https://buttondown.com/perfectsentences/archive/perfect-sentences-106/ this week in sentences: burning arrows, sharks on cocaine, whatever they distill, stultifying disappointment, cheap willow ware, sultry summer
On this day in 1983, the ARPANET network officially switched to using the TCP/IP protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
"January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other."
https://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit07/internet07_02.phtml
https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/2024-corporate-in-memoriam just under the wire please enjoy the annual 2024 Year In Corporate Deaths episode with Tim Hwang
my 2024 highlights
- some of my friends had babies
- I worked with some artists to bully an art nonprofit into giving away a total of $60K to Palestinian artists and organizers
- the movie I Saw The TV Glow
- saw @kissane and fam IRL for the first time in 5 years
- Luigi Mangione happening
https://youtu.be/jnyyuxPBPeg?si=do8uDayAJ5Watf5a blown away that this was 13 years ago but as the year comes to a close and rousing anthems are needed here is one of my favorite performances of The Mountain Goats' "This Year", with guest vocals from Craig Finn. I was in the audience at this show, it was great.
It takes a lot for me to post anything about AI. This really must be stopped:
"the [Biden] White House is drafting a plan to open up public lands for the construction of #AI #DataCenters along with power plants to fuel them. Environmental regulations would reportedly be eased to facilitate faster construction, and the power plants would be fueled by fossil gas"
https://truthout.org/articles/gas-exports-and-ai-boom-poised-to-spike-energy-prices-for-consumers-under-trump/