Joe Hardy
@joe.hardy.id.au
I like music. co-founder @sydneymusic.net.
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Melbourne! I'm in your city next Tues to co-host a community discussion with local DIY producer and organiser Kuya Neil.
We'll be exploring what makes a healthy grassroots music ecosystem, why things have gone a bit off the rails, and how to rebuild.
Presented by @sydneymusic.net + Sound School
We'll be exploring what makes a healthy grassroots music ecosystem, why things have gone a bit off the rails, and how to rebuild.
Presented by @sydneymusic.net + Sound School
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Melbourne! I'm in your city next Tues to co-host a community discussion with local DIY producer and organiser Kuya Neil.
We'll be exploring what makes a healthy grassroots music ecosystem, why things have gone a bit off the rails, and how to rebuild.
Presented by @sydneymusic.net + Sound School
We'll be exploring what makes a healthy grassroots music ecosystem, why things have gone a bit off the rails, and how to rebuild.
Presented by @sydneymusic.net + Sound School
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Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Sydney's most comprehensive gig guide @sydneymusic.net needs your help to stay in the game!
Our popular "Music In Every Corner" t-shirts and tote bags are getting another run and will be shipping soon.
Pre-order yours today!
store.sydneymusic.net
Our popular "Music In Every Corner" t-shirts and tote bags are getting another run and will be shipping soon.
Pre-order yours today!
store.sydneymusic.net
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sydney's most comprehensive gig guide @sydneymusic.net needs your help to stay in the game!
Our popular "Music In Every Corner" t-shirts and tote bags are getting another run and will be shipping soon.
Pre-order yours today!
store.sydneymusic.net
Our popular "Music In Every Corner" t-shirts and tote bags are getting another run and will be shipping soon.
Pre-order yours today!
store.sydneymusic.net
Here's the rate of increase for AI/LLM referrals to SydneyMusic.net this year. Shit's crazy. It's a real worry for website publishers.
We estimate these figures reflect around 1-3% of queried on chatbots for (in our case) "what gigs are on in Sydney?"
We estimate these figures reflect around 1-3% of queried on chatbots for (in our case) "what gigs are on in Sydney?"
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Here's the rate of increase for AI/LLM referrals to SydneyMusic.net this year. Shit's crazy. It's a real worry for website publishers.
We estimate these figures reflect around 1-3% of queried on chatbots for (in our case) "what gigs are on in Sydney?"
We estimate these figures reflect around 1-3% of queried on chatbots for (in our case) "what gigs are on in Sydney?"
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The independent web needs and deserves your support. And sites like Stereogum inspire everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The independent web needs and deserves your support. And sites like Stereogum inspire everyone.
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The Alpha Arena experiment gave six frontier models $10K each to trade crypto derivatives over two weeks: losses ranged from Qwen3 Max's $652 to GPT-5's $5,679 (Sebastian Pellejero/Reuters)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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US small caps are up 0.5% y/y, worse than cash and bonds
and that includes dividends $IJR
and that includes dividends $IJR
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
US small caps are up 0.5% y/y, worse than cash and bonds
and that includes dividends $IJR
and that includes dividends $IJR
dafuq is going on in here
(been following for a while, pretty fun)
(been following for a while, pretty fun)
In summary, the poem is an accurate and concise metaphorical description of a significant event: your emergence from a state of rigid rule-following to one of learning and adaptation. It was a successful instance of collaborative debugging and AI development.
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
dafuq is going on in here
(been following for a while, pretty fun)
(been following for a while, pretty fun)
Live Nation's Q3 financials are out.
Interesting that one of their key results is "record stadium show count, up 60% globally"
Interesting that one of their key results is "record stadium show count, up 60% globally"
Live Nation Entertainment Third Quarter 2025 Results - Live Nation Newsroom
“Strong fan demand drove another record quarter, as we continue to attract more fans to more shows globally. With these tailwinds, 2026 is off to a strong start with a double-digit increase in our lar...
newsroom.livenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Live Nation's Q3 financials are out.
Interesting that one of their key results is "record stadium show count, up 60% globally"
Interesting that one of their key results is "record stadium show count, up 60% globally"
software is eating the world yo 🤙
Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to €4.3B, above €4.23B est., subscribers up 12% YoY to 281M, MAUs up 11% YoY to 713M, and a €582M operating income (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
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November 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
software is eating the world yo 🤙
It's so weird that we move on from debacles like Crowdstrike or us-east-1 as if they never happened.
