Reed C. Hepler
@bringthehuman.bsky.social
Digital Initiatives Librarian, Copyright Agent, Archivist, Instructional Designer, Pianist, AI Consultant. #mormonsky #musicsky #aisky #edusky #frasier #infolit #skybrarian #tolkien
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Reed C. Hepler
@bringthehuman.bsky.social
· Dec 12
If you try to use #ChatGPT, EVEN the "SearchGPT" function, with #Boolean keywords, you will utterly fail. It is a whole different type of searching the web (and again, you ONLY do that with " #SearchGPT," NOT regular ChatGPT). #onlineliteracy #infolit
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I have been able to do things with #BoodleBox that I have not been able to do with ANY other tool...
For 2/3 of the price.
I have decided to cancel ALL OTHER AI SUBSCRIPTIONS in favor of this tool. No more ChatGPT, no more Perplexity.
Long live #BoodleBox.
reedhepler.substack.com/p/introducti...
For 2/3 of the price.
I have decided to cancel ALL OTHER AI SUBSCRIPTIONS in favor of this tool. No more ChatGPT, no more Perplexity.
Long live #BoodleBox.
reedhepler.substack.com/p/introducti...
BoodleBox: Deliberately Built for CollaborAItion
Designed for Education, Useful for Everyone
reedhepler.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I have been able to do things with #BoodleBox that I have not been able to do with ANY other tool...
For 2/3 of the price.
I have decided to cancel ALL OTHER AI SUBSCRIPTIONS in favor of this tool. No more ChatGPT, no more Perplexity.
Long live #BoodleBox.
reedhepler.substack.com/p/introducti...
For 2/3 of the price.
I have decided to cancel ALL OTHER AI SUBSCRIPTIONS in favor of this tool. No more ChatGPT, no more Perplexity.
Long live #BoodleBox.
reedhepler.substack.com/p/introducti...
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Reposted by Reed C. Hepler
1: "Awake, O sacred instrument! Intone the praises of God, our creator and Father."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9W...
Organist: Olivier Latry
What we hear: Latry begins with heartbeat-like pulses in the pedal. In a slow crescendo, we move from 8' flue stops to higher flues to full reeds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9W...
Organist: Olivier Latry
What we hear: Latry begins with heartbeat-like pulses in the pedal. In a slow crescendo, we move from 8' flue stops to higher flues to full reeds.
December 8, 2024 at 4:51 AM
1: "Awake, O sacred instrument! Intone the praises of God, our creator and Father."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9W...
Organist: Olivier Latry
What we hear: Latry begins with heartbeat-like pulses in the pedal. In a slow crescendo, we move from 8' flue stops to higher flues to full reeds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9W...
Organist: Olivier Latry
What we hear: Latry begins with heartbeat-like pulses in the pedal. In a slow crescendo, we move from 8' flue stops to higher flues to full reeds.
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Today was a monumental day for the pipe organ: the grand-orgue at Notre-Dame de Paris sounded for the first time since the fire in 2019.
The four organists at Notre-Dame all improvised on the eight invocations at the organ's debut. Let's break it down: 🧵
The four organists at Notre-Dame all improvised on the eight invocations at the organ's debut. Let's break it down: 🧵
December 8, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Today was a monumental day for the pipe organ: the grand-orgue at Notre-Dame de Paris sounded for the first time since the fire in 2019.
The four organists at Notre-Dame all improvised on the eight invocations at the organ's debut. Let's break it down: 🧵
The four organists at Notre-Dame all improvised on the eight invocations at the organ's debut. Let's break it down: 🧵
Also, it serves as an example of spaced repetition, or what COULD be thought of as "synthesis," combining new gifts with old gifts to create a unique type of gift.
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Also, it serves as an example of spaced repetition, or what COULD be thought of as "synthesis," combining new gifts with old gifts to create a unique type of gift.
I just realized that the 12 Days of Christmas is an excellent example of redundancy (the true love is sending backups of previous gifts in case the previous iterations have been corrupted in some way).
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I just realized that the 12 Days of Christmas is an excellent example of redundancy (the true love is sending backups of previous gifts in case the previous iterations have been corrupted in some way).
In a strange twist, people are now irritated about religious buildings in DC/Maryland. They're temples. They don't hurt you...
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In a strange twist, people are now irritated about religious buildings in DC/Maryland. They're temples. They don't hurt you...
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for a long time this was the view of the DC mormon temple approaching westbound on the beltway. sadly the bridge graffiti has been painted over.
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
for a long time this was the view of the DC mormon temple approaching westbound on the beltway. sadly the bridge graffiti has been painted over.
This was an excellent call to change, btw. Really made me think. And commit to change. Not that you need my approval or anything, but I hadn't really thought about this perspective before.
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This was an excellent call to change, btw. Really made me think. And commit to change. Not that you need my approval or anything, but I hadn't really thought about this perspective before.
An excellent point. It reminds me of a conversation I had that was essentially "white men walk around with your heads down and headphones in because you feel like you don't need to pay attention to the world and protect yourself. Everyone else does."
