Pluribus has emerged and wow it feels so nice to have another Vince Gilligan show to watch. We're only a couple of episodes in, but I'm loving some of themes especially around how we treat intellectualism, ignorance, and fighting for the friction that is everyday life. 0:00 - Pluribus is here! 0:40 - Nothing like a grumpy lady1:10 - Episode 1 Pluribus recap3:00 - Pluribus episode 2 recap 4:40 - Why is discomfort important 7:00 - AI Alignment and it's roll in putting on the brakes9:15 - Individualism or "pick me" syndrome is not the same as critical thought10:01 - Humanity does not lie in ignorance12:14 - The rise of anti-intellectualism13:50 - The signs of anti intellectualism16:06 - Learned helplessness and the atrophy of AI Referenced links:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6lzvWby9UE- https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-fed-sloppy-code-it-turned-into-something-evil-20250813/- https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openais-smartest-ai-model-was-explicitly-told-to-shut-down-and-it-refused - https://gizmodo.com/utopia-equals-dystopia-in-pluribus-apple-tvs-latest-sci-fi-standout-2000680460- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKSyWqcKing- https://www.politico.com/video/2016/02/donald-trump-i-love-the-poorly-educated-044575 - https://time.com/7295195/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school/ Find me elsewhere: Listen to Grumpy Young Lady on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11FX5G68eYPdSlnrZYq7To?si=d9258268798b4b0aFind me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/katebrunotts Spotify (Music): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vV2HAeSNkp97JK2tPpEoN?si=WzRT4xYLTi6uQOG4mn2aiA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katebrunotts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katebrunotts

Massive Attack dares to say something in a performance. What a beautiful thing. Surveillance via Flock cameras, Ring, AI, etc. is kinda spooky. Blob tracking, Andy Warhol, and Noah Dillon all have their hand in aestheticizing our spooky world. 

Chapters:

0:00 - Massive Attack, the Triphop legends behind Teardrop and Mezzanine

0:18 - Facial recognition performance

0:55 - The death of privacy 

2:22 - Hypereal consequences

3:19 - Art serves as a very important mirror

4:11 - The cameras you can't escape

5:03 - The rules no longer exist 

6:02 - Home invasion

6:11 - Recession art 

6:57 - A lot of art is not challenging us 

8:00 - Lady Gaga's Swine during Artpop

9:07 - Surveillance art and digital critique 

10:30 - Why you should care about your data and resisting the pantopticon

Referenced Links: 

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDrfisZP-Us

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6UW4CFz71s

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ&t=281s 

- https://deflock.me/

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyjSl2aqUq0

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPRL2bFNKrk

- https://ifa.nyu.edu/avitalmeshi/catalog.html 

- https://artbreath.org/coffee-talk/art-the-surveillance 

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_art 

- https://pitchfork.com/news/39905-watch-new-interactive-arcade-fire-video-for-we-used-to-wait/

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8fFj4-CKY8

- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjdlx92lylo

- https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1l6qq94/why_should_i_care_that_my_online_activity_is/

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReIwYj7BACM

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Hey yall! Did a fun little episode discussing the music of yesteryear and today with the lovely folks @Bandsplaining. Enjoy!

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When you spend your days researching music history, it's tough to track what's happening right now. Fortunately @KateBrunotts from our Most/Least American series has the answers. She has scoured TikTok so the rest of us don't have to, and shares her theory on the 4 categories of modern pop.

0:59 - "Ever Fallen In Love" (2004) - Pete Yorn
1:40 - "Projections" (2021) - Kate Brunotts
7:52 - "7 Rings" (2020) - Only Fire
10:21 - "Where's My Juul??" (2019) - Full Tac; Lil Mariko
15:18 - "PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN" (2023) - QUEEF JERKY; ethan is online
17:38 - "FAMILY GUY" (2023) - QUEEF JERY; ethan is online
18:37 - "Судно (Борис Рижий)" (2018) - Molchat Doma
20:03 - "Jealous" (2019)- Eyedress
24:20 - "Hide - Slow" (2024) - Dorian Concept
25:36 - "When I'm Small" (2010) - Phantogram
29:34 - "I'm Good (Blue)" (2023) - David Guetta; Babe Rexha
31:21 - "Big Energy" (2022) - Latto; Mariah Carey; DJ Khaled
34:32 -  "Marea (we’ve lost dancing)" (2021) -  Fred Again; The Blessed Madonna
35:41 - "RLLYNICE" - THE HELLP (2024)
41:32 - "Mannequin Love (The Dare Remix)" (2025) - Justice; The Flints; The Dare
42:27 - "Girls" (2023) - The Dare
44:37 - "Locals (Girls like us) [with gabby start]" (2023) -  Underscores; gabby start
49:22 - "Customer Service" (2023) - Sugar Pit

serf life chose us I guess

Hot take but I think the Gen Z stare mightttt just be a result of being the most rejected generation and an increasing sense that the bar is getting lower for what we can hope and expect for in the future. yipeee highly recommend checking out the full piece.

