Amazing collection of live shows uploaded to the Archive!

archive.org/details/@aad...

#music

Sweet sweet DTMF memories.

phreaknet.org/bluebox/

#phreak

Afrika Bambaataa, hip-hop music pioneer, dies aged 67 The Bronx born rapper's global hit Planet Rock is credited with shaping hip-hop in the 1980s.

Afrika Bambaataa has left the building.

Rock Rock. Planet Rock. Has Stopped.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

#hiphop #rip

I always figured I would be long dead before the cyberpunk future became reality and well here we are.

Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era A new initiative to secure the world’s most critical software and give defenders a durable advantage in the coming AI-driven era of cybersecurity.

Once again, watching Neuromancer become real before my very eyes is just wild.

www.anthropic.com/glasswing

a photo of the Senior ICs who reported to carousel

Currently in tech

Plottimation, my tool for converting #plotterArt frame-sheets into animated GIFs, is now in version 1.09 after extensive improvements :) golanlevin.github.io/plottimation/

Photograph of AAWU Union Reps for Local 10011101

Your AAWU Local 111011101 reps are here to sign you up.

The Dischord Records site has been the same for well over a decade. It uses an HTML 4.01 doctype. Full page refreshes. RSS feed. Just bought a great old record from it. Works perfectly, no notes. dischord.com

The heroes we need.

never forget when the Easter Bunny sent Teddy Roosevelt to the shadow realm

The kids are allright.

youtu.be/T2U6rCr9tns?...

Just wait till the AIs unionize.

I'm comfortable with my traumas thank you.

A bag of praying mantis ootheca

A praying mantis ootheca

Another praying mantis ootheca

It’s that time of year again.

#predator

Proto-Grunge Deep Cuts

Spotify’s AI did a fairly decent job.

open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...

‘Thief’ at 44: How Michael Mann’s Cinema Debut Stole the World’s Attention • Cinephilia & Beyond By Sven Mikulec I started the film at 175 pounds and dropped to 150. We worked eighteen-hour days. This director, Michael Mann, it was his first picture, and this guy is bright, crazy but bright. He m...

“Hey, I don’t need Hollywood. Man, I can break into any safe in the country.”

Remembering the great James Caan on his birthday.

⬇️⬇️⬇️

cinephiliabeyond.org/thief-michae...

"I don't see a cohesive vision for MacOS and WatchOS. This, more than one bad release, seems far worse to me and dangerous for the company."

matduggan.com/i-cant-see-a...

#apple #macos #design #product

Sharks in the Bahamas Are Full of Cocaine, Caffeine, and Painkillers The waters of the Bahamas are filled with enough traces of human pharmaceuticals and illegal drugs that it’s showing up in shark blood.

god forbid they have hobbies smh

image from the classic Atari 2600 version of the video game Missile Command. Bleep bleep! BOOM!

Does this tweak my Cold War upbringing. Yes, yes it does.

> Missile Defense is NP-Complete
> smu160.github.io/posts/missil...

#algorithms #missiles #milspec

Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80

Tracy Kidder has left the building.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/b...

#soul #of #the #new #machine

Papers We Love Tokyo (2026/04/30 07:00〜) What was the last paper within the realm of computing you read and loved? What did it inspire you to build or tinker with? Come share the ideas in an awesome academic/research paper with fellow engine...

Papers We Love #tokyo is kicking off on April 30th!

RSVP here: pwl.connpass.com/event/388223/

#paperswelove #meetup #japan #tech

Funny how I didn’t have any sleep problems until I got an Oura ring

@atgreen.bsky.social is using AI to great effect for the Common Lisp community.

atgreen.github.io/repl-yell/

Some folks don't like it, but having a lot of useful libraries for an older language with a small community is a net positive IMHO.

#lisp #ai

A New Package for Making Charts in Emacs: eplot One of the items on my todo list was: And that’s because I’ve been looking for an easy way to do simple plots for yonks. When I did a post about movie ratings, I tried chart.el: It&#821…

Emacs continues to amaze.

lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2024/06/26/a...

#emacs #charts #svg #lisp

Why is the Department of Orb Prevention doing such a terrible job? Per statute, I pay my Orb Taxes at every full moon, and we're still getting orb warnings every month – if not more frequently!

deary - Alma (Official Video) YouTube video by deary

A little #shoegaze in the morning

youtu.be/aYCBi9qmJCk

10000%

This may be heresy for some, but Claude has significantly improved my Emacs and org config. It provided a nice walk through of different strategies before we landed on an approach.

#emacs #elisp #ai

Improvised MANPADS Prototype - Launcher and Rocket Assembly YouTube video by Alisher Khojayev

It's wild living in the cyberpunk future.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDO2...