Geoff's Musical Musings
Three Months with the Strandberg
Living with a Strandberg, 3 months on. It is delivering the goods
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Odds 'n Ends - December 6, 2025
Some miscellaneous thoughts. Read to the end to find a good Substacker to subscribe to!
Tech
That sucked...
Free time, a nagging error, and almost catastrophic results. How not to spend a day off.
Political Musing
What Happens Next?
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
Music: Simone Simons
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's AI has gone full glaze
Musk once again puts his paw on the scale and dails it up to full on ridiculous.
Geoff's Musical Musings
Music: Nori Bucci
The fact that Nori Bucci is almost unknown is criminal. Her talent and skills are off the charts.
Political Musing
Twitter outs the MAGA-fluencers
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
TFG: David fucking Brooks
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 casual-izing of misogyny
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.
What fresh hell ... (LinkedIn)
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
TFG: Ross Douthat on Epstein
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"