brett g porter

brett g porter

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Music Software Developer/Trombonist/Composer Sr. Software Engineer @ https://paceap.com. Exec board @ MIDI Manufacturers Association http://midi.org. he/him. Brewerytown, Philadelphia, USA Also @bgporter@hachyderm.io & https://bgporter.net

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Ted McCormick
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I’m sorry to have to be the bad guy here but we need to recognize that we live in a compressed air thrusters world now. If you’re not finding ways to teach the critical use of compressed air thrusters in your classroom, you’re setting your students up to fail when you could be setting them up to fly

Yahoo Finance@yahoofinance.com

Tesla stock pops after unveiling Roadster with compressed air thrusters for limited flight

yhoo.itTesla stock pops after unveiling Roadster with compressed air thrusters for limited flightTesla finally unveiled the long-awaited Roadster on Thursday night.
brett g porter
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I grew up in central NY dairy farm country, where the required greeting in this case is "smell that fresh country living!" Followed by a hearty laugh at the witticism EVERY TIME

David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social

Happy “it’s mid October so farmers need to prep the fields but it’s not cold so everything smells like manure” day to all who celebrate.

brett g porter
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Tonight: Philadelphia Orchestra performing Brahms and Bernstein. Love having easy access to one of the best orchestras in the world.

brett g porter
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This thread rings true to how my son and I think of these things. Also: my son turns 30 next week.

Daniel Dockery@dandock.bsky.social

My family has been in a hotel while some home renovation stuff has been going on, and my seven-year-old son and I have been watching a loooooot of classic cartoons to pass the time. Just wanted to take a minute to dive into his reactions:

brett g porter
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I spent the summer of 1981 as a counselor at a music camp that was located on the campus of Bard College, in the Hudson Valley. It was a mix of really talented young people and really rich NYC kids whose parents wanted them gone for 6 weeks. (1/n)

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There was also a 12-year old kid with a really distinctive name who enjoyed hanging with the much older 16/17 year olds. Also memorable because he brought 1 suit for performance days, and it was a vivid salmon color.

brett g porter
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In the 90s, I heard a catchy pop song about breathing on the radio in my wife's car and they back-announced it as being the new track from Duncan Sheik. Wait -- the kid in the pink suit?  He went on to a bunch of other successes that I enjoyed watching. RIP Duncan. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/a...

nytimes.comDuncan Sheik, Who Traded Pop Stardom for Broadway, Dies at 56Weary of the heartthrob label after his 1996 hit “Barely Breathing,” he pivoted to musical theater and won two Tonys for composing “Spring Awakening.”
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I spent the summer of 1981 as a counselor at a music camp that was located on the campus of Bard College, in the Hudson Valley. It was a mix of really talented young people and really rich NYC kids whose parents wanted them gone for 6 weeks. (1/n)

brett g porter
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I'm still friends with some of them, my friend Jamie is a music teacher/working musician in the Scranton area, my friend Marty ended up a few years behind me in college, and has since done a bunch of composing for dance and TV and has been the drummer for They Might Be Giants for the past 20 years.

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I spent 6 years going to college in Miami and I can only remember a lot of people coked out of their gourds and regular discoveries of hacked up body parts in Biscayne Bay and the Dadeland Mall parking garage. Also many, many tiny lizards. He must mean the lizards.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Byron Donalds says the election is about "defending the Florida way of life"

brett g porter
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> a Nathan Fielder documentary about Thomas Pynchon "The Kenosha Kid" only in theaters this November. "You?" "Never did!"

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Happy "all seasons of SCTV are now available on Netflix" Day to those who etc etc etc. If you need me, I'll be watching the NASA and the Buzz Aldrin Players performing TS Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral"

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John Moe
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Proposal to replace the tired phrase “silent killer” with the punchier “murder mime”.

Amy Nelson 🌎🌍🌏@amykaynelson.bsky.social

I get a surprising number of press releases that start off all joyful and friendly but then get dark really quickly.

brett g porter
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I worked at Spec's in Coral Gables FL when I was in grad school (88-89). The best. Foreign/art film collection was deep enough that other stores would send us customers. Cast of Miami Vice were regulars. Dave Barry's wife yelled at me! Gary Hart's friend (?) Donna Rice was a customer.

