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šŸ“š I have my next five books lined up for reading. All non-fiction, yet so so excited. šŸ˜

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šŸ’¬ The IndieWeb is Punk Manifesto I now swear by:

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THE INDIEWEB IS PUNK MANIFESTO

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Three chords and a domain name.

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You donā€™t need a deal with a label. You donā€™t need a platformā€™s blessing. All you need is an out of tune guitar you can barely play, or a free text editor and a web host. Thatā€™s it. Thatā€™s the whole scene.

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I. WE ARE THE DIY KIDS

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Punk didnā€™t wait for labels to say yes. It plugged in a blown out amp in someoneā€™s basement and played anyway. Bad singer? Makes no difference. Three chords? You go. Own a drum kit but never had a lesson? Youā€™re the drummer now.

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The IndieWeb works the same...

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āœļø New Term Learned:

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Non-sequacious: not following with smooth or logical regularity.

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I cannot grasp the difference between this and non sequitur, if I am honest. The internet tells me there is one, but all the AI definitions and guesses are, well, non-sequacious. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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šŸŽµ Five beautiful (non-hiphop) song recs for everyone that I think are absolute gems (donā€™t sleep on these!):

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āœ New word learned:

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Jejune: naive, simplistic, and superficial: (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

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Finished reading: Educated by Tara Westover šŸ“š

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Good book. It wonā€™t make my favorites list, but I wouldnā€™t discourage anyone from reading it. While Westover attempts to make education and the life of the mind the primary theme of the book, the neglect and abuse which she receives from her Mormon extremist...

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šŸ“° I read this New Yorker article on Death Doulas and have thought about it everyday. Itā€™s a long read, yet worthwhile. In a diff world, I could see me doing this.

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Two qā€™s:

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  1. I wonder what Ivan Illich would say?
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  2. I wonder if Orson Scott Cardā€™s idea of ā€œSpeaker for the Deadā€ will one day emerge?
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@annahavron and @isaacgreene Thank you two. Sounds like WAD and music is place to start šŸ™‚ Strangely enough, I am familiar with Oblique Strategies because of Marshall Mcluhanā€™s DEW cards, which preceded OS and served a different function, but I think shared something similar in artistic spirit.

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šŸ’¬ Neil Postman in Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change:

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The consequences of technological change are always vast, often unpredictable and largely irreversible. That is also why we must be suspicious of capitalists. Capitalists are by definition not only personal risk takers but, more to the point, cultural risk takers. The most creative and daring of them hope to exploit new technologies to the fullest, and do not much care what traditions are overthrown in the process or whether or not a culture is prepared to function without such traditions. Capitalists are, in a word, radicals....

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@isaacgreene Funny you should say that ā€“ i almost commented yesterday to ask you where one should start with Brian Eno. I have run into his work so much over the years, but been too intimidated by how long he has been around to do a broader, more intentional survey. The time may be coming thoughā€¦

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šŸ’¬ RE: My last post. This is the quote, among many others, that immediately confirmed I needed to purchase the book:

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It is creative apperception more than anything else that makes the individual feel that life is worth living. Contrasted with this is a relationship to external reality which is one of compliance, the world and its details being recognized by only as something to be fitted in with or demanding adaptation. Compliance carries with it a sense of futility for the individual and is associated with the idea that nothing matters and that life is not worth living. In a tantalizing way many...

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šŸ“š I normally order all my books through Books Are Magic or Bookshop.org , but I made an exception and went through Amazon this week for, uh, obvious reasonsā€¦

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āœļø A new company-wide memo from the Never Bored CEO was just published. As lead intern (okay, the only intern) I apologize for my part in the scandal, but glad it turned out for the best!

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Read the memo by clicking here.

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šŸŽµ Songā€™s Iā€™ve been listening to:

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Found the last song through this essay, which reminded me a little of my Jay-Z post.

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@aemiliana If you told me that this is a bad faith translation and that your way was the REAL wayā€¦ Id believe you. šŸ¤£

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āœļø New Words Learned:

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Fantods: a state of extreme nervousness, restlessness, fidgets, or uneasinessā€”similar to ā€œthe williesā€ or ā€œthe heebie-jeebiesā€

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Anfractuous: full of windings and intricate turnings : tortuous

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Icosahedral: having the shape of an icosahedron, which is a three-dimensional geometric solid with 20 faces

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Seth Godin with a great, digestible critique of Amazon:

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If youā€™re searching for an air fryer, Amazon already knows quite a bit. They know the best-reviewed, least-returned, best-priced model. The only purpose of the ads is to get you to pick an air fryer that isnā€™t that one. The ads make the search worseā€¦ When there are plenty of ads, the maker of the best air fryer now has to bid on ads as well, if only to protect the sales they were entitled to in the first place. Businesses continue to buy the adsā€”not because theyā€™re dumb, but because the system has created a situation with few options.

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@joshuapsteele
\nā€œBy your patience possess your soulsā€ and ā€œThe wise manā€™s eyes are in his head.ā€

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Maybe not my fav, but the first that come to mind.

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šŸ“£ Some of you have had questionsā€” and doubts ā€” about Never Bored Inc., and I wanted to clear the air.\nNever Bored is a TOTALLY REAL and ABSOLUTELY NOT FICTITIOUS company that I now intern for. Here is proof. You too can join the team by applying for a role.

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Never Bored Inc. ā€” the best job ever!

