Dan
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house made of legos / throw all the stones you want 📸 - Jamel Shabazz, “I Guess U Had To Be There / 48 Hrs”
"An LP called $TARFACE, attributed to the human hip-hop artist Tyga, might aptly be described as the most banal, cynical, and uninspired collection of recorded music I have ever heard." An incredible essay on the new Tyga and AI music from @ocksportello.bsky.social www.powmag.net/p/tyga-new-a...
Sim City, Bitch: Tyga, Artificial Intelligence, and the End of Art
Bots are listening to $TARFACE. Are you?
powmag.net
The Athletic@theathletic.com · 10h agoAaron Rodgers spoke out about Dr. Anthony Fauci. Sophie Cunningham spoke out about transgender athletes. Caitlin Clark chose not to weigh in. Three different approaches, one common result: criticism. Steve Buckley on how athletes can't win on social media: nyti.ms/3Sa9A7D
Didn't she accuse him of being obsessed with blaming jews? But ok thanks Haley
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 7h agoA gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
i've used this for over a decade in my group chats & now I give it to you
Hey guys, Perez Hilton performed self-harm and may have attempted a suicide on TikTok and screenshots are flying around, so if you are sensitive, go put "Perez Hilton" in your mutes right now.
"Happy" "There Will Come Soft Rains" Day, to all who celebrate
so many people also fundamentally misunderstand both the mechanism and the reality of psychiatric suffering. they think it's just being sad or anxious because of definable triggers. they don't understand the feeling of being in total freefall in ways that are beyond their control
oh my god is the michigan primary today, I cannot take this anymore
write an op-ed for the new york times
noam@noamchompers.bsky.social · yesterdayokay, new version of the trolley problem: a trolley is moving at a normal speed towards five people. those people see the trolley and have plenty of time to get out of the way. BUT on the other track... one person also sees and has plenty of time. everything is gonna be fine. what do you do?
Errol's features on 656 are among my favorite of the year, check out this great interview from Dash over at POW
Dash Lewis // Gardener@gardenerjams.bsky.social · yesterdayback in june i called up harlem rapper errol holden to learn what makes him tick up today at @passionweiss.bsky.social / POW mag
NGL, never in a million years did I think LSD derivates would be fighting cancer but here we are. Haven’t read the article yet, but hoping the psychedelics at therapeutic doses help fight cancer a bit too!
Waggoner Lab@labwaggoner.bsky.social · yesterdayBy selectively targeting peripheral 5-HT2AR without inducing psychedelic effects, a non-brain-penetrant agonist boosts antitumor CD8+ T cell immunity and improves immunotherapy responses in preclinical models of colorectal cancer @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
I think more than anything else what bothers me is that there is an entire economy built around the dumbest people alive making zombie arguments in favor of the status quo
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
dreaming of a day when everyone in ICE detention gets to exact revenge on their captives
So. This "underlying health conditions" / "pre-existing health conditions" framing is understandably upsetting b/c amid the COVID public health emergency, it became a way of discounting the morbidity or mortality of chronically ill & disabled people. The people behind MAHA leveraged this framing.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoBreaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.
kinda funny that out of all the kinds of businesses I’ve watched absolutely annihilate customers over the years, a fucking pharmacy chain is the worst
“underlying health issues” is the eugenic dog whistle of our era
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoBreaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.
::taking notes:: the muslim fish E A T S the communist fish, got it
love how everyone is “what had happened was-ing” COVID, a thing that just happened that we were all here for
