Jesse

Jesse

@strictures.bsky.social

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Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

Look, there are a billion reasons to loathe this guy and I generally try avoid needlessly libposting on here, but... last month, my dad died in a VA hospice wing from a combo of end-stage Parkinson's and prostate cancer. He was at Camp Lejeune for years. Come on man. What the fuck are we doing.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on Camp Lejeune settlements: "If the Republicans don't do well, I'd say maybe they won't get their money"

Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

Not for nothing but I personally spent a good chunk of time over the course of the summer during my dad's decline obtaining medical records and corresponding with the legal office handling his case. Truly ghoulish shit from Trump, though I can't say I'd expect anything less from him at this point.

Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

Wild timing, I was JUST discussing this in therapy (lol) literally an hour ago. I try to stay away from algorithms as best as I can, but that’s mostly because since the 90s, I’ve relied heavily on music reviews, music criticism, and college radio. Choices and opinions from real people.

victoria scott@victoriascott.bsky.social

On a realistic note I’ve discovered probably five times as much new music I genuinely love through semi-regular KEXP listenership (playlists by DJs) than I’ve gotten from Apple Music/Spotify recommendations over the past three years since I’ve lived in Seattle. I mostly tune out “you might like” now

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Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

especially when it’s something you otherwise wouldn’t have sought out on your own, at least without that guidance — that discovery can be SO satisfying. And it can take you down fascinating paths.

Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

Anyway, shout out to WERS and WJUL in the 90s, music reviews in Transworld Skateboarding, wild mixtapes from my friend Kris in the aughts, the Dissolve (RIP), and lately the Drifter’s Sympathy podcast

Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

Wild timing, I was JUST discussing this in therapy (lol) literally an hour ago. I try to stay away from algorithms as best as I can, but that’s mostly because since the 90s, I’ve relied heavily on music reviews, music criticism, and college radio. Choices and opinions from real people.

victoria scott@victoriascott.bsky.social

On a realistic note I’ve discovered probably five times as much new music I genuinely love through semi-regular KEXP listenership (playlists by DJs) than I’ve gotten from Apple Music/Spotify recommendations over the past three years since I’ve lived in Seattle. I mostly tune out “you might like” now

Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

This is a real double-edged sword, as it is partially fueled by what I now know is OCD. In that respect, I’m sure I’ve listened to countless wasted hours of music that wasn’t very good. But when you discover something that resonates with you —

Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

Drinking and chatting with friends at a bar way back when and was rightfully roasted after pronouncing “amalgam” as if it rhymed with “CAMEL-GRAM”

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

@pastduepodcast.com just as a quick heads up, today’s episode with Nato Green seems to have been cut off partway through! (I was really enjoying and getting a ton out of this episode, but it cuts out abruptly around the 43 minute mark.)

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Rebecca R Helm
@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social

“Artificial intelligence labs are in a new arms race to buy up millions of rare books, slicing them open, scanning the pages and pulping the remains — sparking concerns that the last remaining copies of out-of-print texts are being destroyed on an industrial scale.”

Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca

This aught to be illegal ... "AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books" www.news.com.au/technology/o...

news.com.auAI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare booksIf you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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lauren
@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com

say what you will about AI, always-on voice recording and auto dictation has been a game changer for my workflows. Save post and close app. Yeah Footlong meatball sub on white. No veggies. Don't toast it. Ranch and barbecue sauce. Yeah, ranch and bargecue sauce. More. More. Little more please

Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

RIP Lou Koller. 17-year-old me spent a lot of time learning songs from Built To Last, and that influence still holds to this day —even if I’m not playing anything that could be remotely described as hardcore. Also proud to have an SOIA t-shirt that is technically old enough to rent a car.

Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

behold the dad joke nesting doll

weeder@weeder.bsky.social

Did you hear about the clown college lion attack? He went straight for the juggler. Eleven clowns were lost, most in a single vehicle accident, fleeing the scene. Next year's class will have some big shoes to fill.

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Robert Daniels
@812filmreviews.com

Part of Spielberg’s genius is basically saying “I’m gonna make three of cinema’s biggest freaks the leads of my family friendly big budget dinosaur movie and you’re gonna love it.”

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jab lung
@mobute.bsky.social

Hey wow haha, it's great to be here. Anyway, my name's Bryce Malldred, and I founded a website you may have heard of—Onomatopoeiac Guitar Tablature Dot Com—and just to give you a little idea of what we do, this is the Police's "Roxanne": mimp mimp mimp mimp mimp mimp mimp mimp mimp mimp mimp mimp m

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ceej
@ceej.online

JOKER: Not so fast, Bat-JERK! My LAUGHBangs will leave you BLIND as a BAT! BLUESKY BATMAN: Oof. Many people suffer from reduced vision. Not funny. JOKER: It's like, it's a pun. It's just wordplay. BLUESKY BATMAN: Sorry if I'm not in the mood for "jokes" while SCOTUS shreds our constitutional rights

Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

Self-promo time: I’ve been playing bass in a band called Narrow Arm for a little while now, and we have a single that is debuting today! Karol from @idioteqcom.bsky.social was kind enough to craft a write-up for us as well — you can read it here: idioteq.com/narrow-arm-t...

idioteq.comNARROW ARM stretch post-punk, make post-rock shorter, tighter and more physical on "Ticking Clock" - IDIOTEQ.comNarrow Arm start with a room. "Ticking Clock" comes from three players tracking primarily live inside Distorted Forest Studio, a barn in the Rhode Island
Jesse
@strictures.bsky.social

Providence definitely skews more Boston sports fandom vs New York, but even so, there’s a non-zero chance I will meet a puppy named Brunson at some point within the next 18 months