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Rob Mickey Jan 27, 2023

@dynarski Ditto! Loved them so much.

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Rob Mickey Jan 11, 2023

@mirandayaver I'm not liking this, Yaver.

Rob Mickey Dec 21, 2022

Open Culture (Official)Dec 21, 2022

Miles Davis Opens for Neil Young and "That Sorry-Ass Cat" Steve Miller at The Fillmore East (1970)

https://www.openculture.com/2015/05/miles-davis-opens-for-neil-young-and-the-steve-miller-band-1970.html

Miles Davis Opens for Neil Young and “That Sorry-Ass Cat” Steve Miller at The Fillmore East (1970)

The story, the many stories, of Miles Davis as an opening act for several rock bands in the 1970s make for fascinating reading.

Open Culture

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Rob Mickey Dec 20, 2022

@profmusgrave are you gonna abide by this poll?

Rob Mickey Dec 19, 2022

Jose De Sousa 🛒Dec 18, 2022

French pension reform:

"Don't worry Killian, you can keep playing until you turn 70."

Rob Mickey Dec 19, 2022

Taylor Lorenz Dec 19, 2022

Here’s what really happened in the stalking incident Musk cited to ban @elonjet. Read @drewharwell and my latest story https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/18/details-of-musk-stalking-incident/ #twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #tech #technology

Musk blamed a Twitter account for an alleged stalker. Police see no link.

The incident last week underscored how Elon Musk’s personal concerns can influence his governance of a social media platform used by hundreds of millions of people.

The Washington Post

Rob Mickey Dec 19, 2022

Mark Copelovitch Dec 19, 2022

Today’s reminder of the abject moral poverty of the “NATO expansion caused Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine” argument

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/16/world/europe/russia-putin-war-failures-ukraine.html

How Putin’s War in Ukraine Became a Catastrophe for Russia

Secret battle plans, intercepted communications and Russian soldiers explain how a “walk in the park” became a catastrophe for Russia.

The New York Times

Rob Mickey Dec 17, 2022

Jacob T. Levy Dec 17, 2022

In case people don't know about this yet: AI text detector.

https://huggingface.co/openai-detector/

GPT-2 Output Detector

Rob Mickey Dec 16, 2022

Cardboard Robot Dec 16, 2022

My impression of the NYT getting suspended:

“While Mr. Musk’s somewhat capricious use of suspensions raises eyebrows, both sides have been guilty of—- OH F—- US??? REALLY? THAT SON OF A——“.

Rob Mickey Dec 16, 2022

If we're going to restrict free speech, couldn't we just make it good for me and force all soccer journalists onto mastodon?