Nick Starr
@nickstarrmusic.bsky.social
A pianist who wears many hats.
Washington, DC area
Washington, DC area
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Incredibly funny how much political discussion is driven by the four things at the bottom while everyone else is getting cooked on Facebook looking at pictures of AI Eminem opening nursing homes for crying veterans
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Incredibly funny how much political discussion is driven by the four things at the bottom while everyone else is getting cooked on Facebook looking at pictures of AI Eminem opening nursing homes for crying veterans
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I think that’s a clear signal of who gets to work in journalism / media and who doesn’t. That you can help elevate a presidential candidate that you’re having a romantic relationship with, advise and strategize for him, and keep your position. But if you so much as post about Gaza then that’s it.
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I think that’s a clear signal of who gets to work in journalism / media and who doesn’t. That you can help elevate a presidential candidate that you’re having a romantic relationship with, advise and strategize for him, and keep your position. But if you so much as post about Gaza then that’s it.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
So I did suck it up and finish the game (basic ending, 77% complete). Unfortunately I did end up having fun but only in the last couple of hours once I had unlocked all the movement abilities and upgraded the nail 3/4 of the way by looking up guides online. Was it worth the annoyance? 🤷♂️
No offense to people who love it, but I enjoy a lot of Metroidvanias and I cannot understand the appeal of Hollow Knight. I bounced off it earlier this year after 10+ hours, but I gave it another shot tonight and it’s just as aggravating as when I quit before.
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
So I did suck it up and finish the game (basic ending, 77% complete). Unfortunately I did end up having fun but only in the last couple of hours once I had unlocked all the movement abilities and upgraded the nail 3/4 of the way by looking up guides online. Was it worth the annoyance? 🤷♂️
Wicked 2 spoilers without context
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Wicked 2 spoilers without context
Went to a science and tech high school, and then went to college fully intending to major in computer science and/or math. I kept up with music because I liked it, and kept doing more and more and waffling on what I wanted to major in.
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Went to a science and tech high school, and then went to college fully intending to major in computer science and/or math. I kept up with music because I liked it, and kept doing more and more and waffling on what I wanted to major in.
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none of this is interesting enough for me to be continually having to hear about it and everyone involved here is the world's shittiest writer
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
none of this is interesting enough for me to be continually having to hear about it and everyone involved here is the world's shittiest writer
I saw Hadestown this week for the second time (LOVE it) and was looking for some intelligent discussion of it online to clarify my thoughts but 90% of it is “if it were me I wouldn’t have turned around but I guess I’m built different.”
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I saw Hadestown this week for the second time (LOVE it) and was looking for some intelligent discussion of it online to clarify my thoughts but 90% of it is “if it were me I wouldn’t have turned around but I guess I’m built different.”
Just got a new phone and the UI redesigns in iOS 26 are really breathtakingly bad
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Just got a new phone and the UI redesigns in iOS 26 are really breathtakingly bad
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Pope Leo XIV understands technology and its relationship to art better any executive or AI-pilled techbro running the conference circuit.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Pope Leo XIV understands technology and its relationship to art better any executive or AI-pilled techbro running the conference circuit.
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Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
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People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
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The only thing that's interesting about Nuzzi is the story of how an amoral careerist with no interest in policy and abysmal ethics became an acclaimed national political reporter. But rather than tell that story, the entire media seems desperate to play a part in it.
It rocks that all 20 people who genuinely think the Olivia Nuzzi stuff is interesting have editorial discretion at major media outlets. Just publish your group chats
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The only thing that's interesting about Nuzzi is the story of how an amoral careerist with no interest in policy and abysmal ethics became an acclaimed national political reporter. But rather than tell that story, the entire media seems desperate to play a part in it.
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Billie Eilish calls out Elon Musk for not using his wealth to aid humanity and resolve global issues:
“f***ing pathetic p***y b**** coward”
“f***ing pathetic p***y b**** coward”
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Billie Eilish calls out Elon Musk for not using his wealth to aid humanity and resolve global issues:
“f***ing pathetic p***y b**** coward”
“f***ing pathetic p***y b**** coward”
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
No offense to people who love it, but I enjoy a lot of Metroidvanias and I cannot understand the appeal of Hollow Knight. I bounced off it earlier this year after 10+ hours, but I gave it another shot tonight and it’s just as aggravating as when I quit before.
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
No offense to people who love it, but I enjoy a lot of Metroidvanias and I cannot understand the appeal of Hollow Knight. I bounced off it earlier this year after 10+ hours, but I gave it another shot tonight and it’s just as aggravating as when I quit before.
This is not quite the same but I was having an exchange with someone on TikTok recently about subway systems, and I said that the difference between X and Y was “night and day.” They complained that we weren’t talking about how late the trains ran.
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is not quite the same but I was having an exchange with someone on TikTok recently about subway systems, and I said that the difference between X and Y was “night and day.” They complained that we weren’t talking about how late the trains ran.
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Every Elon post sounds like Wheatley in Portal 2:
Wheatley - I read Machiavelli (Portal 2)
YouTube video by EuropaGamer
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November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Every Elon post sounds like Wheatley in Portal 2:
Realizing with the recent discourse that I thought Rod Dreher and Ross Douthat were the same person tbh
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Realizing with the recent discourse that I thought Rod Dreher and Ross Douthat were the same person tbh
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It has been Zero Days since I got dunning-krugered by someone on /r/musictheory
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It has been Zero Days since I got dunning-krugered by someone on /r/musictheory
I will forever and eternally be mad they took 90% of Bernstein’s music out of the On The Town movie
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I will forever and eternally be mad they took 90% of Bernstein’s music out of the On The Town movie
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emotive butlerian jihad now: the machine may not wear a human face.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
emotive butlerian jihad now: the machine may not wear a human face.
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This is abhorrent and repugnant. It’s further evidence of the vile and pernicious nature of these awful platforms. It makes me furious, incendiary with rage. Causes me to fall into deep sadness, melancholy and depression.
For each additional moral–emotional word in a social media post, the number of shares increases 13%
Our new meta-analysis finds robust evidence of moral contagion (N=4,821,006)
The moral contagion effect is even stronger in larger, pre-registered studies (17%).
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Our new meta-analysis finds robust evidence of moral contagion (N=4,821,006)
The moral contagion effect is even stronger in larger, pre-registered studies (17%).
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is abhorrent and repugnant. It’s further evidence of the vile and pernicious nature of these awful platforms. It makes me furious, incendiary with rage. Causes me to fall into deep sadness, melancholy and depression.
This has me wondering what’s the highest political office ever held by a music major
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities where the cool jobs at
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This has me wondering what’s the highest political office ever held by a music major