🎵 After a first run through I think I like the new boygenius record quite a lot. https://musicthread.app/link/2P0Sxs8S3UkQfEsAD3mZlzau6NT
"ELITE"
In all seriousness, the only thing I associated with this word for most of my teens was that space-trading computer game with those glorious line graphics.
I know I am supposed to take the arguments of those opposed to the "elite" seriously, but I can only think of docking my space ship to sell narcotics.
Question about a fediverse tool, and a worry about searching
A long time ago I created a thing on Twitter. The idea was you could rate anything - anything at all - by tweeting a score (like 7/10), the name of whatever you were rating, and the hashtag #moot (for Marks Out Of Ten). My site would gather all these tweets and make them full-text searchable, aggregating all the individual found scores into a single mark out of ten.
Here's an example for 'tayto': https://www.hashmoot.com/search?q=tayto
🎵 This morning I’m back on one of my absolute favourite albums ever: Audible Sigh from Bill Mallonee/VoL https://musicthread.app/link/2OjB3Z8j6XNGyJLx2pOYv9Cl0G9
another day, another headline complaining GenZ isn't "loyal" enough to their employers
my dudes you created a hypercapitalist environment in which people are "resources" and have barely any agency as to how and when their skills are applied for the betterment of society and you complain that the new generation aren't LOYAL enough??
you get your filthy fuckin mitts off their souls
Holy crap, Nilay Patel just ruthlessly corners Substack’s CEO Chris Best on moderating racist content and I love it
The opposite of “return to office” advocates isn’t “work from home” advocates. It’s a rich tapestry of “open offices are distracting” people and “I’ve never gone this long without being sick” people and “commutes are a waste of time I don’t get paid for” people and “I’m an introvert and playing house with coworkers sucks the life out of me” people and “I have a family and appreciate the flexibility” people and “I primarily communicated with coworkers through Slack anyway” people and “no one wa…
A shorter list of music stood out for me in March than did in February: https://musicthread.app/thread/2MPLc047HoGBoSeJlqCT42j6rBk
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