Jack from LTAW
@smoothestjazz.bsky.social
He/him. I've been called dashingly handsome by game developers. I write and podcast(!) about video games. #1 Jazz Enthusiast. Bi and married(!).
Doing some light reading today
October 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Doing some light reading today
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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if you like my writing, this month is REALLY urgent, as I need to raise a TON of money to pay my tax bill, which the state is making me pay early because, I shit you not, I did my taxes. Apparently a change to the balance, like filing taxes/extensions is bad
paypal.me/stompsite would help a LOT
paypal.me/stompsite would help a LOT
Pay Garrick Burford using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/stompsite and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
paypal.me
October 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
if you like my writing, this month is REALLY urgent, as I need to raise a TON of money to pay my tax bill, which the state is making me pay early because, I shit you not, I did my taxes. Apparently a change to the balance, like filing taxes/extensions is bad
paypal.me/stompsite would help a LOT
paypal.me/stompsite would help a LOT
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from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
August 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
What is encouraging @discord.com to make these UI updates that people hate? Is it accessibility? If so, why is it not a toggle?
March 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What is encouraging @discord.com to make these UI updates that people hate? Is it accessibility? If so, why is it not a toggle?
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Well folks, here it is.
Jen and I are facing some financial difficulties right now due to my car dying and the costs completely consuming the money I put away for taxes.
We're in need of some assistance to keep our heads above water.
Any little bit helps.
Jen and I are facing some financial difficulties right now due to my car dying and the costs completely consuming the money I put away for taxes.
We're in need of some assistance to keep our heads above water.
Any little bit helps.
Donate to Support Kevin and Jen's Path to Stability, organized by Kevin Fox
Hi everyone, this is Kevin.
Folks, I’m going to be honest: we’re in dir… Kevin Fox needs your support for Support Kevin and Jen's Path to Stability
www.gofundme.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Well folks, here it is.
Jen and I are facing some financial difficulties right now due to my car dying and the costs completely consuming the money I put away for taxes.
We're in need of some assistance to keep our heads above water.
Any little bit helps.
Jen and I are facing some financial difficulties right now due to my car dying and the costs completely consuming the money I put away for taxes.
We're in need of some assistance to keep our heads above water.
Any little bit helps.
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Morning Jazz #NP
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.
Just Coolin' was recorded in 1959 in Rudy Van Gelder's New Jersey living room but was not released by Blue Note until 2020.
Quick Trick. 1959.
youtu.be/r7PDD6gB2EM?...
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.
Just Coolin' was recorded in 1959 in Rudy Van Gelder's New Jersey living room but was not released by Blue Note until 2020.
Quick Trick. 1959.
youtu.be/r7PDD6gB2EM?...
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers "Quick Trick" (Visualizer)
YouTube video by Blue Note Records
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Morning Jazz #NP
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.
Just Coolin' was recorded in 1959 in Rudy Van Gelder's New Jersey living room but was not released by Blue Note until 2020.
Quick Trick. 1959.
youtu.be/r7PDD6gB2EM?...
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.
Just Coolin' was recorded in 1959 in Rudy Van Gelder's New Jersey living room but was not released by Blue Note until 2020.
Quick Trick. 1959.
youtu.be/r7PDD6gB2EM?...
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No. They mean trans people. They're talking about trans people. That's what the "weirdness that affects my kids" dog whistle is - this dude is laundering the right wing lie that we are out to forcibly convert cis children. Acknowledge attacks on us and name them.
when they say “freaks” they literally just mean people who think human rights are good
November 16, 2024 at 1:52 AM
No. They mean trans people. They're talking about trans people. That's what the "weirdness that affects my kids" dog whistle is - this dude is laundering the right wing lie that we are out to forcibly convert cis children. Acknowledge attacks on us and name them.
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okay. I was unexpectedly offered a 11/19 date for an orchiectomy, and I am taking it — who knows what the future of trans medicine holds! It’s more expensive than I thought it would be, so I am asking for some help.
gofund.me/1201fa90
gofund.me/1201fa90
Donate to Help Colette Attain Gender Affirming Surgery, organized by Colette Arrand
Rather unexpectedly, I am getting an orchiectomy. Its estimated cost is ju… Colette Arrand needs your support for Help Colette Attain Gender Affirming Surgery
gofund.me
November 9, 2024 at 11:23 PM
okay. I was unexpectedly offered a 11/19 date for an orchiectomy, and I am taking it — who knows what the future of trans medicine holds! It’s more expensive than I thought it would be, so I am asking for some help.
gofund.me/1201fa90
gofund.me/1201fa90
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In the states where Harris set up a temporary but pervasive media apparatus, she negated some of the nationwide drag. That speaks to the reality that most of the country is awash in right-wing propaganda all the time.
Democrats Need To Compete In The New Media Landscape — Or Keep Paying The Price
As always happens after a bad election loss — and is compounded when that loss is sweeping, and to the man who launched a coup against the country — the losing side is in full panic mode.
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 7, 2024 at 10:29 PM
In the states where Harris set up a temporary but pervasive media apparatus, she negated some of the nationwide drag. That speaks to the reality that most of the country is awash in right-wing propaganda all the time.
I feel like there are a lot of lessons to be learned from yesterday that will not be learned and we will be in an ouroboros of near wins and defeats until the DNC realizes that high money donors and online posters aren't a good representation of the voter base. People want to have a better QOL.
