I really like the record from Romy (from The xx). Favourite track so far is The Sea 💯
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I really like the record from Romy (from The xx). Favourite track so far is The Sea 💯
romyromyromy.bandcamp.com/album/mid…
If the political left ignores this underlying systemic issue, it would end up echoing European liberals who are not questioning the privatized power of the owners of big tech, but merely bemoan the fact that their profits are not generated under European ownership.
The Left Needs To Stop Idolizing The GDPR by Malte Engeler
Waves Day 3: The Crab Apples, Laura, Soft Loft, Anna Mabo, Night Tapes
Waves Day 2: Ferielle, Moira and Oscar Lang
Waves Day 1: Cousines Like Shit and Annie Taylor
This is the essence of the North America-centric ‘Europecore’ trend that exploded this summer. This is not so much about the reality of Europe, but about a romanticized view of a ‘European’ way of life.
the plight of the vibe tourist by Alexi Gunner
Waves Vienna does not share a playlist with all the artists on Apple Music, so I made one. Or to be more precise, I let SongShift make me one
Daisy The Great at Chelsea, Vienna
Liza Anne at Chelsea, Vienna
This is awesome. A list of the most foundational blog posts on web development
I also photographed some pretty moss
We went hiking and foraging on Saturday in Styria and we found a lot of chanterelles and saw so many spiders.
When you take the train from Vienna to Villach or Graz you will reach after one hour one of my favorite train travel sections in Austria: on left side you will see valleys and mountains and forests and castle ruins and on the right side the train will kiss the rock walls.
New book haul
For some, that’s a welcome invitation to test the autonomous vehicles’ limits. Megan, a woman in her 20s, took her first robotaxi ride on a recent late-night excursion. It was also her first time having sex in a driverless vehicle.
San Franciscans Are Having Sex in Robotaxis, and Nobody Is Talking About It by Liz Lindqwister
AMP was, in many ways, a step backward for the web. […] But it was fast. And to Google, that was all that mattered.
Speed Trap by David Pierce
Because what we are witnessing is the wealthiest companies in history (Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon …) unilaterally seizing the sum total of human knowledge that exists in digital, scrapable form and walling it off inside proprietary products, many of which will take direct aim at the humans whose lifetime of labor trained the machines without giving permission or consent.
AI machines aren’t ‘hallucinating’. But their makers are by Naomi Klein
Roughly three months ago I stopped smoking and this means I saved some money, which I used to buy myself a present:
Recently I discovered some new Austrian artists I like and thought I share them:
Lola Marsh at Flex, Vienna
Finished reading: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead 📚
Morzinplatz, Vienna
How will these smaller groups of happier people be monetized? This is a tough question for the billionaires. Happy people, the kind who eat sandwiches together, are boring. They don’t buy much.
God Did the World a Favor by Destroying Twitter by Paul Ford
Rather than feel impotent and useless, you must come to terms with the fact that as a human being you are infinitely powerful, and take responsibility for this tremendous power. Even our smallest actions have potential for great change, positively or negatively, and the way in which we all conduct ourselves within the world means something. You are anything but impotent, you are, in fact, exquisitely and frighteningly dynamic, as are we all, and with all respect you have an obligation to stand up and take responsibility for that potential. It is your most ordinary and urgent duty.