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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 9h

Thomas used to drive me to school

He took me to my first punk show

He's been fighting for justice for as long as I've known him

The Kansas City Star @kansascity.com · 11h

The 47-year-old activist is an alumnus of Rockhurt High School and was raised in Central Hyde Park in Kansas City. He was arrested as part of a flotilla attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza.

KC activist was on ship bound for Gaza with aid. He’s now in an Israeli prison

The 47-year-old activist is an alumnus of Rockhurt High School and was raised in Central Hyde Park in Kansas City. He was arrested as part of a flotilla attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza.

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 12h

RFKJR getting ready to blame Platonic solids for autism

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 12h

Blood Skull(tm), the only skull that's full of BLOOD

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 13h

Whoa

If you're a very specific kind of nerd, the Logue SDK part is huge

Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 13h

The looper is expanded with slicing and export. OSC3 performs new tricks (like modulation).

But most importantly, the microKORG2 now runs logue SDK -- right out of the gate with a bunch of @sinevibes.bsky.social goodness. It sounds like the secret sauce the microKORG sequel needed:

Two by two: microKORG2 2.0 splits, slices, rewards - and does Sinevibes - CDM Create Digital Music

The microKORG2 had the immediacy and cute factor of the microKORG, but even at its still-economical price, we needed more. And wow, did we get it. The logue SDK means this is an adorable synth that ca...

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 15h

Consistency is important

A graphic showing that I am "taking about the same number of steps a day as last year"

Both this year and last year show 7676 steps

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 17h

❤️🎂

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 1d

What's wrong babe? You've barely listened to your electronic dance music that samples quotes from Trump's Antifa panel

Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 1d

I'll say a tiny prayer each night for your toilet

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 1d

He told me they explained that it was "like a play" and that the teacher was just pretending

Which probably helps a little

But I think if I was literally getting yelled at all day by an actor for being myself I'd get pretty annoyed pretty fast

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 1d

Back at you my guy

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 1d

I remember when I did this field trip in grade school I kept getting yelled at for not keeping up with the writing

I broke my arm a few times when I was younger, so writing was never my strong suit

Combine that with something probably bordering on ADHD and maybe something border on autism myself

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 1d

He said two other kids had panic attacks ("one of them just cried")

Seriously I think we can find some ways to educate kids about the past without making them cry

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 1d

My son is autistic

He fidgets

So ... like ... what?

I'm not sure that doing a re-enactment of being in a one-room school house is really appropriate in this day and age if it's going to involve things like this

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 1d

My son did the obligatory field trip to a one-room school house

I remembered my experience being kind of shitty and demoralizing so I talked to him about it a bit beforehand

He came back and said it was kind of stressful because he kept getting yelled at for not having his feet flat on the floor

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 1d

Taking agency from the driver and moving it to the vehicle is how we end up with stacks of dead pedestrians every year

The Kansas City Star @kansascity.com · 1d

The SUV came in through the backyard, photos show.

SUV flies over pool, crashes through home and injures 2 inside, Florida cops say

The SUV came in through the backyard, photos show.

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 1d

It's been quite a 10 year run, but I'm happy with where I'm at right now

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 10 year anniversary to my greatest selfie ever

I "exited" my job a few hours later

Had a kid a few weeks later

Got a pacemaker three months later

Wild times

A white man with tousled brown hair and a handlebar mustache wearing a white shirt with several buttons open

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 2d

Aaaaarooooooooooo!

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Justin Falcone @justinfalcone.com · 2d

Part of the reason I'm not totally dooming over AI video generation is that there are already so many ways that we are lied to with "real" photos (like this 1990s LA standing in for 2020s Portland)

CNN @cnn.com · 3d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 2d

"We should focus on the general unreliability of all images instead of the specific unreliability of gen AI images"

☝️the opinion that gets me banned from parties

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 3d

Werewolf season

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 3d

All warnings should be accompanied by pictures of hot people violating the rules

Otherwise how will be learn?

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 3d

Just a note that there will be a call for submissions for readers to submit photos of themselves in front of lighthouses for the Southern Reach coffee table book, but please don't be preemptive as the guidelines for what's needed will be precise. For example, poor Lowry here got it wrong. No masks.

man in wielder's mask standing in front of weird pillars, muscular torso naked.

Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 3d

This story is amazing and I hope it get national traction because it nicely encapsulates the level of pettiness and entitlement we're seeing

TL;DR Trump tried to take a sword from a presidential museum to give to a literal king, the museum director said "no" but found an alternative, and was fired

The Kansas City Star @kansascity.com · 3d

“That’s not his,” said Abilene Wanda Bell, of an Eisenhower sword requested by the Trump administration. “It’s one of the treasures of our history. That’s not somebody else’s to walk in and demand.”

Abilene residents slam Trump ouster of Eisenhower museum leader over sword: ‘It’s crap!’

“That’s not his,” said Abilene Wanda Bell, of an Eisenhower sword requested by the Trump administration. “It’s one of the treasures of our history. That’s not somebody else’s to walk in and demand.”

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 3d

I ended up on a handful of lists for basically saying "people with cancer should be allowed to run for office" on a day when that was a very unpopular opinion

I don't take lists that seriously, folks will have a list and toss people on it when they're having a bad day

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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 3d

Victory

New sketchbook fits in goofy man bag

A black over-the-shoulder style bag and a sketchbook sitting next to each other on a wood floor

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