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Orbital feat. Penelope Isles:
🎵 Are You Alive?
#NowPlaying #Orbital #PenelopeIsles
https://orbitalofficial.bandcamp.com/track/are-you-alive-feat-penelope-isles
https://open.spotify.com/track/2uJbLXWgxBEgkUtz2Ie07l

"Two marsupials thought extinct for 6,000 years found alive in Indonesian Papua"
#Indonesia #Animals

Two marsupials thought extinct for 6,000 years found alive in Indonesian Papua
Two species of marsupials thought to have been extinct for the past 6,000 years have been found very much alive on the island of New Guinea.

“Direct-to-cell satellite internet can bypass censorship and internet shutdowns, connecting ordinary smartphones directly to satellites—no special equipment needed. This technology could save lives in Iran and beyond.”
#d2c #iran

Oil pressure is the only thing keeping an engine alive by Technology Connections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCfOazZCNQ

#throwbackThursday
My family in 1955.

How the authoritarian government of Viktor Orban, intent on controlling media, failed to take into account the resilience of Hungarian independent journalists (Andršs Pethő/Nieman Reports)
https://niemanreports.org/how-hungarys-independent-media-held-the-line/

How Hungary’s Independent Media Held the Line - Nieman Reports
Investigative journalists helped keep democracy’s flame alive in dark times

Don't leave for the weekend - and don't head to RSA - without scanning today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--US dismantles major botnet networks, but Mirai’s evolution keeps the threat alive,
--Cops take down 373k scam darknet sites posting as CSAM sites,
--FBI seizes two Handala sites,
--Man convicted on extortion counts after sensitive contractor data theft,
--Man pleads guilty to AI-assisted stre…

US dismantles major botnet networks, but Mirai’s evolution keeps the threat alive
Cops take down 373k scam darknet sites posting as CSAM sites, FBI seizes two Handala sites, Man convicted on extortion counts after sensitive contractor data theft, Man pleads guilty to AI-assisted streaming fraud, Admin unveils AI legislative framework, much more

🧟‍♀️ Forget DeepSeek, dying alone is China’s latest tech obsession
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/25/world/dying-app-chinas-latest-tech-obsession/
🆓

Forget DeepSeek, dying alone is China’s latest tech obsession
The interface is almost aggressively plain. Users, largely people living alone, tap to confirm they are still alive.

Forests don’t just store carbon. They keep people alive, scientists say https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/forests-dont-just-store-carbon-they-keep-people-alive-scientists-say/

Forests don’t just store carbon. They keep people alive, scientists say
For decades, a dominant argument for protecting forests has focused on carbon. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, store it in wood and soils, and slow the accumulation of greenhouse gases. A new scientific review suggests this emphasis overlooks other ways forests shape climate and human well-being. Forests, it argues, are not only a mitigation tool for […]

Judge keeps fight to end LA ICE patrols alive | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-keeps-fight-to-end-la-ice-patrols-alive/

If my great-grandpa were alive today, he'd be dead, because nobody lives to 131. He was a cool dude while he was around, tho.

One of my favorite Cannibal Corpse records, 'Kill' was released 20 years ago today (March 20, 2006). 🔥
It was actually my favorite album of 2006, as I discovered as I made my 'favorite album every year I've been alive' list (https://record.club/jake4480/lists/one

“Keep hope alive!” These are the words that the Rev. Jesse Jackson shouted four times at the conclusion of the electrifying speech he delivered at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Yesterday his voice fell silent. https://divinity.yale.edu/news/2026-02

'Keep hope alive': Dean Greg Sterling's reflection on Jesse Jackson

In a strongly worded decision this week, a federal judge ordered that the Voice of America
— its mission to provide news for countries around the world largely shut down for the past year by the Trump administration
— come roaring back to life.
Whether or not that actually happens is anybody’s guess.
The government filed notice Thursday to appeal U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth’s order two days earlier to put hundreds of VOA employees who have been on paid l…

Can Voice of America be put back together again?
A judge this week ruled that Voice of America's employees — and the news organization itself — get back to work. Whether that actually happens is anybody's guess. The government-run agency that broadcasts news around the world has been limping along with a skeleton staff for the past year, largely shut down by the Trump administration. But twice in the past two weeks, U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth has ruled in favor of lawsuits designed to keep it alive, saying that its overse…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Daft Punk:
🎵 Alive
#DaftPunk
https://hydroquin.bandcamp.com/track/daft-punk-alive-909-edition

