joel
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New Sam Popowich next fall coming on AI!
litwinbooks.com/books/8587/
New Sam Popowich next fall coming on AI!
litwinbooks.com/books/8587/
Knowledge Capital - Litwin Books & Library Juice Press
“Artificial Intelligence” as it exists today is a cultural text, as well as a set of technologies. As a text, it is not only available for accepting or resisting, but … Read more Knowledge Capital
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December 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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New Sam Popowich next fall coming on AI!
litwinbooks.com/books/8587/
New Sam Popowich next fall coming on AI!
litwinbooks.com/books/8587/
"Jokermen" dropped a long-awaited Xmas special ep on Walter Becker's "Circus Money" (2008) (podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...) & this song has been a revelation to me.
It's basically WB writing a sad diss(?) track over the skeleton of "Queen Jane Approximately":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj9b...
It's basically WB writing a sad diss(?) track over the skeleton of "Queen Jane Approximately":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj9b...
Teaser // Walter Becker: CIRCUS MONEY with Alex Preiss
Podcast Episode · Jokermen · 2025-12-25 · 10m
podcasts.apple.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"Jokermen" dropped a long-awaited Xmas special ep on Walter Becker's "Circus Money" (2008) (podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...) & this song has been a revelation to me.
It's basically WB writing a sad diss(?) track over the skeleton of "Queen Jane Approximately":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj9b...
It's basically WB writing a sad diss(?) track over the skeleton of "Queen Jane Approximately":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj9b...
I like the visual identity of M&S' "Kanata Classics" series, but it is undeniably funny how they sanitized "Bear" lol
December 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I like the visual identity of M&S' "Kanata Classics" series, but it is undeniably funny how they sanitized "Bear" lol
Finally getting around to recommitting to this book today and it's already blowing me away. A demanding read but thoroughly worth it so far.
Pretty fatigued by reading about AI right now, but this is proving to be an exception.
Pretty fatigued by reading about AI right now, but this is proving to be an exception.
December 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Finally getting around to recommitting to this book today and it's already blowing me away. A demanding read but thoroughly worth it so far.
Pretty fatigued by reading about AI right now, but this is proving to be an exception.
Pretty fatigued by reading about AI right now, but this is proving to be an exception.
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
This is always such an essential list that—among many other things—lets me know that there's new Doug Paisley (dougpaisley.bandcamp.com/album/rough-...) that I somehow didn't know about all year!
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is always such an essential list that—among many other things—lets me know that there's new Doug Paisley (dougpaisley.bandcamp.com/album/rough-...) that I somehow didn't know about all year!
Finally made time today to ~delve~ into Sam Kriss' AI "voice" essay in "NYT Mag" - so good!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Finally made time today to ~delve~ into Sam Kriss' AI "voice" essay in "NYT Mag" - so good!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
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I’ve summed up and contextualized all of these critical AI pieces & more in one place — “From AGI to Workslop: What I Read About AI in 2025.” mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-i-read-...
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I’ve summed up and contextualized all of these critical AI pieces & more in one place — “From AGI to Workslop: What I Read About AI in 2025.” mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-i-read-...
Mono No Koto, by Voices From The Lake
from the album II
voicesfromthelake.bandcamp.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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I gave a new talk on AI, cultural hegemony and the importance of the digital survival of "small" languages online this past Tuesday at University of Copenhagen. Notes and partial slides now online: ethanzuckerman.com/2025/12/05/g...
Gramsci's Nightmare: AI, Platform Power and the Automation of Cultural Hegemony - Ethan Zuckerman
Large language models lock values into place, making it hard to challenge the cultural hegemony of a particular form of western culture
ethanzuckerman.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I gave a new talk on AI, cultural hegemony and the importance of the digital survival of "small" languages online this past Tuesday at University of Copenhagen. Notes and partial slides now online: ethanzuckerman.com/2025/12/05/g...
Nourished By Time's "Cult Interlude" having actual lyrics on Apple Music is funny lol
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nourished By Time's "Cult Interlude" having actual lyrics on Apple Music is funny lol
TSwift payola'd "Rolling Stone"—buying out their entire homepage on release day along with a 5-star review—only to end up #15 on their year-end list of best albums lol
Yikes
Yikes
December 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
TSwift payola'd "Rolling Stone"—buying out their entire homepage on release day along with a 5-star review—only to end up #15 on their year-end list of best albums lol
Yikes
Yikes
Pablo Torre on "Trueanon" - so good!
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Pablo Torre on "Trueanon" - so good!
It's funny that this guy said he was retiring from live performance like ... 15 years ago, and now he just dines out perpetually on these ~residencies~ lol
LCD Soundsystem announce 2026 Chicago residency www.brooklynvegan.com/lcd-soundsys...
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's funny that this guy said he was retiring from live performance like ... 15 years ago, and now he just dines out perpetually on these ~residencies~ lol
Very cool!
What if humans still picked music? What if algorithms weren't inevitable? What if libraries could help?
Check TRACK 10: a librarian's journey beyond the algorithm, out now from Library Futures intern Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen!
www.libraryfutures.net/post/sick-of...
Check TRACK 10: a librarian's journey beyond the algorithm, out now from Library Futures intern Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen!
www.libraryfutures.net/post/sick-of...
December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Very cool!
Lol (but also shudder) @ the Kalshi guy talking about prediction markets surfacing truth essentially.
Somebody in critical LIS or history of economics more well-versed in this than me please write about this!
Somebody in critical LIS or history of economics more well-versed in this than me please write about this!
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Lol (but also shudder) @ the Kalshi guy talking about prediction markets surfacing truth essentially.
Somebody in critical LIS or history of economics more well-versed in this than me please write about this!
Somebody in critical LIS or history of economics more well-versed in this than me please write about this!
Jake Vaadeland live review: clearly the best of the retro-fetishist, Boomer-baiting crop of music guys (see also: The Dead South, Colter Wall - why do they all seem to be from SK?).
But anyway, clear talent and absolute commitment to the bit, including the mid-show 'ad reads,' which are charming.
But anyway, clear talent and absolute commitment to the bit, including the mid-show 'ad reads,' which are charming.
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Jake Vaadeland live review: clearly the best of the retro-fetishist, Boomer-baiting crop of music guys (see also: The Dead South, Colter Wall - why do they all seem to be from SK?).
But anyway, clear talent and absolute commitment to the bit, including the mid-show 'ad reads,' which are charming.
But anyway, clear talent and absolute commitment to the bit, including the mid-show 'ad reads,' which are charming.
Dec = SZA Szn
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dec = SZA Szn
The Sophia Stel EP "How to Win At Solitaire" - another end-of-year revelation from the "Gorilla VS. Bear" list. Wow.
sophiastel.bandcamp.com/album/how-to...
sophiastel.bandcamp.com/album/how-to...
How to Win At Solitaire, by Sophia Stel
6 track album
sophiastel.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The Sophia Stel EP "How to Win At Solitaire" - another end-of-year revelation from the "Gorilla VS. Bear" list. Wow.
sophiastel.bandcamp.com/album/how-to...
sophiastel.bandcamp.com/album/how-to...
I didn't get a video from the show last night, but Foxwarren did a full-band "Green Glass" as the encore and it ruled.
Thankfully, somebody uploaded a recording from Thalia Hall!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLma...
Thankfully, somebody uploaded a recording from Thalia Hall!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLma...
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I didn't get a video from the show last night, but Foxwarren did a full-band "Green Glass" as the encore and it ruled.
Thankfully, somebody uploaded a recording from Thalia Hall!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLma...
Thankfully, somebody uploaded a recording from Thalia Hall!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLma...