That Harp Guy
@thatharpguy.bsky.social
For over 35 years, Gaffer has been owned by a 26-string Dusty Strings folk harp; Best Friend, Longest Roommate, Harshest Critic. thatharpguy.com
Fort Collins, Colorado
[Photo: Patrick Stephenson, Artwork: August Haynes]
Fort Collins, Colorado
[Photo: Patrick Stephenson, Artwork: August Haynes]
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Does anyknow know any burly/big men in the London area - who can put on a menacing face in order to retrieve personal belongings from a negligent care home?
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Does anyknow know any burly/big men in the London area - who can put on a menacing face in order to retrieve personal belongings from a negligent care home?
True story.
Long story short. I'm not feeling well, and I need $3 million.
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
True story.
This is tremendous news.
This is actually huge.
Sometimes I'm so proud of my species.
This is actually huge.
Sometimes I'm so proud of my species.
Chemists discovered a powerful hidden antibiotic that’s 100 times stronger than existing ones and effective against deadly superbugs.
The study has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
🧪🧵⬇️
The study has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
🧪🧵⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This is tremendous news.
This is actually huge.
Sometimes I'm so proud of my species.
This is actually huge.
Sometimes I'm so proud of my species.
May I say it now, that while I'm not in many ways tied to NYC, that I am so very glad I won't have to see Cuomo's ugly mug in connection with it, or, indeed, very much at all.
November 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
May I say it now, that while I'm not in many ways tied to NYC, that I am so very glad I won't have to see Cuomo's ugly mug in connection with it, or, indeed, very much at all.
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In memory of Alice Wong, the 10 Principles of Disability Justice. May she rest in power
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
10 Principles of Disability Justice | Sins Invalid
sinsinvalid.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In memory of Alice Wong, the 10 Principles of Disability Justice. May she rest in power
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
Calling out @roddio.bsky.social .
Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Calling out @roddio.bsky.social .
If you, or people you know and love, live in Vancouver, BC, please alert them of this opportunity to be heard.
It is rather important, just now.
It is rather important, just now.
Vancouverites can request to speak to mayor Sim & ABC Party's elimination of #Vancouver climate & sustainability department and other core services.
Special Council meeting, 2026 budget - Wed Nov 12, 2025 (in-person or via phone)
#ClimateChange #ActOnClimate #VanPoli
vancouver.ca/your-governm...
Special Council meeting, 2026 budget - Wed Nov 12, 2025 (in-person or via phone)
#ClimateChange #ActOnClimate #VanPoli
vancouver.ca/your-governm...
Request to speak at a Council meeting
Request to speak at a Council meeting
vancouver.ca
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
If you, or people you know and love, live in Vancouver, BC, please alert them of this opportunity to be heard.
It is rather important, just now.
It is rather important, just now.
Every cat wants to get in on the action. Harp is where it's at.
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Every cat wants to get in on the action. Harp is where it's at.
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Anyway, people can do basic math; if you're saying we always have money for police and bombs for war, but no money for helping people survive, you're not actually pitching a platform very different than the folks you oppose.
You gotta deliver more than "The same but with a few less slurs added".
You gotta deliver more than "The same but with a few less slurs added".
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Anyway, people can do basic math; if you're saying we always have money for police and bombs for war, but no money for helping people survive, you're not actually pitching a platform very different than the folks you oppose.
You gotta deliver more than "The same but with a few less slurs added".
You gotta deliver more than "The same but with a few less slurs added".
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One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
This was not unpredicted.
“Three men in black vests entered a NY restaurant claiming to be ICE agents. Inside, they tied a worker’s hands and pulled a garbage bag over the person’s head. Another, believing the burglars’ story, surrendered themselves, only to be kicked to the ground and tied up as the intruders robbed an ATM”
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
This was not unpredicted.
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.
