Trace Gilton

Like every attention-seeking AltSoAndSo account, this one is, of course, spreading misinformation www.instagram.com/p/DaBrxYnBaLp/

Submitting my proposal for an America 250 exhibition but it's just stories of decline, like this: "The Xanadu was a prototype of a smart home … By 2005, the last of the Xanadu houses had been demolished, following years of abandonment and use by the homeless." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanadu_...

2K retweets and 8K likes. Great job, Bsky. 🙄 www.snopes.com/fact-check/u... A nameless Bluesky account posting a whiney anti-AI AI generated image from a network of fake local news pages on Facebook is like some kind of dystopian nonsense dadaist art

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Atarashii Gakko covering "Intergalactic" in Japanese is a fun bit of circularity - youtu.be/tsVvl5JkOhA

oh no, I just realized LastFM is owned by CBS I was already surprised they've lasted 24 years, but now I'm just hopeful no one notices they're still tucked away in some office. Looks like you need to use a 3rd-party export tool to get your archive, so you better do that soon if you want your data

I knew an "anonymous, conceptual group that mixes shoegaze with idol culture" would already be up my alley, but I didn't expect the wave of wistful nostalgia at how much they sound like Belly 🥹 dotstokyo - live in Shibuya youtu.be/VmTzAtZF2oY

I was filing away my old bookmarks from Del.‍icio.‍us into my new AI-written bookmark manager, and I have returned to tell you that www.superbad.com is still around, popping wheelies all over the place, in case you wanted a refresher on what '90s web was like

This is a bit haunting: Vlogging a trip through Iran before taking one of the last flights out of the country: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG7G...

I'm tackling archiving family photos, and my PSA is to check on your old glossy prints from the '90s - Some of mine are basically glued together, and the absolutely wild solution is *soaking them in water*. It works, but it's an uncomfortable experience. www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/PMG_Rel...

Hokkun is a minimalistic orange mascot from Shimonoseki City, inspired by the oranges and sunsets there.

The Google News AI daily podcast really tells on itself when it includes a story personalized to me in the midst of the top headlines: politics, politics, politics, politics, and hey Sunn O))) has an album coming out 😄 stereogum.com/2485050/sunn...

“Thank God, Sylvia! We’re alive!”

My architecture aesthetic is now "Newbern Firehouse"

Add some Relient K to your Christmas playlist - Not only do they have a profound modern Christian Christmas song in "I Celebrate The Day", but they also manage to punk through "12 Days of Christmas" in a very listener-considerate 3½ minutes 🔔 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Tonight's music, Build A Bridge edition: "A Plea" by Flea www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmyj...

If you're interested in electronics, this Advent calendar of daily videos trying to repair Amazon returns is a fun watch! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... It's very life-affirming to see junk returned to working order 🙏

UPDATE Search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume at the end of December, Malaysia's transport ministry says. The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing u.afp.com/ShV5

The Spenglers Sky+ 2010 A blue beast voiced by John Goodman moved from the city of Monstropolis into human territory. Sound familiar? Well, this one brought his wife and kids. This sitcom-style campaign for Sky+ ran through the last third of 2010 and saw this fuzzy family adjusting to British life.

Reminder to check in on your local Unitarian church basement, for there may be the most 2006-looking hardcore show happening there, without your knowledge: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwPv...

Mezamē, a curious sheep, is a mascot who is the editor of Asupresso, an information site about 7-Eleven in Japan.

As part of AI generating me a daily webpage of interesting info, I have it draw me a daily doodle, and they absolutely rule - I think this one is a rabbit that ate a carrot? (The prompt for today's message was the carrot emoji)

The Wikipedia entry for Camelot Music could certainly use a better feature photo if anyone finds some vintage Polaroids from their childhood mall: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot...

I have 55 more events that I need to sort through and see if they're still active in 2025 🤪

hang in there

It's absolutely wild that 'The Glow Pt. 2' was released on 9/11, so I'm going to take the opportunity to remind you about it today, instead: Happy 24th to one of the greatest albums ever made: pwelverumandsun.bandcamp.com/album/the-gl... The Bandcamp version has 20 extra tracks and is only $9 🙌🐘

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Hey-o, Algernon Cadwallader is back! And sounding more like Joan of Arc than Joan of Arc has sounded for awhile 🤷 youtu.be/YgWklrkn5cA

Intrusive thoughts while digging through old junk: There's no way these 1998 newspaper coupons are preserved anywhere - I got a fun twinge of nostalgia flipping through them, but what am I going to do, scan them into a PDF and create an Internet Archive collection of them?

DC's air quality last night was around the worst in the country because of the fireworks... CODE PURPLE or hazardous. It was still CODE RED this morning will improve today as the smoke disperses. More at cwg.live

This was a split-second emotional journey from "Ida? ... *the* Ida?!" to clicking the video and devolving into a blubbering mess 😭 It's perfect. "Maybelle" by Ida youtu.be/LgCvdv6YKzw

They went with the vacuum instead

lol they didn't even use the taxi for the taxi rollout? Think there's anyone left at Tesla who remembers they're supposed to be making a bronze "Cybercab", a $25K Model 2, the new Roadster, a semi, a $40K Cybertruck, a 4 wheeler, a robot that's not a person in a jumpsuit, and solar roof tiles?

Writing an AI to read my to-do list and suggest the next tasks I should do - Very fun! Upping the intelligence after the initial testing phase and getting back a prioritized and non-blocking schedule for the day showing how to accomplish every task I've been putting off - Slightly embarrassing!

Incredibly niche recommendation, but this episode of The Great Gildersleeve has the funniest sitcom "hiccups" bit that I've ever heard - this is the hardest I've laughed in years 😆 #comedy #otr archive.org/details/Otrr...

Tonight's music, The Sunset Bent And Gathered edition: "Awaiting Elemental Meltdown" by The Six Parts Seven youtu.be/_hCqrBJ-_5o

If you're shopping Amazon with a photo of a set of barcodes, definitely do some comparison shopping to get the best price: (So many of these listings are just model numbers with multi-thousand-dollar prices ?)

These folks spent 366 days in isolation and this is what they get 10 years later: 2 out of 3 of the "professional websites" return broken links and the Gimlet podcast redirects to the Spotify homepage. Don't make me tap the sign! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HI-SEAS...

Nice-looking ad for the original Nintendo in this November 1989 copy of Woman's Day magazine

There are some pretty specific examples in the Youtube guidelines for labeling AI content! support.google.com/youtube/answ...

Tonight's music, Clouds Rolling Over Fences edition: "Tides" by Home youtu.be/rtOK5-SOf4k

Is there an inverse of "uncanny valley"? Because the person-switching and speed-ramped movements in this video really made me viscerally uncomfortable 😵‍💫 youtu.be/D-w2HwG18vg (The 15 minute music video delves deeper into 'The Ring' imagery, so I assume it was meant to be intentionally unsettling)

I was listening to a '90s alternative playlist (...loudly 😁) and I was struck by how massive "Get Back" by Veruca Salt sounds compared to other recordings of the era. Props to @bradwood.bsky.social ! 🙌 music.youtube.com/watch?v=kdPF...

🤷 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Wo...

I've been paying with cash recently, to get rid of some paper money, and on 3 out of 4 purchases, the cashier has just rounded up the price in my favor, in case you wondered what purchases will look like after the demise of the penny 💸

No way

Did you know there are 100-year DVD-Rs? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC The fact that the disks were invented by professors from a Mormon university and the Wiki image of the disks is *two golden plates* is really somethin', as well.