Sam Brelsfoard
@samtb.bsky.social
Made music as Soplerfo
Wrote a book called Pith
Mostly interested in weird art, games development, woodworking, and fermentation.
Wrote a book called Pith
Mostly interested in weird art, games development, woodworking, and fermentation.
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this is the first time in my life i’ve seen a “tracker action” pipe organ.
it uses thin strips of cedar (!) to mechanically pull open pipe valves when you press the keys. i got to play it a little bit! lower notes were harder to press because the valves are bigger!!
analog. i love this so much. 😍
it uses thin strips of cedar (!) to mechanically pull open pipe valves when you press the keys. i got to play it a little bit! lower notes were harder to press because the valves are bigger!!
analog. i love this so much. 😍
December 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
this is the first time in my life i’ve seen a “tracker action” pipe organ.
it uses thin strips of cedar (!) to mechanically pull open pipe valves when you press the keys. i got to play it a little bit! lower notes were harder to press because the valves are bigger!!
analog. i love this so much. 😍
it uses thin strips of cedar (!) to mechanically pull open pipe valves when you press the keys. i got to play it a little bit! lower notes were harder to press because the valves are bigger!!
analog. i love this so much. 😍
There should be a word that describes the feeling of not wanting to click on a link you are interested in because you don’t want the algorithm to serve you dross related to it in the future.
October 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
There should be a word that describes the feeling of not wanting to click on a link you are interested in because you don’t want the algorithm to serve you dross related to it in the future.
Possibly the best product demo ever.
"How to Orchid" by Telepathic Instruments
YouTube video by Telepathic Instruments
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October 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Possibly the best product demo ever.
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This is horrendous.
Working with the Harry Potter IP was a decision they made. Even if there are contracts that require them to release N editions over Y years… guess what?
THEY COULD HAVE TORE THEM UP.
Working with the Harry Potter IP was a decision they made. Even if there are contracts that require them to release N editions over Y years… guess what?
THEY COULD HAVE TORE THEM UP.
July 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is horrendous.
Working with the Harry Potter IP was a decision they made. Even if there are contracts that require them to release N editions over Y years… guess what?
THEY COULD HAVE TORE THEM UP.
Working with the Harry Potter IP was a decision they made. Even if there are contracts that require them to release N editions over Y years… guess what?
THEY COULD HAVE TORE THEM UP.
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14 years ago I pitched what would become Polygon to a startup called Sports Blogs Inc on the unfurnished third floor of a DC townhome. I held a laptop on my knees and went through a deck.
Today that same company -- now called Vox Media -- sold Polygon to Valnet.
Today that same company -- now called Vox Media -- sold Polygon to Valnet.
May 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
14 years ago I pitched what would become Polygon to a startup called Sports Blogs Inc on the unfurnished third floor of a DC townhome. I held a laptop on my knees and went through a deck.
Today that same company -- now called Vox Media -- sold Polygon to Valnet.
Today that same company -- now called Vox Media -- sold Polygon to Valnet.
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Hah, Zynga just ripped off my game Typeshift (www.puzzmo.com/game/typeshift). Undoubtably their version will be way more addictive and manipulative.
Totally legit to take inspiration, tho I do wish they hadn't ripped off the lock aesthetics.
Typeshift is playable on Puzzmo if you want to try it!
Totally legit to take inspiration, tho I do wish they hadn't ripped off the lock aesthetics.
Typeshift is playable on Puzzmo if you want to try it!
April 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hah, Zynga just ripped off my game Typeshift (www.puzzmo.com/game/typeshift). Undoubtably their version will be way more addictive and manipulative.
Totally legit to take inspiration, tho I do wish they hadn't ripped off the lock aesthetics.
Typeshift is playable on Puzzmo if you want to try it!
Totally legit to take inspiration, tho I do wish they hadn't ripped off the lock aesthetics.
Typeshift is playable on Puzzmo if you want to try it!
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Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
The government ignored his protective legal status & deported Abrego Garcia. “Now they claim that the court is powerless to order any relief. If that’s true, the immigration laws are meaningless because the government can deport ANYONE & no court can do anything about it once it’s done.”
March 31, 2025
On April 1, 1861, Secretary of State William Henry Seward wrote an astonishing letter to President Abraham Lincoln.
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April 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
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The 1% evade $163B in taxes per year.
Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes from 2018 - 2022 & 2024.
Billionaires can write off the cost of their private jets and yachts.
While undocumented immigrants paid $96B in taxes in 2022.
The more you look into it, the crazier it gets.
Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes from 2018 - 2022 & 2024.
Billionaires can write off the cost of their private jets and yachts.
While undocumented immigrants paid $96B in taxes in 2022.
The more you look into it, the crazier it gets.
March 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The 1% evade $163B in taxes per year.
Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes from 2018 - 2022 & 2024.
Billionaires can write off the cost of their private jets and yachts.
While undocumented immigrants paid $96B in taxes in 2022.
The more you look into it, the crazier it gets.
Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes from 2018 - 2022 & 2024.
Billionaires can write off the cost of their private jets and yachts.
While undocumented immigrants paid $96B in taxes in 2022.
The more you look into it, the crazier it gets.
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Inside me there are two wolves. This is not enough to control the deer population inside me, which is degrading the river ecology inside me. I’m attempting to release more
wolves inside me to address this, but the ranchers inside me object, and
wolves inside me to address this, but the ranchers inside me object, and
April 3, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Inside me there are two wolves. This is not enough to control the deer population inside me, which is degrading the river ecology inside me. I’m attempting to release more
wolves inside me to address this, but the ranchers inside me object, and
wolves inside me to address this, but the ranchers inside me object, and
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I'm so glad the person I thought would enjoy this joke the most now owns the thing I made out of it 🤘🖤
When two very niche inside jokes come together into one ultra-niche inside joke, apparently you make it into a pillow and send it to my PO Box!!???
February 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I'm so glad the person I thought would enjoy this joke the most now owns the thing I made out of it 🤘🖤
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When two very niche inside jokes come together into one ultra-niche inside joke, apparently you make it into a pillow and send it to my PO Box!!???
February 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
When two very niche inside jokes come together into one ultra-niche inside joke, apparently you make it into a pillow and send it to my PO Box!!???
Caldo verde: an excellent soup requiring not a lot of effort. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
February 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Caldo verde: an excellent soup requiring not a lot of effort. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
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the American dream that with enough effort and guile anyone can slip through the diminishing crack in that sacrosanct door marked "opportunity" and immediately join their considerable gifts to those inside trying to shut it forever
February 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
the American dream that with enough effort and guile anyone can slip through the diminishing crack in that sacrosanct door marked "opportunity" and immediately join their considerable gifts to those inside trying to shut it forever
@cultflav.com I know you mention it on the pod, but it is not super clear that the subscription is annual and not monthly when signing up on the site. It’s only obvious after you click the subscribe button.
February 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@cultflav.com I know you mention it on the pod, but it is not super clear that the subscription is annual and not monthly when signing up on the site. It’s only obvious after you click the subscribe button.
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what would you do differently if you were trying to legalize discrimination?
Friday night inbox: Department of Labor to cease and desist all enforcement actions under Equal Employment Opportunity Act
January 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
what would you do differently if you were trying to legalize discrimination?
I have been (digitally) painting. It’s been nice.
January 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I have been (digitally) painting. It’s been nice.
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My whole professional life there've been controversies over artists tracing someone else's art, plagiarism. My whole career I've dealt with the hideous theft of my work. Then some clown shoes billionaire tech bros come along and make a tech that literally CAN'T do what it does WITHOUT plagiarizing
December 18, 2024 at 9:06 PM
My whole professional life there've been controversies over artists tracing someone else's art, plagiarism. My whole career I've dealt with the hideous theft of my work. Then some clown shoes billionaire tech bros come along and make a tech that literally CAN'T do what it does WITHOUT plagiarizing
Going through cables while packing and found this single-gender USB-A type cable. Can’t imagine what it’s for.
December 2, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Going through cables while packing and found this single-gender USB-A type cable. Can’t imagine what it’s for.
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for those that use Ableton / Max for Live, my older (and some newer) Pluggo / Max for Live devices are available here, lots of fun & weird effects in there that i’ve developed over the past 20+ years in Max/MSP. gdpluggo.gumroad.com
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November 27, 2024 at 4:42 PM
for those that use Ableton / Max for Live, my older (and some newer) Pluggo / Max for Live devices are available here, lots of fun & weird effects in there that i’ve developed over the past 20+ years in Max/MSP. gdpluggo.gumroad.com
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i am making an open world roguelike.
i have been imagining this world for years, and i want to make this game so people can go there and live many lives in it!
the game features whole-cloth, accessible design, deep mysteries, and a meticulous generated living world.
i have been imagining this world for years, and i want to make this game so people can go there and live many lives in it!
the game features whole-cloth, accessible design, deep mysteries, and a meticulous generated living world.
November 25, 2024 at 6:15 PM
i am making an open world roguelike.
i have been imagining this world for years, and i want to make this game so people can go there and live many lives in it!
the game features whole-cloth, accessible design, deep mysteries, and a meticulous generated living world.
i have been imagining this world for years, and i want to make this game so people can go there and live many lives in it!
the game features whole-cloth, accessible design, deep mysteries, and a meticulous generated living world.
Hot Frosty is worth your time.
November 23, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Hot Frosty is worth your time.