I'm truly not the target for algorithmic music services. When Apple Music successfully predicts what I would like, my reaction is never "wow! great reco! thanks The Machine!" It's always, "wow, once again read for filth by The Machine"

i love toronto ♥️

zac@10amlunch.bsky.social · 2d ago

i love this building that just got approved by the toronto government to start development thats an 11 story residential apartment building with retail space on the ground floor, with a buddhist temple on the very top

The Times of Central Asia@timesca.com · 2d ago

Latest from our Stephen M. Bland Kazakhstan has released a tiger into the wild for the first time in more than 70 years, marking a major step toward restoring the species in the Ili River delta https://ow.ly/3ETK50ZvKjS #WildlifeConservation #TigerRestoration #Kazakhstan #EndangeredSpecies #Tigers

Someone samples into a rap song and it an audio jump scare in the middle of an otherwise good track

prince egregious, heir apparent@sonofahurricane.bsky.social · 5d ago

The most hated woman in America is the one whose voice recording ends most prison phone calls. Sorry to her but hearing “thank you for using global tel*link” gets a violent reaction out of me

The bar I'm at is playing a bunch of classic Ozzy and it's such a clear example of the reality that if you make truly path breaking music, there is a world where your early recordings sounds like the tritest collection of tropes. Tropes which, one has to remind yourself, didn't exist before you

Today the machine offered to summarize a half dozen voice notes about queer dating and capitalism from a beloved friend and my second, more measured, thoughtful reaction was, "don't you have some intractable math problem to be assisting a leading expert on?" And my first, amygdala-only reaction was:

Flouting Thomas@postbrechtian.bsky.social · last wk.

No??? Fuck you??? Please die???

It really really really bugs me how many people simply do not understand what it means when the government tries to convict you even IF THEY FAIL TO DO IT. Do you know how many thousands of dollars in legal fees it costs? You will most likely lose your job. You might lose your home.

Milllennial American weebs:

Do not try to do this with put/putting

Flouting Thomas@postbrechtian.bsky.social · 3w ago

I always feel like the worst kind of gringo when I try to guess an unfamiliar Spanish word by just adding the appropriate -a or -o to the end of the English word but it works like 30% of the time (especially if I remember it's -cíon, not -tion))

LLMs are such a fascinating technology. On one hand they are solving unsolvable math problems and on the other hand there are six to eight fingers.

Finally someone is talking about this.

Also seeking producer for our next play: A theatrical biography of a 400 year old fur trading company that accidentally started everyone's favourite junior partner in empire as a hazardous byproduct of Europe's insatiable appetite for fine hats

Malcolm MacMahon@amacmahon.bsky.social · 5d ago

Anyway, look for @postbrechtian.bsky.social and I adapting The Company at Stratford in the year 2030. But we'll have to make a bunch of stuff up, because the book was published before HBC went out of business, and there's no book that tries to create a narrative about what happened there!

Reading the Jawbreaker Wikipedia and turns out my favourite album was hated when it came out b/c it was their major label debut with the cleaned up sound You're not punk and I'm telling everyone indeed

Flouting Thomas@postbrechtian.bsky.social · last wk.

Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains youtu.be/OVYb-99-tDI?...

‘Handbook for Exposing an Undercover Cop’ "This manual was written by activists who have experienced police infiltrations first hand… It is aimed at all past, present & future activists, as well as all organisations & groups that are in any way concerned about the security of their spaces."

Resources | No Trace Project

Zines, texts and other media dealing with surveillance and operational security.

notrace.how

Please guys - cannot do online SW with chest wounds (and stress has hurt my appearance). Caretaker gets tiny check every two weeks. No family support. No other options. Car not working to sleep in or park safely (in direct sunlight during day). Disabled and mobility issues. Will die without help!

lumpenpoledancer@daturabombs333.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Unhoused Disabled SWer, queer, neurodivergent. Carer is neurodivergent, foster kid. Lost job and car! In hotel - need help! Abusive ex roommate - assault and harassment. Help cover hotel, food, hygiene, etc #mutualaid #fundraiser #urgent #helppeoplelive #disabledfundraiser #disabledmutualaid #aid

Any of you using the ios version of Patreon to support me, switch to the browser version instead, cuz the apple fees have actually taken over 3000 usd from me in the course of a year

doc@docseuss.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I'm begging you not to use apple products. This shit is devastating to creators like me

This is the Lee Cicuta Library.

Lee Cicuta@butchanarchy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

My new website! - An archive of previously published work: 7 zines, 28 essays, artwork, infographics, 30+ social media threads - Where all my new work will be published. - A digital library with pdfs of over 120 of my favorite books and articles of poltical theory. butchanarchy.noblogs.org

most of time i’m just trying to crawl out of the self-doubt pit of impostor syndrome and the reminder that i can make these out of titanium wire with very little professional tools helps me inch out of that hole a bit

alyssum says #ProtectJho and #FreeLink@permanentalien.blacksky.app · 6d ago

i had to give up on my halter top project because i didn’t have enough material to make all the rings necessary for it, but ended up making other pieces with what i had. the necklace was supposed to be the neckline of the top. my hypoallergenic titanium metal garments dreams were too big i fear.

“Hey there’s a deadly virus going around, let’s not stand close together and let’s wear a little mask like a doctor does for a little while, if we all do it at the same time it’ll help” “YOU’RE RUINING MY LIFE! I HATE YOU!”

Friends we raised 1,172 on here yesterday, im so grateful to you all, plus about 1400 offline. That’s 2,572. If we can get it to 3k for today that’d be amazing. Every bit counts!

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last wk.

Hey friends Im collecting money for my Haitian friend. Im hoping to raise enough where he doesn’t have to think about rent/ daily expenses for 2 months, so our goal is $5,000 between here & offline networks. If you want to support (lmk if you prefer paypal or zelle): venmo.com/u/Heba-Gowayed

Incredible stuff from Avalon Nursery.

And everyone says to me, "Missy, you're so strong!" But what if I don't wanna be? youtu.be/IZ0Xjl5KusI?...

Mannequin Pussy - "Drunk II"

YouTube video by Epitaph Records

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The median voter is just a myth invented by Big Consulting to distract us from the Modal Voter.

NERV IRB Coordinator@professormusgrave.bsky.social · 7d ago

The median voter isnt real, the median voter can’t hurt you

This is abominable. The Grind is being sued for covering an Israeli soldier being invited to speak by a TMU group. Please support them if you can!

The Grind@thegrindto.bsky.social · last wk.

The Grind is being sued for defamation. We intend to defending our reporting. We need your support to be able to fight this case and to continue publishing essential journalism in Toronto. See the full announcement for more info.

Holy shit big red moon! Very big! Very red!

If you ever need to proof that the United Churches sings tremendously, soul-killingly slow, try watching a service on YouTube at 2x speed and see how everything seems uncomfortably fast except for the songs which just sound jaunty and high spirited (finally matching the lyrics)