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šŸ“ø Some more summer film photos. Gotta love NYC. See the good, bad, and ugly of my photo dumps via unsplash.

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šŸ— After listening to me complain about my impoverished cooking skills, dear friend (and very talented cook) Xander gave me a simple yet well-rounded lesson in all things salt, fat, acid, and heat.

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The results of this first class were immaculate. šŸ˜ it pays to have knowledgable (and kind) friends!

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šŸŽ„ A new friend and fellow NYU student is creating an app for film fanatics! I imported all my old Letterboxd data and the features this platform provides has been so much fun. If youā€™re interested in being one of the first users, feel free to sign up! He would love any and all feedback you can give.

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@beejaymay WAIT, i just realized its a painting. Im exponentially more stunned šŸ˜šŸ˜

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@beejaymay GORGEOUS shot. Thanks for sharing.

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@dwalbert That makes so much sense. The website frames it as ā€œspending Currency enables you to save your U$D,ā€ but that does feel like it has a logical endpoint for how far it can be stretched. Im intriguedā€¦

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@canneddragons 100%. I feel the same. The fact that they have hundreds of business who accept the currency is also what makes it so viable. In theory, you can get everything you need from your local stores, plus non-essentials.

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@isaacgreene Wow, thanks for sharing. Iā€™m gonna need to read up about this. I know that planned economies, etcā€¦ are not without their issues and failures. But itā€™s a bold and commendable vision to try and recreate economic relations in such a dramatic way. Very cool.

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@JohnBrady I donā€™t see why not! It would be a worthwhile rabbit hole to see how this even got started. Someone has to be the first to suggest itā€¦

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@ReaderJohn Steal away!!!!

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šŸ’¬ Frank Sinatra giving George Michael a dose of reality:

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ā€œI donā€™t understand a guy who lives ā€œin hopes of reducing the strain of his celebrity status.ā€ Hereā€™s a kid who ā€œwanted to be a pop star since I was about 7 years old.ā€ And now that heā€™s a smash performer and songwriter at 27 he wants to quit doing what tons of gifted youngsters all over the world would shoot grandma for - just one crack at what heā€™s complaining about. Come on, George. Loosen up.ā€

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As seen in a bar in Brooklyn.

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šŸ’ø Today I learned that Hudson Valley has itā€™s own alternative currency, recognized by the IRS, that can only be used within the Hudson Valley.

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In theory, this strengthens businesses and life quality in the local community. Amazing experiment Iā€™ll be keeping an eye on.

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And itā€™s pretty to boot! šŸ˜

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šŸ’¬ Edna St. Vincent Millay:

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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.

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From her ostensibly famous poem of the same title. I had somehow never heard it before. Beautiful and sorrowful piece on grief.

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šŸ’¬ Some fantastic bits for creativity in Stephen ESPOā€™s Rules For Graffiti:

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šŸ‘” NEVER BORED, my totally real and absolutely not fictitious company, is pleased to announce the addition of new roles to its growing team:

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APPLY NOW BY CLICKING HERE.

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šŸ¤– Can you tell human writing from AI? by Dr Maria Panagiotidi:

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These findings paint a slightly uncomfortable picture. We are not as good at detecting AI-generated writing as our confidence suggests. Our instincts about which features to trust are often unreliable, and the discomfort we feel about AI-generated creative work exists somewhat independently of whether we can actually identify itā€¦ If accurate identification matters for your use case, training people on what current AI systems actually tend to produce will do more than trusting general literacy or subject-matter expertise.

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šŸŒ· Long live flowers

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@isaacgreene Oof, tough luck. Thatā€™s like 19 base points without any multipliers. Mustā€™ve been some opponent though if they beat you!

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@jinscho ā¤ļø Just lovely. Wishing you and yours the best today.

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@ablerism Ahhh thank you!! Ive temporarily taken the post down, since a thoughtful stranger suggested the full thing was more condemning than I intended it to be. I am reevaluating and will hopefully repost it with edits or rewrite entirely!

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@elliotlovegrove haha, thank you! Not sure if he does happenstance ones anymore, but Ill be ready if thats the case. If you stay ready, you aint gotta get ready, amiright?

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@manton Oh boy, gonna be fun to read the comments on this one. šŸ¤£ Far be it from me to give directions to places I have never been.
\nThank you for the transparency and clarity on your thinking, as always. Looking forward to seeing how you feel about it in a few months. Long live micro.blog!

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@canneddragons It really is. I dont have any of the other usual streaming platforms , so its amazing how consistently it pushes out good movies for free!

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@canneddragons ah, i love Wes Anderson so big compliment!! Thank you!

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@dwalbert hahaha, ahhhh, my bad šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø although now i owe a double ā€œthanksā€ because your comment actually makes my whole day. Thank you!!

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@dwalbert Yes! mandy is amazing!

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@isaacgreene Yes, completely agree. And, similar to irl exercise, those activities always leave me thinking ā€œI love the feeling of thisā€”why dont i do this more often?ā€ šŸ¤£

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@V_ hahaha, yeeerp. I felt so seen by this.

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@isaacgreene haha! Youā€™re humble. I read this not too long ago and I think we feel similarly. I tell people itā€™s very Ted Lasso coded, in the sense that you have to be really onboard with incorrigibly optimistic characters and fatalistically redemptive storylines. A lot to love and cosign though.

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@void2259 i LOVE these. Well done.

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@canneddragons Will have to watch sometime. That last line is šŸ’Æ šŸ¤£

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