David Menestres
@abstracttruth.bsky.social
Destroy the original. Fax the images to Newark.
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Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/LGjqTCbctIfzanv6jEdM4Q88-gRORqbNrxZoWuHUs8BTfG7-NpFGao1HC8l7SHZs
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Long interview with the king Tatsu Aoki in the new Tone Glow
Tone Glow 207: Tatsu Aoki
An interview with the Japanese American musician and filmmaker about growing up in a geisha house, the racial divide of Chicago’s jazz scene, and the legends of the Bay Area Asian American jazz scene
toneglow.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Long interview with the king Tatsu Aoki in the new Tone Glow
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Excellent show coming up this Saturday at Infinite Repeats in Charlottesville! Two members of Flin Flon are playing, which is exciting on its own, but of course Mark Robinson is known for much more than that (Unrest and Teenbeat Records for a couple). It will be an excellent night all around!
January 21, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Excellent show coming up this Saturday at Infinite Repeats in Charlottesville! Two members of Flin Flon are playing, which is exciting on its own, but of course Mark Robinson is known for much more than that (Unrest and Teenbeat Records for a couple). It will be an excellent night all around!
One of these shitty billionaires should give me the billion dollars in their couch cushions. I'll throw in the castration for free if they ask nicely.
January 21, 2026 at 6:20 PM
One of these shitty billionaires should give me the billion dollars in their couch cushions. I'll throw in the castration for free if they ask nicely.
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come on, little buddy. let us fly from this shithouse before he turns us both into giant snails.
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archive.org/details/TheL...
January 21, 2026 at 5:55 PM
come on, little buddy. let us fly from this shithouse before he turns us both into giant snails.
archive.org/details/TheL...
archive.org/details/TheL...
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NEWS: Pentagon ordered active-duty soldiers with a military police unit in NC to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar told @ms.now
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
NEWS: Pentagon ordered active-duty soldiers with a military police unit in NC to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar told @ms.now
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
New one out next month from Concrete Sun.
Evelyn Ficarra (found sounds, laptop)
Heather Frasch (synthesizers, DIY kinetic objects)
Myra Melford (amplified objects and preparations inside the piano)
Evelyn Ficarra (found sounds, laptop)
Heather Frasch (synthesizers, DIY kinetic objects)
Myra Melford (amplified objects and preparations inside the piano)
Concrete Sun (Evelyn Ficarra, Heather Frasch & Myra Melford), by Infrequent Seams
3 track album
infrequentseams.bandcamp.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
New one out next month from Concrete Sun.
Evelyn Ficarra (found sounds, laptop)
Heather Frasch (synthesizers, DIY kinetic objects)
Myra Melford (amplified objects and preparations inside the piano)
Evelyn Ficarra (found sounds, laptop)
Heather Frasch (synthesizers, DIY kinetic objects)
Myra Melford (amplified objects and preparations inside the piano)
Listening to a jazz album out in a month or so from a young player but the whole thing sounds like an album from 30 years ago. Impeccably well played but I don't understand the point of making music that is this historically regressive while the world is burning.
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Listening to a jazz album out in a month or so from a young player but the whole thing sounds like an album from 30 years ago. Impeccably well played but I don't understand the point of making music that is this historically regressive while the world is burning.
Ellen Fullman & JACK at VMFA January 23 free.
REWIND - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
www.vmfa.museum
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Ellen Fullman & JACK at VMFA January 23 free.
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also copiers, they can be monitored live. iirc there were reports at columbia/barnard of cops showing up as people were making copies
Workplace printers don’t just track file names — in some cases, they can recall the exact contents of any file they print.
FBI’s Washington Post Investigation Shows How Your Printer Can Snitch on You
Investigators identified a suspect, Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, because his employer could view the contents of files printed at its facility.
interc.pt
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
also copiers, they can be monitored live. iirc there were reports at columbia/barnard of cops showing up as people were making copies
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It’s true that only Trump is Trump and many of you are opposed to Trump and to fascism.
But I think it would also behoove you to think about the FULL CENTURY of domineering, arrogant, monolingual, exploitative, destructive American behavior that led to this.
But I think it would also behoove you to think about the FULL CENTURY of domineering, arrogant, monolingual, exploitative, destructive American behavior that led to this.
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
It’s true that only Trump is Trump and many of you are opposed to Trump and to fascism.
But I think it would also behoove you to think about the FULL CENTURY of domineering, arrogant, monolingual, exploitative, destructive American behavior that led to this.
But I think it would also behoove you to think about the FULL CENTURY of domineering, arrogant, monolingual, exploitative, destructive American behavior that led to this.
Probably a good time to mention again I teach private lessons in double bass, composition, improvisation, etc etc etc. In person in RVA or via Signal.
January 21, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Probably a good time to mention again I teach private lessons in double bass, composition, improvisation, etc etc etc. In person in RVA or via Signal.
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A prolific Asheville Reddit account infamous for posting copaganda and white supremacist talking points has been unmasked as Senior APD Officer Robert Crume.
Further evidence has come to light that the APD officer behind the white supremacist reddit account u/hallofthemountaincop is Officer Robert Crume.
Evidence in the comments below will outline how Crume's identity was uncovered from his comment history and public profiles.
