I've finally started moving over to Codeberg! I have a collection of Max/MSP reverb abstractions that I'm working on, and so far, I have some room algorithms from Gardner's 1992 paper: codeberg.org/reillypascal... I'm also writing some blog posts about these, and I'll have the next one up soon!

“Among the most upsetting aspects of this rising crisis of violence against immigrants and women is how predictable it was. Of course men believe that if they pose as the state they can perpetrate the same violence the state often does…” www.teenvogue.com/story/men-dr... #ICE #Immigration

My entry for the September IndieWeb blog carnival, hosted by @fractalkitty.com! It's my first foray into creative writing/short stories on my blog, and it was a lot of fun: reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/2025/0...

“We'll pool some revenue and dole it out to you based on how valuable we decide it is. How do we decide how valuable it is? Shut up and trust us.“ www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/c...

As I argue in Good Vibes Only, the only difference between an AI's 'hallucination" and an "actionable output" is that the latter is aligned with existing biases whereas the former isn't. AI-style probability just lets us act on existing prejudice in the absence of factual evidence.

I'm reading Borges' “Garden of Forking Paths” collection. I was inspired to do so because I've heard people reference the title story in connection with hypertext.

“Even if the existence of a bubble does not mean the technology is on the precipice of vanishing, workers can still organize to exert control over AI and ensure its development does not rob them of their livelihoods or natural environment.” jacobin.com/2025/09/meta...

“One of the more immediate dangers of Trump’s rhetorical gesture may be the ‘chilling effect,’ Kadidal said. The average protester may find it hard to piece through the legal questions around terror designations and decide to stay home.” theintercept.com/2025/09/18/t...

Has anyone found it harder to drag and drop things on recent MacBooks? I have an M3 Pro MacBook Pro from 2023/macOS 15.7, and everything works fine for me but I've seen multiple students' computers on which it was much harder to drag and drop things Any workarounds/suggestions I could give them?

“Rolling Stone reports that ‘multiple execs felt that Kimmel had not actually said anything over the line.’ Instead, they were ‘pissing themselves’ over the threat of Trump administration retaliation, one source said.” www.theverge.com/policy/78114...

as you cancel disney subscriptions, please remember to support your favorite independent media. there are amazing people doing critical work with very little support, and things are only getting harder. here are some of my favorites: www.citationneeded.news/friends/. feel free to post yours below!

My online experience has gotten so much less stressful and unpleasant since I switched to only using chronological feeds. (Also just being on here/Mastodon instead of IG/TT/etc., but the chronological posts are an important part of it)

“…the path forward is clear. We, as Americans, must end our complicity in the slaughter of the Palestinian people. […] The United States must not continue sending many billions of dollars and weapons to Netanyahu’s genocidal government.” www.sanders.senate.gov/op-eds/it-is...

Fun fact! Bluesky is our best site for fundraising! While a lot of social media platforms deboost links and cut down on moderators, Bluesky hasn’t. And the result for us has been effective grassroots fundraising and communication.

“Between CBS, TikTok, and Oracle’s recent stock surge and data center dealings— Ellison is a billionaire to watch… his chokehold on the structures and systems powering our information and media ecosystems may be indelible in the years ahead.” hardresetmedia.substack.com/p/the-billio...

For anyone hosted on: → blacksky.app → myatproto.social → cryptoanarchy.network and are seeing: → "could not find blob" → your pfp or banner are missing try using this new tool by @baileytownsend.dev to fix the issue missing.pdsmoover.com

My partner's mom gave me a lovely leather pen case for my birthday! It's especially great because I was just thinking how I need something like this after almost knocking a pen on the floor. #FountainPens #FountainPen

Universal childcare is on the ballot this November — but you don't need to wait to take action. Sign the @ny4childcare.bsky.social petition below calling for full-day care for NYC two-year-olds.

I got the message “Gav ett hjärta till en bild” from my partner in an otherwise English group chat. I realized it's just the usual notification that Android users get from iMessage reactions, except my partner is studying Swedish and must have had the Swedish keyboard turned on.

more old english pages: ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXVII_(...

there's an article in old english wikipedia about the 6-7 meme

I found a cool resource on a composer for The Weather Channel: twcclassics.com/information/...

You should say what the alternatives are so people understand what you mean by this. Not that they should go back to X, but that they can migrate to PDS.witchcraft.systems, selfhosted.social, blacksky.app, @transrights.northsky.social They can use zeppelin.social, blacksky.community, deer.social

If anyone's migrating off bsky.app to alternate appviews like blacksky.community (or "northsky"?) here's a tip. Install the "redirector" addon: addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefo... And config as below (see alt text) Now URLs you type or paste, or links to bluesky on the web, go to blacksky instead.

