Seth Cooke | Every Contact Leaves a Trace
@sethcooke.bsky.social
filling noise with space
https://sethcooke.bandcamp.com
https://everycontactleavesatrace.bandcamp.com
speculation mine
Bristol, UK
https://sethcooke.bandcamp.com
https://everycontactleavesatrace.bandcamp.com
speculation mine
Bristol, UK
Pinned
COLDSTREAM EMPIRE - my new album, out today.
One 12'42" recording, subject to classifiers and erasure, repeated five times.
everycontactleavesatrace.bandcamp.com
One 12'42" recording, subject to classifiers and erasure, repeated five times.
everycontactleavesatrace.bandcamp.com
This is well stated. Automation is valuable, much of it is unflashy data engineering, and many organisations are yet to deliver on even just that as a solid foundation. LLMs jeopardise the solidity of systems of record with mirages - the lesson needs to be to not skip the valuable foundation layer.
“AI sceptics” who work on policy and education continue to overestimate the utility of LLMs—portraying it as a potential revolution even as they warn against overhype—simply because they can’t see that generating seemingly coherent text has very little economic value, all evidence to the contrary
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is well stated. Automation is valuable, much of it is unflashy data engineering, and many organisations are yet to deliver on even just that as a solid foundation. LLMs jeopardise the solidity of systems of record with mirages - the lesson needs to be to not skip the valuable foundation layer.
Done. Top work everyone.
The more the merrier, of course.
The more the merrier, of course.
November 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Done. Top work everyone.
The more the merrier, of course.
The more the merrier, of course.
shopping for essentials
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
shopping for essentials
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November 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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humans can’t even shoot their organs at predators
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
humans can’t even shoot their organs at predators
Battle Royale for fingers
Even without the surveillance, a smart ring is a bad idea. I was interested in getting one for sleep tracking until I read about what happens if the battery expands. It gets tighter and tighter on your finger and you can’t cut the ring off because it will literally explode.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Battle Royale for fingers
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
My thirteen year-old daughter is mixed race. In January I took her to Rough Trade to meet FKA twigs. Now it's year end list time, and my daughter is looking at twigs on the cover of Rolling Stone. It's been a messed-up year, so little inspiring things like this feel like keeping a flame alive.
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My thirteen year-old daughter is mixed race. In January I took her to Rough Trade to meet FKA twigs. Now it's year end list time, and my daughter is looking at twigs on the cover of Rolling Stone. It's been a messed-up year, so little inspiring things like this feel like keeping a flame alive.
I converted a swing bridge into poetry as a metaphor for poison-pilling knowledge graph extraction in tribute to the founder of Lettrism. Imagine finding a few thousand odd nerds who like the same weird thing.
This is something I keep telling creative friends. Make the thing that is most *you*, not the thing tailored to what people say the market wants. The gatekeepers won't pay you anyway, but a few thousand odd nerds who like the same weird thing you do might.
"I think the best strategy in the age of AI is: bet on yourself… unique work made well with huge amounts of love is actually going to become more valuable in the AI era." A very heartening story about the brilliant Naomi Alderman buying back “Zombies, Run!” www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I converted a swing bridge into poetry as a metaphor for poison-pilling knowledge graph extraction in tribute to the founder of Lettrism. Imagine finding a few thousand odd nerds who like the same weird thing.
You've been kidnapped! The characters from the last TV show you watched are your only hope for rescue. Who's coming to save you?
Sadly Gui didn't guest in the last episode, and hasn't for a while, so I guess I'm either lumbered with simulated rescue or meta-commentary on my non-rescue.
Sadly Gui didn't guest in the last episode, and hasn't for a while, so I guess I'm either lumbered with simulated rescue or meta-commentary on my non-rescue.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
You've been kidnapped! The characters from the last TV show you watched are your only hope for rescue. Who's coming to save you?
Sadly Gui didn't guest in the last episode, and hasn't for a while, so I guess I'm either lumbered with simulated rescue or meta-commentary on my non-rescue.
Sadly Gui didn't guest in the last episode, and hasn't for a while, so I guess I'm either lumbered with simulated rescue or meta-commentary on my non-rescue.
AI content on Facebook is just hilarious. Who is asking for LLM-driven Alexei Sayle content? Who is reading this? I don't want to click on it to find out for fear of telling this weird monster that I'm into it.
I like Sayle. Just not like this.
I like Sayle. Just not like this.
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
AI content on Facebook is just hilarious. Who is asking for LLM-driven Alexei Sayle content? Who is reading this? I don't want to click on it to find out for fear of telling this weird monster that I'm into it.
I like Sayle. Just not like this.
I like Sayle. Just not like this.
