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Composer & programmer who likes noise, obsolete media, electronics, and nostalgia Website: https://reillyspitzfaden.com Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@reillypascal Mastodon (follow from Bsky): https://bsky.app/profile/reillypascal.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

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If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.

05.11.2025 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 22598    πŸ” 2525    πŸ’¬ 369    πŸ“Œ 86
Leslie Sends Out a Bat Signal | Parks and Recreation
YouTube video by Parks and Recreation Leslie Sends Out a Bat Signal | Parks and Recreation

Hadn't heard him before, but he makes me think a bit of Derry Murbles www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAjN...

05.11.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Live Updates: Mamdani Wins N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race After Highest Turnout in Decades

Go Mamdani!

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

05.11.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.

β€œThese careless and cavalier uses of facial recognition are going to lead to U.S. citizens and lawful residents being grabbed off the street and placed in ICE detention.”

www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...

05.11.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I personally prefer reading the first, because I already know how a 5:3 feels, but I think the third option is easiest to read for people who don't already know

05.11.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A dimly lit room with gray walls and carpet, office tile ceiling, and various chairs, tables, and a chest against the walls. The only light is coming from behind the viewpoint.

A dimly lit room with gray walls and carpet, office tile ceiling, and various chairs, tables, and a chest against the walls. The only light is coming from behind the viewpoint.

I've been getting into photography lately after I found my old film camera (Minolta X-370), and my partner found their old digital camera. Even though my phone's camera is nicer than the digital one, it's been nice to use both of them and not have to bring my […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]

03.11.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A film photograph of a cloudy sky above a reservoir. There is a jagged rent in the otherwise smooth and opaque clouds with sun shining through. A fence in front of the reservoir, with a small globe-shaped lamp on a curved pole. Behind the reservoir is a line of trees. The foreground is dark, silhouetted against the sky.

A film photograph of a cloudy sky above a reservoir. There is a jagged rent in the otherwise smooth and opaque clouds with sun shining through. A fence in front of the reservoir, with a small globe-shaped lamp on a curved pole. Behind the reservoir is a line of trees. The foreground is dark, silhouetted against the sky.

Same scene as before, but framed further to the right. A film photograph of a cloudy sky above a reservoir. There is a jagged rent in the otherwise smooth and opaque clouds with sun shining through. In the background behind the trees, there are 4 radio towers visible.

Same scene as before, but framed further to the right. A film photograph of a cloudy sky above a reservoir. There is a jagged rent in the otherwise smooth and opaque clouds with sun shining through. In the background behind the trees, there are 4 radio towers visible.

I've been getting into film photography, and here are some photos from the first roll I took. I'm finding I like clouds, especially with the sun shining through them in interesting ways

These were taken at the Cobbs Hill Park reservoir in Rochester

Minolta […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]

05.11.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
anthropomorphic clock being threatened by figures with an axe and a hammer, caption reads



SMASH YOUR CLOCKS!

ending time opens all possibilities

anthropomorphic clock being threatened by figures with an axe and a hammer, caption reads SMASH YOUR CLOCKS! ending time opens all possibilities

01.11.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Autechre - Unreleased Untitled Demo 12/10/22
YouTube video by Deep Tread Autechre - Unreleased Untitled Demo 12/10/22

rare glimpse into one of autechre's max patches (not fake for once), surprised how legible it is, esp the drum machine (though a lot of the logic behind the patterns is hidden) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3poN...

31.10.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Do it! I just joined a group at my library that's playing Pathfinder 2e (hadn't played any before I joined) and it's been so much fun

31.10.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Heated Blanket Skillshare and Donation Drive:

Join Rochester Mutual Aid Network, Recovery All Ways, Rochester Grants Pass Resistance, and Roc Food Not Bombs for an event that is harm reduction in action!

We'll gather at Tru Yoga in the South Wedge to make USB/solar rechargeable heated blankets for our unhoused neighbors. No experience required, but please do bring scissors, fabric glue, and/or a sewing machine if you have one!

November 15th, 4PM until 8PM at Tru Yoga. 683 South Ave, Rochester NY, 14620.

Can't make the event? Drop off a blanket donation at Tru any time between now and 11/15 or donate funds to help us buy supplies!

Heated Blanket Skillshare and Donation Drive: Join Rochester Mutual Aid Network, Recovery All Ways, Rochester Grants Pass Resistance, and Roc Food Not Bombs for an event that is harm reduction in action! We'll gather at Tru Yoga in the South Wedge to make USB/solar rechargeable heated blankets for our unhoused neighbors. No experience required, but please do bring scissors, fabric glue, and/or a sewing machine if you have one! November 15th, 4PM until 8PM at Tru Yoga. 683 South Ave, Rochester NY, 14620. Can't make the event? Drop off a blanket donation at Tru any time between now and 11/15 or donate funds to help us buy supplies!

rman.link/blankies

25.10.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rochester Mutual Aid Network

Free Grocery Pop Up

On Saturday, November 1st, 2025, from 3PM-6PM, we will be hosting a free grocery pop up at St. Joseph's Park on the corner of North Clinton Avenue and Pleasant Street!

