Mary Brace
@marybrace.bsky.social
Former music media, now pretty much schlepping, paddling, driving around & whatever. I still have better taste than you.
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Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
June 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
This happened in the UK. It happened there and not here because there, women were losing jobs and being harassed by police for refusing to accept "TWAW" as fact, to put it in a nutshell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
UK Supreme Court Says Trans Women Are Not Legally Women Under Equality Act
Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that the word “woman” refers to biological sex under the country’s anti-discrimination law, in a blow to trans rights activists.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This happened in the UK. It happened there and not here because there, women were losing jobs and being harassed by police for refusing to accept "TWAW" as fact, to put it in a nutshell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
And here it is. My apartment complex wants me to sign onto the scam of Petscreening.com when lease renews. Instead of me just showing them Vaxx records, $30 and unpaid labor for me to hand over personal data on me & my pet and what veterinarian and products I use. 🦞
www.bbb.org/us/nc/moores...
www.bbb.org/us/nc/moores...
Pet Screening, Inc. | BBB Complaints | Better Business Bureau
View complaints of Pet Screening, Inc. filed with BBB. BBB helps resolve disputes with the services or products a business provides.
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February 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
And here it is. My apartment complex wants me to sign onto the scam of Petscreening.com when lease renews. Instead of me just showing them Vaxx records, $30 and unpaid labor for me to hand over personal data on me & my pet and what veterinarian and products I use. 🦞
www.bbb.org/us/nc/moores...
www.bbb.org/us/nc/moores...
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PSA: Don’t spread misinformation about Trump signing an order that gives only him and the Attorney General the power to decide the law. The Constitution guarantees separation of powers, and that’s what matters. Stay focused on that reality, not helping them spread propaganda.
February 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
PSA: Don’t spread misinformation about Trump signing an order that gives only him and the Attorney General the power to decide the law. The Constitution guarantees separation of powers, and that’s what matters. Stay focused on that reality, not helping them spread propaganda.
A Very Murray Christmas | Santa Wants Some Loving | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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December 25, 2024 at 3:08 AM
The "left" internet adopted the shooter dude as a public hero in less time than Wolfowitz and Donald Rumsfeld got on CNN to blame Iraq for 9/11. Most people will never see the subterfuge at work, even as they are part of it.
December 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM
The "left" internet adopted the shooter dude as a public hero in less time than Wolfowitz and Donald Rumsfeld got on CNN to blame Iraq for 9/11. Most people will never see the subterfuge at work, even as they are part of it.
It's time to jail tech workers and leaders for data theft. They are sending wrecking balls through economies and societies, without our consent.
"In private meetings, [Meta executives and lawyers] weighed the possibility of putting copyrighted works into their A.I. model, even if it meant they would be sued later, according to recordings of the meetings, which were obtained by The Times."
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/t...
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/t...
Four Takeaways on the Race to Amass Data for A.I.
To make artificial intelligence systems more powerful, tech companies need online data to feed the technology. Here’s what to know.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2024 at 5:37 PM
It's time to jail tech workers and leaders for data theft. They are sending wrecking balls through economies and societies, without our consent.
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You quoted that but left out the real banger:
”Meta […] debated how to get more data for A.I. development and discussed buying a major publisher like Simon & Schuster.”
If an AI company buys a publisher that holds the rights to millions of copyrighted works, those authors may be legally screwed.
”Meta […] debated how to get more data for A.I. development and discussed buying a major publisher like Simon & Schuster.”
If an AI company buys a publisher that holds the rights to millions of copyrighted works, those authors may be legally screwed.
April 6, 2024 at 3:02 PM
You quoted that but left out the real banger:
”Meta […] debated how to get more data for A.I. development and discussed buying a major publisher like Simon & Schuster.”
If an AI company buys a publisher that holds the rights to millions of copyrighted works, those authors may be legally screwed.
”Meta […] debated how to get more data for A.I. development and discussed buying a major publisher like Simon & Schuster.”
If an AI company buys a publisher that holds the rights to millions of copyrighted works, those authors may be legally screwed.
When a Northeast outfitter bought every boat they could get in COVID, and have a few left over, for wholesale price, AND no sales tax AND you have a hybrid and a hotel discount. And family two hours away. Two great birds = great road trip.
