Political leaders need better tech literacy like yesterday. Legislators not really understanding the fields they’re attempting to regulate is a problem that’s only going to get worse if trends continue.
Macbeth: A Dagger of the Mind, by Harold Bloom. I'm preparing for a production of the play this fall and a friend passed this copy to me. I'm not a huge Bloom fan but he has interesting insights into the play.
I'm not averse to some form of this argument — though I'd argue this has been the case as far back as the 1994 midterm election — but this article is just a mess. Democrats look to preserve their gains, but they've won their battles already. LGBTQ issues have broken for the Democrats, except for the backsliding in the states and at SCOTUS this year. The drive to be conservative is being pushed by working-class whites and Blacks, but also by upper-class white professionals. And a day "probably" won't come where the Republicans end up to the left of the Democrats on economic issues, despite some "promising" noises (which are pure posturing) from some unnamed politicians (I'm going to say likely Hawley and Vance, which, LOL).
It's like David Graham is so intent on not giving a single point to the Democrats/being fair to the Republicans that he tendentiously reads everything in the most ludicrous possible light. I'm aware of the establishmentarian bent of The Atlantic, and normally I can read around it, but this is just weaksauce.
I felt like he was very up front about how the current system, as unfriendly to users as it is, is what has made it possible for him to make a living doing what he loves to do. He even comes out at the end and says if big companies can't figure out a post-advertising business model, they'll likely die off, and that means he and people like him are out of a job, 'and that's probably the best scenario for users.' Both ideas — that ad-funded internet ruined the internet, and that ad-funded internet allowed him and thousands of people like him to make a living on that internet — can be true at the exact same time.
I remember watching Battle of the Planets (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman) before school in 1978-79. I was struck by the art style and how different it was from all the other animation I consumed. Unfortunately it was soon swept away by the wave of shitty '80s animation, and I don't think I saw another anime until I watched Akira in the early '90s.
Genesis, particularly Peter Gabriel-era Genesis, is my favorite band. I've played around with using names from their songs as usernames for years, but it's only when I joined Reddit that I decided I should try to settle on one. I've always been fond of this track off their 1972 album Foxtrot. So if you should see some variation of this username online, it's probably me.
1 main account, 1 alt account. This is a use case where I fully appreciate the separation caused by federation; my alt account is on a separate instance and therefore is completely, wholly separate from my main.
I’m curious what you would prefer done. Do we all collectively decide not to pay attention? Because that’s really all that this is, drawing attention to the consequences of the policies set in place by one of the two major parties. If these stories go away, women still suffer, women still get deathly ill. We just won’t have to think about it. So what would you do? How would you support these women without telling their stories?
Genesis’ Seconds Out is my favorite live album of all time. For people only familiar with the Phil Collins era of the band, it’s a perfect gateway to their brilliant past. Phil treats the Gabriel vocals with love and affection and really brings his all. Steve Hackett gives possibly some of his strongest work with the band. And the drum interplay between Collins and Chester Thompson (and, on one track, Bill Bruford) is :chef’s kiss:
Zappa/Mothers Just Another Band from LA showcases one of my favorite eras of the band, cut tragically short. The best, most complete rendition of Billy the Mountain until the release of the Carnegie Hall show
I started to type out a huge, involved comment, but I don’t want to come across like mirror-world Patrick Bateman, so I’ll just say here: Genesis. 1970-1976 and 1978-1998 were almost like two completely different bands.
The big question will be how long Apple pays attention to them this time. So many ideas get launched and then wither on the vine because the OS team is off chasing the new shiny thing.
Political leaders need better tech literacy like yesterday. Legislators not really understanding the fields they’re attempting to regulate is a problem that’s only going to get worse if trends continue.