#beyond chips and programs [ playlists ]

[fizziefactory]

And he CRIES out to God

"How can YOU claim them all—

when I know that they are all MINE?"

A Manager Fizzy Playlist Including:

$ The Fine Print - The Stupendium

$ O Superman ‐ Laurie Anderson

$ Whisper - Burn the Ballroom

and more...

[doodle-zombie]

Lamia Bonding #6: Coral Appreciation

Gotta say, I really love the boys I got from @vex-bittys and I think I feel confident enough in their personalities to, perhaps, make a fic about my lamia/bitty journey!

It was a productive evening. Valerie had finished a commission for several concept sketches in the latest contract she’d signed into and she had put the final touches on a larger piece she’d done freelance. She had even put something in the slow cooker for her and Currant to eat later since Marmalade was out hunting and would likely catch himself something to eat. There wasn’t much worry when her Chain went out to hunt since he was close to being the largest predator roaming the woods around her home. Currant was curled within the blanket nest she had set up when she was drinking her first cup of coffee that morning, following Marmalade waking her at a normal hour since she had a deadline. It wasn’t uncommon for her Coral to snatch up any comfortable spot she vacated.

The house was pretty quiet. She’d been so in the zone that the video playlist she’d queued had reached the end and autoplay was turned off.

Luckily, Val knew how to crush the silence and she was due to give Currant his favorite mustard chips to snack on. His snacking times were carefully regulated since she didn’t want him to get so big he couldn’t move but she didn’t want him to suffer either. Currant had developed a deep affection for his favorite chips and he loved when she made him sample platters so he could try new things dipped in mustard. It was about time for a break anyway and what better way to spend it than giving Currant some love.

She opened her music program and queued up a random playlist to fill the resounding silence before pushing away from the desk and shuffling towards the kitchen. Red eye lights followed her along but Currant made no move to follow… yet. It was a bit of a game to be played because Currant could be fairly lazy when he wanted and getting him to exercise was out of the question. But he could be convinced to do some things to keep him moving, so long as she was sneaky.

Currant knew what she was doing, of course. He wasn’t stupid. But he humored her more often than not.

The effort to keep him active was maximized today, however. A song that Valerie loved came on. Currant was small enough she could have just snatched him up but that would just make him less likely to indulge her. Instead, Val grabbed one of the pre-portioned bags of his snack and set it on the edge of the desk. The lemon-yellow color was immediately recognizable to Currant, whose red eye lights darted to where she was standing with her arms out towards him and where she had put the food.

He could bypass her entirely and get his snack with no consequences. Val never made them do anything but she especially let Currant know he could refuse at any point.

But if he refused her hands and went for his snack he would miss out on more one-on-one interaction with his human. Valerie would be disappointed and she would go back to work quicker. Marmalade wasn’t in the house to see if Currant did anything uncharacteristic for a Coral (not that the Chain cared, he just loved how anything Currant did made Val’s SOUL brighten).

Currant got up, grumbling as was expected of him, and slithered up to Val. He didn’t grab her hands, though. Just offered his own bare-boned phalanges and withheld the little quiver when she held him. There might not have been a bond between them just yet but Currant could feel just how proud she was, encouraging him to wrap around her so she could sway to the music. He had to maintain just the right amount of pressure to keep himself from falling but it wasn’t so rigorous that he would lose magic through sweat.

“I’m a little O.D.D.,” she sang, wrapping her arms around his ribs so he didn’t fall. “I see the way they look at me.”

Honestly, Currant had never met a human that went through so much trouble for a Coral. They were venomous, considered ill-tempered, and could be very distant to the inexperienced. But Valerie had been caring and understanding from the very moment she’d brought him home. Even though he wasn’t the only lamia in the house he still got more than enough affection and she wasn’t phased by even his grumpiest moments. He could hiss and spit all he wanted and her voice stayed gentle when she told him she’d leave him be until snack time. The house wasn’t the only place he could go, either. There were caves decorated around the outside that he could retreat to.

Valerie enjoyed the subtle weight of Currant around her, petting the back of his head and feeling the way he tensed and coiled whenever he thought he might slip. It was a trust exercise and he was doing awesome. When a few songs had passed she gathered the snack and Currant so they could collapse onto the sofa in a tangle of limbs and tail. There was a brief hiss of displeasure but nothing serious and she got the glorious privilege of hearing the happy purrs of Currant enjoying his snack.

Of course, Marmalade chose that moment to appear.

Unlike Currant’s carefully regulated snack times, Marmalade had free reign of the chocolate that he could find. Because Marmalade was much more active and spent a lot of time patrolling outside the house, he had absolute access to any food item he wanted in the house. He was careful to avoid whatever Currant liked best, the darling that he was.

“Such a sweet boy,” Val greeted, feeling the nuzzle against her temple before she had even seen her Chain. She could vaguely feel the relaxed emotions he was feeling and had no doubt he could tell that she was beyond ecstatic to have them both around. “Terrorized the local rabbits enough, eh?”

“For now,” was Marmalade’s smug reply.

Stars, he was going to be a menace to the wildlife when she adopted a Mamba…

[platonicvisionimagines]

The reader and Wanda are having a sleepover and they invite Vision.

Listen, this is a scenario I wish I could actually experience, and I’m so grateful to you for thinking it up, Darling Anon. Thank you for your patience!

You’re friendly with all the Avengers

It’s an important part of being a member of the team

But being close to Vision meant that you were bound to get close to Wanda

The two of you always enjoyed talking and watching movies together and often gave each other music recommendations

You shopped together at least once a month and were constantly swapping recipes

After a few months of bonding, she had started to tell you stories of Sokovia, of Pietro and her parents

She always appreciated that you never pried beyond what she was willing to say out loud at any given moment and was grateful that she could cry in front of you if she got overwhelmed by the memories

You were honored that she trusted you enough to share such a vulnerable side of herself with you

One day while she’s telling you a funny story about her brother over lunch, she mentions one of her favorite childhood movies and pauses, struck by a sudden realization

“Wanda, you okay?”

“You would love that movie! Things were so unstable in Sokovia when Piet and I were growing up, there weren’t a lot of new films being made. Most of the ones we loved were ones our parents saw when they were young. They weren’t exactly kid-friendly, but they were what we had. Thinking about them now, they’re very predictable, but with the commentary you like to give, you’d have a great time watching every single one.”

“I’d love to watch them with you, Wanda. You think Miss F.R.I.D.A.Y. can pull them up?”

F.R.I.D.A.Y. assures you she can

And you and Wanda decide to make a whole night of it—your mattress in her room, pizza, a Sokovian dessert that she used to make with her dad, and of course, your world-famous chocolate chip cookies

All to the sights and sounds of favorite childhood movies, courtesy of your favorite disembodied AI

You look forward to it for the rest of the week

That Saturday when the two of you get together to start the festivities

You have the same realization at the same time

You voice it first because you know Wanda’s more likely to be shy about it since she never wants you to feel like a third wheel

But she and Vision are always really careful not to be “couple-centric” when you’re with them, so you have no issue bringing it up

“Hey, Wanda. It’s totally cool if you want it to just be the two of us…but you know it’s also totally fine with me if you want to invite Viz.”

“Are you sure?”

“I’d literally love for him to join us. Here—I’ll order the pizza, you go find our favorite synthezoid.”

A few minutes later, you’re finishing up on the phone as Wanda walks in with Vision

When you hang up, he gives you a tentative smile

“I truly don’t want to intrude if you intended to spend the night solely with Wanda.”

“Clearly, you’ve never done a sleepover before, Viz. The golden rule is the more best friends, the merrier.”

And so, the three of you start off your adventure by jumping into the kitchen to bake the cobbler Wanda’s dad taught her to make on the days when Pietro went to the market with their mom

“Pietro would always make the cream with the milk they had just gotten. He was always better at that part than I was. But we would all eat together on the back balcony. The sunsets in Sokovia weren’t usually very pretty, but we never minded much.”

You and Vision complete every instruction under her watchful eye, clarifying each step because you’re highkey terrified you’re going to ruin her favorite dessert

Thankfully, you don’t

Just before you finish, F.R.I.D.A.Y. alerts you that the pizzas have arrived and you answer the door, always loving the expressions of unsuspecting pizza delivery workers when they realize that they’re pulling up to the New Avengers Facility

When you finally settle in, the first round of food at the ready, the opening movie is one of Wanda’s choosing, a film about a group of art thieves and forgers

Following that, you pull up “The Incredibles”

You don’t think about it ahead of time, but when they mention the Superhero Relocation Program, it smacks of the Accords and you quickly pause the film, looking over at Wanda

But she waves off your concern without a word, insistent that you start the movie again

She wears a fond smile every time Dash is on-screen

Another parallel you hadn’t considered

And laughs really hard every time he does something silly, telling you and Vision that Pietro was the same way growing up, even before he got his speed

The “no capes” part?

Vision is gone

You watch one more Sokovian movie after that before baking cookies and breaking out one of the other pizzas

By the time the marathon part of the night is over, Wanda has managed to teach you and Viz some basic Sokovian

Viz, of course, picks it up without issue

But Wanda is actually very impressed with how well you do for your first time

Every time one of the movies used one of your newly learned vocab words, you yelled it triumphantly, which Wanda and Vision both found hilarious

The three of you build a fort in the middle of Wanda’s floor and settle into casual conversation, laughing often and giving one another silly dares

You and Vision definitely get into a friendly argument about who can do a better job braiding Wanda’s hair and have to declare a contest to provide a true answer

Wanda awards you first place before kissing her boyfriend’s cheek briefly to break his playful pout

The night lasts to the near-morning hours when you and Wanda finally fall asleep while listening to her Spotify playlist

Vision quietly leaves the two of you to sleep, making sure both of you are covered by blankets with pillows under your heads

When the two of you wake up just past the threshold where morning transforms into afternoon, you head downstairs and are greeted by three place settings and an array of brunch foods (including the last of your pizza), Vision washing dishes at the sink

When you and Wanda ask what’s going on, he dries his hands before explaining that it’s his way of thanking you both for including him in a very fun night that helped him feel even closer to his two favorite people

You’re touched by his efforts, both of you thanking him in Sokovian

But you wouldn’t be a best friend if you let him off easy

“Did you get Steve or Bucky to make the French toast?”

“You’ve both seen me practicing my cooking. Is it so unlikely that I could have improved enough to put this together?”

“You’re right, I have seen you practice, and that’s how I know your bread doesn’t get this golden. So which of the vets was in the mood for breakfast this morning?”

“…”

“…”

“Sergeant Barnes insisted.”

“Yeah, I’m sure he did.”

May all your sleepovers be filled with food, fun, and French toast! Thank you again for your patience with this request, my dear–I know you sent it a while ago!

[thestudyof5sos]

When Uber Becomes Tinder (tinder!Ashton) - part 2

When Uber Meets Tinder, by @larryologymajor Read Part 1 here.

Part 2: Friday.

Ember awoke Friday morning feeling refreshed. From bed, she blindly swooshed aside the black out window curtain in her bedroom. Although Ember couldn't clearly see anything, she scrunched her eyes shut at the sudden influx of sunlight that signaled the end of the snow storm. She rolled over to grab her glasses of the night stand and climbed her way out of bed. Peeping through the window shade in her bedroom, Ember admired the sun glistening off the snow like tiny diamonds crystallized on the ground. Quietly she stepped into her fuzzy slippers and snagged her robe that was draped over the headboard of her bed. She picked up her phone and slid it into her robe pocket then made her way into the kitchen where she blindly stabbed at the power button of her Keurig. Her eyes refused to focus. Clearly Ember needed her daily boost of caffeine.

Ember grabbed her favorite coffee mug from the cabinet, not caring that the words were long faded and the rim had a weathered chip in it. Her best friend, Anna, had given it to her many birthdays ago and, although they lived states apart, drinking from that cup somehow made her feel like they were in the same room together sharing their favorite blend and laughing like old times.

After Ember sucked down her first cup of coffee, she stretched out on the couch and turned her attention to her phone. She vaguely recalled receiving that lost item text last night from Uber, so she chuckled as she again read the words her flirtatious passenger had written. Ember admired Ashton's courage to send it, but damn she was confused.

In her two years of driving Uber, that text was by far the most interesting thing that had happened to her and it was certainly her first fake "I forgot something" aka "let's hook up" message. Curiosity was on Ember's mind and she wanted to know more about this guy. Ember reached over to grab her laptop from the shelf under the coffee table and powered it on. Once it booted, Ember opened two tabs in her browser: Google and Facebook.

Ember first typed Ashton's phone number into Google but didn't really find any interesting hits. Next she typed his phone number into the Facebook search box. The results popped up and after scanning the names and tiny picture thumbnails, Ember silently cheered when she located a match to what she was looking for.

She clicked on the thumbnail of Ashton's smiling face. Her mind was a complete whirlwind of disbelief as she read through his profile. Ashton Irwin. Music/Band. 5 Seconds of Summer. Drummer. World Tour. 415,000 likes. Billboard #1.

Ember closed her eyes and shuddered from head to toe. She gently closed her laptop and reached over to pet her kitten who was curled up next to her, lightly snoring. "Who is this kid??" she asked out loud to no one, although her kitten rolled over and blinked an eye in her direction.

Ember spent the next several hours on her couch, in pajamas, surfing the internet. She was convinced that she had gone to the end of YouTube and back learning everything she could about Ashton Irwin, the hot young Australian with a quirky personality from a famous pop rock band. Ember sat on her couch grinning. How did she become so enamored? Ha, wait. She knew that answer. His performer personality was sparkling, smile wide and bursting with pride over his work and band mates, eyes bright, and laughter loud. God, she didn't really know the guy but she was in love with his laughter. She wondered if his real-life personality was anything like his stage persona.

Her head was throbbing from staring at her computer screen, so she shut it down and grabbed her phone. She opened up Spottily and queued up a 5 Seconds of Summer playlist. Ember walked to the bathroom and tossed her phone on the counter commanding her Amazon Echo Dot to take over playing the Spotify list. She gulped down a few ibuprofen to mitigate her headache and eye strain before stripping off her pajamas; then Ember jumped in the tub to take a relaxing bubble bath.

Forty-five minutes later, Ember was out of the shower and changing into clean clothes. She laughed to herself as the song "She Looks So Perfect" poured out from the Echo Dot in her bathroom. Standing there in her underwear, she settled on her favorite dark wash skinny jeans and super soft maroon Henley. Ember loved how the three delicate snaps on the front crept from her cleavage to collarbone to accentuated her breasts without flaunting them.

Ember's stomach growled and she realized it was nearly dinner time already. She skipped breakfast in favor of coffee, and she was much to occupied with her Ashton reconnaissance to eat lunch. She rifled through her freezer until she pulled out a frozen dinner.

When the dinner tray was in the oven, Ember returned her attention to her phone again, internally debating if she should message Ashton back. She reasoned with herself that she should message him back in case he was going to be cranky and report to Uber that she stole something he lost. Ember clicked open a new text message and carefully composed a message: Hi, this is Ember from Uber. Sorry you 'forgot' something in my car last night. ;) It was a pleasure chatting with you during your rides, hope you have a great day!

Less than a minute later, Ember's phone dinged with a reply. Her fingers shook nervously as she unlocked her phone.

Ashton: Hey. lol I wish I could have gotten it back last night ;) hope your day has been good!

Ember's heart raced. Was he trying to flirt with her? She quickly tapped out a reply: I put my phone on do not disturb and went straight to bed. I'm too old to stay out late haha.

Again, another reply from Ashton: Lol understandable but I wouldn't say all that.

Ember was baffled beyond belief; she quickly shot back a reply: Why's that?

Seconds later, Ashton replied: Age doesn't mean anything.

She was confused. So so confused. But she put on a brave face and silently thanked all of her friends in the undergraduate program for her keeping her young during grad school. Quickly she tapped out another reply: Definitely not. I'm a firm believer that you're only as old as you think you are.

Several long minutes went by, and Ember's oven timer sounded, letting her know that her frozen dinner was ready. She was pulling it out of the oven when she heard her phone ding, vibrating in place on the couch. She peeled away the foil cover to let it cool for a few minutes before returning to the phone. Ashton agreed with her theory.

Ashton: Exactly, that's a great belief to have.

She read Ashton's latest reply and let the conversation quietly die.

The rest of her afternoon was business as usual. Homework, laundry, errands. She was in a great mood and almost ready to login to her Uber app. She grabbed her jacket and shuffled down the hallway and out to her SUV. She drove over to the gas station across the street where she needed to top off her gas tank, wash her windows, and grab her customary Diet Coke.

Within a minute of logging into her Uber app, Ember was off to her first pickup of the night. It was Friday night and business was hopping! Several hours went by but Ember didn't even notice because the back-to-back pickups kept her busy. 10:30pm rolled around and the app was quieting down. Ember took advantage of the lull and pulled into the parking lot of a restaurant open 24/7 to sneak in and use the bathroom.

As she approached her car, her phone dinged, signaling a new text. It was Ashton: Driving tonight?

Ember wasn't sure what to say, so she tapped out: Yes

Ashton: Lol I just ordered one, wish it was you.

Ember rolled to a stop at a red light and quickly replied, feeling brave: Cancel?

Ashton fired back: They just pulled up....

Ember spotted an empty parking spot and carefully swooped in so she could focus on her phone.

Ember: That's tragic...

Ashton: Wish I could see you

Ember: Where are you heading?

Ashton: Downtown

Ember was at a loss for what to say. She was thinking when her phone dinged again.

Ashton: Don't you want to see me?

Ember: Well..... maybe if I get a drop off downtown I'll message you for your location and stop by to say hello.

Ashton: Just to say hello?

Ember knew she was sliding down a slippery slope, but chatting with this boy was outside her comfort zone and it excited her.

Then without warning she got a pickup request at a bar 15 minutes away from her. Knowing the crowd who patronized that bar, she was probably heading out to the countryside at least 25 minutes from town to drive them home.

As Ember pulled up to the curb at her passengers pickup location, she clicked the button to confirm her arrival. She minimized her Uber app and shot Ashton one last message: Heading to drop someone off out in the country. It'll be at least an hour, maybe longer, until I'm back downtown.

Although it was dark, Ember expertly navigated her way through the countryside with her passengers. A sleepy, and likely inebriated, late 20-something male sat immediately behind her. His female counterpart sat beside him in the back seat. She chatted animatedly with Ember, completely convinced that she and Ember had met before. Finally, Ember pulled into her passengers driveway and put the car in park so the duo could get out safely. Once they were out the car she shifted into reverse and stepped lightly on the gas. Nothing happened. Ember was stuck; her poor SUV was billowing smoke out from the engine. She quickly popped the hood latch and jumped out of the car while her male passenger came running over and they both stared at the engine in disbelief as it spewed an unrecognizable fluid all over the driveway. It was black out and neither of them could tell what was going on with the car. Ember wanted to cry.

The wife urged her to come sit in the kitchen with her while they figured out what to do. Reluctantly, Ember followed her into the house and dialed her roadside assistance hotline. While she waited on hold, she tapped out a message to Ashton: Raincheck on seeing you. My car is acting weird and I'm stuck out in the country waiting for a tow.

Moments later, her phone dinged. It was Ashton: Do you want me to call you an Uber? Ironic, huh...

Meanwhile, Ember was patched through to towing dispatch. "What do you mean you can't get a truck out here to tow me for three hours? It's already 2am! What if I find someone local? Can I pay them myself and submit for reimbursement?" Ember pleaded to the phone. After nodding a few times, she spoke again. "I'd really like to have my Subaru towed to my apartment building until the dealership opens up on Monday morning, then on Monday I'll need to have it towed to Subaru."

Satisfied with their response, Ember promised to call back and cancel the roadside assistance tow when she found someone who could be there sooner then hung up.

Ember wanted to cry again. Tim, her male passenger, chimed in, sobering up slightly. "I'm a mechanic and my buddy lives up the road. He runs a tow company. He owes me a favor and I'd love to drag his ass out of bed. Can I call him for you?"

Grateful, Ember agreed and waited quietly while Tim made a phone call. As Tim spoke to his buddy on the phone, Ember watched Tim nod his head. "Yeah, she drives a Subaru so you'll need something that can pull all-wheel drive."

Tim turned to Ember, "My buddy Dan will be here in about 30 minutes to tow you home. Feel free to hang out downstairs until he gets here."

Ember could have hugged him. "Thank you so much for helping me out, you're a huge lifesaver."

"Ah, it's no problem. You got us home safe. I just wish I was more sober to take a better look under your car," Tim chuckled.

Ember sat back down to call her roadside assistance hotline to cancel their dispatch with the three hour wait. When she hung up, her Snapchat app notified her that she had a new friend request. Ember almost freaked out. The user who added her was @ashton5sos.

She accepted his request and sent him a selfie captioned: Worst night ever. Car is broken. Waiting to be towed home.

Within seconds she had a reply. Ashton sent a selfie back: How about that Uber? ;)

Ember immediately snapped another selfie: lol that's super ironic but I'm going to wait here with my car. I'll probably be home in a few hours.

Ashton was waiting for her snap because his response came back in rapid succession. This time, he was shirtless and the snap showed only his tanned torso and sculpted shoulders... Are you sure? I could make your night a hell of a lot better...

Ember wanted so badly to screen capture that snap, but she knew she'd look like a fool if she did so instead she tried committing it to memory. In that moment she felt too old to be having this sort of conversation with someone so young, yet alone so famous. So she sent her final snap, a shot of her shoes. Sorry buttercup, I'm going home and going to bed.

Ashton shot back another selfie, this time it was his beautiful lips posed in a pout, shadowed by the dim light. Bae? Try me when you get home. I'd love to come over and sleep. Nothing more.

Ember switched over to the chat feature, not knowing what else to snap. Bae? Oh boy, now things are getting serious. I'm much too old for that word.

She watched Ashton's emoji pop up and could see he was typing: Age is just a number, bae. *kissy face emoji*

Ember could see lights in the driveway and hear tires in the snow, so she peered out the window to see that the tow truck had arrived. She and Tim both hurried outside. When the cold winter air hit Ember's face, she clicked open the car locks and grabbed her winter jacket from the driver's seat. It was was icy cold. Why hadn't she thought to bring it in to warm up.

It took nearly 25 minutes to get the Subaru all strapped onto the tow trailer. Ember told Tim thank you, again, and said goodbye as she hopped into the passenger seat of the tow truck.

It was a few minutes past 4 am when the Subaru was unloaded into Ember's parking lot and the tow truck left. She snapped a picture of her disabled car and e-mailed a copy of her receipt to herself. Feeling depressed that she was going to lose out on time driving and she was going to spend all of her rent money to fix her car, Ember trudged her way inside. She quickly undressed, changed into pajamas and fed her kitty.

Right before she crawled into bed, she sent a text to Ashton attached to a picture of her car. Got my car towed back to my apartment okay. Thanks for try to cheer me up tonight... Goodnight!

Ember put her phone on Do Not Disturb and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

READ PART 3.

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What is spatial audio? Apple’s 3D sound feature fully explained

At WWDC 2021, Apple authoritatively added support for spatial sound with Dolby Atmos for Apple Music. In any case, what precisely is spatial sound? 

spatial audio

How could it be not quite the same as (or equivalent to) Dolby Atmos? What's more, what sort of sound gear do you have to pay attention to it? 

There's a ton of ground to cover, and some of it's anything but somewhat specialized, however, we will separate everything in straightforward terms. You'll be a spatial sound master in minutes, and you'll know precisely how to get to this developing pattern in film and music streaming.

What exactly is spatial audio?

As a nonexclusive term, "spatial sound" alludes to sound that has been designed to have a 3D quality to it. That implies it's anything but a more grounded feeling of profundity, width, and even tallness when contrasted with a conventional sound system. Apple didn't create spatial sound, yet it has fostered its own sound innovation to exploit it on its gadgets and administrations. 

A few arrangements live under the spatial sound umbrella. You may have known about Dolby Atmos or DTS:X. These are the two instances of spatial sound organizations. However, to hear these new configurations, it's anything but enough to approach films or music tracks that were recorded utilizing them. You need the right equipment and programming, as well. 

So when Apple alludes to spatial sound on gadgets like the iPhone or iPad, it's an expression that it has incorporated the vital programming into these gadgets to allow you to hear spatial sound organizations, as long as you have the right earphones or speakers (more on these necessities in a second). 

