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July 2026
I can't stop thinking of being 30 years into the game and writing something that references Vogue "which itself references old Hollywood after a span of time where all your old friends are on the level (or greater) they the ones mentioned in Vogue

- "DANCETERIA" is the one right now from Madonna's CODF I

Björk operates on instinct, Madonna on intellect.
In a 2001 Nylon Magazine interview with James Servin, Björk said she wrote “Bedtime Story” for Madonna hoping it would encourage her to be more intuitive and less logical.
That Nylon story included an incredible anecdote. Servin wrote:
“I sent a fax to Madonna via her publicist Liz Rosenberg, with the question: ‘Did singing the lyrics Björk wrote for Bedtime Story lead you in the direction of going more with the flow?’”
In response, Rosenberg wrote:
“I’ve never thought Madonna was a ‘go with the flow’ person before or after recording Bedtime Story. She goes with a flow — but it’s a flow of her own creation, if you know what I mean.”
What a perfect description of Madonna’s career: “A flow of her own creation.” But with “Confessions II” and its PR rollout, we’ve caught a few glimpses of instances where Madonna couldn’t create her own flow. Her inability to fully control her world is humanizing.

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aeon.coThe anguish of choiceThe essay recounts Sartre's famous 1945 lecture 'Existentialism Is a Humanism,' delivered to an overflow crowd in post-war Paris. Sartre attempted to defend existentialism and construct a morality beyond nihilism, paradoxically offering guidance while insisting people guide themselves. He later regr✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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popville.com“Museum Café (partnership with local coffee experts Slipstream) Grand Opening and Free Community Day” at The National Museum of Women in the ArtsThe National Museum of Women in the Arts opened a new café in partnership with DC roaster Slipstream, featuring a Colombian coffee line cultivated exclusively by female farmers. The opening coincided with a Free Community Day offering extended hours, drop-in art activities, gallery talks, and tours✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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“everything you hate about the internet is
actually everything you hate about people.”
Another is that the worst thing about the
internet is “knowing what everyone thinks about
everything.”
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· I Know the music is good because I want to leave the lyrics up like AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)

“everything you hate about the internet is
actually everything you hate about people.”
Another is that the worst thing about the
internet is “knowing what everyone thinks about
everything.”

"You are not my friend,
never were Read my
Lips to Rich Boys, thy
make me crazy.. -
... Everybody get
up and dance"

"I don't believe a word
"What you say... [illegible]
[illegible] that walks
Shut your mouth"
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futurism.comRich People Can Afford Good Education for Their Kids. They’re Raising Them on AI Slop Anyways.Alpha School, a $75,000/year private network backed by wealthy tech figures and promoted by the Trump administration, uses AI tutors to compress education into two-hour sessions. Former employees report the AI curriculum is poorly structured, students need far more than two hours daily, and the scho✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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futurism.comMeta’s AI Data Center Caught Infecting Town Water Supply With Deadly BacteriaMeta's data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming contaminated municipal wastewater with Cupriavidus gilardii, a rare multidrug-resistant bacterium with a 31% mortality rate, during a fill-and-flush cooling system startup. The incident prompted city officials to ban fill-and-flush discharge for all data cente✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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npr.orgMilitant LGBTQ+ rights group 'the Lavender Panthers' was founded on this day in 1973In 1973, gay preacher Ray Broshears founded the Lavender Panthers, a street vigilante group protecting LGBTQ+ people in San Francisco's Tenderloin from violent attacks. Though controversial and problematic, the group exemplified community-led mutual aid filling gaps left by a homophobic society, and✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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Our friend and colleague Lucian Perkins opined on social media: “Unlike much of the country, the Fourth of July in Washington didn’t feel festive so much as surreal.

“The day began with absence. The annual Independence Day parade down Constitution Avenue — something I had planned to photograph — was canceled because of extreme heat. Washington had just endured some of its hottest days on record, with the heat index nearing 108 degrees.

Though it seems nobody has contracted the potentially deadly bacterium as a result of Meta’s fill-and-flush, the city’s response to the incident underscores the degree to which people across the US are scrutinizing data centers — and the undeniable impact they have on their neighbors.
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Hearing grifters
use language like
"creators" as
"Takers" -- money
doesn't make you
a maker -- it's a helpful
talking position

We don't
give Families
enough time
to care for
Kids.. and
Themselves

Its not Right -- and
Thank GOD for the Moms
in my life while I help
my mom with Chemo. They

Our friend and colleague Lucian Perkins opined on social media: “Unlike much of the country, the Fourth of July in Washington didn’t feel festive so much as surreal.

“The day began with absence. The annual Independence Day parade down Constitution Avenue — something I had planned to photograph — was canceled because of extreme heat. Washington had just endured some of its hottest days on record, with the heat index nearing 108 degrees.

↑ The georgetowner
is full of it
But this is true
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futurism.comSomething Weird Is Going on With the 66 Billion Trees China Planted in a Huge WallChina's Great Green Wall—66 billion trees planted since 1978 to stop desert expansion—shows planted forests growing 66% faster in canopy density than natural forests, likely due to youth and active management. However, researchers note this advantage is temporary; natural forests remain superior for✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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