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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 24/08/2026

Reposting, as it's as urgent as ever. We need an ethical-tech revolution. I have a free starter-kit cheatsheet for anyone who is looking to move in that direction. DM me and I'll send it to you.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 31/07/2026

If you wear these around me, I'd like to knock them off your face. But I'll settle for immediate death stare and end of interaction. If you're a friend... well, then you're not anymore. Appalling.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 17/07/2026

A lot of people photograph Africa for drama. I try to go the other way, normalcy is more interesting and on-point. In Nairobi I’m looking for where it’s going.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 13/07/2026

526606-loud-thunderstorm-rages

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 11/04/2026

I just saw this somewhere: the neighborhood is the unit of change. Meaning that's the scale at which we can (and should) have the most impact. Aka start where you are.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 27/03/2026

So I'm hosting this free, in-person community workshop next week at our local library. Getting off the surveillance/data-harvesting app model is one of the most urgent things we should be doing. I'm here to help. If you want the cheatsheet for my starter kit let me know.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 12/03/2026

I’ve been talking a lot about Euria, a Swiss AI I like for its data privacy/sovereignty and environment cred (renewables, reusing waste heat, using minimal water). I don't really use AI except for a bit of research - certainly no generative AI - but I like to know what the best examples are.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 12/03/2026

Just got a last-minute St Patrick's Day gig at an assisted-living place. They said my originals and throwback covers are fine, but they also want a couple of Irish songs. Any easy faves to learn? I have Danny Boy (J. Cash version) and Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra in the works.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 06/02/2026

Omg. So powerful and poignant.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 01/02/2026

Here in the US, our government is coming for us, and our neighbors. In Europe, Russia looms and creates insecurity. In a world where the big powers are clearly trying to create spheres of influence, how those of us with a better vision of the future unify - across borders and geography - is key.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 31/01/2026

I admit I am anti-AI. As far as I care, you can shove it - all of it - you know where. I have never used ChatGPT or any of them, though I'm sure I will at some point. I am a photographer and musician, I have never used AI for that and never will.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 28/01/2026

The race for European digital sovereignty is on. Will budding @monnett.social become your algorithm-free IG? Will Europeans ditch their gmail for encrypted @proton.me? Can the excellent @threema.ch dislodge WhatsApp, so entrenched in people's habits? Will the Matrix protocol finally break out?

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 27/01/2026

Oh, almost forgot. F--k you Chomsky, hope you rot. Your life of grand intellectual accomplishments means little. That's what you get.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 23/01/2026

While I am grateful Jesse Welles exists, and I agree with most of this article, I will quote the part from a critic: "I think we need art that imagines a way through and out, an art that does more than point fingers in songs that are barely written, an art that dares to dream about the escape."

currentaffairs.org

Jesse Welles Is the Antidote To Everything That Sucks About Our Time

Rough, warm, and human: in the age of AI slop and billionaire rule, we need a 21st century Woody Guthrie. Fortunately, we’ve got one.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 21/01/2026

What can you do? Want to feel some immediate agency? Reject the surveillance/data-harvesting models in all apps.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 05/01/2026

I'm rebooting here, hoping to tap BS as a well of culture/arts exchange. Unfollowing a lot of fine folks who just rage (re-)post about Trvmp etc. I know what's happening, having an extra 500 people twang my string about it isn't helping. Looking more for enrichment that will power me up.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 29/10/2025

Proud to be part of this from my indomitable art-warrior friend Ted Riederer.

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Art is our secret weapon in their War Against Empathy.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 11/08/2025

DC is going to have to re-up its counterculture game to meet the moment. Shopping and brunching are fine and all, but it's no Fugazi in Lafayette Park, punks/mods/goths running Georgetown, Meese is a Pig posters, or go-go marathons. Bring something, Gen Alpha/Z/Millennials. Find your way to do it.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 25/07/2025

Let's just say I'm going the other way. I played last night in a tiny Paris club, just me and a guitar, no mic. I told quick little stories, sang my own songs, probably made a couple of very minor flubs, showed human expression, said bless you mid-song when an audience member sneezed. Went great.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 19/07/2025

Threema is as good as Signal security-wise, is Swiss-based, and you can sign up anonymously. You do have to buy it, a one-time six bucks. To me that’s actually a solid revenue model. Ever heard of Threema? Any of my peeps on it? Want to be on it with me?

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 19/07/2025

I wanted to like Superman but what a mess. Mainly methinks the director took the 'let's up the stakes by making him vulnerable' thing too far. He spends the whole movie getting his ass kicked or crawling out from under the big thing that landed on him.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 19/07/2025

Wet Leg. Hell of a band (and band name). New album Moisturizer is the finest rock record I’ve heard in a while.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

And these are the same snowflakes who couldn’t handle wearing a mask during the pandemic.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 20/06/2025

There's something about iconic 70s movies. Lately I've been revisiting Kubrick (Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon), Deliverance, Days of Heaven, and Quadrophenia. The slower pacing, the atmosphere, the realism really pull you in differently.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 20/06/2025

#28YearsLater. Pretty great. Hard to beat Days. A few narrative points that strain credulity, a fair amount of swinging zombie-schlong, and a bizarro turn near the end comes out of nowhere. The world-building is solid, as is the sheer terror. Great visuals and they upped the moral/emotion ante. A-.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 19/06/2025

Something's wrong here on @bsky.app. First I noticed how little engagement I get, for anything, except for my comments on others' posts. Many accounts in my feed are getting single-digit engagement, if any. Then I saw plenty have 2-3k+ followers, but still only a handful of likes on a typical post.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 19/06/2025

LAPD just let loose on protestors.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 19/06/2025

Practice spot today. Nice shady bench on a hot day, and just far enough from the houses to not bother anyone. #paris #thissuburbanlife #troubadoursoftheworldunite

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 18/06/2025

Yes, use Signal, absolutely secure for most people and most scenarios, with no Meta shenanigans. But keep Swiss-based #threema in your back pocket as well if things get even worse.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 17/06/2025

Today I bought a Levis shirt that I liked. It was marked as being on sale for 30 percent off, so I would save around 30 bucks, but at the counter it turned out I needed to sign up/be a member, something-something. They wanted my name, email, and date of birth. I paid full price instead.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 12/06/2025

Suburban practice spot today. Great acoustics. #paris

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 09/06/2025

On top of everything else, it's utterly tragic that often it's immigrants that love America the most.

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Bill Crandall @billcrandall.com · 26/05/2025

I think that unlike the new VW bus - which is fine but pretty much just a minivan and a huge missed opportunity - people would love an *actual* 1960s design, even if updated under the hood. At least I would.

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