Brad Siroky
@bradsiroky.bsky.social
Freelance trumpeter. Part time resident of Discworld & Middle Earth.
Nailed it.
this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Nailed it.
Hey BlueSky! Who needs a trumpet teacher? Remote lessons available anywhere in the world! Learn more at my website:
www.bradsiroky.com
www.bradsiroky.com
Brad Siroky, trumpet | Performance | Instruction | Classical Trumpet Player
Brad Siroky, trumpet: NYC based classical trumpet player available for performance and instruction. 30+ years experience performing with NYC's best ensembles including: NY Philharmonic, NJ Symphony, O...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hey BlueSky! Who needs a trumpet teacher? Remote lessons available anywhere in the world! Learn more at my website:
www.bradsiroky.com
www.bradsiroky.com
Respiratory protection requirements for firefighters is great, but why stop there? The medical community is in desperate need of an update to respiratory protection guidelines & requirements. Too many people get sick at their doctor’s office or hospital.
Until this year, wildland firefighters were prohibited from protecting themselves against hazardous smoke while battling a blaze.
My new bipartisan bill with Sen. John Curtis will create the first-ever respiratory protection requirements for firefighters.
My new bipartisan bill with Sen. John Curtis will create the first-ever respiratory protection requirements for firefighters.
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Respiratory protection requirements for firefighters is great, but why stop there? The medical community is in desperate need of an update to respiratory protection guidelines & requirements. Too many people get sick at their doctor’s office or hospital.
I’ve been on the watch for our neighborhood red tailed hawk to see if he would return to his old favorite perch this fall. Such a treat to see him there this morning for the first time in months! Welcome back, Guillaume! (*I don’t remember why we started calling him that, but that’s his name now. 🤷♂️)
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’ve been on the watch for our neighborhood red tailed hawk to see if he would return to his old favorite perch this fall. Such a treat to see him there this morning for the first time in months! Welcome back, Guillaume! (*I don’t remember why we started calling him that, but that’s his name now. 🤷♂️)
Good stuff from @profstevegriffin.bsky.social :
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I've never really understood the logic of "targeted vaccination".
Of course, money is a huge issue and we seek to get the most out of every £ spent.
Of course COVID and flu waves would be far worse without it.
But, what doesn't sit well for me is the following...
Of course, money is a huge issue and we seek to get the most out of every £ spent.
Of course COVID and flu waves would be far worse without it.
But, what doesn't sit well for me is the following...
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Good stuff from @profstevegriffin.bsky.social :
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I am constantly surprised that so many people want to live in a society that refuses to help those in need because in doing so they may occasionally help someone that doesn’t need it.
I’d much prefer to live in a society that happily accepts helping “too many” rather than too few.
I’d much prefer to live in a society that happily accepts helping “too many” rather than too few.
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I am constantly surprised that so many people want to live in a society that refuses to help those in need because in doing so they may occasionally help someone that doesn’t need it.
I’d much prefer to live in a society that happily accepts helping “too many” rather than too few.
I’d much prefer to live in a society that happily accepts helping “too many” rather than too few.
Hope is kindled.
a man with a beard is holding a stick and says hope is kindled .
Alt: a man with a beard is holding a stick and says hope is kindled .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Hope is kindled.
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All the people “afraid” of Zohran Mamdani are racist as hell.
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Reposted by Brad Siroky
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
More of this, please.
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
More of this, please.
Reposted by Brad Siroky
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
This year for Halloween, I’m dressing up as someone who lives in a functional democracy.
(Too soon?😬)
(Too soon?😬)
October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This year for Halloween, I’m dressing up as someone who lives in a functional democracy.
(Too soon?😬)
(Too soon?😬)
I got mine!
New Yorkers vote today if you haven’t and you get this
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I got mine!
The situation at Kennedy Center is an extreme version, but this way of thinking has been killing the performing arts for decades. Generating revenue is not the only definition of having value. Running arts orgs like for profit businesses will be the end of the performing arts.
The arts have a liberal bias, apparently. “We had spent way too much on programming that doesn’t bring in any revenue,” Richard Grenell, a Trump ally ...told the Washington Reporter...in late March. ... It was too woke and niche. The new team was, in Trump’s words, going to make it “hot” again."
Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover
Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The situation at Kennedy Center is an extreme version, but this way of thinking has been killing the performing arts for decades. Generating revenue is not the only definition of having value. Running arts orgs like for profit businesses will be the end of the performing arts.
