Marty McGuire

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Sat Nov 9

🗓️ The Level Up

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The Level Up is a LOOSELY video game-themed indie improv showcase! Come and see some of the freshest talent in the New York indie improv scene!

I’ll be playing in with Philip and the rest of the Level Up!

Looking forward to it! And to seeing you there!! (Yes, you. Come on out!!!)

Magnet Theater
254 West 29th St (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.)
New York City, NY 10001
Tickets $10: https://magnettheater.com/show/59019/

Fri Nov 8
🔁 Reposted https://www.citationneeded.news/wind-the-clock/
🔁 Reposted https://www.theinfophile.com/archive/eeda-newsletter-vol-5-iss-23-oh-no/
🔁 Reposted https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/its-mourning-in-america/
Wed Nov 6
🔁 Reposted https://www.popehat.com/p/and-yet-it-moves
🔁 Reposted https://www.garbageday.email/p/america-the-final-season
🔁 Reposted https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/
Sat Nov 2
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📍 Checked in at Joe Coffee, New York, NY.
Sat Oct 26
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📍 Checked in at Cherry Republic, Glen Arbor, MI.
Fri Oct 25
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📍 Checked in at Lotus Brew, Grand Rapids, MI.
Thu Oct 24
📕 Finished reading Make a Zine!: Start Your Own Underground Publishing Revolution by Joe Biel with Bill Brent ISBN: 9781648411564
Fri Oct 11

Videos from the last XOXO are going up on YouTube. Here’s a playlist of XOXO 2024 main stage talks. There are a lot of lessons to take away from these, and many calls to action.

But if you only watch one, it should maybe be this one that broke the audience entirely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_K7pIsfvg

Tue Oct 1
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📍 Checked in at Avocaderia, Brooklyn, NY.

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Wed Sep 18
🔁 Reposted https://mastodon.social/@mweinberg/113159044341136083
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Sketchfab, which had been a popular place for GLAM institutions to host their 3D models, just announced that they are basically shutting down the non-monetized part of their service. @nebulousflynn has a evolving breakdown of what it means
Sat Sep 14
🔁 Reposted https://www.citationneeded.news/hachette-v-internet-archive/
Thu Sep 12

Has there been a tragic accident during eternal Caturday

Tue Sep 10
🔁 Reposted https://adactio.com/journal/21405
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I’ve noticed a really strange justification from people when I ask them about their use of generative tools that use large language models (colloquially and inaccurately labelled as artificial intelligence).
Sun Sep 8

🗓️ The Level Up

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The Level Up is a LOOSELY video game-themed indie improv showcase! Come and see some of the freshest talent in the New York indie improv scene!

I’ll be playing in with Philip and the rest of the Level Up!

Looking forward to it! And to seeing you there!! (Yes, you. Come on out!!!)

Magnet Theater
254 West 29th St (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.)
New York City, NY 10001
Tickets $10: https://magnettheater.com/show/58804/

Recently finished this (good, heavy, tip-of-an-iceberg) book on influence operations:

https://martymcgui.re/2024/09/05/222732/

Now watching how it’s playing out in today’s (war and commercial) games industries. 😳

https://youtu.be/lYaDXZ2MI-k

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📕 Finished reading Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind by Annalee Newitz ISBN: 9780393881516
Sat Sep 7
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📍 Checked in at Han Dynasty, New York, NY.
📗 Want to read American War by Omar El Akkad ISBN: 9781101973134
📗 Want to read Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares about Words by Anne Curzan ISBN: 9780593444092
📗 Want to read Mobility by Lydia Kiesling ISBN: 9781638930563
📗 Want to read How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong ISBN: 9781580058070
📗 Want to read Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown ISBN: 9781849352604
Fri Sep 6
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📍 Checked in at Fourth Avenue Pub, Brooklyn, NY.
Thu Sep 5
📗 Want to read A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys ISBN: 9781250210999
📕 Finished reading Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind by Annalee Newitz ISBN: 9780393881516
Wed Sep 4
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📍 Checked in at Bar Veloce, New York, NY.

Gotta enjoy outdoor sipping while it’s nice!

Tue Sep 3
🔁 Reposted https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/09/happy-bell-riots-day-to-all-who-celebrate-2/
post Happy Bell Riots day to all who celebrate
Lots of people jumped the gun on this, just like they did with Blade Runner day, but today is the start of the Bell Riots, not August 30th. (From the horse's mouth if you don't believe me.)