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Elon Musk to ‘summon [UK] MPs to US to explain threats to American citizens’ in c/world

[–] mPony 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why is The Guardian amplifying this idiocy?

Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) Cory Doctorow in c/technology

[–] mPony 6 points 5 days ago (8 children)

I totally get where Cory is coming from on this. He's been around long enough to have actually seen these things happen, from a perspective that's effectively unique. I believe him when he talks about this stuff. I get his point of not putting effort into building up a platform that can hold him and his audience hostage.

but here's the good part.

People bailing on Twitter to join Bluesky is reasonably easy (there are tools available to find your friends on the new system). If it's easy to bail on Twitter to join Bluesky, it will be similarly easy to bail on Bluesky to join Mastodon, if/when that becomes necessary.

Biden says history is "watching us now" on climate as he makes first visit by sitting U.S. president to Amazon rainforest in c/politics

[–] mPony 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

not that it matters a whole lot, given the context of this discussion, but it's *eke

What's Mastodon precious? in c/lemmyshitpost

[–] mPony 16 points 6 days ago

lucky for us, we aren't running out of jumps.

Spotify’s Plans For AI Generated Music, Podcasts, and Recommendations, According To Its Co-President, CTO, and CPO Gustav Söderström in c/technology

[–] mPony 7 points 1 week ago

yes but if Spotify uses its own GenAI music, they don't have to pay anyone else when someone listens to it.

Spotify’s Plans For AI Generated Music, Podcasts, and Recommendations, According To Its Co-President, CTO, and CPO Gustav Söderström in c/technology

[–] mPony 58 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Spotify's plans to take money from subscribers but never pay a fucking dime to anyone else , ever.

The GOG Preservation Program Makes Games Live Forever in c/technology

[–] mPony 5 points 1 week ago

I love that they have Ultima 4 available for free. I spent SO many hours in that world. The "what kind of person are you" value judgment questions at the beginning were remarkably heavy for introspective teenage me.

Microsoft Teams is dog shit in c/technology

[–] mPony 19 points 1 week ago

fucking WebEx

Drop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows. in c/memes

[–] mPony 1 points 3 weeks ago

(movie trailer music starts) in a world... where online commenters... don't read articles... ONE HERO... challenges EVERYONE... to do the unTHINKable.... (movie trailer music stops)

Drop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows. in c/memes

[–] mPony 38 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (10 children)

How night and day work above the Arctic Circle.

Movies and TV and stories talk about how there's 6 months of daylight and 6 months of darkness. That does not fucking happen. This is still part of storytelling to this day (I'm looking at you, Sweet Tooth season 3).

Days get stupidly long in the summer, and there's a while where the sun really doesn't go down. in the Winter days get stupidly short, and there's a while where it doesn't really come up all that much. But it's not 6 months of one and 6 months of the other.

(edited for clarity)

Drop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows. in c/memes

[–] mPony 21 points 3 weeks ago

yeah but a script that sucks the balls of an executive is far more likely to be greenlit.

Do any non-corpos actually like AI slop? in c/asklemmy

[–] mPony 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s great for parsing through the enshittified journalism.

It's ironic that GenAI is great for solving a problem it caused. It's like hiring a gangster to take you through gangster-controlled territory.

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[OC] The Three Leonards - Slave To Love (songwhip.com)

submitted 8 months ago by mPony to c/music

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I made this :) This band is still the most fun music project I've ever been involved in. Please have a listen, on the platform of your choice.

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Toxic, if it were written by Leonard Cohen (not A.I.) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 9 months ago by mPony to c/music

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https://songwhip.com/thethreeleonards

Hey there Lemmy.world ! I'm in a band called The Three Leonards. We cover pop songs in a jazzy style that might remind you of artists like Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, or Tom Waits. We have two full albums of songs, streaming everywhere:

https://songwhip.com/thethreeleonards/the-three-leonards https://songwhip.com/thethreeleonards/songs-from-three-rooms

and a YT channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVvcGe1tlxijGPV-kEJ_xpg

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The Three Leonards - Umbrella (songwhip.com)

submitted 9 months ago by mPony to c/[email protected]

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Hey folks! We are The Three Leonards, from Canada. We perform our own versions of pop songs, with a sorta jazzy/dark/moody twist to them. You know this one: Umbrella (originally by Rihanna.)

Umbrella turned out quite cool, I have to say. Some of our other songs sound sorta fun, and we all need a bit of fun in our lives, right? If you're in the mood for some different music, you might not even know it. So give this one a go.

Much love from Canada, where it is friggin' cold today.

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The Three Leonards - a band with two albums (songwhip.com)

submitted 10 months ago by mPony to c/music

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Hello Lemmy.world! I'm a member of The Three Leonards. We do covers of pop songs in a playful jazzy style which might remind you of artists like Leonard Cohen, or Nick Cave, or Tom Waits. We might even remind you of that one time you tried mushrooms with those degens from upcountry. We're not here to judge: life is just like that sometimes. You do you. And while you do you, whether you're on mushrooms or not, you should listen to our music. Because it's fun. And because you've probably never asked yourself: "What would it sound like if Leonard Cohen did a cover of Toxic by Britney Spears?" And now you don't have to ask yourself. It's right there.

Feel the groove. Feel the love. Feel The Len.

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The Three Leonards (self-titled) (FFO Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Tom Waits) (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by mPony to c/music

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We finally released our second album! featuring Bette Davis Eyes, Your Woman, Slave To Love, and many more. We even do a cover of Toxic. Yes, Toxic by Britney Spears. I know, right?

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The Three Leonards - Mad About You (Noir Version) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by mPony to c/music

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Our cover of the brilliant Hooverphonic song. We aimed for some serious Bond vibes on this one.

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The Three Leonards - Toxic [OC] (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by mPony to c/music

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From an ongoing project where we reimagine pop songs in the style of characters (very) loosely based on Leonard Cohen.

yes we still realize how crazy this all is , but take a listen :)

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Forever Young (Bittersweet Version) - The Three Leonards (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by mPony to c/newmusic

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Morning everyone. Here's the most recent release from our ongoing music project The Three Leonards. We re-imagine pop songs in a LeonardCohen-esque style.

Have a listen and tell me what you think. We know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but some people really like tea. Remember your first cup of tea? I sure do.

We also released an entire album last year, which I can link in the comments here because this place doesn't have a gigantic stick up it's arse. https://open.spotify.com/album/5RwGC1qOeAQvIENh9X353F

Have an awesome day, Internet. You deserve one. Maybe our music can be a part of it.