Evidence in the comments below will outline how Crume's identity was uncovered from his comment history and public profiles.
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
A prolific Asheville Reddit account infamous for posting copaganda and white supremacist talking points has been unmasked as Senior APD Officer Robert Crume.
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Everyone who has an active duty or reserve duty soldier in their family should be having a conversation with that person about whether this is something they are willing to die for and also about the GI Rights Hotline
girightshotline.org
girightshotline.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Everyone who has an active duty or reserve duty soldier in their family should be having a conversation with that person about whether this is something they are willing to die for and also about the GI Rights Hotline
girightshotline.org
girightshotline.org
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reader, i too wish i did not feel compelled to bust this out constantly, but:
bsky.app/profile/yung...
bsky.app/profile/yung...
the key 2020s graphic for the library profession’s aggressively willful information illiteracy
January 21, 2026 at 12:50 PM
reader, i too wish i did not feel compelled to bust this out constantly, but:
bsky.app/profile/yung...
bsky.app/profile/yung...
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there are some great, heartbreaking responses to this survey.
as someone who masks indoors, having basically all team morale-building centered on eating snacks together in poorly ventilated rooms during a horrific flu season is all too common and, uh, radically worsens my burnout
as someone who masks indoors, having basically all team morale-building centered on eating snacks together in poorly ventilated rooms during a horrific flu season is all too common and, uh, radically worsens my burnout
Last summer, I surveyed library workers about the ways library work impacts their mental health, and they responded.
“Pizza Parties Don’t Fix Burnout”: The State of Librarian Mental Health:
bookriot.com/the-state-of...
“Pizza Parties Don’t Fix Burnout”: The State of Librarian Mental Health:
bookriot.com/the-state-of...
"Pizza Parties Don't Fix Burnout": The State of Librarian Mental Health
Library workers are feeling increased pressures to be everything to everyone, and the impact on their mental health matters.
bookriot.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:39 PM
there are some great, heartbreaking responses to this survey.
as someone who masks indoors, having basically all team morale-building centered on eating snacks together in poorly ventilated rooms during a horrific flu season is all too common and, uh, radically worsens my burnout
as someone who masks indoors, having basically all team morale-building centered on eating snacks together in poorly ventilated rooms during a horrific flu season is all too common and, uh, radically worsens my burnout
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breezy in the Sun-Times ✨
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 AM
breezy in the Sun-Times ✨
Me: I like how aggro your drumming was.
Him: Thanks I was listening to [Ahmed] all day.
Him: Thanks I was listening to [Ahmed] all day.
January 21, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Me: I like how aggro your drumming was.
Him: Thanks I was listening to [Ahmed] all day.
Him: Thanks I was listening to [Ahmed] all day.
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Also, this is a stupid tactic because they have already forced deportations of family members of veterans/active military AND of veterans.
Serving in the US military does NOT actually protect you or your family from deportation.
Serving in the US military does NOT actually protect you or your family from deportation.
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Also, this is a stupid tactic because they have already forced deportations of family members of veterans/active military AND of veterans.
Serving in the US military does NOT actually protect you or your family from deportation.
Serving in the US military does NOT actually protect you or your family from deportation.
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"If you are born here and you are 17yrs old, and in a position, like many, where your parents may not be documented. They need you to help!”
This tactic by recruiters is the same tactic used on the interned Japanese Americans to prove their loyalty during WWII.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
This tactic by recruiters is the same tactic used on the interned Japanese Americans to prove their loyalty during WWII.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
Recruiter pitches joining the military to Minneapolis high school students to protect their families from ICE | CNN Politics
A military recruiter in Minnesota, pointing to fears over the ongoing ICE operations in Minneapolis, promoted joining the National Guard to high school students highlighting a program that can offer t...
www.cnn.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:01 AM
"If you are born here and you are 17yrs old, and in a position, like many, where your parents may not be documented. They need you to help!”
This tactic by recruiters is the same tactic used on the interned Japanese Americans to prove their loyalty during WWII.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
This tactic by recruiters is the same tactic used on the interned Japanese Americans to prove their loyalty during WWII.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
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i still mostly consider this the perfect distillation of everything lynch in under an hour #nowwatching
January 20, 2026 at 10:12 PM
i still mostly consider this the perfect distillation of everything lynch in under an hour #nowwatching
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it's yr birthday dave happy birthday
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 AM
it's yr birthday dave happy birthday
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Very happy to finally share video of this set by Lucio Capece and Katie Porter (aka Phase to Phase) from last September! youtu.be/8FUm59TXoqQ
Phase to Phase (Lucio Capece and Katie Porter)
YouTube video by Non-Event
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Very happy to finally share video of this set by Lucio Capece and Katie Porter (aka Phase to Phase) from last September! youtu.be/8FUm59TXoqQ
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The Ewart/Jarman bassoon duo is worth the price of admission.
May 17, 2024 at 12:21 PM
The Ewart/Jarman bassoon duo is worth the price of admission.
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Kicking things off with Muhal Richard Abram's Lifea Blinec with Joseph Jarman, Douglas Ewart, Amina Claudine Myers, & Thurman Barker
May 17, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Kicking things off with Muhal Richard Abram's Lifea Blinec with Joseph Jarman, Douglas Ewart, Amina Claudine Myers, & Thurman Barker