Matthew Ismael Ruiz

listen to the new haram it’s quite literally fire

it’s all so incredibly bleak

this is the kid who uses chatgpt to write lyrics 😩

A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*

Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when

An LLM just generates text

The Obsessive World of Digital Music Collectors Remember downloading songs? Even in 2022, it’s still a viable—and rewarding—way to collect music.

this is truly tragic and i’m sorry to hear it. you CAN rebuild it! some stuff may be lost for good but these things are avoidable. forgive the self promo but maybe this will help? pitchfork.com/features/art...

we used to have streetcars for that, until the rubber lobby killed them in favor of buses that consume rubber tires

what’s the program?

not sure if this has been previously reported but there’s a nice lil nugget in here about the demo for the original samurai champloo theme, which Nujabes refused to release, and is still out there, somewhere…

Don’t Touch Shinichirō Watanabe’s Playlist The anime auteur picks his best needle drops — from Cowboy Bebop to his new show Lazarus.

interviewing Watanabe-san about the music in his anime has been on my bucket list for about a decade. the undisputed GOAT www.vulture.com/article/shin...

Illustration + Art Direction for @see-saw.fun

chris how is a single unnamed source from the mayor’s office a fact-check? how did the union respond to the claim?

what is the “additional funding?” when was it accessed? how much was it?

this raises more questions than it answers

lol 100% not me but it looks dope!

i think summer stage does it pretty well tbh!