Spatial sound truly got its huge presentation when Dolby Labs acquainted Dolby Atmos with cinemas. Atmos lets singular sounds (a helicopter flying by, for instance) move freely between speakers put before, alongside, behind, or more the audience, which makes that alleged 3D impact of being submerged in solid. Dolby Atmos in the end moved into individuals' home theaters by means of viable soundbars and A/V collectors, then, at that point into music with Dolby Atmos music. Today, you'll see it in motion pictures, TV shows, music, and even club settings with live DJs. 

Be that as it may, Apple has gone above and beyond: as well as adding the required programming to empower spatial sound, Apple has incorporated whirligigs and accelerometers into its AirPods Pro and AirPods Max. At the point when these earphones are associated with an iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV 4K, they can accurately arrange film and TV sound so when you dismiss your head from the screen you're watching, the sound actually gives off an impression of being coming from that screen's area. Ordinarily, you'd hear no distinction by any stretch of the imagination. 

This spatial sound stunt is (for the present) an Apple elite — it just chips away at the Apple earphones we referenced, and just on select motion pictures and shows playing on explicit Apple gadgets.

Why is everyone saying “spatial audio with Dolby Atmos support”?

As we examined above, spatial sound isn't a sound configuration essentially; it's an innovation that empowers sound organizations. For the introduction of spatial sound in Apple Music, Apple collaborated with Dolby Labs to carry Dolby Atmos Music to its streaming stage. 

Dolby Atmos is a sound configuration, and for the occasion, it's the lone spatial sound arrangement on Apple Music. However, in principle, there could be others. Sony 360 Reality Audio (360 RA) is another spatial sound organization, as is DTS:X. You'll discover 360 RA tracks on administrations like Tidal and Amazon Music HD, which likewise support Dolby Atmos Music. 

Saying "spatial sound with Dolby Atmos support" is Apple's method of demonstrating that the explanation you presently will hear what Dolby Atmos Music seems like on Apple Music is that Apple has empowered this new organization, and it utilized its spatial sound innovation to do as such.

Is there a difference between spatial audio for music and video content?

Indeed, however, it very well may be an unobtrusive contrast. At the point when spatial sound is utilized for video content, similar to a film soundtrack, the expectation is to maneuver you into the activity by permitting the on-screen seems (like the celebrated helicopter model from before) to move around in space such that coordinates with what's going on in the video. Vehicle pursues, firearm fights — they all wake up. 

Right now, Apple possibly upholds spatial sound for video when you're utilizing the AirPods Pro or AirPods Max related to an iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV 4K running the most recent programming. And still, after all that, it just works with select films from select real-time features. 

Music is an alternate monster. At the point when spatial sound is applied to music, performers and their makers can utilize a similar 3D quality to put instruments and vocals around the audience. More often than not, this is done to make a feeling of room and profundity, which can recreate being in a studio or in front of an audience with the artists. Now and then, it's utilized to make movielike moving sounds, however, this can be very diverting. 

Apple offers wide-going help for spatial sound with music. However long you have an Apple Music membership, you'll have the option to hear spatial sound music on select tracks when utilizing a bunch of remote or wired earphones. They don't need to be made by Apple, yet you may need to turn the element on physically in case you're not utilizing one of the AirPods or Beats group of remote earphones. 

The main organization for spatial sound for both music and video is Dolby Atmos.

What do I need to hear spatial audio?

You can experience spatial audio via Dolby Atmos- or DTS: X-equipped soundbars. or A/V receivers both with and without Apple products, but for now, we’ll focus just on Apple’s spatial audio ecosystem.

For video:

Apple AirPods Pro or AirPods Max

A supported Apple playback device:

iPhone 7 or later

Apple TV 4K (fall 2021)

iPad Pro 12.9‑inch (3rd generation and later)

iPad Pro 11‑inch

iPad Air (3rd generation and later)

iPad (6th generation and later)

iPad mini (5th generation)

iOS, tvOS, or iPadOS 14 or later

Audiovisual content from a supported app (at the moment, this is limited to titles from Apple TV+)

For music:

Active Apple Music subscription and the Apple Music app for iOS, tvOS, iPadOS, or MacOS

Any iPhone or iPad running iOS or iPadOS 14.6:

Via built-in speakers on an iPhone XR or later (except iPhone SE), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation or later), iPad Pro 11-inch, iPad (6th generation or later), iPad Air (3rd generation or later), or iPad Mini (5th generation)

Or, any set of wireless or wired headphones or earbuds

Any Mac running MacOS 11.4:

Via built-in speakers on a MacBook Pro (2018 model or later), MacBook Air (2018 model or later), or iMac (2020 model or later)

Or any set of wireless or wired headphones or earbuds

Any Apple TV 4K running tvOS 14.6:

Via one or more wirelessly connected HomePod speakers

Via a connected Dolby Atmos-capable soundbar, TV, or A/V receiver

Or via a Bluetooth-connected pair of:

AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max

BeatsX, Beats Solo3 Wireless, Beats Studio3, Powerbeats3 Wireless, Beats Flex, Powerbeats Pro, or Beats Solo Pro

What about Android?

Android clients who buy into Apple Music are getting the short finish of the spatial sound stick, at any rate for the occasion. They can get to all of Apple Music's lossless sound, yet the Dolby Atmos inventory stays far off. Apple says it's coming "later," however meanwhile, the entirety of the playlists that feature Dolby Atmos will play in the customary sound system. 

It's obscure when or if Apple will add spatial sound for the Apple TV application on Android.

Where is spatial audio available?

Apple is carrying out spatial sound help on some of its gadgets and administrations. 

For video: iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV 4K, with Apple TV+ as the at first upheld administration. 

For music: iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV 4K when running the Apple Music application. 

For FaceTime: Apple has added spatial sound to a bunch of FaceTime approaches iPhone, iPad, and Mac, which allows you to hear members like their voices were coming from the various spots on the screen.

Didn’t spatial audio already come out for the AirPods Pro and Max?

Spatial sound was reported for these gadgets as a component of Apple flaunting the head-following capacity and comparative highlights. The large June 2021 declaration was tied in with carrying spatial sound to Apple Music and gathering FaceTime calls.

Is this related to lossless audio?

No, in spite of the fact that Apple is additionally carrying lossless sound to its whole Apple Music index, with additional in transit all through 2021. Lossless sound gives you more detail, as far as possible up to 24-bit/192kHz, however not at all like Dolby Atmos through spatial sound, you'll need explicit stuff to exploit it. Here's our full Apple Music lossless sound explainer.

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Tagged by @btsugaplums — thank you dearest ♥

Are you named after someone? I go by Rae, which is actually my middle name, and it’s my grandma’s middle name.  So kind of? :)

When was the last time you cried? An hour and a half ago lmfao

Do you like your handwriting? Yes and no?  Sometimes it’s nice, other times it’s trash Idk.

What’s your favorite lunch meat? I don’t eat meat besides fish so uh.  Tuna?

Do you have kids? @possiblypidge is my child.  And I have about 50 other adopted children but yeah.  Lacie is my child.  (’:

If you were another person, would you be friends with yourself? Uhm.  Plead the fifth?

Do you use sarcasm? What’s sarcasm?  Never used it in my life, fam.

Do you still have your tonsils? I’m getting them removed soon.  ;;;

Would you bungee jump? Fuck to the no.

What is your favorite kind of breakfast cereal? I dunno tbh.  I don’t eat cereal much and the type of cereal I like/want completely depends on my mood.

Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Nope.  Granted, I don’t wear sneakers often anyhow—but no.

Do you think you’re a strong person? Uh.  Physically?  No.  Mentally?  Yeah, I guess.  Emotionally?  Not at all.  lmao

What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Hmm... chocolate chip cookie dough?  Or like, anything chocolate + fruity.

What is the first thing you notice about people? Eyes or lips.

Red or pink? Red—like a dark red tho.

What is your least favorite physical thing about you? My feet.  I have wide feet.

What color pants and shoes are you wearing now? No shoes, and for once I’m actually wearing pants��black sweats with “Ravenclaw” on the thigh in blue lmao

What was the last thing you ate? I ate a veg-chicken sandwich last night?  All I’ve had today is milk and it’s 3pm rip.

What are you listening to right now? Fingertip (by Gfriend).  I’m so addicted to this song.  (Since I answered this, my playlist cycled through Bermuda Triangle - Zico & Dean & Crush, Movie’s Over - Block B, and How Have You Been - Luizy.)

If you were a crayon, what colour would you be? Realistically?  Black or a really dark grey.  Preferably?  A really deep purple.

Favourite smell? Pine is one of my favourites, but I also like those really light fruity or fresh scents too.

Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? I spoke to my mother’s voicemail like an hour ago so I mean.

Favorite sport to watch? Baseball.  It’s the only sport I actually give a shit about.

Hair color? Dyed black.

Eye color? Blue/Green/Grey—it’s complicated.

Do you wear contacts? Fuck no.  I’m practically blind but contacts are so uncomfortable lmao.  Granted, it might be because I have ptosis in my left eye so it’s not recommended I have contacts anyhow.  I’m all about my glasses tbh.

Favorite food to eat? (: Sushi.  Or really anything Asian or seafood related.  I’m lowkey addicted.  (I also really love Italian.)

Scary movies or comedy? Considering I watch horror movies to destress and I hate comedy movies more often than not, scary movies all the way.

Last movie you watched? Uhm.  I... don’t remember?  I think it was Train to Busan.  (Fuck me and my heart.)

Summer or winter? Autumn.

Hugs or kisses? Err... this is hard.  Both.  Really long warm hugs are the best but like cuddling and just really soft kisses—ahhh.

What book are you currently reading? Frankenstein.  It’s for school.  I haven’t picked up a new book in a while—granted, that doesn’t mean I’m not reading.  (Fanfiction may have become my primary source of reading material as of late).

Who do you miss right now? Those who I went to Anaheim with. @sondersuga like fucking crazy.  And I have since the moment I started walking towards Hannah’s car after iHop.  ;;; @hungline to an insane amount, especially after our convo in PMs last night (as much as I loved it, it made me miss you fifty thousand times more).  You better come to Vegas soon or come down to SoCal once I move I need to see you again, Rosie.

What is on your mousepad? It’s this really colourful/rainbow flower & nature abstract pattern.  Really pretty~

What is the last tv program you watched? Realistically?  The Wiggles or Powerpuff Girls—the life of a babysitter.  But beyond those, Black Mirror was the last one I sat down and actually watched.

What is the best sound? This is... really hard.

Rolling Stones or Beatles? Beatles.

What is the furthest you have ever travelled? Cleveland, Ohio — I live in Las Vegas.

Do you have a special talent? Is writing considered a special talent?  Because that’s about all I can do alright.  I guess my video editing is okay too lmao

Where were you born? Las Vegas, Nevada (’:

Tagging: @bangtans-snail @sondersuga @hugmetae @portscutie @hungline @joonphases @suga-peaches and basically anyone else who wants to.

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(the first set of original questions I’ve answered in forever tbh)

I was tagged by @ameehhhhh, yas it’s good to have you back :). Your tags are always great ahh <333

Rules: Complete the survey and say who tagged you in the beginning. When you are finished tag 5 people to do this survey. Have fun and enjoy!!!

1: Are you named after someone? No, my parents found Bryony in a baby name book. It’s in the dictionary, too, it’s a flowering vine.

2: When is the last time you cried? Yesterday. I was in a mental crisis but my choir teacher helped me through, I appreciate him so much c’:

3: Do you like your handwriting? Sometimes, depends on how careful I’m being, how stable my mental state is, and what kind of writing I’m using. (I have several different variants, on numbers and letters (especially e) lmao.)

4: What is your favorite lunch meat? Honey Ham, mmm

5: Do you have kids? No, I want them someday but not now (o/////o)

6: If you were another person, would you be friends with you? (I think I’ve seen this q in an ask game or something lmao) Yes I would! Though I’m reclusive, I’m pretty friendly and kind :)

7: Do you use sarcasm? sometimes, more frequently for sure since I started college haha

8: Do you still have your tonsils? Yep, never a reason to take them out.

9: Would you bungee jump? Uhhhh I don’t really know.... I don’t think so butttt

10: What is your favorite kind of cereal? Honey Bunches of Oats, Blueberry Muffin Tops, or Cocoa Pebbles

11: Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Nope, I don’t. I tend to slide them on and off.