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My first SXSW was in 2014 and it was filled with people who kept talking about how much it sucked compared to the old days and now I'll be able to do the same thing. (Yes, I'm still a bit sore that I didn't get to give my talk scheduled for SXSW 2020)

Richard Whittaker@rmwhittaker.bsky.social

End of an era. SXSW will now be 100% owned by Penske as cofounder Nick Barbaro and the other remaining Austin owners sell their stakes. www.austinchronicle.com/news/chronic...

austinchronicle.comChronicle Owner Nick Barbaro to Sell Stake in South by Southwest to Penske • The Austin ChronicleChronicle Owner Nick Barbaro to Sell Stake in South by Southwest to Penske
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Happy birthday to Alice Coltrane -- John's centennial is getting the rest of the year; we can afford one day for Alice. (not my car, seen randomly in a Philadelphia grocery store parking lot)

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Pirijan
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Your only career goal should be "How do I get a cool job where I'm just making a cool thing with cool people?"

brett g porter
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A few years back I met a current administrator from the music school I attended in the 80s and asked what it was like now; he said (excitedly!) "We are ALL IN on AI!" and was confused when my response was anger and confusion. Someone's paying $90K a year to have their kid NOT learn to make music?

Adam Schiffer@adamschiffer.bsky.social

This is why I get so annoyed with university admins who insist we must teach AI or our students will be left behind. Fine, then require one class and leave the rest of us alone. (After about two weeks in the class, they’ll be like, “shit, what do we do now?” but that’s not my problem.)

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The idea of someone graduating at 22 with a quarter million in student loan debt and not even the skill to play wedding gigs? My dad did NOT want me to study music and I understand it now that my own kids are through college and supporting themselves (also w/zero debt)

brett g porter
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He wanted me to be an engineer and I guess the big joke is that I was unable to prevent that from being my fate. I just went about it in a really weird way.

brett g porter
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A few years back I met a current administrator from the music school I attended in the 80s and asked what it was like now; he said (excitedly!) "We are ALL IN on AI!" and was confused when my response was anger and confusion. Someone's paying $90K a year to have their kid NOT learn to make music?

Adam Schiffer@adamschiffer.bsky.social

This is why I get so annoyed with university admins who insist we must teach AI or our students will be left behind. Fine, then require one class and leave the rest of us alone. (After about two weeks in the class, they’ll be like, “shit, what do we do now?” but that’s not my problem.)

brett g porter
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I'm lucky! Hefty scholarships in undergrad and a fellowship for my master's left me zero debt, and I happened to stumble into a series of positions working in music technology, but... it's like in the 80s if all of the English majors' classes were "how to use a word processor"

brett g porter
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Good news: Just got all my knives back from being sharpened, and they are perfect. Bad news: Can't stop visualizing the first 2 minutes of "Un Chien Andalou."

brett g porter
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In the spirit of ARST ARSW

Waxy.org@waxy.org

Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in alphabetical order: the latest submission to Supercut.org, inspired by Of Oz The Wizard https://vimeo.com/1215576459

vimeo.comAnd Grail Holy Monty Python TheA comprehensive alphabetical re-edit of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. WARNING: This film contains extremely fast and abrupt editing. If you enjoy, please consider showing support: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/rophside Edited entirely by myself using Adobe Premiere Pro and my Blu-ray copy of the film. Inspired by Matt Bucy's Of Oz the Wizard. Monty Python and the Holy Grail Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. ©1975 Python (Monty) Pictures Ltd. All rights reserved by the original copyright holders. This project is an independently created transformative edit and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the original creators or rights holders.
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Bugs: "If my friend Rocky was inside this stove with the gas turned on, would I throw this lit match in there?" *boom* Officer Clancy: "Alright, rabbit, you've convinced me. I'll go and look for Rocky in the city..."

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

brett g porter
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(Don Fontaine voice) "In a world...where memory and desire mix... It's....'The Cruelest Month'! Coming this April!

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