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- 1 day ago
- Music
Just take your place in the driver’s seat
Backlashes work in all directions, at least they went every which way in the Winter of Discontent in the late 1970's in the UK.
- 2 days ago
- New York
NYC lately: September 2024
Here are some photos of New York City from the past few weeks. Most of the high-rises in Long Island City and Greenpoint were certainly not there at all when I lived in that area 15 years ago.
- 2 days ago
- AI
Casual mistakes from the world of AI
I analyzed some of my Google Photos and did a bit of QA on their AI logic - some of the mismatches are pretty funny, but it's quite accurate considering how many thousands of photos it processes in just a single user's account.
- 1 week ago
- Fanfic
Dancing with Kamala in Kwebec
This might be the first example of humorous Kamala Harris fanfic - it's a spirited reimagining of her time in Quebec and her unlikely path to the presidency. And it featrures a bunch of great music.
- 1 week ago
- Family
My homophobic grandma & Phil Donahue made me gay, gurl!
Ever since I announced that I wanted to be Tina Turner for Halloween (at age 7 no less), my once and future sexual orientation was always up for casual speculation among family, classmates, or strangers on the street.
- 2 weeks ago
- Music
I live for a musical surprise.
I live for surprises. I am the only white boy I know that has multiple Yarbrough and Peoples singles, can sing all the traditional Spanish folk songs thanks to Joan Baez, and who listens to ABBA in its original native Klingon.
- 2 weeks ago
- Politics
From preschool prognoses to conventional Democratic wisdom
As soon as I was old enough to know what a President did or what the Congress is, I have loved the whole ecosystem of American retail politics - it's my fantasy football league.
- 3 weeks ago
- Politics
Ballz to the Walz
Many pundits and armchair pundits like myself were sure that Josh Shapiro was going to be the vice presidential pick for the Harris campaign. I've never been more thrilled at being wrong - Tim Walz is the real deal.
Curated mixtapes
Sage comme une image
Theoretical China (理论中国)
Doughnuts & Disco
Klatsche In Die Hände
Discotto e Risotto
Untergang des Abendlandes
Strawberry girls & Banana split ladies
Quiet Storms & Basic Women
Themes for great cities
ABBA Obscura
The Morning After
Without you, I’m nothing
Short Statements
« Oh, what I would do to just be reunited with my doggy Draco again. Getting back to Denver is looking like an October event at this point. »
« The fact that this race is even close is a shock to me. Even if you don't agree with Kamala Harris on everything, I certainly don't, there is only one serious choice here to make. »
« On the Ferris wheel
Looking out on Coney Island
Under more stars than
There are prostitutes in Thailand »
« And I, I'm not rich, but you know I'm top in my pitch »