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  Does anyone have a decent IMAP email program for Mac that can handle multiple accounts? Betterbird is a disappointment, Airmail went down the tube, MacMail is just an embarrassment...

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  America already has an arch and it's a pretty damned good one

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  Am I enjoying the privilege of paying to park at my place of business by using a surveillance app? No. No, I am not.

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  Is it banana?

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  The history books (at least, the ones I write) will note this as the high water mark of internet culture™️ https://youtu.be/votBDwhTu1E?si=d9p6KkoeIweBD_uZ

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  There are few more cut-and-dried examples of transformative reuse than Jamaican "riddims" like the dembow riddim. If thousands of new songs based on one simple riff aren't definitively #fairuse, then nothing is. https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-existence-of-an-entire-genre-of-music-may-hinge-on-one-judges-decision/

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  This is great: my county has launched an ICE reporting portal that residents can use to protect one another. Montgomery County, MD for the win. https://montgomerycountymd.seamlessdocs.com/ng/fa/ICEReportingPortal

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  Why even have an Oath of Office if it's not going to be enforced

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  Me: So, uh, am I officially "in remission?" Oncologist: Well, basically, you know you've beat cancer if something else kills you instead. Me: ... Oncologist: ... Me: ... Oncologist: Great! So we'll see you in six months.

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  If you have a Roku smart TV, today is a great day to do a factory reset, disable WiFi, and plug in an Apple TV or Google TV via HDMI instead. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fox-corporation-to-acquire-roku-inc-302800220.html

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  @rickf @jqheywood 2 years ago. 🤔

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  @rickf @jqheywood Either he jumped ship in the midst of a crisis, or got canned so he could be replaced with an AI bro. Either way, not good.

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  @rickf @jqheywood They have announced planned program closures next year. Unclear what the extent will be.

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  @rickf @jqheywood yeah, scary times. I thought I was set when I got tenure back in '15...

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  Writers, poets, activists, musicians, lovers, fighters, readers, citizens in the #DC area: Please join the Writers for Democratic Action tomorrow for this amazing event at the Writer's Center in Bethesda. Free and open to the public. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reimagining-america-toward-a-poetry-of-the-demos-tickets-1989174596766 #poetry #music #US250 #America250

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  ~35 years ago my friend Henry came to visit me in NYC. I took him out to my favorite jazz bar and wrote down recommendations about my favorite downtown bookstores on a coaster. This is how we used to do things before cell phones and social media.

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  In the dot-com era, folks used to ask "what's your number," as in "how much $ do you need before you cash out" Like we were all destined to be gazillionaires & retire at 35. I always said $5M. They'd raise their eyebrows like that was a lowball. Now I'm fairly certain I'll never see 1/10 of that.

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  🎥 NEW VIDEO 🎥 Dunia & Aram "The Passenger" #reggae cover of Iggy Pop's #punk classic. Directed by the inimitable Ruth Chon https://youtu.be/WR2mFr34c00 #music #musicvideo #indiemusic

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  Having adult kids is weird. I asked my 22yo what he wanted for his birthday and he said a vacuum cleaner.

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  The Secret Life of Data, turns out the entire internet stack is one giant surveillance machine edition https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260522023127.htm

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  Well this is exciting: my award-winning book The Secret Life of Data is coming out in paperback! As of today, you can pre-order it at Bookshop.org or wherever else fine books are sold: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-secret-life-of-data-navigating-hype-and-uncertainty-in-the-age-of-algorithmic-surveillance-aram-sinnreich/f4924c0b6c17526f

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  It took me such a long time to come around to Sonny Rollins, but once I did, a whole world of sound opened up to me. Crying genuine tears at the news of his passing. So grateful to have shared the world with him. God bless the man, he had his own. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mZNEEKtA8hU

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  Make it so https://www.axios.com/2026/05/24/aoc-takes-more-steps-toward-2028-run-for-president

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  Today's soundtrack is all Sonny

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  RE: https://flipboard.com/@billboard/billboard-charts-h88ueel4z/-/a-Qx_Cy1WdTpqrpY1Bra6s1g%3Aa%3A2749873208-%2F0 Not a minor achievement

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  Holy smokes a moon base https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7212409

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  The psychology of MAGA (and all bullies and creeps) in a nutshell: They're scared of everything and they want you to be scared too so they don't feel so bad about being so scared. They're jealous of your joy and generosity and optimism. Hold onto those feelings, and share them whenever possible.

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  Trying to work on important stuff but the despair

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  Who wore it better?

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  New #OpenAccess article from me, Victoria Simon & Nathaniel Laywine: What's with All the Tapestries? Intersectionality and the Discursive Vacuum of Generative AI Read it here: https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/article/doi/10.1215/2834703X-12347636/410013/What-s-with-All-the-Tapestries-Intersectionality