December 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
An excellent point. It reminds me of a conversation I had that was essentially "white men walk around with your heads down and headphones in because you feel like you don't need to pay attention to the world and protect yourself. Everyone else does."
Men just don't know how to communicate period. I just had this discussion with my wife. Men cannot understand subtext so save our lives.
December 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Men just don't know how to communicate period. I just had this discussion with my wife. Men cannot understand subtext so save our lives.
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The last super moon of the year from Anchorage.
December 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The last super moon of the year from Anchorage.
I know I'd buy it!
December 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I know I'd buy it!
Only a few days until "Copyright and AI"! Come join us and talk about it from a LIBRARIAN's perspective.
While I am not a lawyer, I do have experience with copyright, including monitoring external copyright violations and preventing internal copyright violations of others' works.
While I am not a lawyer, I do have experience with copyright, including monitoring external copyright violations and preventing internal copyright violations of others' works.
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Only a few days until "Copyright and AI"! Come join us and talk about it from a LIBRARIAN's perspective.
While I am not a lawyer, I do have experience with copyright, including monitoring external copyright violations and preventing internal copyright violations of others' works.
While I am not a lawyer, I do have experience with copyright, including monitoring external copyright violations and preventing internal copyright violations of others' works.
"Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.
Behold the wounds which pierced my side, and also the prints of the nails in my hands and feet; be faithful, keep my commandments, and ye shall inherit the kingdom of heaven."
Behold the wounds which pierced my side, and also the prints of the nails in my hands and feet; be faithful, keep my commandments, and ye shall inherit the kingdom of heaven."
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
"Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.
Behold the wounds which pierced my side, and also the prints of the nails in my hands and feet; be faithful, keep my commandments, and ye shall inherit the kingdom of heaven."
Behold the wounds which pierced my side, and also the prints of the nails in my hands and feet; be faithful, keep my commandments, and ye shall inherit the kingdom of heaven."
Every time I listen to this oratorio, I am reminded not only of the genius of Handel, but of the glory of the Redeemer of whom he wrote. I remember one of my favorite scriptures, given by Christ when one of His servants was at their lowest personal point:
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Every time I listen to this oratorio, I am reminded not only of the genius of Handel, but of the glory of the Redeemer of whom he wrote. I remember one of my favorite scriptures, given by Christ when one of His servants was at their lowest personal point:
After I posted that, I actually refined it further when several people notified me of other recordings. I have finally gotten the compilation to the point where I feel like I can call it "definitive," because at this point I have listened to more than 20 full recordings and compared between them.
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
After I posted that, I actually refined it further when several people notified me of other recordings. I have finally gotten the compilation to the point where I feel like I can call it "definitive," because at this point I have listened to more than 20 full recordings and compared between them.
Today might be a good day, a few days before Advent, to share my Handel: Messiah playlist again. If you would like to see the way it was created, the playlist has a link to my Facebook post about it.
open.spotify.com/playlist/2qf...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2qf...
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Today might be a good day, a few days before Advent, to share my Handel: Messiah playlist again. If you would like to see the way it was created, the playlist has a link to my Facebook post about it.
open.spotify.com/playlist/2qf...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2qf...
The fun thing about anti-AI crusading is that you can suddenly be justifiably angry at virtually any field you want, from. educators to the workforce to government, because individuals in almost every field use it.
Or, you could be like @stanfordhai.bsky.social and work to make things better.
Or, you could be like @stanfordhai.bsky.social and work to make things better.
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The fun thing about anti-AI crusading is that you can suddenly be justifiably angry at virtually any field you want, from. educators to the workforce to government, because individuals in almost every field use it.
Or, you could be like @stanfordhai.bsky.social and work to make things better.
Or, you could be like @stanfordhai.bsky.social and work to make things better.
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Google should be way more public about this. I basically have an AI phone screener that I can secretly oversee and control (somewhat).
My Pixel 10 Pro phone rang from an unrecognized number. It gave me a "Screen" button in addition to "Answer" and "Decline", so I pressed it to see what it did. A local AI answered the call, saying it was acting on behalf of the recipient and asking the caller's name. It displayed a live transcript +
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Google should be way more public about this. I basically have an AI phone screener that I can secretly oversee and control (somewhat).
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Max as always the most popular visitor to @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social - he's kind of a big deal.
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Many people apparently recommend AIMP for this: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Many people apparently recommend AIMP for this: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
You could just get an mp3 playing app that has an option to order your music by "songs," and then descending by "most frequently played," if you were interested in filling that gap.
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
You could just get an mp3 playing app that has an option to order your music by "songs," and then descending by "most frequently played," if you were interested in filling that gap.
Whereas if you're unpretentious, you're like Hydrox cookies, which are 10x better than Oreos and were unjustly robbed of the market that they originally DOMINATED. And now you can only get a package for $75.
Be a $75 cookie.
Be a $75 cookie.
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Whereas if you're unpretentious, you're like Hydrox cookies, which are 10x better than Oreos and were unjustly robbed of the market that they originally DOMINATED. And now you can only get a package for $75.
Be a $75 cookie.
Be a $75 cookie.