Nathaniel Harari @natharari@qoto.org

For the sci-fi/retro buffs:
70s Sci Fi Art: Ron Cobb’s semiotic standards for the 1979 classic Alien
https://70sscifiart.tumblr.com/post/716083115683135488/ron-cobbs-semiotic-standards-for-the-1979-classic

#scifi #retro #70s #art #symbols

Slate: How the Streaming Era Turned Music Into Sludge
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-how-the-streaming-era-turned-music-into-sludge/

It's a point of view that a lot of people can agree with.

One thing: Endel is mentioned in the piece. The author uses it and I actually also use it. I've been using it to help me sleep and block out the city noise for about a year and a half. Honestly, it's been fantastic. I actually love it. I've tried their "focus" stuff, but that just doesn't do it for me. In fact, I don't usually ever have background music. Last night, I was listening to music and it's all that I was doing. I was focused on it. I wasn't reading, or writing, or checking Mastodon - nothing like that. I was simply listening to music. It was an experience. The whole "background music" while I work thing isn't for me. I can't concentrate and it just sounds confusing.

#music #streaming #endel #focus #sleep

Slate ICYMI Podcast: Should We All Be Pirating More?
https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2023/04/history-of-napster-and-future-of-digital-piracy

There are good questions surrounding this question. Entire shows can vanish on the internet - it's happened already.

I'm "just asking questions".

#piracy #internet #archive

@seanmcarroll gave a fantastic presentation recently on the Wave Function in Quantum Mechanics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOssfva2IBo

I've currently been re-reading his book "Something Deeply Hidden" (https://www.amazon.com/Something-Deeply-Hidden-Emergence-Spacetime-ebook/dp/B07NTYJJDX/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1682832978&sr=8-1)

#science #quantum #physics #video #book

Also, he's here on Mastodon in case you want to follow another really interesting person.

I actually remember this cover art when it came out. We had just moved back to the states, I was in NYC at the time, and this completely caught my attention:
https://70sscifiart.tumblr.com/post/715932103135608832/robert-tinneys-april-1981-byte-magazine-cover

Some classic feel good morning wake-up music:
Three Dog Night, Live
Shambala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyh6i9NvmE

If you sometimes feel as if you're missing the 70s, this video will not disappoint.

#music #video #70s

There's a petition on Moveon.org to keep Mifepristone legal.
I honestly have no idea what good these petitions do, but I do know that Moveon has had some impact over the last couple of decades, so I signed it. If you want to, here's the URL: https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/reverse-the-mifepristone-decision-protect-abortion-access

#abortion #rights #prochoice #freedom #politics

The Common Sense Skeptic has yet another video with an entire forensics breakdown of the disaster that was the 4/20 launch of Starship. More and more has been coming out about what a disaster it has been, but a lot of it has been drowned out by the blatant ass-kissing in the press and websites from Musk fans. Well, it was a huge disaster and The Common Sense Skeptic breaks it all down. And not only that: They show where they predicted what would go wrong *before* the launch. Yet another huge win for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErDuVomNd9M

If you're not subscribed to them, you're making a huge mistake.

#elon #musk #sucks #starship #spacex #faa #420 #environment #video