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Words @FortuneMagazine. Words and tunes @TheBoardIsABand. Control Shift author: https://t.co/fKbn5Q4TKe. European African in Europe. https://t.co/6gNthDFOjG
Mar 14, 2022 13 tweets 3 min read
Russia's invasion of Ukraine may change the future sound of guitar music. Here's why.

Traditional guitar amps (and some distortion pedals) use vacuum tubes to increase the power of the signal passing through, and to make the tone warm and crunchy. (1/12) Until a few years ago, there were only three factories in the world that made tubes/valves – after all, they're only really useful for audio applications these days. There was the Shuguang plant in China, New Sensor in Russia, and JJ in Slovakia. (2/12)
Mar 7, 2019 10 tweets 2 min read
Ah, I see Zuck is spinning again. facebook.com/notes/mark-zuc… Some thoughts... Firstly, what this announcement is mostly about is the back-end integration of Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram, which is a privacy *problem* because many users of the bought platforms don't want anything to do with Facebook proper...