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@gsullivan.bsky.social

Hi! I'm Greg from Jamaica Plain, MA. I enjoy books, jazz / experimental music. "One measures a circle, beginning anywhere." - Charles Fort

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When I speak of freedom, I do
not speak of freedom of the land of liberty or the freedom of any land of this plane of existence, for this plane of existence is only a temporary illusion.
(Sun Ra)

26.02.2026 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm talking about something that's so impossible, it can't possibly be true. But it's the only way the world's gonna survive, this impossible thing. My job is to change five billion people to something else. Totally impossible. I have to deal with the impossible.
(Sun Ra)

23.02.2026 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Evicshen, Cursed Image, and Kelly Bray at Boston City Hall β€” Non-Event Non-Event and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture are pleased to present the return of EVICSHEN to Boston City Hall for her first area performance in five years. The show also features performances...

Coming up in just over a month... the long overdue return of VICTORIA SHEN to Boston City Hall, plus the wild box-fan powered sculptures of CURSED IMAGE, and the amazing trumpet player & improviser KELLY BRAY.

7:30pm | FREE (RSVP requested)

www.nonevent.org/concerts/202...

23.02.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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With music you can express any emotion, you can paint pictures..
(Sun Ra)

21.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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225 Franklin Street, a high-rise office building located in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts r/brutalism

21.02.2026 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Marshall Allen and Danny Davis at the Michigan Union, November 1977. Photo by Peter Yates

20.02.2026 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Boston city hall again r/brutalism

19.02.2026 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Charles Fort talks about this in The Book of the Damned

15.02.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm really playing all types of music,
A lot of people think I just play avant garde, but I can play anything.
(Sun Ra)

15.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ted Serios and the Mystery of Thoughtography In the 1960s, a Chicago bellhop claimed he could project images from his mind onto Polaroid film. Psychiatrists believed him. Magicians called it a trick. The strange case of Ted Serios still raises q...

Ted Serios and the Mystery of Thoughtography: www.utterlyinteresting.com/post/ted-ser...

13.02.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A short, smiling, bald, bearded man wearing a robe, releasing a balloon into the sky

A short, smiling, bald, bearded man wearing a robe, releasing a balloon into the sky

β€œI thought you were the Weather Man,” said Milo, very confused.

β€œOh no,” said the little man, β€œI’m the Whether Man, not the Weather Man, for after all it’s more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be.”

13.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning To Dissolve? | Quanta Magazine Columnist Philip Ball thinks the phenomenon of decoherence might finally bridge the quantum-classical divide.

Resolving the "measurement problem" in quantum mechanics would be a huge deal. Doing it without any exotic assumptions or additions to standard QM would be amazing. Now, I'm not reckless enough to say that is what has been achieved here, but...
www.quantamagazine.org/are-the-myst...

13.02.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 7
The Esoteric State of the Union: Magic, Will, and the New Neighborhood with Mitch Horowitz
YouTube video by Douglas Rushkoff The Esoteric State of the Union: Magic, Will, and the New Neighborhood with Mitch Horowitz

Is magic just "positive thinking," or is it a causative force that can reshape reality?

I sat down with occult historian and author Mitch Horowitz to explore the boundaries of will, belief, and the material world.

Stream and subscribe now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZVO...

12.02.2026 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
New England Synth Fest
at Northeastern University
Saturday, May 2, 2026

performances, lectures, exhibitors, workshops, petting zoo, more
Ryder Hall at NEU, 11 Leon St., Boston, Mass. 02115

New England Synth Fest at Northeastern University Saturday, May 2, 2026 performances, lectures, exhibitors, workshops, petting zoo, more Ryder Hall at NEU, 11 Leon St., Boston, Mass. 02115

Save the date! New England Synth Fest at Northeastern University coming Saturday, May 2, 2026. Performances, lectures, exhibitors, workshops, petting zoo, and more...

11.02.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Boston City Hall was dedicated #onthisday in 1969! The brutalist building was designed by Kallmann McKinnell and Knowles in response to a Boston Redevelopment Authority architectural competition in 1961. Check out this photo of the newly-constructed building from 1967!

11.02.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Retribution Body at Boston City Hall
YouTube video by Non-Event Retribution Body at Boston City Hall

Just posted! Video of @azevedoaudio.bsky.social's epic set at Boston City Hall last November. youtu.be/gEZvQ2KGWW4

11.02.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Pretty Cute Watching Boston Residents Play Daily Game Of β€˜Big City’

Pretty Cute Watching Boston Residents Play Daily Game Of β€˜Big City’

Pretty Cute Watching Boston Residents Play Daily Game Of β€˜Big City’ https://theonion.com/pretty-cute-watching-boston-residents-play-daily-game-o-1819574643/

09.02.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 722    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 13
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Italia 1958, a futuristic car with Sputnik knockoff used by the Italian Communist Party during General Elections

08.02.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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"He had so much imagination and so much intuition, this funny intuition that some people have, that he could sort of fish around and get something to work. It took a huge amount of imagination. And an impressive amount of craziness too." - Bob Moog

Raymond Scott
Sept 10, 1908 - Feb 8, 1994

08.02.2026 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sun Ra's profound impact on Arkestra members | American Masters | PBS
YouTube video by American Masters PBS Sun Ra's profound impact on Arkestra members | American Masters | PBS

Sun Ra's profound impact on Arkestra members | American Masters | PBS

youtu.be/OwlmbwQHDUY?...

07.02.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This leads to an important observation about artificial intelligence. When the genuine power of the computer is unleashed, it is a threat so direct and so close to us that the intended users tend to develop strategies to ignore it. (1967)

06.02.2026 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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06.02.2026 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At 81, the 'godfather of specialty coffee' is still seeking perfection George Howell brought us the Frappuccino, but his contributions to coffee run deeper. And he got his start right here in Boston.

The godfather of specialty coffee is celebrating 50 years in the business – and he got his start right here in Boston. George Howell is the man who brought us the Frappuccino, but his contributions to coffee run deeper. He took us on a tour through his company’s Acton roastery.

06.02.2026 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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June Tyson : Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Arkestra - Modern Harmonic LP/CD The first-ever collection of June Tyson Vocal performances With Sun Ra and his Arkestra.

05.02.2026 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy birthday Bill

05.02.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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This post is not only about SELECT * I was about to walk out the door to take a flight, when my phone rang. Our major software system we had just released last week was returning weird data. FirstName and LastName was being reversed. …

In which Louis Davidson tries to battle the never-ending cesspool of AI slop by explaining why SELECT * isn't really all that bad in most cases: drsql.link/2026/02/02/t...

05.02.2026 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Well, every gig was a story. And it's always changing; everything is always changing. It may appear to be similar or something to that effect, but there's such a tremendous undercurrent of change that you have to be up to be a part of it."

Happy Birthday June Tyson
born February 5, 1936

05.02.2026 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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June Tyson - Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Arkestra singer, violinist and dancer - Feb 5 1936 - Nov 24 1992. Now travelling the Spaceways… x

05.02.2026 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"I have to sit and listen very carefully, you had to be alert and be there. That was part of the discipline. It was always informative. You could never ever say you didn't learn, because you do, continuously, up 'til today."

June Tyson Interview
50milesofelbowroom.com/articles/353...

05.02.2026 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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