Niklas
@pivic.bsky.social
I love freedom, people, music, video, and reading. I review books. I work as a #TechnicalWriter, I dig #TechnicalWriting. blog: https://pivic.blog books: https://bookwyrm.social/user/pivic
thoughts.pivic.com/music-tips-f... A person sent me music recommendations that were made by AI. I have thoughts on this. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #thought #humanity #capitalism #love #music
Music tips from AI? No slop, please
Do you let AI define your feelings?
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thoughts.pivic.com/music-releas... New albums out today! Links everywhere and a few words about each release. #HildurGudnadottir #ShitAndShine #TheNerves #WyldeRatttz #NathanFake #TommaIntet #WilliamBasinski #OrenAmbarchi #music #MusicTips #ReleaseFriday
Music released on 2026-10-23
New albums from Hildur Guðnadóttir, Shit And Shine, The Nerves, Wylde Ratttz, Nathan Fake, Tomma Intet, William Basinski, and Oren Ambarchi.
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pivic.blog/blog/broder-... A paean to one of the greatest rock songs I've ever heard: 'Out Of This Town' by Broder Daniel, an extremely underrated band. Please hear this song. #music #MusicTips #BroderDaniel #HenrikBerggren #indie #IndieRock #song
thoughts.pivic.com/on-facebooks... In relation to the recent fine, I've collected quotes from a few different books on Facebook/Meta/Instagram/WhatsApp/Mark Zuckerberg/Sheryl Sandberg. #Facebook #Meta #Instagram #MarkZuckerberg #CambridgeAnalytica #SurveillanceCapitalism
On Facebook's 25bn USD fine
This fine is a small step toward justice. Facebook should be stopped entirely.
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Meta fined $25bn for 'lies' over user data privacy: www.bbc.com/news/article... 'A judge in New Mexico on Wednesday [...]: "The lies extend beyond Facebook's data practices as well," the judge said, adding they went to "the heart of Facebook's core business practices".'
Meta fined $25bn for 'lies' over user data privacy
The fine is the largest to date against Facebook's owner, larger than an $18bn deal with California.
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Today it's 23 years since Elliott Smith died. Read Jamie Fisher's new and wonderful book about his life: reviews.pivic.com/jamie-fisher... #ElliottSmith #JamieFisher #music #MusicTips
thoughts.pivic.com/the-mar-js-g... The Mar-J's have made a simple song that's full of punch and joy, paired with 'too much love', in a sense. It's a great track. #music #MusicTips #TheMarJs #funk #soul #EccentricSoul
The Mar-J's - 'Got to Find a Way'
You need something soulful that'll make you do the funky chicken? You got it.
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thoughts.pivic.com/paris-protes... Some images, videos, and quotes regarding the current student protests in Paris. Go, youth! #paris #revolt #protest #students #france #blog #BlogPost #ZygmuntBauman
Paris student protests and Zygmunt Bauman
Some pictures and videos from the current Paris protests paired with words by Zygmunt Bauman.
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thoughts.pivic.com/richard-hawl... The beautiful song by Richard Hawley is made even more beauteous as it appears at the start of the documentary 'Exit Through the Gift Shop'. #RichardHawley #music #MusicTips
Richard Hawley - 'Tonight the Streets are Ours'
The best version of this song is from a soundtrack.
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thoughts.pivic.com/music-releas... I've got links to some new albums that are released today. Plus words! #music #MusicTips #ReleaseFriday #FontainesDC #Eels #TheAvalanches #Djrum #DJ-Kicks #MaxRichter
Music released on 2026-10-16
Fontaines DC, Eels, The Avalanches, Djrum, and Max Richter.
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thoughts.pivic.com/legs-mcneil-... Legs McNeil has written a memoir that was recently released. Here's a few quotes from the book where he writes about Sinéad O'Connor. It's lovely. #music #memoir #book #reading #LegsMcNeil #SineadOConnor #love #youth
Legs McNeil on Sinéad O'Connor
resident_punk The cover of Legs McNeil's Resident Punk. For a while, Legs McNeil—the person who claims to have coined the term 'punk'—dated Sinéad O'Conn...
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thoughts.pivic.com/ai-may-have-... Either the production company is lying or the broadcaster is making shit up to look OK. Either way, this is another case of technology mayhem due to incompetence. #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #TV4 #Mastiff #incompetence
AI may have deleted an entire TV show
https://akamai.vgc.no/v2/images/c7282daf-4aed-3ce1-ac48-e4f0210e5f1c?format=auto&w=1080&s=046abfd8e7bbb5c8108094aa6a6f64bd8661495c Ahmed Berhan, TV-show hos...
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thoughts.pivic.com/steve-albini... Steve Albini speaks about artistic endeavour and how expecting to be a full-time artist can be hubristic or/and naïve. #SteveAlbini #ThankYouSteveAlbini #video #music #MusicBusiness #musician
Steve Albini on being a musician
On how expecting that being a full-time musician can be naive and/or hubristic.
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thoughts.pivic.com/edith-hall-o... I loved hearing Edith Hall speak about why Medea is celebratory. Medea is the only ancient criminal, certainly the only criminal female, who wins. #EdithHall #Medea #mythology #StartTheWeek #feminism #patriarchy #gender
Edith Hall on Medea, the only murderer in Greek tragedy who gets off completely with impunity
image Miss Clairon in Medea by Charles-André van Loo (1705–1765), 1760. Collection of Neues Palais in Potsdam. I just heard the latest episode of Start t...
