Ernst Karel
@sesamecircuits.bsky.social
electroacoustic noise / sonic ethnography / Expedition Content (w Veronika Kusumaryati, 2020); 47 Gates (w Bhob Rainey, Erstwhile Records 2024) / Local Locations (KWMR) / https://ek.klingt.org
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Oh, and....there is a new TV Pow release
Lake Michigan Wind Farms, by TV Pow
1 track album
tvpow.bandcamp.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Oh, and....there is a new TV Pow release
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This is my book from this year, which I poured myself into for nearly a decade, which connected me to an incredible network of people and histories, and which I believe in deeply.
www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte...
www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte...
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is my book from this year, which I poured myself into for nearly a decade, which connected me to an incredible network of people and histories, and which I believe in deeply.
www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte...
www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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There is so much violence in their rhetoric, generally; the explicit non-consensual ‘gAI is here, you need to use it whether you want to or not,’ and then this kind of abusers’ logic ‘you have to use our tech but we aren’t responsible for anything that our tech does to you’
"Actually, you harmed us by using our chatbot in a way that made us look bad" is straight out of the abuser's handbook
ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology
OpenAI responds to lawsuit claiming its chatbot encouraged California teenager to kill himself
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
There is so much violence in their rhetoric, generally; the explicit non-consensual ‘gAI is here, you need to use it whether you want to or not,’ and then this kind of abusers’ logic ‘you have to use our tech but we aren’t responsible for anything that our tech does to you’
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It all makes more sense if we think of it as sabotage bsky.app/profile/char...
It was only a failure if you assume they ever had good intentions. If you assume they intended to destroy the federal government from within, they succeeded.
We’ll be dealing with the results of this monumental breach of the federal government for many years to come.
We’ll be dealing with the results of this monumental breach of the federal government for many years to come.
This point needs to be made and frequently.
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It all makes more sense if we think of it as sabotage bsky.app/profile/char...
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
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“We are the ones that are saying what the forest is demanding. We are the ones that are saying what the river is asking for. We are going through a lot of violence in our territories.”
“We Need to Be Heard”: Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on COP30
Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous peoples and their allies, have traveled to the COP30 U.N. climate conference in Belém, Brazil. On Friday night, an Indigenous-led march arrived a...
www.democracynow.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“We are the ones that are saying what the forest is demanding. We are the ones that are saying what the river is asking for. We are going through a lot of violence in our territories.”
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THIS
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
THIS
TURN IT OFF
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
TURN IT OFF
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Q&A with Laura Cetilia about gorgeous nothings
www.elsewheremusic.net/qa_with_laur...
ローラ・セティリア『ゴージャス・ナッシングス』インタビュー（日本語訳）
www.elsewheremusic.net/qa_with_laur...
www.elsewheremusic.net/qa_with_laur...
ローラ・セティリア『ゴージャス・ナッシングス』インタビュー（日本語訳）
www.elsewheremusic.net/qa_with_laur...
Q&A with Laura Cetilia about gorgeous nothings
“I only write what feels true to me.” " I have been working so intimately with my instrument that we really have melded into something else entirely. " — Laura Cetilia
www.elsewheremusic.net
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Q&A with Laura Cetilia about gorgeous nothings
www.elsewheremusic.net/qa_with_laur...
ローラ・セティリア『ゴージャス・ナッシングス』インタビュー（日本語訳）
www.elsewheremusic.net/qa_with_laur...
www.elsewheremusic.net/qa_with_laur...
ローラ・セティリア『ゴージャス・ナッシングス』インタビュー（日本語訳）
www.elsewheremusic.net/qa_with_laur...
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three new elsewhere CDs are now in stock!
Laura Cetilia - gorgeous nothings (elsewhere 035)
Samuel Reinhard - For 10 Musicians (elsewhere 036)
Shoko Numao - The Siwnin Sails (elsewhere 037)
www.elsewheremusic.net
elsewheremusic.bandcamp.com
Laura Cetilia - gorgeous nothings (elsewhere 035)
Samuel Reinhard - For 10 Musicians (elsewhere 036)
Shoko Numao - The Siwnin Sails (elsewhere 037)
www.elsewheremusic.net
elsewheremusic.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
three new elsewhere CDs are now in stock!
Laura Cetilia - gorgeous nothings (elsewhere 035)
Samuel Reinhard - For 10 Musicians (elsewhere 036)
Shoko Numao - The Siwnin Sails (elsewhere 037)
www.elsewheremusic.net
elsewheremusic.bandcamp.com
Laura Cetilia - gorgeous nothings (elsewhere 035)
Samuel Reinhard - For 10 Musicians (elsewhere 036)
Shoko Numao - The Siwnin Sails (elsewhere 037)
www.elsewheremusic.net
elsewheremusic.bandcamp.com
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Status update: fiber cut between data centers - trucks are rolling. Services are slow but functional, except for the Wayback Machine, which is still offline.
The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Status update: fiber cut between data centers - trucks are rolling. Services are slow but functional, except for the Wayback Machine, which is still offline.
