regardless of your Eilish music interest, this is fascinating

This is a thread about a font that's appeared in a lot of video games over the years, and how it was surprisingly challenging to track down its true origin. And no, it's probably not the one you're thinking of (though that one has an interesting story as well!).

Barely made it to the end of this sentence alive. https://t.co/4sN9Nkjxdi

Excited to see which 90’s hits will be in all the COPD and ED medicine commercials in a few years

Here is a thread of dogs who destroyed Thanksgiving dinner

Hey, it's Black Friday! Please don't let anyone in your zone go out and literally trample someone to death trying to get a deal. That sounds ridiculous but it happens.

I'm having my own holiday sale over at yk Records, so please do me a favor and pick something up. Details here, thank you very much.

On to some distraction!

• SNL Party Song - in case you missed it, a great digital short with Will Ferrell. There's also a Cut For Time sketch that is a tribute to 90-Day Fiance, my favorite trash TV.
• Cats React to Cat Face Filters - I am positive there is plenty of manipulation going on here for these reactions but I don't care.. it works.
• NANI?! - I died.
• Joe Biden Really Means It - look, I'm a diehard liberal but this is beyond idiotic.
• Do Tortoises Like Being Touched? - not a question I thought I needed answered but I think I'm spellbound whenever I see these beasts. Nothing crazy here, just a straightforward answer.
• Supermarket Sweep Fail - I have been watching an absurd amount of Supermarket Sweep lately so I find great pleasure in seeing this dumb dumb go for the bonus prize and fail miserably.

In the grand tradition of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday Sales everywhere, I am running a yk Records Holiday Sale. I've put a bunch of great records on deep discount because, frankly, a bunch of LP's sitting in my office doesn't do anyone any good. So, go check out the sale and pick something up - maybe just grab one for a friend?

If you're in the mood for something a little bit extra fun, check out The Mystery Bag. It's $20 USD (plus shipping) and includes three LPs chosen at random. It's a blind buy but I'm confident in quality of the yk Records catalog that you're going to get something great.. and that price is bonkers!

Happy Holidays!

wrinkly https://t.co/CfqHzYLUMd

Today I found out the most fucking insane thing and that's George Clooney did all those Nespresso ads so he could spend millions of dollars keeping his own private satellite in orbit over Sudan for years to keep track of war crimes being committed by the Sudanese government https://t.co/NJpvahqabE

Feel like a fourth grader about to blow your mind but I just realized the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, & Tin Man are animal, vegetable, mineral

helluva surprising collab

One week to go. https://t.co/HMv1Ow8Xo3 https://t.co/vPGMHFZG1h

Is it even possible to fly into Chicago at night and not think of @PhizLair?

First off, let me be the first to admit that just about anytime I see, hear or think of "Deezer" I have a little laugh. The French-based music streaming platform doesn't deserve my scoffing nor did it earn it any way. I just think the name is funny.

With that out of the way, I must admit that I'm rather impressed by their proposed User Centric Payment System (UCPS), a new way of paying artists based on the actual streams from specific listeners. This promo page and Engadget article break down the high-level specifics.

The gist is; right now subscription fees go into a pool for royalty payments, which get paid out to artists based on overall streaming percentage plays. So, if you listened to nothing but obscure noise music for a month, you're still paying Beyonce royalties because she gets a ton of plays (both music choices are perfectly acceptable btw). In the new UCPS setup, your subscription fee would get paid out to the artist that you actually listened to. Their infographics that break it down aren't exactly nuanced but they do tell the high level concepts. The best part about this "Revolutionary" idea is that it's really just a step backward to the digital download model. In that tiny window of time after digital music took off but streaming platforms didn't have a foothold yet, you would buy an album and that money would go to the artist. Again, there's more nuance there but at least there was a direct path between your money and the artist you want to support (see also: Bandcamp).

I'm sure there's plenty of conversation to have around the missing nuance of this proposal but, in general, I love the concept. I imagined that Spotify and their ilk didn't already do this because the dataset of plays was too massive to consistently crunch at scale but it seems that's not the case for ole Deezer. Going to keep an eye on the progression here.

These are, by the way, the instructions I give to folks who watch my precious, precious angels. https://t.co/6jk55mFDXG

My kids and I had a lot of fun filming this video for AWS. I feel incredibly lucky to spend my days making public data easier for everyone to access and use. Come build the future with us! #opendata https://t.co/AGeNvxSj05

new track out now and new album in late January.

Watching this is what it must feel like to be lobotomized. https://t.co/dNSYIXJA9S

@NDemystified An oral history of this WSMV expose about new wave music in Nashville https://t.co/13szZ9ker2

u guys all hated the ewoks because they were too cute but now you’re all fuckin ride or die with baby yoda pick a goddamn lane