August 7, 2020

📡 – 08.07.2020

A small collection of things I ~consumed~ recently.

Not all of this is new. Inclusion does not imply endorsement. All of it gave me something to think about. Feel free to discuss in the comments below. 

You can also read this post on patreon here.

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It's Bandcamp Friday! Buy a bunch of music! Recent highlights for me include:

• The entire Yellow Swans discography

• The entire Speaker Music discography

• The entire Emeralds discography

• Grouper's entire discography, with special shoutouts to her Nivhek project

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• In Defense of the Poor Image – Hito Steyerl, Eflux

• In America’s “First Suburban Chinatown,” Asian Americans Have Negotiated Cultural Representation – Caroline Liou, Hyperallergic

• The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free  – Nathan J Robinson, Current Affairs

• All Those Cute Selfies Are Loving Nature to Death – Rebecca Giggs, WIRED

• Philosophers On GPT-3 (updated with replies by GPT-3) – Various, Nous

• The Gig Economy Is Failing. Say Hello to the Hustle Economy. – Caitlin Dewey, OneZero

• We are witnessing the fall of a great power  – Crispin Hull, Canberra Times
  
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• How the Pandemic Defeated America – Ed Yong, Atlantic

• What ARGs can teach us about QAnon – Adrian Hon, MSSV
  

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Back on my synth videos bullshit. Mostly:

• Loopop

• Ricky Tinez and

• Red Means Recording

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At the repeated insistence of several close friends I recently picked up Horizon Zero Dawn (I know) and ... yeah, it's very good. I'm going to say a bunch of things many other people have said before me, and in 2017: the characters and environment are compelling, the story is well paced and the way the past of the setting unfolds through the discovery of codex entries littered throughout the world is well executed. There have been several times while playing I have said - aloud - "Whoa ... this is so cool."

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• Fun City has released one episode of a miniseries played in a different system, called Stillfleet. New characters, new arc, ground floor - so if you're looking for new listening material, this is a great place to start. You can listen at funcity.ventures. The next episode in the series comes out next Friday!
  

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Hope everyone is safe, healthy, indoors and has a great weekend <3