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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Song for the Messenger" by Chanel Beads

One of the singles off the new Chanel Beads album, which was a featured album on the blog last week.

Been enjoying the chill vibe this week during the heat wave.

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🎶 Crucial Track for today: "Place Position" by Fugazi

What's a favorite opening line from any song?

A masterful Fugazi song on xenophobia and "illegal" immigration.

Some of their best guitar work... and this opening verse:

All origins are Accidental You've got no papers and no roads lead home Anymore

Appropriate for today, considering we were allowed to keep the 14th Amendment. 🙄

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Farmer’s market breakfast, sushi for dinner, then Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Good day with the fam!

One of my favorite shows and this video runs down a bunch of connections and easter eggs from the first 9 episodes. So glad there will be a season 2!

Last high school award ceremony in the books! Z received three awards and finished 3rd in her class for total “points” earned through varsity athletics: ice hockey, field hockey, and lacrosse. Next year, D3 in the last two at Keuka College. Proud!

Everything has grown worse in Fugazi’s absence.

So true. And a nice look back at Fugazi’s legacy.

Found this band in Rosy Overdrive's "Best of 2026 (so far) part 1" post and thankfully clicked on the song preview... so good.

As AI companies get ready to go public and we get a deeper look at their inner workings, it’s only natural to have questions about their finances, like “Do they make money?” and “How?” Here are a few examples to help the average layperson understand the business side of AI.

Kind of brilliant, absurd examples of the insanity that is the AI bubble.

Thank you Dave. 🕊️