Max Grafe
@amagicreflexham.bsky.social
Composer • Teacher • Racing • NJ • Anti-anti-modernist • he/him
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Max Grafe
@amagicreflexham.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Important things about me: I'm a composer and music prof living in central NJ (yes it exists and it's called pork roll don't @ me) and I love racing, cooking, and cats. Let's hang
One of the pieces on the EU5 soundtrack is a setting of this medieval German warding-off-the-demons text that includes such lines as "Lucifer is a BAD DUDE," oddly comforting to know they basically had their own version of VeggieTales
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
One of the pieces on the EU5 soundtrack is a setting of this medieval German warding-off-the-demons text that includes such lines as "Lucifer is a BAD DUDE," oddly comforting to know they basically had their own version of VeggieTales
Who could have guessed that a Telling You You're Right About Everything machine would barbecue the brains of some of the most weak-willed people on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Who could have guessed that a Telling You You're Right About Everything machine would barbecue the brains of some of the most weak-willed people on the planet
Who up insane clowning they posse
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Who up insane clowning they posse
As portrayed by, who else, Danny DeVito
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
As portrayed by, who else, Danny DeVito
Of course JCO cuts right to the heart of it, which is that the people who've monopolized American public life over the last decade don't and probably can't experience joy. If they weren't doing so much damage the primary thing we should be feeling towards them would be pity
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Of course JCO cuts right to the heart of it, which is that the people who've monopolized American public life over the last decade don't and probably can't experience joy. If they weren't doing so much damage the primary thing we should be feeling towards them would be pity
I already hate the pressure to be entrepreneurial in my professional life, why in the holy fuck would I want to approach my health that way
I don’t want to post a ton of identical looking screenshots and this isn’t worth it’s own thread but
Gosh yay everyone’s an entrepreneur of their own health care lucky us
Gosh yay everyone’s an entrepreneur of their own health care lucky us
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I already hate the pressure to be entrepreneurial in my professional life, why in the holy fuck would I want to approach my health that way
I may be playing too much EU5 because my first reaction was "ooh what mapmode is that"
In 2024, 46.9% of net electricity generated in the EU came from renewable energy sources (Eurostat). In the first half of 2025, renewable energy has outpaced coal as the primary source of electricity globally, indicating a shift in our reliance on fossil fuels (NPR). 🌞
#30DayMapChallenge Minimal
#30DayMapChallenge Minimal
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I may be playing too much EU5 because my first reaction was "ooh what mapmode is that"
I tried putting turmeric in my beef burrito
It was meaty, ochre
It was meaty, ochre
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I tried putting turmeric in my beef burrito
It was meaty, ochre
It was meaty, ochre
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It's 1348 and you're getting rat faces in your notifications. Chat is this good
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
It's 1348 and you're getting rat faces in your notifications. Chat is this good
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every crisis we have in the us is totally fabricated by the politicians except the dire epistomological corruption of 40% of the voting base, which is real
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
every crisis we have in the us is totally fabricated by the politicians except the dire epistomological corruption of 40% of the voting base, which is real
Okay I'm a certified Verstappen skeptic but that was goddamn impressive
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Okay I'm a certified Verstappen skeptic but that was goddamn impressive
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Some days you get a little burned out from teaching, other days one of your students thinks the thing where you sing multiple notes under a single vocal syllable is called a "miasma"
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Some days you get a little burned out from teaching, other days one of your students thinks the thing where you sing multiple notes under a single vocal syllable is called a "miasma"
I know it's not the most PC but sometimes a word like "harridan" is the only one that suits
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I know it's not the most PC but sometimes a word like "harridan" is the only one that suits
The thing I think people still don't get about the "we're only deporting violent criminals" rhetoric is that to a blood-and-soil fascist, a border crossing by a brown person is a violent crime in and of itself, legal or otherwise. That's all the justification they need
Sen. Ruben Gallego on Latino voters: "They are worried about the cost of living...They're also worried about what's happening with immigration enforcement right now...They were told that the administration was going to go after criminals, not fathers and mothers."
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The thing I think people still don't get about the "we're only deporting violent criminals" rhetoric is that to a blood-and-soil fascist, a border crossing by a brown person is a violent crime in and of itself, legal or otherwise. That's all the justification they need
This weirdo fetishistic obsession the global right has with Greta Thunberg is just so revealing of...so, so many things
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This weirdo fetishistic obsession the global right has with Greta Thunberg is just so revealing of...so, so many things
Why does my brain do these things
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Why does my brain do these things
If "Tom Brady cloned his dog" doesn't make it into the We Didn't Start the Fire reboot I'm going to be very upset
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If "Tom Brady cloned his dog" doesn't make it into the We Didn't Start the Fire reboot I'm going to be very upset
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One of my courtiers in EU5 survived the black death and then immediately fell down a flight of stairs and died 10/10 GOTY
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
One of my courtiers in EU5 survived the black death and then immediately fell down a flight of stairs and died 10/10 GOTY
I live in the most densely populated state in the country, you can't throw a rock without hitting a "real American" here including plenty of Republicans, and we just resoundingly handed Jack Ciattarrelli his ass, seems like it should maybe be indicative of something
Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I live in the most densely populated state in the country, you can't throw a rock without hitting a "real American" here including plenty of Republicans, and we just resoundingly handed Jack Ciattarrelli his ass, seems like it should maybe be indicative of something
Good job
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Good job
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always funny when American conservatives come into contact with a religion they can’t just make up as they go along so they’re always right
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
always funny when American conservatives come into contact with a religion they can’t just make up as they go along so they’re always right