#Listening to Braindrops, a 2019 single by Melbourne band Tropical Fuck Storm;
https://tropicalfstorm.bandcamp.com/track/braindrops

Like a lot of my favourite music, this is really hard to pigeonhole genre-wise. How to describe it? Almost like spoken word, with a shambling, spiky rhythmic and pseudo-melodic backing that reminds me of nothing more than The Shaggs.

#HatTip to the Cobain 50 podcast for introducing me to them;

https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/cobain50/2024/5/15/the-shaggs-philosophy-of-the-world-1969/

#TropicalFuckStorm #music #Melbourne

As a person whose name and likeness regularly gets used for AI slop, @kashhill.bsky.social's AI-written biography has unlocked an entirely new kind of nightmare fuel: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/technology/ai-slop-books-biography-amazon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yFA.goGV.PyjHouzlY6S3

Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory

Hyundai aims to deploy 25,000 Atlas robots starting with US factories in 2028.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/fear-of-humanoid-robots-spurs-human-workers-to-strike-at-hyundai-auto-factory/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@sarahjamielewis @danmcd This is what got under my skin.

The rejection of justice as an acceptable motivator for action is an absolute evil.

"Don't give them more ideas"

｢ BREAKING: Trump Media to sell "faster millisecond access" to Trump's Truth Social posts starting August 1, letting traders, hedge funds, and high-frequency trading firms pay for real-time millisecond access to Trump's Truth Social posts.

This comes a day after Iran calculated $9 billion in profits from market manipulation by Kushner and Witkoff through insider access to Iran negotiations ｣

https://xcancel.com/HormuzLetter/status/2077837437384982529

#uspol

@ImmerNurRichtung @FlippoFlip @ZDF wird heute Nacht veröffentlicht.

Jean-Edouard avait un sens des priorités plus développé que celui du bas peuple

Ma première BD, les fables bucoliques autogérées, est sortie ! 60 pages de gags animaliers avec souvent une petite morale anticapitaliste à la fin 🦊 A retrouver dans votre librairie indé préférée (lien de commande en bio ou sur https://www.placedeslibraires.fr/livre/9782413089971-fables-bucoliques-autogerees-popolitique/)

@FlippoFlip @ZDF Kann man denn den Song irgendwo hören?/Frage für Frau Streisand...

@ljrk outrageous! I love them

@simonzerafa

Of course not!

The top leader has changed for Kudokai, a legally designated yakuza crime syndicate based in Fukuoka Prefecture, the Fukuoka Prefectural Public Safety Commission announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/16/japan/crime-legal/kudokai-yakuza-leader-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yakuza #kudokai #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #fukuoka

Statement von Danger Dan und Igor Levit (leider nur auf Facebook und Instagram):

„Immer Ärger mit dem ZDF, dieses Mal haben sie uns ernsthaft rausgeschmissen.

Aber der Reihe nach...
Wir hatten gestern einen wunderschönen freien Tag in München, allerdings etwas unverhofft. Eigentlich waren wir eingeladen, um in der ZDF-TV-Sendung „Die Anstalt" ein antifaschistisches Lied zu spielen. Ganz kurz vor der Aufzeichnung hat allerdings die ZDF-Intendanz ihr Veto gegen unseren Auftritt eingelegt.“ 1/

@randahl This is pretty common for IPO's, especially ones as hyped as this one. It will take a few years for this one to find its fair value. Most of the prospectus was about AI and orbital datacenters. It will take more than two years, and a lot of capital, to get that off the ground. The prospectus was all story and no numbers. People who bought the IPO bought a story.

Government policy on data centres was written before ChatGPT existed.

We urgently need a pause on new centres until we can develop a clear national approach that puts an end to the corporate free-for-all.

Scotland must work for people and planet, not just tech billionaires.

Add your voice 👇
https://www.greens.scot/datacentres

I used to be excited about rocket launches. Fuck you, SpaceX, for taking that away from me by destroying the sky, the atmosphere, and dropping shit on me because of your terrible safety and nonexistent environmental practices. https://flipboard.com/@spacecom/spacex-6lea8r50z/-/a-uqOOTanZQHe-8X_AdQQaMw%3Aa%3A1693190246-%2F0

@neil do you know you can export your filters directly, since the last version?

@hedders Curious, isn't it.

@Gina same energy:

@arstechnica I predict that outsiders will continue losing money to insiders on Kalshi. Take my bet, you cowards!