Benjamin B.

ICYMI: The UK’s Digital Entertainment and Retail Association called Sony’s decision to kill discs on PlayStation “a triumph of corporate convenience over consumer choice.” https://t.co/JD5dGqZ7rY

Currently reading: The Varieties of Scientific Experience. Bring it on Carl Sagan, I'm ready for another existential crisis.

I keep saying that retro.app is the future of social media—maybe it's intentional from their part but not but not enough people know about this app and its beauty.

Why can‘t we all just play music together all the time honestly, the world would be a much better place

If you are not using retro.app, you may be missing out on a very beautiful future of what social media should be.

Whether you draw, or paint, or compose, or mix - whatever form of art you choose to create, make it exist. Bring it to life. Create it in a tangible form that can be enjoyed. It need not be perfect. It might need work. It might serve as practice. It might even remain unfinished. Just create. 😁

🔥Super Smash Bros🔥

On it 🫡

Or, you know… on #jellyfin 😉 (or #plex )

Almost there. We got this.

Our look back at 2025's best albums continues today with letters M-Z.

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

The goal of Spotify’s algorithm isn’t to help you discover new music, its goal is simply to keep you listening for as long as possible. It serves up the safest songs possible to keep you from pressing stop. Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...

This is the kind of breaking news I need right now

i got some pho and took one sip of the broth

bandcamp is pretty goated. just putting that out there.

Since I canceled #Spotify, I’ve been using the subscription’s money to purchase 1-2 albums a month. This month’s pick is #queensofthestoneage Villains. Get in my ears right now! #supportArtists

Since I canceled my Spotify subscription, I've been purchasing music with that same budget—so 1-2 albums a month— #PhysicalMedia or digital. I have a long list, but this month I think I'll get the new #BrightEyes album. #SupportArtists and #BuyMusic on #Bandcamp maybe.

Exactly this! “I prefer any physical format to streaming, which often feels like dunking my head in a slop bucket.”

Talked to a few Chicagoans about bailing on Spotify

We're struggling to do anything but watch this video of the newly discovered bumpy snailfish today.

Same!

📗Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen 🎧Heartless Bastards 🎮 Death Stranding 2

I miss these days…

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GM 🖤 Please take care of yourself

Happily missing out. FOMO is dead.

Your #NYC 🌸 Spring Pro trial has expired. Please add a payment method for uninterrupted nice weather.

Well that's just adorable.

me when my alarm wakes me up in the morning

Weekend: Playing with the cat after binge-eating spiked ice cream. Reading comic books in the toilet until legs become numb. Walking the streets, but without a reason. Listening to old CDs.

The long forgotten joy of listening to music without a creep algorithm eavesdropping on you.

Remembering when I first put out this song 🎧 ghostofben.bandcamp.com/track/frowni... debating myself a lot about the name—this is not a love song, but I feared that love songs have monopolized the word "heart" to some extent #indiemusic

Accidental Renaissance photos from a weekend in Soho. There's so much going on and I love it. #bskyphoto #NYCScenes

Becoming an active curator of my own cultural diet. I hope.

100% what I’ve been trying to do substack.com/@colinmatthe...

But like, why?

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 officially launches July 11, 2025, with early access for those who pre-order starting July 8! bit.ly/4kmdL9F

From Sunday’s random walks. I thought it would be a nice sunny not-so-cold day. It was not.

“…not a dopamine slot machine designed by marketing psychologists” - @andyhutchinson.com.au on @flashes.blue Love this! That’s what I need.

Queens, you good.

What the hell is a “sward”?? Also, Saya Gray ❤️ can’t stop listening.