March 31, 2024 at 11:15 AM
When a Northeast outfitter bought every boat they could get in COVID, and have a few left over, for wholesale price, AND no sales tax AND you have a hybrid and a hotel discount. And family two hours away. Two great birds = great road trip.
It took something like 3 deaths before Nashville could regulate the scooters. 1 young boy wanders off Broadway and now we have to barricade the Cumberland. A, oh, way to go. 🦞
March 24, 2024 at 1:09 PM
It took something like 3 deaths before Nashville could regulate the scooters. 1 young boy wanders off Broadway and now we have to barricade the Cumberland. A, oh, way to go. 🦞
What are the provisions for enforcement, one wonders, and what penalty? 🦞
Tennessee made history on Thursday, becoming the first U.S. state to sign off on legislation to protect musicians from unauthorized artificial intelligence impersonation.
Tennessee becomes the first state to protect musicians and other artists against AI
The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, or ELVIS Act, is an updated version of the state's right of publicity law. The new legislation includes AI-specific protections.
www.npr.org
March 23, 2024 at 1:08 AM
What are the provisions for enforcement, one wonders, and what penalty? 🦞
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The venture capital business model appears to be to buy a racehorse, carve a steak off its ass every week for Sunday lunch - after all, the investors deserve a return - then eventually sell it for catfood and glue because somehow it stopped winning races.
February 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM
The venture capital business model appears to be to buy a racehorse, carve a steak off its ass every week for Sunday lunch - after all, the investors deserve a return - then eventually sell it for catfood and glue because somehow it stopped winning races.
You don't get to glow over Tracy Chapman + Luke Combs on one hand, and deny Beyoncé Knowles on the other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pu...
Beyoncé - 16 CARRIAGES (Official Lyric Video)
Official lyric video for "16 CARRIAGES” by Beyoncé.Listen & Download: https://beyonce.lnk.to/16CARRIAGESAmazon Music - https://beyonce.lnk.to/16CARRIAGES/ama...
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February 14, 2024 at 11:04 PM
You don't get to glow over Tracy Chapman + Luke Combs on one hand, and deny Beyoncé Knowles on the other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pu...
I mean, I feel sorry for them, I do. And they do deserve a slot. Right after the 1910 Fruitgum Company.
My latest Newsletter: Foreigner calls attention to the dwindling presence of rock stars among the nominees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. sterlewine.substack.com/p/rrhof-2024...
RRHOF 2024: Feels Like The Last Time
Foreigner's ballot presence highlights the dwindling presence of rock superstars among the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees.
sterlewine.substack.com
February 14, 2024 at 12:19 AM
I mean, I feel sorry for them, I do. And they do deserve a slot. Right after the 1910 Fruitgum Company.
Am of the opinion current Titans PSL holders should receive credit for new stadium PSLs in proportion to the increase of Shelby St property values since that PSL was purchased. 🦞 Seems like the fair thing to do.
February 14, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Am of the opinion current Titans PSL holders should receive credit for new stadium PSLs in proportion to the increase of Shelby St property values since that PSL was purchased. 🦞 Seems like the fair thing to do.
These kids made their Opry debut Friday night. I spoke w/the bass player's mom and she was oozing w/pride.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEkg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEkg...
Crying Uncle Bluegrass: EMD (Grisman), Hopmonk Novato CA
Crying Uncle Bluegrass performed David Grisman's classic, "E.M.D." at their sold out show on 11/4/23, at Hopmonk Novato CA.Crying Uncle Bluegrass is:Miles Qu...
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February 12, 2024 at 2:14 AM
These kids made their Opry debut Friday night. I spoke w/the bass player's mom and she was oozing w/pride.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEkg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEkg...
@erinfor12.bsky.social You invited me to email you re: crazy LL demands. Can I get that address again? Thanks.
February 10, 2024 at 11:11 PM
@erinfor12.bsky.social You invited me to email you re: crazy LL demands. Can I get that address again? Thanks.
I'm sure that it never crosses any GOP mind, the way to get the next civil war they want so very badly, is to become so odious that otherwise reasonable people will be forced to take up arms.