12: Do you think you’re a strong person? What do you mean by strong? Physically, kind of; mentally, no, and emotionally, certainly not!

13: What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Mint chocolate chip~ or pumpkin pie x chocolate oh God

14: What is the first thing you notice about people? I really don’t know... their voice I guess

15: Red or pink?  Red. No fancy reason.

16: What is the least favorite physical thing you like about yourself? the fact that my tummy sticks out beyond my boobs. It would be ok if I was fat and had bigger boobs but nooo

17: What color pants and shoes are you wearing now? Pastel print (owl print) pajama pants and no shoes but white socks

18: What was the last thing you ate? A piece of ice, I know it’s bad for my teeth but I’ve always munched ice

19: What are you listening to right now? I had this weird urge to listen to my Spotify EDM playlist tonight so

What You’re Waiting For: Tiësto & Ummet Ozcan

Don’t Run From My Love: 1WayTKT, Cossy & Mark Borino (great and underrated track pls stan)

Ping Pong - Gary Caos Remix: Ryan Riback, Lowkiss, MC Flipside, feat. Stef Cima

Superwave: Ummet Ozcan (Ummet Ozcan is the best ok just go listen to Spacecats pls)

Fade Away: Reez, Mandy Jiroux (another great underrated Armada release)

Split (Only U): Tiësto & The Chainsmokers

Badgal: Rob & Jack, Sanjin (SANJIN IS THE BEST OK I JUST LOVE EVERYTHING HE FEATURES IN)

Big Bird: Blasterjaxx (love love love love love Blasterjaxx)

On the Floor Like: Bassjackers, Joe Ghost, MOTi

Strong: R3HAB, KSHMR (these two together are amazing :oooo)

20: If you were a crayon, what color would you be? I don’t know... I’ve always been curious as to what my aura is though, I think I’d be that color.

21: Favorite smell? Saxophone. Yes saxophones have a smell and it is glorious.

22: Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? I kind of spoke over speaker phone to a representative from the education office the other day, my teacher was asking her a couple of questions and I clarified what he was asking her.

23: Favorite sport to watch? ooh.... probably either baseball or Formula One 

24: Hair color? Honey Brown

25: Eye color? Dark Brown

26: Do you wear contacts? No, I can’t stand the thought and never have been able to; I wear glasses constantly instead.

27: Favorite food to eat?  Lasagna is my favorite food, but I love eating shrimp (even the tails yum) and Kalamari too.

28: Scary movies or comedy? Don’t have much experience with both tbh so either is fine. I don’t care whether I laugh or cling to my roommate for dear life

29: Last movie you watched? Um probably The Island with my dad, we had a movie night right before I went back to school and watched Demolition Man too

30: What color of shirt are you wearing? Orange with the Samaritan’s Purse (charity and aid organization) logo

31: Summer or winter? I’d much rather be cold than hot so winter.

32: Hugs or kisses? Both are fine, but kisses tbh~ I miss kisses so much still and it’s been like 3 years since I had a boyfriend ugh

33: What book are you currently reading? None, I haven’t read a book in a while tbh. I don’t have time

34: Who do you miss right now? My dad. Since I got thinking about our movie night /sigh. Also my friend Curtis who is student teaching this semester. 

35: What is on your mouse pad? I’m on a laptop so I’m using a track pad hahah. But down in the room where I work I have a manila envelope as my mouse pad and I think it’s got the name of a piece on it, ‘Suzanni’ I think?

36: What is the last TV program you watched? Probably the Flash, with my family before I left for college. This does not include listening to my roommate watch Riverdale and Veronica Mars

37: What is the best sound? Any Monsta X track tbh Stan Getz and his tenor saxophone

38: Rolling Stones or The Beatles? More of a Beatles fan tbh--Don’t Let Me Down is a good song.

39: What is the furthest you have ever traveled? to Florida, I was really little though. I’m from Colorado/Nebraska so lol

40: Do you have a special talent? Stanning all these groups at once Not really, I mean I play clarinet and saxophone but that’s pretty common huh? Umm, I draw cute things well??

41: Where were you born? Small Town in Northeastern Colorado

These were pretty good, umm I might have done them on facebook before or something? Some seem familiar.... I tag @fyhjjxxn, @i-u-shi, @missmugiwara, @sugasboyfriend, and @kirspel. lol tagging five people was stressful lolol. If you don’t have to or have already done it, you don’t have to obvs, as always.

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They Love Trash – The New York Times

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — Soph Nielsen was sewing garbage onto her black T-shirt (a chicken wing, a crushed Bud Light can, a plastic fork) and struggling to attach a snarl of crusty pad thai.

“This is to get people to see the trash,” she said, her fingers slick with grease. “We don’t want to be the invisible janitors.” With her distinctive appliqués, that was unlikely.

It was the last day of the Joshua Tree Music Festival, a family-friendly event of didgeridoo sound baths, yoga, crafts, electronica and other familiar fare held at a dusty desert campground for three days in October. Ms. Nielsen, a 25-year-old artist whose medium is trash, was one of 20-odd Trash Pirates working the event.

The Pirates are a loose collective of waste management specialists, to borrow a phrase from Tony Soprano, who make sure events are as sustainable as possible through recycling and composting. They also educate attendees about how to do both properly.

Garbage has long been the uncomfortable fallout of the festival world, and as these gatherings multiply like glow sticks at a Phish concert, stretching the season into a year-round party (hola, Costa Rica), its impact has roused young artists and activists like Ms. Nielsen.

Most Pirates start out as volunteers, helping with trash or performing other tasks so as to attend for free. Then they have their “trash moment,” as the Pirates put it, the epiphany that turns volunteer work into a career, and trash into a calling.

“Your first experience of the mass of it, whether it’s loading dumpsters onto a trailer or driving out to the event grounds when everyone is gone and it’s a sea of trash, is an existential crisis,” Ms. Nielsen said. “You are baptized into compost.”

“You’re either in or you’re out,” she added, echoing the rallying cry of a long-ago counterculture movement that involved a bus, “and it becomes a way of life.”

The events themselves — both community-minded and escapist — are morphing into trash camps: days-long immersions into the politics of waste, with lectures and workshops on developing your garbage-handling skills along with your yoga practice.

Some trash stats are in order. In 2017, according to an environmental impact report, Coachella, in Indio, Calif., was generating over 100 tons of trash each day. Many events are now committed to becoming zero-waste endeavors, or as close to it as possible. High “diversion” rates (the percentage of waste not sent to the landfill) are badges of honor. Last spring, the Trash Pirates brought the Joshua Tree Music Festival’s rate up to 77 percent.

In 2017, Coachella’s diversion rate was just 20 percent, apparently because attendees weren’t using the recycling bins. Veterans of Burning Man and other festivals learn acronyms like MOOP, for “Matter Out of Place,” an umbrella term for trash and anything else that doesn’t occur naturally on a site; cigarette butts, broken tents and human waste are some common examples.

Burning Man has a “Leave No Trace” ethos, but the messy camps of bad Burners are called out each year on the festival’s MOOP Map in the hope that public shaming will be a deterrent next time around.

‘Shepherds of the “Away’’’

While there are many waste organizations dedicated to mitigating the environmental impact of such gatherings, the Trash Pirates are distinguished by their zeal and their punk aplomb.

Take Moon Mandel, 24, a filmmaker and Trash Pirate who was managing the operations that weekend at Joshua Tree. Mx. Mandel is nonbinary, and with their bright orange jumpsuit emblazoned with patches stitched with trash graphics (the recycling whorl and other insignia) they looked like an indie Eagle Scout.

As Oscar the Grouch sang his gruff-voiced hymn “I Love Trash,” one of many trash-friendly songs on the Pirates’ playlist, Mx. Mandel said: “It’s very important for people to see the work we do and understand the human scope of it. We are trying to alter the cultural norms of a throwaway society. We teach them that there’s no ‘away.’ We are the shepherds of the ‘away’ and it’s being buried inside the earth forever.”

And so Mx. Mandel performed trash collections, dancing with colleagues as Oscar warbled under a festive tent with gaily painted bins, and sorting garbage (earning $5 a bag) for those campers too busy or negligent to do it themselves.

To attendees who had dutifully separated their food scraps and recyclables and were tipping them into the appropriate bins, Mx. Mandel called out a hearty, “Yarg!” their preferred Pirate cheer.

“Thank you for composting!” Mx. Mandel praised a young woman scraping scrambled eggs out of a frying pan, and then recited some recycling basics: “You can’t compost paper with too much printing on it, or recycle greasy paper. Single-use bags can be taken to supermarkets in California for recycling, so we are collecting them. Make sure everything is clean. You don’t need to rinse your soda or beer cans. But if your stuff is covered in yogurt, it’s not going to be recycled.”

Mx. Mandel has a policy about not working festivals where organizers are charging for water. “The decommodification of water is one of my core beliefs,” they said.

Mx. Mandel was particularly proud of their cigarette-butt program. For the last two years, they have been collecting butts (200,000 and counting, they said) at festivals and sending them to TerraCycle, a company that teams with manufacturers and retailers to recycle or upcycle all manner of products and materials, including action-figure toys, backpacks and toothbrushes. Cigarette butts are turned into plastic pallets; the tobacco is composted.

Sarah Renner, the operations and site manager for the Joshua Tree Music Festival, wrote in an email that the Trash Pirates are “the down and dirty, real as can be, heroes of the event world.”

The Pirates have handled her festival’s waste for the last four years, sweeping, handing out bags and painting barrels with children. “They don’t just pull trash bags and sort recycling,” she said. “They are on a mission to change the way people think while getting everything to where it needs to go.””

The work is brutal. Heat stroke, sunburn, cuts and bruises are common hazards, as is a dousing with trash juice: the pungent slurry that pours from a trash can and into your armpits when you’re hoisting it over your head.

Close-toed boots are encouraged, but don’t always protect. Mx. Mandel’s foot was sliced open, they said, this past February at a festival in Costa Rica by a severed iguana hand that pierced their boot, but most dangers are what you’d think: nails, screws, shards of glass.

Tools of the trade include MOOP sticks, which are long claws for grabbing trash without having to bend over. These are light and rather delicate, with a nice action, and are precise enough to pick up a grain of rice.

Hand sanitizer and liquid soap are requirements; one Pirate, Moose Martinez, had a Purell bottle clipped to the strap of his over-the-shoulder water bag. Work gloves and thin blue food service gloves are part of the uniform, but many of the Pirates were working in their bare hands.

“We call that raw-dogging,” said Luke Dunn, 33, a musician and preschool teacher, as a colleague with clean hands fed him a chocolate-chip cookie. “You try not to touch your face, you wash a lot.”

On the Pirates’ Facebook page, “Trash Pirates and Waste Naughts,” with over 4,000 followers, they share job tips (a recent post was for waste management at McMurdo Station in Antarctica); inspiration (“It’s Called Garbage Can, Not Garbage Cannot”); and education (news clips on California’s recycling woes and posts reviewing the best trash bags or instructions on how to make compostable confetti out of leaves with a hole puncher).

One long thread discussed cleaning up glitter, a particular scourge of Gay Pride parades.

‘The Lost Boys’

The Trash Pirates formed six years ago when two friends, Caleb Robertson, now 26, and Kirk Kunihiro, 29, then living in the San Francisco Bay Area, wanted to go to festivals for free.

While volunteering for the green teams, as they are called, of these gatherings, Mr. Robertson said, “We came to realize that there was a way to express our zero-waste passions within the event industry.”

They learned their craft at Green Mary, a two-decades-old company dedicated to making events sustainable that was founded by Mary Munat, an environmental activist and former Army reservist.

“They are fast, hard-working, green-hearted people,” she said of the Pirates. “I love their energy and greenness, and I am so glad my age-old eco-passions gave birth to so many little green pirates.”

The Trash Pirates was a nickname they gave each other early on, when festivals were more haphazard, and it stuck. In the beginning, Mr. Robertson, said “It was more seat-of-the-pants. Many of us were living out of our vehicles. That’s the thing: Trash can attract people who don’t feel like they have a place to go, giving people purpose in a space where they had none. Kind of like the Lost Boys. People are interested in the party, but it becomes empty if you don’t have a purpose.”

