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Fuck all Nazis.
Fuck AI.

Mixes, since 2008. (Plus urbanism, cats, silly Lego robots, anti-fascism, photography, veganism, anti-cars, anti-AI, etc.)

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Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · 6d
A new Musicophilia mix:

'Dark Lights' (1995-2008)

musicophilia.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/d...

Featuring Tricky, Bjork, Deadbeat, Pinch, Low & Spring Heel Jack, Drexciya, Burial, The Knife, Autechre, Susumu Yokota, Pole, Squarepusher, Massive Attack, David Sylvian, Scuba, Pinch, et al
A mix cover with smearing pink, red, blue, yellow, white and green lights against a black and purple background--a photo of someone dancing with portable fairy lights wrapped around them, but appearing totally abstracted
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I love making little guys out of Lego. These are the littlest ones I make, who are currently carebots, robots who dedicate a couple dozen of their few hundred solar orbits looking after the elderbots on Planet Robotica.

planetrobotica.com
Made of Lego: Seven robots of various (small) sizes and shapes, in shades of light gray, dark gray and black, some with feets, some with treads, each with a little antenna and a pair of round eyes (made with a binocular piece).
September 23, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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musicophilia.bsky.social
A new Musicophilia mix:

'Dark Lights' (1995-2008)

musicophilia.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/d...

Featuring Tricky, Bjork, Deadbeat, Pinch, Low & Spring Heel Jack, Drexciya, Burial, The Knife, Autechre, Susumu Yokota, Pole, Squarepusher, Massive Attack, David Sylvian, Scuba, Pinch, et al
A mix cover with smearing pink, red, blue, yellow, white and green lights against a black and purple background--a photo of someone dancing with portable fairy lights wrapped around them, but appearing totally abstracted
September 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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musicophilia.bsky.social
I've made dozens of these tiny carebots, but I think this little batch I just made might be the most characterful yet. A little squad of goofiness

planetrobotica.com
Made of Lego: a small tread-based robot eith a very cylindrical body and long head, with long arms and binocular eyes Made of Lego: a very small nugget of a robot with a vent-grill chest and rounded sides and tread-wheels Made of Lego: my classic smallest "charcter build" robot, with liytle 1x2 rounded treads, small arms, a cube-shaped little torso and binocular eyes, with an antenna on his back Made of Lego: a small but still lanky robot walking and waving to somebotty
September 23, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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musicophilia.bsky.social
I started making these little "carebots" (the smallest ones I make) using the leftover pieces I didn't end up using when making the (also small, but not quite so small) elderbots. It's a fun challenge to see how small you can build and still convey some character and disposition.
Made of Lego: a little round nugget of a robot with double treads and long arms clasped in front of her, eyes looking into the distance Made of Lego: a small but husky robot with a barrel chest and short legs and a (literally) square jaw Made of Lego: a small but lanky robot with long legs and arms and a compact torso and a slightly defeated posture
September 23, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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ndrew.bsky.social
this is absolutely insane, what tf are we even doing here
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
WSJ: The AI build-out is on track to become the biggest economic bet in US history, dwarfing the investments made to fund other huge US infrastructure projects — such as the railroads, the highway system and the plumbing for the internet.”

(via Jefferies)
September 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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musicophilia.bsky.social
Always beautiful, never pulling their punches, please give my heroes @infinityknives.bsky.social and Brian Ennals some love:

