everyone knows that Starbucks workers are on strike and until there's a contract, don't buy anything there, right?!?!

Really pleased with the latest episode of Money 4 Nothing—why the major labels are settling with Suno & Udio, what the history of Spotify suggests is happening, and what might come next. #ai #music #capitalism

Two weeks ago I said that there were likely millions of uninstalled Blackwell GPUs sitting in warehouses as there is neither the data center capacity nor the power to turn them on. Michael Burry is looking into it and it looks like he’s got evidence I’m right. www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

Fascinated by the timeline where like... AI really is remarkable, but it is being pushed by financial scam artists that are (likely) going to crash and burn. I mean...honestly, that's exactly like Railroads, not sure why I'm surprised, but gosh it's weird to really live it, you know?

Just a reminder that Aaron Swartz was threatened with 50 years of jail time for downloading public domain documents and meanwhile AI companies bulk download copyrighted works

Just Six Corporations Remain https://theonion.com/just-six-corporations-remain-1819564741/

Wet Tuna is the funniest band name in Rock, and their new EP is maybe my favorite thing I've heard from them yet? Dubbed out demi-choogle of the highest degree. wettuna.bandcamp.com/album/epic-v...

A small indignity in a world full of them — Spotify (for all SORTS of ideologically nefarious reasons) still doesn't have release dates for albums. When in the calendar year did X come out (in relation to Y)? no one who uses this platform will ever know.

Not to be that guy but...just got a chance to look through the final project topics for my 400 level class on "Modern American Capitalism" and there are some absolute BARNBURNERS. The kids are more than alright.

Rereading Havey's "A Brief History of Neoliberalism" for the first time since like...2012. It's fascinating how, despite a retreat from certain elements of its "high ideology," so much of what he's describing here has just accelerated in the last decade.

"If you can't have peace with yourself, how in the hell are you gonna have peace with somebody else"

Is pissgrave ambient music? And if not...why not?

King is 81. Bets on him ever running again?

this Cuomo speech is generally shocking -- no real "good job" no "good luck" -- just partisan attacks and self-congratulations. Vs. Sliwa weirdo class-fest.

LET'S GO MAINE HECK YEAH

fascinating...is there really not a map out there of the US banking system characterized by charter type in the mid 19th century? you'd think that would...just exist, but maybe not?

Insane that Bruce was out here just fully sounding like the Gun Club

today in the "the past is a different country"

books -- they used to look cooler.

The academic’s mid-summer crisis is a mid-life crisis in miniature: You realize summer is half gone, & not only that: you see that the longest & least burdened days came early, & they are well past. You compare all you thought you’d do against the days remaining & grieve for what never will be

the assault continues -- federal and state. bloomingtonian.com/2025/06/30/i...

lol -- forgot that Dylan 100% ripped off his friend on this song, while producing a clearly better version. open.spotify.com/track/3q1Bx4...

this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely

brad landers position right now is a fascinating new result of ranked choice — he didn’t win, but his team did, and he’s clearly going to get some political juice out of his role.

you truly love to see it

The federal govt. deciding who can write and research history is definitely a good step towards a society built on "free speech"

Oh, no! @hagleycenter.bsky.social if you're around and can reach out, please blink?

I don't want to point fingers, because I actually don't think you need to use the tools to write like this, but...does this sound like its by an llm??

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

absolutely insane to me that people, at this late date, are still trying to push the belief that violently overthrowing a regime from the outside will somehow result in the creation of a vibrant western-aligned democracy (esp. because...we seem to be giving up on the idea here??)

REALLY fun conversation about a fantastic book!

In the long run, this is actually going to be the important news of the day--co2 in the atmosphere passes another grim milestone

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Staffers recognize deputy librarian Robert Newlen as acting director until Congress’ Joint Committee on the Library clarifies. The committee chair is GOP Rep. Bryan Steil, vice chair is Mitch McConnell. CALL THEM Steil: 202-225-3031. McConnell 202-224-2541 Ask them to stand up for Article 1 powers

The Ag Committee's part of the Reconciliation Bill raises the SNAP work requirement age for able-bodied adults without dependents from 54 to 64. It also changes the definition of "dependent child" from under 18 years to under 7 years old to determine "Able-bodied adult without dependents."

terrible terrible if totally expected news. American history has been fundamentally shaped by this project.

Our NEA grant was canceled. Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.

unparalleled vibe curation soundcloud.com/shibuya-saunas

Incredible satellite image of the 33 (!!!!) operational fossil fuel combustion engines at the site of Elon Musk's XAI data centre “appalling that xAI would operate more than 30 methane gas turbines without any permits or any public oversight" @selc.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

love to see pitchfork posts being churned out by either bad AI or (somehow) worse-writing humans.

crazy-- trying to open an account with a credit union. Googled the name of the credit union, google AI suggested a link to an almost identically named but completely unrelated credit union(?) which asked me for my SSN. A brave new world of scams truly does await.

This is very exciting, but I wish it was happening 2x slower and not at the same time as a constitutional crisis in the US.

Bad. Very Very Bad. www.texastribune.org/2025/04/10/t...

sure sure it was Vaudeville tho.

Would have gotten you laughed out of every coffee house in 18th century England.

21 of my colleagues at New York Public Radio were laid off today. NYPR is also ending our iconic music program "New Sounds" unless the org can find financial support for the show or a buyer. A message from New Sounds host John Schaefer: www.instagram.com/p/DGgflm5xz1...

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