Ray Mann

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[Ray Mann @RayMann]

The Ray Mann Three ‘Live at 505’ - double-length live album, recorded in Sydney, now streaming.

https://t.co/Jw7Jj20cp5

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

Sheila E. & George Duke performing on Bernie Mac's "Midnight Mac" (1995)

[⚰️ ƁƲƑƑƳ ԼƠƠƘƁƠƠƘ ⚰️ @BuffyLookBook]

She is me. I am her.

[Ryder Kessler @ryderkessler]

I am once again reposting E.B. White

[Abhishek B R @abhitwt]

Every company’s AI workflow rn be like 😭💀

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

Suno - a company that trained on "essentially all music files of reasonable quality that are accessible on the open Internet", and argues it does not need to pay to do so - is now valued at $5.4 billion.

They will pay for GPUs, and for engineers, but not, apparently, for the music they use - other people's music - without which their models would not work.

I know lots of musicians who will be upset. I am with them.

[Tigof @Tigof_]

dont fall for this bullshit. disabled artists have always existed and so have session musicians who need work.

[Ray Mann @RayMann]

@jlm42k @skylifehosting @Gosleepriya -6 + (-6 x -6)
= -6 + 36
= 30
Therefore: b also equals -6

[Sarah Edwards @eddy_sarah]

genuinely think this is one of the most beautiful documents of our time

[Edgar Allen Poe @allenakinkunle]

📌

[G Jones @gjonesbass]

every time i see a new "create a song from a single prompt" kind of product being rolled out i think about these comments from @David_Rudnick

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

terrible. 20 yrs ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely ppl will create free, public info

[ursula lawrence @UrsulaLawrence]

@Bernstein I was once on an AirFrance flight and during terrible turbulence the flight attendant got on the intercom and remarked that fear is what makes us human.

[Ray Mann @RayMann]

My first movie crush. I stand by that choice

[Noirchick In Old Hollywood @Noirchick1]

Rita Hayworth singing and swaying with "I've Been Kissed Before" in 1952 film noir "Affair in Trinidad"...

[Ray Mann @RayMann]

Beside the point, but the guitarist eyeballed and bullseyed 🎯🫡

[lefts @bomblefts]

Hawaii doing the damn thing😮‍💨

[Ray Mann @RayMann]

This dangerous, pseudo-intellectual nonsense substitutes 'fiction', which invites dismissal, for 'construction', which requires examination, discussion, consensus, and renewal - of human rights.

What's really telling is that this was promoted by US political and tech leaders.

[matrixbot @thematrixb0t]

World Economic Forum "agenda contributor", Yuval Noah Harari: Human rights are "just a fictional story".

[My name Isobel @mynameisobelpg]

More of the surprise Björk DJ set today at Venice Bienalle, Italy !

[Ray Mann @RayMann]

In honour of learning more about the originators of MJ’s moonwalk (like we even need an occasion) - Shalamar!

[Layron DeJarnette - Artist @LayronDeJarnett]

Yep!
*1982 - MJ saw Daniel do the Backslide on TOTPs & hired him as his choreographer.
*1983 - MJ performed it on 'Motown 25' and renamed it the Moonwalk.
*Then MJ hired "Boogaloo Shrimp" (Turbo) to teach him a faster, more aggressive version of the "Backslide" & "The Glide".

[acey ❀ @lizzbeaan]

happy sandwich day! this episode alone earned tina fey her emmy for outstanding lead actress in comedy series btw 😭

[Ray Mann @RayMann]

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

[Katherine Argent @effthealgorithm]

Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads. AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads. Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none). Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to. Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI. Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone. Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your area. In your neighborhood. On your street. Two doors down from you. Do you know this person yet, we think you’d get along. You need an account to use this app. That username is taken. Enter a password. Not that one, you used it on another site. You need to be connected to WiFi to download the app. Allow the app to connect to other devices on your network. Allow the app to access your contacts, know your precise location, store your credit card details. Oops, sorry, we got hacked now all that info is available on the web. There’s a class action suit. You can join. It’ll take a decade to get your $3.73 share of the ten billion settlement. We’ll send it via PayPal or deposit it to your bank, just tell us those details. Oh no, another hack. That info is circulating now, too. Here’s a spam call, a spam email, a spam text. Why are you angry? Why are you talking about getting rid of your phone? Why don’t you like AI, it lets us make all of this easier? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? This is progress. You’ll be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? Do you???