Reposted by Brad Siroky
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
So, what did I do on my “day off”? Quality time with the misfit toys…
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October 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So, what did I do on my “day off”? Quality time with the misfit toys…
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Reposted by Brad Siroky
We're launching a portal to review federal immigration enforcement in New York after yesterday’s ICE raid on Canal Street.
New Yorkers who were present should submit videos or photos, and we will review and investigate any violations of the law.
New Yorkers who were present should submit videos or photos, and we will review and investigate any violations of the law.
Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
ag.ny.gov
October 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We're launching a portal to review federal immigration enforcement in New York after yesterday’s ICE raid on Canal Street.
New Yorkers who were present should submit videos or photos, and we will review and investigate any violations of the law.
New Yorkers who were present should submit videos or photos, and we will review and investigate any violations of the law.
Dear @nytimes.com , There is 0% chance that this is a change of course. You don’t demolish a building on a whim. This was obviously the plan all along. They lied to you, you lapped it up, repeated it, & now are covering it up for them.
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Dear @nytimes.com , There is 0% chance that this is a change of course. You don’t demolish a building on a whim. This was obviously the plan all along. They lied to you, you lapped it up, repeated it, & now are covering it up for them.
A new reason to hate Spotify. I’m considering signing up just so I can immediately cancel.
Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
October 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new reason to hate Spotify. I’m considering signing up just so I can immediately cancel.
No Kings Harlem, NYC. @bobbielynn.bsky.social & I were bummed that we couldn’t make it to the big event downtown, but the vibe in Harlem was great. Great community. Great energy. No Kings.
#NoKings
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
No Kings Harlem, NYC. @bobbielynn.bsky.social & I were bummed that we couldn’t make it to the big event downtown, but the vibe in Harlem was great. Great community. Great energy. No Kings.
#NoKings
#NoKings
Looks like it’s time to dust off my signs. I hope to see many of you out there at the protests tomorrow. We need to make a statement of solidarity. Huge numbers. PEACEFUL protest. Raise our voices to restore and protect the once great ideals of our country.
Know your rights:
www.nokings.org/kyr
Know your rights:
www.nokings.org/kyr
October 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Looks like it’s time to dust off my signs. I hope to see many of you out there at the protests tomorrow. We need to make a statement of solidarity. Huge numbers. PEACEFUL protest. Raise our voices to restore and protect the once great ideals of our country.
Know your rights:
www.nokings.org/kyr
Know your rights:
www.nokings.org/kyr
Hi @alexhorne.bsky.social @taskmaster.tv! My amazing wife @bobbielynn.bsky.social made a homemade Taskmaster game for my birthday…for the second time! We love the show, & it was such fun to play the (unofficial) home game! So many great tasks, and ducks…so many ducks! Thanks for inspiring the fun!
October 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Hi @alexhorne.bsky.social @taskmaster.tv! My amazing wife @bobbielynn.bsky.social made a homemade Taskmaster game for my birthday…for the second time! We love the show, & it was such fun to play the (unofficial) home game! So many great tasks, and ducks…so many ducks! Thanks for inspiring the fun!
A student of mine is sick with COVID…again. He wants to feel better so he can play trumpet.❤️🎺
Stupid virus. 😡🦠
Stupid virus. 😡🦠
September 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A student of mine is sick with COVID…again. He wants to feel better so he can play trumpet.❤️🎺
Stupid virus. 😡🦠
Stupid virus. 😡🦠
Reposted by Brad Siroky
The chair of the #ACIP is a #COVID-contrarian, Martin Kulldorff, as are others on the committee (i.e., Robert Malone). COVID-contrarians also have hands on the lever of vaccine policy at #FDA (i.e., Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Hoeg), at #NIH (i.e., Jay Bhattacharya). 1/
September 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The chair of the #ACIP is a #COVID-contrarian, Martin Kulldorff, as are others on the committee (i.e., Robert Malone). COVID-contrarians also have hands on the lever of vaccine policy at #FDA (i.e., Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Hoeg), at #NIH (i.e., Jay Bhattacharya). 1/
My friend, Andrew Henderson, is performing a recital in celebration of 20 yrs service at Madison Ave Presbyterian Church, & I’m honored to be invited to make a cameo. Here's a preview from today's rehearsal! The wonderful Jorge Avila will be performing, too.
More info:
www.mapc.com/music/samse
More info:
www.mapc.com/music/samse
September 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My friend, Andrew Henderson, is performing a recital in celebration of 20 yrs service at Madison Ave Presbyterian Church, & I’m honored to be invited to make a cameo. Here's a preview from today's rehearsal! The wonderful Jorge Avila will be performing, too.
More info:
www.mapc.com/music/samse
More info:
www.mapc.com/music/samse