infinityknives666.bandcamp.com/album/amdia-ep
AMDIA EP, by Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals
3 track album
infinityknives666.bandcamp.com
September 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
musicophilia.bsky.social
In 2022, I attempted to imagine, following from Trump's first term and the last 75+/- years of Republican action what the "end goal" and series of "policies" Trump/Republicans would undertake if given power again. In italics is what they've already made headway in achieving, 1.75 years in.
Part 1 of 2 Republican Timeline for Christo-Fascist American State: [Continual through all phases]: Paint LGBTQ, BIPOC, religious minorities, immigrants, atheists, anti-fascists, civil rights activists, the poor, artists, academics, experts, the houseless, the disabled, et al as oppressors, deviants, thieves, degenerates, rapists, murderers, peodophiles -- permanent projection as a means of pre-rationale for future acts of oppression and worse "Don't Say Gay"/LGBTQ+ book bans "CRT ban"/factual history book bans Repeal of Roe/De-facto abortion ban Dissolve EPA, all environmental regulations Ban gender-affirming healthcare Ban marriage equality, retroactive Ban contraception of all kinds Formal Federal abortion ban/criminalization Mass arrests of “disloyal” election officials, de facto end of actual elections Mass firings (later: arrests) of long-time public servants deemed “disloyal” Mass arrests/concentration camps/deportations of Hispanic people (citizens and non-citizens alike, as proof of concept/acceptance of further mass-arrests) Dismantle ACA, ban public insurance/healthcare Ban interracial marriage Ban public protest by non-right-wing groups Bounty hunting/criminalize Trans people Formalized random home/street Police searches of potential dissidents (i.e. donors to Democratic political candidates, progressive causes, and milquetoast “left” entities like NPR) Deputization of white nationalist groups, armed patrol Official criminalization of abortion, retroactive Ban ADA, USPS, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP/all public assistance programs Ban of most non-”Christian” private universities, mass firings of "dissidents" at all “red state” universities, occupation of blue state universities by military, martial law at all blue state universities leading to shuttering of most. Ban the UN from US territory, withdraw from UN, NATO Martial law over most blue state cities, using Reserves, Southern/Western militias, “tours” by Southern police Ban public television Image 2 of 2 Republican Timeline for Christo-Fascist American State (final phases, 2022-2028): Criminalize/mass-arrest LGBTQ+ Criminalize atheism Ban public transit, bike lanes, Amtrak Ban solar/wind/etc. power Ban public libraries Close most museums Interstate travel only via official “checkpoints,” disallowing most escape from red states Regular Military-Police parades Mass arrests of sex workers Ban public schools Ban "foreign" (non-white) restaurants/foods Create Department of Moral Decency, to "review" and censor/ban/destroy most books, television, film, music, etc. and criminalize creators/sellers (Will start at state level for proof-of-concept) Arrest of any current/former national Democratic/Left politicians Ban non-Evangelical Christian religious practice/books/groups Deport all foreign-born residents/citizens + US-born children Ban international travel to/from U.S. End open internet/phone (corporate-state only) Concentration camps for LGBTQ+, BIPOC with arrest record Military-Police takeover of all local and state governance in Blue cities/states Walled ghettos for BIPOC/religious minorities End democratic elections (except for show) Mass arrests of political dissidents (i.e. civil rights activists, teachers, artists, academics, musicians, community leaders, librarians, athletes) Public executions of dissidents Formal reparations to descendants of enslavers for loss of property Formally reinstate slavery "Pre-emptive" Invasion of Canada/Mexico/South America Formal genocide of all BIPOC/LGBTQ+ Women formally declared property, barred from public w/o owner Nuclear armageddon to bring about end of days
September 24, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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musicophilia.bsky.social
Made a "poster" of my ongoing series of #Lego #robots whom I imagine as characters (and the actors that play them) on a mega-hit holoshow on Planet Robotica called 'The Astro-Kids' and its spin-off 'Astro University'

Check out all my bots on planetrobotica.com
A poster of 35 robot characters of all shapes and sizes in three rows against a white background, two rows of heroes (the adventurous young siblings and their cat; the huge but gentle uncle; collegiate archetypes like the sporty one, the hipsters, the goofball, the science nerd; the doting grandparents); and the bottom row of villains (the evil pirate and his bumbling henchemen, all of mismatched parts and colors with lots of gold; the evil scientist and his henchmen; the mad professor and his mindless minions; the evil clown with a giant mallet; the zombie-like skeleton-bot; the purely malevolent lanky "virus" bot; the ambiguous anti-hero)
August 30, 2026 at 4:24 PM
musicophilia.bsky.social
I love making little guys out of Lego. These are the littlest ones I make, who are currently carebots, robots who dedicate a couple dozen of their few hundred solar orbits looking after the elderbots on Planet Robotica.

planetrobotica.com
Made of Lego: Seven robots of various (small) sizes and shapes, in shades of light gray, dark gray and black, some with feets, some with treads, each with a little antenna and a pair of round eyes (made with a binocular piece).
September 23, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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fuzzboxdjs.bsky.social
@musicophilia.bsky.social has been an inspiration to us since we started, excited to check out the new mix
musicophilia.bsky.social Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · 6d
A new Musicophilia mix:

'Dark Lights' (1995-2008)

musicophilia.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/d...

