.liz pelly’s new book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist is out tomorrow! “How do we minimize the influence of corporations in our lives?” she asks.

Due to an unforced error by Democrats, we lost the National Labor Relations Board majority two years earlier than expected. This is a huge setback for the hundreds of thousands of workers across this country organizing for a better contract. Let me explain. 🧵

God damn. soundcloud.com/yoyaku/yoyaku-…

Trick question, "Dopesmoker" by Sleep.

Gulp

meta trained it's AI on LibGen. Incredible "I didn't STEAL these gems, how could I possibly know that that peg-legged man with a parrot obtained them unlawfully?" vibes. wired.com/story/new-docu…

Is Mark Zuckerberg right to change content moderation policies and end DEI? I mean, I’m fairly sympathetic to what he says he wants to do, but really that’s the wrong question. And it’s a question that progressives need to stop caring about. The better question is why a single

it just keeps getting worse. gary indiana’s library arrived in altadena earlier this week. it’s gone.

sick ==> intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-…

when I've talked about the digital dark ages, I foolishly hadn't considered the destruction of very physical archives due to climate change but...it's definitely part of the same process.

another remarkable archive lost...

"turns out, life optimization and tax optimization are usually opposing goals."

Unbelievable, shame on the American Historical Association

deep memory unlocked AND an explanation of why I dig new age music now.

The music ai agent trend does at least get to the meat of the reality that in almost all cases popular music is now fungible/interchangeable and the scarce elements are parasocial stickiness and proximity to existing celebrity

I don't know how it's going to fit the general cultural landscape, but I once again am forced to remind you that we are less than 5 years away from the She + Him Revival.

Late last night, with about 15 minutes notice to the Union, the NLRB’s HR sent an email adopting the terms of the forked-up resignation scam. HR also provided us a contract that appears to be drafted by AI or LegalZoom. As labor lawyers, we’re happy to go over this in detail. 🧵

books....they used to look cooler.

wait till these amateurs learn about Tristram Shandy