Blasting Rod @blastingrod@fedibird.com

"Ulysses kicks back at, picks apart and argues against many of the techniques and conventions Jane Austen established: but then arguing and kicking back are things children often to do to their parents."

Sally Rooney on on reading, and misreading, #Ulysses:
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/12/07/misreading-ulysses/ #books #literature #reading #bookstodon #SallyRooney #IrishLiterature #modernism

The Turing Test poisoned the minds of generations of AI enthusiasts, because its criteria is producing text that persuades observers it was written by a human.

The result? Generative AI text products designed to "appear real" rather than produce accurate or ethical outputs.

It *should* be obvious why it's problematic to create a piece of software that excels at persuasion without concern for accuracy, honesty or ethics. But apparently it's not.

#JimiHendrix photographed by Raymundo de Larrain for LIFE Magazine, October 3, 1969

#music #photography #Psychedelic

50 years ago today, #sirdougsahm, #jerrygarcia, & #davidgrisman at wally heider’s in san francisco, 2 lovely tunes by a 1-time trio, unreleased until 2003. also garcia’s last pedal steel session outside the dead (besides seastones) & his 1st proper recording with grisman (& seemingly a step towards forming old & in the way the next year).
“from a jack to a king”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbqQJWffLM4
“leave me alone with the blues”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4MdhXcJQkg
details via @InstituteJerry: https://jerrybase.com/events/19721202-01

okay #BandCamp folks, here's an instrumental playlist of recommendations/favs using the newish BNDCMPR playlist tool. These aren't new/fresh things just a nice little list I made for myself - ten tracks in a variety of styles

https://bndcmpr.co/444d6acf

A few weeks into the pandemic in 2020 I curated Imaginational Anthem Vol X for Tompkins Square. It's digital only (you can burn your own CD/dub a cassette) and only European guitarists and a banjo player are on there. Unfortunately, it's not getting too much attention next to its siblings on vinyl, but it has a pretty nice digital booklet, so check it out if you like to explore solo acoustic guitar instrumentals from across the ocean #bandcampfriday
https://dyingforbadmusic.com/IAX/

A lot of Mastodon instance admins are either getting their first hosting bill or getting a very increased bill from extreme growth and usage. Some may be experiencing bill shock.

Please make sure your paying/supporting them!

Twitter was free because you were the product. Mastodon doesn't work this way.

Many instances list a patreon or donation links on their about page.

#Reading A #Photograph includes 2 PDF files that I used in teaching #MediaLiteracy - back in the Dark Stone Age. Includes: 1. The Codes and Conventions of the #Medium of #Photography.
2. Reading #Photographs ~ questions that guide reader through the process of #analysis of a photograph.
This may be of help learning #PhotographComposition. It will also assist with describing an image using #AltText. 🙂

https://darkpinesmedia.wordpress.com/reading-a-photograph/

Okay, I've figured out how to search my posts by tags, without including everyone else's posts. I'm sure it was in the orientation meeting that I didn't know about. 😂
Instead of "Your Instance/tags/
topic" do "Your Instance/your ID/tagged/topic".
Especially valuable, if you want to go back to earlier posts to edit/add Alt Text/CW. 🙂