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🪦 Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath Singer and Heavy Metal Pioneer, Dead at 76 /// Rolling Stone

2025-07-23 03:56:00

Not sure there’s ever been a singer as enigmatic, prolific, and just crazy (but the good kind of crazy) as Ozzy. I got super into Ozzy and Black Sabbath when I was playing drums in my middle school jazz band and we did Iron Man and look at that song and Crazy Train with tremendous reverence.

🎵 Ensenada - Single /// Sublime

2025-07-21 06:08:00

Oh man. I think this is the first single with Bradley’s son, Jacob, officially a member of (just) Sublime. And it’s good. Really good. I didn’t mind Sublime with Rome’s early stuff, but this feels like Sublime. Jacob really nails the affectations and vocal styling. It’s uncanny.

🤯 The Frightening and Fantastic Worlds of James Tynion IV /// Humble Bundle

2025-07-18 09:32:00

For anyone interested in reading some non-Marvel or DC comics, this is a great place to get started. Deoartment of Truth, Something is Killing The Children, and W0rldtr33 are all excellent.

🤖 Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI /// Wired

2025-07-16 08:28:00

Union members say they believe the AI-generated posts were handled in a way that violates Politico’s correction and takedown policies. They also allege that one of Politico’s paid premium AI tools for generating policy reports has spewed out incorrect information in the past.

The people closest to it have to be the ones vocal about when it actually goes wrong. Not just because it’s their jobs on the line, but to show the industry (and the world) how poor the results can actually be when you start flipping these switches. The companies who treat their people like humans are the ones who will inevitably win because they’ll get the best people while the companies who go all in on AI will get ~productivity boosts~ but no human effort.

📺 ABC News to Launch Daily Short-Form News Program on Disney+, ‘What You Need to Know’ /// TheWrap

2025-07-16 08:22:00

I haven’t thought about the daily ESPN show since the day they launched launched it, but I wonder if this means it’s been a success. Short form in an app not optimized for mobile just doesn’t seem like a winner to me.

💮 Chris Ware designs commemorative stamps celebrating 250th anniversary of US Postal Service /// The Beat

2025-07-16 08:20:00

These are obviously some of the coolest stamps ever drawn and produced. Period.