That was pretty much the case, yes. Much optimism, great vibes, endless great music in all sorts of genres... And no phones during gigs
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That was pretty much the case, yes. Much optimism, great vibes, endless great music in all sorts of genres... And no phones during gigs
To every poltician pushing back on electrification and decarbonisation we should say: Why do you want to make Europe dependent on others? Why do you want Europeans to pay higher bills?
NY, NJ keep pushing lawsuit to break up Ticketmaster owner Live Nation gothamist.com/news/ny-nj-k...
This is amazing.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
Well exactly.
In Dutch, you can add the wonderfully pliant word 'maar' to get this point across, as in DIY - 'Doe het zelf' - versus Go on and do it yourself - 'Do het zelf maar'
That whole album is far better than most make it out, imo. "Angel Come Home" may be in my top 3 of favourite BB songs
If you'd like to get a hype-free take on what's happening with AI in the tech industry, The Pragmatic Summit keynote by @lauratacho.com is a must-watch.
Recorded two weeks ago, made public for everyone today. It got SO much love at the event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOHg...
I'd prefer to hang the DJ
Anyone who argues that AI is a tool of enhancing our cognition really needs to sit with this example.
Hope you do! The early Paradiso gig with Alyssa and Dickie and the later one in Berlin especially are among my treasured memories.
The only modern innovation that’s led to fewer days worked is the labor union.
Big Tech is “no longer strategizing for voluntary adoption [of AI]…They are planning to cross the chasm by forced adoption. People will use it because they are told they ‘have to’ by their employer, by their school, by their president, or by the police state.”
- @mattseybold.bsky.social
#FatCatDay
#Greed
Snow on branches texture
I made copies of all PDO cds a long time ago. But most seem to hold out well. I have a more general problem with my cd player starting to jitter at anything over 74 mins
'Pilfered pilsners' and 'bilked brews'. They were in a merry mood writing this 😁
Peter Baynham had a joke about an old Greek philospher living in a van. His name was Rentacrates
"Encoding all of humanity’s skill and know-how into checklists is an enormous, possibly quixotic undertaking, but the frontier labs have billions to spend, and the sheer scale of their demand is reconfiguring the data industry." Really well-reported story here.
Goddamn shame. It's about time politicians started representing the majority.
Can we get some shares going? This album is free to download or pay what you want, we wanted to give back for all the support you've give us this year. Thank You.
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Curious what those tech execs say to you @reckless.bsky.social!
Can you share the names of the fantastic female vocalists on the title track? They deserve a mention after 40yrs!
"A lot of the choices we make with environmental impact are now choices we make consciously. We can ask what kind of world we want."
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“Data doesn’t speak for itself. We need to speak for the data”
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"When political figures deny evidence, distort facts, or lie as strategy, reporting their claims as equal to verified facts is not neutrality or impartiality — it is distortion."
Eighty years ago, George Kennan ended his Long Telegram from Moscow by saying the greatest danger is that we allow ourselves to become like those with whom we are competing. Today, the task is not to seek to restore lost dominance, but to recover the moral clarity and political vision of who we are and what we stand for.
As democracies and their politicians are tempted down a path that rejects pluralism, harasses opponents, demonises refugees, declares emergencies, opts out of international agreements and laws and attacks the judicial system – all features of the Soviet system – this is surely the ultimate role reversal in the world today, and one that we need to fight at all costs.
David Miliband's closing paragraphs in his Observer article today are quite ... striking.
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
Overheard: "Emily seemed very unconvinced to do a full marathon"