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  There’s a tribute album of Smashing Pumpkins covers that has some gems. A few tracks I particularly enjoy: 🍦 Today by YONAKA 🪨 Cherub Rock by Carpenter Brut 🦋 Bullet with Butterfly Wings by Palaye Royale 🌝 Tonight, Tonight by Starbenders https://actsofvolition.com/2026/08/smashing-pumpkins-tribute-for-2026/

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  If you enjoy some piece of media (a story, a song, an image), and then find out it was created with AI, is it reasonable to have your enjoyment impacted in retrospect? It sure is. https://actsofvolition.com/2026/08/retroactive-sentiment/

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  The Modern Day Typographer is impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ck-NPqf2c8

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  Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada at age 92 (the quote is around the 11min mark, but the relevant section begins around 8min30): “Welcoming people from all over the world, [and] caring for each other, including the weakest in society, is a sign of strength.” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/jean-chretien-says-we-bow-to-no-one-in-fiery-9-11-speech-in-gander-n-l-9.7340903

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  I’m an adult and have been for several decades. Every time someone say “it’s the former”, or “it’s the latter”, or “more the former than the latter”, I have to stop, and think: “Which one is first, former or latter?” It’s not your problem, it’s mine. https://actsofvolition.com/2026/09/former-latters/

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  Best new feature in macOS 27 (Golden Gate): A handy icon in the menu bar to show you how much milk is left in your baby bottle. https://actsofvolition.com/2026/09/golden-gate-bottle/

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  I endorse this Countdown Standard proposed by XKCD: https://xkcd.com/3232/

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  @mathowie The blog theme looks sharp, but I find it a bit difficult to read the text on the textured background.

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  The New York Times Connections game is a good band name generator. I’d go see Hobo Mosey opening for Octopus Breeze. https://actsofvolition.com/2026/04/connections-band-names/

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  Saying “I always review what the AI gives me and I don’t let it write for me” is the new “yes, dentist, I do floss every day.” https://actsofvolition.com/2026/05/ai-floss/

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  @siracusa You referenced a cover of U2's bad on https://atp.fm/691 but I couldn't make out the name of the artist. Who was that? Also, as a fellow not-a-Goose-person person, I recommend their Peter Gabriel cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgJq-9qqhtw) or The National cover (#3 on this playlist: https://goosetheband.bandcamp.com/album/2025-08-28-university-of-iowa-iowa-city-ia ) Now, back to the rest of the episode to find out that you talked about all of this already.