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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 4h

First Listen: Weathered by Creed, released November 2001

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#Grunge #PostGrunge #music

Cover art from the album Weathered by Creed

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Ian Bogost 🍔 @ibogost.bsky.social · 6h

I suppose I know the answer to the original question, which is that "congrats" is an obsequious lie meant to reward a person for conforming with the expectations or demands of the agent issuing the fake congratulatory message. It means, "Your compliance is my accomplishment."

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 12h

花蓮市 Hualien Cityscapes

April 2025, Canon PowerShot

#Hualien #Taiwan #Photography

Close-up of a facade with tiles, hanzi, AC units, balconies, and laundry hanging out to dry.

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 1d

The New York Times, in these trying times, turns out to be the New York Post in a tuxedo.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

The NYT is absolute fucking trash.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 1d

Cutaway, Taipei, Taiwan

April 2025, Canon PowerShot

#Taipei #Taiwan #Photography

Facade with open stairs and sheet-iron containers.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

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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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 2d

"lockstep" is quite the word choice for this approach, AP

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 2d

台北車站 Taipei Main Station Ticketing Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

May 2025, Canon PowerShot

#Taipei #Taiwan #Photography

Atrium-like train station ticketing hall.

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Ian Bogost 🍔 @ibogost.bsky.social · 3d

I received direct email marketing from a company that has previously sold me goods. I clicked to see the promotion but didn't add anything to a cart or even view a product detail page. Within an hour the company sent this "you forgot to buy our shit" nag. Email is the enemy and must be eradicated.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

Pathetic. bsky.app/profile/step...

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Industrial Revolution Provides Millions Of Out-Of-Work Children With Jobs https://theonion.com/industrial-revolution-provides-millions-of-out-of-work-1819571223/

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 3d

四四南村 Forty-Four South Village, Taipei, Taiwan

May 2025, Canon PowerShot

#Taipei #Taiwan #Photography

Footway between old two-story houses with balconies and open doors.

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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 3d

The face of Ukraine’s defense: courage has no gender.

📷: @DPSU_ua

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 3d

First listen: Violin Sonatas Nos.2–4 Opp.1, 10, 27 by Fabian Müller (2010/2011)

Galatea Quartet (2023/2024)

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#modern #classicalmusic #music

Fabian Muller: String Quartets Nos. 2-4

Fabian Muller: String Quartets Nos. 2-4 by Galatea Quartet on Ars Produktion. On this CD Fabian Muller presents his String Quartets No's 2-4, superbly recorded by the Swiss Galatea Quartet.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 3d

justdrafts | linkedlist — Matthew Inman on AI Art

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#AI #art

Matthew Inman on AI Art

The whole comic goes way deeper, but this zinger alone made my day.

betweendrafts.com

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 3d

same! 😄

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 3d

Where did you get yours? (We’ve got two of those and a few others with different designs from a Japanese store.)

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 4d

Dinner!

#Borscht

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 4d

地獄谷 Beitou Thermal Valley, Taipei, Taiwan

April 2025, Canon PowerShot

#Taipei #Taiwan #Photography

Hot steam from thermal springs rising above a pool with greenery in the background.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 4d

Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.

Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.

Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.

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Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 4d

Wegen der hervorragenden Busanbindung: Immer mehr Menschen ziehen nach Betriebsfahrt
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Wegen der hervorragenden Busanbindung: Immer mehr Menschen ziehen nach Betriebsfahrt

Egal, wo man in Deutschland ist. Man findet immer einen Bus, der dahin fährt. 📯📯📯 Kanal abonnieren: http://www.youtube.com/user/Postillon24?sub_confirmation=1 📯📯📯 Die ganze Story:…

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J. Martin @gyokusai.bsky.social · 5d

Night City, Taipei, Taiwan.

April 2025, Canon PowerShot.

#Taipei #Taiwan #Photography

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

this is incredible

Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 5d

If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!

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