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Delouse and Guitar
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Delouse and Guitar
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I'm thrilled to announce this exciting new project added to the upcoming Erst queue, which will be recorded by Taku Unami:
Shoko Numao/Wakana Ikeda (Erstwhile 112)
Shoko Numao/Wakana Ikeda (Erstwhile 112)
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm thrilled to announce this exciting new project added to the upcoming Erst queue, which will be recorded by Taku Unami:
Shoko Numao/Wakana Ikeda (Erstwhile 112)
Shoko Numao/Wakana Ikeda (Erstwhile 112)
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I'm happy to announce that my new album is out now:
normanwlong.bandcamp.com/album/scenes...
normanwlong.bandcamp.com/album/scenes...
Scenes of Contestation...And the Expanded, by Norman W Long
4 track album
normanwlong.bandcamp.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm happy to announce that my new album is out now:
normanwlong.bandcamp.com/album/scenes...
normanwlong.bandcamp.com/album/scenes...
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Much needed intervention!
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Much needed intervention!
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zhuangzi chapter 1:
That night when Toad went to bed he thought the biggest thoughts that he could think. Toad thought about giant sunflowers. He thought about tall oak trees. He thought about high mountains covered with snow.
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
zhuangzi chapter 1:
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Music is basically a detective novel where the musicians are the suspects/criminals, the listener is the detective and of course the music is the crime. The listener tries to determine what happened and what was the motivation, while the musicians try to obscure this, so they can get away with it.
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Music is basically a detective novel where the musicians are the suspects/criminals, the listener is the detective and of course the music is the crime. The listener tries to determine what happened and what was the motivation, while the musicians try to obscure this, so they can get away with it.
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Last Non-Event* of 2025!!! Tomorrow inside Boston City Hall – 3 great local/local-ish artists: YOONA KIM (ajaeng), RETRIBUTION BODY (custom subs & modular synth), SADNOISE (custom electronics & modular synth).
FREE, but RSVP requested. 7:30pm
*parties not included
www.nonevent.org/concerts/202...
FREE, but RSVP requested. 7:30pm
*parties not included
www.nonevent.org/concerts/202...
Yoona Kim, Retribution Body, sadnoise — Non-Event
Non-Event and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture present an evening of deep bass, avant ajaeng, site responsive electronics inside Boston’s iconic, Brutalist City Hall.
www.nonevent.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Last Non-Event* of 2025!!! Tomorrow inside Boston City Hall – 3 great local/local-ish artists: YOONA KIM (ajaeng), RETRIBUTION BODY (custom subs & modular synth), SADNOISE (custom electronics & modular synth).
FREE, but RSVP requested. 7:30pm
*parties not included
www.nonevent.org/concerts/202...
FREE, but RSVP requested. 7:30pm
*parties not included
www.nonevent.org/concerts/202...
Caroliner Rainbow Unruly Twists in Odible Brewes Cloth
FRI NOV 14
Caroliner
Antimatter w/ Jacob Felix Heule
Amphibious Gestures
Sharkiface
KROB
Birdspanker
SAT NOV 15
Caroliner
Jeweled Snakes
Midmight!
Head Boggle
Human De-Selection
at Pretty Gritty SF 7pm both nights
Caroliner
Antimatter w/ Jacob Felix Heule
Amphibious Gestures
Sharkiface
KROB
Birdspanker
SAT NOV 15
Caroliner
Jeweled Snakes
Midmight!
Head Boggle
Human De-Selection
at Pretty Gritty SF 7pm both nights
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Caroliner Rainbow Unruly Twists in Odible Brewes Cloth
Caroliner Rainbow Unruly Twists in Odible Brewes Cloth
Big stuff happening on Friday now.
Big stuff happening next month. Not one but two Caroliner shows.
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Caroliner Rainbow Unruly Twists in Odible Brewes Cloth
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พรุงนี้วันพุธที่ 12 จะเป็นครั้งแรกที่จะพูดถึงเล่มที่กำลังเขียนอยู่ (หลังจากที่ส่งโครงการหนังสือให้บก.สำนักพิมพ์พิจารณา เคยเสนอส่วนต่างๆก่อนหนังสือเริ่มก่อตัว) (ยังไม่ได้ก่อตัวเสร็จ แต่เริ่มๆ) เป็นเล่มที่เป็นทั้งประวัติศาสตร์ของการจองจำนักโทษการเมืองและประวัติศาสตร์เชิงความคิดของนักโทษการเมืองตั้งแต่กบฏสันติภาพถึงปัจจุบัน ยังมีอีกหลายต่อหลายคำถามที่วนๆอยู่เพาระตอบไม่ได้
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
พรุงนี้วันพุธที่ 12 จะเป็นครั้งแรกที่จะพูดถึงเล่มที่กำลังเขียนอยู่ (หลังจากที่ส่งโครงการหนังสือให้บก.สำนักพิมพ์พิจารณา เคยเสนอส่วนต่างๆก่อนหนังสือเริ่มก่อตัว) (ยังไม่ได้ก่อตัวเสร็จ แต่เริ่มๆ) เป็นเล่มที่เป็นทั้งประวัติศาสตร์ของการจองจำนักโทษการเมืองและประวัติศาสตร์เชิงความคิดของนักโทษการเมืองตั้งแต่กบฏสันติภาพถึงปัจจุบัน ยังมีอีกหลายต่อหลายคำถามที่วนๆอยู่เพาระตอบไม่ได้