0:00 - The Gen Z stare is well deserved

0:16 - Open to work!!!!

0:43 - Sincerity is scary

1:24 - Absurdity in the face on uncertainty

1:48 - The most rejected generation

2:49 - premature specialization

4:02 - The abysmal job market

6:02 - College

6:40 - Social rejection

8:15 - What happens to rejected people

9:06 - Short term planning

10:57 - Careless people

13:21 - Comedy and resistance

Referenced media:- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/opinion/rejection-college-youth.html - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZO1B4fZlOw&t=207s

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Oh man Ezra Klein and Kyla Scanlon’s latest chat got me thinking about context collapse surrounding betting and how we relate to it in an economy where attention is the foundation to change. Also take a shot every time I say “himself”. Would love your thoughts, thanks for watching <3 

0:00 - We’ve built an attention lottery

1:21 - Attention is the new loss leader
1:50 - Entertain or Perish
2:29 - Rizz marketing and embracing cheating (trolling for gain)

4:27 - Sabrina Carpenter’s controversial Man’s Best Friend
5:57 - Betting on our literal future

6:25 - Context collapse: betting markets and flattening importance 

Customer service is bad and it's going to get worse with the AI upheaval. Say it with me: ✨ REPRESENTATIVE ✨0:00 - Customer service is a dying art0:46 - We are all upset1:30 - AI deception storytime3:26 - Customer service is designed to be bad4:16 - Sending consumers down dead ends5:24 - Talking with agents is a full-time job5:42 - Customer service sludge7:00 - Profit over people 8:36 - Lagging legislation9:43 - Black Mirror is my president10:42 - Businesses created by businesses underperforming

Welcome to Kloset with a K today I'm featuring tracks from Sara Gray, After, Wallace, Grace Ives, Pip Bloom, Jenny Hval, A/S/L, 3I3d3p, Dafna, and Ella Woolsey. How delightful. Tell me your underrated favs immediately! artists you should be listening to vol.1: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4YzLhYGv5AjVyNiw7VmWtm?si=a0f1070b95794a1c Listen to Kattle Considerations on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11FX5G68eYPdSlnrZYq7To?si=c10ebb89d0a842ff Find me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/katebrunotts Spotify (Music): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vV2HAeSNkp97JK2tPpEoN?si=vjGI6UlqSMa0G8ReQieLeQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katebrunotts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katebrunotts

Addison by Addison Rae is here and she is here to stay. Between Diet Pepsi, Fame is a Gun, Times Like These, High Fashion, ugh all hits. But most importantly! She's crafting for longevity and we all should too. Good stuff, would love your thoughts. 0:00 - Addison Rae releases Addison1:21 - Album first impressions2:56 - Addison Rae vs. Addison3:30 - Great art challenges people3:35 - Taste takes time + Charli XCX5:00 - Growing amongst eyeballs5:50 - Building longevity6:49 - Fame, reinvention, and separation7:56 - Small team, cohesive vision8:44 - Leading with feeling

REFERENCED LINKS:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beNFK2cdnKU- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H_H7sT9KjE&t=26s- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I35Etkaak30&t=2s- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9588929/How-Addison-Rae-went-living-trailer-earning-MILLIONS-TikTok-star.html

When creation becomes compulsory driven by the prospect of profit, you’re likely closer to the product than the golden goose. Another cheery classic featuring mimetic desire, the plight of the West Village Girl, liquid modernity, and the art of Philip Guston and Miles Johnson. Woohooo!

0:00 - following your dreams!!!!

0:50 - social media is an MLM

2:15 - the YouTuber pipeline

3:20 - who really benefits from creation in the modern age

4:34 - the role of mimetic desire

7:06 - Liquid modernity

10:00 - advertisement knows no bounds

10:38 - Philip Guston

11:54 - Collective desire for attention

16:47 - It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl

Referenced links: https://www.thecut.com/article/nyc-west-village-neighborhood-new-generation-women-girls.htmlhttps://lukeburgis.com/mimetic-desire-101/https://futurism.com/facebook-beauty-targeted-ads https://www.milesjohnstonart.com/ https://www.economist.com/prospero/2017/06/02/the-careers-of-philip-guston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDbovOp_0zA Listen to Kattle Considerations on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11FX5G68eYPdSlnrZYq7To?si=c10ebb89d0a842ff Find me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/katebrunotts Spotify (Music): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vV2HAeSNkp97JK2tPpEoN?si=vjGI6UlqSMa0G8ReQieLeQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katebrunotts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katebrunotts