Doug Whitfield [Minneapolis]

@musicman
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Lead shenaniganizer at @jjj and @friendsofccmusic

One of the owners of blocsonic.com

I'm not a particularly hard person to find online. I'm on Diaspora (maybe haven't logged in in a while), pump.io (maybe haven't logged in in a while), soundcloud, libre.fm, last.fm, ccMixter, and tons of other places.

My dog's name is T'Challa. He is joined a family of cats, is black (mostly), and is African (not completely, he's a mutt).

My labelhttp://blocsonic.com
Stravahttps://www.strava.com/athletes/40503008
Friends of CC Musichttp://friendsofccmusic.org
PronounsHe/him/GOAT
The FCC effectively banned all new routers from being sold in the U.S. last week. We've analyzed the situation and have some good news for #OpenWrt, and the #OpenWrtOne! We also discuss how security actually works, and what we're doing to make sure that OpenWrt continues to lead on that front. Check it out at https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/02/fcc-router-ban/
What the FCC router ban means for FOSS

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission in the United States (the FCC) banned the sale of all new models of home routers not made in the U.S., which is ... all of them. The stated reason for this is that routers

Software Freedom Conservancy

Thrifty Traveler is great: https://shortyawards.com/category/18th/other-podcast

Sadly, you have to have an account to vote...but also, how else would you not make it a botfest?

Other Podcast Genres in Social Media - Shorty Awards

The nominees for the Best Other Podcast Genres in Social Media Shorty Award

Different album, but Mahorka also made Bandcamp Daily today! https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-electronic/the-best-electronic-music-on-bandcamp-march-2026
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, March 2026

Our guide to the month’s crucial electronic music.

Bandcamp Daily
Alexander the Great of Mastodonia
GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash

Updated: Letting Copilot alter others' PRs was the wrong judgment call, says product manager

The Register
Intriguing, but daunting...
are there any (visual) abstract landscape artists on mastodon?
if the @friendsofccmusic release of the week wasn't limited to #netlabels, it would definitely be this this week: https://cultureshockuk.bandcamp.com/album/onwards-and-upwards
Onwards and Upwards, by Culture Shock [ska-punk UK]

13 track album

Culture Shock [ska-punk UK]
sadly, none of their old stuff is up, but pretty cool they are releasing #ccmusic nonetheless: https://cultureshockuk.bandcamp.com/album/found-it-in-a-skip
Found it in a Skip, by Culture Shock [ska-punk UK]

11 track album

Culture Shock [ska-punk UK]

Any Democratic candidate who does not put this headline into an ad is politically negligent

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/30/gop-health-care-pay-iran-war

#USPol