Johnny Capers
@scudattack.bsky.social
Chef, photographer, jack of all trades. I like bikes and metal.
| Urbanism | Transit | Music | Film and Digital Photography | Food | Tech/Criticism |
| Urbanism | Transit | Music | Film and Digital Photography | Food | Tech/Criticism |
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Yes, when a fellow’s soaked through, it’s hard to be sensible, that’s a fact.
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Yes, when a fellow’s soaked through, it’s hard to be sensible, that’s a fact.
John Zorn has been such a huge influence on me musically, and I can't believe it took me this long to pick up a copy of Painkiller: Collected Works. If you like grindcore and jazz you should check it out, though their more recent output skews ambient.
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
John Zorn has been such a huge influence on me musically, and I can't believe it took me this long to pick up a copy of Painkiller: Collected Works. If you like grindcore and jazz you should check it out, though their more recent output skews ambient.
I spilled warm clarified butter on my arm and now I smell like movie theatre popcorn
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I spilled warm clarified butter on my arm and now I smell like movie theatre popcorn
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For fucks sake, there is a dodge truck for sale with 700hp so I don't want to hear any horse shit about ebikes
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
For fucks sake, there is a dodge truck for sale with 700hp so I don't want to hear any horse shit about ebikes
So many people are buying music on Bandcamp Friday that I’m getting 503 errors
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So many people are buying music on Bandcamp Friday that I’m getting 503 errors
Instead of sharing end of year streaming stats I'm just going to share some of my favorite albums from this year
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Instead of sharing end of year streaming stats I'm just going to share some of my favorite albums from this year
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I'm no purist when it comes to participating in things we all know are bad. I try to reduce my harm but I'm an honest hypocrite.
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
Explore live radio by rotating the globe
Explore live radio by rotating the globe.
radio.garden
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm no purist when it comes to participating in things we all know are bad. I try to reduce my harm but I'm an honest hypocrite.
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
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City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
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Why you should buy CDs
-they are cool
-they are cheap
-they are fun to find
-they sound awesome
-they will never have ads or AI bullshit injected into them
-they are yours forever
-they are cool
-they are cheap
-they are fun to find
-they sound awesome
-they will never have ads or AI bullshit injected into them
-they are yours forever
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Why you should buy CDs
-they are cool
-they are cheap
-they are fun to find
-they sound awesome
-they will never have ads or AI bullshit injected into them
-they are yours forever
-they are cool
-they are cheap
-they are fun to find
-they sound awesome
-they will never have ads or AI bullshit injected into them
-they are yours forever
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NEW: A newly enacted NY state law requires retailers to reveal whether it used "surveillance pricing" to decide how much you pay for goods. Target, for example, shows the alert on a pop-up when you try to buy eggs online. @regret.bsky.social—@wired.com's new investigative data reporter!—reports:
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
NEW: A newly enacted NY state law requires retailers to reveal whether it used "surveillance pricing" to decide how much you pay for goods. Target, for example, shows the alert on a pop-up when you try to buy eggs online. @regret.bsky.social—@wired.com's new investigative data reporter!—reports:
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People in the USA are really fixated on personal ownership of stuff. I’m not particularly anti-materialist but, folks, we can share stuff (cars, bikes, books, tools, buildings) and it makes the world better.
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
People in the USA are really fixated on personal ownership of stuff. I’m not particularly anti-materialist but, folks, we can share stuff (cars, bikes, books, tools, buildings) and it makes the world better.
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Students send me their C programs. I ask them: what does this line mean? They answer: I don't know.
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Students send me their C programs. I ask them: what does this line mean? They answer: I don't know.
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broke: drive your gas powered car
woke: drive your electric car
spoke: ride a bike
woke: drive your electric car
spoke: ride a bike
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
broke: drive your gas powered car
woke: drive your electric car
spoke: ride a bike
woke: drive your electric car
spoke: ride a bike
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For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
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Local Man Hates Self, Family, Others
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Local Man Hates Self, Family, Others
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A Friendly Reminder That Your Unpowered SSDs Are Probably Losing Data
A Friendly Reminder That Your Unpowered SSDs Are Probably Losing Data
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
A Friendly Reminder That Your Unpowered SSDs Are Probably Losing Data
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Reminder again as they integrate AI surveillance and slop into everything, never upgrade, never update.
bsky.app/profile/whip...
bsky.app/profile/whip...
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Reminder again as they integrate AI surveillance and slop into everything, never upgrade, never update.
bsky.app/profile/whip...
bsky.app/profile/whip...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Had a good chat with @jasonkoebler.bsky.social for the @404media.co podcast. Got a chance to talk about how tech companies main pitch changed from “you exchange some surveillance for services” to “we get to spy on you all the time and it’s good, actually.”
Luxury Surveillance (With Chris Gilliard)
Podcast Episode · The 404 Media Podcast · 11/24/2025 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Had a good chat with @jasonkoebler.bsky.social for the @404media.co podcast. Got a chance to talk about how tech companies main pitch changed from “you exchange some surveillance for services” to “we get to spy on you all the time and it’s good, actually.”
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Postcard from SF.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Postcard from SF.
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Fuckin rocking out
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fuckin rocking out
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Remember when Aaron Swartz downloaded JSTOR archives that he had full legal rights to download and the FBI hounded him literally to death for it? Anyway,
NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Remember when Aaron Swartz downloaded JSTOR archives that he had full legal rights to download and the FBI hounded him literally to death for it? Anyway,