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on this day (minus one day) in 1982: the sony CDP-101
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japanese language ad for the first commercially-available compact disc player, the sony CDP-101. catalog shot of the large, rectangular CD deck, with dark walnut wood accents on the top. atop the deck are a pair of headphones. the CD tray is open, with a disc sitting in it. to the lower left of the deck is the rather chunky remote. to the lower right it reads "DIGITAL CDP-101"
saw something about this yesterday but forgot to post.
launched on the first of october in japan; per the link, "The list price was 168,000 yen, equivalent to about US$ 730"
source: https://hifihalloffame.com/equipmen...
launched on the first of october in japan; per the link, "The list price was 168,000 yen, equivalent to about US$ 730"
source: https://hifihalloffame.com/equipmen...
ardgedee
Around $2,500 in 2026 dollars
@ardgedee man, that is truly wild to think about. i had to look and US median (household!) income in 1982 was $23430, or ~$1950 a month.
*of course, i can't talk, but, dang.
*of course, i can't talk, but, dang.
oh man, the sony cd-lift/eject system left so much to be desired, the three little felt-covered pins that rose up to lift the disc, that would sometimes jam in their housing, preventing the tray from ejecting. and they would rise before the disc had stopped spinning, so if you had any dirt on them at all, it would scratch the disc.
anyway, yay for cd players. I got my first (cdp-25) four years later in 1986
anyway, yay for cd players. I got my first (cdp-25) four years later in 1986
fridays, amirite
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40 Years Later, Dark Night Of The Scarecrow Is Still The Best Of Its Kind - Horror Obsessive
still from "the dark night of the scarecrow", d. frank de felitta, 1981
BTW, of ALL places for it to pop up, it's now streaming on criterion channel as part of its "made for TV terror" collection:
https://www.criterionchannel.com/films...
BTW, of ALL places for it to pop up, it's now streaming on criterion channel as part of its "made for TV terror" collection:
https://www.criterionchannel.com/films...
This is a fantastic film that I saw at far too young an age to fully understand.... but believe me, I got it.
Budget Oogie Boogie costume (from The Night Before Christmas)
Criterion Channel really brings it for the October horror theme
Colosseum
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Pic of the Colosseum in Rome
What it says on the tin.
Mrs roonie has been dying to come back to Italy for decades, literally.
This morning we got up too early but it was cool and pretourists.
We're not tourists, we're just hear on holiday.
wait
Not speaking Italian is proving to be an issue at times. We"re going to move about and it might get worse.
Anyway. M&D had a photo of me at the colosseum when I was 3 or 4, that I have no memory of.
The big C is big.
Mrs roonie has been dying to come back to Italy for decades, literally.
This morning we got up too early but it was cool and pretourists.
We're not tourists, we're just hear on holiday.
wait
Not speaking Italian is proving to be an issue at times. We"re going to move about and it might get worse.
Anyway. M&D had a photo of me at the colosseum when I was 3 or 4, that I have no memory of.
The big C is big.
I can smell this image.
About a mile and a half from home
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Took this yesterday. It’s been there for about a month like this. Not sure why Flock Safety is allowed to leave litter lying on the sidewalk.
See also: https://mltshp.com/p/1RWO8
See also: https://mltshp.com/p/1RWO8
Complain to your city streets department that someone has left trash obstructing the sidewalk and should be fined.
After a month, don't you get scavenger's rights? That solar panel looks useful.
@ardgedee My first thought.
Seed Shanty - The Perry Bible Fellowship
struggling to keep up
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Screenshot of a tweet by @sashikantsingh_ on Sept. 29, which reads "Open Al's internal benchmarks show GPT-6.1 Sol crushing Opus 5.5, with Anthropic struggling to keep up" Below it is a chart showing lines for GPT, Fable and Grok, in which the x axis is labeled "Release date" and the Y axis is labeled "Model number."
That's pretty fantastic. Wait until they see my ZZZAI 9.999, releasing in 2045!
"according to this, we're using scotch tape at a rate of 800%!"
Outlander 6.66 has them all beat.
Northeastern State
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Overhead photograph of a football stadium with the end zone featuring writing in Cherokee rather than English.
source: https://www.footballscoop.com/2026...
Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, capital of the Cherokee Nation.
Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, capital of the Cherokee Nation.
How cool. I grew up with several folks that went on to study at NSU.
My dad was born in Talequah, 1926.
Strummin'
Bowman Creek Valley, Glacier NP
Tomb of Pope Julius the 2nd
How it ended
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I've been away for a while. Life took an unexpected turn, I learned some hard lessons, and came away with a better understanding of myself and the people around me. Grateful for the growth, and glad to be sharing things again.
😱😱
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Most 2026 phrase you'll hear all day for $200, Alex
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Social media post with text:
BREAKING: American man accused of kidnapping Flock camera, "digitally waterboarding" it by subjecting it to 23,040 license plates per second via six 4K monitors rapid flashing images of plates.
