Syd Polk
@sydpolk.bsky.social
Software professional. Musician. Amateur sabermetrician. Aspiring tanguero. Wannabe writer. Pro-democracy advocate. Numismatist. Mac user since 1984. Unabashedly liberal, feminist, and ally for all kinds of oppressed groups. Anti-fascist.
I am playing bari sax and bass clarinet with the Austin Jazz Band at the Elephant Room on Congress, Monday, October 27, from 7-9 PM. Come down to the basement and say hi!
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am playing bari sax and bass clarinet with the Austin Jazz Band at the Elephant Room on Congress, Monday, October 27, from 7-9 PM. Come down to the basement and say hi!
Actor, director, environmentalist Robert Redford dies at 89 | CNN
Robert Redford, the dashing actor and Oscar-winning director who eschewed his status as a Hollywood leading man to champion causes close to his heart, died Tuesday, CNN has learned. He was 89.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
RIP Davey Johnson
What a great manager. The 1986 Mets are my most-hated team, but damn they were good.
Johnson as a manager reminded me of me as a manager. The people who worked fo him raelly liked him and did well, but he did not get along well with upper management.
www.mlb.com/news/davey-j...
What a great manager. The 1986 Mets are my most-hated team, but damn they were good.
Johnson as a manager reminded me of me as a manager. The people who worked fo him raelly liked him and did well, but he did not get along well with upper management.
www.mlb.com/news/davey-j...
Davey Johnson, 1986 Mets manager and 4-time All-Star, passes at 82
Davey Johnson, the All-Star second baseman who won two World Series as a player with the Baltimore Orioles and managed the New York Mets to their dramatic victory in the 1986 World Series, has passed ...
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September 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
RIP Davey Johnson
What a great manager. The 1986 Mets are my most-hated team, but damn they were good.
Johnson as a manager reminded me of me as a manager. The people who worked fo him raelly liked him and did well, but he did not get along well with upper management.
www.mlb.com/news/davey-j...
What a great manager. The 1986 Mets are my most-hated team, but damn they were good.
Johnson as a manager reminded me of me as a manager. The people who worked fo him raelly liked him and did well, but he did not get along well with upper management.
www.mlb.com/news/davey-j...
I am a firm believer of voting for the outcome in an election that prevents the most loathsome candidate from winning. In a general election, that may mean voting for a candidate in a major political party over a 3rd party candidate I like better but has no hope. 1/2
September 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I am a firm believer of voting for the outcome in an election that prevents the most loathsome candidate from winning. In a general election, that may mean voting for a candidate in a major political party over a 3rd party candidate I like better but has no hope. 1/2
This is the Texas I love. I ate at Chuy’s in Austin tonight, and I saw a mixed-race couple, a family that looked maybe Filipino, some people that looked Mexican, and a South Asian family where the father was wearing a turban, all thoroughly enjoying their food.
August 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is the Texas I love. I ate at Chuy’s in Austin tonight, and I saw a mixed-race couple, a family that looked maybe Filipino, some people that looked Mexican, and a South Asian family where the father was wearing a turban, all thoroughly enjoying their food.
I am playing bari sax, and one bass clarinet feature, with Austin Jazz Band, Monday, July 28th, 2025, from 7-9 PM, at the Elephant Room in Austin. Come on down to the basement and say hi!
July 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I am playing bari sax, and one bass clarinet feature, with Austin Jazz Band, Monday, July 28th, 2025, from 7-9 PM, at the Elephant Room in Austin. Come on down to the basement and say hi!
Advice about work-personal data separation:
Never never never store any personal data in your corporate email/google drive/password managers. Never put personal projects on your work computers. 1/
Never never never store any personal data in your corporate email/google drive/password managers. Never put personal projects on your work computers. 1/
July 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Advice about work-personal data separation:
Never never never store any personal data in your corporate email/google drive/password managers. Never put personal projects on your work computers. 1/
Never never never store any personal data in your corporate email/google drive/password managers. Never put personal projects on your work computers. 1/
This was my kids' Father's Day gift for me.
What's your Armor Class?
What's your Armor Class?
June 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This was my kids' Father's Day gift for me.
What's your Armor Class?
What's your Armor Class?
I have a few USB external drives for sale. 3 TB $30, 4 TB $40, 8 TB $80 single drives. 1 6 TB two-drive raid $70 (also accepts eSATA connection).
If you are in Austin, let me know if you are interested.
If you are in Austin, let me know if you are interested.
June 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I have a few USB external drives for sale. 3 TB $30, 4 TB $40, 8 TB $80 single drives. 1 6 TB two-drive raid $70 (also accepts eSATA connection).
If you are in Austin, let me know if you are interested.
If you are in Austin, let me know if you are interested.
I am playing baritone sax with the Austin Jazz Band at the Elephant Room on Congress in Austin, Monday, May 19, 7-9 PM. Come out and say hi!
May 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I am playing baritone sax with the Austin Jazz Band at the Elephant Room on Congress in Austin, Monday, May 19, 7-9 PM. Come out and say hi!
