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an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato
Bandcamp just introduced itself on reddit and almost every single response was a variation of "Welcome! Please ban AI." Makes me hopeful that enough people care and that both listeners & artists will abandon platforms that don't establish guardrails against AI in favour of those that do.
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Bandcamp just introduced itself on reddit and almost every single response was a variation of "Welcome! Please ban AI." Makes me hopeful that enough people care and that both listeners & artists will abandon platforms that don't establish guardrails against AI in favour of those that do.
English not so much. German is really particularly hard in this regard, because the key to the long Schachtelsätze - the verb - is often at their very end. Even as a native speaker, I feel the cubist confusion when reading Kant or Hegel & also the artful cubist fractures in Kleist or Thomas Mann.
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
English not so much. German is really particularly hard in this regard, because the key to the long Schachtelsätze - the verb - is often at their very end. Even as a native speaker, I feel the cubist confusion when reading Kant or Hegel & also the artful cubist fractures in Kleist or Thomas Mann.
I feel the same way about Proust & Faulkner. The trick, I found, is to read faster than I normally would. At my usual pace, trying to comprehend each word entirely, I'd overload my working memory before the sentence was over. Reading faster, the meaning would reveal itself through the structure.
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I feel the same way about Proust & Faulkner. The trick, I found, is to read faster than I normally would. At my usual pace, trying to comprehend each word entirely, I'd overload my working memory before the sentence was over. Reading faster, the meaning would reveal itself through the structure.
The actual NYT coverage isn't far off.
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The actual NYT coverage isn't far off.
But did you save 23% on the subscription? And did you get the free shipping for orders over $200? Thought so!
October 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
But did you save 23% on the subscription? And did you get the free shipping for orders over $200? Thought so!
Is there not such a thing as "level of invention" in American patent law? I swear some of these are just random shit someone stuck googly eyes on.
October 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Is there not such a thing as "level of invention" in American patent law? I swear some of these are just random shit someone stuck googly eyes on.
I think we also shouldn't underestimate the influence of Russian disinformation campaigns on the US government. Not only in the health department, but RFK's affinity to it is particularly striking, especially when you look back at his own presidential campaign.
October 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I think we also shouldn't underestimate the influence of Russian disinformation campaigns on the US government. Not only in the health department, but RFK's affinity to it is particularly striking, especially when you look back at his own presidential campaign.
I want to believe this so hard, and I know it's important to recognise and insist on the bright moments, but in the endless theatre of the grotesque that we're living through, I find it impossible to put any stock in it.
October 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I want to believe this so hard, and I know it's important to recognise and insist on the bright moments, but in the endless theatre of the grotesque that we're living through, I find it impossible to put any stock in it.
I feel the same way. Maybe because music was the last sanctuary, the only place to go to reliably get away from this shit.
We'll still find the good stuff, but traditional music platforms and streaming services will quickly become as unusable as Google Image Search.
We'll still find the good stuff, but traditional music platforms and streaming services will quickly become as unusable as Google Image Search.
September 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I feel the same way. Maybe because music was the last sanctuary, the only place to go to reliably get away from this shit.
We'll still find the good stuff, but traditional music platforms and streaming services will quickly become as unusable as Google Image Search.
We'll still find the good stuff, but traditional music platforms and streaming services will quickly become as unusable as Google Image Search.
Shit, this really brought it back. Thought I'm over this.
R.I.P. moose 1
R.I.P. moose 2
:(
R.I.P. moose 1
R.I.P. moose 2
:(
September 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Shit, this really brought it back. Thought I'm over this.
R.I.P. moose 1
R.I.P. moose 2
:(
R.I.P. moose 1
R.I.P. moose 2
:(
In 1993, fishermen in Alaska observed a pair of moose being attacked by killer whales. One moose was killed, the other then drowned in a kelp bed. Someone should make a movie about this, but also, condolences.
September 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In 1993, fishermen in Alaska observed a pair of moose being attacked by killer whales. One moose was killed, the other then drowned in a kelp bed. Someone should make a movie about this, but also, condolences.
They're gonna triple-paperwrap him and the grease will still ooze through.
August 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
They're gonna triple-paperwrap him and the grease will still ooze through.
Any gas station will do. Today, there's a McDonald's at the very spot, so it's only fair that you get a new trattoria soon.
August 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Any gas station will do. Today, there's a McDonald's at the very spot, so it's only fair that you get a new trattoria soon.
It's all so garish and stagy and dumb that it's hard to take any of it seriously - even though it couldn't be more serious. If they were any smarter, you'd think it's by design.
August 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It's all so garish and stagy and dumb that it's hard to take any of it seriously - even though it couldn't be more serious. If they were any smarter, you'd think it's by design.
Dreyfus is a perfect historical analogy, but it's hard to imagine that Zola's J'accuse would move the needle today. The political discourse today is wrestlemania theatrics and half of the country seems perfectly fine with the fact that it's all scripted.
August 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Dreyfus is a perfect historical analogy, but it's hard to imagine that Zola's J'accuse would move the needle today. The political discourse today is wrestlemania theatrics and half of the country seems perfectly fine with the fact that it's all scripted.
In a Gallup poll taken the day after the Kent State shootings, 58% of the population blamed the students and only 11% blamed the National Guard. Republicans, today, would sell t-shirts to celebrate the event.
August 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In a Gallup poll taken the day after the Kent State shootings, 58% of the population blamed the students and only 11% blamed the National Guard. Republicans, today, would sell t-shirts to celebrate the event.
Was I just oblivious before or has The Atlantic completely gone to the dogs lately? You get the impression that they've outsourced half their journalism to the Manhattan Institute and other MAGA propaganda outfits.
August 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Was I just oblivious before or has The Atlantic completely gone to the dogs lately? You get the impression that they've outsourced half their journalism to the Manhattan Institute and other MAGA propaganda outfits.
Among great 20th century physicists, this is surely the most enviable character flaw.
August 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Among great 20th century physicists, this is surely the most enviable character flaw.
posted this upside-down for some reason.
August 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
posted this upside-down for some reason.