S. Kamau Mucoki
@forota.bsky.social
Music, photography, art (African, other), cars (currently Land Rovers), tech, the outdoors, etc., as well as anything that catches my attention.
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© Joel Meyerowitz - Night Photography. "Red Car Interior in Provincetown, Massachusetts."
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
© Joel Meyerowitz - Night Photography. "Red Car Interior in Provincetown, Massachusetts."
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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From Kathmandu to Antananarivo, from Jakarta to Lima, a digital native generation is shaking the foundations of power and teaching the world that democracy’s revival may come not from institutions, but from those who’ve lost faith in them.
The flashpoint generation: How Gen Z is rewriting the rules of protest the world over
From Kathmandu to Antananarivo, from Jakarta to Lima, a digital native generation is shaking the foundations of power and teaching the world that democracy’s revival may come not from institutions, but from those who’ve lost faith in them.
globalvoices.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
From Kathmandu to Antananarivo, from Jakarta to Lima, a digital native generation is shaking the foundations of power and teaching the world that democracy’s revival may come not from institutions, but from those who’ve lost faith in them.
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genuinely: a russian nesting doll of bullshit that bad actors are using to cast aspersions on basically anything they want
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
genuinely: a russian nesting doll of bullshit that bad actors are using to cast aspersions on basically anything they want
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
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Do me a favor, in memory of the great Jimmy Cliff (RIP). Next time you need your mood lifted—and who doesn't these days? —just listen to this song. Pure, unadulterated joy
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Do me a favor, in memory of the great Jimmy Cliff (RIP). Next time you need your mood lifted—and who doesn't these days? —just listen to this song. Pure, unadulterated joy
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Much of the world had never seen or heard of the Jamaica that Jimmy Cliff introduced in 1972’s “The Harder They Come.” The film, and its accompanying soundtrack, brought the genre out of Jamaica and helped pave the way for future stars. nyti.ms/4ol4Lm3
Jimmy Cliff Brought Reggae to the Masses with ‘The Harder They Come’
The 1972 film “The Harder They Come” and its accompanying soundtrack brought the genre out of Jamaica and helped pave the way for future stars.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Much of the world had never seen or heard of the Jamaica that Jimmy Cliff introduced in 1972’s “The Harder They Come.” The film, and its accompanying soundtrack, brought the genre out of Jamaica and helped pave the way for future stars. nyti.ms/4ol4Lm3
To paraphrase (badly) George Clinton: “these times are giving us all maggot brains and we risk drowning in our our s**t”
youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao?...
youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao?...
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain [HQ]
YouTube video by NickMystic
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November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
To paraphrase (badly) George Clinton: “these times are giving us all maggot brains and we risk drowning in our our s**t”
youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao?...
youtu.be/JOKn33-q4Ao?...
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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There is a whole underworld of exploited workers who make up the foundation of digital tech. We talk about content moderators, but content farms are also very exploitative industries where moderately educated people with reasonable English skills in the global majority are used to push content.
It may be hard to believe, but Twitter was once a useful public space instead of a weird monetization scheme for racist ragebait chatbots.
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
There is a whole underworld of exploited workers who make up the foundation of digital tech. We talk about content moderators, but content farms are also very exploitative industries where moderately educated people with reasonable English skills in the global majority are used to push content.
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Van Heusen (ronald Reagan),
https://botfrens.com/collections/19/contents/4089
https://botfrens.com/collections/19/contents/4089
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Van Heusen (ronald Reagan),
https://botfrens.com/collections/19/contents/4089
https://botfrens.com/collections/19/contents/4089
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When Frustration Threatens Desire, by Kerry James Marshall, 1990, 📸 by @drewhallowell
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
When Frustration Threatens Desire, by Kerry James Marshall, 1990, 📸 by @drewhallowell
“777-9311, can I come tonight? … Jellybean”
RIP Jellybean Johnson, drummer of The Time which started as a Prince side project, but evolved into one serious soul/funk live bands.
That scorching guitar solo ….
youtu.be/zioEaqjPAGI?...
RIP Jellybean Johnson, drummer of The Time which started as a Prince side project, but evolved into one serious soul/funk live bands.