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Learn more about how to #CancelSpotify and some of the other mega corporations supprting ICE at boycotthere.com
#Boycott #50501Movement #BoycottHomeDepot #BoycottTarget
#Boycott #50501Movement #BoycottHomeDepot #BoycottTarget
Boycott Here – Join the Economic Noncooperation Movement
boycotthere.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Learn more about how to #CancelSpotify and some of the other mega corporations supprting ICE at boycotthere.com
#Boycott #50501Movement #BoycottHomeDepot #BoycottTarget
#Boycott #50501Movement #BoycottHomeDepot #BoycottTarget
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Marble seated harp player 2800–2700 B.C.E. Cycladic
(Met Museum)
(Met Museum)
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Marble seated harp player 2800–2700 B.C.E. Cycladic
(Met Museum)
(Met Museum)
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There's nothing wrong with you.
There's something wrong with the world.
Keep being weird.
Keep howling against the storm.
Keep writing erotic stories about moon ghosts.
Keep being a spark in the darkness, and hope for a better tomorrow.
There's something wrong with the world.
Keep being weird.
Keep howling against the storm.
Keep writing erotic stories about moon ghosts.
Keep being a spark in the darkness, and hope for a better tomorrow.
September 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
There's nothing wrong with you.
There's something wrong with the world.
Keep being weird.
Keep howling against the storm.
Keep writing erotic stories about moon ghosts.
Keep being a spark in the darkness, and hope for a better tomorrow.
There's something wrong with the world.
Keep being weird.
Keep howling against the storm.
Keep writing erotic stories about moon ghosts.
Keep being a spark in the darkness, and hope for a better tomorrow.
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Being historically illiterate costs us a lot.
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Being historically illiterate costs us a lot.
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This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
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Another fabulous shot of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) over Suotojärvi Lake, Sweden, by Petr Horálek, with the colorful Aurora Borealis lighting up the sky.
More at www.petrhoralek.com?p=25820 and
fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1154...
#Astronomy
More at www.petrhoralek.com?p=25820 and
fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1154...
#Astronomy
October 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Another fabulous shot of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) over Suotojärvi Lake, Sweden, by Petr Horálek, with the colorful Aurora Borealis lighting up the sky.
More at www.petrhoralek.com?p=25820 and
fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1154...
#Astronomy
More at www.petrhoralek.com?p=25820 and
fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1154...
#Astronomy
This is what AI is supposed to free up TO DO ‐ not replace artisans.
Housing first works. UBI works. Social programs show tremendous results.
Why do so many people always want to do away with social programs?
Housing first works. UBI works. Social programs show tremendous results.
Why do so many people always want to do away with social programs?
Ireland will officially launch a permanent basic income program for artists, following a three-year trial that showed strong economic and social returns. www.optimistdaily.com/2025/10/irel...
Ireland makes basic income for artists permanent, signaling support for creative economy | The Optimist Daily
After a successful pilot, Ireland will permanently offer basic income to artists starting in 2026, boosting cultural output and economic stability.
www.optimistdaily.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This is what AI is supposed to free up TO DO ‐ not replace artisans.
Housing first works. UBI works. Social programs show tremendous results.
Why do so many people always want to do away with social programs?
Housing first works. UBI works. Social programs show tremendous results.
Why do so many people always want to do away with social programs?
"Unitary Executive"; that's one heckuva euphemism for "King".
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Unitary Executive"; that's one heckuva euphemism for "King".
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Let's try something new.
If you donate to a food bank and tell me how much and which one, I'll match your donation.
If it's less than $50, I'll round up.
Tag me, reply here, or DM if you prefer.
Why food banks? Because if we want to survive a general strike, we need to keep people fed.
If you donate to a food bank and tell me how much and which one, I'll match your donation.
If it's less than $50, I'll round up.
Tag me, reply here, or DM if you prefer.
Why food banks? Because if we want to survive a general strike, we need to keep people fed.
Now is a really good time to donate to food banks, and do food runs for mutual aid groups. Also, do menstrual product runs.
I wonder how much food theft spikes with desperate people just trying to feed their families. I'm sure there will be a media panic about it.
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Let's try something new.
If you donate to a food bank and tell me how much and which one, I'll match your donation.
If it's less than $50, I'll round up.
Tag me, reply here, or DM if you prefer.
Why food banks? Because if we want to survive a general strike, we need to keep people fed.
If you donate to a food bank and tell me how much and which one, I'll match your donation.
If it's less than $50, I'll round up.
Tag me, reply here, or DM if you prefer.
Why food banks? Because if we want to survive a general strike, we need to keep people fed.