Featuring Tricky, Bjork, Deadbeat, Pinch, Low & Spring Heel Jack, Drexciya, Burial, The Knife, Autechre, Susumu Yokota, Pole, Squarepusher, Massive Attack, David Sylvian, Scuba, Pinch, et al
A mix cover with smearing pink, red, blue, yellow, white and green lights against a black and purple background--a photo of someone dancing with portable fairy lights wrapped around them, but appearing totally abstracted
September 21, 2026 at 12:09 AM
musicophilia.bsky.social
A new Musicophilia mix:

'Dark Lights' (1995-2008)

musicophilia.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/d...

Featuring Tricky, Bjork, Deadbeat, Pinch, Low & Spring Heel Jack, Drexciya, Burial, The Knife, Autechre, Susumu Yokota, Pole, Squarepusher, Massive Attack, David Sylvian, Scuba, Pinch, et al
A mix cover with smearing pink, red, blue, yellow, white and green lights against a black and purple background--a photo of someone dancing with portable fairy lights wrapped around them, but appearing totally abstracted
September 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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musicophilia.bsky.social
If I were forced to choose *one* favorite album from the 9k+ I've owned since 1992, it would probably be 'Homogenic'.

Impossible to believe it's 29 years old today, because there is not a single sound that "dates" the album. It still sounds like the future.

bjork.bandcamp.com/album/homoge...
Homogenic, by Björk
10 track album
bjork.bandcamp.com
September 20, 2026 at 3:05 PM
musicophilia.bsky.social
To be fair, when MAHA causes the plague that leads to the zombie apocalypse, having frickin laser sniper drones stationed on a 300' tall arch between Arlington National Cemetery and D.C. will prove bigly prescient.
September 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM
musicophilia.bsky.social
If I were forced to choose *one* favorite album from the 9k+ I've owned since 1992, it would probably be 'Homogenic'.

Impossible to believe it's 29 years old today, because there is not a single sound that "dates" the album. It still sounds like the future.

bjork.bandcamp.com/album/homoge...
Homogenic, by Björk
10 track album
bjork.bandcamp.com
September 20, 2026 at 3:05 PM
musicophilia.bsky.social
He couldn't kill PVDFest, despite his best efforts. I know under Morales it will be on the rise toward what it used to be, next year...
A break dancer performs a complex floor spin with arms and legs crossed, on a large expanse of taped-down cardboard, in Kennedy Plaza at Providence's annual PVDFest where people from every part of the city come together to celebrate music and community, which our outgoing mayor tried to kill but couldn't.
September 19, 2026 at 8:30 PM
musicophilia.bsky.social
Sorry Paul, everyone but the fascists around the world are already united by one song...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=PHlX...
YG feat G Eazy & Macklemore - FDT (Fuck Donald Trump) Part 2 - [Official Video!]
YouTube video by Great Music
m.youtube.com
September 19, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Now we just need a few hundred other state/federal-level electeds to divest from the AI scam, grow a brain and spine, state the clear-eyed fact that it is a scam (like AOC does here) and support what their constituents want: fight AI, and fight the fascists and the techno-feudalists.
adambecker.bsky.social Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 8d
@aoc.bsky.social just put out a great statement on AI. Refreshing to see a major politician on the left nail this.

"Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves."

