Very exhausting week. And when setup is bad or task is difficult enough. Silence is required. And since Mullholland Drive I like calling it Silencio in my head Hopefully its a debut at #GLMusicDiscovery. And if not, as Bob Ross says - it's happy accident

TIL: Trump admin. & Taliban signed deal to withdraw of all NATO forces from Afghanistan by 1 May 2021 Biden Inauguration: January 20, 2021 Setup to score populist points. Wonderful history channel I've been digging today:

So $IAC finally gave up on $ANGI. Finally.

"[Gazprom] sales are expected to decline further as a 5-year deal with Ukraine for Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine expires on Dec. 31. Kyiv has said it will not enter into talks with Moscow about the extension of the agreement"

Vocal screams France, but its just a sample producer Nym used. This weeks addition to my playlists. Always pleasant to explore new music in DLoaw's channel. #GLMusicDiscovery

On some occasions I learn about 60-80s music by their covers, remixes. This is one of those cases and gotta say I prefer the remix over original. What a joyful edit by producer Tim Green of Paul McCartneys' 1985. (short version) #GLMusicDiscovery

On July 5 hungarian messenger met with putin. On July 11 he delivered his masters message to orange guy. Now that orange guy is set to return to White House, it's reasonable to ask, how will orange repay for reelection help?

A man was made for this job. Best 4 audio hours in a long time. Intense scenarios are complimented with exceptional storytelling.

Tarrifs up, prices up, inflation up, yields up, rates stable short -mid term, taxes down, stocks up. Oil - too many variables outside US. That's my reading. As for democracy: it was a good run. Medvedev will be dead drunk this week.

~2mo old bookmark: US sees increased risk of russian tampering of global internet infrastructure. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/06/politics/us-sees-increasing-risk-of-russian-sabotage-undersea-cables

This autumn stumbled upon Swedish composer Teodor Wolgers. Out of a dozen listens, Reflective Artefacts stood out. Piano with electronic backdrop. #GLMusicDiscovery

Intense weeks.. The Necks - group I discovered myself this week, I think is my wider ramp to jazz. Listened to at least 5 albums. This track is among the shortest. As radio host said - "listens like a butter". Aussies, Founded in 1887. #GLMusicDiscovery

Forest in fog today reminded of a gentle electronic track by Gidge, Swedish duo. "music is often recorded in the forest of Umeå and uses a mixture of electronic and organic elements, such as wooden and stone percussion" #GLMusicDiscovery

Irony: Internet's ex-dad Peterson, who rose to fame under the flag of Truth, is supporting Trump - a systemic liar.

China accounts for 10 of the 12 cases of leaks of critical technologies registered by South Korea's national police agency this year - FT I chuckle everytime I hear about Chinas innovation. 'bout what? Stealing?

"Everybody is talking themselves out of suceess all the time" - Jonathan Blow

Flashback from 1994. One of Massive Attack's signature tracks - Protection with soothing vocal from "Anything but the girl" lead singer Tracey Thorn. Time melting, dreamy beat #GLMusicDiscovery

"I recently took a Lyft from Downtown Houston to the airport. The ride was 45 min at no rush hour. Lyft cost was $42, i asked the driver how much he his revenue was. He said $19. He also said that before uber/lyft, he was making $45 for same ride, but now he was making <50%"

A 1970s IBM presentation remarked "A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision" #AI #LLM

Mikhail Khodorkovsky: "I was in Germany recently and talked to people who remember the past. I asked them how quick the denazification process in Germany was. They said that German society really started to perceive Hitler in a way that we perceive him now as a global force of evil and started to feel horrified with that Germany did around 1968, so over 20 years later - a generation later. Unfortunately I think that in Russia process won't be fast either."