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Taylor Swift won the Grammy for album of the year for "Midnights." She is the first artist to ever claim the prize four times.
2024 Grammy Awards: Women Take Center Stage, as Winners and Performers
Taylor Swift won best pop vocal album for “Midnights.” Billie Eilish won song of the year for “What Was I Made For?” Victoria Monét was named best new artist. Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA...
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2024 at 4:36 AM
Taylor Swift won the Grammy for album of the year for "Midnights." She is the first artist to ever claim the prize four times.
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The wildfires in Chile are going from bad to worse.
At least 112 dead as authorities struggle to contain forest fires in Chile
People told to evacuate homes as quickly as possible and curfews declared in cities most heavily affected
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2024 at 5:40 AM
The wildfires in Chile are going from bad to worse.
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Paris votes to triple street parking fees for heavy vehicles like SUVs.
Voters back the new fees by a large margin.
Voters back the new fees by a large margin.
Votation sur les SUV à Paris : le « oui » à la taxation du stationnement pour les véhicules lo...
Ce dimanche 4 février, les Parisiens se sont rendus aux urnes afin de se positionner sur une augmentation du tarif de stationnement des SUV
www.leparisien.fr
February 4, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Paris votes to triple street parking fees for heavy vehicles like SUVs.
Voters back the new fees by a large margin.
Voters back the new fees by a large margin.
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Mastodon isn't owned by a billionaire, so it's less likely to get destroyed overnight. It's also a federated system, so if your server implodes, presumably you can move your followers/following lists to another server. Bluesky should work like that eventually, too, but it's not there yet.
Can I ask why you think Mastodon has a better chance of survival? I'm someone that has accounts on so many of the sites that I have to set up reminders to check them every couple months and, man, that's exhausting. 😮💨 Thanks in advance. 😃
February 3, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Mastodon isn't owned by a billionaire, so it's less likely to get destroyed overnight. It's also a federated system, so if your server implodes, presumably you can move your followers/following lists to another server. Bluesky should work like that eventually, too, but it's not there yet.
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I found the depiction of Sharon Tate particularly problematic. In a film that takes fictional revenge on her killers, she is shown as completely vacuous and without agency.
And the whole uncritical early 60s (aka 50s culture) nostalgia comes with baggage.
And the whole uncritical early 60s (aka 50s culture) nostalgia comes with baggage.
February 3, 2024 at 9:13 PM
I found the depiction of Sharon Tate particularly problematic. In a film that takes fictional revenge on her killers, she is shown as completely vacuous and without agency.
And the whole uncritical early 60s (aka 50s culture) nostalgia comes with baggage.
And the whole uncritical early 60s (aka 50s culture) nostalgia comes with baggage.
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A similar deflection has taken place on what was Trump's greatest vulnerability, failing to protect Americans during the pandemic. I suspect most Republicans would now say Fauci, Democrats or pharma companies are more responsible.
February 3, 2024 at 8:43 AM
A similar deflection has taken place on what was Trump's greatest vulnerability, failing to protect Americans during the pandemic. I suspect most Republicans would now say Fauci, Democrats or pharma companies are more responsible.
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Solium Infernum is basically...
11pm: "Hey, honey, a turn's just come in - I'll be in bed in 5 minutes. I just need to put my basic orders in."
11:30pm: "I'm sorry. Mammon has invaded Pandemonium and has been excommunicated by the Conclave, so I had to get together with Belial to work out WTF to do"
11pm: "Hey, honey, a turn's just come in - I'll be in bed in 5 minutes. I just need to put my basic orders in."
11:30pm: "I'm sorry. Mammon has invaded Pandemonium and has been excommunicated by the Conclave, so I had to get together with Belial to work out WTF to do"
February 3, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Solium Infernum is basically...
11pm: "Hey, honey, a turn's just come in - I'll be in bed in 5 minutes. I just need to put my basic orders in."
11:30pm: "I'm sorry. Mammon has invaded Pandemonium and has been excommunicated by the Conclave, so I had to get together with Belial to work out WTF to do"
11pm: "Hey, honey, a turn's just come in - I'll be in bed in 5 minutes. I just need to put my basic orders in."
11:30pm: "I'm sorry. Mammon has invaded Pandemonium and has been excommunicated by the Conclave, so I had to get together with Belial to work out WTF to do"
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Apart from the content, I'm also really into the form. I suspect if I were to remake the whole western comics industry to my will, the 20-24-issue-equivalent softcover format would be what I'd want as the main mass-market object. How one gets to that object , of course, is another story.
Finished THE COMPLE(D) SAUCER COUNTRY. For my money, the best of the late classic period Vertigo books, finally wrapped up on Zoop after 2 publishers. X-files meets the West Wing is the easy pitch, but (like the best Vertigo) really a device for a team to dig deep into their obsessions. Strong stuff
February 2, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Apart from the content, I'm also really into the form. I suspect if I were to remake the whole western comics industry to my will, the 20-24-issue-equivalent softcover format would be what I'd want as the main mass-market object. How one gets to that object , of course, is another story.
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It's diceless , and runs off a token economy, with you using resolve tokens to change the world. There's a negotiation stage when it's with another person (and the person who agrees gets the tokens which they can then use the tokens for their own ends.) There's alsoa. bunch of reputation stuff.
February 1, 2024 at 9:05 AM
It's diceless , and runs off a token economy, with you using resolve tokens to change the world. There's a negotiation stage when it's with another person (and the person who agrees gets the tokens which they can then use the tokens for their own ends.) There's alsoa. bunch of reputation stuff.
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I have started blogging about Cerebus The Aardvark ask me nothing
(This is giving my "how to read it" outline)
freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2024/0...
(This is giving my "how to read it" outline)
freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2024/0...
January 31, 2024 at 11:47 PM
I have started blogging about Cerebus The Aardvark ask me nothing
(This is giving my "how to read it" outline)
freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2024/0...
(This is giving my "how to read it" outline)
freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2024/0...
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The first human received an implant from @BorgQueen yesterday and is recovering well.
Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.
Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.
January 30, 2024 at 6:37 PM
The first human received an implant from @BorgQueen yesterday and is recovering well.
Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.
Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.
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I think an inability to be normal about Taylor Swift (however you feel about her music) is a pretty good test of whether someone is Too Online bsky.app/profile/adam...
How does someone look at an image like this and not start to question all the other information they’re getting from these people www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
January 30, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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A terrific piece on what @dirkmaggs.bsky.social and I have been trying to do on the Sandman Audio project.
blog.simplecast.com/sandmen-audi...
blog.simplecast.com/sandmen-audi...
Sandmen: Audio in the Age of Netflix
Neil Gaiman's The Sandman has cultivated a massive fanbase, and masses of adaptations. Why is the 30-year audio project considered inferior to the TV show?
blog.simplecast.com
January 29, 2024 at 11:19 PM
A terrific piece on what @dirkmaggs.bsky.social and I have been trying to do on the Sandman Audio project.
blog.simplecast.com/sandmen-audi...
blog.simplecast.com/sandmen-audi...
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January 29, 2024 at 11:29 PM
NEW ATARASHII GAKKO
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Did I buy the Elvira Meets Vincent Price collection just for this page? amzn.to/3HIz17e
January 30, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Did I buy the Elvira Meets Vincent Price collection just for this page? amzn.to/3HIz17e
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"electronic" is a subset of "electric." Devices that use the energy for information processing of some kind are electronic. A hair dryer that converts electricity to heat or a lamp that converts it to light are electric but not electronic.
January 29, 2024 at 2:43 PM
"electronic" is a subset of "electric." Devices that use the energy for information processing of some kind are electronic. A hair dryer that converts electricity to heat or a lamp that converts it to light are electric but not electronic.
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Here are your opinion headlines for Jan. 29. (Links in the thread below.)
Opinion links:
The Editorial Board: tgam.ca/47QOsFb
Campbell Clark: tgam.ca/47SaKq7
Alex Bozikovic: tgam.ca/48SggKP
Chris Bataille: tgam.ca/42gjaX8
Ian Mondrow: tgam.ca/48TM0iA
Opinion links:
The Editorial Board: tgam.ca/47QOsFb
Campbell Clark: tgam.ca/47SaKq7
Alex Bozikovic: tgam.ca/48SggKP
Chris Bataille: tgam.ca/42gjaX8
Ian Mondrow: tgam.ca/48TM0iA
January 29, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Here are your opinion headlines for Jan. 29. (Links in the thread below.)
Opinion links:
The Editorial Board: tgam.ca/47QOsFb
Campbell Clark: tgam.ca/47SaKq7
Alex Bozikovic: tgam.ca/48SggKP
Chris Bataille: tgam.ca/42gjaX8
Ian Mondrow: tgam.ca/48TM0iA
Opinion links:
The Editorial Board: tgam.ca/47QOsFb
Campbell Clark: tgam.ca/47SaKq7
Alex Bozikovic: tgam.ca/48SggKP
Chris Bataille: tgam.ca/42gjaX8
Ian Mondrow: tgam.ca/48TM0iA
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If the border were open, they would be coming legally.
Since it's not, here's what "coming legally" looks like.
www.cato.org/blog/why-leg...
Since it's not, here's what "coming legally" looks like.
www.cato.org/blog/why-leg...
January 26, 2024 at 1:29 PM
If the border were open, they would be coming legally.
Since it's not, here's what "coming legally" looks like.
www.cato.org/blog/why-leg...
Since it's not, here's what "coming legally" looks like.
www.cato.org/blog/why-leg...
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Quite literally, ~100% of Trump coverage erases ~100% of his presidency. We had 4 years of lawless authoritarianism, incompetence, & presidency-ending-worthy scandals (yes, the daily overt monetization of the WH at the hotel down the street), & it's just horse race theater coverage all over again 🤷♂️🤦♂️
A strange thing about media coverage of Trump and the border: It largely erases his term as president. He didn't fix anything. He too released enormous numbers of migrants. He couldn't get his own plan passed *with unified GOP control.*
My new piece gets into this:
newrepublic.com/article/1784...
My new piece gets into this:
newrepublic.com/article/1784...
Trump Forces Terrified Republicans to Bend the Knee Yet Again
Mitch McConnell’s capitulation to the former president exposes the real MAGA.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Quite literally, ~100% of Trump coverage erases ~100% of his presidency. We had 4 years of lawless authoritarianism, incompetence, & presidency-ending-worthy scandals (yes, the daily overt monetization of the WH at the hotel down the street), & it's just horse race theater coverage all over again 🤷♂️🤦♂️