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I've started a Bluesky account, due to the groundswell of folks in my networks who never made the move over here. I'm still on the Fedi at this account as well, but may decide if/how to make these accounts more distinct.
Anyway, come follow me over there as well!
Test - Complete the sequence:
SQUAWK!
Hallelujah!
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I'm so Gen X I automatically play appropriate music cues and sound effects from ancient TV shows in my head for every situation I encounter.
Really looking forward to the upcoming game Hollywood Animal. Here's a nice explanation of why and how they went with a detailed but playful 2D design in an era when even strategy games are 3D.
The solution to shitty social media platforms is not another shitty social media platform, but getting past the whole concept of “social media” as it’s been designed for the past 20+ years.
And honestly we’re not (yet) up to the task.
Great example of how culture, politics, and business today all center on the existential question of how much AI fraud and sludge the inflection points of any platform can take before it threatens the integrity of the entire system.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/14/24294995/spotify-ai-fake-albums-scam-distributors-metadata
I can remember specific dinners I had in 1997 but I can’t remember what I had for lunch on Monday.
I’m sorry, could you speak up?
Every minor twinge on any joint could be a minor twinge or a resigned “welp, I guess that’s how it is from here on out.”
I try to get home before the sun goes down because nighttime driving really sucks.
I take advantage of the depth of streaming platforms to watch TV shows from the 1970s. Again.
There are three groups of people who’ll get hurt by the incoming administration: the people who didn’t vote for him, the people who didn’t vote at all, and the people who did vote for him.
@Daojoan I think we could all work on that.
Good overview of some of the positive results at the state level in many states, including protections for abortion rights, raising minimum wages, and protecting public schools. https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/through-the-darkness-some-rays-of?r=1dh1ua&utm_medium=ios
@nein09 Yep. Alas, they know the drill. Only abject sycophancy will keep them on his radar.
@film_girl 2004 is an apt comparison. I was prepared for a loss yesterday (vs the shock of 2016), but the magnitude this time is truly heartbreaking, and feels even worse than the rejection in 2004. As with then, we have to start again from scratch. Let's hope we have an Obama somewhere on the bench again...
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