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My name is Jason and I live in Buffalo, NY with my wife and three kids. I mainly blog about music and our dueling digital/analog selves. Sometimes family stuff, hockey, and photography. Learn More →
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🔗 The real energy use of agentic AI - by Zeke Hausfather
The analysis has calculated heavy agentic AI usage by an individual to a little more than the energy usage of an electric clothes dryer for a year. Not inconsequential for sure... and that doesn't consider water, other pollution, noise, etc.
The eye-opening chart, though, was the annual numbers for an average US home in terms of electricity usage AND 11,500 miles of a gas car. Just huge. The lack of federal attention to convert the grid to renewables and reduction of incentives to buy EVs during this shit administration is going to have a massive long-term impact.
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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Blockbuster Night Pt. 2 (feat. Despot & Wiki)" by Run The Jewels →
What song makes you want to stay up all night?
RTJ, Despot, AND Wiki?
I think any RTJ qualifies for this prompt, honestly.
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🔗 Title Fight - (FULL SET) 1.26.18 Long Island, NY - YouTube
One band I wish I saw and probably will never get a chance to is Title Fight. They played Buffalo when the kids were little, so I wasn't in the space to go at that point. Now have to hope for a reunion and one that's close enough to go to...
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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Decayin' with the Boys" by Every Time I Die →
What's a song you associate with your hometown?
Lots of options from the bigger names; Goo Goo Dolls, Snapcase, Copper. But Every Time I Die is probably my favorite of the bunch.
Kill the lights I’ve seen too much
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🔗 IAN SWEET is reclaiming her storied identity - Interview | The Line of Best Fit
“ Subconsciously, I've used IAN SWEET as a vessel for things I'm not ready to process as Jilian, and I use the songwriting and performance to organize my thoughts into the chaotic things, the messy things, and the things I'm not quite ready to touch or look at closer. When I play live, it all becomes very real.”
Sounds like quite the process to get to the new album. Glad she's back to creating!
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🔗 GitHub - nenadjokic/navibeat-mixes: Navidrome plugin: listening-aware playlists.
NaviBeat is becoming an elite music app. Highly recommended if you are on iOS and use Navidrome.
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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Disposable Anthem" by Jacob King →
Saw Jacob King last night so been working through his discography. So good. If you like the Microphones and Saintseneca, you will dig it.
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Lake Rats Dispatch pop-up #2 featured Jake King performing his lo-fi magic.
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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Nosedive" by Man/Woman/Chainsaw →
A serious earworm.
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Bandcamp Friday digital purchases:
- Hum of Heart by Converge
- Ovlov discography (Buds, Am, Tru)
- For Love of Grace & the Hereafter by Iceage
- Floral Green by Title Fight
What did you get?