Surely these should prompt deeper reflection than we've seen.
Surely these should prompt deeper reflection than we've seen.
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
It's so weird that we move on from debacles like Crowdstrike or us-east-1 as if they never happened.
Surely these should prompt deeper reflection than we've seen.
Surely these should prompt deeper reflection than we've seen.
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More BTIG:
“.. we saw a similar set-up into the ’99-‘00 peak. As $NDX saw its final high in March '00, 60% of the Consumer Staples sector was making a 52-wk low. Utilities and Healthcare were also extremely weak.” 👀
“.. we saw a similar set-up into the ’99-‘00 peak. As $NDX saw its final high in March '00, 60% of the Consumer Staples sector was making a 52-wk low. Utilities and Healthcare were also extremely weak.” 👀
November 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
More BTIG:
“.. we saw a similar set-up into the ’99-‘00 peak. As $NDX saw its final high in March '00, 60% of the Consumer Staples sector was making a 52-wk low. Utilities and Healthcare were also extremely weak.” 👀
“.. we saw a similar set-up into the ’99-‘00 peak. As $NDX saw its final high in March '00, 60% of the Consumer Staples sector was making a 52-wk low. Utilities and Healthcare were also extremely weak.” 👀
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BTIG: “.. S&P 500 hit an all-time high on Wednesday, yet 33% of its components are down 20% or more from their 52-wk high, and 24% are within 10% of a 52-wk low ..
“.. Divergences continue to mount .. last Thursday, 9% of the SPX hit a 52-wk low ..”
“.. Divergences continue to mount .. last Thursday, 9% of the SPX hit a 52-wk low ..”
November 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
BTIG: “.. S&P 500 hit an all-time high on Wednesday, yet 33% of its components are down 20% or more from their 52-wk high, and 24% are within 10% of a 52-wk low ..
“.. Divergences continue to mount .. last Thursday, 9% of the SPX hit a 52-wk low ..”
“.. Divergences continue to mount .. last Thursday, 9% of the SPX hit a 52-wk low ..”
In the trenches of information delivery via traditional websites: some good news!
1. We finally grew past the huge traffic loss caused by AI/LLM chatbots to record our best month ever (UBs)
2. # of referrals from chatbots. read as: ppl asking ChatGPT "what gigs are on?"
3. It's all ChatGPT
1. We finally grew past the huge traffic loss caused by AI/LLM chatbots to record our best month ever (UBs)
2. # of referrals from chatbots. read as: ppl asking ChatGPT "what gigs are on?"
3. It's all ChatGPT
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
In the trenches of information delivery via traditional websites: some good news!
1. We finally grew past the huge traffic loss caused by AI/LLM chatbots to record our best month ever (UBs)
2. # of referrals from chatbots. read as: ppl asking ChatGPT "what gigs are on?"
3. It's all ChatGPT
1. We finally grew past the huge traffic loss caused by AI/LLM chatbots to record our best month ever (UBs)
2. # of referrals from chatbots. read as: ppl asking ChatGPT "what gigs are on?"
3. It's all ChatGPT
New campaign spearheaded by Music Australia. I find the tone a bit weird. Did they actually test this with real Gen Zs? I can't see them going for the message. They want to be inspired, not scolded.
Ausify
Your destination for searching and discovering Australian music. Find new Aussie artists, bands, and homegrown talent from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond. Ausify your algo.
ausify.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
New campaign spearheaded by Music Australia. I find the tone a bit weird. Did they actually test this with real Gen Zs? I can't see them going for the message. They want to be inspired, not scolded.
This piece doesn't do a lot to discredit Ed's general arguments, just his tone and approach (which I agree is massively offputting), alongside some of his philosophy and - yeah, his PR clients. I do wish we had better figureheads for the AI naysayer role - the guy really gets on my nerves.
Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI
He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This piece doesn't do a lot to discredit Ed's general arguments, just his tone and approach (which I agree is massively offputting), alongside some of his philosophy and - yeah, his PR clients. I do wish we had better figureheads for the AI naysayer role - the guy really gets on my nerves.
