Mark
@msonnabaum.bsky.social
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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So you know how heartbreaking it was for the Blue Jays to lose in 7 games after not winning a title in 30 years?
That was the Dodgers in 2017.
Now imagine the Blue Jays and their fans finding out in three years the Dodgers cheated throughout this 2025 World Series like the Astros did in 2017.
That was the Dodgers in 2017.
Now imagine the Blue Jays and their fans finding out in three years the Dodgers cheated throughout this 2025 World Series like the Astros did in 2017.
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
So you know how heartbreaking it was for the Blue Jays to lose in 7 games after not winning a title in 30 years?
That was the Dodgers in 2017.
Now imagine the Blue Jays and their fans finding out in three years the Dodgers cheated throughout this 2025 World Series like the Astros did in 2017.
That was the Dodgers in 2017.
Now imagine the Blue Jays and their fans finding out in three years the Dodgers cheated throughout this 2025 World Series like the Astros did in 2017.
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"I don't have anything to hide why should I care about privacy?"
The politician in South Carolina who has introduced a bill redefining contraception as abortion also wants people who share websites to be charged with aiding and abetting homicide.
October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"I don't have anything to hide why should I care about privacy?"
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it's not FOR us
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
it's not FOR us
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Philly booing Ohtani cmon man. He's not a Dodger he's our national baseball Folk Hero. He is for everyone. He loves dogs and hits balls 500 ft and throws the ball 100 mph.
October 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Philly booing Ohtani cmon man. He's not a Dodger he's our national baseball Folk Hero. He is for everyone. He loves dogs and hits balls 500 ft and throws the ball 100 mph.
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especially on Yom Kippur
October 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
especially on Yom Kippur
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I follow enough Dodger fans to know they have cute little nicknames for their players. 90% of the time I don't know who they mean. But I do know when they talk about a Bad Bitch it is Yamamoto and it is so true.
October 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I follow enough Dodger fans to know they have cute little nicknames for their players. 90% of the time I don't know who they mean. But I do know when they talk about a Bad Bitch it is Yamamoto and it is so true.
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I was listening to an old Casey Kasem American Top 40 (I find this soothing these days) from 1985 where he told the story of Wendy Carlos, who scored The Shining and Tron, and her journey to becoming trans. Casey got all the pronouns right and it was presented as a slice of life, feel good story
Cool tip: it actually takes MORE effort to deliberately misgender someone AND it marks you as a total asshole! Pretty cool!
September 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I was listening to an old Casey Kasem American Top 40 (I find this soothing these days) from 1985 where he told the story of Wendy Carlos, who scored The Shining and Tron, and her journey to becoming trans. Casey got all the pronouns right and it was presented as a slice of life, feel good story
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i'm at the civil war
i'm at the great depression
i'm at the combination civil war great depression
i'm at the great depression
i'm at the combination civil war great depression
September 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
i'm at the civil war
i'm at the great depression
i'm at the combination civil war great depression
i'm at the great depression
i'm at the combination civil war great depression
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Joe Davis just asked Orel Hershiser if he believes in the theory that all possible outcomes are happening somewhere in the universe and then began explaining it to him. Then Bogaerts beat out an infield hit and Hershiser said “on another planet he’s out.” They sound so stoned.
June 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Joe Davis just asked Orel Hershiser if he believes in the theory that all possible outcomes are happening somewhere in the universe and then began explaining it to him. Then Bogaerts beat out an infield hit and Hershiser said “on another planet he’s out.” They sound so stoned.
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Social media is an echo chamber, unlike my 300 totally psycho curated group chats (which I leave or shut down when people disagree with me too much),
April 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Social media is an echo chamber, unlike my 300 totally psycho curated group chats (which I leave or shut down when people disagree with me too much),
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val kilmer’s turn in TOP SECRET is one of the single best comedy performances ever committed to film, both in terms of comic precision and mechanical virtuosity. just watch this whole clip in its entirety; it’s stunning
April 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
val kilmer’s turn in TOP SECRET is one of the single best comedy performances ever committed to film, both in terms of comic precision and mechanical virtuosity. just watch this whole clip in its entirety; it’s stunning
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made a meme about my mental state
March 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
made a meme about my mental state
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Rōki Sasaki's Splitter is going to be a problem. 🥴
March 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Rōki Sasaki's Splitter is going to be a problem. 🥴
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She understands, computer must die
February 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
She understands, computer must die
The `entr` command reliably does what I've seen other watcher tools fail to do for years. So satisfying to do `fd rs$ |entr cargo build`
February 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The `entr` command reliably does what I've seen other watcher tools fail to do for years. So satisfying to do `fd rs$ |entr cargo build`
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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You know when you walk by a Golden Retriever and it looks at you with an expression that's like "hell yeah man we're on the sidewalk, how sick is that." I feel like that is broadly Pete Alonso's approach to being a Met, and that is the biggest part of why I'm glad he's back with the team.
February 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
You know when you walk by a Golden Retriever and it looks at you with an expression that's like "hell yeah man we're on the sidewalk, how sick is that." I feel like that is broadly Pete Alonso's approach to being a Met, and that is the biggest part of why I'm glad he's back with the team.
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John Fetterman’s a disgrace to the oaf community. He does not represent America’s lumbering buffoons, ham-fisted galoots, or men whose heavy footsteps are soundtracked by a tuba.
January 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
John Fetterman’s a disgrace to the oaf community. He does not represent America’s lumbering buffoons, ham-fisted galoots, or men whose heavy footsteps are soundtracked by a tuba.
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the world they want is one where you're either unemployed or work an almost no wage job, you have almost no political input or self determination and you’re happy about it because you can get a t-shirt off temu for a $1
The plan is to crash the economy to suppress wages.
January 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
the world they want is one where you're either unemployed or work an almost no wage job, you have almost no political input or self determination and you’re happy about it because you can get a t-shirt off temu for a $1
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Let’s be realistic. AI that monitors our actions, behaviors, moods, and so on will never be a tool for empowerment: It will be used to extract more labor at lower cost. The geniuses who gave us 729 banner ads per news story are not going to gift anyone work-life balance.
January 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Let’s be realistic. AI that monitors our actions, behaviors, moods, and so on will never be a tool for empowerment: It will be used to extract more labor at lower cost. The geniuses who gave us 729 banner ads per news story are not going to gift anyone work-life balance.
Did not expect Marvel Snap to get caught up in the TikTok ban, but in other news it’s very easy to setup a t2.micro tailscale exit node in Quebec.
January 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Did not expect Marvel Snap to get caught up in the TikTok ban, but in other news it’s very easy to setup a t2.micro tailscale exit node in Quebec.
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Piano roll of “Laura Palmer’s Theme” from Twin Peaks. The visual representation of two mountain peaks in the music was a “cosmic” coincidence which shocked both Lynch and Badalamenti when they discovered it
January 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Piano roll of “Laura Palmer’s Theme” from Twin Peaks. The visual representation of two mountain peaks in the music was a “cosmic” coincidence which shocked both Lynch and Badalamenti when they discovered it