Bits
These are almost certainly #fossilfuel plants that might be reasonable candidates for retirement if it weren’t for their use to supply #bitcoin miners. So, these miners are contributing to all of the health and climate problems associated with the continued use of fossil fuels. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/over-2-percent-of-the-uss-electricity-generation-now-goes-to-bitcoin/
Common Crawl’s mission as an organization does not easily align with the needs of trustworthy #AI #llm development. https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/research/library/generative-ai-training-data/common-crawl
Music & Sound
“the instrument emerged in the shadow of the National Research Council, Canada’s federal agency for R&D in science and technology” #synth https://spectrum.ieee.org/electronic-music
The Hugh Le Caine Collection https://soundandscience.net/collections/midcentury-electronic-musical-instrument-design/
I couldn’t care less about the #grammyawards .. but this performance from #jonimitchell moved me https://networkeffects.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/joni-mitchell-feb042024.mp4
no riffs hint at the grittiness of navigating masculinity when you aren’t born of privilege. No key shifts evoke images of depression, anxiety and identity crisis. Combs’s interpretation of Chapman’s lyrics feels like an ode to an actual car. What a waste. #music https://archive.ph/FboEl
a voice of “the doomed, the damned, the weird.” https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2024%2F02%2F08%2Farts%2Fmusic%2Fmojo-nixon-dead.html
a site for making mixtapes together. Once it’s full, your mixtape will be automatically converted into a single, crossfaded mp3 that can be streamed or downloaded #music https://mixtapegarden.com/
If all my days was hills to climb and circles without reason,
If all I was was passing time my life was just a season .. https://youtu.be/7CekMoTerEM?feature=shared
Comics
One day Son, all this will be yours .. https://embed.tumblr.com/embed/post/-Qo_qojk7kK4BBQB3f2Sgw/741558348537888768
Film & Video
“We’re in a position where we’re kicking the door in. When you kick the door in, you should just put your foot in the door and stand there.” https://12ft.io/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/lily-gladstone-is-holding-the-door-open
Politics & Economics
I expect taking real steps to address #foodsecurity by regulating monolithic supermarket chains would have gone a long way in this unrest .. but no, tax the farmers & ditch the sustainability commitments instead .. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/31/eu-delays-biodiversity-rules-amid-rising-protests-from-farmers
#novascotia #publictransit #trains https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/transportation/railroad-trilogy-2024-canadas-passenger-rail-service-past-present-and-future/