🎯
Charles, Last weekend, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, one of the largest Al companies in the world, publicly asked his industry to slow down Al development. Shortly after, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAl, followed suit. Then Elon Musk. This all came days after an Anthropic researcher quit, citing his belief that this technology could wipe out humanity and that Al companies are "gambling with our lives." For years, people have warned that generative Al could slip out of our direct control. Those safety concerns must be taken seriously. And this is why I have advocated for strict safety standards on how Al is built and deployed, public oversight over this technology, and using existing laws to hold these companies accountable when they cause harm. But I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the U.S. economy and our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable and pay off. And that bet isn't looking good. The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more money than you spend. But the biggest Al companies aren't doing that. They are spending hundreds of billions per year on data centers, chips, and other costs while their ability to make revenues that exceed their already-immense sunk costs are unclear. Experts estimate that these Al companies will require another $600 billion of debt just to finance themselves in 2026 alone. That is more than the entire budgets of the U.S. Departments of Justice, Transportation, & Education combined. Meanwhile, despite almost every single one of these companies not turning a profit & having sunk billions of investor dollars in development of data centers & other infrastructure, Al companies are also on a spending spree of hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying & dark money in our elections. It would be one thing if we were discussing a few private companies with a poor business model. But last year, virtually all stock market gains - 80% - rested entirely on just a handful of Al companies. That tells us two things: 1. Nearly the entire U.S. economy outside the Al industry is relatively stagnating and faring poorly & the gains from these few companies are disguising it; & 2. Millions of people's retirements - including their pensions, 401ks, & investments - are potentially exposed to this risk. That's why these Al companies' dubious financial positions matter to working people. These companies argue that debt is necessary. They'll tell you that building transformative technologies requires upfront capital, & that massive borrowing today will pay off in generating unprecedented prosperity tomorrow. But this is not the typical debt that startups take on while they build out a company. We are talking about billions going on trillions of dollars leveraged with no indication that these companies will be able to recoup these funds profitably. And they are increasingly looking to the government as their source of cash. In an effort to hide their debt, tech companies have been relying on "circular financing" where tech giants like Google, Amazon, & Microsoft give billions to Al startups like OpenAl & Anthropic, only for those startups to hand that money right back to buy Al processing power. In other words, these Al companies are luring in new investors by making it look like their financials are healthier than they really are. What's even worse is that retirement & pension funds are key to supporting this illusion. When the Al companies issue bonds to raise more money, your pension funds & retirement accounts are some of the biggest buyers. When Musk's Al business went public, it became part of index funds where millions of Americans invest our savings. Many Americans don't even know that their retirement investments are tied up in these companies at all. From Big Tech's perspective, that's a feature, not a bug. By tying our futures to their reckless gambling, Al billionaires are trying to make themselves too big to fail. They think they can take such dangerous risks because we will bail them out if things go wrong. Sound familiar? This scene is dangerously reminiscent of the rampant speculation, corruption, & broken incentives leading up to the 2008 financial crisis that plunged millions of working class Americans into financial chaos that we never fully recovered from. It is no accident that these warnings from Altman & Amodei come months-if not weeks-before these companies were meant to go public. When companies go public, they have to be more transparent about how they are doing financially. And after a waiting period, they typically have to let private investors-like their own employees-sell their shares. The New York Times recently confirmed that OpenAl has postponed going public for this very reason. They are in no rush for the truth about their finances to come out. But the moment these oligarchs began to seek our public tax dollars & public contracts while exposing their companies to public pension funds & investments, they opened themselves to public accountability & scrutiny. Silicon Valley billionaires have rigged the game & are attempting to shift their financial risk to working people: If they're right about Al's potential, they reap the profits. If they're wrong & the bubble bursts, they are setting up the American people to pick up the tab. Heads, they win; tails, we lose. We can stop this, and we shouldn't play their game. Together we can address both the economic and safety threats of unrestricted Al development and prevent financial chaos and stabilize market risk. We must make it clear now that should the Al bubble pop, Congress should not bail out Big Tech. And across our federal agencies, we have the authorities and tools to hold Al companies and their leaders accountable for releasing dangerous, unvetted, and defective products. We must not wait. Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves. It's time we hold them accountable. Thank you for reading. In solidarity, Alexandria
September 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM
musicophilia.bsky.social
The most evil 1% of the US population is really, really certain that 50%+1 of the population is more stupid than dryer lint (and more racist and transphobic...)

