a development story about how passion and creativity can fight through many struggles. @smestorp.bsky.social @finjico.bsky.social youtu.be/EB2iJ4DQx_Y

don't teach your kids perfect pitch, we don't need any more jacob colliers

There's more than one way into the Statue. You wanna kill rebels -- you're on your own. Yeah -- you should sneak in from the back. Less chance of a shootout that way.

compelled to record this after playing a lot of 868-back https://soundcloud.com/caustic_gates/thread-overload #modular #breaks

How it feels to use .slash in 868-BACK

the 868-back soundtrack is perfect but clipping.'s dead channel sky is the next best alternative

SJÄMSÅRA

[0009072] Dwarfs showing preference for animal teeth that don't exist

love this song https://m-o-i-n.bandcamp.com/track/lift-you-feat-sophia-al-maria

That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools

new episode of kill the computer where we talk to ed zitron about how openai lost 38 billion dollars in 2025 and what they might try to do to prevent the bubble from ever popping