Future Jeff

The origin of our flat and natural signs:

Two versions of the note B - the naturally occurring one resulted in the Devil’s Tone and a lower one to avoid it.
Note the similarity between the letter shapes and our modern flat and natural signs.
(Image: Micrologus, Guido d'Arezzo circa ~1025)

Ugh - I get that. Best of luck!

I woke up feeling despondent today for no apparent reason so I had two mini mince pies for breakfast

#tellmeitsjanuarywithoutsayingitsjanuary

Oh no - I think I need one of those now!

Looks awesome! Looking forward to hearing it when you have a chance to share some clips

I could use some caption ideas, please

On the Night Bus home - my kingdom for another cheeseburger. …Also, great #trombonedrinks tonight in London Town

Mathematician Finally Solves Age-Old Moving Sofa Problem Mathematicians aren't usually the first point of call on moving day.

“Piiiiivot……”

www.sciencealert.com/mathematicia...

Caller on the radio: “do plants evolve? They can’t move or anything.

Radio guy: (explains that they do, provided clear examples)

Caller: …well, I’m just going to have to disagree with you on that one.

I’m completely unqualified and have no governmental experience.

Waiting by the phone all week - I can’t wait to find out what my cabinet position is going to be!

Messier object 104

The sombrero galaxy captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Thanks, @cbrody.bsky.social

Thanks Andy! I have no idea how to navigate this format - I never used Twitter so the whole concept of this is very alien to me!

Anyone able to recommend some science types on this platform? I’m a computational musicologist so would love to find like-minded researchers who are into AI, audio engineering, music theory, or weird musical instruments

InfoWars Loses InfoWar The Onion buys Alex Jones' website.

BWAHAHAHA!!!

It’s just occurred to me that Meta has been building my algorithm profile for 19 years. The opportunity to start more or less from scratch is huge - and daunting. Where to start? What to avoid? What are the things that make me the person I want to be?

Omg - is she the Dog Murderer?

Ha! Well, any port in a storm!

Brother! So great to hear from you!

This is weird. I feel like I’ve just walked into a party full of people I don’t know. I’m just going to hang out here by the snacks table and eat Doritos for awhile

Hello BlueSky. Tried to think of something suitably momentous for my first post but instead here is a forest of tuba mouthpieces