Andreas Butzbach
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Semisonic - Pleasure EP (1995). Dan Wilson is a subtle genius, an accomplished record producer, and a monster on the guitar most people know for the perpetual anthem “Closing Time”. “In The Veins” is a hard punk banger. #music #powerpop youtube.com/playlist
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Live from Daryl’s House - Howard Jones (2024). This analog version of Howard’s What Is Love is a 5-alarm fire, but do watch the entire playlist. I’m In a Philly Mood is glorious as a finisher! #music #pop #soul www.youtube.com/playlist
Does your git up n' go need #Goose? I’ve been jamming to this January 6th show streaming live on #YouTube for an hour and a half and it’s only half way through! #music #NowPlaying #JamBands www.youtube.com/watch
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew - Remain in Light Live (2024). Fan shot from a single camera with moderately good stereo sound, this is most of the album, additional tracks, and even a cover of Thela Hun Ginjeet. #music #livemusic www.youtube.com/watch
I love the #Animation work that comes out of #Gobelins, and this has to be one of my new faves! #anime #shortfilm #film #YouTube #art www.youtube.com/watch
The words of a man-child who is not smart, strong, or capable and lacks basic understanding of grammar and punctuation. This is our so-called “president”. #TFG’s only tools are using lawyers to delays legal proceedings and to lash out at anything he dislikes. #uspol www.cnn.com/2025/03/1…
I sometimes wonder if authoritarians take power for themselves so they can control their world because they lack control over others and, more importantly, themselves. Wresting agency from a society allows them to terraform the “climate” so that their own lack of self is no longer an issue? Does that make sense? Does it help? Yeah… just a thought. #fascism #authoritarianism #psychology www.france24.com/en/middle…
See? It is THIS! THIS crap that should give us serious pause about the rampant blood fever gripping #capitalism over #AI. Are we ready for AI-powered #malware? No. We can’t even deal with the human-powered kind! Embrace the open web. Boycott capitalism. #tech #security www.axios.com/2025/03/1…
I think John Gruber is going too far. I’ve read his screed and coverage of said screed. He essentially claims that if #Apple doesn’t get #AI working, then it will fall apart at the seams. Bunk. We’ve been doing just fine without AI. So has Apple. Am I wrong? #tech apple.slashdot.org/story/25/…
Had I known that I could connect a Bluetooth mouse to my iPhone and use the pointer to reorganize my Homescreen I would have done that a long time ago. Apparently, this has been a feature since iOS 13, and later added to iPadOS 13.4. I know that using a pointer on my iPad is quite useful, but it never occurred to me to think I could do the same on my iPhone. As luck would have it, a fix found me!
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When I came across Tinyblock’s Minimal iPhone Setup guide in a toot on Mastodon I was intrigued. It’s always taken so much time to organize, group icons into folders, set up the right widgets, and whatnot. Then you have to swipe around or open folders or, even worse, search to find an app. The Minimal iPhone Setup Guide …
I’ve always adored flying boats and would love to see them make a comeback, not as the sky buses of today, but with pre-war opulence. The Saunders-Roe Queen would have been the pinnacle… had it been built. #aircraft #aviation #engineering #tech #history www.youtube.com/watch
You don’t say! #ElonMusk #fascism #apartheid #racism #DOGE #Xitter #Tesla #capitalism #NaziSalute #cybertruck #chainsaw boingboing.net/2025/03/1…
Gosh! That sounds like a 1st Amendment violation of the first order… don’t you think? Of course, #ElonMusk has been a “champion” for free speech while clamping down hard on the free speech of others on #Xitter. So… #FAFO. #uspol #fascism gizmodo.com/republica…
The only, and I MEAN only, reason #capitalism is having conniptions over jamming #AI into everything is to spur development, but not to make life easier. No. Their only goal is to eliminate the one thing they cannot control: humans. #tech #dystopia www.wired.com/story/dee…
Considering current geopolitical conditions, we may need SRL to develop these devices further. When #capitalism’s robots come for the resources of Earth and humans fight them to save our only viable home, we’ll need powerful weapons. #science #tech #electricity www.youtube.com/watch
#Musk is investing even more millions into his #fascism startup venture formerly known as #America, and #TFG, #MAGA, the #GOP, #Capitalism, and the #ReligiousRight are letting him in hopes that circumstances will let them grab power. That & more. #uspol rimaregasblog42.substack.com/p/things-…
I’m cautiously optimistic. #Disney has clearly learned lessons as the #LiveAction Lilo & Stitch trailer hits a lot of recognizable beats from the source, but they’ve also made a lot of changes. I fear too much, but we’ll see. #animation #movies www.youtube.com/watch
I’m not sure how I feel about this. Spinning rust hard drives have improved significantly over the years, but they still fail. To have 26TB of #storage on a single drive and lose it to failure would be catastrophic, so make sure to get more than three. #tech appleinsider.com/articles/…
#Apple has rolled out a surprise update for #macOS #Sequoia for 15.3.1 to 15.3.2. This appears to be a #security patch for #Safari to secure a previously patched exploit that hackers have likely found a way around. Mr. Macintosh details the update. #tech www.youtube.com/watch
The wife and I have been seriously diggin' on #Goose of late, and this new-to-us video is a fantastic illustration of their greatness. Bring over the peeps and turn it up, then prepare to grin until it hurts. #music #jambands www.youtube.com/watch
A mistake? You don’t say, #Volkswagen. Removing all buttons from your EVs not working out? Well, don’t get too excited as the capitulation is only starting with the ID.2all in the European market, and it’ll be just five of the most used controls. #cars #roadsafety tech.slashdot.org/story/25/…
How refreshing! It seems there is a new #OpenSource #Windows-compatible OS project called #Free95 on #GitHub. It is clearly in the very early stages of Alpha testing. The dev is open to contributors and would like to get Doom running. Naturally :) tech.slashdot.org/story/25/…
OMFG, #CNN!! Stop saying #ElonMusk is brilliant!! He is NOT! He is a con, not a genius. He buys things. He does not invent things. He didn’t even invent the concept of taking credit for the work of others!! This person has no original ideas. #capitalism #grifters #tesla #spacex
So, we tried watching Suits LA episode 2. I have regrets. It was worse than the pilot. If it’s unclear, we will not be continuing the series. If you loved #Suits, do NOT try to watch this. #TV www.slashfilm.com/1801618/s…
While #Capitalism touts the amazing benefits that #AI will bring us (don’t concern yourself with when) and jams it into everything it can and forces it into everything it cannot, everyday people are cornered into dealing with the toxic fallout. #tech #bullshit news.slashdot.org/story/25/…