Yeah, we’re doing it.

In short, we need to unplug the internet, go back to the initial Web1, go to the pub for a couple of years, then regroup afterwards.

In all honesty, I find reading about sociopolitical history to be quite helpful. Reading and researching why we are where we are, and how it’s largely an extension of previous events, just with far more access to real-time information (to the point of overload) gives things context.

I’m very tempted to make Matt and Dan watch this on the next @popculture-enjoyer.bsky.social. It’s between this, Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue or Stalker.

The death of a loved one > Mr Blue Sky.

In particular Aneesh Bhoopathy, from the design coop Forge, who designed the identity. A brilliant reminder to *employ human creatives!*

www.curbed.com/article/zohr...

I remember getting ‘Dead Flag Blues’ (or an edited version of it, I think) on a free cover CD back in 1997, and it frankly blew my mind. Absolutely made me think about what music could be.

Nothing is free.
That’s the bottom line.
I was happier when they offered a suite of programs at a reasonable price. That seemed like a great model. Free is never free.

Watched it the other week, in prep for Twilight.

Splitting from a… I would say “sinking ship”, but it seems doomed before it’s even left the dockyard.