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zeruch

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Silicon Valley native, tech, artist, wonk, raconteur. I'll veer from topic to topic, and change stylistically on a whim. Curious about stuff and things.

UCD alum (PoliSci/IR & Tech Policy). Strong interests in the arts, actual political science, cliodynamics, systems theory, and seeking a bit of adventure at even the smallest scale.

I own more albums than you have had changes of underpants since birth.

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For art commissions and/or licensing, joseph.arruda@gmail.com

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zeruch, to meta
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"...pushed back on the notion that Iron Truth was able to get content taken down outside the platform’s official processes, but declined to comment on ’s underlying claim of a back channel to company employees...The real risk...in the extent to which companies that control the speech of billions around the world are receptive to insiders arbitrarily policing expression."

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/10/israel-disinformation-social-media-iron-truth/

zeruch, to random
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A clear indicator of just how far the US circus has fallen is evidenced right here; when Bill Kristol is saying this out loud, you know even traditional conservatives are terrified of madness and late stage as a combination.

zeruch,
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@Uair his father was an actual public intellectual (whether one agrees with his positions, that's one thing, but at least with him was a passable attempt at rigor), but Bill always struck me as a ball-less, snivelling opportunist, riding on his surname and little else. But apparently in a Trumpian ideosphere, even he has found limits.

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Ok, I'll bite:

São Jorge of the Jungle

Chredder from Teenage Manchego Ninja Turtles

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Before she became a late 80s/early 90s dance/pop crossover hit machine, got her first major success guesting on an acid-house chart banger with (founders of the Ninja Tune label) on "People Hold On" which has aged remarkably well. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IoWjow6xDs

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@mxtthxw I don't think I ever saw the actual single stateside, unless maybe it was in one of the import bins and way out of my price range at the time. Coldcut tracks in general were Hit or Miss to find, and some of the early ninja tune stuff is just simply gone from memory. If I recall correctly Adrian did something with those guys in the '90s. Or am I imagining that?

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@mxtthxw ...those are the kinds of stories I'd pay to be a fly on the wall for.

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@airwhale @mxtthxw is this what y'all be reffering to? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8_ZlK95arU

zeruch, to art
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New , started in 2020, and sat fallow since about mid 2021. The title is "election (306 232)", which if you're a good little wonk like me, will make immediate sense. If you're not I'll let you do some detective work.

Mixed media on about sheets of bristol paper, and one small canvas covered bit of board, all scanned in and assembled into whatever the hell this is.

Yes, I make art about politics; like Jasper Johns on acid. Go me.

Yes prints, (and even wearables) are available.

zeruch, to random
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the 80s retro cycle seems to be endless, now with songs that sounds and look indiscernible from the source genres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw_Vb6jA9zs

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"“In other words, while justices are jetting all over the world on fancy private family vacations paid for by -wing or collecting hefty cash gifts from those billionaires for their personal museums and family members private school tuition payments, the says the real problem in our legal system is that too many victims of corporate wrongdoing are fighting access to the courts in the first place,”"

Sounds about right.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4205325-raskin-calls-out-gop-for-ignoring-supreme-court-sugar-daddies/

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@trainman corrupt or not, how they got to where they are is by historically having a considerably more disciplined campaign process, and focusing often on municipal and state level positions to provide a foundation for federal elections. That in and of itself is not corrupt in terms of means, but it does seem to result in fairly corruptible ends. It's also part of the reason that the Democrats have historically not countered well, due to strategic field incoherence.

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@cakeisnotalie @trainman my point was that Dems have historically underperformed because the GOP has since Nixon, built a leviathan of a tactically adroit campaigning playbook, and I suspect that has put pressure on the Dems to 'play to the middle' more often than not, as they've never been that consistently organized, such that middle creeps ever rightward.

There are clear differences between the two parties, and I vote based on answering "Do I want to be right, or do I want to be effective"

zeruch, to nin
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I still lean more towards and and + Maffia than , but they sound remarkably good on this live rendition of their single "Genius" from the late 90s.

https://zeruch.wordpress.com/2024/01/11/sounds-that-have-been-made-ep-97-pitchshifter-genius-live/

jeffjarvis, to random
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Chris Christie proved one thing: Republicans are irredeemable. There are no reasonable Republicans. They are all cultists and authoritarians.

zeruch,
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@jeffjarvis he didn't prove it, just reaffirmed it.

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    @kevbob Google as a product/customer responsive company is a trash fire. It's disheartening and sad to know that the only way they're going to learn anything about how to actually develop and maintain a product is going to be when they have their own apocalyptic decline. IBM has learned from that type of event, several times. Microsoft has recovered. Apple has recovered. But a far greater majority do not, and it's unclear where Google will land on that. But they really suck currently.

    glynmoody, to random
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    Media now in Bill Ackman’s sights after wife embroiled in plagiarism row - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/09/bill-ackman-wife-plagiarism-media typical billionaire bully; also: "Ackman had spoken with senior figures at Business Insider and before the latter announced its process review."

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    @glynmoody and deservedly so. made himself a clown-shoe in search of a sufficiently-sized foot...and found it in his his own maw.

    What an utter pylon.

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    @glynmoody it's why we need laws to curtail billionaire affluenza.

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    @kevbob I've seen her live, and she really is one of those rare cases where the very obvious use of technique is still employed towards very musical ends and not just showing off. She's incredibly playful and has a clear mastery of numerous subgenres.

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    @kevbob she's touring the West Coast in April IIRC

    zeruch,
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    @kevbob she's doing some dates in SF in April, so maybe her site isn't up to date?

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    Amazon Prime joins practically every other streaming service to add ads to their cheapest subscription tier. It will cost $2.99 extra to go ad-free.

    The hang over as zero interest rates has ended has caused every streaming services to realize that running an unprofitable service to chase after Netflix is bad business. Consolidation will come next as consumers balk at increased prices and worsening product experiences.

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    @carnage4life I look forward to piracy making a vigorous comeback.

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    to 2013

    "Dear people I have been subjected to at the car dealership waiting room for the last 10 minutes...some sage, well-worn advice I find to be fundamentally useful to everyone around me at times: please...shut the hell up. Your children are far from precocious and charming and you yourselves appear to have as much intellectual and social capital as Mogadishu has a working government. You are annoying...
    Rant over. Everyone carry on."

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    @lzg well, it does help we have fruit and veg worth eating after all.

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    is one of the few global DJ/Producers who treads that perfect line between commercially accessible banger and underground envelope-pushing mad science. Here he's with up and coming Luso-Angolan Brit soul singer (who I really hope blows up big soon) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnv00imhG34

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