Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
Evan Ware
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Chair, Music Department and Associate Professor of Music (Theory and Composition) at Cal Poly Pomona | Co-Editor of “Music in Star Trek” | Dad | Kenshi | Cook | Transit Geek | Cat Herder | He/Him
ICYMI: California ranked #1 in the nation for maternal mental health support!
My spouse and I rewatched Jurassic Park for the first time in years last night, and we realized that almost the entirety of the first act is concerned with insurance and we agreed with the lawyer. 🤷♂️
Downplay a book or movie: Star Skirmishes: Episode 4 - An Only Slightly Used Hope
to wound the autumnal kitty@blurry-line.bsky.social · 3d agoDownplay a book or movie: We Have Lived in the Castle Since Last October
And, I may be old school here, but I far prefer the sound of the natural pool noodle to the overly bright sound of the valved pool noodle or, even worse, the janky keyed pool noodle.
Evan Ware@warevolf.bsky.social · 4d agoToday, while at the pool trying to beat the intense CA heat wave, I decided to rekindle my former career and played the finale of the Haydn Trumpet Concerto on natural pool noodle.
Today, while at the pool trying to beat the intense CA heat wave, I decided to rekindle my former career and played the finale of the Haydn Trumpet Concerto on natural pool noodle.
Because the 1st is a Saturday, “How is it August already?!” will be observed today, Friday, July 31, 2026. Please panic accordingly.
I recently had to listen to a twelve-minute piece for bassoon and maracas and you know…
Ren And Stimpy Horse: No Sir, I Don't Like It
ALT: Ren And Stimpy Horse: No Sir, I Don't Like It
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The best, most enduring skill I learned in grad school was how to parlay a department event’s crudité spread into a full meal. 
Nugget says she was never in the library with the lead pipe
Playing a card game with The Lad and he's constantly trying to give me the cards he legitimately won. Super glad to have a kiddo with a similar competitive streak to his old man.
Kids, just say no to checking your work email on the weekend.
They just disrupted the transportation sector
Mashable@mashable.com · 2w agoThe tunneling company's new airport service is ... a $12 taxi on regular streets.
Your food processor has a chute that fits your dick. Should you?
CBS News@cbsnews.com · 2w agoChatGPT now has a space for sharing medical records. Should you?
Billy was a true mensch. I’m still in shock.
Kate Ozment@grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · 2w agoMany of you know I was a union organizer in the CSU. This was us planning for a strike that won a salary increase and parental leave. On the left is Billy Gallagher, a union man to the core and the person who taught me how to organize. Billy passed away this week. May his memory be a blessing.
Sir David Attenborough, of course
Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w agoYou suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?
I always sign off emails with “Best, “ but sometimes I guff it by writing “Beset, “ and, you know, that’s not wrong… 😂
We all know it was Berio’s Sequenza III
Becky Tyler@beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat song did the Sirens sing in The Odyssey? Wrong answers only.
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: World’s First Vaccine Targeting the Entire SARS Coronavirus Family Begins Human Testing GBP511, developed by UW Medicine and tested by SK Bioscience, aims to protect against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses before they spark the next pandemic. www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...
First vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human trials – Institute for Protein Design
The computer-designed vaccine aims to protect against coronaviruses that haven't yet emerged, including pandemic threats
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More music uploaded today! The King in Yellow for choir and orchestra performed by Central Michigan University. youtu.be/qNcnxDv28Gg
The King in Yellow
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The Authority is proud to announce the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding with the High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Agency that deepens coordination on environmental clearances, station integration, and design, particularly at the Palmdale Station. More info: hsr.ca.gov/2026/07/20/n...
My Sisyphus joke’s a bit of a slog, tbh
Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 2w agoMy Achilles joke is great but it has a weak spot.
Pro tip: if you put your doctoral GPA on your CV, I will judge you.