Sorry to learn of the death of James Blood Ulmer
Ever since his song Jazz is the Teacher Funk is the Preacher was somewhere near the top (maybe at the top) of a Village Voice "Pazz and Jop" poll I've been a fan. Listen to "Are You Glad To Be In America?" wherever or however you listen
www.theguardian.com
Musician who spliced jazz, funk and blues, including in a spell on a major label in the early 1980s, was celebrated as ‘fearless’ by his family
The ritual sacrifice of the posthuman
Sending prayers up to the gods of the simulacrum
The pimply creepy sadistic 12-year-old gamer boy god of the simulacrum
We offer you this posthumanist tribute
We unite with you in delirium
We game with you in delirium
The ritual sacrifice of the posthuman
SF party "City On The Edge" a book about changes in SF, good bad & in between. I'm in it. Worth a read, by @jsweber.bsky.social ... met movers shakers shapers shifters spoke to @craignewmark.bsky.social first time in a while
Had to split early to meet with Guillermo (see post somewhere below)
www.wired.com
The definitive story of how Claude Code and OpenClaw kicked off computing’s biggest transformation possibly ever.
with Guillermo Gomez-Pena at The Front Porch in SF... his wife Balitrónica said we seemed particularly mischievous. It's true. Plotting for Gray Area 8-12, 8-13.
With Guillermo Guillermo Gómez-Peña at The Front Porch SF. Photo by Chris Hudak Guillermo's wife and fellow La Pocha Nostra member Balitrónica joined the fun. We are plotting mischief for 8/12 - 8/13 at Gray Area SF announcement soon
R.U. Sirius
R.U. Sirius
AI titans Microsoft and Amazon are intimately linked with Seattle.
gizmodo.com
The letter to employees was reported the same day that OpenAI filed to go public.
SF party "City On The Edge" a book about changes in SF, good bad & in between. I'm in it. Worth a read, by @jsweber.bsky.social ... met movers shakers shapers shifters spoke to @craignewmark.bsky.social first time in a while
Had to split early to meet with Guillermo (see post somewhere below)
