VOL 3, NO 12

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Wrapper’s delight. / I’ve got one more mixtape coming and then I’m wrapping this thing for the year (see what I did there?). I told myself when I kicked off this latest version of Pop Loser back in January that I’d give it a year and see how it felt. It was pretty good. From what I can tell by getting only stats from “hits” (so retro), tens of you have found your way back. I appreciate that. I’ve sorta set this and my social media presence up in a way that cannot and will not ever “do numbers,” so it’s nice that anyone is following along. I should finish the year-end mixtape later this week, and then I’m going dark until at least February and maybe I’ll just wait until spring. And then probably two volumes next year instead of three. Otherwise, I’ll just keep on more or less as I have been.

If you’re reading this, thanks. Sincerely.

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Confusions. / 📱Every digital thing you touch probably sucks. ❝Our digital lives are actively abusive and hostile, riddled with subtle and overt cons. Our apps are ever-changing, adapting not to our needs or conditions, but to the demands of investors and internal stakeholders that have reduced who we are and what we do to an ever-growing selection of manipulatable metrics. It isn’t that you don’t “get” tech, it’s that the tech you use every day is no longer built for you, and as a result feels a very specific kind of insane.❞ / 📰 Classic: Who goes Nazi? / 🌎 Ban TikTok. / ⛓️‍💥 Public domain 2025 kicks off with Popeye the Slayer Man. / 🍿 Night Flight Plus. (Story.) / Star Wars Grindhouse. / Movie or film? / ⚱️ The Amazing Kreskin died. / ♟️ I’ve been training for Open the Microwave my whole life. / Every board game rulebook sucks. / 🎛️ Feelin’ knobs for content. / 🖥️Mac Pet is cute. / Infinite Stroll is soothing.

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