Political mailers are generally bottom-feeding business… but holy fuck, Faschy… Pay attention, peeps. We’re fully in the brazen era.

This album is doing weird shit to my brain. Impeccable production juxtaposed against some feral composition. Both retro and most definitely of the times.

Lilith Fair doc on Hulu was so good. Time capsule nostalgia but also relevant to the moment.

Loved the article. Adding the book to the queue. Relevant reflections as we think about current tech affecting musicians… “These examples illustrate not only how programmed beats can be complementary to traditional percussion, but how technology can grow rather than shrink the music industry.”

A year in, Coffee and Beats celebrated in Wynwood, redefining how people come together through music.

Would you believe I wrote about Nine Inch Nails? Well, I did. I really did. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Exactly this

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

co-sign.

Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains Rest in power Shannon Hoon

if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war

I was introduced to @ekkoastral.bsky.social when they opened up for @idlesband.bsky.social in Ft Laud. 🤯 show all around. I bought this record and you should too. For my local gov / civic-minded peeps. Lead vocalist @jael.bsky.social is also an incredibly dedicated climate journalist. Hard follow.

Our 3yo had like a hundred fuckin questions about the rules & logistics & moral implications of how mogwais become gremlins, but ZERO questions about "sometimes people change from girl to boy" or "sometimes boys marry other boys" or whatever, kids dgaf, the problem has ALWAYS been bigot ass parents

Team of Al Jazeera journalists killed in targeted attack. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The promise of this site has always been algorithmic control — better ability to manage feeds. Curious if anyone’s working on way to make this prompt driven. Would be great to show up here & dynamically shift feed w/ plain language. @bsky.app even wired for that possibility? @mmasnick.bsky.social

If there's one absolutely plausible use for large AI models, it'd be finding options for equitable redistricting boundaries. But at least we can generate animated videos out our photos we took with our phones that also record video when we want.

I worked at a non-profit that delivers medically tailored food to people with chronic illness and there were two chefs working there on loan from Matt and Trey (and paid by them) because they wanted to keep paying their staff while they worked all that permit stuff out. Pretty generous.

The municipal government wonk in me can’t wait to watch the documentary about Matt and Trey buying the real casa Bonita and dealing with shit ton of permitting issues.

Been looking forward to this since Roddy announced on his blog. Longtime FNM fan, but everyone should also check out his more recent Man on Man tracks. Bottom’s melodic sense was always standout, & it was also powerful to see him come out at time when musicians weren’t doing that all that often.

one day, facial recognition technology will tell the world about your presence somewhere that the mob deems immoral, and you will never be the same. we are all next

Anyway, I know it's not news that Trump is hypocritical, but here's my story reminding people that MAGA world insisted that the Biden admin sending impolite notes to Facebook was the greatest threat to free speech, but are completely silent on Trump calling up Murdoch and demanding he kill a story

Just so we’re clear and up to date on how all this behind the scenes stuff works… Skydance owner David Ellison is son of Oracle owner Larry Ellison. In April, David did the UFC hang with Trump 👇 finance.yahoo.com/news/paramou...

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Lighting cigarettes in the car with the part of the car specifically made for lighting cigarettes

Masked, anonymous men rove the country, beating and detaining anybody they care to, to meet their daily quota. Some of those people are sent to foreign concentration camps, without legal review. You are not allowed to fight back or resist in any way. These men are accountable to nobody.

whoa... reading these titles instantly transported me to such a specific window in the time continuum. yes, Alfred... i saw Verve Pipe at "the chili pepper" in '97.

Predictable Stephen Miller-coded post. Stripped of any humanitarian sentiment. A little “go back to where you came from”… and a dash of anti-trans fear baiting. This all tracks. Yeah. Fuck this guy.

Downtown Miami now, biggest protest crowd I've seen since 2020 (not including the solidarity protests for Cuba in 2021)

There is no mass-deportation campaign going on right now. Deportation is a process. This is kidnapping and human trafficking.

Deporting this gay man - whose family has Ukrainian heritage & an openly anti Putin stance - means high likelihood of torture / death back in Russia where LGBTQIA movement is considered a terrorist organization. Keep this story close next time you hear someone casually calling to “send them back”.

Astounding hypocrisy from Rubio, a Cuban American who built his persona contrasting American freedoms w/authoritarian oppression. This move is not about keeping anyone safe. It’s about suppression - tempering critiques of president & any calls of compassion for the Palestinian people. Expect more.

Rehearsal for set at Sweat Records (Miami) Sat Jun 7 w/ Joycult. Def rollin up early cuz store is having Turnstile record release listening event right before. Support local music. Support your record stores. Buy some physical stuff. This is clip of unreleased track “The Drive” #indiemusic #MusicSky

@morelle.house.gov: “a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis. Surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.” democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-...

Catching up on debate around @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social's Abundance. Still feeling out his take, but I appreciate much-needed reflection on byzantine gov processes. @pahlkadot.bsky.social pushes back on critique that now isn't the time to have this convo. www.eatingpolicy.com/p/punching-l...

us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years

Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” just came on while reading this post and loaded it up with the perfect amount of gravitas… all the things… seeing the light. “So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away I get so tired of working so hard for our survival”

This layout on Bill Gates’ site, announcing the release of the MS BASIC source code, is cool as hell. www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...

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So if AI wrecks the global economy, what’s the number we can call

The lack of sorting makes me want to immediately deport the data analyst that created this. Jfc #makechartsgreatagain

Have two people ever spent more time discussing an issue without either persuading the other or progressing the conversation in any meaningful way more than Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris?

I started to use the word “gross” here, but it’s nowhere near enough. I’m not one to lean into hyperbolic language about things like this, so know that I mean this when I say it — This is what evil looks like. Never lose your humanity.

Great article / interview with some wonky details about public service. The impact of these blind, broad-stroke firings will feel distant and invisible to some, but nonetheless they are very, very real. #publicservice #noaa #climate #sciencesky

I trace back much of my thinking around importance of structured data to @vonasko.bsky.social. Love this post about how product managers should think through and build out new, more sophisticated scaffolding for user testing. A structured approach to scenario building / #QA. #UserTesting #Ontologies

Strong stance, Wired. Love to see it. Open access & sunlight.

Our LGBTQ+ community needs to feel loved and supported. As the first Kentucky governor to attend the state fairness rally, I am proud to keep showing up and standing with my fellow Kentuckians. Hate has no place in our commonwealth or country. Let's keep showing love.

If it's not fully setting in how ominous this is, try reading it this way: