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An engineer restores pay phones for free public use In a rural Vermont county, spotty cellphone coverage is the norm. But a local tinkerer is using old technology to help his community stay connected free of charge.

In a rural Vermont county, spotty cellphone coverage is the norm. But a local tinkerer is using old technology to help his community stay connected free of charge.

Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.

He Saves Decades of Underground Music and Makes it Free to All Shayne Stacy's Sacramento Music Archive is a goldmine of previously unseen punk, metal and indie shows in the Bay Area and beyond.

Nerd Alert www.kqed.org/arts/1397951...

Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I. Brian Merchant’s new book, “Blood in the Machine,” argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.

"...that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers above the inequitable profitability of machines."

YouTube video by 13th Floor Elevators - Topic Reverberation - Doubt

Evening jam www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C0V...

Thieves Target Tennessee National Guard Facilities, Stealing Night Vision Goggles and More A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job.

Just pulling out some random words "...suspect organized activity", "..confirmed military backgrounds", " ...indicators for some insider knowledge being needed"

www.wired.com/story/myster...

Right to Repair or GTFO. If PE has it's way, you will have to enroll in a subscription service to get a screwdriver never mind a service call.

Good read. Phrase of the day “sociometabolic interdependences.”

YouTube video by Unwound - Topic Understand & Forget

Evening jam www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKxX...

free article: https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-stripping

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...

YouTube video by Charlie Spliff The Buff Medways - Fire

Evening jam www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MEv...

It was

Private Equity Gutted Surf Brands — Is Fishing Next? The outdoor boom brought PE Capital. But it could strip our soul too.

No, I don't regularly read Fishing Tackle Retailer, but I am always down to spread a warning message about private equity ghouls and the damage the do to niche companies. fishingtackleretailer.com/private-equi...

“Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”
― Hannah Arendt

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YouTube video by The Project Kings guard pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with Black Sabbath cover

www.youtube.com/shorts/LizzH...

I spent seven years writing a book on this and she just… said it in three succinct paragraphs to politico.

All good advice

TIL this is an actual confederate flag. They have been loser piss babies since day one.

Large piece of graffiti that says “Class War” in large red letters

No war but

How America Became Hostile to Shade A roving history makes the case for shade’s centrality to public health, climate adaptation, and even a more robust and inclusive public sphere.

Another good review of this book. newrepublic.com/article/1983...

"Create the light they won’t give you."

A Love Letter to Music Listings Publications like Time Out New York were my bible and my road map.

The analog world is being bleed dry with shitty paid subscription services for everything waiting in the wings.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Compared with the curated, only partially self-disclosing pictures that are the mainstay of social media, Adrienne Salinger’s images of teens in their bedrooms, taken in the ’80s and ’90s, offer a sense of the perilousness of adolescence. See more: nyer.cm/9lpzQPW

YouTube video by Severin - Topic People Are Wrong

Afternoon jam www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5n_...

A large colorful mural of James Booker

A mural showing the Ali Spinks fight sept 15 1978

A mural of DR.John at the piano

Some sections of the Tchoupitoulas Art Corridor flood wall mural project

A photo of Gram Parsons grave in Metairie LA

Get ready for much NOLA tourist content

Chart showing average Atlantic hurricane and tropical storm activity from May to December based on data from 1944 to 2020. Activity increases sharply in August, peaking in mid-September. A marker indicates the current date as July 28, just before activity begins to rise.

On average, 86% of all named tropical systems in the Atlantic occur after August 2, and the first hurricane doesn't form until August 11.
We have a long season to go. Prepare now – Learn how at weather.gov/safety/hurricane

A quick preview of the world the right wants for you here in America.

Noude Ma Gnin Tche De Me, by Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou from the album Echos Hypnotiques - From the Vaults of Albarika Store 1969-1979 (Analog Africa Nr. 6)

Evening jam analogafrica.bandcamp.com/track/noude-...