Isaac, Composer of Stuff
@isaaccomposer.bsky.social
I write music, I play games, I occasionally talk about doing those things
I read Slaughterhouse V in my undergrad history course, taught by a Kennedy assassination conspiracy theorist. Totally life-changing. Breathtakingly tragic and hilarious.
when i was 15 i was convinced i wasn’t good enough for my very pretty girlfriend so i did all her homework for her, which eventually included reading “slaughterhouse-five,” which immediately led to me ignoring the fuck out of my very pretty girlfriend as i read kurt vonnegut’s other 13 novels.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I read Slaughterhouse V in my undergrad history course, taught by a Kennedy assassination conspiracy theorist. Totally life-changing. Breathtakingly tragic and hilarious.
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If you're an academic talking to a non-academic audience, the goodwill you build by either not using jargon, or explaining any jargon you do use, is incalculable.
Correct use of jargon is about gatekeeping. But you're not here to show your credentials, you're here to engage with other people.
Correct use of jargon is about gatekeeping. But you're not here to show your credentials, you're here to engage with other people.
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If you're an academic talking to a non-academic audience, the goodwill you build by either not using jargon, or explaining any jargon you do use, is incalculable.
Correct use of jargon is about gatekeeping. But you're not here to show your credentials, you're here to engage with other people.
Correct use of jargon is about gatekeeping. But you're not here to show your credentials, you're here to engage with other people.
Very pleased to see James Watson's homages in the press being roundly roasted in the comments for crediting him with Rosalind Franklin's discovery. #jameswatson #science #DNA
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Very pleased to see James Watson's homages in the press being roundly roasted in the comments for crediting him with Rosalind Franklin's discovery. #jameswatson #science #DNA
This guy was a major something-that-rhymes-with-Crick
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This guy was a major something-that-rhymes-with-Crick
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posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
They're both tool-assisted
Pumpkin farmers 🤝 speedrunners
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
They're both tool-assisted
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
Happy Anita Bryant Pie Day for those of you who celebrate
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Happy Anita Bryant Pie Day for those of you who celebrate
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Adidas marketing manager in 1993: You get that sneaker ad done?
David Lynch: Sure did boss, real fucking surreal and kind of scary, just like you said
Adidas marketing manager: First of all, and I am on a tremendous amount of cocaine, I love it
David Lynch: Sure did boss, real fucking surreal and kind of scary, just like you said
Adidas marketing manager: First of all, and I am on a tremendous amount of cocaine, I love it
September 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Adidas marketing manager in 1993: You get that sneaker ad done?
David Lynch: Sure did boss, real fucking surreal and kind of scary, just like you said
Adidas marketing manager: First of all, and I am on a tremendous amount of cocaine, I love it
David Lynch: Sure did boss, real fucking surreal and kind of scary, just like you said
Adidas marketing manager: First of all, and I am on a tremendous amount of cocaine, I love it
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WAITER: anything to drink
ME: i’ll have a coke
WAITER & ME AT THE SAME TIME: is pepsi okay
ME: jinx you owe me a coke
WAITER: but-
ME: i don’t make the rules sir
ME: i’ll have a coke
WAITER & ME AT THE SAME TIME: is pepsi okay
ME: jinx you owe me a coke
WAITER: but-
ME: i don’t make the rules sir
October 12, 2024 at 1:09 AM
WAITER: anything to drink
ME: i’ll have a coke
WAITER & ME AT THE SAME TIME: is pepsi okay
ME: jinx you owe me a coke
WAITER: but-
ME: i don’t make the rules sir
ME: i’ll have a coke
WAITER & ME AT THE SAME TIME: is pepsi okay
ME: jinx you owe me a coke
WAITER: but-
ME: i don’t make the rules sir
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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‼️ NEW CHIPZEL MUSIC
it's my birthday!!! happy my birthday to everyone
& happy rapture to all who celebrate
can't wait to ascend with you all 🥰
🍻 buy me 1/8th of a pint
🎧LISTEN & 🛍 BUY:
chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/track/shaman
it's my birthday!!! happy my birthday to everyone
& happy rapture to all who celebrate
can't wait to ascend with you all 🥰
🍻 buy me 1/8th of a pint
🎧LISTEN & 🛍 BUY:
chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/track/shaman
Shaman, by Chipzel
track by Chipzel
chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
‼️ NEW CHIPZEL MUSIC
it's my birthday!!! happy my birthday to everyone
& happy rapture to all who celebrate
can't wait to ascend with you all 🥰
🍻 buy me 1/8th of a pint
🎧LISTEN & 🛍 BUY:
chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/track/shaman
it's my birthday!!! happy my birthday to everyone
& happy rapture to all who celebrate
can't wait to ascend with you all 🥰
🍻 buy me 1/8th of a pint
🎧LISTEN & 🛍 BUY:
chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/track/shaman
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If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.
September 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.
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whoever named them missiles wasn't very optimistic
August 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
whoever named them missiles wasn't very optimistic
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Stars, thunderstorms, city lights, aurora, and sunrise, captured in a single time-lapse sequence from the International Space Station.
August 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Stars, thunderstorms, city lights, aurora, and sunrise, captured in a single time-lapse sequence from the International Space Station.
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in case you forgot, I’m Ronald McDonald, son of Michael McDonald, grandson of Old MacDonald, who changed his name to Old McDonald when he left the old country
August 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
in case you forgot, I’m Ronald McDonald, son of Michael McDonald, grandson of Old MacDonald, who changed his name to Old McDonald when he left the old country
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Loops of superheated plasma larger than the Earth dancing across the Sun, recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft.
Credit: SDO/NASA Goddard
Credit: SDO/NASA Goddard
August 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Loops of superheated plasma larger than the Earth dancing across the Sun, recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft.
Credit: SDO/NASA Goddard
Credit: SDO/NASA Goddard
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Damn you mean itch didn’t actually just abandon these creators but has been working hard with its limited resources to figure out how to continue supporting them? How surprising
July 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Damn you mean itch didn’t actually just abandon these creators but has been working hard with its limited resources to figure out how to continue supporting them? How surprising
It's a Nazcule
July 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It's a Nazcule
Tremendous, the schadenfreude is off the charts
I started to say "this is extraordinary," except that I don't think it is. I suspect people suffer severe consequences for relying on AI far more often than they admit publicly to it.
This thread is incredible.
July 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Tremendous, the schadenfreude is off the charts
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Looks like I won’t have to water the plants tonight. 🌱
July 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Looks like I won’t have to water the plants tonight. 🌱
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Happy 25th anniversary to Final Fantasy IX.
It's my favorite Final Fantasy game of the PS1 era.
You can talk at length about the characters, story, music and everything else that makes it so special, but the bottom line is it's an RPG classic everyone should experience!
It's my favorite Final Fantasy game of the PS1 era.
You can talk at length about the characters, story, music and everything else that makes it so special, but the bottom line is it's an RPG classic everyone should experience!
July 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy 25th anniversary to Final Fantasy IX.
It's my favorite Final Fantasy game of the PS1 era.
You can talk at length about the characters, story, music and everything else that makes it so special, but the bottom line is it's an RPG classic everyone should experience!
It's my favorite Final Fantasy game of the PS1 era.
You can talk at length about the characters, story, music and everything else that makes it so special, but the bottom line is it's an RPG classic everyone should experience!
Do people do the Charlie Kirk thing with Matt Walsh where they subtly photoshop his neck to be longer? The guy looks an Alolan Exeggutor
July 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Do people do the Charlie Kirk thing with Matt Walsh where they subtly photoshop his neck to be longer? The guy looks an Alolan Exeggutor
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