since oscilloscope graphics are doing the rounds again, here's some photos from that time a few years ago when I built a gizmo to show dril tweets (and assorted other nonsense) on my ancient Tek 466

An actually underrated potential positive for Dems in light of Abdul’s victory is that it gives traditionally centrist or otherwise poor Dems on Palestine on an easy out for polarizing against AIPAC and pro-Israel politics— they’re trying to cost Dems the Senate.

Franz Nicolay, Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music. Pro keyboardist's interview-based acct of sidepersons like himself. It takes related skills to write such a well-organized, theory-informed 3rd-person book instead of a memoir. Gave me insight into my own "career"; can recommend. #readin26

Satan worshippers don't like it when you point out that they worship Satan (or Moloch, or the golden calf, etc)

Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 9h ago

As of last night, there are now *7* pastors, former pastors and seminarians who've become Democratic nominees running for Congress. Some have already won safe Dem seats, and several are in hotly contested races. In multiple cases, the GOP has attacked their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...

a very interesting-sounding decade-old game, made by a company I respect, that I literally do not recall ever having heard of before

Rob Zacny@robzacny.bsky.social · yesterday

Was Tyranny a victim of bad timing or was it a bit too honest about the subtext of its audiences’ fantasies? @duncanfyfe.net on a game that has remained topical, trenchant… and rather neglected. remapradio.com/articles/ten...

I'm weirdly upset by Stevens's gracious concession, because it makes her lie from just a few days ago that AES harbors personal animus against Jewish ppl all the more transparent. We should discourage lying to inflame tensions against two targeted religious minorities for personal political gain imo

just had the terrible epiphany that an accurate description of Xanth is “Florida, but fewer perverts”

Buddy Toledo@jessefuchs.bsky.social · 8h ago

Piers Anthony is old and weakened! The time to strike is now!

I try to never repost compliments, as it feels gauche, but this comes close enough to nailing down my role in the cosmic ballet to be the exception.

patrick@partnardy.bsky.social · 9h ago

I gotta say I always appreciate it when I post something like “The humans from Pokémon should be eating the Pokémon” and then you reply with a phrase made up of words I’ve never seen in that order and link to a guy who’s been doing scholarly work on eating the Pokémon.

or, in the Vertigo limited series

Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀@dumbmike.bsky.social · 6mo ago

a while back i got accidentally signed up for this daily email from one of those birdfeeders that takes pictures of the birds. and i never unsubscribed because, it's nice to start every morning imagining these lines being screamed over gotham city by a psychotic batman villain named killer canary

Sanjay Reddy, the tenured Professor of Economics laid off by New School, spoke about the school's lack of financial transparency in 2023.

The New School as a Neoliberal University presented by Sanjay Reddy

The New School as a Neoliberal University presented by Sanjay Reddy, Associate Professor and Chair of Economics at the New School for Social Research. Presented by the New School Faculty in Exile as p...

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The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.

Here's a sneak peek of just a small selection of games you could walk home with THIS SATURDAY at the NYU Game Center Summer Fun Fair! 🎲 Video games 🕹️ Board games 🎟️ Raffles 💜 All donations support the Library 📅 August 8 | 1–6 PM RSVP Here: gcsummerfunfair.eventbrite.com

NYU Game Center@nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Announcing: NYU Game Center Summer Fun Fair! Saturday, August 8th, 1pm - 6pm 370 Jay Street, 6th Floor Join us for an afternoon of free to play games & community! We will be accepting donations in exchange for board games from the Game Center Library's surplus. RSVP: gcsummerfunfair.eventbrite.com

I once, in an argument a few years ago, got pissed enough to tell the other person that their nonsense was just “Quebecois Boomhauer”, and it did not land with the impact I hoped. Clearly, there is so much more education to be done.

Luke Knox@lukeknox.me · yesterday

in the Québécois version of King of the Hill (“Henri pis sa gang”), Boomhauer is named Papineau and sounds like this

from the mightiest worm to the lowliest worm, the ground is filled with an intricate hierarchy of worms

AIPAC setting $34 million on fire was the best possible outcome here and we got it. That’s $34 million they can’t use to harm dem candidates in November.

post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 11h ago

btw if you’re ticked at AIPAC for whatever reason them spending a maximum amount of money to barely lose is ideal, 10/10, just as a pure matter of don’t-know-ball and forward outcome for them as an organization. this cycle has been catastrophic for them purely in terms of inputs and outputs

I just hope she can continue on in the public eye, what’s a legacy cereal that needs a mascot and has a catchphrase she can really enunciate

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 13h ago

the Michigan primary was close enough that you can pretty plausibly say it was the weird voice that lost it for Haley Stevens

customer service is cooking my brain

Base Ten, your days of tyranny are numbered (no pun intended)

Matthew Perpetua@fluxblog.bsky.social · yesterday

I've been getting music press releases for over 20 years now and this is the first 49th anniversary I've ever seen... just wait a few months, jeez!

If I have to wake up at 4am for no goddamned reason, at least give me the last 50 pages of Piranesi to read for the first time every time. Good book.

gritty J. Wellington Wimpy reboot when

Case in point: I've tried not listening to as much music the past few days, opting for BBC radio rather than my own music or NTS. I put the new Durutti Column album on this morning and it sounded INCREDIBLE. wonder rekindled. thedurutticolumn.bandcamp.com/album/renasc...

Renascent, by The Durutti Column

11 track album

thedurutticolumn.bandcamp.com

Bluesky boomer slop: peanuts from the cartoon peanuts but he's 57 and wants price controls on eggs Bluesky millennial slop: this queen (woman from thispersondoesnotexist) killed her boyfriend because he didn't appreciate her love of train facts

the thing these people don’t want to admit is that for all their whining about progressives’ anti-electoralism, their entire theory of politics doesn’t work unless the left flank of the party are die-hard partisans willing to vote for anybody blue, while centrists aren’t

rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 3d ago

man, Haley Stevens being personally selected by AIPAC to primary a very senior Jewish (and Zionist) Democrat out of Congress for being insufficiently deferential to Netanyahu, and then being handpicked by the party to run, really goes to show how absolutely no party loyalty is expected of moderates

I appreciate this take, in the same way I appreciate a tone-deaf person just flat-out saying “music sucks and people who like it are fools.” Sort of a memento mori for taste.

Pavel@spavel.bsky.social · 3d ago

This may sound radical but "games are shit" is actually the median opinion of every Gamer.

this is my new belief system btw i’m going chud but from an unexpected angle. ‘driving is soy’

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d ago

you know what i fear? abandonment. good luck getting any mileage outta that one from the safety of your fruity lil death machine

sounds good, maybe this will finally get some DLC

Halo 2600 - Wikipedia

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Jay Castello 🌻@jaymcastello.bsky.social · 4d ago

something horrifying has come to me in a vision

great thread, I remember the d20 percentile dice from my wee years but did not realize that Lou Zocchi was the actual inventor of the d10, aka The Accursed False Platonic

Esoteric Collector@vcreedsabretooth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Lou Zocchi of Game Science invented the non-platonic d10 decahedron in 1980 to add to the traditional five platonic solids. All other companies would have to follow or resale his dice making d20 percentage dice obsolete overnight. He & others created clear gem dice far superior to TSR Hong Kong Dice

🎶 wish me love a wishing well 🎶

Sitcom People@sitcompeople.bsky.social · 3d ago