That scorching guitar solo ….
youtu.be/zioEaqjPAGI?...
777-9311
YouTube video by The Time - Topic
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“777-9311, can I come tonight? … Jellybean”
RIP Jellybean Johnson, drummer of The Time which started as a Prince side project, but evolved into one serious soul/funk live bands.
That scorching guitar solo ….
youtu.be/zioEaqjPAGI?...
RIP Jellybean Johnson, drummer of The Time which started as a Prince side project, but evolved into one serious soul/funk live bands.
That scorching guitar solo ….
youtu.be/zioEaqjPAGI?...
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Backed in ready to roll. New Orleans
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Backed in ready to roll. New Orleans
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Alex Webb
London 2010
London 2010
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Alex Webb
London 2010
London 2010
Art Cars: Just now finding out that in 1983 Keith Haring adorned a 1971 Series 2a Land Rover with his iconic art. It’s always a good thing when the worlds of art, Land Rovers, and NYC collide.
laist.com/podcasts/off...
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See the 1971 Land Rover painted by Keith Haring at the Petersen Automotive Museum now
It's an unlikely canvas, but you can see the SUV with Haring's signature cookie-cutter people, crawling babies and animals now at the Petersen Automotive Museum.
laist.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Art Cars: Just now finding out that in 1983 Keith Haring adorned a 1971 Series 2a Land Rover with his iconic art. It’s always a good thing when the worlds of art, Land Rovers, and NYC collide.
laist.com/podcasts/off...
laist.com/podcasts/off...
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ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
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Happy 66th to ROCKY & BULLWINKLE!
Jay Ward's animated Cold War satire debuted Nov 19, 1959 as ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS starring June Foray (Rocky/Natasha), Bill Scott (Bullwinkle/Mr. Peabody), Paul Frees (Boris), Walter Tetley (Sherman) and William Conrad + Edward Everett Horton (narrators). #Animation
Jay Ward's animated Cold War satire debuted Nov 19, 1959 as ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS starring June Foray (Rocky/Natasha), Bill Scott (Bullwinkle/Mr. Peabody), Paul Frees (Boris), Walter Tetley (Sherman) and William Conrad + Edward Everett Horton (narrators). #Animation
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Happy 66th to ROCKY & BULLWINKLE!
Jay Ward's animated Cold War satire debuted Nov 19, 1959 as ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS starring June Foray (Rocky/Natasha), Bill Scott (Bullwinkle/Mr. Peabody), Paul Frees (Boris), Walter Tetley (Sherman) and William Conrad + Edward Everett Horton (narrators). #Animation
Jay Ward's animated Cold War satire debuted Nov 19, 1959 as ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS starring June Foray (Rocky/Natasha), Bill Scott (Bullwinkle/Mr. Peabody), Paul Frees (Boris), Walter Tetley (Sherman) and William Conrad + Edward Everett Horton (narrators). #Animation
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Tapa or bark cloth with freehand painting, is traditionally a women's art from Polynesia, though terminology, decorations, dyes, and designs vary throughout the islands #WomensArt
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Tapa or bark cloth with freehand painting, is traditionally a women's art from Polynesia, though terminology, decorations, dyes, and designs vary throughout the islands #WomensArt
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Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
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'Bride’s feet decorated with henna at a Swahili wedding' by Sarah Waiswa, contemporary Ugandan-born, Kenya-based documentary and portrait photographer #womensart
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
'Bride’s feet decorated with henna at a Swahili wedding' by Sarah Waiswa, contemporary Ugandan-born, Kenya-based documentary and portrait photographer #womensart
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
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© Langdon Clay - Sexy
Movie. Cinema Arlecchino
Movie. Cinema Arlecchino
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
© Langdon Clay - Sexy
Movie. Cinema Arlecchino
Movie. Cinema Arlecchino
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'Southampton Row, London, April 1941' by Ernest Boye Uden
(Imperial War Museums)
(Imperial War Museums)
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
'Southampton Row, London, April 1941' by Ernest Boye Uden
(Imperial War Museums)
(Imperial War Museums)