Sam Backer
@volumecontrol10
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There's more content on heaven and earth, Horatio. My words now at @volumecontrol10.bsky.social
Brooklyn, NY
Joined February 2012
Never realized that "Living On A Prayer" is about the importance of community solidarity in the wake of post-industrial union collapse.
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wait till these amateurs learn about Tristram Shandy.
Robert Caro getting to Lyndon Johnson's birth on page 70 in the book he wrote about Lyndon Johnson.
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RT @AsheeshKSi: While UChicago is going to make massive cuts to its Arts & Humanities division, it will do everything it can to avoid any m….
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RT @TheNLRBU: Late last night, with about 15 minutes notice to the Union, the NLRB’s HR sent an email adopting the terms of the forked-up r….
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I don't know how it's going to fit the general cultural landscape, but I once again am forced to remind you that we are less than 5 years away from the She + Him Revival.
Black Country, New Road announce new album & tour, share "Besties"
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RT @matdryhurst: The music ai agent trend does at least get to the meat of the reality that in almost all cases popular music is now fungib….
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deep memory unlocked AND an explanation of why I dig new age music now.
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"turns out, life optimization and tax optimization are usually opposing goals.".
2 years ago, I moved my entire life to Cyprus to escape Germany's 50% tax rate. It was the most expensive "money-saving" decision I've ever made. Here's 21 brutal realities of tax haven living (that nobody warns you about):
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another remarkable archive lost. .
Legendary producer Madlib and his family have lost their home to the California wildfires. "Decades of music and equipment" have been lost.
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RT @mka_ultra: it just keeps getting worse. gary indiana’s library arrived in altadena earlier this week. it’s gone.
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when I've talked about the digital dark ages, I foolishly hadn't considered the destruction of very physical archives due to climate change but. it's definitely part of the same process.
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RT @matthewstoller: Is Mark Zuckerberg right to change content moderation policies and end DEI? I mean, I’m fairly sympathetic to what he s….
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meta trained it's AI on LibGen. Incredible "I didn't STEAL these gems, how could I possibly know that that peg-legged man with a parrot obtained them unlawfully?" vibes.
wired.com
One of the most important AI copyright legal battles just took a major turn.
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Trick question, "Dopesmoker" by Sleep.
A lot of 10/10 albums have one or two absolute dog shit songs on them, yet they’re better for it. “No skips” never has or never will be the criteria for a classic album.
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RT @RoKhanna: Due to an unforced error by Democrats, we lost the National Labor Relations Board majority two years earlier than expected. T….
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