I am not generally a fan of hip-hop - but I do check in from time to time. I came across this one from mcc@mastodon.social - and just spectacular. It kind of felt to me that he’s channeling Gil Scott-Heron - 55 40 years later. (LATER: Reading more - I realised that the music is from a 2007 album._
Lyrics in the comments - because as MCC wrote in her post
Position paper read through a megaphone. Terrifying, breezy industrial beats and laughing children.
Yes - which sometimes makes it hard to hear the words.
Thank you @hawaiiboy who wrote;
Really like this Car-Free Community. Not Arizona, but the idea.
The host has a nice style. The video is great and some marvellous zingers from interviewees, like
‘when I came back from Tokyo I realised that the way we live in America is just stupid.
🔗📼 Hamish on The Future of Media @ Ted
I remain a fan of what they are trying to do. There. I said it.
Talking to an old friend tonight. I said something. He replied …
“Sausage speared by the cocktail satellite”
.. which curiously enough made sense in the flow of the conversation .. but I still had to ask. The full quote …
Poolside laughter has a cynical bite
Sausage speared by the cocktail satellite
It comes from the song ‘🔗📼 Lay Your Hands On Me, version of the song that my friend said that was the version I needed to watch.
Just did and too good not to share. So …
Cans on - Volume up - listen in for 8 minutes - and come out shaking.
People who treat AI like a teammate, coach it and give it feedback and importantly, get it to ask them questions. The fundamental orientation a lot of people take towards AI is I’m the question asker. AI is the answer giver. But if you think about AI like a teammate, you say, hey, what are ten questions I should ask about this? Or what do you need to know from me in order to get the best response?
What Brad said - but until you have heard this cover - you haven’t heard Creep 🤯🎵 by @bradbarrish
I’ve heard “Creep” too many times, but seeing Erin Morton perform it gave me chills and made me cry. Just wow.
7 series since 2011 - and only just getting round to reviewing as I just finished Series 7. In recent series, I felt that whilst some were still good, IMHO a number of episodes lacked real punch. …