I revisited a lot of my old cassettes today and had a wild thought. The reason this stuff matters to me is because it’s an investment—not just a monetary one, though I did pay for these cassettes—but an investment in space and attention.
At some point, I invited this music into my home. It sits on a shelf. I look through the collection, open the cases, admire the artwork, read the lyrics. I take in the different colors and labels of the shells. This music tells a little story about who I am and what I value.
And it’s not just about owning them. I could just display them, but I don’t—because this music deserves to be played. It’s an investment in attention. I don’t just hear these songs; I listen to them. On cassette, no less. I can tell you about these artists, when and why these albums were made, what these songs mean.
Now, I’m not here to bash modern streaming services. I use them myself, quite a bit, to discover new music. There’s undeniable value in that. But something is missing in the streaming era
... Show more...I revisited a lot of my old cassettes today and had a wild thought. The reason this stuff matters to me is because it’s an investment—not just a monetary one, though I did pay for these cassettes—but an investment in space and attention.
At some point, I invited this music into my home. It sits on a shelf. I look through the collection, open the cases, admire the artwork, read the lyrics. I take in the different colors and labels of the shells. This music tells a little story about who I am and what I value.
And it’s not just about owning them. I could just display them, but I don’t—because this music deserves to be played. It’s an investment in attention. I don’t just hear these songs; I listen to them. On cassette, no less. I can tell you about these artists, when and why these albums were made, what these songs mean.
Now, I’m not here to bash modern streaming services. I use them myself, quite a bit, to discover new music. There’s undeniable value in that. But something is missing in the streaming era: investment.
Most of the time, you hear a song, but you don’t know who made it or why. It goes in one ear and out the other, often just background noise to fill the silence or enhance a mood.
When I was a kid, music meant more. Musicians were serious artists. The music you listened to defined you—you belonged to a subculture shaped by it. And that was because music required investment. You bought it. It took up physical space in your home. You gave it real attention. No wonder so much art, fashion, and literature revolved around it.
That’s not to say this doesn’t exist today, but back then, we had watershed moments that changed culture itself. I remember punk, new wave, metal, grunge—these weren’t just genres; they were movements. We discussed them endlessly, dissecting every detail.
And here’s the other thing: music was resistance. Hip-hop and punk weren’t afraid to confront authority. They spoke about real issues. I have no doubt musicians today are making incredible art, but music’s cultural force has been diminished—because we no longer invest in it the way we used to.
And I think we’ve lost something because of that.
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •This is so unbelievably bad. You just know that the little twit hauled off a godzillabyte of data when he left.
All my life I wondered if I would ever see the end of the U.S. empire, at least as we've known it. What I never imagined is that it would end like this.
That smirk makes me want to give him a swirly and then use his toilet-brush hairdo to finish the job.
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •Betcha he'd be easy to entrap, too. Betcha dimes for dollars he's got a tinder profile just waiting to be catfished into the worst night of his life.
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •It would seem that Herr Musk is standing by Mr. Big Balls, too?
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •he really likes young men. Like, a lot a lot
He calls it "greek love." Says it keeps western masculinity pure.
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •Tempting, and pointless…
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www.justice.govTrump & Epstein: Biz partners.
in reply to BrianKrebs • • •#BigBalls was CLEARLY referring to #NoBalls #Vance (who "married outside his ethnicity' to an Indian woman.)
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in reply to fmc01 • • •If #NoBalls Vance can't even stand up to a #racist hacker called "#BigBalls", how does he expect to stand up to #Putin or #Xi if he becomes president?
Oh. I forgot. He doesn't have to. 😞
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Unknown parent • • •Oh, BTW, I feel compelled to nota that this is not the one of the 6 I know (nor was it Elez). AFAIA the one I know is not a nazi, just stupid. ... as far as I know...
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but they seem to be nazis so.........
that seems to be a feature not a bug for republicans
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •doge.gov: the US government website that is blocked from access by non-US IP addresses... Still no one has explained why this is the case....
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I wonder if The #ElongatedMuskrat has tried tanning them? #BigBalls
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •would any professional security professional ever trust any computer or system they had access to again?
If they were finally really blocked (court order, whatever), what would be the order of operations?
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •This kid's dad runs a snack food company called Lesserevil. Anyone try their products lately? Leave a review!
amazon.com/stores/LesserEvilSn…
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LesserEvil Snacks
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •General search page for all products and stores that sell them:
amazon.com/s?k=Lesserevil
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in reply to Bodhipaksa • • •Their Facebook, which was last updated in 2014 and was never used much, states they were at one time employed by LesserEvil: facebook.com/edward.coristine
They did work at LesserEvil in 2012, according to a now-deleted Facebook post: bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/met…
Their father bought LesserEvil in 2011: cnbc.com/2024/09/07/lesserevil…
It's possible he hired his son when he bought the company.
