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“Just like language, traditional music will always be changing, and as long as we use it for the good things in life, it will persevere,” #folk #bandcamp #norway https://daily.bandcamp.com/scene-report/norway-trad-folk-scene-report

Norway’s Trad Folk Scene is Booming

With an inclusive attitude and contemporary influences, Norwegian artists are recontextualizing their country's folk music traditions.

Bandcamp Daily

grantpotter 12h ago

"The subjective experience of kit making is similar to a religious procession or participation in Burning Man, where you have to be there and do the thing to understand what the hype is about. The memory it generates lives in the public and embodied layers, in islands of early adopters and makers willing to put up with the jankiness of this stage of a technology’s development." https://read.technically.dev/p/the-ai-productivity-paradox

AI, tractors, and the productivity paradox

Where are AI's productivity gains hiding? What kitted out Model Ts can teach us.

Technically

grantpotter 17h ago

"But if there’s a crisis among young people in 2026, it won’t be solved by talking about them. We should be talking to them: about their needs, their fears, the world they’re inheriting…and what they can do about it." https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/antifascist-dad/

Antifascist Dad - North Atlantic Books

How to talk with kids about fascism—and what you can do about it "This book is a parent’s trusted companion through roiling political waters, and just in

North Atlantic Books

grantpotter 1d ago

"The morel is the Last Incorruptible Thing. You cannot plant them. You cannot buy them in stores. You can only spot them in the wild. Morels demand complete surrender to nature’s whims. They grow for three to four weeks each spring, and no one knows when or where. They pop up like middle fingers to corporate control." https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-last-incorruptible-thing

The Last Incorruptible Thing

Life lessons from the morel majority.

Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter

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grantpotter 1d ago

"You do not have to wait for someone to rebuild what you lost. You are standing in it." #web

grantpotter 1d ago

"The #internet is not dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is dying." https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet via @tg

The Boring Internet

The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about what actually persists.

Terry Godier

grantpotter 1d ago

"Across the world, #surveillance #technology – often made by #siliconvalley and sold with the U.S. government’s blessing despite sanctions – is increasingly monitoring the moves of citizens who have done nothing wrong. The consequences of getting caught in this expanding digital cage can be dire." #pulitzerprize https://apnews.com/surveillance-digital-cage

Made in America, Watched Worldwide

AP News

grantpotter 1d ago

#edtech https://databreaches.net/2026/05/03/instructure-discloses-second-data-breach-in-less-than-a-year/

grantpotter 3d ago

Brave Sparrow is an alternate reality experience, a game for one, a journey toward recovering your wings. #arg https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/brave-sparrow

Brave Sparrow - Buried Without Ceremony

A game for one. You're a sparrow, brave and terrified. This is your chance to re-grow your wings.

Buried Without Ceremony

grantpotter 3d ago

internetarchive 3d ago

Congrats to "UN MONTAGE OF THE SUNDAY SCARIES" by Antonio Mendez, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

An excellent remix of 1920s & 1930s observational films with a contemporary electronic soundtrack that brings these scenes into conversation with our present moment.

Watch the full short film ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/un-montage-of-the-sunday-scaries

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

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