We will have shelf-stable kitchen staples, personal hygiene supplies, harm reduction supplies, and fresh produce.

Rochester Mutual Aid Network Free Grocery Pop Up On Saturday, November 1st, 2025, from 3PM-6PM, we will be hosting a free grocery pop up at St. Joseph's Park on the corner of North Clinton Avenue and Pleasant Street! We will have shelf-stable kitchen staples, personal hygiene supplies, harm reduction supplies, and fresh produce.

Food Not Bombs' Saturday serve will begin around 6:30PM across the street at the Transit Center. If you would like to enjoy a meal provided by them, please consider stopping over to see them after the grocery pop up ends!

Food Not Bombs' Saturday serve will begin around 6:30PM across the street at the Transit Center. If you would like to enjoy a meal provided by them, please consider stopping over to see them after the grocery pop up ends!

If you're planning on driving to the pop up, please park on the Pleasant Street side of the park. There will be much less traffic on that side of the park and it will make it much easier to attend the pop up.

If you're planning on driving to the pop up, please park on the Pleasant Street side of the park. There will be much less traffic on that side of the park and it will make it much easier to attend the pop up.

If you are able to, please consider offering a ride to the pop up, or coming on someone else's behalf. Our elderly population in particular can have a hard time making it to events like this, so please try to lend a hand to a neighbor if you're able to!

If you are able to, please consider offering a ride to the pop up, or coming on someone else's behalf. Our elderly population in particular can have a hard time making it to events like this, so please try to lend a hand to a neighbor if you're able to!

Sharing this post from Rochester Mutual Aid Network.

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29.10.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Names often have very specific associations for me and I just think it's fun that the one I have for Sophie is the sound of the bass drop in β€œFaceshopping” β€” some truly incredible sound design

29.10.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

29.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 42341    πŸ” 13663    πŸ’¬ 1249    πŸ“Œ 1061

Have they tried turning it off and on again?

28.10.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism After Kirk's murder, calls for censorship and the crackdown on political places started to include Bluesky. Open social networks must now fight political suppression as well as platform monopolies.

β€œBuilding resilient networks in 2025 means not just architecting against enshittification, but against authoritarianism… [to] factor in what happens to the entire open social ecosystem when app stores and governments align against it.”

connectedplaces.online/blueskyism-p...

22.10.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats! You've got this

20.10.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love cool tech as much as the next person, and an important part of being a cool tech enjoyer is knowing when to say β€œthis device doesn't need more tech.” β€œThis device doesn't need to connect to the internet.” β€œInternet connection will expose me/others to more brittleness and surveillance.”

20.10.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When I was a weird little ~8 year old, I remember putting a rock or two in strange places around my neighbors' house, and it was definitely just me being a weird kid.

Also nowadays my partner and I collect cool rocks, so it would be kind of nice to randomly receive one.

20.10.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where is this from?

19.10.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A diagram of a Minolta X-370 SLR camera with the lens removed and parts labeled. Of interest is the upper left:

β€œAE lock/self-timer switch
β€’ AE lock for holding close-up or adjusted-viewing meter readings
β€’ Self-timer with triple-rate blinking LED”

A diagram of a Minolta X-370 SLR camera with the lens removed and parts labeled. Of interest is the upper left: β€œAE lock/self-timer switch β€’ AE lock for holding close-up or adjusted-viewing meter readings β€’ Self-timer with triple-rate blinking LED”

My camera has an β€œAE lock” (upper left label in diagram) and I immediately thought β€œAutechre lock”

19.10.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I also like that one! I have a few of that project's albums

17.10.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My musical taste in 8 artists:

- Fire-Toolz
- Autechre
- Kate Soper
- Clara Iannotta
- Kelley Sheehan
- SOPHIE
- Oneohtrix Point Never
- Edgard Varèse

17.10.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Chromatically altered subdominant chords – Open Music Theory The most common chromatically altered subdominant chords (aside from the applied dominant of V) are the *Neapolitan c...

This person says it's because it sounds like the German one, but it's spelled kind of like the French one, so that's Swiss: elliotthauser.com/openmusicthe...

I think that's pretty funny

16.10.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

15.10.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2881    πŸ” 626    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 75

I read that one and loved it! I think I actually learned about it because you mentioned it at some point

15.10.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Neat! I just saw some videos on this in my YouTube inbox and thought it looked useful.

15.10.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ Introducing our new featured package, Data Knot by Rodrigo Costanzo β€” machine learning tools for low latency real-time performance, built on FluCoMa πŸ₯

⚑️ Download it today via the Max Package Manager πŸ“¦

#machinelearning #maxmsp #audiotech #computermusic #performance #sounddesign #audioengineering

15.10.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Someone suggested β€œS.” to me since I liked β€œHouse of Leaves,” and so far it's been a great suggestion. If anyone has other suggestions (ergodic, experimental, intertextual, etc.) I'd love to hear them!

15.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The purple and yellow also appear to be from different read-throughs than the blue and black, so the notes are non-linear. There are also photocopies, postcards, and other supplementary things tucked into the pages.

15.10.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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