Damning that it's always a tossup whether they're right.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Q: At what point does Congress step in and address the Iran war?

MIKE JOHNSON: It's not a war. They're trying to resolve an operation -- Operation Epic Fury, which was an epic success. I don't think we need liberal Marxist Democrats telling the commander in chief what to do w/the military right now
September 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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scalzi.com
Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying
September 19, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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"I know the press has been saying toxic goo is bad. That it’ll suck up all the water. That it causes cancer. That it gives babies laser eyes. But isn’t this just what no-nothing naysayers do? Call into question great men who are trying to create the future?"
A Case for the Giant Toxic Goo Pit I Want to Build in the Center of Town
“I am a humble man. I made my fortune the old-fashioned way, through grit, determination, and a small multi-million-dollar loan from my father. And now I’m t...
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September 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
musicophilia.bsky.social
Now we just need a few hundred other state/federal-level electeds to divest from the AI scam, grow a brain and spine, state the clear-eyed fact that it is a scam (like AOC does here) and support what their constituents want: fight AI, and fight the fascists and the techno-feudalists.
adambecker.bsky.social Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 8d
@aoc.bsky.social just put out a great statement on AI. Refreshing to see a major politician on the left nail this.

"Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves."

🎯
Charles, Last weekend, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, one of the largest Al companies in the world, publicly asked his industry to slow down Al development. Shortly after, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAl, followed suit. Then Elon Musk. This all came days after an Anthropic researcher quit, citing his belief that this technology could wipe out humanity and that Al companies are "gambling with our lives." For years, people have warned that generative Al could slip out of our direct control. Those safety concerns must be taken seriously. And this is why I have advocated for strict safety standards on how Al is built and deployed, public oversight over this technology, and using existing laws to hold these companies accountable when they cause harm. But I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the U.S. economy and our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable and pay off. And that bet isn't looking good. The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more money than you spend. But the biggest Al companies aren't doing that. They are spending hundreds of billions per year on data centers, chips, and other costs while their ability to make revenues that exceed their already-immense sunk costs are unclear. Experts estimate that these Al companies will require another $600 billion of debt just to finance themselves in 2026 alone. That is more than the entire budgets of the U.S. Departments of Justice, Transportation, & Education combined. Meanwhile, despite almost every single one of these companies not turning a profit & having sunk billions of investor dollars in development of data centers & other infrastructure, Al companies are also on a spending spree of hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying & dark money in our elections. It would be one thing if we were discussing a few private companies with a poor business model. But last year, virtually all stock market gains - 80% - rested entirely on just a handful of Al companies. That tells us two things: 1. Nearly the entire U.S. economy outside the Al industry is relatively stagnating and faring poorly & the gains from these few companies are disguising it; & 2. Millions of people's retirements - including their pensions, 401ks, & investments - are potentially exposed to this risk. That's why these Al companies' dubious financial positions matter to working people. These companies argue that debt is necessary. They'll tell you that building transformative technologies requires upfront capital, & that massive borrowing today will pay off in generating unprecedented prosperity tomorrow. But this is not the typical debt that startups take on while they build out a company. We are talking about billions going on trillions of dollars leveraged with no indication that these companies will be able to recoup these funds profitably. And they are increasingly looking to the government as their source of cash. In an effort to hide their debt, tech companies have been relying on "circular financing" where tech giants like Google, Amazon, & Microsoft give billions to Al startups like OpenAl & Anthropic, only for those startups to hand that money right back to buy Al processing power. In other words, these Al companies are luring in new investors by making it look like their financials are healthier than they really are. What's even worse is that retirement & pension funds are key to supporting this illusion. When the Al companies issue bonds to raise more money, your pension