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From Monkeys 2 Cyborgs:
🎵 Open Your Mind
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https://danceopolis.bandcamp.com/track/open-your-mind

Subtooting since people in the original thread wanted it to be over, but selfishly tagging @… and @… whose opinions I value...
I think that saying "we are not a supply chain" is exactly what open-source maintainers should be doing right now in response to "open source supply chain security" threads.
I can't claim to be an expert and don't maintain any important FOSS stuff, but I do release almost all of my code under open licenses, and I do use many open source libraries, and I have felt the pain of needing to replace an unmaintained library.
There's a certain small-to-mid-scale class of program, including many open-source libraries, which can be built/maintained by a single person, and which to my mind best operate on a "snake growth" model: incremental changes/fixes, punctuated by periodic "skin-shedding" phases where make rewrites or version updates happen. These projects aren't immortal either: as the whole tech landscape around them changes, they become unnecessary and/or people lose interest, so they go unmaintained and eventually break. Each time one of their dependencies breaks (or has a skin-shedding moment) there's a higher probability that they break or shed too, as maintenance needs shoot up at these junctures. Unless you're a company trying to make money from a single long-lived app, it's actually okay that software churns like this, and if you're a company trying to make money, your priorities absolutely should not factor into any decisions people making FOSS software make: we're trying (and to a huge extent succeeding) to make a better world (and/or just have fun with our own hobbies share that fun with others) that leaves behind the corrosive & planet-destroying plague which is capitalism, and you're trying to personally enrich yourself by embracing that plague. The fact that capitalism is *evil* is not an incidental thing in this discussion.
To make an imperfect analogy, imagine that the peasants of some domain have set up a really-free-market, where they provide each other with free stuff to help each other survive, sometimes doing some barter perhaps but mostly just everyone bringing their surplus. Now imagine the lord of the domain, who is the source of these peasants' immiseration, goes to this market secretly & takes some berries, which he uses as one ingredient in delicious tarts that he then sells for profit. But then the berry-bringer stops showing up to the free market, or starts bringing a different kind of fruit, or even ends up bringing rotten berries by accident. And the lord complains "I have a supply chain problem!" Like, fuck off dude! Your problem is that you *didn't* want to build a supply chain and instead thought you would build your profit-focused business in other people's free stuff. If you were paying the berry-picker, you'd have a supply chain problem, but you weren't, so you really have an "I want more free stuff" problem when you can't be arsed to give away your own stuff for free.
There can be all sorts of problems in the really-free-market, like maybe not enough people bring socks, so the peasants who can't afford socks are going barefoot, and having foot problems, and the peasants put their heads together and see if they can convince someone to start bringing socks, and maybe they can't and things are a bit sad, but the really-free-market was never supposed to solve everyone's problems 100% when they're all still being squeezed dry by their taxes: until they are able to get free of the lord & start building a lovely anarchist society, the really-free-market is a best-effort kind of deal that aims to make things better, and sometimes will fall short. When it becomes the main way goods in society are distributed, and when the people who contribute aren't constantly drained by the feudal yoke, at that point the availability of particular goods is a real problem that needs to be solved, but at that point, it's also much easier to solve. And at *no* point does someone coming into the market to take stuff only to turn around and sell it deserve anything from the market or those contributing to it. They are not a supply chain. They're trying to help each other out, but even then they're doing so freely and without obligation. They might discuss amongst themselves how to better coordinate their mutual aid, but they're not going to end up forcing anyone to bring anything or even expecting that a certain person contribute a certain amount, since the whole point is that the thing is voluntary & free, and they've all got changing life circumstances that affect their contributions. Celebrate whatever shows up at the market, express your desire for things that would be useful, but don't impose a burden on anyone else to bring a specific thing, because otherwise it's fair for them to oppose such a burden on you, and now you two are doing your own barter thing that's outside the parameters of the really-free-market.

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Karen Dalton:
🎵 Something on Your Mind
#KarenDalton
https://deliameshlir.bandcamp.com/track/something-on-your-mind-karen-dalton
https://open.spotify.com/track/7BDbVI397Rso0teMi1hS0P

And you're messin' up the water
And you're rollin' in the wine
And you're poisoning your body
And you're poisoning your mind
And you gave me Coca-Cola
'Cause you said it tasted good
And you watch the television
'Cause it tells you that you should
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Mel Tormé:
🎵 The Windmills Of Your Mind
#NowPlaying #MelTormé
https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZZYsIaMP7KOC9XDWAGTEz

