Lifelong learner, physics educated, product manager by trade, guitar player, and dog rescuer.
Political Musing
A trilogy of chilling newsletters and articles hit my inbox today, causing me to think about what happens when Trump loses power or dies. It is not going to be a fun transition, and no, MAGA will not die with Trump.
Geoff's Musical Musings
A killer duo collaborating on a killer track, and an Epic video. Enjoy Alissa White-Gluz guesting on Simone's album Vermillion. \m/
Tech
Musk once again puts his paw on the scale and dails it up to full on ridiculous.
Geoff's Musical Musings
The fact that Nori Bucci is almost unknown is criminal. Her talent and skills are off the charts.
Political Musing
Last weekend Twitter did an intentional oops, created an unholy mess, and now the mask is unveiled. The MAGA verse isn't fed by nefarious state actors, but is instead stoked by ordinary people farming for influence to improve their lot in life. Delish!
Political Musing
I fucking hate writing about Epstein, but goddamn it, David Brooks does one of his "high and mighty" snooty opinions, and I just can't let it lie...
Political Musing
The premise of Q-anon, that there's a cabal of elites that are boorish, exploitative, and that prey on young women (and men) turns out to be true. Sophie GIlbert does an outstanding job in her latest on The Atlantic.
LinkedIn has long been on my shit list. And it is getting even more shitty as they try to swim with all the other enshittified social media bits.
Political Musing
I really didn't want to write about Epstein and the release of a tranche or emails with some juicy drops by Comer-fudd, but then Ross Douthat had to open his face-anus, and try to play the "nothing burger" card, and "be careful what you wish for"
This will be a geeking out sesh. I have been on the other side of the world supporting one of our flagship trade conferences. As such, I have been pretty busy supporting the mission, but Thursday I had a 100% free day. Al0ne, in South Melbourne, Australia, I tapped the
Geoff's Musical Musings
AI music is infecting the world, and it is getting well and truly scary how good it is. Here's a player demonstrating how to "write" a song with AI, and how terrifying this is for flesh and blood musicians.
Political Musing
MAGA's commitment to labor was always a fig leaf, the truth is that it, and the Republican party of the last 55 years has been excessively hostile to labor, and has ridden herd on the decimation of what once made America great. No surprise.