@mgiraldo.bsky.social
brooklyn-based designer, programmer, and dabbler in music, art, and other random endeavors.
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Not my most important story of the year, but one of my favorites, I think.
I remember, if vaguely, when we used music to amplify emotions, probably to the extreme of wallowing in them.
Now—and well before AI—music became anesthetizing, a canvas for the void.
I remember, if vaguely, when we used music to amplify emotions, probably to the extreme of wallowing in them.
Now—and well before AI—music became anesthetizing, a canvas for the void.
Nobody Cares If Music Is Real Anymore
“Rubber burns, the map fades away / Chasing the ghosts of yesterday.” Sure, fine.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Not my most important story of the year, but one of my favorites, I think.
I remember, if vaguely, when we used music to amplify emotions, probably to the extreme of wallowing in them.
Now—and well before AI—music became anesthetizing, a canvas for the void.
I remember, if vaguely, when we used music to amplify emotions, probably to the extreme of wallowing in them.
Now—and well before AI—music became anesthetizing, a canvas for the void.
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holy shit that is mega-fucked up
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
holy shit that is mega-fucked up
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I think about this a lot.
balance of power, game over screen, msx (1988) mobygames.com/game/259/bal...
December 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I think about this a lot.
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Some not terrible news for a change:
“A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”
“A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk in 500 years
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Some not terrible news for a change:
“A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”
“A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”
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avg linkedin user like "i'm happy to announce i'm starting a new position as part of the how to kill superman by blocking out the sun research team at luthorcorp" & the comments are all goons from similar branches of the legion of doom going "omg congratulations 🎉"
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
avg linkedin user like "i'm happy to announce i'm starting a new position as part of the how to kill superman by blocking out the sun research team at luthorcorp" & the comments are all goons from similar branches of the legion of doom going "omg congratulations 🎉"
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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feels like "one of my best friends was the world's most famous pedophile" should keep you from teaching but i am not harvard
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
feels like "one of my best friends was the world's most famous pedophile" should keep you from teaching but i am not harvard
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imagine going through a rough patch financially and u have to cancel your subscription to your mum
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
imagine going through a rough patch financially and u have to cancel your subscription to your mum
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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This just in: People who make more money the fewer people it takes to produce their product say that technology which reduces the number of people it takes to produce their product is something they can see some people supporting! 🙄
-One CEO fellates the use of gen AI in video games
-Dozens of GAME DEVS call BS
"Of course, not everyone is against the use of AI in game development... Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said..."
Putting on my editing hat, I feel "not everyone" being another CEO should have been the highlighted point.
-Dozens of GAME DEVS call BS
"Of course, not everyone is against the use of AI in game development... Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said..."
Putting on my editing hat, I feel "not everyone" being another CEO should have been the highlighted point.
As the CEO of Arc Raiders publisher Nexon says AI is everywhere, game devs call 'bullshit'
AI use in game development is a conversation that's not going away anytime soon, despite many developers railing against its use.
www.polygon.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This just in: People who make more money the fewer people it takes to produce their product say that technology which reduces the number of people it takes to produce their product is something they can see some people supporting! 🙄
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Right, these are the two options: Either they tolerated Epstein's eugenics to get to the sex crimes or they tolerated his sex crimes to get to the eugenics
It seems like all of the rich and powerful people around him patronizingly tolerated the race science stuff (“he has such an inquisitive and childlike mind”) in order to get access to his harem of underage sex slaves
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Right, these are the two options: Either they tolerated Epstein's eugenics to get to the sex crimes or they tolerated his sex crimes to get to the eugenics
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“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
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Every so often I think about the two grads students in my old lab who had to sort through hundreds of thousands of seafloor images to find ecologically interesting regions. One built this super sophisticated machine learning algorithm that was, honestly, very very impressive.
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Every so often I think about the two grads students in my old lab who had to sort through hundreds of thousands of seafloor images to find ecologically interesting regions. One built this super sophisticated machine learning algorithm that was, honestly, very very impressive.
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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A "modest margin" when Mamdani beat his next closest challenger by 8 points in a three-person race. Trump won by just 1.5% and it was played off as a seismic realignment of American politics and culture.
Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A "modest margin" when Mamdani beat his next closest challenger by 8 points in a three-person race. Trump won by just 1.5% and it was played off as a seismic realignment of American politics and culture.
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What is this fake-savvy bullshit.
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
What is this fake-savvy bullshit.
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My God.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My God.
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As a NYer, ”real” “small town” America now looks like a sexual freak zoo run by genital-obsessive xenophobes who make women into living dolls and shoot each other. Mamdani’s NYC (and mine) is a safe, wholesome place where neighbors help each other, do scavenger hunts, ride bikes, and birdwatch.
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
As a NYer, ”real” “small town” America now looks like a sexual freak zoo run by genital-obsessive xenophobes who make women into living dolls and shoot each other. Mamdani’s NYC (and mine) is a safe, wholesome place where neighbors help each other, do scavenger hunts, ride bikes, and birdwatch.
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A few people hoarding all the resources is not sound economic policy 😕
What's missing isn't supply,
it's solidarity.
✊🏻 Happy #socialistsunday / #marxistmonday comrades
What's missing isn't supply,
it's solidarity.
✊🏻 Happy #socialistsunday / #marxistmonday comrades
October 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A few people hoarding all the resources is not sound economic policy 😕
What's missing isn't supply,
it's solidarity.
✊🏻 Happy #socialistsunday / #marxistmonday comrades
What's missing isn't supply,
it's solidarity.
✊🏻 Happy #socialistsunday / #marxistmonday comrades
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A Writer Takes Us Inside The First Prison Film Festival
🔴 Inside a Prison Film Festival
Film-industry professionals, currently and formerly incarcerated people, and prison staff took seats alongside each other.
mailchi.mp
October 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A Writer Takes Us Inside The First Prison Film Festival
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you’d think!!
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
you’d think!!
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When I was a kid the Black Panther Party sustained me with kindness and free bag lunches over one dismal, hungry summer.
I'm white. I was almost as nervous as I was hungry the first time I stood in line. I'll never forget that gentle man's smile or his friendly "See you tomorrow". 😭
I'm white. I was almost as nervous as I was hungry the first time I stood in line. I'll never forget that gentle man's smile or his friendly "See you tomorrow". 😭
October 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
When I was a kid the Black Panther Party sustained me with kindness and free bag lunches over one dismal, hungry summer.
I'm white. I was almost as nervous as I was hungry the first time I stood in line. I'll never forget that gentle man's smile or his friendly "See you tomorrow". 😭
I'm white. I was almost as nervous as I was hungry the first time I stood in line. I'll never forget that gentle man's smile or his friendly "See you tomorrow". 😭
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liquid ass lasted 1 month before they introduced a toggle to effectively turn it off
a new land speed record in sheer incompetence
a new land speed record in sheer incompetence
October 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
liquid ass lasted 1 month before they introduced a toggle to effectively turn it off
a new land speed record in sheer incompetence
a new land speed record in sheer incompetence
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.