Y A N T S
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Southpaw. Autodidact. 99th percentile music listener and article reader. RSS & Instapaper power user. Reluctant Florida Man. NFBC fantasy baseball, birdwatching, citizen science, limulus polyphemus. Many, many deeply pursued interests.
@brocnessmonster.bsky.social Congrats on that massive W last night dude.
Very cool read on musical piracy. Especially loved that they described using Limewire back in its heyday as "the equivalent of wading through a dollar store that’s just been ransacked and shit’s all over the floor.” www.pigeonsandplanes.com/read/music-p...
The Lost Joy of Music Piracy
What.CD, Oink, and the banalities of streaming.
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Doesn’t happen often but it’s such an indescribable feeling when a musician, artist, writer, band etc. whose work you really admire follows you back.
Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.
#NowPlaying Weird, tribal ambient, avant-garde, experimental. open.spotify.com/album/4dnrqB...
Caminhos de Água - Album by Kaatayra | Spotify
Kaatayra · album · 2026 · 7 songs
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Jesus Christ, everything is bad all the time. I love SciAm so much.
Asher HELLbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 4mo agoEmployees at Scientific American were told today that the magazine has been sold to LabX Media Group, the outfit that runs Discover Magazine and IFLScience. And that means -- of course! -- editorial layoffs. The media mass extinction rolls ever onward.
#NowPlaying: "Time Tourist" by B12. Criminally underrated IDM/ambient techno/progressive electronic duo that I've been re-exploring the last few weeks. #FFO: Boards of Canada, Bowery Electric, Autechre.
SO COOL. "The density of (dead) whales in spots was nearly 2,000 individuals per square mile." nautil.us/inside-the-l...
Inside the Largest Whale Graveyard on Earth
Inside the Largest Whale Graveyard on Earth: Whale remains have accumulated in this Indian Ocean site for 5 million years
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#NowPlaying from 2024:"Terror Labyrinthian" by Nuclear Tomb. FFO technical thrash/death metal. VERY excited for their newest album coming out tomorrow.
10 year old me at 10:37pm before waking up my mother to tell her I have a science fair project due the next morning that I haven't started
Last 7 days of album listening. Boards of Canada have had me in a chokehold.
U-haul really made a rentable truck just 2 pounds under the weight requirement for having to procure a CDL license lol. Capitalism strikes again. www.jalopnik.com/2178878/u-ha...
U-Haul Will Now Rent A 29-Foot Peterbilt To Anyone Without A CDL, So Watch Out - Jalopnik
The massive new Peterbilt U-Haul truck is now the biggest in their fleet, and its GVWR squeaks in under CDL requirements by just two pounds.
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The most corrupt administration of all time. They’re using your tax dollars to reward insurrectionists. Insanity.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5mo agoBreaking News: The Justice Dept. announced a $1.8 billion fund to pay President Trump’s allies as part of its settlement with the IRS. Follow live updates.
Clicked so fast lol hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/05/...
Japan Runs Out of Robot Wolves In Fight Against Bears - Slashdot
Japan's worsening bear problem has created a shortage of handmade "Monster Wolf" robots, which are $4,000 solar-powered scarecrow-like devices with glowing eyes, sensors, and blaring sounds designed t...
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All of these albums whip ass but I have played the living hell out of Streetcleaner.
Treble@treblezine.bsky.social · 5mo agoICYMI: Dive into our list of industrial metal essentials
I am once again listening to Converge. open.spotify.com/album/1ZiHuZ...
Love Is Not Enough
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Fun fact from this article from The Atlantic: Since its creation, in 1862, only one president, John F. Kennedy, has visited the IRS headquarters. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Secret to Understanding AI
“Imagine the tech without the tech companies.”
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#NowPlaying Yes, I found this from the Recommendation Corner on the Indiecast Podcast. open.spotify.com/album/0JG73i...
Fenceline
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