Lifeguard came to check on me today. I was out of the rip current and had given a thumbs up before he got out of his vehicle. I’m thankful for the lifeguards.
“People here in 2025???”
I listen to music. Sometimes on YouTube (an odious yet indispensable entity).
Usually the advice to NEVER READ THE COMMENTS is pretty good advice.
On my tablet, I can’t hide the comments. A “top comment” bubbles up if I’m not in fullscreen mode.
Here are a few picked from among my playlist this morning. I listened to. maybe 30 songs so far.
I would like for you to read these comments and imagine how they came to be:
People here in 2025???
Who’s here in 2024? Or 2025? 💜
Whose here November 2024
Who’s still here on 2024
Anyone in 2024? …
Who’s still listening in 2024?
someone 2025?
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
This is the same, or at least related, to receiving a mixtape from a friend across the country.
This is like sharing an earbud, listening to the indispensable track while riding the subway together.
This was being in your favorite record store and that certain track comes on over the speakers and you make eye contact with a stranger, both soaking in the song’s wonderfulness.
So much of online space is miserable and hateful and these stand out as wishes for human connection.
Are you there, friend?
“THE ALGORITHM” — a mundane combination of interfaces and databases and math — bubbles comments to the top that people click “thumbs up” on.
And people click. Somehow answering that question with:
Yes, we’re here.
I’m overthinking it. But it sure feels real to me.
In hard times, we must connect with each other.
And music can do that.
Music is the best.
39 Waves.
OB Today.
Yesterday at San Clemente Kelly made me look cool.
We went to San Clemente today. Sublime.
It was a lovely day.
We had drinks and soup and oysters.
Life is terrific.
FastTrak Lane Scam from sincerekutch3909@sxzjmlkj.top
Today’s text message scam:
Please pay the FastTrak Lane toll on January 7, 2025. To avoid penalties and ensure you get your driver’s license. You can pay at
https://thetollroads.blog/pay/
(Please reply Y, then exit the SMS and open it again to activate the link, or copy the link into your Safari browser and open it）
Plus some Strava.
What the heck is this YouTube Comment pattern?
Every few days, I get a comment or two on YouTube with this structure:
I don’t understand the motivation here. Am I supposed to comment in reply? Is this brand marketing? Some sort of YouTube SEO? I’m used to spam that makes me greedy, all I have to do is provide some value and I get a reward. There’s no direct proffer here I recognize. What is this?
Every few days, I get a comment or two on YouTube with this structure: “{GENERIC COMPLIMENT}! Just a quick off-topic question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. ({12 random nouns}). What’s the best way to send them to Binance?” I don’t understand the motivation here. Am I supposed to…