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The music of the feeds

February 6, 2026

The latest Disquiet Junto assign­ment is out, and this blog pro­vides a link in its cre­ative chain. The assign­ment is:

Write a piece of music emu­lating the dopamine engine that is social media.

Click through for Marc’s instructions, which are, as usual, provoca­tive and fun. I myself have responded to a grand total of one (1) Junto assign­ment; if I wasn’t headed out of town, I’d give this one a try, and double my output.

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