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Recently, Japanese researchers found some odd DNA in a dinoflagellate cell, which isn't really an Archaea, or a virus, but something else entirely. Apparently symbiotic or parasitic, with an extreme genome reduction, Sukunaarchaeum mirabile has the genetic coding to replicate, but not sustain itself metabolically, so is it life or not alive? Classifying organ…

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Orbital feat. Penelope Isles:
🎵 Are You Alive?
#NowPlaying #Orbital #PenelopeIsles
https://orbitalofficial.bandcamp.com/track/are-you-alive-feat-penelope-isles
https://open.spotify.com/track/2uJbLXWgxBEgkUtz2Ie07l

“Sometime in the last twenty years, our possessions came alive.
Not all at once. Not dramatically. One by one, the objects in our lives opened their eyes, found our faces, and began to need us.
Your thermostat has opinions now. Your television requires a login. Your car updates itself overnight, and sometimes when you start it in the morning, the interface has rearranged itself, as if someone broke in and reorganized your dashboard while you slept.
Your earbuds won't play music until they've updated their firmware. Your refrigerator wants to be on your Wi-Fi.
None of this is broken. This is the product functioning as designed.”
https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing

Grammarly is offering an AI-powered tool called "Expert Review" that simulates feedback from famous writers, dead and living, without their permission (Miles Klee/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/grammarly-is-offering-…

Grammarly Is Offering ‘Expert’ AI Reviews From Your Favorite Authors—Dead or Alive
The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writers—without their permission.

How music kept NFL dream alive for Panthers' Jaelan Phillips https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48475698/nfl-carolina-panthers-jaelan-phillips-music-production

Terrible: In China you only own your home while you're alive! In the west, you get the luxury of not owning a home

I apologise for posting my own music with a bit more regularity these days (after a period of years of never sharing!) - but hey, I now want to get to see some people hear this work while still alive on planet Earth…and this track came in what felt like an inspired way! It’s from my newest album. Perhaps someone will enjoy it today. 🙏🐜
https://…

We shall be known by the company we keep
By the ones who circle round to tend these fires
We shall be known by the ones who sow and reap
The seeds of change, alive from deep within the earth
It is time now, it is time now that we thrive
It is time we lead ourselves into the well
It is time now, and what a time to be alive
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love

Great essay. All software engineers should think about it.
The Last Quiet Thing | Terry Godier
https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Tropical Fuck Storm:
🎵 Stayin' Alive
#TropicalFuckStorm
https://tropicalfstorm.bandcamp.com/track/stayin-alive
https://open.spotify.com/track/5WPVxossQMhnx72ZOCzo9I

Will The UK Finally Ban Boiling Crabs Alive For Food? Here’s What You Need To Know #AnimalRights

Will The UK Finally Ban Boiling Crabs Alive For Food? Here’s What You Need To Know
The UK government’s new animal welfare strategy takes aim at the live boiling of crabs and other decapods, but will there really be a ban?

Trump has done more to accelerate the energy transition than anyone else alive.
Fossil fuel companies bankrolled his presidential campaign to stop the transition in its tracks.
-- But when you back a volatile narcissist, unable to concentrate for more than a few minutes at a time, you shouldn’t expect to control the outcome.
It’s not that the fossils are suffering yet.
As prices have soared since Trump and Netanyahu attacked Iran, oil executives have been selling sha…

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The Shins:
🎵 Dead Alive
#NowPlaying #TheShins
https://shipsoftarshish.bandcamp.com/album/how-the-west-was-won-wanted-dead-or-alive-2

@… @… Given the timeline on IPv6 rollout, I feel like anyone who is alive today can safely ignore it as “future tech” 😂

Pittsburgh City Paper, closed by Block Communications three months ago, is reviving under a new nonprofit, LocalMatters, with Lenfest Institute backing (Rachel McDevitt/90.5 WESA)
https://www.wesa.fm/identity-community/2026-03-19/pittsburgh-city-paper-relaunc…

It’s alive! Pittsburgh City Paper set to relaunch under new owner, start membership program
A new nonprofit, LocalMatters, has bought City Paper from Block Communications.

