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OK but that first photo 🥺

Ross really putting the "stupid" in "it's the economy, stupid!"

I have a ton of that stuff!

You might enjoy this - I talked a bunch about the early days on this podcast episode:

voicesofvr.com/1027-rec-roo...

I am a creative director in the video game industry. Something I've told my design teams for years is "it's not what you say that matters, it's what they hear"

It's not about what you said. It's about what was heard (and of course understood, and retained, and actioned...)

Kendrick Lamar performing at the Super Bowl. He is staring into the camera with a shit-eating grin as he says "Say Drake..." into the mic

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article) Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Gift link for anyone who wants to read it:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I agree. I think people are mentally inserting the word "just" - as in he is *just* a trained performer.

Perennial social media problem (reacting to what you heard, as opposed to what was actually said)

As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable… The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…

www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
"Australia doesn’t just excel at big renewables and big batteries. Four million homes produce rooftop solar; a few weeks ago, those households temporarily supplied 55% of demand on the National Electricity Market, Westerman said."

My attempt at a definition:

Clout farming - the unseemly accumulation of hard power (e.g., follower count)

Aura farming - the unseemly accumulation of soft power (i.e., harder to quantify "vibes" or rep - but still of value)

YouTube video by Telepathic Instruments "How to Orchid" by Telepathic Instruments

How to Orchid:

youtu.be/hbO1z13WP8o?...

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Seattle folks - a local indie publisher could use some help:

gofund.me/ab8cd5646

Also that math doesn't really pencil out. If you assume a 300W panel, you need ~3.3 million panels to generate a GW.

Assume 50% efficiency and that's ~6.6M.

How are we getting to 12.5M?

And what does "continually produce" mean in this context? Solar panels can never be "continuous"

Yeah after I asked that I saw "EV" in the headline 😅

What is the main source of batteries? Is it consumer electronics (like phones and laptops), EVs, something else? Curious to know what the batteries were originally in (mostly)

The Beatle

@mikegrunwald.bsky.social wrote a relevant book!

I love Lodger. A deeply strange album that stretched my ears when I first heard it as a teen. I found Adrian Belew's guitar work fascinating.

I've always really liked the guitar part at ~0:33 in "Red Sails" - including the "can't unhear" mistake in the second repeat 😂

A wide shot of the interior crowded arena-style concert hall. The ambient light is blue. The focal point is a huge white light projection of a human figure, caught mid-performance with left harm outstretched. If you look close, you can see the actual performer in the same pose, tiny at the feet of the projection.

Kendrick Lamar in Glasgow

DOOMscroll Scroll to survive. How far can you DOOMscroll?

I just Doomscrolled 813 meters and killed 349 monsters. How far can you get?
gisnep.com/doomscroll

What are bicycle drums?

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YouTube video by wavratX Kendrick screaming MUSTARD

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

Oh man. Where to start. OK - Kendrick Lamar (famous rapper) humiliated Drake (another famous rapper) in a rap battle earlier this year. Some of Kendrick's beats were made by a DJ called "Mustard". Kendrick made victory lap album ("GNX") and in one of the songs he shouts "MUSTAAAAARD!" it's fun

What is the first market they are targeting?

When I interviewed for Beam Software back in 1994, they had me play Bubsy and say what I thought about it.

I played it, and was like... "this is kinda crappy". And they said "yup, that was a test - if you liked it, you would have flunked the interview"

Anyway can't wait to check out Bubsy 4D =]

Doubt

Hell yeah 👍 You got this. Slow and steady wins the lifting race 🏋️‍♀️

Oh great a SEVENEVES prequel

Holy shit 😳

DUNE I Lost My Car!