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aburtch

@aburtch@triangletoot.party

Brand builder, bluegrass aficionado, BBQ enthusiast & award-winning baker. Never miss a Sunday show.

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glynmoody, to Roku
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#Roku has patented a way to show #ads over anything you plug into your TV - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/hdmi-customized-ad-insertion-patent-would-show-rokus-ads-atop-non-roku-video/ "System would detect paused content on external devices and show ads on top."

aburtch,
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@glynmoody @AnneTheWriter1 And let me guess...they'll charge you a fee to NOT show any ads...🙄

space_cadet, to random
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Economics: "Humans only value things monetarily."
Sociology: "Uh, | don't..."
Economics: "Humans are always rational and value is calculated by complex internal calculus."
Sociology: "Uhhh, Psy, can you help?" Psychology: "That's not how humans..." Economics: "ALSO MY SYSTEM WILL GROW EXPONENTIALLY FOREVER!!"
Physics: drops teacup

aburtch,
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@space_cadet @djsundog This is the greatest toot ever.

aburtch, to random
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One of the biggest problems in business is “me-centric” talkers taking over and dominating meetings, especially open-ended brainstorming type meetings. If you lead meetings or brainstorming sessions, have plans in place to limit the ability of one or two people to derail the entire process. /rant

Nolasox, to random
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A very interesting critique of Beyoncé’s new LP by Yasmin Williams. Very much worth a read, no matter your feelings on the album.

https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/02/beyonce-version-of-country-cowboy-carter-yasmin-williams?fbclid=PAAaZx8v5icldxXRQaMLAONv8gK5p7XM8CQb3-it1k1B1HZjWPmXyVwiiSapY_aem_AcCt2Fkay_o5OutTW63VhVLcCmGg4Dyv19cIl02m5p3VkuZsnCgtDkQ0Jz2IPAmdbdg

aburtch,
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@Nolasox @maxellxlii90

Thanks again for surfacing this. She's not wrong in calling out Beyoncé.

It is true she enlisted some incredible talent on the album and then drowned them out with pop sheen, "like a capitalist gesture to insert itself into that world.”

To which I say of course it was! She said herself it's “a ‘Beyoncé’ album, not a country album.” Her goal is to enhance the Beyoncé brand and make buckets of money.

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@Nolasox @maxellxlii90

Could she have been more magnanimous and showcased true black country? Sure, but that was never her intent. And two things can be true: She could have done a better job in that respect, AND even by doing this less than perfect album with capitalist intentions, it still calls attention to the fact that black women can be country.

aburtch,
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@Nolasox @maxellxlii90

Yasmin says “Beyoncé’s flagrant leaning on country aesthetics … suggests an artist conforming to the standards in order to cash in on the growing popularity of country music.” Again, what did you expect…it was a Beyoncé album. What Yasmin was hoping for was Beyoncé to do a Rhiannon Giddens album or a Rissi Palmer album, which is too much to ask for from the biggest black pop star in the world.

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@Nolasox @maxellxlii90

She goes on to criticize the lyrics for being “Hollywood’s version of the working person’s reality.” True, but at least Beyoncé is pulling from her own actual experience and not being inauthentic by making up sob stories she hasn’t lived. The album definitely would have benefited from “de-centering its superstar and letting the experts shine through” but that was never going to happen.

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@Nolasox @maxellxlii90

Even putting out the album she did, it made a statement. It’s getting radio airplay on country stations and shinging a light on the very real struggle of black musicians in the country genre.

I highly recommend listening to Rissi Palmer’s interview about the album on the Washington Post podcast: https://pca.st/09tb01zd

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@Nolasox @maxellxlii90

Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating here, I love Yasmin and her music. I just think she wanted Beyoncé to make a Rissi Palmer album and that was never going to happen. It’s not what the Beyoncé brand does.

AND it was still a positive that Beyoncé said to the country music industry: “Screw you, I can do this too”

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@Nolasox @maxellxlii90
Appreciate you reading my screed.

