Joseph Crespo
@randomabstract.bsky.social
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Joseph Crespo
@randomabstract.bsky.social
· Jan 20
Poe (with Joseph Crespo), by canopy
10 track album
canopysongs.bandcamp.com
Here's a online offering. I'm fascinated with the Master's "harmony of precision" and I recorded this with my friend @mattmuirhead.bsky.social who provided a sort of metronome via looped kalimba riffs. Enjoy:
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"Just kill them"
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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"Just kill them"
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Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
September 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"The wind said...38, nail 'em"
#grahamgreene
#grahamgreene
September 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"The wind said...38, nail 'em"
#grahamgreene
#grahamgreene
Beginning of the school year teacher thought:
Humor accomplishes many of the things aggression attempts to accomplish without burning anyone.
Humor accomplishes many of the things aggression attempts to accomplish without burning anyone.
August 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Beginning of the school year teacher thought:
Humor accomplishes many of the things aggression attempts to accomplish without burning anyone.
Humor accomplishes many of the things aggression attempts to accomplish without burning anyone.
August 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
August 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
July 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A quote from Father Terry for these troubling times
July 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A quote from Father Terry for these troubling times
I'm desperate to cut glass so I can solder again. I'm plumbing the depths for a suitable design.
#glasssky
#tarotofmarseille
#camoinjodorowsky
#glasssky
#tarotofmarseille
#camoinjodorowsky
July 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I'm desperate to cut glass so I can solder again. I'm plumbing the depths for a suitable design.
#glasssky
#tarotofmarseille
#camoinjodorowsky
#glasssky
#tarotofmarseille
#camoinjodorowsky
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If I told you that President Trump just announced a 40% tariff on South Korea because he thinks BTS has too many members you wouldn’t know if I were joking, would you
July 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If I told you that President Trump just announced a 40% tariff on South Korea because he thinks BTS has too many members you wouldn’t know if I were joking, would you
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Whether it’s liberal tweaking their language to be more gender inclusive or Elon Musk tweaking Grok to say more positive things about Adolf Hitler, both sides have a free speech problem.
July 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Whether it’s liberal tweaking their language to be more gender inclusive or Elon Musk tweaking Grok to say more positive things about Adolf Hitler, both sides have a free speech problem.
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What if your religious view holds that a minority group is inferior to white people? Can you opt out of lessons about civil rights, equal rights, slavery, etc.?
What if your religious view holds that women should be subservient to men? Can you opt out of lessons about the 19th amendment?
What if your religious view holds that women should be subservient to men? Can you opt out of lessons about the 19th amendment?
If this is the level of subtlety that can lead to a religious liberty violation than, as Sotomayor points out, I don't see how any person can't bring a religious liberty claim to opt out of pretty much anything. Case in point: could Christian Scientists could now opt out of any book with doctors?
Incredibly, Justice Alito continues to misrepresent a book in the case, Uncle Bobby's Wedding, framing it as insidious propaganda designed to brainwash children who oppose same-sex marriage into supporting it. This is just not true, and Sotomayor refutes it. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What if your religious view holds that a minority group is inferior to white people? Can you opt out of lessons about civil rights, equal rights, slavery, etc.?
What if your religious view holds that women should be subservient to men? Can you opt out of lessons about the 19th amendment?
What if your religious view holds that women should be subservient to men? Can you opt out of lessons about the 19th amendment?
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
The cat doesn't like it when there are dishes in the sink. Where is she supposed to curl up?
June 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The cat doesn't like it when there are dishes in the sink. Where is she supposed to curl up?
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*90 second languid unbroken shot of the beauty of the natural world*
Terrence Malick listening to Kevin Rudolf’s Let It Rock on his IPhone at max volume: let it rock let it rock let it rock, ok cut! We got this beeyotchhhhh
Terrence Malick listening to Kevin Rudolf’s Let It Rock on his IPhone at max volume: let it rock let it rock let it rock, ok cut! We got this beeyotchhhhh
June 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
*90 second languid unbroken shot of the beauty of the natural world*
Terrence Malick listening to Kevin Rudolf’s Let It Rock on his IPhone at max volume: let it rock let it rock let it rock, ok cut! We got this beeyotchhhhh
Terrence Malick listening to Kevin Rudolf’s Let It Rock on his IPhone at max volume: let it rock let it rock let it rock, ok cut! We got this beeyotchhhhh
May 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Simon Vouet, Eight Satyrs Admiring the Anamorphosis of an Elephant, c. 1625, Red chalk (Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt)
May 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Proud to be the 1,619th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Gamers: Attack of the Pwns! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/z...
The Gamers: Attack of the Pwns
Fantasy game heroes trapped in our world must defeat a corrupt politician and his private militia in the comedy series that's been running since 2001!
www.backerkit.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Proud to be the 1,619th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Gamers: Attack of the Pwns! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/z...
Self-portrait 2025
April 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Self-portrait 2025
20 Artists that have made me need to make art
19/20
Since she's been gone I think about her more than ever
19/20
Since she's been gone I think about her more than ever
April 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
20 Artists that have made me need to make art
19/20
Since she's been gone I think about her more than ever
19/20
Since she's been gone I think about her more than ever
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Without due process, this could be you. It could be me. It could be any or all of us.
It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin.
You must understand what is truly at stake here.
All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin.
You must understand what is truly at stake here.
All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
April 16, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Without due process, this could be you. It could be me. It could be any or all of us.
It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin.
You must understand what is truly at stake here.
All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin.
You must understand what is truly at stake here.
All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
Every chilly day of this unusual Spring I think about the weather reporting that said the polar vortex was going to wobble again in either March or April.
a polar vortex is coming to the united states
ALT: a polar vortex is coming to the united states
media.tenor.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Every chilly day of this unusual Spring I think about the weather reporting that said the polar vortex was going to wobble again in either March or April.
Killing a bit of time at a bar with my phone but wish I'd brought a notebook. Nothing to write on.
April 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Killing a bit of time at a bar with my phone but wish I'd brought a notebook. Nothing to write on.
RIP my friend! I always thought you were cool!
April 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
RIP my friend! I always thought you were cool!