Max Grafe
@amagicreflexham.bsky.social
Composer • Teacher • Racing • NJ • Anti-anti-modernist • he/him
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Max Grafe
@amagicreflexham.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Important things about me: I'm a composer and music prof living in central NJ (yes it exists and it's called pork roll don't @ me) and I love racing, cooking, and cats. Let's hang
Find yourself a woman who will casually utter the phrase "when I learned about Fluxus in middle school"
February 15, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Find yourself a woman who will casually utter the phrase "when I learned about Fluxus in middle school"
So they're just fully The Paper of Being Butthurt Mamdani Won and Is Popular now huh
Mamdani Is Targeting Bad Landlords. What About Public Housing?
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:16 PM
So they're just fully The Paper of Being Butthurt Mamdani Won and Is Popular now huh
Will never get over pop sci outlets covering this kind of thing like it's a shocking new discovery and not something actual experts have known for decades
Study finds rediscovered music yields wildly different performances without shared traditions
Rediscovering long forgotten music does not mean recovering how it was meant to be performed, and that is a major challenge for the arts, finds a new study from the University of Surrey. An expert has...
phys.org
February 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Will never get over pop sci outlets covering this kind of thing like it's a shocking new discovery and not something actual experts have known for decades
Between "who can drive the fastest" and "who can most effectively operate an incredibly advanced piece of technology while traveling at 200mph" I know for damn sure which one I find more interesting
I do not agree with many famous old racers who say things like “lifting” or “fuel-saving” is “not real racing.” Motor racing is an act of driving, and people who are better at driving than others tend to beat them, and I feel like both lifting and fuel-saving are quite critical elements of driving
February 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Between "who can drive the fastest" and "who can most effectively operate an incredibly advanced piece of technology while traveling at 200mph" I know for damn sure which one I find more interesting
There are two things to be clear-headed about here, both of which are being obscured by the official language: 1) this was a terror campaign in every meaningful sense of the term, and 2) it was an utter, miserable failure
Live updates: Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown
The immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths is coming to an end, border czar Tom Homan said Thursday.
apnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
There are two things to be clear-headed about here, both of which are being obscured by the official language: 1) this was a terror campaign in every meaningful sense of the term, and 2) it was an utter, miserable failure
Are my ears starting to go or is the version of the national anthem they're using for the Olympics kinda complete dogwater
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Are my ears starting to go or is the version of the national anthem they're using for the Olympics kinda complete dogwater
Credit where credit's due, at least instead of making us all go through a long agonizing enshittification process Discord is just dropping a tactical nuke on themselves
February 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Credit where credit's due, at least instead of making us all go through a long agonizing enshittification process Discord is just dropping a tactical nuke on themselves
I'm so LMU pilled lately, iRacing who? (jk I'll always love you)
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 AM
I'm so LMU pilled lately, iRacing who? (jk I'll always love you)
If it's called England why is the language not called Engish
February 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM
If it's called England why is the language not called Engish
Is it weird to be infatuated with the entire Italian curling team or
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Is it weird to be infatuated with the entire Italian curling team or
Is it me or is there a backlash to them killing the oxford comma and now we're doing an extra comma after the last element in a list where it doesn't make any sense
February 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Is it me or is there a backlash to them killing the oxford comma and now we're doing an extra comma after the last element in a list where it doesn't make any sense
Realistically how far away are we from drug brand names just being keysmashes
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Realistically how far away are we from drug brand names just being keysmashes
Throwing into sharp relief the difference between a citizen of the world and a temporary occupant of an increasingly shrinking white house
This is what Hess said: “It brings up mixed emotions to represent the US right now. I think it’s a little hard. There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of. Just because I wear the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the US.”
February 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Throwing into sharp relief the difference between a citizen of the world and a temporary occupant of an increasingly shrinking white house
Do you people fucking hear yourselves
I don't care who you voted for, Dems being critical of other Dems is exactly how we got trump.
February 8, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Do you people fucking hear yourselves
They do make you spell it right five times in a row before they let you graduate
Fun Facte: The worde "Juilliard" doth subtly rearrange the number and order of the lettirs I and L everye tyme you reade it.
February 8, 2026 at 12:42 AM
They do make you spell it right five times in a row before they let you graduate
I'm still very much a beginner runner but just the fact that I can run like 4-5km in the morning and not be completely useless the rest of the day is so wild to me
February 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I'm still very much a beginner runner but just the fact that I can run like 4-5km in the morning and not be completely useless the rest of the day is so wild to me
I never know whether to be relieved Gladwell has never decided to pretend to be an expert in theory or composition or sad we've never gotten to watch him completely eat shit about it
Holy shit this is bad and Gladwell just sounds like an an arrogant know it all asshole who clearly has no idea what he is talking about
Someone got this for my birthday lol
February 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I never know whether to be relieved Gladwell has never decided to pretend to be an expert in theory or composition or sad we've never gotten to watch him completely eat shit about it
Every single time until I find my people
February 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Every single time until I find my people
Gonna take a lot of cards getting played right but I'm starting to think there's a version of this where the executive branch's power ends up being sharply curtailed, which would be good for everybody
February 3, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Gonna take a lot of cards getting played right but I'm starting to think there's a version of this where the executive branch's power ends up being sharply curtailed, which would be good for everybody
Just realized we're living in an era when the Black Eyed Peas probably could have gotten away with the original lyrics to Let's Get It Started so I'm making you all live with that knowledge too
February 1, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Just realized we're living in an era when the Black Eyed Peas probably could have gotten away with the original lyrics to Let's Get It Started so I'm making you all live with that knowledge too
Been trying to crawl out of a pretty big burnout hole for the last year or so and it turns out the trick was letting myself write the most shamelessly corny film noir thing I've ever done 🤷♂️
January 31, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Been trying to crawl out of a pretty big burnout hole for the last year or so and it turns out the trick was letting myself write the most shamelessly corny film noir thing I've ever done 🤷♂️
Reposted by Max Grafe
This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
Besides the obvious what continues to get to me about the Epstein files is how a man who by all outward appearances was a semiliterate meathead managed to have so much of the global elite wrapped around his finger. I mean, not surprising when you think about it, just infuriating
January 30, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Besides the obvious what continues to get to me about the Epstein files is how a man who by all outward appearances was a semiliterate meathead managed to have so much of the global elite wrapped around his finger. I mean, not surprising when you think about it, just infuriating
Reposted by Max Grafe
The central political divide today in the U.S. is not between two sides offering slightly varying iterations of the same underlying political bargain but between a tradition affirming the historic liberal-constitutional order and one that enthusiastically strips rights from ideological opponents.
January 29, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The central political divide today in the U.S. is not between two sides offering slightly varying iterations of the same underlying political bargain but between a tradition affirming the historic liberal-constitutional order and one that enthusiastically strips rights from ideological opponents.
Me within minutes of starting Cairn
January 30, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Me within minutes of starting Cairn