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tankar.pivic.com/nagra-ord-om... Apropå Petter Lindgrens nya bok om Bodil Malmsten har jag skrivit litet om henne. #BodilMalmsten #författare #DavidFosterWallace #SarahBakewell
thoughts.pivic.com/ai-predictio... I've written about Ed Zitron's erroneous predictions. Do they matter, on the whole, or is something else the bigger problem? #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #EdZitron #capitalism #finance #grift
AI predictions: do Ed Zitron's errors matter?
Even if Ed Zitron's predictions are often wrong or very vague, what about AI?
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thoughts.pivic.com/chelsea-wolf... A few words on songs by Chelsea Wolfe, Lana del Rey, SQÜRL, and Best Coast. #music #MusicTips #blog #BlogPost #ChelseaWolfe #LanaDelRey #SQURL #BestCoast
Chelsea Wolfe - 'Seethe'
The recently-released album on which this song exists is well-made.
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thoughts.pivic.com/cancel-cultu... I've written about cancel culture, friendship, the film/book 'The Stranger', and repentance. #humanity #blog #BlogPost #morality #CancelCulture #love
Cancel culture: a start
Where does forgiveness start and stop?
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thoughts.pivic.com/the-beatles-... I love 'Encore', a tribute that Danger Mouse made to The Beatles and Jay-Z. The tribute turned out to become a sum larger than its parts. #music #MusicTips #TheBeatles #JayZ #DangerMouse
The Beatles vs Danger Mouse: 'Glass Onion' and 'Encore'
The Beatles made 'Glass Onion'. A few decades later, Danger Mouse made a hip-hop anthem.
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thoughts.pivic.com/more-on-mora... Morality and Married At First Sight. #MAFS #MarriedAtFirstSight #blog #BlogPost #philosophy #tv #RealityTV #Australia #Sweden
More on morality: Married At First Sight
MAFS was created to provide love and drama. Now it's mainly drama. When does one pull the plug?
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thoughts.pivic.com/abuse-art-an... I've thought about abuse and art: how do we choose what art to avoid? #art #morals #ethics #philosophy #blog #BlogPost #CaptainBeefheart #music #abuse #MarilynManson #HowardZinn #Slipknot #Pantera #AsILayDying #FallingInReverse #SystemOfADown
Abuse, art, and morals
How do we separate great art from abuse?
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thoughts.pivic.com/ryuichi-saka... Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's latest album is wonderful: piano and glitch, restraint and abandon. It's really good. #music #MusicTips #RyuichiSakamoto #AlvaNoto #glitch #piano #instrumental
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto - '12 Conversations'
50% posthumous album, 100% wonderful music.
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thoughts.pivic.com/from-japan-t... Damo Suzuki lived in Japan, sent a letter to a Swedish newspaper and asked for boarding for a month, got answers, went to Sweden, then off to Switzerland, on to Germany, and then, by utter accident, became the new singer of Can, one of the most mind-blowing bands.
From Japan to Sweden to other worlds: Damo Suzuki's odd trip to becoming the singer of Can
Can is not just a band: they're truly mind-blowing.
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thoughts.pivic.com/phill-brown-... On what can happen when you smoke a joint while making a Bob Marley album, and how to fix it. Bonus content: how a similar mistake ended a guy's career in the music business. #music #PhillBrown #BobMarley #MusicBusiness #SteelyDan #FamilyMan
Phill Brown on nearly ruining a Bob Marley master tape by use of a joint
A lovely memory from messing up and then repairing damage. This is an excerpt from a lovely book.
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Beck’s Relationship With Scientology and Leigh Limon: www.vulture.com/article/beck... “Leigh,” he said, “Scientology doesn’t make you a better or worse person. It just makes you more of who you are.”' #beck #scientology #cult
Losing Beck
His acclaimed album, Sea Change, was inspired by a breakup. For his ex-partner, it was the story of how the Church of Scientology took over his life.
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thoughts.pivic.com/quotes-from-... I've gathered some quotes from Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor's new book, 'End Times Fascism'. #quotes #book #reading #books #NaomiKlein #AstraTaylor
Quotes from 'End Times Fascism'
A few quotes from the first sixth of a great new book.
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thoughts.pivic.com/ed-sheeran-a... Ed Sheeran dropped his friend Macklemore from his tour simply because stadium owners asked Sheeran to do so. I've written a bit about morals and the lack of morals. #EdSheeran #Macklemore #Palestine #israel #genocide #KanyeWest #morality #FreePalestine
Ed Sheeran and morality
Ed Sheeran has dropped Macklemore from a tour because Macklemore said 'free Palestine'.
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Touring can take musicians to isolating, anxious extremes. Access to therapy on the road is a vital support: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s... Philip Selway, what a very nice thing to do. #musicians #music #MentalHealth #PayItForwardFund #MusicIndustryTherapistCollective #therapy
Touring can take musicians to isolating, anxious extremes. Access to therapy on the road is a vital support
I know from our early days how high-pressure road life can be. While big tours often hire therapists, grassroots acts can’t afford it. I’m pleased to back a new scheme that aims to change that
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