November 7, 2024 at 4:26 AM
I feel like there are a lot of lessons to be learned from yesterday that will not be learned and we will be in an ouroboros of near wins and defeats until the DNC realizes that high money donors and online posters aren't a good representation of the voter base. People want to have a better QOL.
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trump is the ultimate blank slate. he is so incoherent that voters will project anything and everything onto him. meanwhile, he is the vehicle for the most radical group of reactionaries this country has produced since the fire eaters
The Polish-American historian who told me Donald Trump will obviously never abandon Nato.
The naturalised Indian-American car hire rental guy who told me Trump will make immigration easier.
The Mexican-American activist who told me Democrats only look out for black people and rich whites.
The naturalised Indian-American car hire rental guy who told me Trump will make immigration easier.
The Mexican-American activist who told me Democrats only look out for black people and rich whites.
November 6, 2024 at 7:12 PM
trump is the ultimate blank slate. he is so incoherent that voters will project anything and everything onto him. meanwhile, he is the vehicle for the most radical group of reactionaries this country has produced since the fire eaters
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Elon Musk, who has 11 kids, has played so many hours of Diablo 4 in the last month that he is the 19th-ranked player in the world (as measured by time to beat the hardest dungeon, known as Pit 150). Would require dozens or hundreds of hours of grinding www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...
Elon Musk Says He’s A Global Top 20 ‘Diablo 4’ Player, And It’s Actually True
Elon Musk has revealed that he’s one of the top 20 Diablo 4 players in the world, a list which contains only two Americans.
www.forbes.com
November 5, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Elon Musk, who has 11 kids, has played so many hours of Diablo 4 in the last month that he is the 19th-ranked player in the world (as measured by time to beat the hardest dungeon, known as Pit 150). Would require dozens or hundreds of hours of grinding www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...
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Rare piece of journalism from me, for @gibiz.bsky.social: back in May, I explored how accessible it is being a content creator in the gaming space as platforms continue to ignore the needs of disabled creators. Thanks to @jamesbatchelor.bsky.social and @mariedeal.bsky.social.
Disabled content creators discuss what platforms like Twitch and YouTube must do to make content creation accessible
www.gamesindustry.biz/how-accessib...
www.gamesindustry.biz/how-accessib...
How accessible is being a gaming content creator?
Influencers and content creators have rapidly become one of the most visible aspects of the games industry. In courting…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 4, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Rare piece of journalism from me, for @gibiz.bsky.social: back in May, I explored how accessible it is being a content creator in the gaming space as platforms continue to ignore the needs of disabled creators. Thanks to @jamesbatchelor.bsky.social and @mariedeal.bsky.social.
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let me make something perfectly clear: the endorsements are a secondary issue. this is about billionaires exerting control over the editorial process. freedom of the press is under direct threat.
i think what’s so scary about the owners of major media outlets exerting control over presidential endorsements is that we’re seeing the wrath of billionaire control materializing in a fully tangible way
October 25, 2024 at 1:50 PM
let me make something perfectly clear: the endorsements are a secondary issue. this is about billionaires exerting control over the editorial process. freedom of the press is under direct threat.
Breaking my many month Bluesky silence to say that I would rather apps charge a one time few than make everything a subscription
July 23, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Breaking my many month Bluesky silence to say that I would rather apps charge a one time few than make everything a subscription
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Today is the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
In this election year, let us who live in the USA remember how important the right to vote is. And let us exercise that right.
1/5
In this election year, let us who live in the USA remember how important the right to vote is. And let us exercise that right.
1/5
March 7, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Today is the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
In this election year, let us who live in the USA remember how important the right to vote is. And let us exercise that right.
1/5
In this election year, let us who live in the USA remember how important the right to vote is. And let us exercise that right.
1/5
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Please donate and help if you can. Every bit helps.
A very good friend's mom is in hospice, so she's with her parents helping them through this. She also was hit by production stopping last year and needs some help. My partner started a GoFundMe for her, if you can please donate and share. Patty is the kindest person. www.gofundme.com/f/f6zn4-help...
Help the Robinsons!, organized by Nina Bargiel
I'm Nina, and I'm fundraising for my friend Patty Robinson and her parents, Dalemarie and Steve.
… Nina Bargiel needs your support for Help the Robinsons!
www.gofundme.com
February 23, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Please donate and help if you can. Every bit helps.
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We’re trying really hard to push through this last half as soon as possible so that my mom and family can start saving to move across the country 🖤
January 22, 2024 at 5:11 PM
We’re trying really hard to push through this last half as soon as possible so that my mom and family can start saving to move across the country 🖤
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entirely possible that i'm using the new nyt opinon blog to push back on stuff that annoys me in national media www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01...
Opinion | Trump Isn’t Close to Having a Majority
By any measure, Trump has been a unique electoral loser for the Republican Party.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM
entirely possible that i'm using the new nyt opinon blog to push back on stuff that annoys me in national media www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01...
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i wrote about trump and the 14th amendment and certain pathologies among our legal elite. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Enforcing the Law to Disqualify a Violent Insurrectionist Is Good, Actually
The 14th Amendment contains a prescription for people who engage in political violence. Why are pundits straining to find a workaround?
ballsandstrikes.org
January 16, 2024 at 6:02 PM
i wrote about trump and the 14th amendment and certain pathologies among our legal elite. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...