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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 8h

Imagine saying this to DAVID FUCKING SIMON. It’s like telling Ray Harryhausen “I could imagine you thinking, boy, I wish I had had CGI to solve all those thorny stop-motion problems.”

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 8h

A nice writeup of Secret Society’s recent performance at Drake University by Lucy Matlock for the Times-Delphic, Drake’s student newspaper.

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Darcy James Argue brings renowned jazz to campus - The Times-Delphic

The blaring, brassy sound of an 18-member jazz band filled the auditorium as the audience sat in awe and excitement. Horns resonated throughout the space as the pianist and bassist...

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Pat Inverted Vibe Curve Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 16h

RFK Jr: We're doing MAHA by reversing every American circumcision one at a time

Reporter: Wait -

RFK Jr: [gesturing at his van] I have two coolers full of foreskins in there

Reporter: How - wait -

RFK Jr: Scientists won't tell you this but you can just rehydrate them using nonpolar water

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 10h

Thanks to Richard Sandomir and the @nytimes.com for this obituary for Jim McNeely. I am glad to see his life and music commemorated in the paper of record.

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Jim McNeely, Innovative Composer for Jazz Big Bands, Dies at 76

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 13h

Living through the “farce” phase of history is not as amusing as you might think it’d be.

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Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 23h

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I was working an entire essay on this very notion this summer and this is reminding me I should pick it back up. TL;DR - every price is someone else's income and whether prices going down on something is "good" depends a whole lot on what you do for a living.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 2d

Thanks to Chicago baritone saxophonist and DownBeat contributing editor Ed Enright for this comprehensive Jim McNeely obit:

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Pianist-Composer Jim McNeely: 1949–2025

Pianist Jim McNeely, one of the most distinguished large ensemble jazz composers of his generation, died Sept. 26 at age 76. He had recently been diagnosed with cancer of the bile duct. A disciple ...

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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 2d

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Everyone In Symphony Audience Has Finger Cocked Under Beer Can Tab For First Sign of Crescendo

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."

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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 2d

“LET’S DO THE FUCKING NEWS!”

Frank Booth, a villainous character from David Lynch’s movie, Blue Velvet. Frank is a middle-aged white dude in a leather jacket, holding an oxygen mask to his face.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2d

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

i can't even make a joke. unprecedented levels of cringe.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."