Steven Berson
totalsonic.bsky.social
Steven Berson
@totalsonic.bsky.social
Mastering engineer at Total Sonic Media.
https://totalsonic.net
Micro-blogging: https://mastodon.social/@TotalSonic
Long form blogging:
https://my-place.social/u/stevenberson
Message me: https://telegram.me/TotalSonic
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straight-up jury nullification. this guy did it, confessed to it, and the jury instructions explicitly said that if he did it intentionally, it was assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Evanston, IL

Please watch. Please share.

Brutal footage of Trump's masked thugs beating a man who is already cuffed.

Witnesses said ICE slammed on their brakes, causing the red car to rear-end them.

This is the pretense ICE used to brutalize these citizens.
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Here's George Retes telling the story of his arrest during the raid of a farm in California:

bsky.app/profile/ij.o...
George Retes on His 3 Day ICE Detention
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
worth a read, and I feel the same:
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/no-i-wont-be-shedding-any-tears-for-charlie-kirk/
September 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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It is worthwhile to disconnect yourself from Facebook and X, which both have manipulation algorithms built in and monetize people tricking you into clicking.
September 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It seems the recent assasination, is another example of rampant white on white crime. Way too much of the tragic violence our nation is subjected to, especially incidents in public settings, comes from this category. We need to do better

##whiteowhitecrime ##charliekirk ##maga ##gunviolence ##uspolitics
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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"'We are the federal government, and if we choose to take power away from a governor or away from a mayor, this is the new normal.' And my response is, I've seen this movie before. It used to be called a coup, and it happens in other countries."

@mayor.lacity.gov‬ on the feds in LA:
July 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:

- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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18 years today. Too much joy to recount with so few characters. Suffice it to say our book is a good one.
May 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Had an excellent time at the latest ATX Mastering Mafia meetup, Peruvian food & then viewing the Lone Star AudioFest. Hanging out with supposed "competitors" can be super fun. #audio #hifi #music #hangouts
May 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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love to make america great again by essentially expelling the people that enrich our children’s lives
May 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 46 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
April 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Great chart from Ted Gioia, which I discovered via my former Berklee classmate's John Strohm's blog: "How to tell heroes from villains (in the music business)" ->
#music #musicindustry #musicbusiness #audio #tech #business
April 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes. More details here, but this is... really bad. www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
April 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award

This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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owning a small business in 2025…
April 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The new tariffs deeply hurt lots of US manufacturing in the here and now. The head of Manley Labs, maker of made in USA pro-audio gear, shares letter where a huge custom order for a Chinese buyer is getting canceled #politics #tariffs #trump #maga #trade #china #hifi #audio #manufacturing
April 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The tariffs have ZERO to do with gathering revenues or increasing US manufacturing, and EVERYTHING to do with Trump wanting business owners to have to come to him on bended knee, to beg for relief for their particular industry.
#trump #tariffs #maga #politics #economics #idiocracy
April 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Funny enough, Trump checks a lot of the boxes from the Declaration of Independence
April 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Once upon a time I was cool. Pic of the author playing bass with False Face Society at the 8x10 in Baltimore, circa 1990. #music #retro #bassplayer #nostalgia #glorydays #funk #punk #bassist #1990sthrowback
March 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Did some photo dumps from the little bit of SXSW I attended - you can see them at
diasporasocial.net/u/stevenberson
March 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Based on this fast and excellent WaPo reporting, these four guys are not gang members, just Venezuelan dads who came to the US to work. They’re now being paraded in shackles in El Salvador www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
For four Venezuelan friends, Alien Enemies Act cuts short an American dream
President Donald Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members. Relatives of men sent to El Salvador deny the allegation.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM