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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

This is a reverse centaur, and it is a specific kind of reverse centaur: it is what Dan Davies calls an “accountability sink”. The radiologist’s job is not really to oversee the AI’s work, it is to take the blame for the AI’s mistakes.

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Nocturnes Vol.1, by myself and Mark Barrott is out today. There's a listening party at 8PM GMT tonight. We'll be there a little earlier so come on in anytime from 7.30 PM.
Join in here - richardnorris.bandcamp.com/merch/nocturnes-vol-1-listening-party
#ambientmusic #ambient #nocturnes #sleepmusic

Iran execute protesters in hospital beds, with fears the death toll now surpassing 30,000 in ongoing crackdown | LBC Protestors have been found with gunshot wounds to the head whilst in their hospital gowns, according to reports.

Maybe this is my part-Persian heritage coming through, but I have to say I do find it wild that people who have spent the past two years declaring genocide and demanding we ”don’t look away” are for some reason sitting out this particular mass-cull of unarmed citizens. www.lbc.co.uk/article/iran...

Yeah, I know.. Was sad when CBS bought them years ago, I don't use any of the features apart from the scrobbling, and I think there are open source versions of it, if one day they pull the plug.

I love you @ledbydonkeys.org

Great powers trending toward self-harm — except maybe India - Asia Times Howdy, folks! The theme of this week’s roundup is “self-inflicted harm by the world’s Great Powers.” I left Europe out of the mix this week, since their

Started the week with a recap by Noah Smith. "Meanwhile, America continues its slow deterioration into anti-science, anti-technology medievalism" asiatimes.com/2026/01/grea...

My Last.fm 2025 list.

Every year after the Spotify Wrapped bs, I remember there's a better data visualization via @last.fm. I've been scrobbling since 2004, and I think I've got at least 99% of everything scrobbled since then over 570K listens. Here's last year! Shame it's a dead network www.last.fm/user/kidindigo

YouTube video by African Head Charge - Topic Primal One Drop

Happy 68th birthday to Adrian Sherwood!
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The Ex - White Liberals [Netherlands, anarcho-punk] (1985)

The Ex - White Liberals [Netherlands, anarcho-punk] (1985)
https://redd.it/594ne8
https://youtu.be/BsTjGERxNL4

video taken from pretty high up #fyp #viral #leftist #trump #greenland TikTok video by Somaya

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Good explanation of US / European Faustian Bargain and the imperialism/colonialism thing. People in the comments were focused on EU politicians cheering and didn't see the forest from the trees.

Wool, by Wooden Tape 13 track album

Gather around oh ye fae folk; Wooden Tape makes lovely UK folk/tronica & hauntology. RIYL Ghost Box.

Out on God Unknown Records. woodentape.bandcamp.com/album/wool

We are cuss words

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that’s exactly true. most of tech house and techno etc. have been derivatives for decades too, of course and i guess it’s not different than making radio-friendly rock as well. but again the consolidation of power/attention these days + AI makes it deadlier, imho.

Platforms like Splice have democratized access to professional sounds, but at the cost of creative individualism. When thousands of producers drag-and-drop the same “KSHMR Vol. 3” snare or “Oliver” bass loop, the sonic palette of the entire industry begins to gray.

The result is a “genre-defying blend of mellow, mid-tempo, lo-fi” sludge designed to blend seamlessly into the background of your life. It is “wallpaper music” for the digital age, where a jarring key change or a dissonant texture is an economic liability.

How Algorithms and “Sameness Fatigue” Are Hollowing Out Electronic Music While the electronic music industry boasts record revenues in 2025, a crisis of "sameness fatigue" driven by algorithmic curation and risk-averse booking is hollowing out the culture's creative core. ...

Spotify’s recommendation engine penalizes tracks with high skip rates, incentivizing producers to front-load songs with hooks and strip away the “boring” bits—like intros, outros, or dynamic tension. midnightrebels.com/how-algorith...

exactly it’s a downward spiral. we had it in turkey with erdogan

Perseverance Flow! One of the best pieces this year. It's a long and taxing listen but it's absolutely trance inducing. Enjoy!

the headline has now been changed to fake artist 🙌

the headline has now been changed to fake artist :)

going, going, gone!

Just drafted a new post on the old newsletter, to wrap 2025 up completely. There's a best of metal playlist + some pointers to others like @deselbysgold.bsky.social's @brankokurjak.bsky.social's + some mixes & new stuff. Show some love pls. <3

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unfortunately this is life in the scam economy.

Parasitic: Best Metal of 2025

cryptopsy is a good pick but f the melon, he's so irritating. got a 22 song best metal playlist maybe u enjoy it instead :D open.spotify.com/playlist/4Aw...

@reveriefortwo on Instagram 23 likes, 1 comments - reveriefortwo on December 18, 2025

I don't wanna share Instagram links, and I'm trying to get off it (at least take my personal account down) but we are doing a tiny reels project with a close RL friend with found videos. I pick the tunes, she picks the videos. It's called Reverie for Two. No stress. www.instagram.com/p/DSaUPJ7iARe/

I forgot to share my best of metal playlist. A lot of #blackmetal as expected and some #sludge #doom #death and what not. Imperial Triumphant, Yellow Eyes, Vauruva, Agriculture, Intercourse, Blood Abscission and more.

open.spotify.com/playlist/4Aw...

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thank you X

missed it :(