Gracklefeet
@gracklefeet.bsky.social
Music theory, DAWs, birds, bugs, plants; Balloon Juice jackal
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i don’t think i’ve seen GOP congressional reps vote in numbers with democrats in about thirty years.
The House voted 426-0 against senators like Lindsey Graham getting a payout from taxpayers for being investigated. A huge, unanimous rebuke of Graham & Thune.
House unanimously rebukes Thune’s controversial subpoena measure
Every House Republican voted to overturn a provision that was seen as an unseemly payout to their Senate colleagues.
www.politico.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
i don’t think i’ve seen GOP congressional reps vote in numbers with democrats in about thirty years.
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Only legislators can do the job. They're who we empower to structure our criminal justice system.
It's simple: “Criminal verdicts shall be reached by human jurors, unassisted by artificial intelligence."
The time to decree this is now, before we’re seduced by the lure of the next release.
/end
It's simple: “Criminal verdicts shall be reached by human jurors, unassisted by artificial intelligence."
The time to decree this is now, before we’re seduced by the lure of the next release.
/end
October 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Only legislators can do the job. They're who we empower to structure our criminal justice system.
It's simple: “Criminal verdicts shall be reached by human jurors, unassisted by artificial intelligence."
The time to decree this is now, before we’re seduced by the lure of the next release.
/end
It's simple: “Criminal verdicts shall be reached by human jurors, unassisted by artificial intelligence."
The time to decree this is now, before we’re seduced by the lure of the next release.
/end
I just discovered this channel today.
I was spellbound by this story!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sutO...
I was spellbound by this story!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sutO...
When Grieg met Liszt, then challenged him to sight-read his Piano Concerto
YouTube video by PianoCurio
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I just discovered this channel today.
I was spellbound by this story!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sutO...
I was spellbound by this story!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sutO...
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A reminder that @charlesgaba.com is a national fucking treasure.
A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
CDC.Gov Archive Index
With the Musk/Trump Administration bulldozing their way through seemingly every federal government website, teams of data analysts and archivers have been attempting to download and archive as much fe...
acasignups.net
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 AM
A reminder that @charlesgaba.com is a national fucking treasure.
This week's homework project will have 3 sections (each based on a separate motif), and then a 4th section that pulls it all together.
I feel like I'm 7 yrs old and writing a story on that special kind of paper ✏️
I feel like I'm 7 yrs old and writing a story on that special kind of paper ✏️
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This week's homework project will have 3 sections (each based on a separate motif), and then a 4th section that pulls it all together.
I feel like I'm 7 yrs old and writing a story on that special kind of paper ✏️
I feel like I'm 7 yrs old and writing a story on that special kind of paper ✏️
(Synth Nerds Discord group studying a text together)
I like that we are creating our own homework assignments. I used dice to generate 4 motifs, and then set out to make a little composition with 4 sections, each one based on a motif.
It turns out Motif 4 "did not play well with others"
I like that we are creating our own homework assignments. I used dice to generate 4 motifs, and then set out to make a little composition with 4 sections, each one based on a motif.
It turns out Motif 4 "did not play well with others"
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
(Synth Nerds Discord group studying a text together)
I like that we are creating our own homework assignments. I used dice to generate 4 motifs, and then set out to make a little composition with 4 sections, each one based on a motif.
It turns out Motif 4 "did not play well with others"
I like that we are creating our own homework assignments. I used dice to generate 4 motifs, and then set out to make a little composition with 4 sections, each one based on a motif.
It turns out Motif 4 "did not play well with others"
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Here it Is!
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Here it Is!
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
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One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical.
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical.
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
I originally heard about the creepy license-plate readers here in Benn Jordan's video 😬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9M...
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I originally heard about the creepy license-plate readers here in Benn Jordan's video 😬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9M...
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Starting to go through writing craft books for a novel story/structure/strategy MFA course I’m creating.
#academicsky
#academicsky
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Starting to go through writing craft books for a novel story/structure/strategy MFA course I’m creating.
#academicsky
#academicsky
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The Trump admin. has found a new way to starve people. They are relentless in this cause.
SNAP recipients are already required to recertify regularly - as often as every 6 months - but for state Depts. of Social Services, that paperwork is staggered across clients....
share.google/ftSobVtdX3Yh...
SNAP recipients are already required to recertify regularly - as often as every 6 months - but for state Depts. of Social Services, that paperwork is staggered across clients....
share.google/ftSobVtdX3Yh...
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.
share.google
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Trump admin. has found a new way to starve people. They are relentless in this cause.
