Clive Thompson
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Clive Thompson
@clivethompson.bsky.social
Writer, musician, hobbyist coder. Journalist with Wired / New York Times Magazine / Mother Jones, author of "Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World". Blog at clivethompson.medium.com. Built https://www.weirdoldbookfinder.net/
my work here is done
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
it's pretty rad
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
oh believe me, I'm a pope obsessive -- I have entire chunks of Essay on Man and Essay on Criticism committed to *memory*

it's only a pale imitation
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
i know, i know, i'm sorry
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
hells yeah
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
wooooo

the three part country harmonies are really clutch for reinterpreting songs
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
they're actually naming it after the three body problem

that's pretty metal really
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
aha, didn't know that, thank you!!
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
yep yep

most often (not always, but most often) a superb song can be reinterpreted in all manner of styles, tempos, genres and the results are fab
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
my country band did a seriously weird country cover of that song years ago deloreansisters.bandcamp.com/track/girlfr...
Girlfriend in a Coma, by The Delorean Sisters
from the album The DeLorean Sisters
deloreansisters.bandcamp.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
ahahahaha
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
also: a pigeon with a thumb drive
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
yeah there is a strong risk of magical thinking here
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
lololol yeah
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Oooooh thank you!
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
(“Piece” not “peace”, bien sur — the hazards of writing posts with voice dictation)
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM