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Hope it’s a great day!

Dudes? Stop. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/14/un-refugee-agency-raises-alarm-over-uk-homes-for-ukraine-scheme

Too bad about that freak fire and waves.

Never heard them, but if they even hint at the Clears they may be worth grabbing. Focal Elegia Down to $380. https://www.adorama.com/fofelegia.html?EmailPrice=T

TV theme composers savage ‘skip intro’ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/14/netflix-skip-intro-succession-great-tv-theme-tune-composers-nicholas-britell

Logan's Sanctuary by Roger Joseph Manning Jr. & Brian Reitzell Ex.

Wait, are you allowed to listen to Logan’s Run if you’re over 30?

Rebroadcast of the 2012 WTF podcast also. or https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub21ueWNvbnRlbnQuY29tL2QvcGxheWxpc3QvYWFlYTRlNjktYWY1MS00OTVlLWFmYzktYTk3NjAxNDY5MjJiLzhhNzU1YjIyLThmNzItNGQ0NC04ZmY5LWFiNzkwMTNmZGEyNS82YjhhNTA2OC05YmVhLTQzOWYtYmQ0ZC1hYjc5MDEzZmRhMmIvcG9kY2FzdC5yc3M/episode/YzgzNzgwM2EtZjgwZC00ODE5LThiMmUtYWU3NjAwM2IzNjk5

🥶 “Today, a law firm representing the interests of Netflix users filed a class action lawsuit against the American Netflix service with the Khamovnichesky district court of Moscow,” the law firm Chernyshov, Lukoyanov & Partners said, according to a report by the news agency RIA. “The reason for the lawsuit was a violation of Russian users’ rights due to Netflix’s unilateral refusal to provide services in Russia.” https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/apr/13/netflix-subscribers-russia-class-action-loss-service-ukraine

Could their $29 Pure HDR plugin solve your needs, instead of the stand alone? This is though outside my understanding. If anyone has a spare Leica around check out this Kickstarter. Then check out the photos. Ouch.

Qsound doesn't get many mentions, so we gotta celebrate when we can. Was at Santa Cruz Boardwalk today, which always seems decades out of date, and while glancing at a video game got a warm surprise in its cycling screens.

Another interesting reissue from Magnum. Larry Towell’s The Mennonites. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/apr/09/a-community-out-of-time-larry-towells-images-of-mennonite-families

Haven’t seen. Michael Mann is executive producing a new series on HBO called Tokyo Vice. He’s also directing a few episodes, including the pilot, which I just finished. Worth checking out.

Had outer stitches removed from my neck today due a hole made recently extracting a growth. Not sure if it was ever really in doubt, but was tested and a simple epidermal inclusion cyst, thus benign. One of those I never felt in danger, but still felt strangely giddy when the expected test results came back.

Rewatched the first season of Better Things (Hulu) before tackling the new season. So beautiful from the start and so underrated as a series.

Pink Floyd reforms to help Ukraine. Roger Waters getting IQ tested. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/07/pink-floyd-reform-to-support-ukraine?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Billy Bragg's The Million Things That Never Happened Ex.

Done.

Steve Albini to Nirvana https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/nirvana

Susan Meiselas’ Carnival Strippers Tell Their Stories A mosaic of interviews, field recordings and archival ephemera form an integral part of the seminal photographic project https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/watch-susan-meiselas-carnival-strippers-tell-stories/

So there’s competition… https://www.techradar.com/news/these-air-purifying-earphones-are-the-most-ces-thing-weve-ever-seen

Was Will Smith worst Oscar’s moment? John Wayne tried to assault Native American woman in 1973

I wonder if the earlier prototypes had more time?