Johnny Capers
@scudattack.bsky.social
Burnt out chef, dilettante, jack of all trades. I like cities and extreme music.
| Urbanism | Transit | Music | Photography | Food | Tech Criticism |
| Urbanism | Transit | Music | Photography | Food | Tech Criticism |
I’ve been seeing a lot of people posting about getting away from streaming music specifically and I have some takes on going back to digital audio players and physical media.
January 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I’ve been seeing a lot of people posting about getting away from streaming music specifically and I have some takes on going back to digital audio players and physical media.
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This new paper by @hartzog.bsky.social and @jessicasilbey.bsky.social makes "one simple point: AI systems are built to function in ways that degrade and are likely to destroy our crucial civic institutions."
Grim but important reading:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Grim but important reading:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How AI Destroys Institutions
Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies
papers.ssrn.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
This new paper by @hartzog.bsky.social and @jessicasilbey.bsky.social makes "one simple point: AI systems are built to function in ways that degrade and are likely to destroy our crucial civic institutions."
Grim but important reading:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Grim but important reading:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I'm pretty sure it's just the raccoon I've seen around my block, but it's really disconcerting to be woken up by footsteps on your roof at 1:30 in the morning.
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 AM
I'm pretty sure it's just the raccoon I've seen around my block, but it's really disconcerting to be woken up by footsteps on your roof at 1:30 in the morning.
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I needed some good news this evening—Bandcamp's guidelines for generative AI in music and audio blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/k...
Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI
We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
blog.bandcamp.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I needed some good news this evening—Bandcamp's guidelines for generative AI in music and audio blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/k...
Death to the Silica Animus, all hail the Omnissiah!
January 14, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Death to the Silica Animus, all hail the Omnissiah!
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all between must be profound darkness and nothingness
January 14, 2026 at 1:47 AM
all between must be profound darkness and nothingness
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“For decades, I thought The Civil War would stand as my most important contribution to the art form, but Mr. Biscuits will far exceed the impact of any of my prior works,” said Ken Burns
Ken Burns Announces New 10-Part ‘Mr. Biscuits’ Documentary After Adopting Cat
WALPOLE, NH—Revealing that the series would force Americans to rethink everything they thought they knew about the “cute little fuzzball,” filmmaker Ken Burns announced Friday the release of Mr. Biscu...
theonion.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“For decades, I thought The Civil War would stand as my most important contribution to the art form, but Mr. Biscuits will far exceed the impact of any of my prior works,” said Ken Burns
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Big Tech means big misogyny.
Smart glasses are being used to post videos of women online against their will.
Over a hundred videos have been uploaded to several social media accounts in which women are asked for their phone numbers.
Smart glasses are being used to post videos of women online against their will.
Over a hundred videos have been uploaded to several social media accounts in which women are asked for their phone numbers.
January 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Big Tech means big misogyny.
Smart glasses are being used to post videos of women online against their will.
Over a hundred videos have been uploaded to several social media accounts in which women are asked for their phone numbers.
Smart glasses are being used to post videos of women online against their will.
Over a hundred videos have been uploaded to several social media accounts in which women are asked for their phone numbers.
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NEW: Completely unredacted Flock audit logs have been released to the public by numerous police departments and in some cases include details on millions of Flock license plate searches made by thousands of police departments from around the country.
Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error
Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that has collated public records files released by police.
www.404media.co
January 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
NEW: Completely unredacted Flock audit logs have been released to the public by numerous police departments and in some cases include details on millions of Flock license plate searches made by thousands of police departments from around the country.
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What's wrong with America is we are replacing our true neon signs with LED lookalikes
December 28, 2024 at 2:35 AM
What's wrong with America is we are replacing our true neon signs with LED lookalikes
I’m not here for this nu metal revival. That shit was always garbage. I really wanted to give Wargasm a chance, but collaborating with Fred Durst is pretty unforgivable.
January 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I’m not here for this nu metal revival. That shit was always garbage. I really wanted to give Wargasm a chance, but collaborating with Fred Durst is pretty unforgivable.
This album fucking cooks. Jazz/funk/hip-hop side project of a couple of the percussionists from Snarky Puppy
Mustard n'Onions, by Ghost-Note
15 track album
ghost-note.bandcamp.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This album fucking cooks. Jazz/funk/hip-hop side project of a couple of the percussionists from Snarky Puppy
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Absolutely fucking not.
New @axios.com: OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Health, letting users bring in data from electronic health records, apple health and myfitnesspal.
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Absolutely fucking not.
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microplastics are very bad for people (and also fish and other animals), car tires emit most of them, electric cars are worse
January 5, 2026 at 3:24 AM
microplastics are very bad for people (and also fish and other animals), car tires emit most of them, electric cars are worse
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Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
Intertapes — Main
Obscure tape finds and their stories
intertapes.net
December 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
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Don't cheap out on batteries or battery powered electronics, exhibit 422:
Speaking of Lumafield, more on its battery scans: www.theverge.com/news/784966/...
X-ray scans reveal the hidden risks of cheap batteries
Low-cost devices on Amazon and Temu might come with serious battery risks.
www.theverge.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Don't cheap out on batteries or battery powered electronics, exhibit 422:
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We should stop calling it generative AI.
It doesn't generate and it isn't intelligent.
Large Language Models are statistical plagiarism machines, IMHO.
It doesn't generate and it isn't intelligent.
Large Language Models are statistical plagiarism machines, IMHO.
December 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We should stop calling it generative AI.
It doesn't generate and it isn't intelligent.
Large Language Models are statistical plagiarism machines, IMHO.
It doesn't generate and it isn't intelligent.
Large Language Models are statistical plagiarism machines, IMHO.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
December 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
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I'm grateful for my brilliant students. One wrote about impacts of last weekend's debacle: "if we only talk about #Waymo, we will miss a critical, broader conversation around how San Francisco’s innovation policy still treats the city as a laboratory first and a community second." archive.ph/x6Iyq
San Francisco should learn from Waymo’s power outage debacle — and enact tech rollout standards
OPINION: “The weekend outage gave us a clear, non-theoretical glimpse of what happens when new systems meet old infrastructure,” Michael Redmond writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I'm grateful for my brilliant students. One wrote about impacts of last weekend's debacle: "if we only talk about #Waymo, we will miss a critical, broader conversation around how San Francisco’s innovation policy still treats the city as a laboratory first and a community second." archive.ph/x6Iyq
Try this one neat trick to get annoying houseguests to leave: play Japanese harsh noise at high volume
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Try this one neat trick to get annoying houseguests to leave: play Japanese harsh noise at high volume
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This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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Kendrick Lamar Awarded Nobel Beef Prize
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Kendrick Lamar Awarded Nobel Beef Prize
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via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
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And the people who are the most obsessed with using ChatGPT and Sora and whatnot aren’t exactly the smartest people
December 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And the people who are the most obsessed with using ChatGPT and Sora and whatnot aren’t exactly the smartest people