Next year, they hope to work upward of 30 events. “The work isn’t going to stop, I’m almost scared of it,” Mr. Robertson said, adding that he and many of his colleagues are looking to expand beyond the festivals and tackle community projects in Los Angeles, where he now lives, and beyond.

Mx. Mandel is devoted to filmmaking; Ms. Nielsen to art and activism. “But we are all still united by trash,” Mr. Robertson said. “We recognize that festivals are a stage and a platform to reach people, but we also know that it’s just a Band-Aid and the best thing we can do is to concentrate on government policies and community work.”

Mr. Kunihiro, who also lives in Los Angeles, started his own waste-consulting business, which includes a waste sampling service that analyzes the composition of waste streams — work that makes festival trash seem as clean and fresh, he said, as birthday cake.

He has led tours for fourth graders of recycling plants in the Bay Area; at Joshua Tree, his water bottle was a tiny blue toy recycling bin, a gift from his mother.

Another Pirate, Stephen Chun, talked about the awkward moment when he is asked what he does for a living. “A lot of people are like, ‘Huh, that’s nice. Good for you,” he said. “The feedback over time goes from being, ‘Oh, you’re the trash guy’ to, ‘Oh, you’re a hero.’ Now I say I’m a zero-waste events consultant.”

Ms. Munat said, “People see us going through the recycling and offer us their sandwiches. And we’re like, ‘No, it’s O.K., we’re getting paid.’”

Because trash is ascendant as a problem and a paradigm, it continues to grow as a métier. “In 1995, when I first starting teaching about waste, it was a boutique subject and not considered appropriate for academic study,” said Robin Nagle, a professor of anthropology and environmental studies at New York University who specializes joyfully in garbage.

She has been anthropologist-in-residence at the New York City Department of Sanitation for more than a decade; her book “Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks With the Sanitation Workers of New York City” was published in 2013. Professor Nagle is a founder of what’s known as discard studies, a new interdisciplinary field of research examining waste politically, culturally and economically.

“You can take any piece of trash as an object in the world and track it from its raw materials though its journey into the marketplace as a commodity,” she said. “At any of those points it will connect not just to the proliferation of garbage as a form of pollution but a host of any other environmental crises including the big megillah that is climate change.”

Of the Trash Pirates she said, “They are pushing boundaries in wonderful ways. I would be curious to see what they’re doing in 20 years. Do they bounce from this ebullient, youthful thing to something more settled? And will the planet be even closer to the brink of destruction?”

We shall see, but in the meantime, as is their practice, the Pirates swept the Joshua Tree Music Festival campgrounds clean by forming a MOOP line, as it’s known, with each Pirate three to four feet apart and armed with a MOOP stick and a bucket, and moving from the perimeter to the center.

Mx. Mandel said, “Like one amoeba we slowly devour the MOOP.”

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Navigation Wars: Google Maps vs Waze vs Apple Maps The dawn of the smartphone age had us cheering for GPS chips and easy, on-the-go navigation. No longer were we beholden to sites like MapQuest (which still exists as a mobile app, by the way) and printing out directions. Instead, we could open up our maps app, input a destination, and receive live, turn-by-turn directions. It was like having a pocket-sized Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, or Ferdinand Magellan as your permanent wingman. It was surely also a death blow to paper maps — but it didn’t stop there. Once we could navigate with our smartphones, the question became: “which software does it better?” Obviously, Google Maps is the best-known map app — it’s basically synonymous with mobile navigation. In fact, Google Maps was originally the iPhone’s default, preinstalled navigation software, until Apple launched its own Apple Maps. An app called Waze emerged as a third-party alternative, developing quite a following before Google bought it. We at Android Authority decided it was time to settle this once and for all. We’ve analyzed of all three apps, identifying their weaknesses and breaking down their unique strengths. Welcome to the Navigation Wars: Waze vs Google Maps vs Apple Maps. Who will reign supreme? Waze vs Google Maps vs Apple Maps — Google Maps One might expect Google Maps to take the gold. It’s Google, after all. The company has put incomprehensible amounts of money and resources into mapping the world. Beyond simply mapping the streets, the search giant sent out a fleet of Street View cars — which, according to a report from a few years ago, have collectively driven an estimated seven million miles — to take 360-degree photos along 99 percent of all public roads in the U.S. Users get to actually preview their route from a first-person perspective. Google is continuously repeating and perfecting this process in countries all over the world. Google Maps can give you directions on your next Florida vacation, but also when you finally take that trip to Greece. More recently, Google started providing detailed 3D imaging in lots of highly-populated and tourist-heavy areas. So in addition to getting a first-person street view of your route, you can zoom out to see a computer-rendered model of the surrounding area for contextual information such as the shapes and sizes of buildings. Algorithms built into Google Maps can even account for things like traffic jams. Basically, the software monitors user location and movement to see how they move through certain areas and compares that to historical data, so Google Maps can put out a traffic alert when drivers start to slow down. It may sound simple, but making it all work requires some finesse. Google has invested into complex software that provides detailed 3D imaging in lots of highly-populated and tourist-heavy areas. When you open Google Apps, you get a very clean interface. At the top, you’re invited to either search for your destination — obviously employing Google’s popular search engine — or input an address. Whether you’ve selected a destination, the map shows you the destination on the map, as well as reviews (if it’s a business), the amount of time it would take you to travel there, an option to learn more about the destination, and a big blue button that says “DIRECTIONS,” which will begin plotting your route. It will typically give you the choice of a few routes, depending on how many different ways there are to get to your destination. Arguably the biggest selling feature of those standalone GPS units we used to buy for our vehicles was spoken turn-by-turn directions. Google Maps rolled out turn-by-turn directions a couple years back and currently offers three options: spoken directions for each step of your route, no spoken directions, or an alert mode, which means Google Apps will only speak to you about things like travel alerts and missed turns. Google Maps allows you to program multiple stops into a trip or conduct a search for an additional stop while still en route. In operation, Google Maps maintains its clean UI. Your location is denoted by an arrow points in the direction you’re facing. From what I can tell, the app uses the direction in which you were last moving to determine the direction to point the arrow since the arrow will change direction if you begin to reverse. On occasion, though, the app seems to get confused about which direction you’re facing. This tends to happen when you’re sitting still for a few minutes (like at a stoplight), or if you initiate a trip while you’re sitting still, at which time the app may think you’re diverting from the route and begin needlessly amending it. If I start a trip while sitting at a stoplight, for instance, the app can’t seem to remember the direction in which I had just been traveling and may tell me I need to turn around when I’m actually facing the right way. These hiccups are easy to deal with and won’t cause any catastrophes, but it’s worth making note of them. Some Google Maps features are particularly useful. You can program multiple stops into a trip or search for an additional stop while still en route. The options menu offers toggles for different map views, including satellite (replaces the standard map appearance with satellite images), terrain (overlays a topographical map over the existing roadmap), and traffic (adds color-coded traffic details to all roads instead of just the ones you’re traveling). Even something as simple as being able to choose different modes of travel — car, bus or public transit, walking, and biking — is a thoughtful addition that really expands your options with Google Maps. On top of directions, Google Maps contains tons of useful information about nearby businesses, restaurants, and points of interest, with plenty of filters to find what you're looking for. Due to the bevy of information Google Maps contains, it has a few added functions. One of my favorites is using it to find restaurants. When you open Google Maps, open the menu bar on the lefthand side and select “Explore.” This will open a directory of restaurants and other venues nearby. Along the top, you have a toggle with which you can filter the results by meal (options are Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner), find a place where you can get your next caffeine fix (Coffee), or plan for your evening social hour (Drinks). Naturally, Google is always rolling out new features and improvements. It’s gained some pretty robust offline functionality, asking you for your permission to download a chunk of the map (your general vicinity) or to save trips to local storage so you can pull them up without a data connection. Essentially, it makes Google Maps useful even when you don’t have an internet connection. If you are using Google Maps with Android 8.0 Oreo or higher, you can use the picture-in-picture mode. You can see a small window that shows Google Maps working on the main app page. You can see the map, a turn indicator, which road you are currently traveling on, and an ETA for your destination. Google Maps recently added a way to search for reviews of stores, restaurants, hotels and other places from within the app. There’s also a new tab labeled “For You” which offers recommendations of places and businesses in your immediate area, especially brand new or “trending” ones, based on Google’s data. A number of voice commands also work with Google Maps to do things like mute or unmute the voice guidance, inquire about your next turn, avoid highways or tolls, and find a gas station. It may sound like Google already has it in the bag, but keep reading to find out if that’s really the case. (Insert devilish grin here.) Waze vs Google Maps vs Apple Maps — Waze As someone who appreciates and uses both Android and iOS devices, I’m pretty familiar with both Apple and Google’s navigation apps. Aside from a handful of times over the past few years, though, I’d never really used Waze much. Before I started writing this article, I took a good 10 days or so to familiarize myself with Waze. Did you know that Google has owned Waze since 2013? If we’re splitting hairs, Waze is technically owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet. It allegedly operates mostly independently from Google, but there has definitely been some crossing of the streams. The acquisition of Waze brought traffic alerts to Google Maps later that year. Waze has incorporated some of Google’s data too, including Street View. You wouldn’t know Waze was owned by Google by looking at it — it has a completely different aesthetic. Personally, Waze’s cartoonish appearance reminds me of emojis. Everything looks very bubbly, but Waze manages to maintain minimalist elements, which keeps it from being too much. But the differences between Google Maps and Waze are more than skin deep. When you open the app, you’re prompted to login or create an account, both of which are done by either connecting your Facebook account or using your mobile phone number. Once you make it to the main screen, the map includes a notification to let you know how many “Wazers” are in your proximity. Right off the bat, there’s an inherently social element to Waze throughout much of the user experience. Unlike other navigation apps, Waze suggests logging in to make the most of its social features. While Google Maps is sparse and almost utilitarian, Waze feels a little more dressed-up, with more bells and whistles. You can connect Waze to your Spotify accoun to manage your music directly from the Waze app by adding a bar along the top of the screen to select from your playlists and preferred stations. You can report traffic, car accidents, speed traps, road closures, and other such things to your fellow Wazers. This function plays a significant role in Waze’s ability to keep users abreast of their local traffic conditions. Waze almost goes overboard on extra features, ranging from Spotify integration, to petrol station prices, and a huge range of novelty turn-by-turn navigation voices. You can do things like manage your account details (set a profile picture, view your friends list, read your messages), as well as manage your favorite places and check your planned drives in the main menu. The planned drive feature is really interesting. In essence, you set a destination for a future date, so when the time comes you can start navigating there with just one or two clicks. It’s really easy, too; when you search for a destination, you can either click “Go” or “Later” to choose the date and time for your trip. Alternately, it can glean information from your Facebook calendar, scheduling trips to specific destinations based on the events you’re attending. If that’s not impressive enough, Waze adjusts how long the trip will take based on traffic at different times of day, so a 15 minute trip in the morning may take 30 minutes during rush hour. Waze is even courteous enough to remind you when it’s time to leave so that you’ll arrive on time. In addition to being able to either schedule or initiate a trip to that destination, Waze can guide you to the closest parking lot to your destination. I your destination happens to be a mall or retail outlet, it’ll give you the option to set your destination as the closest parking lot or allow you to choose from other parking options nearby. I didn’t really get to take advantage of this feature, but I can see it really being a godsend in an unfamiliar place. If you like customization options, Waze offers a bunch of different voices for turn-by-turn instructions. Many of the most populated countries get at least two options, but English-speakers have a plethora of options. Each voice is given its own name, like Jane, Nathan, or Boy Band for Americans, and Kate, Thomas, or Simon for those in the U.K. In the past, Waze even offered celebrity voices, including Morgan Freeman and more recently Liam Neeson. Waze relies on data collected and posted by its real-time users and has a much more inherently social feel than your standard map app. As you get deeper and deeper into Waze, you find all these nifty little surprises. In the settings menu, you can go into “Gas stations & prices” to choose your preferred gas station chain (if you happen to have one). You can also set the speedometer to only show up if you happen to go over the speed limit. With a toggle, you can control whether or not you see nearby Wazers on your friends list. There’s a whole host of map display options you can toggle, including speed cameras, other Wazers, road hazards, and more. A few months ago, Waze got a big update adding hands-free navigation, using just your voice. The feature, called simply Talk to Waze, can be turned on by heading into Settings > Sound & voice > Talk to Waze > Toggle Listen for “OK Waze.” Then just say “Ok Waze” to initiate a drive, get a preview of the route ahead, send reports, or add a pit stop without touching your phone. Other recently added features include adding routes optimized for motorcycles. There’s also a new HOV lane feature for carpooling drivers, or those with a special pass or in an electric, hybrid, or clean-fuel car. If you are driving such a car, and there are HOV lanes available on your route, Waze will show you additional navigation options and arrival times. Another recent update improved the ETA feature, allowing users to get an estimated traffic forecast for your route. Waze may sound bloated with needless features, but most of them are tucked out of the way and accessible only from the menus. None of Waze’s additional features feel imposing or like they’re coming between you and the purpose of the app, which is to get directions from one place to another. There are tons of bells and whistles available if you want to use them. As mentioned previously, there’s something inherently social about using Waze, an interesting but not totally surprising concept in 2018. Overall, my experience using Waze was extremely pleasant. Despite having so much going on, the app is very snappy and responsive, although I may not have used it long enough to encounter the hiccups that surely come up from time to time. Waze vs Google Maps vs Apple Maps — Apple Maps Prior to iOS 6, Apple smartphones had Google Maps preinstalled as the default navigation app. In hindsight, Apple creating its own alternative to Google’s popular trip-mapping app was inevitable, if for no other reason than to boot the competition’s software off the iPhone. As usually happens with newborn software, Apple Maps was plagued with bugs and map inaccuracies for the first couple years. It’s gotten a lot better since then. I’m a lover of both Apple and Android, so I’m nearly as familiar with Apple Maps as Google Maps (although having access to the latter with any desktop browser basically ensures some disparity between the two). In certain ways, I may even like Apple Maps best of all. Compared to both Google Maps and Waze, Apple Maps has arguably the most pleasing look and has exemplary integrations with other iOS apps. After that rough first year, Apple invested lots of time and energy (and money) into improving Maps, and it shows. Compared to both Google Maps and Waze, Apple Maps has arguably the most pleasing look. Of course, appearance is subjective, but there’s something very polished and contemporary about Apple Maps, particularly since its slight redesign earlier this year. It manages to achieve a modern feel without looking sparse like Google Maps or borderline-cartoonish like Waze. It’s elegant, and very Apple. Perhaps taking a cue from Google Maps, Apple Maps has much better integrations with other iOS apps. Sprinkled throughout Apple Maps, you’ll find suggestions for scheduling and upcoming events for which you may need to travel. It’s reminiscent of how clicking addresses will take you into Google Maps from Gmail or Inbox or Google’s numerous other services. However, Apple Maps integrations extend even outside the Apple apps family, including things like OpenTable for making restaurant reservations, ride-sharing apps, and, of course, Apple Pay to pay for it all. Similar to Google’s app, Apple Maps has a very clean and straightforward interface. Opening Apple Maps brings up the map with an overlap toward the bottom, giving you a place to input an address or search for a destination. It also offers suggestions and the ability to click a single button to begin navigating home. If you were already home, it may offer you navigation to your workplace or a destination pertaining to an upcoming event in your calendar. It sounds like a lot, and while everything is big and readable, it’s also not totally in the way. One of the updates to Apple Maps brought something called “Flyover Mode,” a Google Earth-esque feature into the mix. In essence, it creates a 3D render of the map, allowing you to essentially fly over it like you’re in a helicopter. The feature itself isn’t especially groundbreaking, but it’s fun and certainly a welcome feature. Anything not already visible in the app is usually accessible with an upward or downward swipe, appearing neatly and organized on overlaying cards. You can swipe upward on an upcoming trip to view alternate route options. It’s a nice feature to have if, for instance, you happen to see that there’s traffic on your would-be route. And yes, the app can give you that traffic information, too. Apple has tried to make Maps as informative as possible and, in doing so, includes some really thoughtful details. If you click on a landmark, it usually brings up a card showing a picture, offering you directions, reviews (via Yelp, of course), and a link to Wikipedia to learn more about it. As well, if you zoom into a part of the map sufficiently far away from your actual location, it’ll show you that location’s local weather in the bottom-righthand corner. Apple Maps is focused on providing navigation. By comparison, Google is much more focused on places, which means that it’s able to provide both navigation as well as allowing you to simply use Google Maps like tourists would use paper maps as they explored their surroundings. When it comes to the actual map, though, there’s both good and bad news. The bad news is that Apple Maps just isn’t as robust as Google Maps (or Waze, for that matter, since it incorporates Google data). If you zoom into the same section of a large city on both Google and Apple Maps, Google’s map contains more accurate data, particularly when it comes to the names and locations of businesses. In fact, someone decided to track changes to both maps over a year and found that for any given section of the map, Apple Maps averaged fewer businesses than Google. However, as long as you search for and bring up the address of the business, Apple Maps can get you there — even if the business isn’t on the map. That brings us to another key difference between Google and Apple Maps. Clearly, Apple Maps is focused on providing navigation, and that’s a good thing since navigation is the point of these apps. By comparison, Google is much more focused on places — it’s able to provide navigation while allowing you to simply use Google Maps like a tourist would a paper map as they explore their surroundings. Again, Google simply has more data with which to build a map containing. It’s almost an unfair comparison, but it’s a difference that’s worth mentioning. It seems that Apple Maps is mostly reliant on map information licensed from TomTom and from acquiring a handful of smaller companies over the years. Some of those companies are WifiSlam for interior maps, HopStop and Embark for public transportation, Locationary for improving mapping abilities, and BroadMap for managing and analyzing map data. TechCrunch This is all expected to change soon. Apple’s SVP Eddy Cue recently told TechCrunch the company is working a major revamp of the Maps app and service, and will use first-party data collected from iPhone owners. It will start slowly with the upcoming iOS 12, beginning with Apple’s Northern California area this fall. The plan is to phase out the use of third parties for map data entirely, but its not clear exactly how long that transition will take. TechCrunch also reports that, like Google Maps, Apple has been collecting street level map images and date via its own fleet of Apple Maps vans. Among other things, there is hardware and software inside the vans that allows them to map the world around that vehicle in full 3D. That date, combined with high-resolution images taken via orbiting satellites, should give future Apple Maps users full 3D navigation of streets, complete with high-res textures. Apple Maps has come a really long way since the early days, when Tim Cook actually apologized for how “difficult” the Google Maps replacement was. In fact, it’s become quite serviceable in its own right. Some of its biggest strengths include its very attractive design language, and very intuitive UI. But is that enough? Waze vs Google Maps vs Apple Maps — And the winner is… So who wins in the Waze vs Google Maps vs Apple Maps war? That honor goes to Google Maps. Now let me explain why. Obviously, I don’t speak for everyone. A lot of people will be on Team Waze or Apple Maps. I chose Google Maps as the winner of the navigation wars because I feel like Google Maps is the navigation app that can meet the most users’ needs. Google’s put a lot of work into improving and fine-tuning Google Maps. I think we can safely say that no other navigation app has more than 20 petabytes of map data, obtained by having a fleet of cars physically drive more than 99 percent of all public American roads. Plus, Google Maps has the power of the Google search engine behind it. As I said before, that’s hard for anyone to compete with. No other navigation app has more than 20 petabytes of map data that was obtained by having a fleet of cars physically drive more than 99 percent of all public American roads. Google Maps is a great example of how the evolution and growth of technology can change our lives — it’s for far more than just navigation. In large part, Google Maps is a place-oriented navigation map, and it’s become a catalyst for exploration of new places. Rather than solely giving us driving directions, we can use Google Maps for learning and discovery, and that’s pretty damn cool. Waze and Apple Maps are not bad navigation apps. Waze definitely has more features to offer, some of which could actually be quite useful, though I doubt many would find them necessary or vital to their use of Waze. Just because an app has the most bells and whistles doesn’t mean it’s right for most people. If I were giving a “Most Improved” award, or perhaps a “Best Dressed” award, it would probably go to Apple Maps. Due to the improvements it’s made, many iOS users don’t feel the need to immediately download Google Maps or Waze from the App Store, and that certainly says something. At the same time, even considering how you can access Apple Maps via the desktop app for MacOS, it’s difficult to recommend it over Google Maps (or even Waze) for all but a very limited number of uses. However, as we stated earlier, Apple is working on even more improvements that should allow it to compete better with Google Maps and Waze. All but Apple Maps are available for both Android and iOS devices. At least for the time being, Apple Maps is only available for Apple devices. Now I’d like to hear from you. Which map app do you use? Why do you use it? Sound off in the comments below! , via Android Authority http://bit.ly/2L4aGhE

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Carl’s Jr. Pitches Billion-Dollar Ideas (and Itself) to Amazon

When we interviewed Carl’s Jr. Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Jenkins last week, we had no idea of the stunt (or is it?) that was just around the corner. On Monday, Oct. 10, the regional restaurant brand tweeted a series of billion-dollar ideas to Amazon (and founder Jeff Bezos) with the hashtag: #AmazonBuyUs.

Amazon, of course, is now in the restaurant business in the U.S., and will deliver food from chain restaurants such as Applebee’s, Sweetgreen, Shake Shack, Chili’s and Red Robin. The service, called Amazon Restaurants, is available to Amazon Prime customers.

“This is about generating a conversation around a partnership,” Jenkins, CMO of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, told USA Today. “The tweets are obviously a start to try and see where the dialogue goes (and) have a lot of fun with it, and see if they find the spirit of it as fun as we do.”

“We’ve got to be impossible to ignore,” Jenkins added. “Both Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s have a history of provocative advertising. The question is how do you modernize that.”

Beyond the initial 24 hours of suggestions, the Carl’s Jr. Twitter account will continue tweeting ideas at Amazon all week. The first 24 hours certainly made for entertaining reading:

HEY @Amazon! FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WE WILL BE SHARING ONE OF OUR BIG IDEAS EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR!!!!!!! #AmazonBuyUs

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

1/An alarming idea:

BIG IDEA 1/24: "Happy Star Assistant" The alarm smells like biscuits! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/lXeBaNYkpL

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

2/Amazon Dash button good enough to eat:

BIG IDEA 2/24: “Tender Button” Push a button, get a tender! Delivery time may vary. @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/VlAHyORsqz

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

3/Self-driving restaurant:

BIG IDEA 3/24: “Self-driving Restaurant” The charbroiled goodness of our kitchen comes to you!! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/qFxkYjMVXZ

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

4/Drones!

BIG IDEA 4/24: “Happy Drone Hive” 4,100 restaurants. 4,100 docks for the @Amazon drone fleet! #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/nYrCYffTys

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

5/For Jeff Bezos to sip in space:

BIG IDEA 5/24: “Spaceshakes” You’re headed to space & we’ve got hand-scooped milkshakes!! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/if79wLLzYA

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

6/A cloud-based restaurant:

BIG IDEA 6/24: “Cloud-Based Restaurant” A first in food. How’s it work? Thats where you come in @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/Y1IkHUbaA5

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

7/Amazon bought Whole Foods Market; why not Carl’s Jr?

