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dad-pilled millennial californian
play language & living universes
play language & living universes
new 45 year old mixer with analog bucket brigade echodelayechodelay to make polyrhythmic noisedance music as one does during political turmoil
just feedback and drum machines
just feedback and drum machines
January 19, 2026 at 1:49 AM
new 45 year old mixer with analog bucket brigade echodelayechodelay to make polyrhythmic noisedance music as one does during political turmoil
just feedback and drum machines
just feedback and drum machines
we used to have a cyberpunk intellectual class that was neither calcified leftists hating fire and wheels nor fascist futurists kowtowing to idolatrized greedmeanings
both sides now unwitting collaborators crushing the infosick monkeys we always have been back into the mire of semiotic prehistory
both sides now unwitting collaborators crushing the infosick monkeys we always have been back into the mire of semiotic prehistory
January 18, 2026 at 10:51 PM
we used to have a cyberpunk intellectual class that was neither calcified leftists hating fire and wheels nor fascist futurists kowtowing to idolatrized greedmeanings
both sides now unwitting collaborators crushing the infosick monkeys we always have been back into the mire of semiotic prehistory
both sides now unwitting collaborators crushing the infosick monkeys we always have been back into the mire of semiotic prehistory
when media critics become stale and out of touch we call it doctorowing
January 18, 2026 at 10:39 PM
when media critics become stale and out of touch we call it doctorowing
all symbolism is artificial intelligence
January 18, 2026 at 8:19 PM
all symbolism is artificial intelligence
not beckett but also very much beckett
"The mystery neither increases nor diminishes. It is simply there. It doesn't care about rent or dishes or the fact that I'm an old man and I'm going to die. It's the thing that is just there, the same as it's always been."
Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (2004)
Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (2004)
January 18, 2026 at 5:48 PM
not beckett but also very much beckett
you use language to get language out of language
January 18, 2026 at 3:43 AM
you use language to get language out of language
telling people that books have no place in the symposium, writing destroys the art of memory and traps humanities wit in clay and symbol doesn't seem like a well seasoned historical position but go off I guess
January 18, 2026 at 2:49 AM
telling people that books have no place in the symposium, writing destroys the art of memory and traps humanities wit in clay and symbol doesn't seem like a well seasoned historical position but go off I guess
even NFL refs can't fix an ACL
January 18, 2026 at 2:38 AM
even NFL refs can't fix an ACL
europeans take me with you
Help Denmark Buy California – Because Why Not?
Buy it from Trump, the bigliest crowdfunding ever
denmarkification.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:53 PM
europeans take me with you
no new tariff on the country that makes the synthesizer I want to buy
take the wins where you can I guess
take the wins where you can I guess
January 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
no new tariff on the country that makes the synthesizer I want to buy
take the wins where you can I guess
take the wins where you can I guess
having feelings watching people dance ice off the streets
armed joy is such an effective tactic
armed joy is such an effective tactic
January 17, 2026 at 5:37 AM
having feelings watching people dance ice off the streets
armed joy is such an effective tactic
armed joy is such an effective tactic
universal basic nobel peace prizes
January 17, 2026 at 5:28 AM
universal basic nobel peace prizes
real aesthetic indifference is a total disregard for the artists intention
January 17, 2026 at 5:03 AM
real aesthetic indifference is a total disregard for the artists intention
going to the industrial plastics wholesale supplier anyone need any
January 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM
going to the industrial plastics wholesale supplier anyone need any
BREAKING: The Dodgers have signed Greenland to a free agent contract
January 16, 2026 at 9:28 PM
BREAKING: The Dodgers have signed Greenland to a free agent contract
toddlers main game these days is putting various characters in a car and they all go looking for a parking space
January 16, 2026 at 7:41 PM
toddlers main game these days is putting various characters in a car and they all go looking for a parking space
all music is psychedelic music
January 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
all music is psychedelic music
built a tool for artists to figure out how much Spotify has stolen from them for easily collecting filing a lawsuit against them
its not deployed but most artist have standing to file small claims against spotify and if they resist class action bundling Spotify has to fight them all one by one
its not deployed but most artist have standing to file small claims against spotify and if they resist class action bundling Spotify has to fight them all one by one
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
built a tool for artists to figure out how much Spotify has stolen from them for easily collecting filing a lawsuit against them
its not deployed but most artist have standing to file small claims against spotify and if they resist class action bundling Spotify has to fight them all one by one
its not deployed but most artist have standing to file small claims against spotify and if they resist class action bundling Spotify has to fight them all one by one
unlimited claude code for a week was a little taste of fast liftoff singularity and the throttling was alignment
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
unlimited claude code for a week was a little taste of fast liftoff singularity and the throttling was alignment
I'm anti fixed signifier as much as anyone but its possible metaphors are bad frameworks for logical functions
January 15, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I'm anti fixed signifier as much as anyone but its possible metaphors are bad frameworks for logical functions
computers are very precise sculptures and software is just a very long poem
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
computers are very precise sculptures and software is just a very long poem
moatware as a service
zero moat development flattens the distinction between software art and tool
January 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM
moatware as a service
haino/o'rourke/ambarchi power trio
Excerpts from the Haino/O’Rourke/Ambarchi show last night at Showboat, Tokyo 🇯🇵 Vid: crys cole
January 14, 2026 at 7:20 PM
haino/o'rourke/ambarchi power trio
in the last week or so bluesky has decided AI isn't so bad and will stancil is actually kind of a badass
alf finally put on some big kid pants
alf finally put on some big kid pants
January 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
in the last week or so bluesky has decided AI isn't so bad and will stancil is actually kind of a badass
alf finally put on some big kid pants
alf finally put on some big kid pants
congratulations to drug dealers and launderers who held onto their monero
January 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
congratulations to drug dealers and launderers who held onto their monero