I am also playing baritone sax (and only baritone sax) with the Cedar Park Winds at Vandegrift High School Performaing Arts Center in West Austin, Sunday, May 4, from 4-5 PM. 1/
April 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I am also playing baritone sax (and only baritone sax) with the Cedar Park Winds at Vandegrift High School Performaing Arts Center in West Austin, Sunday, May 4, from 4-5 PM. 1/
I am playing baritone sax (and possibly a little bit of other woodwinds) with the Austin Jazz Band at the Elephant Room on Congress in downtown Austin, Monday, April 28, 2005, from 7-9 PM. Come down into the basement and say hello!
April 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I am playing baritone sax (and possibly a little bit of other woodwinds) with the Austin Jazz Band at the Elephant Room on Congress in downtown Austin, Monday, April 28, 2005, from 7-9 PM. Come down into the basement and say hello!
I am playing bari sax (with a smattering of piccolo) with the Austin Jazz Band at the Elephant Room on Congress in Austin, Monday, March 31st, from 7-9 PM. Come out and say hi!
March 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I am playing bari sax (with a smattering of piccolo) with the Austin Jazz Band at the Elephant Room on Congress in Austin, Monday, March 31st, from 7-9 PM. Come out and say hi!
RIP Fay Vincent www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent dies at 86
Fay Vincent, who became MLB commissioner in 1989 following the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti and then was forced out three years later by owners, has died at 86.
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February 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
RIP Fay Vincent www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
This year, as a 60-turning-61 white man, I am going to highlight African Americans that have had some kind of influence in my life. Some are famous, some are friends, and others are just people.
February 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This year, as a 60-turning-61 white man, I am going to highlight African Americans that have had some kind of influence in my life. Some are famous, some are friends, and others are just people.
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“But that’s illegal!”
It doesn’t matter. He is challenging anybody to hold him to account. He knows that most can’t. He knows the rest won’t.
#resist
It doesn’t matter. He is challenging anybody to hold him to account. He knows that most can’t. He knows the rest won’t.
#resist
January 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“But that’s illegal!”
It doesn’t matter. He is challenging anybody to hold him to account. He knows that most can’t. He knows the rest won’t.
#resist
It doesn’t matter. He is challenging anybody to hold him to account. He knows that most can’t. He knows the rest won’t.
#resist
Today is the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Mac. I had already decided to switch to be a programmer the previous summer, but this computer completely captured my interest. I somehow stumbled into a career writing software for Apple hardware a few years later. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Today is the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Mac. I had already decided to switch to be a programmer the previous summer, but this computer completely captured my interest. I somehow stumbled into a career writing software for Apple hardware a few years later. 1/
Well, we had a bit of a scare last night.
Kid had run a successful D&D session last night, and all of their friends left and drove away with all of the their cars. 1/
Kid had run a successful D&D session last night, and all of their friends left and drove away with all of the their cars. 1/
January 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Well, we had a bit of a scare last night.
Kid had run a successful D&D session last night, and all of their friends left and drove away with all of the their cars. 1/
Kid had run a successful D&D session last night, and all of their friends left and drove away with all of the their cars. 1/
It was a Nazi salute. If you dispute that on my feed, I will block you.
January 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It was a Nazi salute. If you dispute that on my feed, I will block you.
Another Greg Wilson story.
He was a member of Mingo Fishtrap for many years. When he left the band for personal reasons, Ponder East (who had subbed in Jumpstart Music a few times) called me, and said he thought I might be a good replacement bari player for Greg, and encouraged me to call Greg. 1/
He was a member of Mingo Fishtrap for many years. When he left the band for personal reasons, Ponder East (who had subbed in Jumpstart Music a few times) called me, and said he thought I might be a good replacement bari player for Greg, and encouraged me to call Greg. 1/
January 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Another Greg Wilson story.
He was a member of Mingo Fishtrap for many years. When he left the band for personal reasons, Ponder East (who had subbed in Jumpstart Music a few times) called me, and said he thought I might be a good replacement bari player for Greg, and encouraged me to call Greg. 1/
He was a member of Mingo Fishtrap for many years. When he left the band for personal reasons, Ponder East (who had subbed in Jumpstart Music a few times) called me, and said he thought I might be a good replacement bari player for Greg, and encouraged me to call Greg. 1/
RIP Greg Wilson
I had had a couple of gigs with Jumpstart Music and got a sub gig with some big band out of that. But Greg was in the first gig in Austin that I met a lot of the heavies on, the 50th Anniversary Gala for the Zilker Hillside Theater. 1/
I had had a couple of gigs with Jumpstart Music and got a sub gig with some big band out of that. But Greg was in the first gig in Austin that I met a lot of the heavies on, the 50th Anniversary Gala for the Zilker Hillside Theater. 1/
January 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
RIP Greg Wilson
I had had a couple of gigs with Jumpstart Music and got a sub gig with some big band out of that. But Greg was in the first gig in Austin that I met a lot of the heavies on, the 50th Anniversary Gala for the Zilker Hillside Theater. 1/
I had had a couple of gigs with Jumpstart Music and got a sub gig with some big band out of that. But Greg was in the first gig in Austin that I met a lot of the heavies on, the 50th Anniversary Gala for the Zilker Hillside Theater. 1/