Love this from NZO https://nzouk.bandcamp.com/album/come-alive

Four Corporate Democrats Just Helped MAGA Keep an Illegal War Alive
Call them out and sign the petition demanding the House re-vote to stop this illegal war
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/four-corporate-democrats-just-helped

Four Corporate Democrats Just Helped MAGA Keep an Illegal War Alive
Call them out and sign the petition demanding the House re-vote to stop this illegal war

Calling the war in Iran a success doesn’t make it so | Cognoscenti https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/03/12/hegseth-trump-iran-israel-oil-regime-change-andrew-carleen

Calling the war in Iran a success doesn’t make it so
"Any American who has been alive for the past quarter century — especially veterans of our post-9/11 military adventures like me — has seen this movie before and knows how open-ended wars in that part of the world play out," writes Andrew Carleen.

This Morning's Listening: https://eyebeemania.net/2026/02/16/this-mornings-listening.html

This Morning's Listening
Jazz Alive! A Night At The Half Note (live) …

Who was Edmonia Lewis, a 19th-century sculptor of Black and Indigenous ancestry who was acclaimed in her day, then overlooked? The exhibition "Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone" opened last night at #PeabodyEssexMuseum and opens in August at the #GeorgiaMuseumOfArt. Read

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Nine Inch Nails:
🎵 As Alive as You Need Me to Be
#NineInchNails
https://neuropeals.bandcamp.com/track/as-alive-as-you-need-me-to-be
https://open.spotify.com/track/1xsEHo7mtGZLEG94vFX11z

There's a relatively wide-spread opinion that even when you know something isn't alive or sentient (like an LLM) that you should be nice to it for your own sake—I think this is misguided because some of these things are deliberately made to be deceptive, extractive or even to injure you.
I think this is just a new iteration of good old "nice vs. kind".

woke up this morning and this tune popped into my head (No Entry - Sham 69 ) :purple_thorn_moth:
thought some of yous might like it :)
Link might work! bbl
https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=BbwTXIXokiI

am i the only one who thinks these lunar missions are a stupid (and, frankly, boring) waste of scarce resources that we would be better off using to send robots to fucking tralfamadore, wherever? i'm really not interested in the science/technology of keeping humans alive in space!
but glad they got home ok.

"Jesse Jackson was a gift from God and a witness that God exists in the ways he cared for and lifted all people, the way he called forth a rainbow coalition of people to challenge economic and social inequality from the pulpit to a historic presidential run, the way he dared to keep hope alive whenever the nation struggled with being who she says she is and yet ought to be."
—The Rev. Dr. William Barber
Full statement here:

@… haha I will keep this gag running as long as npm is alive

Still not working from my laptop due to stupid caching (particularly Safari) but can confirm mstdn.chrisalemany.ca is alive! yay.
#selfhost #footiMac

While Democrats spotlight #healthcare as part of their party-wide focus on #affordability ahead of the midterms,
⚠️the legislative push to address drug prices and the costs of medical insurance and treatments remains at a standstill in Washington.
After Senate Democrats shut down the majority of the…

Health Care Is Dead on the Hill but Very Alive in Democratic Campaigns
Bipartisan talks collapsed, but Democrats say the issue resonates outside of Washington. “This is an issue that the Republicans cannot mention, because people are suffering in every state,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren told NOTUS.

"Public health is not a government bureaucracy. It is the reason most of us are alive. It is clean water, childhood vaccines, and food safety inspections. ... And women — often overlooked, often working without recognition — built much of it." 🧪💉
https://www.

Guest column: A Fargo daughter proved that women’s health matters. We’re still proving it.
Professor Michelle A. Williams will deliver the Mary Jaylene Berg Memorial Lecture at North Dakota State University on April 7.

'This is our life' — staff at Kyiv's National Botanical Garden battle to keep plants alive amid war, sub-zero temperatures: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/03/this-is-our-life-staff.html

Australians love to joke about our homicidal #wildlife. Sometimes, we’re not joking.
(Warning: graphic injury.)
Man ‘flogged by #kangaroo’, lucky to be alive

RE: https://todon.eu/@CrimethInc/116364915879571585
If Trump used nuclear weapons, we would all die. That's how modern nuclear deterrence works. If anyone detects a launch, everyone launches. There are no consequences, because there will be no one left alive.

Grammarly is offering an AI-powered tool called "Expert Review" that simulates feedback from famous writers, dead and living, without their permission (Miles Klee/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/grammarly-is-offering-…

Grammarly Is Offering ‘Expert’ AI Reviews From Your Favorite Authors—Dead or Alive
The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writers—without their permission.

