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YouTube video by International Anthem jaimie branch - Fly or Die

Anyone not already tapped into jaimie branch should check this out as a starter. Cool video. My kids and I watch it randomly from time to time.

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Fly or Die T-Shirt from International Anthem Fly or Die T-Shirt from International Anthem

Unfortunately, the shirts are sold out. Need another drop!

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A person standing in a rock climbing gym wearing a black shirt that reads “fly or die” in white letters. The fly or die slogan is a nod to the fly or die series of albums by trumpeter and all-around amazing person, jaimie branch, who tragically passed in 2023.

My Fly or Die shirt prompted a couple conversations about jaimie branch today at the rock gym. Hopefully a couple new listeners to the fly or die universe.

Thanks @intlanthem.bsky.social for making sure her legacy lives on! The shirt has been helping me educate the world every time I wear it.

Revolutions, by Daniel Bachman 4 track album

And I preordered the new Daniel Bachman yesterday before realizing today was Bandcamp Friday

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I scooped up both these for Bandcamp Friday (along with this uurydon tape: uurydon.bandcamp.com/album/ocean-...)

I’m excited for this! Love the cover artwork

Sad to admit it, but I did enjoy that for a solid 24 hrs I could say “sorry, I can’t do that right now”

Previously, getting detection down to parts per trillion levels would take us many hours using solid phase extraction. Now we can do it in a few minutes with a few cents worth of an adsorbent and desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Exploring Approaches for Accelerated Mass Spectrometric Detection of Fluorochemicals from Aqueous Solutions Using Indirect, Adsorbent-Facilitated Desorption Ionization There is a growing need for rapid, low-cost analytical tools to screen water supplies for persistent contaminants. Due to their ubiquitous presence in the environment and their detrimental effects on ...

In some positive news, we developed a rapid and low-cost method to test for fluorochemicals (#PFAS, forever chemicals) and other contaminants in water. We achieve parts per trillion LODs in a few minutes! Hoping this leads to wider access to testing of water supplies

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That’s gutting news 😭

Feels like the type of public-facing argument among scientists that could get almost as much attention as the “Covid is airborne” debates

The major cities really are insanely expensive here in the US, too. The city I’m in is still sorta affordable. It is definitely not a major city, though. Nice size, ~500,000 people so it feels like a large town. Just not big enough to get Armand Hammer to come through 😭

That’s incredible. And possibly the most unique 90s experience

Good point; London is expensive, so I guess you pay for access to all those shows. We loved it there when we visited this summer, but even a few days in hotels was rough lol

You’re so spoiled in London lol. Hardly anyone comes close to my city (for example, I’d have to drive 7 hours to see Armand hammer on their upcoming tour). I’m so starved for live music I’d got to a tribe show if it was just q-tip 😭

But if I were in your shoes maybe not

Adsorption, Thermal Treatment, and Preconcentration of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) on Zirconium-based MOFs: Effect of Fluorination The adsorbent based capture of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a popular method to remediate this persistent contaminant from wastewater…

Shoutout to @shohelm.bsky.social for all the excellent work on this manuscript just accepted. It’s part of our series of work to detect, sequester, and destroy forever chemicals.

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Threw in some Yusef, too

4 LPs laid out on a table. Clockwise from top left: Chipmunks Christmas, confluence by gato Barbieri and dollar brand, vibrations any Albert ayler, and meditations by John Coltrane.

Today’s soundtrack for boxing up Christmas decorations. Things got more and more free as the day went on

Crazy coincidence, I was spinning this last night along with Big Fun. Miles’ electronic era was probably my favorite.

A dead tree stump wrapped in ribbon and Christmas lights topped with Santa hats on the dead branches. The picture is taken during the day with blue sky in the background

A dead tree stump wrapped in ribbon and Christmas lights topped with Santa hats on the dead branches. The picture is taken during the night with the lights on

It makes me sad that I’ll soon have to take down this epic holiday light display that we made out of a dead tree stump. I’m tempted to keep the dead tree in place for next year…

I love To Cy and Lee, I’m glad it was part of the IA11 series so I could discover it like it was new. I’m surprised I wasn’t tapped in when it originally dropped but no matter. I’m tapped in now!

This was a fun year where I eagerly awaited the announcement of the albums that were part of the IA11 series. Universal Beings was the fitting choice for the final album. It kicked off my loved affair with this label. For that reason alone this album meant more to me than just the music.

Three albums lined up in front of a shelf full of records. The albums, left to right, are Fly or Die II by jaimie branch, universal beings by Makaya McCraven, and To Cy and Lee by Alabaster Deplume

The final bundle of the IA11 reissue series just touched down and it’s a doozy. 2 of my favorite albums (Fly or Die II and Universal Beings) and a Deplume I hadn’t yet heard but now love. Universal Beings was my introduction to @intlanthem.bsky.social. Excellent choice for the 11th and final album.

Nothing wrong with pineapple on pizza, I say!

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My dude, you’re living the dream

Pizza with pepperoni, green chile, and pineapple toppings

Since joining Bluesky I haven’t seen any #pizza discourse. I kinda miss the random food arguments at the other place, honestly…

So I’m gonna try to kick it off posting my family’s go-to pizza order.

We’re traditionalists.

So we stick to the main toppings of pepperoni, green chile, and pineapple

Hopefully some of that makes it our way. Unnervingly warm out in the mountain west

I second this one. It’s actually the only album in my top 20 of 2025 (yes, I had some downtime so I did this) that I don’t have a physical copy of. In no particular order…

SML: How You Been Read Dash Lewis’ review of the album.

Incredible review of one of my favorite albums of the year, How You Been by SML (via @intlanthem.bsky.social).

“By synthesizing all manner of history, theory, and experience, [SML] create complex, brand-new, brain-teasing compositions”

By @gardenerjams.bsky.social

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I appreciate that you bring climate and stuff into your work in a unique way. It makes me appreciate your music more, so there’s that :)