🔗 WWW
There are a lot of links out to different parts of the web on this site. I try to mark them all so they get listed here.
Today’s selection of WTF/FFS Headlines from the Guardian.
🔗 With DeSantis campaign event, Musk seeks to shore up a sinking Twitter
🔗 Chief justice says US supreme court keeps ‘highest standards’ of conduct
🔗 Amanda Gorman ‘gutted’ after Florida school bans Biden inauguration poem
I just found out about 🔗 Connie Converse
🎙️ Mike Pesca talking to Howard Fishman who wrote 📚 To Anyone Who Ever Asks
Talk about a hole in history.
🔗 This Insider Spotify Data - simple but interesting analysis from Rick Beato.
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Canadians definitely understand Festivals.
🔗 Dianne Feinstein’s health: The senator seems not to remember being absent from the Capitol.
Nothing to see here … move along now … except that exchange is frightening.
George Will - in the first line of a 🔗 Washington Post article links to a New York post article (nothing like using credible sources)… and as if that wasn’t enough, his complaint seems to be about California imposing its will on other states without so much as a ‘by-your-leave’ … no mention of FlorIda, Texas or the rest of those States forcing their opinions on the rest of us.
I link to Umair Haique’s writing (warning - Medium) … from time to time - but have never looked up what Eudaimonia means, let alone its etymology. So … TIL
🔗 A lot of offices are still empty — and it’s becoming a major risk for the economy
“It’s a troubling development for the commercial real estate industry at a time when the U.S. economy is already showing signs of stress and maybe even a recession.”
Dear NPR … ‘development’? This has been on the horizon for years.
I love the Playing For Change Series.
Stumbled across these over the weekend.
Enjoy.
Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones) feat. Taj Mahal
What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye) Feat. Sara Bareilles
🔗 🎵 📺
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I always like a good visual.
And when the visual is about creativity - well … who can resist?
🔗 Visualized: The Daily Routines of Famous Creatives
The lesson is that there is nothing routine about the routine of creativity.
🔗 Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British accents?
I hope their accents are better than Dick’s.
The Hill reporting that 🔗 Twitter under fire for perceived censorship ahead of election in Turkey.
Perceived? We have to get out of this ’both sides’ shit.
Replying to Doc Searls
🔗 Your AI ~v~ A.I. comment triggered a thought.
Going forward, I am standardizing on AI.
A.I. might imply a two letter acronym for Artificial Intelligence .. and for now, whilst I agree that it’s ‘artificial’, I am far from convinced ‘it’ demonstrates ‘intelligence’.
Meanwhile, AI is a nice handy name to bucket these things under.
Spotify 🔗purged thousands of AI-generated songs uploaded by the music startup Boomy. The streamer said it flagged the tunes it thought were being listened to by bots, which inflated listener numbers.
Not just written by AI - but listened to by bots.
I wonder how much income that cost real artists?
🔗 The summer of decentralized social
Sam Liebeskind provides a nice simple guide to the world of decentralized social networks by comparing to the email world.
🔗 EMAIL : the first, largest and most open social network..
🔗 Is It Time to Quit Coffee for Good? (Apple News) .. of course I haven’t read it … what a stupid question. And if the arguments are real and valid … well count me in the Ostrich camp.
As the hype around BlueSky builds, I am reminded of the hype that surrounded Clubhouse. Looks like that’s what Charles has been thinking.
Velvet rope: it tells you that the people who got past it are special. Unlike you.
💬 Charles Arthur
My last 🔗 Travels Without Charley makes for a short, thoughtful read.
Thinking Allowed
This is a People First post that was originally on the People First domain. It has been moved here as part of my domain consolidation program. It’s a steady and slow WIP as I check each entry, so do please bear with me.- More about People First
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Am I missing a step with webmentions?
🔗 A recent post on People First was syndicated to Micro Blog.
I replied to that post in MicroBlog.
And it seems to be approved
So, shouldn’t it appear here?