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
She owns the Bryson book
She owns the Shakespeare book
She owns the combination Bryson book and Shakespeare book
She owns the Shakespeare book
She owns the combination Bryson book and Shakespeare book
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
She owns the Bryson book
She owns the Shakespeare book
She owns the combination Bryson book and Shakespeare book
She owns the Shakespeare book
She owns the combination Bryson book and Shakespeare book
Looks like Bastl is releasing the Kastle 2 synth firmware and faceplate tomorrow.
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Looks like Bastl is releasing the Kastle 2 synth firmware and faceplate tomorrow.
Not enough people talking about John Glacier at year-end. She's terrific, this is absolutely one of the albums of the year.
johnglacier.bandcamp.com/album/like-a...
johnglacier.bandcamp.com/album/like-a...
Like A Ribbon, by John Glacier
11 track album
johnglacier.bandcamp.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Not enough people talking about John Glacier at year-end. She's terrific, this is absolutely one of the albums of the year.
johnglacier.bandcamp.com/album/like-a...
johnglacier.bandcamp.com/album/like-a...
My thirteen year-old daughter refuses to watch "AI slop".
My nine year-old daughter's sick burn against a boy in her class: "You get all your insults from ChatGPT."
The kids are alright.
My nine year-old daughter's sick burn against a boy in her class: "You get all your insults from ChatGPT."
The kids are alright.
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
My thirteen year-old daughter refuses to watch "AI slop".
My nine year-old daughter's sick burn against a boy in her class: "You get all your insults from ChatGPT."
The kids are alright.
My nine year-old daughter's sick burn against a boy in her class: "You get all your insults from ChatGPT."
The kids are alright.
Memories that feel like a weird dream. Did they actually set up an oil rig in Weston-Super-Mare? I seem to have photos, but it can't have actually happened.
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Memories that feel like a weird dream. Did they actually set up an oil rig in Weston-Super-Mare? I seem to have photos, but it can't have actually happened.
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I released my new album, COLDSTREAM EMPIRE, two weeks ago.
Rather than reveal the secrets of that release, here are short unrelated videos that give parallel examples.
In this video, audio was processed by Google Pixel Audio Eraser. The classifier identified music, which I isolated and boosted.
Rather than reveal the secrets of that release, here are short unrelated videos that give parallel examples.
In this video, audio was processed by Google Pixel Audio Eraser. The classifier identified music, which I isolated and boosted.
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I released my new album, COLDSTREAM EMPIRE, two weeks ago.
Rather than reveal the secrets of that release, here are short unrelated videos that give parallel examples.
In this video, audio was processed by Google Pixel Audio Eraser. The classifier identified music, which I isolated and boosted.
Rather than reveal the secrets of that release, here are short unrelated videos that give parallel examples.
In this video, audio was processed by Google Pixel Audio Eraser. The classifier identified music, which I isolated and boosted.
I released my new album, COLDSTREAM EMPIRE, two weeks ago.
Rather than reveal the secrets of that release, here are short unrelated videos that give parallel examples.
In this video, audio was processed by Google Pixel Audio Eraser. The classifier identified music, which I isolated and boosted.
Rather than reveal the secrets of that release, here are short unrelated videos that give parallel examples.
In this video, audio was processed by Google Pixel Audio Eraser. The classifier identified music, which I isolated and boosted.
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I released my new album, COLDSTREAM EMPIRE, two weeks ago.
Rather than reveal the secrets of that release, here are short unrelated videos that give parallel examples.
In this video, audio was processed by Google Pixel Audio Eraser. The classifier identified music, which I isolated and boosted.
Rather than reveal the secrets of that release, here are short unrelated videos that give parallel examples.
In this video, audio was processed by Google Pixel Audio Eraser. The classifier identified music, which I isolated and boosted.
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godfather of german synth music, DIY synthesist, instrument builder and pharmacist - Rüdiger Lorenz gets his flowers with a first reissue of rare works, 1981-1983, newly restocked
boomkat.com/products/syn...
boomkat.com/products/syn...
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
godfather of german synth music, DIY synthesist, instrument builder and pharmacist - Rüdiger Lorenz gets his flowers with a first reissue of rare works, 1981-1983, newly restocked
boomkat.com/products/syn...
boomkat.com/products/syn...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
AI processing also incorporates the biometric & special category data inscribed in the art, so copyright law alone doesn't cover it. And AI is just people + maths at industrial scale via an obfuscation layer black box around lineage. There's no parallel when the tech hides who is doing what to who.
People in AI often justify the exploitation of creatives' work for AI training with versions of: 'If people can learn from your work, why can't AI?'
But this totally ignores the social contract under which people create and share their work.
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But this totally ignores the social contract under which people create and share their work.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
AI processing also incorporates the biometric & special category data inscribed in the art, so copyright law alone doesn't cover it. And AI is just people + maths at industrial scale via an obfuscation layer black box around lineage. There's no parallel when the tech hides who is doing what to who.
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My keen knowledge of statistics tells me these feet are merely suffering from survivorship bias.
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
My keen knowledge of statistics tells me these feet are merely suffering from survivorship bias.