Epstein files confirming everything I’ve known and felt in my bones from the beginning:
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*Yes. I am saying this as an (somewhat) active musician with a (somewhat) prominent presence inside music business, administration and artist development.
Music and celebrity/fame are two completely different things and it’s time we started separating them.
Celebrity ruins the universal* language, art and power of music everyday. Fame killed my favorite musicians.
It’s time for this excessive culture to end already.
@ErickaSimone Your remark about disgusting (excessive) celebrity culture drew me to your profile. I immediately agree with you; but your remark is all the more surprising and 'cool' when I read your bio and see how music and the business of music appears to be such a large facet of your life. I'm curious as to 'hard truths'...re: 'exceptional music tastes'. Finally, I avoid curated playlists.
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@dansup I will always despise the fact they really want you to do weird shit to be “successful,” I will always be disgusted and sad for the women who went along with it (and are no longer to be found anywhere inside music). I hate that excess culture and hypersexualized, pedo behavior seems to be the bar for entry in mainstream music. I hate knowing in my heart I could be way farther ahead, but this was the issue.
Nevertheless, I was right from day one and I knew it.
Gotta just sit with it.
@ErickaSimone I can't even imagine girl, but you should feel so fucking proud that you knew you could go farther, even in those moments, when that wasn't so evident.
You are so iconic ❤️
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@ErickaSimone Your remark about disgusting (excessive) celebrity culture drew me to your profile. I immediately agree with you; but your remark is all the more surprising and 'cool' when I read your bio and see how music and the business of music appears to be such a large facet of your life. I'm curious as to 'hard truths'...re: 'exceptional music tastes'. Finally, I avoid curated playlists.
@KGPittman thanks. This actually means a lot. Especially as the “odd woman out,” historically. Everyone wants to go to the parties. I wanna stay at home and have jam sessions with my clients. lol.
As for the “hard truths”… that’s more rooted in American society falling apart as a whole. I maintain straightforward honesty and clarity when it comes to that, much like celebrity culture.
And playlists. Yeah. I’m anti streaming and computer generated playlists. I can find it on my own. lol.
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I am CERTAIN this is true.
Related, turning politicians into celebrities has to be the worst of that culture by far.
@RVLara23 celebrity culture in politics is how a nazi got into office because “Biden was boring.”
Absolute insane behavior.
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@ErickaSimone I can't even imagine girl, but you should feel so fucking proud that you knew you could go farther, even in those moments, when that wasn't so evident.
You are so iconic ❤️
@dansup sir, you’re the one saving the internet. I’m just trying to provide the safety strategy and do the music licensing when you achieve the dream. lol. 💜
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@FediThing @RVLara23 yeah that sounds about right. Also, white. lol.
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Epstein files confirming everything I’ve known and felt in my bones from the beginning:
All of your favorites are garbage. Celebrity culture is disgusting and it needs to end.
@ErickaSimone I dunno, still haven't seen Alyson Hannigan anywhere problematic (except the American Pie movies)
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@KGPittman thanks. This actually means a lot. Especially as the “odd woman out,” historically. Everyone wants to go to the parties. I wanna stay at home and have jam sessions with my clients. lol.
As for the “hard truths”… that’s more rooted in American society falling apart as a whole. I maintain straightforward honesty and clarity when it comes to that, much like celebrity culture.
And playlists. Yeah. I’m anti streaming and computer generated playlists. I can find it on my own. lol.
@ErickaSimone @KGPittman in defense of computer generated playlists, they can work great, the issue is that we're in an era where algorithms serve the streaming service (let it be netflix or spotify) and not the user.
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Epstein files confirming everything I’ve known and felt in my bones from the beginning:
All of your favorites are garbage. Celebrity culture is disgusting and it needs to end.
@ErickaSimone what did I miss again?! (this has been my morning mantra since 2025).
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@ErickaSimone what did I miss again?! (this has been my morning mantra since 2025).
@P__X I went to the Grammy party then was trying to figure out why everyone was weird at the Grammy party just to figure out half of the Grammy party might be in the Epstein list.
So very, very tired.
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@ErickaSimone I dunno, still haven't seen Alyson Hannigan anywhere problematic (except the American Pie movies)
@Killertomato ally is a legend. May she fall outside of this foolery. lol.
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@ErickaSimone @KGPittman in defense of computer generated playlists, they can work great, the issue is that we're in an era where algorithms serve the streaming service (let it be netflix or spotify) and not the user.
@P__X @KGPittman so this might have been a fair call in early playlisting, but at this point it’s not even computer generated. Most of it is pay to play, which is why I keep a distance.
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@P__X @KGPittman so this might have been a fair call in early playlisting, but at this point it’s not even computer generated. Most of it is pay to play, which is why I keep a distance.
@ErickaSimone @KGPittman agree... the algorithm plays what the company wants you to listen to/watch. Apple music tends to be worse. My daughters like Adele's old songs, but whatever the next song plays, it is shit I would NEVER voluntarily listen to, like the newest billie eyeleash, or doja cat or stuff like that.
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@ErickaSimone @KGPittman agree... the algorithm plays what the company wants you to listen to/watch. Apple music tends to be worse. My daughters like Adele's old songs, but whatever the next song plays, it is shit I would NEVER voluntarily listen to, like the newest billie eyeleash, or doja cat or stuff like that.
