Good evening Squirrel Fans.
It has been the kind of day when this method of telling the time might seem perfectly sensible in comparison!
“I'm trying to remember how you tell the time by looking at the sun." -"I should leave it for a while, it's too bright to see the numbers at the moment.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
Where ever you are in your day I hope you’re enjoying it! 😊🫶🐿️🖖
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Todays diary entry is here: beige.party/@Tim_McTuffty/1131…
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Last day of #FediForum 2024. Excellent sessions. More linkdump / bookmarks:
* Unconference in the UK coming up -> oggcamp.org (Andy Piper is one of the organisers and it is open source and free culture)
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RIP
Mary McFadden, Celebrated Designer of Shimmering Dresses, Dies at 85 - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/09/14/fashion…
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Attention Arch users, Pacman 7.0 has just landed in stable Arch's repos. However, if you use local ones, you must manually intervene. Here's how to do it.
linuxiac.com/pacman-7-0-requir…
#linux #arch #archlinu #pacman
I'm watching "The real reason algorithms are bad for art" by Digging the greats and can't remember the last time I asked real humans for recommendations for music. At one point, he is going around asking people of artists/albums that they recommend. I thought that was a cool idea. Then I thought, what if I asked lemmy/mastodon/ect and see what you all recommend?
**Who is your favorite artist and what song/album would you recommend?**
I'm looking to expand my horizons a bit.
May I offer a link to my archive of writing about independent artists? It's not exactly what you were asking for but I think it might help you anyway. 100% human opinions about music, no algorithm involved! Every week I listen to five music submissions and write short (<150 words) descriptions of the music some at helping people figure out if it's something they might be interested in hearing. I focus on the strengths of the music and neutral description.
So it's not so much about my taste as what I'm observing as a musician and critical listener.
I've covered everything from rock bands to classical artists, so you should be able to find something you like. Generally, the first line should tell you enough to decide if it's even worth reading more, so it's super low commitment! Whenever possible I embed the player in the post, too, so you don't even have to click off the page to actually hear the music most of the time.
Weekend reading: Liz Cheney’s vision is incompatible with a fully realized democracy. But there is *some* line she’s not willing to cross to impose it on the country.
A devastating indictment of the Right that this actually distinguishes her.
Some thoughts based on this week’s piece:
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Liz Cheney’s struggle against Trump sets her apart. It matters. But she should not be allowed to define the boundaries of the “respectable” spectrum of U.S. politics or the contours of American democracy.
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Hope you had a good sleep Sweetie 😊🫶🐿️🖖
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