🎶 sex on the beaches, what else is in the teaches of peaches… 🎶

Boastful Quaker Oats ad, Chicago 1891

The Geese “psyop” story (PR firm used fake accounts to game social algorithms) isn’t about whether ppl know that record labels use PR firms to push records, but that ppl don’t know or think about what modern PR looks like (Playing the Algo Game). The story is “algorithms killed word of mouth.”

Pulling tracks for a radio show and I discovered that 2/26/73 does NOT have a really good Deal. It’s a really good Loser (which of course has the line “last fair deal in the country” in the chorus), I always mix them up. We regret the error. Don’t you let that deal go down, etc

big yawn, little cat

This is a frightening map, especially given the fact that this is normally near the peak in snowpack across the West. There are many far-reaching consequences from this historic snow drought, ranging from increasing risk of summer wildfires to major water concerns. Map by nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov

It's Friday night baby

The sun shines every day in hell.

Oh well. I'm sure I'll find a way to take care of this problem.

I'd be so annoying on artemis 2. I'd demand to listen to pink floyd the entire time

Finished listening to the Grateful Dead’s 36 volume Dick’s Picks series. Took me nearly 3 mo of listening to the Dead (& the 36FTV pod) exclusively, every day, which I didn’t plan to do or force myself to do; I just kept wanting to hear more instead of doing anything else. What a band.

Good trees

this is great because it's like she has her own throne 👑

Junie Update: last week I threw this blanket that’s usually on our bed onto this chair, and since then Junie has spent roughly 16 hours per day on it

HOLY SHIT UCONN

Mueller’s FBI persecuted Muslims nationwide. He was responsible for one of the most egregious, systemic violations of civil rights in the history of the FBI, which is saying a whole lot. This was Mueller’s FBI:

Burrowing Owl on the ground making sure visitors read the sign!!! #birdoftheday birds on the ground photo by David Chernoff

I am now caught up on posting my trip thru the Dick’s Picks series of Grateful Dead releases (25 of 36 down). Will keep updating the thread for the final 11 as I get to them. Very much recommend this project, with caveats (it’s a lot of music and it’s not all good but when it is, it’s transcendent).

OH. MY. GAWD.

that was the best 10 seconds of basketball I've ever watched in my life

speakers cat

Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for... I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences"

Junie,,, hello

sxsw weekend, big things happening in my world of course, let’s see, the highlight was probably when I set up the PA system in my office and pulled up Sunshine Daydream on Vimeo and blasted the Dark Star sequence while drinking sazeracs

Birdwatching with Junie

Over the past couple weeks, I have been stalked by this ad for a free webinar on how to actively manage semi-arid rangeland. I get it 1-3x per day. Twice in the last 10 minutes. The picture looks nice but active management isn’t my preferred approach to semi-arid rangeland

Dying at this excerpt from Long Strange Trip wherein Miles Davis torches Steve Miller in passing

Typing “Bam Adebayo??” in every app one by one

man, i don’t know matt at all irl but ive read his stuff for years and let me just say that he’s not someone you lay off he’s someone you get in a bidding war over

Incidentally this is a phenomenon everyone who has spent time on a hobbyist forum/subreddit/discord will recognize

I am halfway thru (18/36) my first foray into the Grateful Dead via the Dick's Picks series. going to thread some thoughts on them here. thanks to @stevenhyden.bsky.social and @robmitchum.bsky.social of 36FTV for the excellent companion pod. Here’s what it’s done to my music listening this year

from Eisenhower's April 1953 "Chance For Peace" speech

Inhumanity and insanity. The sort of thing a dying empire does.

Great piece about a great game, with a cameo from some nerd to say “climbing is fun.”

it took an expensive, coordinated effort & a lot of people saying “this doesn’t matter” to get from a bathroom ban costing one state $400 million & a gubernatorial race to “trans people must turn in their documents which become invalid in a few hours or face fines & potential jail time” in 10 years.

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

Nancy 2/22/26… 🪱WOIMS🪱

once again, it is Junie

We can’t economically make new hardware because of AI datacenter demands, but don’t worry: we won’t be making new games either

I’m generally having a great time with my Get Into the Grateful Dead project, but the Drums jam on Dick’s Picks Vol 17: 9/25/91 sounds like the jam session that would lead to the invention of hold music music.apple.com/us/album/dru...

chair cat

Obsessed with Cairn. Special game. Made it up the Peril last night—huge rock wall skill check. Took me all evening. Onwards and upwards.

my cat every day at 4 pm

Happy 20th to a masterpiece indeed. Special record.

will always think of this show where they opened with Pride which changes tempo like 4 times, and towards the end when they barrel into the outro riff Tim slams on the brakes so hard the crowd breaks out cheering www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij1E...

planning my summer trip every year like