#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985). Saw Sting on tour for this album and was blown away by his drummer, the amazing Omar Hakim. Fantastically textured album. #music #80s #pop #altpop www.youtube.com/watch
- Apple’s primary drivers of revenue are the #iPhone, the App Store, and services.
- There are millions upon millions of …
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Sting - Ten Summoners Tales (1993). I saw #ThePolice play one of their last shows and #Sting on his The Dream of the Blue Turtles tour. Just great music. This time with the amazing Vinnie Colaiuta on drums. #music #pop #90s www.youtube.com/watch
science
technology
Fascinating how a lot of solutions for fixing complex resource problems caused by the explosive growth of humanity frequently go back to the cradle of life; the ocean. Deep Sea Reverse Osmosis (DSRO) seems like a great solution for our water problems. Just watch the video, but in short it reduces the power consumption by 60% over land-based RO desalination plants, and avoids a lot of its complications. #science #tech #drought #water www.youtube.com/watch
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Counting Crows - Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! (2025). Yes, a new Crows album. It’s been a while. I wasn’t much of a Crows listener, so I don’t have a lot to say, but its mostly good so far. #music #rock youtube.com/playlist
politics
activism
Remember when we found out that pretty much everything being claimed by #Conservatives was a lie designed to rip #humanrights and #civilrights away from protected groups and decided that was stupid so stopped believing them? Yeah, me neither. #EndFascism #uspol #lawfare www.youtube.com/watch
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#NowPlaying #Live @ Nothing Manor: Steely Dan - Live at London’s Hammersmith Apollo (2009). Dan Belcher is an appropriately named Dan Fan. He personally remasters old Dan shows out of love. This is a newly released soundboard recording. #music #steelydan www.youtube.com/watch
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Irakere - Live at Ronnie Scotts (1993). The wife just turned me on to these astonishing peeps. Formed in ‘75 the band blends #AfroCubanJazz and other regional musical traditions with #rock & #funk and clearly jam. #music #jazz #jazzfusion www.youtube.com/playlist
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless (1982). Hot take here, but I think Dolby was peak electronica of the #NewWave era. Still great music to this day. #music #80s #KROQ #electronicmusic #synth youtube.com/playlist
writing
scifi
In Merlin’s latest video he discusses Harlan Ellison’s short story “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” which, at it’s core, is about the ultimate worst and most selfless aspects of humanity. It’s worth a watch. #writing #scifi #books www.youtube.com/watch
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science
security
technology
We have a strong, clear, empathetic voice in Neil deGrasse Tyson, and we risk losing him if #America continues down the path being carved into our #government by #ElonMusk & #DOGE and supported by #TFG. The cuts being made are saving squat. #science #uspol #NASA www.youtube.com/watch
Apple
editorial
technology
Are Apple Silicon Macs too good?
In his latest video Luke Miani asks if #Apple made their new machines too good. Across two polls, having run a second one to verify the results of the first, respondents strongly indicated they had no intention of upgrading their early M-series Macs. I have a feeling Apple fully expected that, however. Watch the video on YouTube. We have three Mini’s, two M1 and one Intel, and have no need to upgrade them anytime soon. I may desire an M4 Mini, but I don’t need one. What is behind this?
To understand this there are, I believe, two different, unrelated factors that need to be taken into consideration:
I’m a native #Angeleno. Born in #LosAngeles in the late 60’s, I have lived in #SoCal most of my life. While I’ve known most of the tidbits revealed in this video, I learned more from this fascinating #minidoc. Take a few minutes to learn what’s beneath LA. #history youtu.be/3EfeEUtoq…
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983). This disc was on my turntable more than most after it dropped. Many artists of the time sounded like the 80’s. The Heads did not and still sound fresh. #music #80s #KROQ www.youtube.com/watch
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Squeeze - Babylon and On (1987). Their 8th studio album was also their break into the US market with top 40 hits Hourglass and 853-5937, but the band started in the UK in the 70’s with infectious #pop grooves. #music #80s #KROQ #NewWave youtube.com/playlist
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: The Smiths - The Queen is Dead (1986). Morrissey has turned out to be quite the knob, but the band itself was hugely influential in the #IndiePop, #PostPunk, #AltRock scene regularly charting with single after single. #music #80s #KROQ www.youtube.com/watch
politics
More ludicrous bullshit from the Bullshitter-in-Chief. He keeps popping up with new “gems” of ideas so regularly that I’m quite sure he and his cronies have a list of distractions to keep the infosphere busy and eyes off what they’re doing. #uspol #TFG #Alcatraz www.axios.com/2025/05/0…
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985). I may not recall correctly, but I have a feeling that this is one of the few albums ever released where every single track got regular radio time. #music #altrock #StadiumRock #80s #KROQ youtube.com/playlist
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: R.E.M. - Murmur (1983). I had this album on heavy rotation for months after its release. To this day “9-9” remains my favorite track. For ‘83 it was a very unique sound. #music #altrock #KROQ #80s www.youtube.com/watch
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Pete Townshend - White City: A Novel (1985). A concept album about a low-income housing estate in West London and the hard lives people lived there, it also had anti-Apartheid vibes, salient to the times. #music #80s #rock www.youtube.com/watch
Apple
video games
If you like #Android and have an #ARM Mac I suppose you’ll be hyped to hear about the new #Apple Silicon compatible versions of #BlueStacks. So now you can play all those games being advertised on TV by movie and TV stars. whee. #videogames #emulation #macOS 9to5mac.com/2025/05/0…
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Mr. Mister - Pull Expanded Edition (1989-2010). Recorded in from 1989 to 1990, the band’s fourth album was rejected by RCA and shelved until Richard Page got the rights back. It’s a must-have album. #music #pop #progpop #poprock youtube.com/playlist
Apple
technology
After a stint with an #iPhone 14 Plus (big mistake) I’ve gone back to my 12 Mini. Even with its reduced capacity battery I get at least a full day, mostly because I’m not glued to it and turn off everything unnecessary. The same should be the case for a 17 Air. #Apple 9to5mac.com/2025/05/0…
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One of the most unique and original #music videos I’ve seen in some time, at least since MUTEMATH’s Blood Pressure. I don’t count Ok Go, as they’re in a different class entirely. Fascinating music, as well. #BenCaplan #rock #pianorock www.youtube.com/watch
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#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Midnight Oil - Red Sails in the Sunset (1984). IIRC the Oils broke into the US radio market with three tracks from this album and would set them up for their next release that would become a blockbuster. Great band! #music #KROQ www.youtube.com/watch
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Apple
technology
Ok. I didn’t expect this… Some context: I have a group of friends I chat with on #Matrix and I’d shared that I was wanting to replace my #AppleWatch with a #RePebble Core 2 Duo, so one of my pals had #AI generate this song for me. #music #shenanigans #funny suno.com/s/mcvmVRW…