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If anyone is a fan of Jon Ronson (Them: Adventures with Extremists, The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry), he's got a pretty interesting, compassionate, easy-to-digest BBC4 podcast, called Things Fell Apart, about specific origins in the Culture Wars. I'm sure everyone will have a different favorite, but the collision of second wave feminism with third wave might be mine. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/things-fell-apart/id1592984136?i=1000540367923 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011cpr/episodes/player A sample segment of one episode...

Fela Ransome-Kuti And Africa ’70 with Ginger Baker - Live!

Funny, there was frost on all the cars this morning in sunny Silicon Valley

What is the 1Password non-subscription alternative at this point? Assume it’s no longer LastPass? Man, it sucks every tiny, single product development team is jumping to SaaS. Have to leave Pathfinder after all these years for the same reason.

Bingeing through Somebody Somewhere. When did HBO start doing kind and sweet?

Hope it was a great day (and continues in the night).

Went to a rocky beach with Esmé today and took along those Lomo lens re-creations to test. For any potential interest here are a couple from the Achromat. Fun rendering. Good to get out.

Maita - I Just Want To Be Wild For You

I got my second last week. Hope you have no side effects, but I felt a little weak the next day. As with most issues lately, a nap took care of that. All fine two days out.

Hope it's a wonderful, sunny day.

Speaking of big guys, anyone watching Peacemaker? It’s my smart-dumb, semi-guilty, middle of the night watch.

We're in Ozark now. Add teenage money laundering to the earlier Euphoria sex and drugs list.

This is another reason to watch the show. https://www.popphoto.com/news/hbo-euphoria-shot-on-kodak-ektachrome/

Yep, though inherent would be closer to bought. Mel's sister gave it to us as she left the country to convert souls to white Jesus. And of course ROI sucks for any other choice when you're comparing to free. Especially during rarely used pandemic times and Mel's Mini is just more fun to buzz around in. #firstworldproblems Grahame, there's actually a children's CD stuck in there, that condenses (shockingly well) the first three Star Wars films down to a softer ~35 minutes using voice actors, half of which seem to have never heard the original actors. The accompanying book is long gone ([ding] "turn the page"], but we switch on every few months, usually at night, for a semi-exciting adventure and laugh. Far worse things to get stuck in a CD player. #firstworldproblems

Not sure if it really needed it, but first car wash since the start of the pandemic. The 2010 Kia Optima is back to all its sexy glory. I really hate this car.

I’m curious your experiences with the 2i. Keep eyeing it. Also this Tweet from last night seems relevant.

I suspect this could go in at least four threads...

The Architecture of Musical Instruments https://petapixel.com/2022/02/02/photographer-reveals-the-architecture-inside-musical-instruments/