Republican lawmakers have filed bills that could threaten the future of Tennessee State University’s board of trustees.
Republicans Introduce Legislation to Vacate TSU’s Board of Trustees
Following ongoing financial issue, bills would vacate Tennessee State University’s board and turn control over to the state
www.nashvillescene.com
February 4, 2024 at 3:36 PM
I'm sure that it never crosses any GOP mind, the way to get the next civil war they want so very badly, is to become so odious that otherwise reasonable people will be forced to take up arms.
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Farewell to the great Wayne Kramer, one of the two guitarists for the pioneering Detroit rock band the MC5. pitchfork.com/news/mc5-way...
MC5’s Wayne Kramer Dies at 75
Kramer co-founded the iconic Detroit proto-punk outfit in 1963
pitchfork.com
February 2, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Farewell to the great Wayne Kramer, one of the two guitarists for the pioneering Detroit rock band the MC5. pitchfork.com/news/mc5-way...
Re: potholes.
Don't tailgate. Don't tailgate. Don't tailgate.
As they say in deer country in da Norf, "don't out-drive your headlights."
short: don't drive faster than you can see the hazard and react.
Don't tailgate. Don't tailgate. Don't tailgate.
As they say in deer country in da Norf, "don't out-drive your headlights."
short: don't drive faster than you can see the hazard and react.
February 1, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Re: potholes.
Don't tailgate. Don't tailgate. Don't tailgate.
As they say in deer country in da Norf, "don't out-drive your headlights."
short: don't drive faster than you can see the hazard and react.
Don't tailgate. Don't tailgate. Don't tailgate.
As they say in deer country in da Norf, "don't out-drive your headlights."
short: don't drive faster than you can see the hazard and react.
I still go looking for attendance figures from 2023 🦞 Grand Prix race. And get blanked. Just can't find those numbers published anywhere. Finally I just went looked at the TV coverage. Photos will be posted below. Take note: all the talk about moving it to B'Way, as if it's for B'Way's benefit.
January 24, 2024 at 9:59 PM
I still go looking for attendance figures from 2023 🦞 Grand Prix race. And get blanked. Just can't find those numbers published anywhere. Finally I just went looked at the TV coverage. Photos will be posted below. Take note: all the talk about moving it to B'Way, as if it's for B'Way's benefit.
Thanks to the internets, anyone can plant their flag and get clicks.
Much of the staff of Sports Illustrated, and possibly all remaining writers and editors, received layoff notices Friday, which essentially could spell the end of a publication that for decades was the gold standard of sports journalism.
Sports Illustrated lays off most of its staff, threatening iconic brand’s future
Much of the staff of Sports Illustrated, and possibly all remaining writers and editors, received layoff notices Friday, which essentially could spell the end of a publication that for decades was the...
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Thanks to the internets, anyone can plant their flag and get clicks.
It was always a big joke in radio management. "If we could only get rid of the jocks. ..." Well, ya did. And no one and nothing you've replaced us with does as good a job. The algorithm really doesn't care if it ever makes someone's day.
the other thing about this is we lost about a quarter of newsroom jobs between ~2000 and 2010. big thanks to Facebook and Google for innovating all the journalism away, real big net improvement for humanity across the board
www.statista.com/chart/1468/u...
www.statista.com/chart/1468/u...
You’d expect the rate at which newspapers eliminated jobs would taper off to exponential decay at some point, but no. They just keep firing people like they expect to go to 0 humans employed by 2030
January 19, 2024 at 11:16 PM
It was always a big joke in radio management. "If we could only get rid of the jocks. ..." Well, ya did. And no one and nothing you've replaced us with does as good a job. The algorithm really doesn't care if it ever makes someone's day.
Lotta reports about landed bna planes waiting hours for a gate. No idea whether it was a lack of plows or personnel but it's not a good look for an "IT" city. I did see workers on the ground with shovels around the parking garages.
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January 16, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Lotta reports about landed bna planes waiting hours for a gate. No idea whether it was a lack of plows or personnel but it's not a good look for an "IT" city. I did see workers on the ground with shovels around the parking garages.
🦞
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