Obviously, that does not mean the company or it's leadership supports them today.
Unless someone has actual evidence of their support, this is just speculation, and baseless speculation should not be enough to punish a company.
Sure, sometimes children share their parent's beliefs, but that should not be taken as an absolute. Parents certainly shouldn't automatically be held guilty of their child's crimes.
#LesserEvil
52-year-old quit his job, bought a failing snack company for $250,000—now it brings in $103 million a year
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in reply to iam-py-test • • •Your dad employing you doesn’t mean that he approves of everything you do.
iam-py-test
in reply to Bodhipaksa • • •Also, it's not clear how long ago they was employed.
My political beliefs certainly have changed since 2012, so it's possible they were not alt-right then.
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •Somehow, I missed this EO that Trump issued when he took office on Jan 20. It basically says security clearances are too much of a pain so we'll just go ahead and grant full clearances (TS/SCI) for six months to anyone the White House counsel and the acting CIO designate.
I think this pretty well explains how Mr. Big Balls got his clearance.
Therefore, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order:
1. The White House Counsel to provide the White House Security Office and Acting Chief Security Officer with a list of personnel that are hereby immediately granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearances for a period not to exceed six months; and
2. That these individuals shall be immediately granted access to the facilities and technology necessary to perform the duties of the office to which they have been hired; and
3. The White House Counsel, as my designee, may supplement this list as necessary; and
4. The White House Counsel
... Show more...Somehow, I missed this EO that Trump issued when he took office on Jan 20. It basically says security clearances are too much of a pain so we'll just go ahead and grant full clearances (TS/SCI) for six months to anyone the White House counsel and the acting CIO designate.
I think this pretty well explains how Mr. Big Balls got his clearance.
Therefore, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order:
1. The White House Counsel to provide the White House Security Office and Acting Chief Security Officer with a list of personnel that are hereby immediately granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearances for a period not to exceed six months; and
2. That these individuals shall be immediately granted access to the facilities and technology necessary to perform the duties of the office to which they have been hired; and
3. The White House Counsel, as my designee, may supplement this list as necessary; and
4. The White House Counsel, as my designee, shall have the authority to revoke the interim clearance of any individual as necessary.
whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac…
Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel – The White House
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •Are interims that unusual though? I've undergone the process; while I didn't request/wasn't given an interim, when I was seeking information about the process online, I did see lots of stories where people given interims.
That said, I don't know what the basis for grants of interim are. Like does one have to at least have an SF85 or SF86 on file? I don't know.
That said, I can't imagine these guys had any level, period, before being given an interim TS/SCI.
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •This is rich when combined with this story
bbc.com/news/articles/cn57p5r9…
Trump says he is revoking Biden's security clearances
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •official secrets are rolling out the door because #trump doesn’t care! All US allies should stop sharing if they have not already done it
Direct pipeline to #russia and criminal enterprises
#trumpisaconvictedfelon
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •So just to recapitulate: Trump's presider Musk brought his teen hackers, who are much smarter than he's & capable of cracking government data systems, to steal government officers' & employees' data to acquire extortion material/kompromat to force unwanted representatives of federal government out of employment, to a) obstruct justice & b) obstruct the enforcement of regulations Elon hates, and c) obstruct U.S. government per se as an obstacle to lawless oligarchic tyranny? 🤔😎
#Project2025 #ElonMusk #ObstructionOfUSGovernment #Insurrection #Rebellion #Subversion #ArrestMusk #ExpelMusk #RuleOfLaw #Law #Justice #Democracy #RuleOfThePeople #DefendDemocracy #DefendTheConstitution #USPol #USPolitics
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •In other WTAF news, WaPo is reporting that Big Balls has been given new roles as a "senior adviser" at the State Department and at the Department of Homeland Security.
washingtonpost.com/business/20…
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in reply to BrianKrebs • • •Muskwatch.com analyzed URL traffic for an image sharing service run by Coristine (tesla dot sexy), and found between April 2021 and September 2021 that numerous noxious URLs redirected to Coristine’s site, including, “children-sex.party,” “child-porn.store,” “kkk-is-cool.club,” “nigga.rentals,” “nigga-sex.download,” “owns-a-slave.shop,” “raping-women.club,” “ketamine-rape.date,” “rape.business,” and “rapes-wo.men.” Internet archives of the URLs show they redirected traffic to tesla.sexy but any content they may have linked to has disappeared.
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DOGE Teen Ran Image-Sharing Site Linked to URLs Referencing Pedophilia and the KKK
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in reply to bezmuth • • •@bezmuth yeah. this is what they did
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Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel – The White House
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