Christian. Husband. Father. Nerd. Blogger. Web developer. Subscribe for exclusive content: https://xitter.cf/t.co/DmJUc5Oubg. I feel a nostalgia for an age yet to come.

Lincoln, NE, USA
Joined November 2008
This is my last post on X. When the President’s right-hand man makes a gesture that neo-Nazis and white supremacists celebrate, doubles down against any criticism, and then cracks juvenile jokes about the situation, it’s time to shake the dust off my feet. opus.ing/posts/so-long-elon
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I wrote this in 2022 after Elon acquired Twitter but it’s relevant in light of folks leaving FB b/c of Mark Zuckerberg’s new content moderation rules. You don’t need a social media platform to be heard, to publish your thoughts, or to connect with others. opus.ing/posts/elon-musk-own…
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If you’re an Opus subscriber, then I hope you enjoy this month’s exclusive playlist and podcast, which highlights some of the great music that’s been released by @velvetbluemusic in recent years. opus.ing/posts/new-subscribe…
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I really appreciate it when people let me know that I don’t need to take anything they say seriously.
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Always disgusted by AI but doing this to Severance of all things, a show about how people matter and cannot and will not be replaced or erased for corporate profit, is particularly heinous
this is unbelievable.. Hunyuan AI’s video-to-video model can now replace actors in any film scene, and capture even the subtle expressions..
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Hot on the heels of one of their best albums in years, long-time Opus fave Starflyer 59 returns with an album of… checks notes… instrumental lullabies. opus.ing/posts/all-my-friend…
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This weekend’s Opus newsletter features articles on David Lynch (RIP), Hong Kong cinema, Neil Young’s Pono, Y2K hysteria, TikTok, and more. Read it here: opus.substack.com/p/weekend-…
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The Los Angeles fires have inspired a rash of fake, AI-generated images about the disaster. Last year, @jasonopus wrote about the threat such imagery poses to our ability to “understand, determine, and agree upon what is real.” christandpopculture.com/livi…
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20 years ago, @hoodmusic — one of my all-time favorite bands — released their final studio album: Outside Closer. “Few bands convey the dreariness of the colder seasons, as well as the wistfulness for something better as well as Hood does.” opus.ing/reviews/outside-clo…
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This was the peak of television; nothing will ever be funnier than this moment.
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Now that numerous #Macross titles are streaming on Hulu, it seems like a good time to share my overview of the iconic anime franchise and its various installments from the last four decades. opus.ing/posts/macross-101-i…
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It’s only right and fair that we should want our favorite artists to be decent people given the comfort, entertainment, inspiration, and joy their work adds to our lives. Thus, when an artist is revealed to be a degenerate creep, it’s a kind of betrayal. opus.ing/posts/problem-neil-…
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The second season of Apple’s #Severance drops this Friday, January 17. Here’s a quick roundup of what critics are saying about the new season and the new revelations at Lumon Industries. opus.ing/posts/review-roundu…
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Jason Morehead retweeted
I like that a core strategy of the AI industry is trying to convince everyone that they hate being alive and doing anything. That your only desire as a human being is to put out product and make money and get likes on social media. But you shouldn't enjoy any actual activity.
“It’s not really enjoyable to make music now… it takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of practice, you have to get really good at an instrument or really good at a piece of production software. I think the majority of people don’t enjoy the majority of time they spend making music.” Founder of @suno_ai_ @MikeyShulman Always interesting to hear someone with a completely opposite view to me.
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Jason Morehead retweeted
Hard to properly articulate how absolutely loathsome this perspective is .
“It’s not really enjoyable to make music now… it takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of practice, you have to get really good at an instrument or really good at a piece of production software. I think the majority of people don’t enjoy the majority of time they spend making music.” Founder of @suno_ai_ @MikeyShulman Always interesting to hear someone with a completely opposite view to me.
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I see and appreciate why it became a cult classic for many, but it’s just not one of *my* cult classics. My ★★★ review of Russell Mulcahy’s #Highlander (1986): opus.ing/diet/449104
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