Carl Faia (@carlfaia.com)

Carl Faia

@carlfaia.com

Composer, teacher, computer music sound designer (RIM), computer musician, maker

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Flávio Bolsonaro Flees Brazil for the U.S. After Election Defeat Déjà-vu

nytimes.comFlávio Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil for the U.S. After Election Defeat (Gift Article)The U.S. plans to issue a visa to Mr. Bolsonaro, a U.S. official said. Brazilian police had asked him to hand over his passports because of his links to an investigation.

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What’s the Commonwealth? It’s complicated…

nytimes.comWhat Is the Commonwealth? What to Know as King Charles Hosts Meeting in the Caribbean (Gift Article)King Charles III is traveling to host a meeting of the leaders of more than 50 nations.

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Israel Has Committed Genocidal Acts in Gaza Since Cease-Fire, U.N. Human Rights Panel Says The new report said that Israel’s government and security forces had deliberately inflicted death, severe injury and mental harm on Palestinian children, amounting to “age-based persecution.”

nytimes.comIsrael Has Committed Genocidal Acts in Gaza Since Cease-Fire, U.N. Human Rights Panel Says (Gift Article)The panel also accuses Israel of committing crimes against humanity in the West Bank. Israel condemned the report.

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It also said that since a report on sexual violence in March 2025, the commission had verified more cases against detainees from Gaza and the West Bank, including gang rape, groping, forced nudity and cavity searches.

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This sucks. Luminary Roli Limited enters administration (bankruptcy protection, redressement judiciaire). There may be lighjt at the end of the tunnel... But it still sucks.

k2-partners.comLuminary Roli Limited enters administration — 23 Oct 2026Luminous Roli Limited has appointed Damian Webb and Joe Barry of RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP as administrators, effective 20 October 2026, with case manager Samir Akram. Appointment of administr...

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All this happened while the company was already carrying substantial losses and debt.

This sucks. Luminary Roli Limited enters administration (bankruptcy protection, redressement judiciaire). There may be lighjt at the end of the tunnel... But it still sucks.

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Tariff increases (Trump) threatened ROLI's manufacturing economics. ROLI relocated production to preserve its pricing.Relocation and subsequent manufacturing problems delayed deliveries. Delays tied up working capital, postponed revenue recognition, increased costs and damaged customer confidence.

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A certain experience…

on.substack.comModel Behavior: Rick Rubin“I’m certainly not afraid of [AI]. With any new instrument, you can make bad sounds, and then someone figures out how to do it well.”

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Serbia’s Longtime Strongman Concedes Defeat in Parliamentary Election

nytimes.comAleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election (Gift Article)“It is clear that we have lost these elections,” Aleksandar Vucic said in a surprisingly early speech congratulating his opponents.

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Live Updates: Brazil Re-Elects Lula, Rejecting Predecessor’s Son Yes!

nytimes.comBrazil Election Live Updates: Lula Wins Re-Election, Fending Off Flávio Bolsonaro (Gift Article)President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva fended off a right-wing movement led by Flávio Bolsonaro, whose father was convicted of a coup attempt after the 2022 election. Transportation delays and bad weathe...

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I've just released a newly remixed and mastered edition of Cubic Symmetries on Bandcamp: six individual faces and a continuous version for piano and electronics, with refined balances, resonances and spatialization. A different perspective on the streaming release.

carlfaia.bandcamp.comCubic Symmetries, by Carl Faia7 track album

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I'm giving away a few copies here. Each code below unlocks the complete seven-track album on Bandcamp, including high-resolution downloads. First come, first served! Please take one and leave the others for someone else.

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Unrest Erupts Again in France, but This Time, With Less Property Damage So, normal.

nytimes.comUnrest Erupts Again in France, but This Time, With Less Property Damage (Gift Article)After largely peaceful marches on Saturday, clashes broke out in the evening. But a large-scale police presence, 1,000 arrests and the rerouting of protest routes kept a lid on wholesale vandalism.

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The True Size Of ...

thetruesize.comCompare Countries, States, Provinces, and Regions with This Simple ToolDrag, drop and rotate countries, states, provinces, and regions around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised at what you find! A gre...

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Sonicstate

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Should Brands Build Un-hackable Synths? : Your Views on the New Synthesis Paradigm

sonicstate.comYour Views on the New Synthesis ParadigmShould Brands Build Un-hackable Synths? : Your Views on the New Synthesis Paradigm

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Obama Issues Searing Attacks on Trump, Ramaswamy in Return to Campaign Trail

nytimes.comObama Issues Searing Attacks on Trump, Ramaswamy in Return to Campaign Trail (Gift Article)The 44th president sharply criticized Mr. Trump, who hit back later in the day. Mr. Obama also assailed Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for governor of Ohio.

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J. Todd Anderson Has Died. The Coen Brothers May Be Lost Without Him. “If you like our movies, a lot of it is him — more than people know,” Ethan Coen said in an interview.

nytimes.comJ. Todd Anderson Has Died. The Coen Brothers May Be Lost Without Him. (Gift Article)The storyboard artist produced scene-by-scene sketches that shaped films like “Fargo,” “The Big Lebowski” and “No Country for Old Men.”

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Ukraine’s Feeling of Moral Whiplash at the Hands of Trump

nytimes.comUkraine’s Feeling of Moral Whiplash at the Hands of Trump (Gift Article)The United States once declared that Ukraine’s fight was the front line in a global battle for freedom. Now the Trump administration is sending money to Moscow.

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How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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The Guardian

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‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won

theguardian.com‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and wonTim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norfolk Broads

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"Merci bien, Trump !"

france24.comReporters - "Merci bien, Trump !" : les conservateurs du Wyoming en ordre dispersé avant les midtermsBienvenue dans le Wyoming, l’État américain le plus favorable à Donald Trump. Le républicain y a recueilli près de 70 % des suffrages lors de ses trois candidatures à la présidence. “L’État Cowboy” es...

