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24.12.2025 11:52
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I knew it!
Not rude things, a thread:
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Fabulous
I'd certainly give the pilot a go!
Mutant Disco logo - using the colour scheme & flash of the recent Funkdub logo, combined with the DFA aesthetic
1. Cristina - Drive My Car (DJ Steef's Mutant Disco Edit) 2. Pixeltan - Get Up / Say What (DFA Remix) 3. LCD Soundsystem - Disco Infiltrator 4. Crooked Man - It's My Pleasure Part 2 (Generalisation Edit) 5. Soulwax - NY Lipps (Kawazaki DUB) 6. Giorgio Moroder - On The Radio (feat Amor - DJ Pierre remix) 7. Queen - Invisible Man (Man Power's Power Rework) 8. Theus Mago & Curses - Antidoto 9. Fcukers - Homie Don't Shake 10. lan Dury & the Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Bleaching Agent Japan to Yucatan Edit) 11. MADMADMAD - Spin Wave 12. Working Men's Club - Teeth (Gabe Gurnsey Remix) 13. LCD Soundsystem - Us V Them
Mutant Disco mix, has a very high cowbell quotient, artwork by 3DJ & tracklist for the Bluesky crew, listen in!
www.mixcloud.com/funkdub/disc...
A man with a spectacular 1970s mullet, wearing big wellies and a v-neck jumper over a T-shirt, looks at camera as he stands on a boat which is itself standing on the muddy bottom of an empty canal. He is holding up an enormous wooden plug on a long chunky chain
Today is the 47th anniversary of this clearly unimprovable photo, from a story so absurd that it shouldn’t be true, but is: the day a team of workers from British Waterways pulled the plug out of the Chesterfield Canal, and all the water emptied out
WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
"Confusion today as budget retail chain poundland accidentally sold itself for £1"
Ever since I dug into this story while researching Proof, and realised I was doing tea sub-optimally, I’ve been overthinking all other hot drink making…
www.wired.com/story/how-a-...
I'm reading the report behind these headlines about glyphosate and it may be the most scientifically illiterate thing I've come across (although it's a close thing with the recent MAHA report). 1/n
The new Neil Halloran documentary on Smallpox has completely changed how I see the RFK Jr. version of the world. Neil (softly) argues that realizing that disease isn't the fault of the sick /or/ the fault of the Gods ushered in a new future where we felt the authority to care for each other.
Boadicea and Her Daughters. Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JH 4.6 Sculpture g.co URGENT: Join Us in Parliament Square This Saturday 1pm- Stand for Trans Rights Dear Friends, We need your support now more than ever. This Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in Parliament Square, there will be a critical protest in support of trans rights, following the recent Supreme Court decision that threatens the recognition and dignity of trans people across the UK.
sure no one misses it!!! SHARE SHARE SHARE!!! I'll share some social media graphics soon for you to post. By 6pm Let's show up and show out for trans lives. See you in Parliament Square this Saturday.
Meeting Point: Boadicea and Her Daughters Statue - https://g.co/kgs /pkDwGp3 Trans women are women Trans men are men Non-binary people exist and deserve rights too UNISON branches are supporting this protest, and we are calling on every member, friend, and ally to join us in solidarity. We need a huge turnout to show that we will not stand by while rights are taken from our family. Please reach out to everyone you know- colleagues, friends, family, union members - and ask them to come along. Bring signs, bring energy, and most importantly, bring your voice. This is very last minute, so we need everyone to shout about this protest as loudly and widely as possible. Share it with your networks, post it online, tell your friends. let's make sure no one misses it!!! SHARE SHARE SHARE!!!
Planned action!
Protest planned at parliament square on Saturday at 1pm to protest supreme court ruling.
I could watch this all day.
Great stuff here from @adamrutherford.bsky.social on the science (or not) of what 23andMe was actually doing & why.
The real question is about the vast amount of genetic data they collected. It will get sold to someone - but who, and what will *they* use it for?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ident for the new Funkdub mux “PUT ‘EM UP, STICK ‘EM UP” by G-Kush - featuring a cream coloured gun
New Mix - 40 minutes, 17 tracks, party hip hop and all that business:
www.mixcloud.com/funkdub/put-...
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
I didn't have it as bad as this, but I can definitely relate.
my first bsky post!
scientific societies are advocating as hard as we can right now to preserve and protect science & researchers. your individual (and collective) voices matter.
raise 'em.
Beaker as Dua Lipa on the cover of Elle magazine.
just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of elle magazine: thread
The Cass Review has been discredited internationally. It’s only in the UK that the government continues to promote it as a credible report. Please sign this petition.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
1. As Zuckerberg abandons fact checking in the name of “free speech”, let’s take a moment to examine this concept. 🧵
Important research
Fascinating and concerning thread.
ALT text copied and pasted from the linked website: An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”
Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
A List of Things People Blamed on Jazz
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@gkfunkdub.bsky.social
Every year I make a Worst Christmas playlist, where I share my favourite terrible holiday music. Please put it on at your next holiday gathering and report back with how long it took for someone to tell you to turn it off.
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