funds & retirement accounts are some of the biggest buyers. When Musk's Al business went public, it became part of index funds where millions of Americans invest our savings. Many Americans don't even know that their retirement investments are tied up in these companies at all. From Big Tech's perspective, that's a feature, not a bug. By tying our futures to their reckless gambling, Al billionaires are trying to make themselves too big to fail. They think they can take such dangerous risks because we will bail them out if things go wrong. Sound familiar? This scene is dangerously reminiscent of the rampant speculation, corruption, & broken incentives leading up to the 2008 financial crisis that plunged millions of working class Americans into financial chaos that we never fully recovered from. It is no accident that these warnings from Altman & Amodei come months-if not weeks-before these companies were meant to go public. When companies go public, they have to be more transparent about how they are doing financially. And after a waiting period, they typically have to let private investors-like their own employees-sell their shares. The New York Times recently confirmed that OpenAl has postponed going public for this very reason. They are in no rush for the truth about their finances to come out. But the moment these oligarchs began to seek our public tax dollars & public contracts while exposing their companies to public pension funds & investments, they opened themselves to public accountability & scrutiny. Silicon Valley billionaires have rigged the game & are attempting to shift their financial risk to working people: If they're right about Al's potential, they reap the profits. If they're wrong & the bubble bursts, they are setting up the American people to pick up the tab. Heads, they win; tails, we lose. We can stop this, and we shouldn't play their game. Together we can address both the economic and safety threats of unrestricted Al development and prevent financial chaos and stabilize market risk. We must make it clear now that should the Al bubble pop, Congress should not bail out Big Tech. And across our federal agencies, we have the authorities and tools to hold Al companies and their leaders accountable for releasing dangerous, unvetted, and defective products. We must not wait. Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves. It's time we hold them accountable. Thank you for reading. In solidarity, Alexandria
September 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM
musicophilia.bsky.social
He'd be happy I'm still vegan, never owned a car, lived my adult life in cities, travelled, lived abroad. He'd love my partner of 20 years, and cat of 11 years. He'd like the architectural work I've done, and my recent music. He'd be sad I found depression again, and enraged at the burning world.
obsidian.blacksky.app 𝐑𝐞𝐦 🕋 @obsidian.blacksky.app · 11d
Would 20 y/o you be impressed or disappointed by you today?
September 18, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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musicophilia.bsky.social
For those unfamiliar with Providenfe, our transit hub has been the location shown in green for decades, at the city's true center. But a very wealthy man owns buildings adjacent to it, and he wants bus people out of his sight. He's won: it's being moved to the isolated red spot, at a cost of $77m+.
Satellite view of Providence showing pedestrian paths out of the now-decided-upon relocation of the city's bus hub out of the city center (where people need to be) to an isolated location a 10+ minute walk north. All of the six possible ways from the new hub to literally anything that isn't a mall or the state capitol building are at least 1,700 feet (via a feasible pedestrian path). And every single one of them requires crossing high-speed arterial roads (at least one) and/or an interstate highway, where already pedestrian-oblivious drivers regularly speed and turn across crosswalks without looking for people. Every transit rider begins and completes their trip as a pedstrian (including those using wheelchairs, etc.).
August 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
musicophilia.bsky.social
What a shock--RIDOT car-sewers dominate. Even #2 Empire & Washington doesn't technically count as RIDOT, but it's entirely because it feeds from the interstate and RIDOT's feeder intersection of Broadway shooting drivers toward Washington on Empire at high speed still in freeway-brain.
kennyuong.bsky.social Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 9d
Intersections in Providence with the most crashes involving cyclists and pedestrians since 2009 (data through May 2021)

Source: www.providenceri.gov/wp-content/u...
September 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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mcsweeneys.net
The miraculous Shit-Raining Machine, from which there will be NO HOPE OF RELIEF, promises to unlock PREVIOUSLY UNIMAGINABLE AND CURRENTLY VAGUE BENEFITS FOR HUMANKIND, such as:

- business things
- other stuff
- WE MUST CREATE IT.
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We Must Create the Shit Machine
“For as long as humans have created SHIT with our BODIES AND BUTTS, we have been asking this FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION: What if there was a COMPUTER that could AL...
www.mcsweeneys.net
September 17, 2026 at 1:40 AM