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terjefjelde

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Romanticism, news, synths, serialism, spacepop, jazz-funk, politics, cake, coffee, architecture and everything in between. Screaming for the hills/Norway. Founder and supreme leader of the Ted Mountainé Orchestra.

No particular expertise, but I have a degree in public planning and I know a lot about music. And I compose for fun.

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mcmullin, to Creativity
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Two good questions this morning from Andrew Simonet. The second is one I don’t think we talk about enough: you can’t just have the greatest art from the greatest artists, without the whole cultural ecosystem that produces and nurtures them. The minor artists and the failed experiments all play essential roles too.

https://view.flodesk.com/emails/660b0120c1a8c9a0c7ddedcc

@contemporarymusic @composers

terjefjelde,
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@mcmullin @contemporarymusic @composers I was just thinking about this yesterday, when I looked at an AI service that generates pop tunes based on prompts.

It sounds generic enough to be scary. But there are no failed experiments – just misinterpretation of commands. And instead of the bottom-up cultural ecosystem you're describing here, it's a top-down straitjacket nurturing no one.

And yet, human production/stock music is probably dead. And does that mean it will now sound the same forever?

terjefjelde, to mastodon
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I went through my Mastodon account today, and unfollowed some users that haven't been active in the past year.

I was heartening to see that when I sorted the 11 pages of people I follow by "last active", the first 6 pages of users had posted an update during the past week. Pretty good!

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@mina A good thing, I'm sure!

I do like my feed on Mastodon – I must be an excellent curator! 😁

Free_Press, to news
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BREAKING NEWS 🚨

We knew this statement was coming from Russia!

The head of the Russian defense committee of the State Duma, Andtey Kartapolov:

"Ukraine and its supporters are the main players involved in the terrorist attack on Crocus.

If the information about the Ukrainian trace in the terrorist attack is confirmed, there must be a clear response on the battlefield".

terjefjelde,
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@mina @Free_Press I guess it might first and foremost be a domestic ploy from Putin, to detract attention from the fact that he didn't heed the warnings from Western intelligence about an imminent terrorist attack?

terjefjelde, to random
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"We're so busy promoting, analyzing and debunking what dumb people say that we have no time for smart people."

terjefjelde, to uk
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So let me get this right: He is essentially suggesting to ban himself, then?

"The communities secretary wants [...] to pilot a scheme to ban individuals and groups deemed extremist from public life"

"The proposed new definition of extremism [...] include “attempts to overturn, exploit or undermine the UK’s system of liberal democracy to confer advantages or disadvantages on specific groups” or threatening
individual rights or enabling the spread of extremism."

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/09/revealed-legal-fears-over-michael-gove-definition-extremism

terjefjelde, to random
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Stop constantly updating your Terms of Use.

Just... have a decent set of terms that everyone can understand and agree to in the first place already!

(okay, thanks for your patience, I'm fine again now. Really, I am!)

design_law, to random
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Happy weekend, friends! What are we reading, watching, and listening to for fun (or distraction)?

terjefjelde,
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@design_law Jane Eyre, Mindhunter and James Whitbourn, respectively.

terjefjelde, to delhi
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Surprise!

"An official study of low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) ordered by Rishi Sunak amid efforts to stop them being built has instead concluded they are generally popular and effective and the report was initially buried"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/low-traffic-neighbourhoods-generally-popular-report-ordered-by-sunak-finds

terjefjelde, to random
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"I don't care about IWD, because it has nothing to do with me," proclaimed my 15 year old daughter's 40-something gym teacher in class today.

So he doesn't have a mother? A sister? A wife, a girlfriend, a daughter, a female co-worker – or simply a woman that he likes and wishes well?

Can we also say in unison: "My daughter's gym teacher is an idiot"?

terjefjelde, to environment
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I know VERY little about this topic. But it has occurred to me that P2P could vastly reduce the need for insanely sized data centers and, subsequently, the environmental footprint of data.

Yes? If so, why isn't it used more widely? Not a good fit? Practical issues? Commercial interests? Political control?

terjefjelde,
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@happyborg Thanks for sharing!

This is the wonderful thing about Mastodon: For me it was just a passing thought after a public discourse on electricity consumption, and I can hardly make a coherent argument about it.

But I know that if I express my thoughts on a subject here, there are always smart and knowledgeable people like yourself who can send me down whole new rabbit holes of information. Thanks again!

terjefjelde, to photography
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Suuuuun, don't leave us so soon!

terjefjelde, to music
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I just came across this montage that I assembled shortly after David Bowie's death, and it amused me.

All of these statements are actual quotes from tribute articles and obits at the time, although one or two of them may have been put together for comic effect. (1/)

terjefjelde, to snowboarding
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Earlier today, in the backyard – the effect of snow falling while the sun is shining through the clouds always fascinates me.

Snowy backyard - snow falling as dramatic sun shines through the clouds.

terjefjelde, to Cats
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One of our cats has been all over my keyboard during the course of the night. Just goes to show, you never know what they're thinking! 😹

terjefjelde,
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Yeah, it was probably this one.

Closeup of cat acting innocent by closing his eyes.

terjefjelde, to architecture
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Interesting. I guess it could also be argued that resistance to this project reflects that not all UK planners have lost their minds yet.

"Debacle over Sphere in London spotlights UK’s problem with planning"

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/14/debacle-over-sphere-in-london-spotlights-uks-problem-with-planning

terjefjelde, to random
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TV/movies. It could be age-related, because this kind of stuff has always existed one way or another – and avoiding the meaningless becomes ever more important the older you get. But I find myself reaching for the off-switch far more often than before, realizing that I'm in someone else's dumb, dragged-out and drug-induced fever fantasy. Latest offenders: Future Man (tv-series, Seth Rogen – should have known better) and Everything Everywhere All at Once (chaotic, simplistic; too disappointing).

terjefjelde,
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@tailsy Thanks for the warning! Yeah, I can get the same feeling. I'm not really locked to a particular set of preferences; I enjoy conventional storytelling/visuals as well as experimentation in most genres that I can think of, but sometimes I don't understand where recommendations are coming from at all.

terjefjelde, to random
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I'm sorry, I have no stake in it as such, as I'm neither plagued by it, nor have I (knowingly) inflicted it on others. And I don't endorse socially inept narcissism, and I know that I'm lucky in terms of gender and age.

But I can't help feeling that some of those who bemoan "randos", "reply guys" and "unsolicited advice" at every turn in the face of their own expertise/social intelligence/truth/belligerence/whatever will, at some point be left feeling terribly... alone.

We're all randos!

terjefjelde,
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I don't mean to belittle anyone's experience with actual problematic behaviour.

I guess my main beef with it is the indiscriminate use of these snappy, but ill-defined derogatory terms; and that they are somehow expected to be taken as valid arguments in a debate amongst adults.

Also, knowing these terms sucks the joy out of the social media experience a little bit, because it makes me wary of replying to strangers. After all, that's how most of us met.

terjefjelde,
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@emmaaum Right back at you – we've done the random bit and the replying bit - all we need now is some unsolicited advice!

terjefjelde,
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@emmaaum 😎 And here's one from me: Cold weather? Multiple layers!

(Sound advice and an impassioned defence of Scandinavian fashion choices!)

terjefjelde, to Horizon
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Morning sky today - nature does those colour gradients rather well, I think.

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