I'm devastated to learn of the passing of William Finn, his work had such a huge impact on me, as a composer, yes, but mostly as a person experiencing the world. Lovers live and die fortissimo.

The song Heigh ho is so fascinating, versions in at least 4 european languages, and has survived for 400 years. Most recently heard it in the German anti far-right protests, and learned it's been used that way since the 70s, did a double take when I first saw the video and I recognized the melody

Is there anything more humbling than doing engine analysis after a chess game?

Absolutely endorse this list

I made a string quartet arrangement of 'Dear Friend' from Arcane while waiting for arc 3 youtu.be/_lwOXFAnW7w

Give me more games where I have to figure out a language. I want more Heaven's Vault and Chants of Sennar

Think I might share some of my work on here! This is one of my best recorded pieces, players did amazing on it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjvT...

These lists seem fun, wonder how ecclectic I can make mine:
-Physics
-Reading (Night circus, Cosmere, How you lose the time war)
-Anime (HxH, Sound Euphonium, Chihayafuru)
-Games (Civ, Celeste, Stardew, Slay the Spire, Heaven's Vault, League)
-Music (Musicals-see banner-,Classical, comp) #promosky