gassyjack

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The ~~En~~shit~~tification~~ of America~~n~~ ~~Power~~

Fixed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’m can’t come up with an absolute upper limit but one of the more notable takes I’ve heard recently is ‘no personal ownership of cars.’

Pullback Podcast – Free Public Transit

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DKC was a soundtrack with a game attached.

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Giger was involved in Species? Dang it now I have to watch it again.

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What I do like to see is a continued discussion on how to take back the internet in its current form. The cesspool of online bots and malicious corporate social spaces can be managed or avoided entirely with healthy practices, and yet you never see articles with step-by-step guidelines on how to do this. Instead, articles like this point out a few problems then give up.

Stop using social media entirely or find safe alternatives. Do not engage in online arguments. Control your viewing of political content and tailor your access towards specific trusted sources. Avoid any apps that use scrolling content feeds. Stop using your phone in bed. Lessen your phone use and restrict it to primarily phone calls and texts only.

Platforms could easily redesign their algorithms to stop promoting the most outrageous voices and prioritise more representative or nuanced content.

Corporations are not going to take actions that would benefit your health if it harms their engagement metrics. Bavel missed the mark on how the public should be actively fighting against late-stage capitalism.

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I’m envisioning a public campaign against these companies that pull out when the support becomes disadvantageous. They should be permanently blacklisted by the community and true supportive companies should be rewarded. Just a thought.

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The corporate flight from LGBT support is sickening. These events are needed more than ever.

 

I have no idea if there is a large fan base for Matthew Good but, love him or hate him, I love a musician that is willing to make a political statement, big or small. Any drop in the bucket counts. His late 90s songs were quite excellent but I haven’t followed him much from there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Much love, Stillwater. Save that zesty spirit for when you need it. Keep living up to your name.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Nobody is asking you to like Beato but surely you didn’t join go through the effort of finding a niche community like Lemmy just to shit on things like in every other part of the internet.

What is a good non-pretentious music producer to you? How would you feel if a band you liked turned out to be AI generated? What would it mean for someone to be musically inspired by AI generated music? Give me something.

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Spotify is definitely the app that turns 'we’ll pay you in exposure' into a business strategy. What is your preferred method of supporting musicians? Do you buy MP3s or CDs online?

Nice recommendation. It’s less upbeat but I’ll toss in The Dears as one of my favs.

 

Producer Rick Beato uses AI tools to identify and tear apart an AI generated band, Velvet Sundown, a band that mysteriously pops into Spotify and amasses a million listeners in a month, suggesting that Spotify will soon push AI bands for more listenership.

 

If anybody has been following the Blue Jays along, it was a rough start to the year. Vladdy wasn’t bringing numbers and his contract was completely up in smoke. Bo was underperforming with some kind of injury. Our offense was completely flat and the playoffs seemed like something for next year.

At least we weren’t the Orioles.

A few months later and here we are. Blue Jays are top of the AL East. The Blue Jays are nearly on par with the 338 million dollar Dodgers. We are getting our moneys worth and the baseball is good. This year's competition is so close that there is no telling where the rest of the year will go.