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I'm not into audiophile stuff btw, just decent quality things really.
For example, I have a pair Bose 901 speakers that are ~50 years old and they sound fantastic.
But it's not even that, if properly engineered even stuff which hasn't the primary purpose of sound reproduction can sound good.
My 15-year old Apple Thunderbolt Display, the 8-year old iPad Pro and the 5-year old Mac Book Pro all sound great.
But—
The speakers in my 2025 LG TV? They shouldn't have bothered installing them but instead put them right into a landfill.
Speakers in my Asus gaming monitor? Like someone dragging a nail on a chalkboard.
And, weirdly, the Apple HomePod mini is pretty bad at reproducing music. A 10-year old Bose SoundLink mini beats the pants of it. 🤷

Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium, spun out of the nonprofit AI lab Kyutai, raised $70M led by FirstMark and Eurazeo, after launching in September (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-02/eric-schmidt-x…

Thanks to @… I now have a shiny new Rode wireless microphone setup that should improve sound quality in my future content.
The one gotcha is that right now the TRS output doesn't seem to be enabled, neither the USB sound card on my office workstation nor my camera (Sony A7R II) are able to pick up anything from it.
But when I connect the USB-…

Trump’s team raised more than $100 million for a super PAC in the second half of 2025,
with much of the money coming from wealthy people and corporations with issues before the administration.
The haul by MAGA Inc., detailed in a campaign finance report filed on Thursday night,
reveals how aggressive fund-raising has continued for a political operation that revolves around Mr. Trump,
giving the organization over $300 million ahead of this year’s midterms.
The d…

Trump Super PAC Raised More Than $100 Million in Recent Months
The haul highlights how the president’s team has continued aggressive fund-raising from donors with interests before the administration.

Sound Smart: 7 Observations from NFL Sunday in Week 13 https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/sound-smart-7-observations-from-nfl-sunday-week-13

If Schumer doesn’t resign as senate minority leader, he should be removed by the rest of the Democratic Party https://mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper/116002666751298842

Series C, Episode 01 - Aftermath
AVON: Servalan.
SERVALAN: You don't sound surprised.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/301/143 B7B6

Rori’s Artisanal Creamery is opening in Goleta at 270 Storke Road (next to Rusty’s Pizza and opposite SloCoDo donuts).
It’ll be the company’s fourth location in Santa Barbara County and eighth overall
https://www.rorisartisanalcreamery.com/

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Cowboys Willing to Trade Ex-First Round Pick Before Deadline: Insider https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/mazi-smith-available-trade/?adt_ei=[email]

Over nearly nine months,
the lawsuit challenging Trump’s attempt to slash foreign aid funding
has ricocheted around the federal judiciary
but still has not reached a final resolution.
It has been reviewed by 21 judges,
spawned thousands of pages of filings
and lumbered forward
even after the administration dissolved the U.S. Agency for International Development,
the government office responsible for disbursing much of the contested funding.

The Monthslong Legal Battle to Save Foreign Aid
One lawsuit, underway since February, has sought to compel President Trump to honor Congress’s vision for foreign aid. It still has a long way to go.