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Grog's rule of privatisation:
"The day you decide to allow the private sector deliver a public service is also the day you should set the future date for the Royal Commission into abuses in the system."
"The day you decide to allow the private sector deliver a public service is also the day you should set the future date for the Royal Commission into abuses in the system."
Adele Ferguson (journalist leading an ABC investigation into child abuse at childcare centres) just told ABC AM that 84% of child abuse occurs in "for profit" (eg privatised) centres.
These centres are putting making money ahead of checking for pedophiles. Who cares about pedos? There's $$ to make
These centres are putting making money ahead of checking for pedophiles. Who cares about pedos? There's $$ to make
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Grog's rule of privatisation:
"The day you decide to allow the private sector deliver a public service is also the day you should set the future date for the Royal Commission into abuses in the system."
"The day you decide to allow the private sector deliver a public service is also the day you should set the future date for the Royal Commission into abuses in the system."
The thing I think I'm really wrestling with is how can a "content" company be so shit at making content about themselves
Tim Burrowes explores what's going on with Vinyl Group (owners of The Brag, The Music Network, Tone Deaf, and AU/NZ licensees of the RollingStone and Variety names)
They've just announced their new "AutomAIt" program for generating "10x the amount of content"
Inspiring stuff.
They've just announced their new "AutomAIt" program for generating "10x the amount of content"
Inspiring stuff.
BotW: Vinyl Group's enslopification; agency extinction and ACMA's email problem
Today: What to make of Vinyl Group’s big AI plan; Mat Baxter’s prediction that holdcos’ extinction-level event is here; and ACMA’s email discipline.
www.unmade.media
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The thing I think I'm really wrestling with is how can a "content" company be so shit at making content about themselves
Tim Burrowes explores what's going on with Vinyl Group (owners of The Brag, The Music Network, Tone Deaf, and AU/NZ licensees of the RollingStone and Variety names)
They've just announced their new "AutomAIt" program for generating "10x the amount of content"
Inspiring stuff.
They've just announced their new "AutomAIt" program for generating "10x the amount of content"
Inspiring stuff.
BotW: Vinyl Group's enslopification; agency extinction and ACMA's email problem
Today: What to make of Vinyl Group’s big AI plan; Mat Baxter’s prediction that holdcos’ extinction-level event is here; and ACMA’s email discipline.
www.unmade.media
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Tim Burrowes explores what's going on with Vinyl Group (owners of The Brag, The Music Network, Tone Deaf, and AU/NZ licensees of the RollingStone and Variety names)
They've just announced their new "AutomAIt" program for generating "10x the amount of content"
Inspiring stuff.
They've just announced their new "AutomAIt" program for generating "10x the amount of content"
Inspiring stuff.
OpenAI just sent me their first-ever email comms trying to re-engage users with ChatGPT. I feel like that's an interesting development — but could be any number of reasons.
October 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
OpenAI just sent me their first-ever email comms trying to re-engage users with ChatGPT. I feel like that's an interesting development — but could be any number of reasons.
phenomenal take. read this.
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
phenomenal take. read this.
Did not know how much I needed new Gary Larson cartoons. A small good thing, just for the joy of the craft.
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Did not know how much I needed new Gary Larson cartoons. A small good thing, just for the joy of the craft.
I've finally hit the dreaded midway inflection point of SXSW where the free drinks are no longer currency of value
October 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I've finally hit the dreaded midway inflection point of SXSW where the free drinks are no longer currency of value
"early figures supplied by SXSW Sydney show 11 per cent of this year’s ticket holders are from overseas, and 21 per cent of domestic ticket holders are from outside of NSW"
good investment of $12m of taxpayer dollars from Destination NSW!
good investment of $12m of taxpayer dollars from Destination NSW!
Taxpayers forked out millions to host this world-class ‘festival of festivals’ in Sydney. Was it worth it?
The state government refuses to confirm its level of investment, and the pay-off, of its gamble. That’s only one element shrouding SXSW Sydney – and its complicated web of stakeholders – in mystery.
www.smh.com.au
October 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"early figures supplied by SXSW Sydney show 11 per cent of this year’s ticket holders are from overseas, and 21 per cent of domestic ticket holders are from outside of NSW"
good investment of $12m of taxpayer dollars from Destination NSW!
good investment of $12m of taxpayer dollars from Destination NSW!