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Sonicstate

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Crow Hill Company Releases Forest Harps : Origins instrument takes a rare and grotesque approach to sound design

sonicstate.comOrigins instrument takes a rare and grotesque approach to sound designCrow Hill Company Releases Forest Harps : Origins instrument takes a rare and grotesque approach to sound design

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paulkrugman.substack.comIn memoriamAs an American — and speaking for millions of my fellow citizens — I am deeply sorry for what is being done in my name

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Le Monde

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Le think tank de gauche Terra Nova réfute un rapport de l’Observatoire de l’immigration et de la démographie, proche de l’extrême droite

lemonde.frLe think tank de gauche Terra Nova réfute un rapport de l’Observatoire de l’immigration et de la démographie, proche de l’extrême droiteEn juillet, l’OID, financé notamment par le fonds Périclès, du milliardaire réactionnaire Pierre-Edouard Stérin, déplorait que les immigrés travaillent moins souvent que les non-immigrés. L’autre cercle de réflexion Terra Nova révèle, mercredi, qu’entre 2021 et 2023, les étrangers non européens ont contribué pour plus d’un tiers à la hausse de l’emploi.

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Probably a good time to rewatch this…

youtu.beNazi Town, USA (2024) | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCEYouTube video by PBS America

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European News

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Maybe it’s personal: Europeans worry Trump just likes Putin more than Zelenskyy After 20 months of upheaval in transatlantic relations, EU officials fear the U.S. president dislikes Ukraine’s leader too much to push for a fair peace.

politico.euMaybe it’s personal: Europeans worry Trump just likes Putin more than ZelenskyyAfter 20 months of upheaval in transatlantic relations, EU officials fear the U.S. president dislikes Ukraine’s leader too much to push for a fair peace.

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What Makes Men in Groups Behave So Badly? Ban the frats, I say…

nytimes.comOpinion | What Makes Men in Groups Behave So Badly? (Gift Article)Why do men in groups behave this way?

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ADL condemns Trump’s antisemitic slur but fails to mention him Trump said Marshall’s critics, by highlighting the patient lawsuits in campaign ads, “made it like, oh, he was some kind of a shylock-type guy”. Trump also falsely claimed Marshall was “mandated by law” to “go after those people”.

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ADL condemns Trump’s antisemitic slur but fails to mention him by name

theguardian.comADL condemns Trump’s antisemitic slur but fails to mention him by nameAnti-Defamation League post decries ‘shylock’ slur but does not explain that president used it at Kansas rally on Monday

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Exclusive | Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine - Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration

wsj.comExclusive | Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided UkraineThe SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump, but the president has denied ordering the restrictions.

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Nice!

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New poster for ‘DUNE: PART 3’. In theaters on December 18.

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Why Zelensky Took the Gloves Off This Time With Trump

nytimes.comWhy Zelensky Took the Gloves Off This Time With Trump (Gift Article)Staying quiet is riskier than speaking up, Ukrainian officials say, as President Trump goes further than ever in prioritizing Russia’s interests.

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Shit 😟

edition.cnn.comChristiane Amanpour announces she will leave CNN next June | CNN BusinessCNN legend Christiane Amanpour, the network’s chief international anchor, said Monday that she will sign off from CNN next June.

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James O’Brien

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Vive la difference! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

podcasts.apple.comFrance riots when Britain just puts up with itPodcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 19 October · 1hr 2min

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As always, intriguing questions from Ezra Klein. Eventually it will be our A.I.s bargaining with other A.I.s, our A.I.s calling the restaurant’s A.I. for reservations, our A.I.s emailing our colleague’s A.I.s... Much of our world will be turned over to A.I.s.

nytimes.comOpinion | This Is the Good Scenario? (Gift Article)We may not want it to, but A.I. is asking us how to live.

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President Trump, a Wharton graduate, has treated foreign policy and government itself as extensions of dealmaking and personal gain.

nytimes.comOpinion | I Teach at a Business School. It’s Time to Shut Them Down. (Gift Article)Students come in with noble intentions and leave with flawed expertise.

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…recent research by the Nobel laureate economist Daron Acemoglu and colleagues shows what tends to happen when you put an M.B.A. in charge. In both the United States and Denmark, firms that appointed managers with business degrees cut wages and reduced labor’s share of income.

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Yet these companies didn’t become more productive, nor did they grow sales, investment or employment any faster. What registers as managerial acumen turns out to be wealth transfer — value moved away from workers and toward profits, shareholders and executives.

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Mister Rogers!

Dr. Todd Arrington@btarrington.bsky.social

Now that phase one of @hcrichardson.bsky.social's wonderful “250 to 250" project has wrapped, I'll share all the videos (one per day) for which I wrote scripts. Some were recorded nearly word for word; others underwent much-needed editing for clarity and brevity. Tonight: Mister Rogers.

youtu.beMister Rogers, Narrated by Governor Josh ShapiroYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Rather apropos film to be watching at the moment…

en.wikipedia.orgThe Uprising (2026 film) - Wikipedia

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France Has a Phrase for What’s Happening, and It’s Not Good Putain bordel de… This, and most other commentary the day after, miss the nuance as they try to explain the “why.” It is easier to explain the “what”

nytimes.comOpinion | France Has a Phrase for What’s Happening, and It’s Not Good (Gift Article)A fiscal crisis threatens to bring the country to ruin.

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No Kings means no kings in the White House or in Silicon Valley.

Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social

Update: WE ARE BACK IN! We can post again. This was utter bullshit on the biggest early vote effort in history. But it will not stop what we're building. No Kings means no kings in the White House or in Silicon Valley.