BIG IDEA 7/24: “Carl’s Foods Markets” Conveniently located between the kale chips & juice bar! @Amazon @WholeFoods #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/UFBcCAJySH

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

8/From a prime cut to Amazon Prime, membership has its privileges:

BIG IDEA 8/24: “Prime Thru” What’s faster than two-day shipping? Skipping to the front of the line! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/id3BnzMlPw

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

9/A book to post on Amazon:

BIG IDEA 9/24: “Make It a Combo” Ordering a book (like this classic by us & @Hardees)? Add fries & a drink to make it a combo! #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/leSHT2Oe8e

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

10/Meal kits:

BIG IDEA 10/24: “Carl’s & Hardee’s At Home” Everything you need to make a $5 All Star Value Meal! @Amazon @Hardees #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/VKlMtUUnap

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

11/An original series for those who love spies fries:

BIG IDEA 11/24: “Fries And Deceit” A new spy mini-series! The truth will always ketchup!! #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/RsqBc4lO4p

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

12/ “The Fryer Stick”

BIG IDEA 12/24: “The Fryer Stick” Not sure what it is yet, but we love the name! @Amazon let’s have a brainstorm w/ @Hardees!! #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/8mgZrvPWwh

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

13/Finally, a lunch registry:

BIG IDEA 13/24: “Lunch Registry” You know what’s better than lunch? People paying for your lunch! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/wtqTChdK96

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

14/Eat to the beat:

BIG IDEA 14/24: “Food Playlists” Hear Double Cheeseburger's Fresh Beats Feat. the lyrical hot fire of Spicy Chicken! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/zNwzWYK4cp

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

15/Another original programming idea:

BIG IDEA 15/24: “Jalapeño Coppers” A new show about 2 cops who are a little too spicy for their beat! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/abUSL0a1kO

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

16/Free parking for Jeff Bezos (with unlimited free refills):

BIG IDEA 16/24: “CEO Parking” This deal comes w/ perks! @Amazon's CEO gets a VIP spot up front at every Carl's Jr. & @Hardees #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/maix7OeLxb

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

17/ An e(at)-reader:

BIG IDEA 17/24: “The Eater Reader” Get ready to read something while you eat something! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/pEzZHCWe26

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

18/VR dining:

BIG IDEA 18/24: “Virtual All Star” You haven’t lived until you’ve eaten an All Star Value Meal in 2 realities at once! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/sRm80cm7Pp

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

19/Where to locate Amazon’s next HQ:

BIG IDEA 19/24: “New Headquarters"@Amazon Why settle for 1 new HQ when you can have 3,664? We'll save the good booths!#AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/L5IzSpuLW3

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

20/Alexa orders lunch:

BIG IDEA 20/24: “You Look Hungry” Ur brain tired & ur tummy empty? Stick out tongue & let the algorithm work its magic. @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/V1fOtw7DAw

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

21/Alexa is hired:

BIG IDEA 21/24: “Alexa, Provide Fries!” How to establish brand synergy? Hire an Alexa for every one of our locations! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/E7kL8ybIaK

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

22/Another original series idea: “It Just Got Meal”

BIG IDEA 22/24: “It Just Got Meal!” What happens when 4 foods in a box stop being fake & start gettin meal! #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/2AEJGuaB3S

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

23/Scented packing tape

BIG IDEA 23/24: “Tasty Tape” Experience the aromas of our $5 All Star Meal on every strip of @Amazon box tape! #AmazonBuyUs http://pic.twitter.com/za8faAksNO

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

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Carl’s Jr. Pitches Billion-Dollar Ideas (and Itself) to Amazon

When we interviewed Carl’s Jr. Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Jenkins last week, we had no idea of the stunt (or is it?) that was just around the corner. On Monday, Oct. 10, the regional restaurant brand tweeted a series of billion-dollar ideas to Amazon (and founder Jeff Bezos) with the hashtag: #AmazonBuyUs.

Amazon, of course, is now in the restaurant business in the U.S., and will deliver food from chain restaurants such as Applebee’s, Sweetgreen, Shake Shack, Chili’s and Red Robin. The service, called Amazon Restaurants, is available to Amazon Prime customers.

“This is about generating a conversation around a partnership,” Jenkins, CMO of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, told USA Today. “The tweets are obviously a start to try and see where the dialogue goes (and) have a lot of fun with it, and see if they find the spirit of it as fun as we do.”

“We’ve got to be impossible to ignore,” Jenkins added. “Both Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s have a history of provocative advertising. The question is how do you modernize that.”

Beyond the initial 24 hours of suggestions, the Carl’s Jr. Twitter account will continue tweeting ideas at Amazon all week. The first 24 hours certainly made for entertaining reading:

HEY @Amazon! FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WE WILL BE SHARING ONE OF OUR BIG IDEAS EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR!!!!!!! #AmazonBuyUs

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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1/An alarming idea:

BIG IDEA 1/24: "Happy Star Assistant" The alarm smells like biscuits! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/lXeBaNYkpL

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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2/Amazon Dash button good enough to eat:

BIG IDEA 2/24: “Tender Button” Push a button, get a tender! Delivery time may vary. @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/VlAHyORsqz

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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3/Self-driving restaurant:

BIG IDEA 3/24: “Self-driving Restaurant” The charbroiled goodness of our kitchen comes to you!! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/qFxkYjMVXZ

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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4/Drones!

BIG IDEA 4/24: “Happy Drone Hive” 4,100 restaurants. 4,100 docks for the @Amazon drone fleet! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/nYrCYffTys

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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5/For Jeff Bezos to sip in space:

BIG IDEA 5/24: “Spaceshakes” You’re headed to space & we’ve got hand-scooped milkshakes!! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/if79wLLzYA

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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6/A cloud-based restaurant:

BIG IDEA 6/24: “Cloud-Based Restaurant” A first in food. How’s it work? Thats where you come in @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/Y1IkHUbaA5

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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7/Amazon bought Whole Foods Market; why not Carl’s Jr?

BIG IDEA 7/24: “Carl’s Foods Markets” Conveniently located between the kale chips & juice bar! @Amazon @WholeFoods #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/UFBcCAJySH

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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8/From a prime cut to Amazon Prime, membership has its privileges:

BIG IDEA 8/24: “Prime Thru” What’s faster than two-day shipping? Skipping to the front of the line! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/id3BnzMlPw

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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9/A book to post on Amazon:

BIG IDEA 9/24: “Make It a Combo” Ordering a book (like this classic by us & @Hardees)? Add fries & a drink to make it a combo! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/leSHT2Oe8e

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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10/Meal kits:

BIG IDEA 10/24: “Carl’s & Hardee’s At Home” Everything you need to make a $5 All Star Value Meal! @Amazon @Hardees #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/VKlMtUUnap

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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11/An original series for those who love spies fries:

BIG IDEA 11/24: “Fries And Deceit” A new spy mini-series! The truth will always ketchup!! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/RsqBc4lO4p

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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12/ “The Fryer Stick”

BIG IDEA 12/24: “The Fryer Stick” Not sure what it is yet, but we love the name! @Amazon let’s have a brainstorm w/ @Hardees!! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/8mgZrvPWwh

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

13/Finally, a lunch registry:

BIG IDEA 13/24: “Lunch Registry” You know what’s better than lunch? People paying for your lunch! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/wtqTChdK96

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

14/Eat to the beat:

BIG IDEA 14/24: “Food Playlists” Hear Double Cheeseburger's Fresh Beats Feat. the lyrical hot fire of Spicy Chicken! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/zNwzWYK4cp

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

15/Another original programming idea:

BIG IDEA 15/24: “Jalapeño Coppers” A new show about 2 cops who are a little too spicy for their beat! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/abUSL0a1kO

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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16/Free parking for Jeff Bezos (with unlimited free refills):

BIG IDEA 16/24: “CEO Parking” This deal comes w/ perks! @Amazon's CEO gets a VIP spot up front at every Carl's Jr. & @Hardees #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/maix7OeLxb

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

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17/ An e(at)-reader:

BIG IDEA 17/24: “The Eater Reader” Get ready to read something while you eat something! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/pEzZHCWe26

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

18/VR dining:

BIG IDEA 18/24: “Virtual All Star” You haven’t lived until you’ve eaten an All Star Value Meal in 2 realities at once! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/sRm80cm7Pp

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

19/Where to locate Amazon’s next HQ:

BIG IDEA 19/24: “New Headquarters"@Amazon Why settle for 1 new HQ when you can have 3,664? We'll save the good booths!#AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/L5IzSpuLW3

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

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20/Alexa orders lunch:

BIG IDEA 20/24: “You Look Hungry” Ur brain tired & ur tummy empty? Stick out tongue & let the algorithm work its magic. @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/V1fOtw7DAw

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

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21/Alexa is hired:

BIG IDEA 21/24: “Alexa, Provide Fries!” How to establish brand synergy? Hire an Alexa for every one of our locations! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/E7kL8ybIaK

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

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22/Another original series idea: “It Just Got Meal”

BIG IDEA 22/24: “It Just Got Meal!” What happens when 4 foods in a box stop being fake & start gettin meal! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/2AEJGuaB3S

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

23/Scented packing tape

BIG IDEA 23/24: “Tasty Tape” Experience the aromas of our $5 All Star Meal on every strip of @Amazon box tape! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/za8faAksNO

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

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Carl’s Jr. Pitches Billion-Dollar Ideas (and Itself) to Amazon

When we interviewed Carl’s Jr. Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Jenkins last week, we had no idea of the stunt (or is it?) that was just around the corner. On Monday, Oct. 10, the regional restaurant brand tweeted a series of billion-dollar ideas to Amazon (and founder Jeff Bezos) with the hashtag: #AmazonBuyUs.

Amazon, of course, is now in the restaurant business in the U.S., and will deliver food from chain restaurants such as Applebee’s, Sweetgreen, Shake Shack, Chili’s and Red Robin. The service, called Amazon Restaurants, is available to Amazon Prime customers.

“This is about generating a conversation around a partnership,” Jenkins, CMO of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, told USA Today. “The tweets are obviously a start to try and see where the dialogue goes (and) have a lot of fun with it, and see if they find the spirit of it as fun as we do.”

“We’ve got to be impossible to ignore,” Jenkins added. “Both Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s have a history of provocative advertising. The question is how do you modernize that.”

Beyond the initial 24 hours of suggestions, the Carl’s Jr. Twitter account will continue tweeting ideas at Amazon all week. The first 24 hours certainly made for entertaining reading:

HEY @Amazon! FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WE WILL BE SHARING ONE OF OUR BIG IDEAS EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR!!!!!!! #AmazonBuyUs

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

1/An alarming idea:

BIG IDEA 1/24: "Happy Star Assistant" The alarm smells like biscuits! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/lXeBaNYkpL

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

2/Amazon Dash button good enough to eat:

BIG IDEA 2/24: “Tender Button” Push a button, get a tender! Delivery time may vary. @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/VlAHyORsqz

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

3/Self-driving restaurant:

BIG IDEA 3/24: “Self-driving Restaurant” The charbroiled goodness of our kitchen comes to you!! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/qFxkYjMVXZ

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

4/Drones!

BIG IDEA 4/24: “Happy Drone Hive” 4,100 restaurants. 4,100 docks for the @Amazon drone fleet! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/nYrCYffTys

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

5/For Jeff Bezos to sip in space:

BIG IDEA 5/24: “Spaceshakes” You’re headed to space & we’ve got hand-scooped milkshakes!! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/if79wLLzYA

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

6/A cloud-based restaurant:

BIG IDEA 6/24: “Cloud-Based Restaurant” A first in food. How’s it work? Thats where you come in @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/Y1IkHUbaA5

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

7/Amazon bought Whole Foods Market; why not Carl’s Jr?