“This poll underscores that the term ‘democratic socialism’ now communicates something very practical to American voters: the kind of economic security and fairness once associated with the New Deal tradition” jacobin.com/2025/09/new-...

Y’all, this one is close to me. A San Diego mutual aid organizer I’m connected with needs support to pay for a jaw surgery they’re having soon: gofund.me/09d07f525 Any amount helps and boosting is much appreciated. 💛 #MutualAid

I'm missing a pen and my first thought was “oh, I'll just ctrl + f for it”

“As reported by The Advocate, ‘The Gun Violence Archive has tracked mass shootings since 2013 and found in 2023 that just 0.1 percent involved a transgender shooter. By contrast, 96 to 98 percent have been committed by cisgender men.‘” www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...

blacksky.app → pds atproto.africa → relay blacksky.community → app @blackskyweb.xyz → moderation @tektite.cc → migration assembly.blacksky.community → governance blackskyweb.xyz → marketing website rsky.satnav.dev → exported data explorer

“…the bullets did have messages, but nothing about transgender people was on them. […] “_The Wall Street Journal_ has not retracted its report about the trans community, nor has it apologized. I guess it really is a Rupert Murdoch paper after all.” www.theverge.com/politics/777...

My mom gave me this nice fountain pen ink for my birthday and it writes very nicely! Ink: Sailor Yurameku Yoi Pen: TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR Notebook: GLP Creations, “The Author” (A5, 68gsm Tomoe River) #FountainPen #FountainPens

“He appeared proud of the harsh opinions he robustly shared. Which means there’s no reason now to be shy about them while pondering his legacy.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Migrate to BlackSky instructions: 1. tektite.cc, disable 2FA 2. Login w/ real pw NOT app pw 3. Click migrate to blacksky button 4. Add handle, new pw, use dropdown if non-Black user 5. Click Migrate 6. When done transferring, enter code sent to your email 7. Complete! blacksky.community is site

Some very cool features of Blacksky + how to migrate an existing Bluesky account there! - moderation is independent of Bluesky - no age verification/blocking in UK/Mississippi/etc. - much better feed algorithms - they host their own infrastructure privacy.thenexus.today/what-solidar...

vst.unplug.red/modman heyyy made a new tape style modulation plugin get it lol

There’s likely an organized campaign going on to incite you to say stuff that’s gonna get you suspended or banned (or worse). The right has mentioned the Bluesky reaction to this incident repeatedly. They’re here to find targets. Don’t let them rile you up and goad you into something you’ll regret.

My partner baked a cake with me for my birthday, and now we're watching “The Amazing Digital Circus”

Just for fun, I'm going to give you some clips of the hate mail I got from being placed on Kirk's TPUSA Dangerous Professor list. Buckle up:

It's my birthday today and my fiancé got me tickets to see Autechre! My partner is very sweet and I'm very excited — Autechre has been one of my favorite groups for quite a long time now.

Listening to Fire-Toolz's “Breeze” album this morning. Such cool sound design and composition and it feels really nice to just get lost in it.

Liberals are doing the right’s job for it. By lionizing Charlie Kirk and refusing to acknowledge his real political project, they’re giving power to the right’s completely predictable effort to use his death to forward their goal of an authoritarian, fascist state.

I've wanted to get into D&D/TTRPGs for a while, and now I've found a cool group to do that with at my library! reillyspitzfaden.com/notes/2025/0...

I figured out how to get some custom shortcuts in my startup screen on Neovim, and how to do my own ASCII header (my dotfiles: https://github.com/reillypascal/kickstart.nvim) "u" runs Lazy.nvim updates, "n" runs :enew, "r" runs Oil, and "s" runs Telescope. This is using dashboard-nvim.

Some nice ways I've made my use of tech feel more pleasant — live coding with Tidal Cycles, and algorithmic knitting patterns reillyspitzfaden.com/notes/2025/0... #IndieWeb #LiveCoding #TidalCycles #Knitting #Crafts

A colleague at the school where I teach music came across an old DX7 synth! We moved it into the new recording studio that's getting built, and that will be very cool to play around with.

Here's my full story from last month on how book authors are fighting back against the AI industry: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Just in: Anthropic has settled an AI copyright lawsuit brought by book authors. A judge had recently granted portions of the suit class-action status, raising the possibility of billions in statutory damages. I reached out to Anthropic, but they declined to comment or disclose the terms.

I added a /uses page to my site, and one thing I found in particular that I have to recommend is FOSS Android apps to de-Google your phone. I also have a section on the fountain pens/inks/notebooks I like. reillyspitzfaden.com/uses/

I've started knitting, and when I was looking for a bag to keep my supplies in, I realized the best one I had was from @yarnwire.bsky.social — not intentional, but it works!