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MV
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At heart, a problem solver. Most often that manifests in my work in software engineering, but I like thinking about anything.

Interests: music, media, running, technology, programming, game theory, geopolitics, design, art and the future.
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I Am Here
– Savages
📍London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧
2013

It’s all about how they ratchet up the intensity.

youtu.be/95MEmuHJfW0
February 5, 2026 at 7:24 AM
February 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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It's kind of wild that the French foreign ministry has an official shitposting account.
France’s Foreign Ministry owns Elon Musk in this response:
February 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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I don’t like this
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Y’all didn’t realize they were using “Democracy dies in darkness” as a mission statement, not a salutary motto
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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High Ball Stepper
– Jack White
📍Detroit, MI 🇺🇸
2014

The only instrumental among my picks. This one ranks for its inventiveness.

youtu.be/sRbnAxrS3EM
February 4, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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A Russian Zircon hypersonic missile was intercepted overnight using a Patriot air defense system, according to the Air Force. The interception took place during the latest Russian attack. #Ukraine
February 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Wallops 2.2 is out today:

jcs.org/wallops

It can now send @pushover.net notifications when you are mentioned and a screen saver is running
Wallops - A modern IRC client for classic Mac OS
jcs.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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16 Psyche
– Chelsea Wolfe
📍Sacramento, CA 🇺🇸
2017

Keeping things dark for the first part of my list. This track manages to be heavy, sludgy and ethereal all at once.

youtu.be/2sb5TszDqYE
February 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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If a felony can prevent someone from voting, why doesn’t it prevent someone from being president?
February 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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I wish we could move beyond "this isn't who we are". to "this is what it is. Now how can we change it?"
February 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
If you see this, post a character that starts with A:
February 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Heathen Child
– Grinderman
📍London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇦🇺🇺🇸
2010

Would have loved more output from this Nick Cave side project. This one’s gritty and filthy…in all the ways that matter.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKzn...
February 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Sugar
– Editors
📍Birmingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧
2013

Not exactly a huge international success, but this track did hit #18 in Poland. I vibe with its dark, mid-tempo relentlessness, until it just…stops.

youtu.be/ZWcc5VJiRVA
February 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Time to start posting favorite singles (or prominent songs) from the 2010s. This was a pretty solid decade for music.

I’ll be posting my selections shooting from the hip in a more or less random order, although I am working from a list.

Now, onto the first pick...
an on air sign next to a microphone on a black background
Alt: an on air sign next to a microphone on a black background
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February 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Morning.
February 1, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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Mobile carriers can get your GPS location

an.dywa.ng/carrier-gnss...

💬 You can, however, temporarily hide yourself by putting your phone/watch/whatever in an RFID / Faraday pouch for however long you need to be cloaked.
Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
In iOS 26.3, Apple introduced a new privacy feature which limits “precise location” data made available to cellular networks via cell towers. The feature is only available to devices with Apple’s in-h...
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January 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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day 31
A song that feels like a long journey

Paradise By The Dashboard Light
– Meat Loaf
📍Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
1978

Not just a long one, but an exhausting one. No doubt for Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley as well, who are absolutely belting it.

youtu.be/C11MzbEcHlw
January 31, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Man, it’s wild that normal people just go to work every day while the people who run everything meticulously document their sex crimes
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Losing Catherine O'Hara is a blow, but it's a good reason to appreciate just how good she was. She's got many, many, many wonderful performances, but you won't go amiss if you go and watch Best In Show because she's fantastic in it and the cast is *stacked*
Best in Show (2000) Official Trailer - Catherine O'Hara Movie
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January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I have a few problems with people wanting to “reinstate the Constitution” if there ever is a chance to do so.

It boils down to ambiguity, math, structure and timing.

The Constitution is the document that enabled everything we’re seeing now, along with many horrific things we saw in the past.

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a cartoon character holding a scroll of the u.s. constitution says hello i 'm the u.s. constitution
Alt: An animated Constitution waves and says “Hello, I’m the U.S. Constitution."
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January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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day 30
A song with a memorable bridge

Mental Hopscotch
– Missing Persons
📍Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸
1982

I paid attention to some bridges for this prompt while listening, and the bridge in this B-side absolutely rocks. Plus: Terry Bozzio! 🥁

youtu.be/m17rt_xo9x0
January 30, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Heating homes with the world’s largest particle accelerator

Now operational, a new heat exchange system is reusing hot water from part of the Large Hadron Collider’s cooling system to heat homes and businesses in the local area.

Read more: home.cern/news/news/ce...
January 29, 2026 at 10:14 AM