Over the weekend, I read Rebecca Campbell's Arboreality (2022). It's an enthralling novella about climate catastrophe, community, and collaboration with the natural world. The story, set in British Columbia, bounces between loss and hope, suggesting that doing the hard work of building a new world from the ashes of the old is how one staves off despair and keeps hope alive.
Check it out.
#SolarPunk

Working with new material with an #acting #coaching client and not only is it great to see them move leaps and bounds as they get more familiar, but as we clarified what they wanted from the other characters, it starts to come alive. I love it.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Empire of the Sun:
🎵 Alive
#EmpireoftheSun
https://gravagerz.bandcamp.com/track/empire-of-the-sun-alive-gravagerz-remix-extended-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2O9O26335YYVckmRgPKY3s

Microsoft is automatically replacing Secure Boot certificates for older PCs before they expire later this year; Secure Boot was first introduced in 2011 (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/876336/microsoft-windows-secure-boot-certi…

Microsoft is keeping Secure Boot alive with Windows updates
Microsoft is automatically replacing boot-level security certificates on Windows devices before they start expiring later this year.

If you’re arguing with the LLM about whether it’s alive, you’ve already lost.

I love Claude, I've finally canceled my ChatGPT subscription, but here's my hot take on the Mythos nonsense. I hope I'm wrong. They've run into a major roadblock on the way to 5. It's way too expensive to run now, so they have announced Mythos to keep their IPO alive.

Saint Schrödinger, the forgotten discipline

#CenterForBiologicalDiversity

Painted bats belong alive in the wild — not dead on walls.
Tell Amazon to stop selling painted woolly bats so their populations can again flourish in the wild — where they belong.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Empire of the Sun:
🎵 Alive
#EmpireoftheSun
https://gravagerz.bandcamp.com/track/empire-of-the-sun-alive-gravagerz-remix-extended-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2O9O26335YYVckmRgPKY3s

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Queen:
🎵 Flash’s Theme
#Queen
https://prfmonthlytributeseries.bandcamp.com/track/keep-yourself-alive-flashs-theme-aka-flash

Because of a sense of urgency that came upon me (and the fact I wanted some things released while still actually alive) I've put out a fairly large amount of music since 2024. 🙂
I want to share some download codes for another release, on the off chance anyone is interested. It kind of got lost (like many). It is called 'Scattering Spectrum', and represents a subtler zone of composition I really love. The label who were originally going to put it out a few years ago found it…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Queen:
🎵 Flash’s Theme
#Queen
https://prfmonthlytributeseries.bandcamp.com/track/keep-yourself-alive-flashs-theme-aka-flash

Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees)
As a renaissance Madrigal
No idea who these folks are.
A light time line cleanser.
https://youtu.be/3zGf7_YL70M?si=slia_Qq0ltnTmCXH

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Pearl Jam:
🎵 Alive
#PearlJam
https://fororchestra.bandcamp.com/track/pearl-jam-alive
https://open.spotify.com/track/1L94M3KIu7QluZe63g64rv

My wife’s binging Private Practice. Six seasons of the most tedious and self-involved people on the planet fucking and whinging about fucking.
Were Dante alive today, this would be the circle where they send pearl-clutching wine aunts and helicopter cat fosterers.

As long as Putin remains alive, it doesn't end with Ukraine – Jake Broe | Interview: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/24/as-long-as-putin-remains.html

Please stop with the “do LLMs have fee-fees?” bullshit
This presupposes LLMs are alive which in turn means that for every prompt an LLM baby is born and after answering is snuffed out, dying horribly
Like the whale in the Hitchhiker’s Guide

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Simple Minds:
🎵 Alive and Kicking
#SimpleMinds
https://discosanctuary.bandcamp.com/track/simple-minds-alive-kicking-sanctuary-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/471SXWs7Ko4d2rkKOk7oPF

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Bonny Doon:
🎵 I Am Here (I Am Alive)
#BonnyDoon
https://bonnydoon.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-here-i-am-alive
https://open.spotify.com/track/6yEXtOiGfQhs3TlnquwB4u

