the set is alive today

let's do this again, this time good, etc.

new year, day 2 @davidgunkel.bsky.social

museum is open today, however

happy new year everybody

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on remembrance

today we remember

see for example:

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Who died?

I really enjoyed this documentary by @valentinpetit.bsky.social and his team. This, to me, is the future of reporting: deep dives into difficult topics without compromising journalistic integrity. Congratulations, team. You've done it again! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ByY...

I went to church. So should you.

@support.bsky.team reset timeline

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MERRY CHRISTMAS BLUESKY

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May this season find you surrounded by light 🕎

christmas shopping, melbourne edition

remix, in light of an event happening tomorrow:

Check out our best longform journalism & essays of the year, with stories covering everything from the last days of social media to the unseen fury of solar storms. #reading #longform

update incoming...

i made it!

“Vietnam’s third stack is more than a hedge against platform dependence: it is a rehearsal for a future in which AI agents — trained locally, governed modularly — enact a worldview not defined by Silicon Valley or Beijing.” — @digitaldang.bsky.social

remix, in light of what happened in sydney last night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7O...

the professor is back

remix www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDjB...

remix www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBtF...

melbourne is almost never this busy on a saturday morning, friends. did i miss the memo?

writing my next foreign policy essay, but first i have to render it in songs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A134...

did someone call the professor

anyway here's my breakfast

This report is how I have channeled my rage as the tech industry has grown in wealth and power at the expense of workers, communities, and the environment. The old mechanisms of reform aren’t sufficient in a time of AI ascendance and data center accelerationism datasociety.net/library/turn...

have you seen me?

A reminder that this is happening soon. I'll be there with my questions! 🙂

did someone call the professor

new thread 🧵 🪺

place + inscription = notation now open for bidding

time + space = music 🎶

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timeless land + historicised land = timeful country