I have my share of issues with Parkrose Permaculture, but she has a lot of things I do strongly agree with. I can't stress enough that you never dehumanize your enemies. You can respond appropriately to violence. You can defend yourself from them by any means necessary. But you do not dehumanize them. You always limit your response to the minimum necessary to defend yourself.
There are a number of former Nazi skins who became antifascists after realizing they were wrong. Those folks tend to be some of the most dedicated because they feel a debt, and some of the most knowledgeable because they were there. Coming out of these types of cults, police included, is hard and takes time. A lot of us don't have the ability to work with them. But some do.
By repeatedly humanizing your opponent, you can break some of them. The #Seattle Police Department was not defunded but saw a massive reduction in numbers because their morale was destroyed. Some people will never change. Some people are broken and feel like they need the power. But if you change one person's mind, even give them something to think about, it's a crack. If even one cop quits, that's one less trained gun pointed at you in the future.
The 18 year old marines and federalized national guard troops out there are literally kids. A lot of them came from poor communities. They are being used in a way they haven't been trained to do, doing things they (should) have been told are not legal. They joined to get out of poverty, to go to college, or to "defend the American people" (regardless of how misguided that is). Few, if any, of them joined to abuse people. They will be especially open to persuasion.
Remind those troops that they are carrying out illegal orders, that they are being called on to violate their oath to protect the constitution, that they are suppressing the free speech of the fellow Americans they swore to defend. Remind them that the people they could be illegally arresting now are just like their parents, their neighbors, their families, the friends who didn't join. Remind them that this is the first step. They will be called on to kill Americans if they let this keep going.
Remind them ICE sleeps in hotels while they sleep on the ground. Remind them that their drunk and incompetent leadership thinks of them as disposable tools. Remind them that some of these people are out protesting *for them* against cuts to the VA and other services. Remind them that the people they're defending refuse to make college free so they can recruit from poor schools. Remind them that they will always be welcome when they're ready to join the side of freedom and justice.
When you dehumanize your enemies, you unify them. When you humanize your enemies, you can divide them. There is no weapon available to us right now so powerful as compassion.
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Daisy Rickman:
🎵 Sunflowers of Your Mind
#DaisyRickman
https://open.spotify.com/track/16o8y4IcDCTekIHGdrvVKc

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Delta 5:
🎵 Mind Your Own Business
#Delta5
https://funkhunk.bandcamp.com/track/delta-5-mind-your-own-business-funk-hunk-edit-wav
https://open.spotify.com/track/6bEjOYezTuD2gYq5X7tGlP
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Built to Spill:
🎵 Goin' Against Your Mind
#BuilttoSpill
https://open.spotify.com/track/1rxz8AseGxCsYQDHyg4scv

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RadcliffeAndMaconie
En Vogue:
🎵 Free Your Mind (Glastonbury 2025)
#EnVogue
https://crackjawmusic.bandcamp.com/track/free-your-mind-en-vogue
https://open.spotify.com/track/2vG1yrWSMiL6egg6w4e9ma

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SoundsOfSurvivance
Audiopharmacy:
🎵 Lose Your Mind
#Audiopharmacy
https://open.spotify.com/track/5LWuExVTeqkvKbGek7zCGE

Overly academic/distanced ethical discussions
Had a weird interaction with @/brainwane@social.coop just now. I misinterpreted one of their posts quoting someone else and I think the combination of that plus an interaction pattern where I'd assume their stance on something and respond critically to that ended up with me getting blocked. I don't have hard feelings exactly, and this post is only partly about this particular person, but I noticed something interesting by the end of the conversation that had been bothering me. They repeatedly criticized me for assuming what their position was, but never actually stated their position. They didn't say: "I'm bothered you assumed my position was X, it's actually Y." They just said "I'm bothered you assumed my position was X, please don't assume my position!" I get that it's annoying to have people respond to a straw man version of your argument, but when I in response asked some direct questions about what their position was, they gave some non-answers and then blocked me. It's entirely possible it's a coincidence, and they just happened to run out of patience on that iteration, but it makes me take their critique of my interactions a bit less seriously. I suspect that they just didn't want to hear what I was saying, while at the same time they wanted to feel as if they were someone who values public critique and open discussion of tricky issues (if anyone reading this post also followed our interaction and has a different opinion of my behavior, I'd be glad to hear it; it's possible In effectively being an asshole here and it would be useful to hear that if so).
In any case, the fact that at the end of the entire discussion, I'm realizing I still don't actually know their position on whether they think the AI use case in question is worthwhile feels odd. They praised the system on several occasions, albeit noting some drawbacks while doing so. They said that the system was possibly changing their anti-AI stance, but then got mad at me for assuming this meant that they thought this use-case was justified. Maybe they just haven't made up their mind yet but didn't want to say that?
Interestingly, in one of their own blog posts that got linked in the discussion, they discuss a different AI system, and despite listing a bunch of concrete harms, conclude that it's okay to use it. That's fine; I don't think *every* use of AI is wrong on balance, but what bothered me was that their post dismissed a number of real ethical issues by saying essentially "I haven't seen calls for a boycott over this issue, so it's not a reason to stop use." That's an extremely socially conformist version of ethics that doesn't sit well with me. The discussion also ended up linking this post: https://chelseatroy.com/2024/08/28/does-ai-benefit-the-world/ which bothered me in a related way. In it, Troy describes classroom teaching techniques for introducing and helping students explore the ethics of AI, and they seem mostly great. They avoid prescribing any particular correct stance, which is important when teaching given the power relationship, and they help students understand the limitations of their perspectives regarding global impacts, which is great. But the overall conclusion of the post is that "nobody is qualified to really judge global impacts, so we should focus on ways to improve outcomes instead of trying to judge them." This bothers me because we actually do have a responsibility to make decisive ethical judgments despite limitations of our perspectives. If we never commit to any ethical judgment against a technology because we think our perspective is too limited to know the true impacts (which I'll concede it invariably is) then we'll have to accept every technology without objection, limiting ourselves to trying to improve their impacts without opposing them. Given who currently controls most of the resources that go into exploration for new technologies, this stance is too permissive. Perhaps if our objection to a technology was absolute and instantly effective, I'd buy the argument that objecting without a deep global view of the long-term risks is dangerous. As things stand, I think that objecting to the development/use of certain technologies in certain contexts is necessary, and although there's a lot of uncertainly, I expect strongly enough that the overall outcomes of objection will be positive that I think it's a good thing to do.
The deeper point here I guess is that this kind of "things are too complicated, let's have a nuanced discussion where we don't come to any conclusions because we see a lot of unknowns along with definite harms" really bothers me.

