@benthos@mastodon.sdf.org2026-01-25 16:14:26
Copland: "Billy The Kid Statements For Orchestra" (1958) (LSO, Copland cond.)
I got this at a thrift store yesterday, just because the lp cover is so crispy and new looking. Hard to believe it's 68 years old.
#NowPlaying #AaronCopland
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-21 15:38:02
Trump: I won't use force to take Greenland
On Nato, Trump said “we give so much, and we get so little in return.”
At Davos Trump said the US only gets “death, disruption, and massive amounts of cash [given] to people who don’t appreciate what we do.”
– and he’s taking about both Nato and Europe generally.
Trump then points out Nato chief Mark Rutte in the audience
– who this morning was complimentary about Trump’s pressure to raise military spending among Nat…
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu2025-11-18 15:27:00
Peanuts: Health Benefits, Nutrients per Serving, How to Use, and More | WebMD
https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-peanuts
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2026-01-19 13:58:09
Yesterday I finished "The Other Side of Tomorrow" written by Tina Cho and illustrated by Deb JJ Lee. Lee's "In Limbo" was an excellent graphic memoir, and this similarly has wonderful art, although I didn't make the connection until checking the authors after reading to the end.
This book is a realistic fictional account of two childrens' escape from North Korea via China, Laos, and ultimately Thailand where they could declare themselves refugees at a US embassy and get sponsored to live in America. Along the way they're helped by various members of the Asian Underground Railroad. I'll avoid spoilers but yet definitely encounter difficulties along the way.
The ending definitely hits different now (while also accentuating my disgust with the current US regime). Like "Libertad" that I also finished recently, the "escape to the US at the end" plot line is going to become less prevalent going forward, although Libertad involved a good measure of complexity around that point.
I was a bit disappointed in one of the later plot points where a different and more-real-world-probable turn of events could have served as a better message for society, with the "lucky" outcome as written reinforcing regressive notions of family, and as an ex-Christian the Christian elements of the story made me feel a way. I'm an agnostic, not an atheist though, and can respect the idea that those willing to risk torture and death for their faith have every right to stand by it and take inspiration from it. Most (very valid) critiques of big western Church institutions just don't apply to underground churches in northern China who are helping people escape the horrors of deep fascism.
Overall a really good book.
#AmReading #ReadingNow
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-22 04:08:10
Housing affordability has declined sharply in recent decades,
⚠️ leading many younger generations to give up on homeownership.
Using a calibrated life-cycle model matched to U.S. data, we project that
the cohort born in the 1990s will reach retirement with a homeownership rate roughly 9.6 percentage points lower than that of their parents’ generation.
The model also shows that as households’ perceived probability of attaining homeownership falls,
they systemati…
@45names@mastodon.social2025-11-18 17:20:14
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@azonenberg@ioc.exchange2026-01-03 14:32:32
As promised: quick demo of ngscopeclient running CDR eye pattern on >800 Msps (2x 50M points @ 8.2 Hz) of live streaming waveform data on an RTX 2080 Ti.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6uPpITsyhQ
@45names@mastodon.social2026-01-18 06:20:17
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-02 18:37:12
Dangerous Cancel Culture Precedent Following Kirk’s Murder
The Trump administration continues to counter the First Amendment rights that Kirk so often referenced and arguably died defending.
For example, the Pentagon has promised to “address” federal employees who are deemed to mock or celebrate Kirk’s death.
(The Pentagon has also in recent days announced that it will require credentialed journalists to sign a pledge to refrain from reporting information that has not been …