How far have you come? This page will show you how far you’ve traveled since you were born.
The Cosmic Odometer calculates how far you've traveled through space just by being alive. Even if you've never left Earth, you've orbited the sun, rotated with the planet, and embarked on both solar and galactic travel — all while sitting on your couch. https://…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Bon Jovi:
🎵 Wanted Dead or Alive
#BonJovi
https://promethwithcodeine.bandcamp.com/track/bon-jovi-wanted-dead-or-alive-slid-and-wrecked
https://open.spotify.com/track/0oerlffJSzhRVvtDfLcp3N

Pentagon briefing:
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a US submarine sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian ocean
as he declared that the Iranian navy “rests at the bottom of the Persian Gulf”
and that it was “ineffective, decimated, destroyed”.
He declared that “America is winning”
and suggested that in under a week the US and Israel
“will have complete control of Iranian skies, uncontested airspace”.
The leader of the Iranian co…

A common argument from AI stans is basically mysticism: “we don’t really know how it works therefore it must be alive and have a soul”.
Dude, first of all we know how it works, human beings created every step of LLMs, and the didn’t imbue it with life like a golem, it’s just applied statistics.
Secondly just because you personally find it mysterious and unknowable doesn’t mean it’s magic.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Empire of the Sun:
🎵 Alive
#EmpireoftheSun
https://gravagerz.bandcamp.com/track/empire-of-the-sun-alive-gravagerz-remix-extended-mix

Pearls Before Swine
.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/02/28

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Tropical Fuck Storm:
🎵 Stayin' Alive
#TropicalFuckStorm
https://tropicalfstorm.bandcamp.com/track/stayin-alive
https://open.spotify.com/track/5WPVxossQMhnx72ZOCzo9I

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Hexecutor:
🎵 Buried Alive With Her White Silk Dress
#Hexecutor
https://hexecutor.bandcamp.com/track/buried-alive-with-her-white-silk-dress
https://open.spotify.com/track/7wgWlNNvAOMEYtRA0k2O59

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Nine Inch Nails:
🎵 As Alive as You Need Me to Be
#NineInchNails
https://open.spotify.com/track/1xsEHo7mtGZLEG94vFX11z

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Khruangbin:
🎵 People Everywhere (Still Alive) II
#Khruangbin
https://open.spotify.com/track/0zJigFPQL9x6i5meeJh801

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #EasternEchoes
Avu-Chan:
🎵 Stayin Alive
#AvuChan
https://heydj.bandcamp.com/track/stayin-alive-hey-dj-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/4EpdhdsbhHQ3CXXuqqwHyQ
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sTLUQ1lBVQ46bKxLxHBJ9
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
DIIV:
🎵 Brown Paper Bag
#DIIV
https://diiv.bandcamp.com/track/brown-paper-bag-boiled-alive
https://open.spotify.com/track/32XDJzfjcsrgY9xfRq3FQN

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Nine Inch Nails:
🎵 As Alive as You Need Me to Be
#NineInchNails
https://neuropeals.bandcamp.com/track/as-alive-as-you-need-me-to-be
https://open.spotify.com/track/1xsEHo7mtGZLEG94vFX11z

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Simple Minds:
🎵 Alive and Kicking
#SimpleMinds
https://discosanctuary.bandcamp.com/track/simple-minds-alive-kicking-sanctuary-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/3yD272quA0vqP500G8qEX5

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
DIIV:
🎵 Brown Paper Bag
#DIIV
https://diiv.bandcamp.com/track/brown-paper-bag-boiled-alive
https://open.spotify.com/track/32XDJzfjcsrgY9xfRq3FQN

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Metric:
🎵 Help I’m Alive
#Metric
https://knifes.bandcamp.com/track/metric-help-im-alive-knifes-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/0cahtHEywK64NSWqm2SDTi

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SoundsOfSurvivance
Elisapie:
🎵 Inuuniaravit
#Elisapie
https://elisapie.bandcamp.com/track/inuuniaravit-born-to-be-alive
https://open.spotify.com/track/3GH9NguQXO8D4eD5nbnRiP

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Williams Singers:
🎵 So Good To Be Alive
#WilliamsSingers
https://open.spotify.com/track/4TnJEJkd5BKD0zMhEoiqe2

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Avalon Emerson & The Charm:
🎵 Earth Alive
#AvalonEmerson #TheCharm
https://avalonemerson.bandcamp.com/track/earth-alive
https://open.spotify.com/track/6COIg7Ms3ERbsHiopWwvN9