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En Vogue:
🎵 Free Your Mind
#EnVogue
https://crackjawmusic.bandcamp.com/track/free-your-mind-en-vogue
https://open.spotify.com/track/2vG1yrWSMiL6egg6w4e9ma

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Tame Impala:
🎵 Mind Mischief (Live at Glastonbury 2013)
#TameImpala
https://tomdruryy.bandcamp.com/track/mind-mischief
https://open.spotify.com/track/6ewQE1dNPv9qqlnB1CxrvM
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Karen Dalton:
🎵 Something on Your Mind
#KarenDalton
https://deliameshlir.bandcamp.com/track/something-on-your-mind-karen-dalton
https://open.spotify.com/track/7BDbVI397Rso0teMi1hS0P

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Rodriguez:
🎵 Crucify Your Mind
#Rodriguez
https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/track/crucify-your-mind
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Xn7NadvZ56D0B2D7x2CSL

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
En Vogue:
🎵 Free Your Mind
#EnVogue
https://crackjawmusic.bandcamp.com/track/free-your-mind-en-vogue
https://open.spotify.com/track/2vG1yrWSMiL6egg6w4e9ma

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Deftones:
🎵 my mind is a mountain
#Deftones
https://open.spotify.com/track/6vBRAhaSk91csuuWtttPf8
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Cumulus:
🎵 Lose Your Mind
#Cumulus
https://cumulus.bandcamp.com/track/lose-your-mind
https://open.spotify.com/track/3URvtWUI3g5UESJUR8gccd

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Swamp Dogg:
🎵 Total Destruction to Your Mind
#SwampDogg
https://swampdogg.bandcamp.com/album/total-destruction-to-your-mind
https://open.spotify.com/track/5AwOW7zWJHuIFVHT7EsPY4

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Patsy Cline:
🎵 If You've Got Leaving On Your Mind
#PatsyCline
https://open.spotify.com/track/1D2mV1f9QkklP6vy0sdBI9

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Built to Spill:
🎵 Goin' Against Your Mind
#BuilttoSpill
https://open.spotify.com/track/1rxz8AseGxCsYQDHyg4scv

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Tame Impala:
🎵 Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind?
#TameImpala
https://erolalkan.bandcamp.com/album/erol-alkan-reworks-justice-waters-of-nazareth-tame-impala-why-wont-you-make-up-your-mind
https://open.spotify.com/track/4SgcE7RxpK3ydWrjoAQH1K

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
Justice:
🎵 Waters Of Nazareth (Erol Alkan Remix)
#Justice
https://erolalkan.bandcamp.com/album/erol-alkan-reworks-justice-waters-of-nazareth-tame-impala-why-wont-you-make-up-your-mind
https://open.spotify.com/track/0WGLjl3EIjf9MjJFJ90yX9

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
En Vogue:
🎵 Free Your Mind
#EnVogue
https://crackjawmusic.bandcamp.com/track/free-your-mind-en-vogue
https://open.spotify.com/track/2vG1yrWSMiL6egg6w4e9ma

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Lion Tamers:
🎵 Speak Your Mind
#LionTamers
https://open.spotify.com/track/3fyHtSLd0iLl5kMv8kjELf