@ErickaSimone @P__X @KGPittman Yeah I have found it suspicious that as all these shenanigans are going on there's a distinct lack of songs of current events commentary in the rotation in recent years. I got to thinking about it when I was setting up a play list of 60s and 70s stuff. I was like huh what is the modern equivalent and came up VERY dry by comparison.
Where's our "I Ain't Marchin Anymore - Phil Ochs"?
Where's our "Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young"?
Where's our "War - Edwin Starr"?
Where's our "Masters of War - Bob Dylan"
Where's our "Fortunate Son - CCR"?
Where's our "Bulls on Parade - Rage Against The Machine"?
Our "Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel"?
Our "People Lets Stop The War - Grand Funk Railroad"It's not that these kinds of songs arent getting written in recent years. It's that the monopoly mega corps dont let them reach us. I have to go out of my way digging to find songs like "Scum - Santa Hates You" or "Join Ice - Jesse Welles" and a host of other songs across genres all decrying this fuckery yet artificially getting no reach.
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@RVLara23 celebrity culture in politics is how a nazi got into office because “Biden was boring.”
Absolute insane behavior.
@ErickaSimone @RVLara23 Not to key in too much on one statement, but…
I WANT the most boring President possible!!! A good person who quietly works to improve things the best they can. No news is good news, as they say.
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@ErickaSimone @RVLara23 Not to key in too much on one statement, but…
I WANT the most boring President possible!!! A good person who quietly works to improve things the best they can. No news is good news, as they say.
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Epstein files confirming everything I’ve known and felt in my bones from the beginning:
All of your favorites are garbage. Celebrity culture is disgusting and it needs to end.
@ErickaSimone
Disgusting isn't saying enough, especially with it still going on and unpunished. Know what happens to a pedo in prison? Those we believe not welcome in society because of their behavior have more morals than these sick bastards?
Greed, the root of all evil is a disease, everything in moderation; yes, that too. -
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Fixing Sony and Philips’ Doomed CD-i Console
Although not intended to be a game console, the CD-i would see a a couple of games released for it that would cement its position in gaming history as the butt of countless jokes, some of which still make Nintendo upset to this day. That aside, it’s still a fascinating glimpse at the CD-based multimedia future envisioned in the early 90s, starting with its release in 1990. Recently [MattKC] decided to purchase another CD-i in a fit of nostalgic rage, and repair it to show the world what the future could have been like.
Although Sony and Philips co-developed the device, Sony would go on to release the PlayStation a few years later, which made the CD-i’s life and expectations for it that much harder, leading to it slowly fading into history. The Magnavox one that [MattKC] got is one of the later models, based on the CD-i 450 that was introduced in 1994 as one of the more gaming-oriented models.
As is typical with older devices that use optical media, it would not read discs. It also would sometimes boot up with a ‘Memory Full’ error. This is a common fault due to the built-in battery having run out, erasing RAM-stored values and causing random glitches like this when garbage values were read in on boot.
Of course, there cannot be simply a removable battery on the mainboard. Instead it uses one of those integrated battery-RAM units, specifically an ST Timekeeper device.
These use an internal lithium battery which will inevitably run out after the guaranteed ten-year accumulated memory retention period, after which it’s just typical volatile memory. The solution here is to either replace the entire module, or the more appropriate method of chopping it open and wiring up an external CR2032 coin cell that can be easily replaced.
Ultimately this is what [MattKC] opted for, taking a Dremel to the Timekeeper chip and chopping off the top half. There are open replacements for the top half that contain the crystal and the CR2032 cell holder, which makes it into very clean-looking mod, and makes replacing the lithium cell in the future a snap. Of course, this didn’t fix the CD player.
The CDM 12.1 CD player mechanism is a standard module that Philips used throughout its consumer electronics, and is known for failing. Funnily enough, this time it wasn’t the laser module that had failed, but rather a stuck turntable. A bit of prodding helped to loosen it and the mechanism could read CDs just fine again.
While not a popular series of devices in their day, the CD-i actually has a thriving community around it today, featuring countless mods and hacks to make these devices do things never imagined in the 90s. They’re also quite easy to hack, and relatively affordable. Plus you get to play all the amazing Nintendo titles on the CD-i on the real hardware.
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@nina_kali_nina valve has been fond of touch pads with subtle haptics in their controllers, and I've been wondering how far they'll be able to push that technology. I doubt they're anywhere near to being useful for braille yet, but it makes me think that cheap mass produced haptic elements could probably be used for something.
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@nina_kali_nina to some degree i understand these are treated like medical devices and can be partially covered by disability insurance schemes.
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it sfill sucks though
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@nina_kali_nina a small bit of good news for people in the US with moderate hearing loss is our laws have been updated recently to allow the sale of hearing aids without requiring an expensive prescription or an audiologist. this has greatly brought down the cost. (I assume the ones rated for severe hearing loss that you need a prescription for are probably still absurdly expensive though)
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@nina_kali_nina surely, millions of people will be using hearing aids, and millions of people will have braille displays, thus economies of scale must exist. Those prices make me think of prices of medications like insulin which cost almost nothing to make and are sold for astronomical mark-ups. We absolutely can do better.
