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Limited edition cassette releases of experimental electronic music from the pacific northwest, 2015-present. hothamsoundrecordings.bandcamp.com www.instagram.com/hotham_sound/

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 12d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Hotham Sound @hothamsound.bsky.social · 15d

It's BC Ferries all over again, and we all know how that worked out.

Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 16d

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.

Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 16d

The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.

This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · Sep 11

I hope I don't sound naïve here, but I don't think this project to turn Charlie Kirk into a combination of Mr. Rogers and Gandhi is going to work

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Martin P. @martinobeat.bsky.social · Sep 11

Did America mourn Melissa Hortman? I don't remember the paper of record doing this shit for actual civil servants gunned down for their work?

Is it bad Charlie Kirk got murdered? Of course it is. Is the majority of America that he expressed nothing but hate for mourning? Fuck you.

Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · Sep 11

These people are on another planet.

NY Times Editorial Board: America Mourns Charlie Kirk

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Sean Fay-Wolfe | Diamond Axe Studios @seanfaywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.

The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Sep 11

I am genuinely confused by all this pageantry. He was not an elected official. I cannot think of another time a regular citizen being killed garnered this response. It’s perverse.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · Sep 11

Jesus christ what is wrong with Democrats

@StephenJ_Caruso on X: Inbox: Gov. Josh Shapiro has ordered that the commonwealth's flag be flown at half-staff in memory of Charlie Kirk until Sunday.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Sep 11

He was just, like, a guy. Not a politician. Not a statesman of any kind. Just some really mean guy. Flags at half mast. Yankee moment of silence. Whatever the shit this is.

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

andy™ @andylevy.net · Sep 11

not even surprising at this point

nytimes editorial board piece headlined “america mourns charlie kirk”

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Hotham Sound @hothamsound.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Hotham Sound @hothamsound.bsky.social · Sep 10

Jim O'Rourke on John Fahey : r/AmericanPrimitivism share.google/wDdYRIsurQcx...

From the AmericanPrimitivism community on Reddit: Jim O'Rourke on John Fahey

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Hotham Sound @hothamsound.bsky.social · Sep 10

The mothership from Close Encounters lands in the middle of Central Park and broadcasts a message of love and acceptance to the people of Earth from all the races of the galaxy.

NYT: Aliens Refuse To Condemn Hamas.

Hotham Sound @hothamsound.bsky.social · Sep 9

MILITARY INTERVENTION NOW

Hotham Sound @hothamsound.bsky.social · Sep 9

The GOAT

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Robert Ashley @robertashley.bsky.social · Sep 8

The absurd part is that I can’t think of anything LESS time sensitive than books. I’m constantly picking up a book that a 20, 60, 140 years old because somebody got me interested.

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Hotham Sound @hothamsound.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ditto for Music crit.

Justin Taylor @justintaylor.bsky.social · Sep 8

Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.

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Hotham Sound @hothamsound.bsky.social · Sep 8

Donald Trump AND Benjamin Netanyahu will both die within my lifetime.

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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · Sep 4

You go into the forest, they don’t even got real birds singing anymore. There’s a guy hunched over behind a tree making the bird noises on a synthesizer! I shouted at him “Hey you, what happened to all the birds?” He ran off into the bushes. I was wearing sandals so I didn’t follow him.

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Hotham Sound @hothamsound.bsky.social · Aug 30

If you're in Vancouver, this is tonight! Come browse the shop, buy a record, and marvel at the sound of someone who actually knows how to play an instrument. Not to be missed.

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Hotham Sound @hothamsound.bsky.social · Aug 26

Among other things, Paul Laverty wrote 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley,' one of the most powerful depictions of what it takes to truly resist oppression ever put to film.