Jim Dye
@jimdye.bsky.social
Tooting since the summer of love. Edu tech and info tech practitioner. Former record store manager and current jazz and physical media enthusiast. Nerdy by nature.
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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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He saw your post
January 4, 2026 at 11:37 PM
He saw your post
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DO YOU KNOW HOW BAD THINGS ARE WHEN JAZZ MUSICIANS DECIDE *NOT* TO SHOW UP FOR A GIG?
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added reut.rs/3NfgBky
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center was canceled, with the host of the longtime annual performance attributing the decision to the addition of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's name to the institution in Washington.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
DO YOU KNOW HOW BAD THINGS ARE WHEN JAZZ MUSICIANS DECIDE *NOT* TO SHOW UP FOR A GIG?
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Me: overstimulated by 14 hours of screen time, a quart of coffee every day, sleeping to podcasts and YouTube videos
Zuzu Bailey: I can't sleep. I want to look at my flower
Zuzu Bailey: I can't sleep. I want to look at my flower
December 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Me: overstimulated by 14 hours of screen time, a quart of coffee every day, sleeping to podcasts and YouTube videos
Zuzu Bailey: I can't sleep. I want to look at my flower
Zuzu Bailey: I can't sleep. I want to look at my flower
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This quote will be used in The Trials. And we will ask all our children to read it in school to Never Forget.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This quote will be used in The Trials. And we will ask all our children to read it in school to Never Forget.
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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A textbook example of killing the messenger.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A textbook example of killing the messenger.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
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the cherry on the perfect legacy sundae
I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
the cherry on the perfect legacy sundae
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Hello. This is happening this Thursday and Friday. It’s a good time. More importantly, it’s really helpful. At least according to all the people who’ve taken it in the past. If taking about your work fills you with bad feelings… what if it DIDN’T? Takes some work, but it’s worth it.
In case you want to get better at talking to humans & need a good reason to check out for a few hours this Thursday and Friday:
www.eventbrite.com/e/presenting...
*it's as much about dealing with other people who are themselves bad communicators
*demon portrait lovingly made by a human artist
www.eventbrite.com/e/presenting...
*it's as much about dealing with other people who are themselves bad communicators
*demon portrait lovingly made by a human artist
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hello. This is happening this Thursday and Friday. It’s a good time. More importantly, it’s really helpful. At least according to all the people who’ve taken it in the past. If taking about your work fills you with bad feelings… what if it DIDN’T? Takes some work, but it’s worth it.
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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Time lapse of what the Chicago River does in weather like this. 🥶
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Time lapse of what the Chicago River does in weather like this. 🥶
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Weeeee! MICE is here, MICE is here! This weekend Dec, 6+7 (cough). At Boston University Fuller Building. I hope you will come by and say hello. Table 83B! And if you are there on Saturday I'm taking part in the Carousel Comics Performance event. 1pm.
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Weeeee! MICE is here, MICE is here! This weekend Dec, 6+7 (cough). At Boston University Fuller Building. I hope you will come by and say hello. Table 83B! And if you are there on Saturday I'm taking part in the Carousel Comics Performance event. 1pm.
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Every moment when I wonder “what will it take?” I have to remind myself “the limit does not exist.”
here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Every moment when I wonder “what will it take?” I have to remind myself “the limit does not exist.”
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This is so gross. Anyone who has lived in Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul specifically) will tell you that the Somali population there is among the kindest and hardest-working people you'll ever meet.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is so gross. Anyone who has lived in Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul specifically) will tell you that the Somali population there is among the kindest and hardest-working people you'll ever meet.
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There are 75,977 people born in Somalia who are now citizens of the United States, including those specific people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There are 75,977 people born in Somalia who are now citizens of the United States, including those specific people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
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Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound. “I do not miss people when they are not there. My children and grandchildren are dear to me, in a muffled way.” [kottke.org]
Meet the Aphantasics, Those Who Can’t See Mental Images
We’ve talked before about how some people can picture things in their heads quite vividly and others can’t at all. The latter group has a condition called aphantasia.
As soon as I close my eyes, what I see are not eve
kottke.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound. “I do not miss people when they are not there. My children and grandchildren are dear to me, in a muffled way.” [kottke.org]
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Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
TAPPER: You were the deciding vote that allowed RFK Jr to ascend to the role of Health Secretary. Did you give him too much credit?
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.
An absolutely beautiful piece on life, love, loss, music and just keeping ON. Thank you for sharing this.
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
An absolutely beautiful piece on life, love, loss, music and just keeping ON. Thank you for sharing this.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I use @fastmail.com, it works great. You can even import your gmail archive, and use your own domain instead of a gmail address. join.fastmail.com/85abc1db (That's an affiliate link.)
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That’s right, our powerful audio control utility SoundSource is getting a major upgrade! SoundSource 6 will arrive very, very soon, and we can’t wait for you to try it.
Stay tuned for more details and the full release, very soon.
Stay tuned for more details and the full release, very soon.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
That’s right, our powerful audio control utility SoundSource is getting a major upgrade! SoundSource 6 will arrive very, very soon, and we can’t wait for you to try it.
Stay tuned for more details and the full release, very soon.
Stay tuned for more details and the full release, very soon.
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I feel completely incapable of even guessing what is real anymore.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I feel completely incapable of even guessing what is real anymore.
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Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles
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Just so it’s clear, Cook would be in prison if he lived in Saudi Arabia
Tim Cook, the head of Apple, is having a nice dinner with MBS, who regularly orders executions, including for tweets.
Apple hosts "a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."
Apple hosts "a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Just so it’s clear, Cook would be in prison if he lived in Saudi Arabia
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she chased a school shooting survivor through the streets of DC while calling him a crisis actor. anyone stanning MTG is a devil
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
she chased a school shooting survivor through the streets of DC while calling him a crisis actor. anyone stanning MTG is a devil