BREAKING: American man accused of kidnapping Flock camera, "digitally waterboarding" it by subjecting it to 23,040 license plates per second via six 4K monitors rapid flashing images of plates.
Perfection.
This is the second "torturing computers" headline I've seen today, what is going on
https://www.404media.co/someone-...
https://www.404media.co/someone-...
@B6FA798A3449 for some reason i always run into a paywall with 404media, even though i must only see 1-2 articles from them a month.
here's an archive link in case others have this problem:
https://archive.ph/cAsBz
also, oy vey, per that article: some time ago i had some rando add me as a contact on LinkedIn. every time he pops up in my feed since, he's posting insanely impassioned pleas to "free AI", spouting how he's "seen proof in chats" that LLMs are sentient beings. it's... yeah, wow.
here's an archive link in case others have this problem:
https://archive.ph/cAsBz
also, oy vey, per that article: some time ago i had some rando add me as a contact on LinkedIn. every time he pops up in my feed since, he's posting insanely impassioned pleas to "free AI", spouting how he's "seen proof in chats" that LLMs are sentient beings. it's... yeah, wow.
10/1
Nearly airborne
seasonal décor
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“The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Gothic church in the Czech Republic. It is adorned with the bones of some 40,000 people (some say up to 70,000), most of them victims of the Black Death.“
source: https://www.tumblr.com/curatoro...
source: https://www.tumblr.com/curatoro...
I was there exactly 1 year ago. It's an astonishing place.
Into October like...
HOMEN WHO RICHTS
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AI slop of a middle-aged white woman leaning against a bookcase with AI slop books about Women
HIDDEY
PIGURES
PIGURES
REBEL GIRRS
From source:
Dana ran for Clackamas County Commissioner in 2022 and also lost really bad in the primaries and yet sued Oregon for election fraud during that race. The court threw it out, she appealed, was denied, appealed to the US Supreme Court and they laughed in her face.
Dana ran for Clackamas County Commissioner in 2022 and also lost really bad in the primaries and yet sued Oregon for election fraud during that race. The court threw it out, she appealed, was denied, appealed to the US Supreme Court and they laughed in her face.
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Doing AI's work
Everyday Resistance
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Screenshot of a news article that says "Nurse charged with helping man in hospital escape from ICE custody.
FBI accuses Chloe Freeman of federal misdemeanor in case of undocumented Mexican migrant arrested in Michigan" then shows a picture of a man leaving what is assumed to be a hospital doorway. The caption on the picture says "A man identified only as 'OBP' is seen exiting Trinity Health Ann Arbor in Michigan in May. Photograph: US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan"
FBI accuses Chloe Freeman of federal misdemeanor in case of undocumented Mexican migrant arrested in Michigan" then shows a picture of a man leaving what is assumed to be a hospital doorway. The caption on the picture says "A man identified only as 'OBP' is seen exiting Trinity Health Ann Arbor in Michigan in May. Photograph: US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan"
this is how it's done, people
"Freeman, who worked at the hospital at the time, told hospital investigators she did not agree with federal immigration officials “separating people from their families” and that she “was going to set him free”, the FBI complaint says. The undocumented man had still not been caught by the time she was charged in August."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...
"Freeman, who worked at the hospital at the time, told hospital investigators she did not agree with federal immigration officials “separating people from their families” and that she “was going to set him free”, the FBI complaint says. The undocumented man had still not been caught by the time she was charged in August."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...
fixed it
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Jack Cheng fixes John Ternus’s lead-in at September’s Apple event. He changes the description of the perfect app from an AI device to a paper notebook.
Source: https://jackcheng.com/2026...
TATTOO THIS ON MY TOMBSTONE WHEN SKYNET’S H-Ks ARE DONE WITH US
How it went
fully involved
sitrep
It’s been a day
Abolition Teapot
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A creamware teapot, with a black design on it, a decorative pattern around a poem: "Health to the Sick / Honour to the Brave / Success to the Lover / Freedom to the Slave".
source: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtab...
Abolition Teapot, by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, c. 1760. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Abolition Teapot, by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, c. 1760. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Love me a long "s". Succefs!
What does a Lover consider Succefs, I wonder
@gormat Probably it's orgafm.
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any time i hear the insufferable transphobic athlete arguments i think of that one time in middle school when my boys lacrosse team did a full-contact scrimmage against the girls team (who typically play with limited contact) and i, a six-foot, 180lb defender, got utterly laid-out by this 5-foot-nothing girl experiencing the newly-unleashed animosity accompanied by violent sport and as i looked up at my assailant from flat on my back i experienced a brief bout of heterosexuality and fell wildly in love and then had to be taken to the ER because i had a concussion
"from flat on my back i experienced a brief bout of heterosexuality” took me out
"from flat on my back i experienced a brief bout of heterosexuality” took me out
#brandnewsentence