Creator @SnogWriter Podcast / songwriter / underestimated hand model / he / him
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Believe me when I say to you/
I hope the Chinese love not inventing rogue self-improving AI swarms too
China's spy chief has laid out clearly China's fears that AI could degrade the CCP's monopoly of political control in China, marking a shift from specific concerns about models or capabilities to a broader warning about the impacts of the technology. nytimes.com/2026/09/14/world…
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Ben Arthur (@myheart) on authenticity, the "enshittification" of the internet, and why AI music is so revolting
talkhouse.com/getting-the-ic…
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Tomorrow the weather all over the country will be sunny and pleasant. So come out and show America and the world you’re for freedom and fairness & against corruption, chaos and cruelty. It’s fun!
I’ll be marching in Manhattan. nokings.org/
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If you're in NYC this Thursday at 7pm, do come to hear & watch me read from my forthcoming novel The Breakup, my pal Susan Morrison talk about her A+ Lorne Michaels/SNL book, and us talk to each other. At cozy Under St Marks Theater, 94 St. Marks. Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/in-conversa…
Breaking my posting-strike (that naturally nobody noticed or cared about) to share this @songadaymann master work
This is beautiful; I’m proud to know you
Thanks to @TempletonWorld for the beautiful in-depth article about last season’s episode in Rwanda (not to mention the grant that made it happen!)
The entire experience was deeply, deeply effecting
On @snogwriter , @FreddyMutanguha, @Aegis_Trust, describes surviving the Rwandan genocide and his journey to forgiveness, alongside poems by @HopeAzeda, music by @jolispeace and @Myhear t, and insights from researcher @pam_akinyi.
🎧 templetonworldcharity.org/bl…
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I'm rewatching The Sopranos and have concluded that the cure to the male loneliness epidemic is the mafia.
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New research from TWCF grantee Shira Gabriel of @UB_Psychology suggests that attending live music creates “collective effervescence”, a feeling of connection that contributes to lasting happiness, even a week after the event. 🎶
🔗 Read more in @PsyPost: psypost.org/live-music-exper…
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Singer-songwriter @viennateng premieres her music video for “We've Got You (Two Truths)” while joining us for a Behind the Video interview.
🔗: v13.net/2025/02/vienna-teng-…
#Singersongwriter #ViennaTeng #videopremiere #BehindtheVideo #interview #indie #pop
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Noteworthy that thousands of people who have dedicated their life to serving the global poor are getting laid off en masse and the only person the @VP has expressed empathy for is the guy who got canned for saying I Am A Racist!
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Have you noticed more out-of-state cars taking up parking space to avoid congestion pricing?
The solution is clear:
We need residential parking permits.
The big question: will you stop writing every day once Hugh takes over his/your work? (I ask bc it both seems like a perfect end to your project, and also its antithesis!)
I've been writing a song a day for 17 years and 8 days. That's 5,852 songs.
I am building an autonomous songwriting AI, trained on my songs, to write a song a day, forever.
He'll issue NFTs of the songs: 1/1s on eth mainnet and editions on @base.
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According to interviews he also didn’t spend a dime on the campaign, which seems an important data point if you’re going to compare campaigns
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In the latest episode of SongWriter: Nigerian-British poet, author, and playwright Ben Okri, Stanford’s Dr. Tomas Jimenez, and podcaster and songwriter Matshidiso. Listen here: SongWriterPodcast.com/ben-ok….
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Palestinian poet and clinical psychologist Hala Alyan discusses empathy in the latest episode of SongWriter. Listen here: songwriterpodcast.com/hala-a….