Thomas
@th0ma5.bsky.social
Design, research, photography, media criticism, and unsweet iced tea
This smarmy "AI" push has profoundly exposed management culture and I don't see how they could ever regain any trust they ever had if any from tech workers.
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This smarmy "AI" push has profoundly exposed management culture and I don't see how they could ever regain any trust they ever had if any from tech workers.
I didn't hear The Little Drummer Boy all last year, but now I'm already out of the contest with a damned episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show in the background I wasn't even watching, lol.
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I didn't hear The Little Drummer Boy all last year, but now I'm already out of the contest with a damned episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show in the background I wasn't even watching, lol.
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6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
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Live now on channel 2! kchungradio.org
I'll be hosting my radio show OPEN BORDERS live from the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA at a special date and time this month because of the holiday. Come by the museum plaza in Little Tokyo on Sat. Nov 29 1-3pm PT or stream live at kchungradio.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Live now on channel 2! kchungradio.org
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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the crimes are obviously worse but there's also the constant indignities of all formal levers of government communication being taken over by people with a schoolyard bully's vocabulary and the pugilistic instinct of a drunk at the second bar that's cut them off that night
November 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
the crimes are obviously worse but there's also the constant indignities of all formal levers of government communication being taken over by people with a schoolyard bully's vocabulary and the pugilistic instinct of a drunk at the second bar that's cut them off that night
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Fascinating how every conceivable topic under the sun is now the subject of at minimum six wildly different conspiracy theories.
So much data, so little meaning!
So much data, so little meaning!
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Fascinating how every conceivable topic under the sun is now the subject of at minimum six wildly different conspiracy theories.
So much data, so little meaning!
So much data, so little meaning!
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Radiohead
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires
Kishi Bashi
The Afghan Whigs
Waxahatchee
Radiohead
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires
Kishi Bashi
The Afghan Whigs
Waxahatchee
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
They Might Be Giants
Rage Against the Machine
Soundgarden
David Bowie
KMFDM
They Might Be Giants
Rage Against the Machine
Soundgarden
David Bowie
KMFDM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Radiohead
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires
Kishi Bashi
The Afghan Whigs
Waxahatchee
Radiohead
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires
Kishi Bashi
The Afghan Whigs
Waxahatchee
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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Again, turkeys are 70-80% off from today onwards and last a year in the freezer.
If you’ve got a chest freezer in the garage that’s good soup, stew, and smoker meat for the whole winter for a really good price.
If you’ve got a chest freezer in the garage that’s good soup, stew, and smoker meat for the whole winter for a really good price.
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Again, turkeys are 70-80% off from today onwards and last a year in the freezer.
If you’ve got a chest freezer in the garage that’s good soup, stew, and smoker meat for the whole winter for a really good price.
If you’ve got a chest freezer in the garage that’s good soup, stew, and smoker meat for the whole winter for a really good price.
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I’ve decided that the only person I want to interview Sam Altman is Ziwe
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’ve decided that the only person I want to interview Sam Altman is Ziwe
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the Pope from the top rope
(the secular way of putting this, for those so inclined, is that AI cannot experience the sublime and thus can't be said to be "creating" anything)
(the secular way of putting this, for those so inclined, is that AI cannot experience the sublime and thus can't be said to be "creating" anything)
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
the Pope from the top rope
(the secular way of putting this, for those so inclined, is that AI cannot experience the sublime and thus can't be said to be "creating" anything)
(the secular way of putting this, for those so inclined, is that AI cannot experience the sublime and thus can't be said to be "creating" anything)
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So this is cool: my local NPR station, @kuow.org is broadcasting their station identification in different languages. The first one I caught was Lushootseed, and so at first I thought it was an acknowledgment of the people whose land KUOW is located on. It is that, but also more:
Why KUOW is broadcasting our Legal ID in different languages
www.kuow.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So this is cool: my local NPR station, @kuow.org is broadcasting their station identification in different languages. The first one I caught was Lushootseed, and so at first I thought it was an acknowledgment of the people whose land KUOW is located on. It is that, but also more:
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I had the chance to give Matthew Caws of @nadasurf.bsky.social a tour of Columbus record stores earlier this year. Here's a recap of the day - along with a video - for @bigtakeover.com
bigtakeover.com/profiles/dig...
bigtakeover.com/profiles/dig...
Digging Deep with Matthew Caws of Nada Surf
bigtakeover.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I had the chance to give Matthew Caws of @nadasurf.bsky.social a tour of Columbus record stores earlier this year. Here's a recap of the day - along with a video - for @bigtakeover.com
bigtakeover.com/profiles/dig...
bigtakeover.com/profiles/dig...
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Tapping the sign again
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tapping the sign again
Starbucks makes a little money on the balance of your card. You may be to refund your balance either in the app or by calling (800) 782-7282 (in some states).
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Starbucks makes a little money on the balance of your card. You may be to refund your balance either in the app or by calling (800) 782-7282 (in some states).
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RSS rules. RSS never became less relevant. RSS is a way to claw your agency back from silicon valley algorithmic timelines. That said if you use it you really are a sicko
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
RSS rules. RSS never became less relevant. RSS is a way to claw your agency back from silicon valley algorithmic timelines. That said if you use it you really are a sicko
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One of my favorite TikTok videos - from way back in 2023. Also Boards of Canada.
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
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Fuck man I’m going to jail because I picked up a booklet about caveman dentistry from a guy who said his name was funion and had a stick n poke of homer simpson as gg allin on his face like 15 years ago
"The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine" @theintercept.com - The Anarchist Library is linked in the article
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Fuck man I’m going to jail because I picked up a booklet about caveman dentistry from a guy who said his name was funion and had a stick n poke of homer simpson as gg allin on his face like 15 years ago
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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I really want to know the full story behind this epic hack, and yet I also hope it is never solved.
It's my favorite day! It's the 38th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
Max Headroom 1987 Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident
YouTube video by andrew867
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I really want to know the full story behind this epic hack, and yet I also hope it is never solved.
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You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.
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These people were forced into remote desert ‘camps’—promised they’d be arrested and deported if they left—but given no food, shelter, water, or medical treatment except what the local community of a few hundred folks gave out of charity.
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
These people were forced into remote desert ‘camps’—promised they’d be arrested and deported if they left—but given no food, shelter, water, or medical treatment except what the local community of a few hundred folks gave out of charity.
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congratulations everyone. having met our "enough Internet for the day" quotas within moments of logging on, we're all free now
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
congratulations everyone. having met our "enough Internet for the day" quotas within moments of logging on, we're all free now