{"id":3572,"date":"2024-12-22T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:07:01","slug":"href-weekly-dec-15-dec-21-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3572","title":{"rendered":"href weekly | Dec 15 \u2013 Dec 21 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='e-content'>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Even when the Elf is not on the Shelf, you are never free of it. You carry the Elf within you, monitoring your own conduct for Naughtiness. You hold yourself prisoner within a self-surveilled snow globe of Santa\u2019s making.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/great-philosophers-on-santas-naughty-and-nice-lists\">https:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/great-philosophers-on-santas-naughty-and-nice-lists<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sound &amp; Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=wfmu\">#wfmu<\/a> drove my snowed-in Holiday party with Todd-o-phonic Todd <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmu.org\/playlists\/shows\/147208\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.wfmu.org\/playlists\/shows\/147208<\/a> and Fools Paradise <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmu.org\/playlists\/shows\/147267\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.wfmu.org\/playlists\/shows\/147267<\/a> holiday shows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Get off the Stool\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1JCm9cRd1v8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">And I said: &#8220;Why?&#8221;<br>And she said: &#8220;&#8216;Cause<br>This ain&#8217;t no place to take a rest<br>And, I ain&#8217;t Santa Claus&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Film &amp; Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">christmas On Mars (2008) <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/xmas-on-mars\/Xmas+on+Mars\/Title+T00-1.m4v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/xmas-on-mars\/Xmas+on+Mars\/Title+T00-1.m4v<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Pack of Gifts Now\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vxvDMWRG-gQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saskatchewan .. sh***t .. I&#8217;m still in Saskatchewan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Politics &amp; Economics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It is in the financial interest of streaming services to discourage a critical audio culture among users, to continue eroding connections between artists and listeners, so as to more easily slip discounted stock music through the cracks, improving their profit margins in the process.&#8221; <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=streaming\">#streaming<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=music\">#music<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=economics\">#economics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/2025\/01\/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/2025\/01\/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bits &#8220;Even when the Elf is not on the Shelf, you are never free of it. You carry the Elf within you, monitoring your own conduct for Naughtiness. 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