Music, furia.com, everynoise.com, books, soccer, food, civilization, running, technology, music. Bridges. https://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mldw3c5l4c2w"New releases compete on equal terms with artists like ABBA and The Beatles, making it almost impossible to cut through the noise." This is a bullshit line, and a sure sign somebody is trying to sell you a solution to a problem they're relying on you thinking you have.08 May 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldw3c5l4c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3ml7qm6qlus2aThere are the obvious bugs when you do the wrong thing with the right data, then the subtler ones when you do the right thing with the wrong data, then the sneaky ones when you prevent the wrong data from going into the right thing, but forget to think about where it will end up instead.06 May 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7qm6qlus2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3ml4wocylq225When your CEO's email announcing massive, and thus elaborately planned, layoffs starts "Today I’ve made the difficult decision", you needn't expect anything but more disingenuous bullshit in the rest of it.05 May 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4wocylq225https://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3ml2hfabrfc25Best line I encountered in online writing today: "The striker will be remembered for his longevity as well as earning a yellow card for twerking after scoring a goal at Gillette Stadium."04 May 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2hfabrfc25https://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mknhmhezmk2gGive someone a fish, you feed them for a day; sell them a fishing robot you feed them for two days and on the third day the river is filled with robots and there are no fish and on the fourth day the robot company opens a fish market.29 Apr 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknhmhezmk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mkjb6k4hwc2uAll my childhood dreams are coming true:27 Apr 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjb6k4hwc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mkh6h2zcd22uNumbering systems would be better named for the highest single digit in them, not the lowest one NOT in them (nor "10", which is definitionally ambiguous). Binary would be 1ten, octal would be 7ten, decimal 9ten, hex ften, bases 36 and 62 would be zten and Zten.27 Apr 2026 03:56 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkh6h2zcd22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mkfys5q6622bAn earnest robot to whom you can say "Improve the shower water pressure", without explaining or even knowing how, and it will magically build a whole new house in your (and your neighbor's) back yard with better showers, bluer walls, no kitchen and a slow gas leak.26 Apr 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfys5q6622bhttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mkarybvbx22qThe week looks promising.24 Apr 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkarybvbx22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mk4ndx5zxs2nThursday 4/23 (tomorrow!) I will be on @kqedforum.bsky.social, talking about music and algorithms and what is or isn't real. Something like that. 9-10am PDT (12-1pm EDT), if you're in SF with a radio to tune, or on the web with an hour to listen. https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913636/why-do-certain-songs-and-bands-go-viral22 Apr 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4ndx5zxs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mk3sxdkhkk2wMe, on stage, modeling an everynoise hoodie! Natalia Anderson, interviewing me in English English! Earnest, if varyingly satisfying, answers to reasonable questions! The video of my appearance at the recent m4music conference in Zurich is now online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA7eHT7uToc22 Apr 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3sxdkhkk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjz6owgtis2wHonest country songs. https://open.spotify.com/track/0vAZ6fm0dzo6s3VFHCkDAh https://open.spotify.com/track/0vAZ6fm0dzo6s3VFHCkDAh?si=23b3b706021245d221 Apr 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz6owgtis2whttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjxoq7kvd22wIf, like me, you only ever used TikTok with the sound off and then deleted it completely, you too could have only discovered the existence of Geese when the backlash started.21 Apr 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxoq7kvd22whttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjxmjr76mk2wHas anybody ever been ordered to repay more than $166b of illegally acquired money? I know Trump likes superlatives, so I don't want him to miss out on this one if he deserves it.20 Apr 2026 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxmjr76mk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjx545fm6k2wEvery once in a while I look in my spam folder and remember that we never actually solved spam at all.20 Apr 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx545fm6k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjpffjq5n22gIf you put 1:15 of movie dialog before your song actually begins, I will listen to it 0-1 times.17 Apr 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpffjq5n22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjmqh433i22g...a transportations company working to build steerable cars.16 Apr 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmqh433i22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjmnhv7fak2gI do not want my data life to require or involve scores of parallel coding agents generating unread and unreadable reams of code on my behalf, any more than I want my civic life to need or want scores of lawyers fountaining contracts and lawsuits. I want less complexity, not more.16 Apr 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmnhv7fak2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjkr5fvo4c2hI show up, trapped in a laptop screen, in this. https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXHcd4gjICd/15 Apr 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkr5fvo4c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjhkrp4orc2hThere are services that will magically move your music collection from one service to another. But we don't have to put up with secret magic and what if we didn't?14 Apr 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhkrp4orc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjflopqxfs2hIf you think "open source" makes software intelligible and malleable, go try to look up exactly how the SUM function works in OpenOffice.13 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjflopqxfs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjfid6oo6k2a"[new leader] vows to pursue those who ‘plundered’ [country], after election win" Saving this headline template for later.13 Apr 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfid6oo6k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mjf7i5zhps2aA "Jump to Recipe" button for software.13 Apr 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf7i5zhps2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3miw6dv72ok2mLove Leeloo, love _The Divine Comedy_, would love an uplifting story about AI helping unlikely outsiders improve the world. But MemPalace is going to be a very sad story about what happens when you get AI to build something you don't know how to evaluate, and then claim its claims.07 Apr 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw6dv72ok2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mityda5tfk2b Boston street full of water? No problem.06 Apr 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mityda5tfk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mik2xs7g7c2tAt pickleball this morning I attempted one Bert (ball did not come back within range) and one ATP (smacked it into the net). I have not yet tried an Erne or had an opportunity to try an ATP defense.02 Apr 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mik2xs7g7c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mijxqltchk2tThe smallest possible increment of self-awareness would be enough to recognize that you should not feel satisfaction from firing people you hired yourself.02 Apr 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijxqltchk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mijxhaipss2tMy music taste is not mono-aesthetic, but this is definitely among the aesthetics.02 Apr 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijxhaipss2thttps://bsky.app/profile/glennmcdonald.bsky.social/post/3mihidt2go22nHmm, what about a query that traverses music services?01 Apr 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:5orxoje5exvhyuxbepuu4aks/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihidt2go22n