And 💯 💯 💯 Post Malone + Miley Cyrus add absolutely nothing; to the album or whatever larger conversations Beyoncé was trying to have.

aburtch,
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@maxellxlii90 @mrcompletely @Nolasox Seconded. Jasmin is incredible live, very talented.

aburtch,
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@maxellxlii90 @mrcompletely @Nolasox The Washington Post podcast I linked to said they reached out to Beyoncé for comment and didn’t receive a response. Other than that I haven’t seen anything, but I also have cut back on my news intake these days.

There was the much expected “who does she think she is” from a lot of the more vocal bro-country artists.

Daojoan, to random
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"it's important to recognize" = this post was written by chatGPT

aburtch,
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@Daojoan I totally agree and was thinking the same thing. I just sent this toot a few hours ago: https://triangletoot.party/@aburtch/112197835412771719

aburtch, to ai
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One of the most obvious tells in an written article is the overuse of the word “important." Everything is always "It's very important to..." “We must remember the importance of…"

That and the gobs and gobs of filler sentences that state the obvious or don't tell you anything new you didn't know. "Here we are going to discuss why [this] and the benefits of [that]…”

ai6yr, to music
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New York Times article about a musician who has posted thousands and thousands of (ridiculous) random songs in an SEO bid to Spotify etc... which actually works that he makes a leaving from random streams of those random songs. (Gift Article) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/magazine/spotify-matt-farley.html?ugrp=u&unlocked_article_code=1.hE0.ejmt.J_ag76Di5g4s&smid=url-share

aburtch,
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@ai6yr That article is crazy!

aburtch, to random
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@mrcompletely I was just listening to the "Box of Rain" episode of the Deadcast and heard you on it! Very cool!

aburtch, to Banjo
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Lindsay Lou with a fantastic cover of "Mountains in the Mist" by .

https://open.spotify.com/track/03daoQY8CDWpeJIqtq4psD?si=47f86a3feab14bf0

aburtch, to discgolf
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One of my favorite things about is that it's affordable. Almost all courses are in public parks and are free to play. And equipment is just a few discs that cost between $10-25 dollars each. You can get used discs even cheaper.

putt putting GIF by Dynamic Discs

LeftistLawyer, to movies
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    aburtch,
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    @LeftistLawyer I agree it's all theater and Capitalist propaganda, but I'd hardly lay the blame with Hollywood and Madison Ave. They are symptoms, not the root cause. The real culprit is the 1% (& monopolists) doing everything they can to preserve their business models. The well being of humans and the planet be damned.

    It's getting worse because recent changes allowing unlimited money in politics and weakened anti-trust laws are eliminating any checks or balances on their power.

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    @LeftistLawyer I would argue that Hollywood and Madison Ave simply take the money the monopolists give them since their businesses also run on profit motive.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    There is a person who does beautiful calligraphy of funny things, and this one didn't make sense to me until I saw this:

    A weather map with temperatures in the area but the town of Mckinney says it is 101105 degrees F.

    aburtch,
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    @RickiTarr Check out @welshpixie calligraphy. It's beautiful and she also has hilariously pithy sayings.

    aburtch, to hiking
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    Cedar Rock Creek Falls. Pisgah National Forest.

    video/mp4

    aburtch, to Phish
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    This is a Spectrum 12/2/97 Ghost appreciation toot.

    aburtch, to random
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    I'm not sure who needs to hear this but purchasing ESPN+ DOES NOT give you the ability to watch live sports airing on the main ESPN channel.

    (It's me. I'm the one who needs to hear this.)

    TonyStark, to random
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    A bipartisan panel of judges in North Carolina has ruled that the Republican-controlled state legislature improperly tried to seize control of state and local election boards – a consequential decision in a state that could emerge as a key battleground in November’s presidential election.

    Republicans may appeal but this is good news for now.

    North Carolina judges block elections board changes pushed by Republicans that weaken governor |
    https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-elections-boards-governor-legislature-879ed4e4f8c84f55283dba0ad01b6823

    aburtch,
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    @TonyStark This happens on the regular here. The Republican supermajority in the legislature does everything they can to undercut the Democratic governor.

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