Thomas Day
@twday.bsky.social
Retired at everything (audio engineer, electronics engineer, manufacturing engineer, reliability assurance engineer, journalist) and, now, I'm just a hobby everything (musician, songwriter and music producer, motorcyclist/bicyclist [ebike], and writer).
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Product Review: Steven Slate Audio VSX Headphone
One of the never-ending holy grails of recording studio equipment is a reliable, predictably transferable-to-any-sound-system, studio moni...
wirebenderaudio.blogspot.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A bit of personal history related to current events.
Couldn’t Find a Heart with an Axe
The current exodus of good, smart, talented people from the American medical system reminds me of my first experience as a “field clinical engineer” in medical devices in Colorado.
twdayrants.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A bit of personal history related to current events.
It's just fiction, but a guy can dream can't he?
Killing Them Loudly with Pleasure (and approval)
How do you move from one of the world’s most hated, or disregarded, nations to one of the most popular?
twdayrants.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's just fiction, but a guy can dream can't he?
A wild democratic (small "d") idea.
Creating A Representative Democracy
In the unlikely event that the USA survives Trump and Republican fascism, this is an important step in creating an actual representative democracy.
twdayrants.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A wild democratic (small "d") idea.
Does an overwhelming majority of Trump voters mean a community is doomed to slovenly poverty?
Red Voters Create Economic Dead Zones
Several years ago, I read about a collection of mid-sized towns along the Pacific Coast, between Northern California and the Canadian border, that were affordable (under $300k for a decent sized home ...
twdayrants.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Does an overwhelming majority of Trump voters mean a community is doomed to slovenly poverty?
"They aren't terrible people." Really?
They Aren’t Terrible People
“I’ve met them, talked to them. They aren’t terrible people.”
twdayrants.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"They aren't terrible people." Really?
Actually, if any characteristic should be a death sentence, it's stupidity.
Stupidity Is A Death Sentence
And it always has been.
open.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Actually, if any characteristic should be a death sentence, it's stupidity.
Music as a punishment?
Why Does It Have to Hurt So Much?
This little rural town where I have lived for the past dozen years has people who really try to make it an interesting place to live.
open.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Music as a punishment?
Is it worth the effort to keep trying?
One Foot in Front of the Other
“Every child had a pretty good shot, to get at least as far as their old man got, but something happened on the way to that place, they threw an American flag in our face.”
open.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Is it worth the effort to keep trying?
And I'm still not Russian and I care even less about billionaires.
“I’m Not Russian”
“And I don’t care about billionaires.”
twdayrants.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
And I'm still not Russian and I care even less about billionaires.
The USA is becoming the Dunning-Kruger capitol of the world and that isn't something to be proud of, ever.
You’re Not That Smart (and neither am I)
A friend sent me a link to an interview with Tom Nichols where he discussed the ideas that he describes in his book, The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matte...
twdayrants.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The USA is becoming the Dunning-Kruger capitol of the world and that isn't something to be proud of, ever.
Seriously, I believe a strong curiosity is crucial to being a decent human being and I've personally tied low curiosity to a limited sense of humor to a conservative mindset.
Curiosity
Probably what kept the damn cat alive.
twdayrants.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Seriously, I believe a strong curiosity is crucial to being a decent human being and I've personally tied low curiosity to a limited sense of humor to a conservative mindset.
Stuff just keeps changing and nothing I do slows it down. Not that I'm doing anything.
Just Another Brick in the Wall (or a cup on the shelf)
In 1982, I had been managing a very small manufacturing company for a little over a year.
twdayrants.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Stuff just keeps changing and nothing I do slows it down. Not that I'm doing anything.
We tend to look to philosophy for comfort, but it often is considerably less than comfortable.
Scary Philosophy
Every decision is complicated, if you are aware enough to imagine complications. Some are downright terrifying and the poster-child for "rocks and hard places."
twdayrants.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We tend to look to philosophy for comfort, but it often is considerably less than comfortable.
Maybe you can run away from your problems if you keep running?
Running to Safety
You absolutely can run away from your problems. . . sometimes.
open.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Maybe you can run away from your problems if you keep running?
