kren
@kren.bsky.social
virtually having the time of my life
📍Boston
📍Boston
pick a fight with any thirtysomething dude by referring to Geese as the Lizard King Cold War Kids
December 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
pick a fight with any thirtysomething dude by referring to Geese as the Lizard King Cold War Kids
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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my work contracts have mostly wrapped for the year, and I'm taking this extra downtime to reset/rethink what I want to be doing professionally next year (which is to say, I'm job-hunting).
some combination of: FE engineering, design, data, media, and mission-driven advocacy
some combination of: FE engineering, design, data, media, and mission-driven advocacy
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
my work contracts have mostly wrapped for the year, and I'm taking this extra downtime to reset/rethink what I want to be doing professionally next year (which is to say, I'm job-hunting).
some combination of: FE engineering, design, data, media, and mission-driven advocacy
some combination of: FE engineering, design, data, media, and mission-driven advocacy
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i think we have manufactured enough stainless steel hydroflasks now that everyone on earth is entitled to a freebie
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
i think we have manufactured enough stainless steel hydroflasks now that everyone on earth is entitled to a freebie
warm wishes to this king 👑🐊
Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety.
Small alligator rescued in Boston after slithering into the city's heart on social media
Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
warm wishes to this king 👑🐊
need more of you to see Bugonia. Yorgos is for the sickos
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
need more of you to see Bugonia. Yorgos is for the sickos
sorry to interrupt. but would you mind clarifying which mash they did
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
sorry to interrupt. but would you mind clarifying which mash they did
as I always say: I’ve seen 4 movies and 3 of them were The Social Network
The list of movies I haven’t seen would drive anyone who’s even thought of opening a Letterboxd account insane. Like it is actively, perceptibly irritating to many of my closest friends
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
as I always say: I’ve seen 4 movies and 3 of them were The Social Network
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in these troubled times let’s also review some vital self-defense tactics
September 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
in these troubled times let’s also review some vital self-defense tactics
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I fear it’s not just artists who’ve come to think of music critics as part of a PR machine, but the wider public. Which also feels like the natural outcome of legacy outlets that once nourished criticism winnowing culture coverage down to nothing, and exchanging what’s left for celeb gossip
But here's what bothers me: On more than one occasion I've seen an artist suggest that a critic's job now is to basically be an extended arm of PR. And while sometimes the best thing we can do is be advocates for great art, that's far from true, and the implications are a little gross.
August 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I fear it’s not just artists who’ve come to think of music critics as part of a PR machine, but the wider public. Which also feels like the natural outcome of legacy outlets that once nourished criticism winnowing culture coverage down to nothing, and exchanging what’s left for celeb gossip
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the wizard of oz clearly getting flustered as i ask him for a big holographic face projector machine that can also make my voice sound more bad ass
November 16, 2023 at 1:41 AM
the wizard of oz clearly getting flustered as i ask him for a big holographic face projector machine that can also make my voice sound more bad ass
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FYI Instagram now how has feature that shows your exact location to all your followers on a map for some reason??? Go to your settings and turn it off under “hide story and live” > “location sharing”
August 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
FYI Instagram now how has feature that shows your exact location to all your followers on a map for some reason??? Go to your settings and turn it off under “hide story and live” > “location sharing”
weird part of the summer is here! you cannot fight the chaos. you can only become it. act on your most feral ideas. deal exclusively in 5-paragraph texts. make eyes at every man in the bar only to reveal that you’ve filed your smile Labubu-style
August 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
weird part of the summer is here! you cannot fight the chaos. you can only become it. act on your most feral ideas. deal exclusively in 5-paragraph texts. make eyes at every man in the bar only to reveal that you’ve filed your smile Labubu-style
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This is a historic horror that the United States government allows to get worse every day.
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is a historic horror that the United States government allows to get worse every day.
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decades spent absorbing and repeating lectures about the childishness of idealism and the clear eyed maturity of voting for the lesser of two evils has been processed into the belief that a candidate who isn't at least a little bit evil or who has any ideals at all is inherently unserious. not great
July 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
decades spent absorbing and repeating lectures about the childishness of idealism and the clear eyed maturity of voting for the lesser of two evils has been processed into the belief that a candidate who isn't at least a little bit evil or who has any ideals at all is inherently unserious. not great
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BOSTON - If you want to see more music rehearsal space, show up to this!! It might seem unimportant but we've lost a lot of space in a quiet crusade against the arts.
Make your voice heard! Even if it doesn't affect you personally!!
Make your voice heard! Even if it doesn't affect you personally!!
July 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
BOSTON - If you want to see more music rehearsal space, show up to this!! It might seem unimportant but we've lost a lot of space in a quiet crusade against the arts.
Make your voice heard! Even if it doesn't affect you personally!!
Make your voice heard! Even if it doesn't affect you personally!!
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Conflating beauty and morality is such an ugly thing to do. Which I think is fine
June 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Conflating beauty and morality is such an ugly thing to do. Which I think is fine
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my cousin's neighbor's horses got out last night and decided to go for a swim
she texted me this and i think you should see it
she texted me this and i think you should see it
July 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
my cousin's neighbor's horses got out last night and decided to go for a swim
she texted me this and i think you should see it
she texted me this and i think you should see it
glitterboys ➡️ pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs tonite queen
June 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
glitterboys ➡️ pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs tonite queen
Boston music folks!
40,000 sq ft of rehearsal space & affordable housing is in the works for 290 North Beacon in Brighton & the city wants your input on plans!
Get involved @ the next meeting: 6:30 pm July 23, Faneuil Gardens courtyard
More info ⬇️
www.bostonhousing.org/en/News/Bost...
40,000 sq ft of rehearsal space & affordable housing is in the works for 290 North Beacon in Brighton & the city wants your input on plans!
Get involved @ the next meeting: 6:30 pm July 23, Faneuil Gardens courtyard
More info ⬇️
www.bostonhousing.org/en/News/Bost...
Boston Housing Authority - Boston Housing Authority
The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) provides public housing and other affordable housing options such as Section 8 leases to thousands of residents in and around Boston.
www.bostonhousing.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Boston music folks!
40,000 sq ft of rehearsal space & affordable housing is in the works for 290 North Beacon in Brighton & the city wants your input on plans!
Get involved @ the next meeting: 6:30 pm July 23, Faneuil Gardens courtyard
More info ⬇️
www.bostonhousing.org/en/News/Bost...
40,000 sq ft of rehearsal space & affordable housing is in the works for 290 North Beacon in Brighton & the city wants your input on plans!
Get involved @ the next meeting: 6:30 pm July 23, Faneuil Gardens courtyard
More info ⬇️
www.bostonhousing.org/en/News/Bost...
I’ve been saying this for years. I can hear it quite easily when I drink one large iced coffee
Something is ‘pulsing’ beneath the Earth, scientists say – and could tear a continent apart
Something is ‘pulsing’ beneath the Earth – and it could tear a continent apart
Rhythmic surges are like a ‘heartbeat’ under the ground
www.independent.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I’ve been saying this for years. I can hear it quite easily when I drink one large iced coffee