My god, Technicolor just HITS now that I’m living in the age of muddy, waste-colored AI slop.
Jody Amable
@jodyamable.bsky.social
Music journalist from the Bay Area. Writing a book about the Mellotron for @uncpress.bsky.social . jodywrites.biz
This is an article that needed to be written and Owen Lyman-Schmidt took it all the way for @phillymag.com. Fascinating and angering.
AI Bots Stole My Music
One West Philly musician’s surreal, unsettling journey into the world of fake artists, bot listeners, and the streaming industry that’s failing creators.
phillymag.com
there's something remarkable how on a scientific level we're performing what would essentially be miracles and on a cultural/political level, we're going in reverse
WAFB@wafb.com · last mo.New Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell disease: https://www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/new-orleans-man-becomes-first-louisiana-functionally-cured-sickle-cell-disease/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
Haven't lived there in years but I'm so impressed by what @londonermag.bsky.social is doing. What sounds like a lurid true crime story is actually a feat of community reporting: www.the-londoner.co.uk/tracey-turne...
The body in the wheelchair: How did a troubled family get lost by the state?
A decayed corpse was found being wheeled through the centre of Walthamstow. Who was she? And who is to blame for her death?
the-londoner.co.uk
Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong
blair@blairaf.com · 2mo agoOne of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?
Now is the time to make your thing. Stop motion with LEGO, webcomic, walking sim game, weird Halloween costume, backyard water feature, container garden. This is your sign. Make your thing. Stop waiting. Do it.
Rewatching all of Poirot and a new reaction gif just dropped
Here’s one little-h hypothesis: even for folks doing reasonably well in this strange economy, they can see the worst people in the world just raking in money in the ugliest of ways; they know they’ll never be able to compete with that & that whatever they have will be worth less & less over time.
Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe have *never* before seen consumer sentiment this low.
I think all of us who managed to write a book without using AI should get to kill one robot
there really is like a society wide, party neutral affliction of people not caring whether something is true or not and I can't say I care for it!!!!!!!!!
Like I’m sure he’s a nice person but I’m getting tired of Jamie #jeopardy
Weirdly proud hearing them say splashdown was in PACIFIC time #ArtemisII
Sorry I’ve had a glass and a half of wine and am on an #ArtemisII posting spree
The Arts and Sciences are peak human being. Without them, we are nothing.
Thinking of all the women that got us here over the last 150 years. #ArtemisII www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...
The Women Who Mapped the Universe and Still Couldn’t Get Any Respect
At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of women known as the Harvard Observatory computers helped revolutionize the science of astronomy
smithsonianmag.com
I just know @kenjennings.bsky.social has been waiting his whole life to do a Beavis and Butthead impression professionally #jeopardy @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social
The defenders of Western Civilization are strangely uninterested in Western Civilization.
Andrew A.N. Deloucas@aandeloucas.com · 5mo agoIn line with discussion about the job market, the latest majors being closed at Syracuse University:
Hey guys, I AM ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST. They just called and told me and now I'm a sobbing mess. It was hard getting to this point but I DID IT. But...my wait on the transplant list is about 8 to 10 years. I don't know if I will make it that long. I'm looking for a living kidney donor. ❤️
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! I wrote a review for a Mexican-Irish fusion restaurant in Jersey City, but also wrote about American identity in an empire in decline ☘️ johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
Everyone Involved Needs to Be Arrested
A review of San Patricios, Jersey City
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
Just stopping by to tease: someone on this Oscars broadcast tonight is also featured in my upcoming book. 👀
Was almost on an episode of Ghost Adventures in college
Kayla Cromer Official@kaylacromer.bsky.social · 5mo agoTell me a random fact about yourself that sounds fake but is 100% true.
Some brand out there needs to appease the Millennial Nostalgia Industrial Complex and make a dupe of this. They would PRINT money omg.