BIG IDEA 7/24: “Carl’s Foods Markets” Conveniently located between the kale chips & juice bar! @Amazon @WholeFoods #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/UFBcCAJySH

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

8/From a prime cut to Amazon Prime, membership has its privileges:

BIG IDEA 8/24: “Prime Thru” What’s faster than two-day shipping? Skipping to the front of the line! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/id3BnzMlPw

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

9/A book to post on Amazon:

BIG IDEA 9/24: “Make It a Combo” Ordering a book (like this classic by us & @Hardees)? Add fries & a drink to make it a combo! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/leSHT2Oe8e

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

10/Meal kits:

BIG IDEA 10/24: “Carl’s & Hardee’s At Home” Everything you need to make a $5 All Star Value Meal! @Amazon @Hardees #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/VKlMtUUnap

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

11/An original series for those who love spies fries:

BIG IDEA 11/24: “Fries And Deceit” A new spy mini-series! The truth will always ketchup!! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/RsqBc4lO4p

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

12/ “The Fryer Stick”

BIG IDEA 12/24: “The Fryer Stick” Not sure what it is yet, but we love the name! @Amazon let’s have a brainstorm w/ @Hardees!! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/8mgZrvPWwh

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

13/Finally, a lunch registry:

BIG IDEA 13/24: “Lunch Registry” You know what’s better than lunch? People paying for your lunch! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/wtqTChdK96

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

14/Eat to the beat:

BIG IDEA 14/24: “Food Playlists” Hear Double Cheeseburger's Fresh Beats Feat. the lyrical hot fire of Spicy Chicken! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/zNwzWYK4cp

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

15/Another original programming idea:

BIG IDEA 15/24: “Jalapeño Coppers” A new show about 2 cops who are a little too spicy for their beat! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/abUSL0a1kO

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

16/Free parking for Jeff Bezos (with unlimited free refills):

BIG IDEA 16/24: “CEO Parking” This deal comes w/ perks! @Amazon's CEO gets a VIP spot up front at every Carl's Jr. & @Hardees #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/maix7OeLxb

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

17/ An e(at)-reader:

BIG IDEA 17/24: “The Eater Reader” Get ready to read something while you eat something! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/pEzZHCWe26

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 9, 2017

18/VR dining:

BIG IDEA 18/24: “Virtual All Star” You haven’t lived until you’ve eaten an All Star Value Meal in 2 realities at once! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/sRm80cm7Pp

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

19/Where to locate Amazon’s next HQ:

BIG IDEA 19/24: “New Headquarters"@Amazon Why settle for 1 new HQ when you can have 3,664? We'll save the good booths!#AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/L5IzSpuLW3

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

20/Alexa orders lunch:

BIG IDEA 20/24: “You Look Hungry” Ur brain tired & ur tummy empty? Stick out tongue & let the algorithm work its magic. @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/V1fOtw7DAw

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

21/Alexa is hired:

BIG IDEA 21/24: “Alexa, Provide Fries!” How to establish brand synergy? Hire an Alexa for every one of our locations! @Amazon #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/E7kL8ybIaK

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

22/Another original series idea: “It Just Got Meal”

BIG IDEA 22/24: “It Just Got Meal!” What happens when 4 foods in a box stop being fake & start gettin meal! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/2AEJGuaB3S

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

23/Scented packing tape

BIG IDEA 23/24: “Tasty Tape” Experience the aromas of our $5 All Star Meal on every strip of @Amazon box tape! #AmazonBuyUs pic.twitter.com/za8faAksNO

— Carl's Jr. (@CarlsJr) October 10, 2017

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They Love Trash – The New York Times

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — Soph Nielsen was sewing garbage onto her black T-shirt (a chicken wing, a crushed Bud Light can, a plastic fork) and struggling to attach a snarl of crusty pad thai.

“This is to get people to see the trash,” she said, her fingers slick with grease. “We don’t want to be the invisible janitors.” With her distinctive appliqués, that was unlikely.

It was the last day of the Joshua Tree Music Festival, a family-friendly event of didgeridoo sound baths, yoga, crafts, electronica and other familiar fare held at a dusty desert campground for three days in October. Ms. Nielsen, a 25-year-old artist whose medium is trash, was one of 20-odd Trash Pirates working the event.

The Pirates are a loose collective of waste management specialists, to borrow a phrase from Tony Soprano, who make sure events are as sustainable as possible through recycling and composting. They also educate attendees about how to do both properly.

Garbage has long been the uncomfortable fallout of the festival world, and as these gatherings multiply like glow sticks at a Phish concert, stretching the season into a year-round party (hola, Costa Rica), its impact has roused young artists and activists like Ms. Nielsen.

Most Pirates start out as volunteers, helping with trash or performing other tasks so as to attend for free. Then they have their “trash moment,” as the Pirates put it, the epiphany that turns volunteer work into a career, and trash into a calling.

“Your first experience of the mass of it, whether it’s loading dumpsters onto a trailer or driving out to the event grounds when everyone is gone and it’s a sea of trash, is an existential crisis,” Ms. Nielsen said. “You are baptized into compost.”

“You’re either in or you’re out,” she added, echoing the rallying cry of a long-ago counterculture movement that involved a bus, “and it becomes a way of life.”

The events themselves — both community-minded and escapist — are morphing into trash camps: days-long immersions into the politics of waste, with lectures and workshops on developing your garbage-handling skills along with your yoga practice.

Some trash stats are in order. In 2017, according to an environmental impact report, Coachella, in Indio, Calif., was generating over 100 tons of trash each day. Many events are now committed to becoming zero-waste endeavors, or as close to it as possible. High “diversion” rates (the percentage of waste not sent to the landfill) are badges of honor. Last spring, the Trash Pirates brought the Joshua Tree Music Festival’s rate up to 77 percent.

In 2017, Coachella’s diversion rate was just 20 percent, apparently because attendees weren’t using the recycling bins. Veterans of Burning Man and other festivals learn acronyms like MOOP, for “Matter Out of Place,” an umbrella term for trash and anything else that doesn’t occur naturally on a site; cigarette butts, broken tents and human waste are some common examples.

Burning Man has a “Leave No Trace” ethos, but the messy camps of bad Burners are called out each year on the festival’s MOOP Map in the hope that public shaming will be a deterrent next time around.

‘Shepherds of the “Away’’’

While there are many waste organizations dedicated to mitigating the environmental impact of such gatherings, the Trash Pirates are distinguished by their zeal and their punk aplomb.

Take Moon Mandel, 24, a filmmaker and Trash Pirate who was managing the operations that weekend at Joshua Tree. Mx. Mandel is nonbinary, and with their bright orange jumpsuit emblazoned with patches stitched with trash graphics (the recycling whorl and other insignia) they looked like an indie Eagle Scout.

As Oscar the Grouch sang his gruff-voiced hymn “I Love Trash,” one of many trash-friendly songs on the Pirates’ playlist, Mx. Mandel said: “It’s very important for people to see the work we do and understand the human scope of it. We are trying to alter the cultural norms of a throwaway society. We teach them that there’s no ‘away.’ We are the shepherds of the ‘away’ and it’s being buried inside the earth forever.”

And so Mx. Mandel performed trash collections, dancing with colleagues as Oscar warbled under a festive tent with gaily painted bins, and sorting garbage (earning $5 a bag) for those campers too busy or negligent to do it themselves.

To attendees who had dutifully separated their food scraps and recyclables and were tipping them into the appropriate bins, Mx. Mandel called out a hearty, “Yarg!” their preferred Pirate cheer.

“Thank you for composting!” Mx. Mandel praised a young woman scraping scrambled eggs out of a frying pan, and then recited some recycling basics: “You can’t compost paper with too much printing on it, or recycle greasy paper. Single-use bags can be taken to supermarkets in California for recycling, so we are collecting them. Make sure everything is clean. You don’t need to rinse your soda or beer cans. But if your stuff is covered in yogurt, it’s not going to be recycled.”

Mx. Mandel has a policy about not working festivals where organizers are charging for water. “The decommodification of water is one of my core beliefs,” they said.

Mx. Mandel was particularly proud of their cigarette-butt program. For the last two years, they have been collecting butts (200,000 and counting, they said) at festivals and sending them to TerraCycle, a company that teams with manufacturers and retailers to recycle or upcycle all manner of products and materials, including action-figure toys, backpacks and toothbrushes. Cigarette butts are turned into plastic pallets; the tobacco is composted.

Sarah Renner, the operations and site manager for the Joshua Tree Music Festival, wrote in an email that the Trash Pirates are “the down and dirty, real as can be, heroes of the event world.”

The Pirates have handled her festival’s waste for the last four years, sweeping, handing out bags and painting barrels with children. “They don’t just pull trash bags and sort recycling,” she said. “They are on a mission to change the way people think while getting everything to where it needs to go.””

The work is brutal. Heat stroke, sunburn, cuts and bruises are common hazards, as is a dousing with trash juice: the pungent slurry that pours from a trash can and into your armpits when you’re hoisting it over your head.

Close-toed boots are encouraged, but don’t always protect. Mx. Mandel’s foot was sliced open, they said, this past February at a festival in Costa Rica by a severed iguana hand that pierced their boot, but most dangers are what you’d think: nails, screws, shards of glass.

Tools of the trade include MOOP sticks, which are long claws for grabbing trash without having to bend over. These are light and rather delicate, with a nice action, and are precise enough to pick up a grain of rice.

Hand sanitizer and liquid soap are requirements; one Pirate, Moose Martinez, had a Purell bottle clipped to the strap of his over-the-shoulder water bag. Work gloves and thin blue food service gloves are part of the uniform, but many of the Pirates were working in their bare hands.

“We call that raw-dogging,” said Luke Dunn, 33, a musician and preschool teacher, as a colleague with clean hands fed him a chocolate-chip cookie. “You try not to touch your face, you wash a lot.”

On the Pirates’ Facebook page, “Trash Pirates and Waste Naughts,” with over 4,000 followers, they share job tips (a recent post was for waste management at McMurdo Station in Antarctica); inspiration (“It’s Called Garbage Can, Not Garbage Cannot”); and education (news clips on California’s recycling woes and posts reviewing the best trash bags or instructions on how to make compostable confetti out of leaves with a hole puncher).

One long thread discussed cleaning up glitter, a particular scourge of Gay Pride parades.

‘The Lost Boys’

The Trash Pirates formed six years ago when two friends, Caleb Robertson, now 26, and Kirk Kunihiro, 29, then living in the San Francisco Bay Area, wanted to go to festivals for free.

While volunteering for the green teams, as they are called, of these gatherings, Mr. Robertson said, “We came to realize that there was a way to express our zero-waste passions within the event industry.”

They learned their craft at Green Mary, a two-decades-old company dedicated to making events sustainable that was founded by Mary Munat, an environmental activist and former Army reservist.

“They are fast, hard-working, green-hearted people,” she said of the Pirates. “I love their energy and greenness, and I am so glad my age-old eco-passions gave birth to so many little green pirates.”

The Trash Pirates was a nickname they gave each other early on, when festivals were more haphazard, and it stuck. In the beginning, Mr. Robertson, said “It was more seat-of-the-pants. Many of us were living out of our vehicles. That’s the thing: Trash can attract people who don’t feel like they have a place to go, giving people purpose in a space where they had none. Kind of like the Lost Boys. People are interested in the party, but it becomes empty if you don’t have a purpose.”

Next year, they hope to work upward of 30 events. “The work isn’t going to stop, I’m almost scared of it,” Mr. Robertson said, adding that he and many of his colleagues are looking to expand beyond the festivals and tackle community projects in Los Angeles, where he now lives, and beyond.

Mx. Mandel is devoted to filmmaking; Ms. Nielsen to art and activism. “But we are all still united by trash,” Mr. Robertson said. “We recognize that festivals are a stage and a platform to reach people, but we also know that it’s just a Band-Aid and the best thing we can do is to concentrate on government policies and community work.”

Mr. Kunihiro, who also lives in Los Angeles, started his own waste-consulting business, which includes a waste sampling service that analyzes the composition of waste streams — work that makes festival trash seem as clean and fresh, he said, as birthday cake.

He has led tours for fourth graders of recycling plants in the Bay Area; at Joshua Tree, his water bottle was a tiny blue toy recycling bin, a gift from his mother.

Another Pirate, Stephen Chun, talked about the awkward moment when he is asked what he does for a living. “A lot of people are like, ‘Huh, that’s nice. Good for you,” he said. “The feedback over time goes from being, ‘Oh, you’re the trash guy’ to, ‘Oh, you’re a hero.’ Now I say I’m a zero-waste events consultant.”

Ms. Munat said, “People see us going through the recycling and offer us their sandwiches. And we’re like, ‘No, it’s O.K., we’re getting paid.’”

Because trash is ascendant as a problem and a paradigm, it continues to grow as a métier. “In 1995, when I first starting teaching about waste, it was a boutique subject and not considered appropriate for academic study,” said Robin Nagle, a professor of anthropology and environmental studies at New York University who specializes joyfully in garbage.

She has been anthropologist-in-residence at the New York City Department of Sanitation for more than a decade; her book “Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks With the Sanitation Workers of New York City” was published in 2013. Professor Nagle is a founder of what’s known as discard studies, a new interdisciplinary field of research examining waste politically, culturally and economically.

“You can take any piece of trash as an object in the world and track it from its raw materials though its journey into the marketplace as a commodity,” she said. “At any of those points it will connect not just to the proliferation of garbage as a form of pollution but a host of any other environmental crises including the big megillah that is climate change.”

Of the Trash Pirates she said, “They are pushing boundaries in wonderful ways. I would be curious to see what they’re doing in 20 years. Do they bounce from this ebullient, youthful thing to something more settled? And will the planet be even closer to the brink of destruction?”

We shall see, but in the meantime, as is their practice, the Pirates swept the Joshua Tree Music Festival campgrounds clean by forming a MOOP line, as it’s known, with each Pirate three to four feet apart and armed with a MOOP stick and a bucket, and moving from the perimeter to the center.

Mx. Mandel said, “Like one amoeba we slowly devour the MOOP.”

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