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Francois Dion

Uploaded the first full track I've done on my lunchbox #eurorack #modular #synth since completing it last night (are they ever truly done?). It's been a long ongoing project, now I can focus on making #music, #experimenting.

It is an #ambient #minimalist track. One unusual piece is the use of a pulsar vco. It is called "Pulsar Salad" (it is a lunchbox synth, after all). You can find it on #soundcloud

soundcloud.com/francois_dion/p

SoundCloudPulsar SaladAmbient piece patched on my lunchbox portable 54hp eurorack modular synthesizer and recorded live direct to Tascam digital recorder through a passive mixer. The whole system is battery powered, solar
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nemo™ 🇺🇦

#Plastic Makers Have A Big Secret: They’re #Experimenting On #You by More Perfect Union #yt

invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=H

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youtu.be/HuBEr9DjSxA

More Perfect Union | InvidiousPlastic Makers Have A Big Secret: They’re Experimenting On YouMicroplastics are everywhere — in our waterways and in our bodies. But the corporations responsible are facing no consequences — and making billions. Our brains and our blood now contain microplastics, and it's time for the perpetrators to face consequences. ----- More Perfect Union’s mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective, and we attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power, and we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems. We're an independent, nonprofit newsroom. To support our work: - Help fund our reporting: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash - Substack: https://substack.perfectunion.us/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moreperfectunion - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfectUS - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ - Threads: https://www.threads.net/@perfectunion - Website: https://www.perfectunion.us
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Rachel Wright

I spent some of yesterday doing experiments with possible techniques for the the overlays, and ended with with hands like Lady Macbeth's (always assuming that Duncan's blood was purple acrylic ink!). For such tenacious colour, the effect on the gauze was disappointingly feeble.

I'm concerned about the inktense because the first gauzes are beginning to look much muddier than when I started, but I think acrylic ink is not a better solution, in the end.

Splotchy version of Akhenaten's face on the dropcloth of my printing mat which is set on the floor. It's not very successful!
#DreamsOfAmarna#Overlays#Akhenaten
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richard

Reading Time: 2 minutesTable of Contents

  1. Wanting to Quit WordPress
  2. How Well ClassicPress plays with the Fediverse
  3. Comments Unseen
  4. Why This Matters
  5. The Side Track
  6. And Finally

Yesterday I experimented with migrating my blog from WordPress to ClassicPress to see whether ClassicPress plays nicely with the fediverse. It does but there is room for improvement.

If you want instructions on how to migrate from wordpress you can find the instructions here. Summarised, you download the switch to ClassicPress plugin, you run it, it checks that you're ready to migrate, you fix what needs to be fixed, and when ClassicPress sees that you're ready it will allow you to start the migration. The migration takes a second or two. It felt almost instant in my case. You know it has succeeded because you see the "ClassicPress" message at the bottom of the admin section.

Wanting to Quit WordPress

I want to dump WordPress for two main reasons. The first is that it has become bloated and slow. It offers an enormous amount of functionality, but at the cost of speed, and efficiency. The second reason is that it uses React and I am deeply opposed to anything developed by Facebook. Instead of connecting single people, it reminds single people of their isolation. It gets caught playing with emotions, and facilitating genocide, and never, ever apologises. By using React WordPress is closer to Facebook than I would like.

How Well ClassicPress plays with the Fediverse

If you want to write a blog post, and for it to show up on the fediverse via the Activity Plugin then it's ready and work well. As soon as you post from ClassicPress it shows up in the fediverse streams. If that's what you want to do then it works seamlessly.

Comments Unseen

With WordPress if someone comments to a post on the fediverse then it shows up in the wordpress comments section. With ClassicPress the comments are only visible on the fediverse. The quick fix to this, is to write a comment in wordpress that shows up on the fediverse. At this point communication is two way.

Why This Matters

If you're writing blog posts, and people comment on the fediverse, but you can't see the comments, then you won't know to thank, ignore or react. You will be posting into a vacuum with no dialogue taking place. By having two way commenting we have a way of having the blog as an integral part of the fediverse, and vice versa. Now that I know what's possible I don't want to go back.

The Side Track

Aside from experimenting with ClassicPress I also noticed that there are plugins that allow you to provide a summary of content headings at the top of the page, as well as a markdown parser or two to choose from. The final one was an estimated reading time. The last one isn't that intereting, but it's a curiousity worth knowing about.

And Finally

When I can get the exchange of comments to be from the Fediverse to my blog, and vice versa withput having to comment first I will be happy because then it will be seamless and I will be able to dump WordPress and focus on ClassicPress.

#classicpress #experimenting #fediverse #learning #wordpress

https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/classicpress-and-the-fediverse-not-quite-ready/

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C. Bluebird

I'm spending three days #experimenting with a heavy-duty #antiviral to see if boosts my energy for the rest of the month.

The grogginess it causes is too reminiscent of my worst sick years (which makes me feel panicky).

What would help: If you would please reply with silly memes, absurd jokes, interesting stories, everyday magic, and goofiness, it would do wonders for keeping my mind off my mind.

(Thanks in advance for anything and everything.)

#PostViral#PleaseHelp#Fatigue
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