Notably missing from both the film and this interview: not only have these issues been discussed and researched for decades, now, but a biome of alternatives to EVERY SINGLE CRITICIZED COMPANY/SERVICE EXISTS and HAS EXISTED for years. bit.ly/3fd3Xxn
there is a search engine that is basically just Bing except most of the profit generated by the adtech goes to PLANTING TREES. (Ecosia)
there are decentralized social networks (Mastodon, Diaspora) that often OUTPERFORM the proprietary big boys because they're still incentivized to craft the HIGHEST QUALITY experience rather than the most lucrative.
The Social Dilemma’s Dilemma The pop culture discussion of tech’s greater issues missed in (at least) two major ways For those of us who’ve written about technology, generally, for quite a long time, any injection of the broader metaphysical/”ethical” conversation regarding the impact the industry has had/is having/is expected to have on our species into popular culture is inevitably an emotional event. The Social Network had an almost comical disregard for any potential function as a substantial critique of its subjects.
still working on my post about Facebook. it's over 7500 words now... sorry.
so far, I've used the word "Facebook" 135 times.
I'm pretty sure I'll have it up before the end of the week. and then I will never have to write about Facebook again...
10,000 words now... I think I need to take a break. definitely should be able to wrap up, polish, and publish tomorrow.
I COMPLETELY missed the Twitter hack.
With Anima Mundi, Vril departs from his Berghain roots and delivers an introspective exploration of his eternal soul. If I’m allowed to have favorites, I would claim Vril, the German DJ and Resident Advisor Lieutenant, as mine among his genre, which shouldn’t mean anything to the longtime techno connoisseur (who should probably find themselves skipping this review and moving on,) but does lend me to evangelize to those who’ve been deprived of positive exposure to the culture.
It’s Transfiguration Time Extratone will be refocusing as a dedicated electronic music magazine with print issues on hand before 2018 is out. It’s been far too long since I last came to you with compelling news truly worthy of anticipation, but I’m relieved to do so today in a somewhat-epiphanous certainty that the past two and a half years of my very meticulously-documented struggle to give this project a clear direction will soon feel well worth the experience for all involved.
Update: I was much too hasty in this proclamation.
Having now pounded through a few thousand words with LibreOffice Writer running on Linux Mint 19, I must now follow up soon in one form or another. This isn’t a “night mode” function by name, but it may as well be: it takes just 30 seconds to search out and change color settings across the whole application.
When did you first begin using Bandcamp as an artist?
How has Bandcamp performed for you as an artist differently from other online music distribution services like SoundCloud or Last.fm?
What do you like best about Bandcamp as a platform for music distribution?
How do you think Bandcamp could improve on its artist publishing tools?
How could Bandcamp improve editorially to best curate and distribute YOUR work?
Percy Hole, Editor at The Sun, Dies Pursuing Rock Springs Story Percy Hole, who in his seven years at The Sun contributed in no small part to its resolute commitment to the Superior community throughout a key period of change and transition, died nobly on Wednesday in Rock Springs while pursuing a story fraught with sensitive historical currents to which he had committed himself for the better part of the past year.
‘Mom and Dad’’s Discrepant Defense Against Stale Industry and the Population Problem A “fun” movie. The Earth will reach its maximum occupancy load (12 billion) when I am in my mid-fifities, meaning there’ll be more than twice as many gorging, shitting, shooting, complaining, and lying human beings than there were when I started, and perhaps Brian Taylor’s Mom and Dad is in fact a reasoned argument for a particular solution to our inevitable plight.
The world today is a wealth of topics and perspectives, but daily biological functions are universal.
Everybody gets hungry, and we are in the everybody business!
Carter Wilkerson has been hungry for some time now, according to someone familiar with the matter. Yesterday, in agony, he resolved within himself to cease the toleration of his famine, and bravely typed a message on Twitter to Wendy’s — a national chain of restaurants where people often eat — pleading for justice.
Outline * Preface * Not necessarily directed at young men of color. (Or definitely not directed at them, but at white, CIS, straight young men.) * Describing the “real” scope of my authority. * While I have not traveled outside of America whatsoever, I have traveled within it fairly extensively. * My authority is especially strong when it comes to protestant Christianity. * Function of the book. * Chapter 1: “I Don’t Care What You/They Think”
and yet we’re still forgiven see what we have asked of this land:
juicing zea jabbing through
chapped flats
see what we have asked of her soldiers:
contentment,
submerged alone in nuggets of petrified human safetyglass
shower of obliterated abstracts;
white like love,
but no shards large enough to make out a face
The language here is some of the most insightful I’ve ever seen on the subject, if I’m interpreting effectively. (I could just be extrapolating.)
You cannot make a living as a “writer.” That is — the ability to effectively (or even extraordinarily) arrange words has no inherent value. It’s a good start, however, for some of the writing professions in which you can.
Journalist, copyrighter, editor, even poet or(now)blogger can be lucrative, technically.
E
— Skrillex (@Skrillex) May 15, 2010 It came to my attention today that my good friend Sonny Moore (commonly known as Skrillex) Tweeted “E” from his BlackBerry at 0732 CST on May 15th, 2010. If I’m ever given the opportunity to interview him, I’ll begin by questioning his choice in smartphones. (Can you imagine how awful the Twitter for BlackBerry client must’ve looked in 2010?)
From what I’ve sampled of his art, I’m confident he’s an emotionally intelligent man, and probably not house producer Joel Zimmerman (commonly known as Deadmau5.