myrmidex

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[–] myrmidex 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thomas MacDonald (born September 21, 1988) is a Canadian rapper and singer. He is known for his anti-establishment subject matter in his music, in which he also criticizes "woke" culture, herd behavior and groupthink. In 2024, he emerged as a figurehead of "MAGA rap", a Trumpist subgenre of hip hop.

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[–] myrmidex 66 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"John Kennedy, murdered. Gandhi, murdered. Martin Luther King, murdered. Jesus, murdered. Reagan, wounded.” - Bill Hicks

[–] myrmidex 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Added the exa aliases. Nice to see pacman points exa to eza as the former is unmaintained.

[–] myrmidex 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yes it's quite similar to the scrobbling and recommendations of last.fm!

[–] myrmidex 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Listenbrainz has decent recommendations

[–] myrmidex 1 points 1 month ago

Still, there might be psychological changes because of immortality. Survival instinct might grow even stronger the longer one lives, a bit like sunk-cost fallacy. Or if death becomes something exotic, of times long passed, it might no longer be regarded as a serious option, similar to how we've grown opposed to sacrificing virgins, or to using Myspace or Windows.

[–] myrmidex 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I had the same hope when I was younger. Later on I imagined the last star dying and the utter dread the immortals would have to face.

Also: obligatory Mitchell & Webb sketch

[–] myrmidex 2 points 1 month ago

Nice! Their most underrated album imo. Then again, I'm biased as it was my first ever punk album and it blew me away at age 12.

[–] myrmidex 3 points 1 month ago

Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

An entertaining biography dealing with corruption and greed, covered under a layer of snark.

 

Last June, fans of Comedy Central – the long-running channel behind beloved programmes such as The Daily Show and South Park – received an unwelcome surprise. Paramount Global, Comedy Central’s parent company, unceremoniously purged the vast repository of video content on the channel’s website, which dated back to the late 1990s.

Every Daily Show episode since Jon Stewart took over as host in 1999? Disappeared. The historic remains of The Colbert Report? Disappeared. Presumably, one hopes, those materials remain archived internally somewhere, but for the general masses, they’re kaput. Instead, the links redirect visitors to Paramount+, a streaming service whose offerings pale in comparison. (The service offers recent seasons of the Daily Show to paying subscribers, but only a fraction of the prior archive.)

Such digital demolitions are becoming routine. For fans and scholars of pop culture, 2024 may go down as the year the internet shrank. Despite the immense archiving capabilities of the internet, we’re living through an age of mass deletion, a moment when entertainment and media corporations see themselves not as custodians of valuable cultural history, once freely available, but as ruthless maximisers of profit. Those of us who believe in the historical value of accessing media from the past are paying the price.

[–] myrmidex 28 points 1 month ago

Fun fact, during the same trip he also mentioned that doctors assisting abortions are hired killers.

[–] myrmidex 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Decadence and opulence will still only be a private jet trip away.

[–] myrmidex 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

How would you peeps go about allocating an amount for an apartment that'll be built over the next 2 years, with tranches to be paid every few months?

Keep the money invested, or already move the entire amount to a savings account, or just move the amount needed for the next tranch(es)?

 

Caught this gem on the news the other day.

 

Als de Britse chemiereus Ineos vraagt, dan draait de Vlaamse Regering. Interne documenten die Apache kon inkijken, tonen hoe de regering-Jambon op vraag van Ineos-topman Jim Ratcliffe de eigen financiële principes in de weegschaal legt.

 

Nog nooit stonden zoveel strandbars aan de Belgische kust. De regels zijn tien jaar oud en kustburgemeesters lobbyen vandaag voor een verdere versoepeling, al raken ze het onderling niet eens. Verschillende badplaatsen zoeken alleszins de grens op van wat mag. Volgens de natuur- en milieubeweging zit het strand echt wel vol.

 

I'm full on de-googling. I have set up ProtonMail as my main, a selfhosted NextCloud to store my calendar, drive and photos, I'm even erasing all my maps reviews by hand. The only thing I'm still unsure about: how should I replace my chromecast? Besides the amazon, apple or roku devices, which do you use? Which device do you recommend?

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