Darryl Wright 🇨🇦 🎧 @darryl@qoto.org

Marc Andreesen's manifesto is an example of what happens when the classic spirit of techno-optimism (think Arthur C. Clarke) becomes unmoored from its largely humanist, rationalist values. Technology must exist to better the human condition, or it has no point at all. 1/2

I consider myself to be a techno-optimist but I am cringing and gas-facing through a lot of Marc Andreesen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto. He doesn't speak for all of us as he seems to conflate techno-optimism with hyper-capitalism. That's not a given.

This halftime drum 'n' bass business is the subgenre that shows the most energy and forward thinking. In my opinion it's the leading innovation in the genre and this is one of my favourite bangers.
https://roho.bandcamp.com/track/lost-relicts

"In its thwarted optimism, the news is the disillusioned progeny of the enlightenment. Refusing to square with human nature, it allows our hopes to smash constly against the same shoals. It greets every new day with faux cherubic innocence only to stoke up rage and disillusionment at our condition by nightfall." - Alain de Botton, The News

The. Most. Fundamental. Freedom is beginning to erode in Gilead.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/12/international-students-visas-revoke-fear/

Cultural awareness event at the office today. I got marked.

Cultural awareness event at the office today. I got marked.

It'll be nice to see them over on Bluesky.
From: @brownpau
https://mastodon.social/@brownpau/114305314201839196

Seeking a tattoo artist in Halifax who can do Rat Fink / Ed Roth style. Any recommendations?

I really have no patience for this kind of stuff. I probably have a 0 star rating. I feel like everyone on Marketplace is a nut.

Take a moment. Sit comfortably. Put on some good headphones and listen to this. #beats #chill #nowplaying

https://youtu.be/p-v7zcEqd9Q?si=R99xuH5QjJzdOm4F

When you realize the rest of your day is meeting free...

In a strange way you have to respect the mental and rhetorical acrobatics Marco Rubio is a able to demonstrate in trying to make Trump's clearly ill-conceived plans seem like they make sense.

In a strange way you have to respect the mental and rhetorical acrobatics Marco Rubio is a able to demonstrate in trying to make Trump's clearly ill-conceived plans seem like they make sense.

@brownpau Really like this one. It's weird, and beautiful.

This was a really great set. #dnb

The BIO-TECH Radio Show – 24.10.24 – Fushara, Primitivizm & Facs by Biotic Records
https://on.soundcloud.com/FKvsLFiTt1RviWWa6

Look, Jason Statham's Working Man is not a great film, but did you really expect it to be? It's a satisfying, check-your-brain-at-the-door action film. As such, it's a McDonalds burger of a film. It's not great, but it'll do.

Just found my way back here to Mastodon. I'd been bouncing around servers for some time and then took a break from social media. Now I'm trying to handle it differently and looking for interesting accounts to follow.

It's there a Bluesky version of Facebook's Events yet?