SNAP recipients are already required to recertify regularly - as often as every 6 months - but for state Depts. of Social Services, that paperwork is staggered across clients....
share.google/ftSobVtdX3Yh...
SNAP recipients are already required to recertify regularly - as often as every 6 months - but for state Depts. of Social Services, that paperwork is staggered across clients....
share.google/ftSobVtdX3Yh...
Hank says "I hate that the quiet invisible usefulness of Wikipedia is getting dragged into this fight"
I didn't know Wikipedia's origin story! I take it for granted that it will always be there. After watching this video I want to make another donation.
I didn't know Wikipedia's origin story! I take it for granted that it will always be there. After watching this video I want to make another donation.
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Hank says "I hate that the quiet invisible usefulness of Wikipedia is getting dragged into this fight"
I didn't know Wikipedia's origin story! I take it for granted that it will always be there. After watching this video I want to make another donation.
I didn't know Wikipedia's origin story! I take it for granted that it will always be there. After watching this video I want to make another donation.
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Whenever I feel like I'm being too harsh on the genAI peddlers worming their way into science (and the many weenies meekly going along with them), I listen to the recording of the last Kaua'i O'o to remind myself what is at stake.
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Whenever I feel like I'm being too harsh on the genAI peddlers worming their way into science (and the many weenies meekly going along with them), I listen to the recording of the last Kaua'i O'o to remind myself what is at stake.
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
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this is the correct framing
Republicans vote overwhelmingly to pretend they want the Epstein Files released. www.axios.com/2025/11/18/h...
House votes to force DOJ release of Jeffrey Epstein files
While the vote marks an important step in backers' crusade to get the files released, significant barriers remain.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
this is the correct framing
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Earlier this year I drew this magnificent Metallyticus splendidus. I'm very pleased with how it turned out. That's all.
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Earlier this year I drew this magnificent Metallyticus splendidus. I'm very pleased with how it turned out. That's all.
So cute!!! 🤗
Tava filmando uns dinossauros aqui perto de casa quando, de repente, quase eu MORRO DE FOFURA ao perceber o dinossaurinho 😭🫶🏼🥺🤏🏼🥹
November 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
So cute!!! 🤗
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Whoa whoa whoa
Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Whoa whoa whoa
The Belkin text on music composition has a series of videos that are loosely associated with it. Here's a video that goes with chapter 1.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i790...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i790...
Musical Composition, Craft and Art #7 - On Motives, Why and How
YouTube video by Alan Belkin
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Belkin text on music composition has a series of videos that are loosely associated with it. Here's a video that goes with chapter 1.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i790...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i790...
I don't mean to complain. I'm thrilled to be doing this, and to have such a nice group to work with.
I keep thinking, if I were doing this at the community college I'd be worried about catching the bus on time, missing homework deadlines, "am I behind everyone else?"
Now -- no worries!!
I keep thinking, if I were doing this at the community college I'd be worried about catching the bus on time, missing homework deadlines, "am I behind everyone else?"
Now -- no worries!!
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I don't mean to complain. I'm thrilled to be doing this, and to have such a nice group to work with.
I keep thinking, if I were doing this at the community college I'd be worried about catching the bus on time, missing homework deadlines, "am I behind everyone else?"
Now -- no worries!!
I keep thinking, if I were doing this at the community college I'd be worried about catching the bus on time, missing homework deadlines, "am I behind everyone else?"
Now -- no worries!!
Some friends and I are working through Belkin's text on music composition. Here's exercise 2 in ch. 1 --
Invent short motives to evoke the following characters: nostalgic, angry, funny, anxious. Specify not only pitch and rhythm but tempo, timbre, register, dynamics, and articulation
Invent short motives to evoke the following characters: nostalgic, angry, funny, anxious. Specify not only pitch and rhythm but tempo, timbre, register, dynamics, and articulation
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Some friends and I are working through Belkin's text on music composition. Here's exercise 2 in ch. 1 --
Invent short motives to evoke the following characters: nostalgic, angry, funny, anxious. Specify not only pitch and rhythm but tempo, timbre, register, dynamics, and articulation
Invent short motives to evoke the following characters: nostalgic, angry, funny, anxious. Specify not only pitch and rhythm but tempo, timbre, register, dynamics, and articulation
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Entomologists:
![Steve Hogarty @misterbrilliant
[gets olympic tickets to 100m butterfly] Oh my god this will be great. [sees the huge stadium] Oh wow that must be where they keep it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k5zurjvwdwxqwpvd4ggk3w76/bafkreihzgag5tcnviy6ohpnaokdl6jbyus6lufcrxk27xbskrzjusvybxu@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Entomologists:
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Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.