When you come across a passage that was meant disparagingly but now just sounds like the congregation of our neighborhood third wave coffee shop:
"In the 1920s, for example, a Wall Street Journal editorial described supporters of the Progressive politician Robert La Follette as "visionaries, ne'er do wells, parlor pinks, reds, hyphenates [Americans with divided allegiance], soft handed agriculturalists and working men who have never seen a shovel."
My spotify suggestions & personalized playlist are totally screwed up by listening to 8+ hours of green/white/brown noise and ambient 741 Hz woo-woo sounds so I can sleep all night. Really need a way to say "no, not these."
#music #sleep #spotify
Finding it off-putting when a conference submission or other signup form still asks for a Twitter/X handle (with no option for Mastadon or other alternatives).
Organizations should ask themselves if they really want to be associated with that brand.... #twitter
I have been doing taxonomy work for almost 20 years now and, without fail, every single time I have to review a geolocation facet I get the Beach Boys "Kokomo" stuck in my head... #taxonomy #occupationalhazards #music
Been doing the 7 day trial for Lingopie -- language learning using videos and music with what seems like a combo of real/human translation services and LLM chatbot.
So far, just so-so. Not sure I'll continue.
Anyone else?
#language #languagelearning #apps
I would really like a treat such as a little chocolate or a cookie or even grapes. Only things I can find in the office are a small can of tuna and a cough drop :-( #food #snacks #disappointed
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