RedBlueBlackSilver
@redblueblacksilver.bsky.social
Troy, NY
Music - redblueblacksilver.bandcamp.com
Desert Oracle Radio desertoracle.com/radio
Metalwork - @VulcanMetalArts.bsky.social
Music - redblueblacksilver.bandcamp.com
Desert Oracle Radio desertoracle.com/radio
Metalwork - @VulcanMetalArts.bsky.social
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Exemplars of Faith: St. Dymphna (Standard Version - 59 Beads), by RedBlueBlackSilver
21 track album
redblueblacksilver.bandcamp.com
Finally, after a year of work, I'm ready to share the first of my Exemplars of Faith series in honor of St. Dymphna.
The music is free, but I also have handmade rosaries available, along with a CD - just click on the bandcamp link!
redblueblacksilver.bandcamp.com/album/exempl...
#exemplarsoffaith
The music is free, but I also have handmade rosaries available, along with a CD - just click on the bandcamp link!
redblueblacksilver.bandcamp.com/album/exempl...
#exemplarsoffaith
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Thanks to @kenlayne.bsky.social talking about the holidays in Sante Fe and Taos on the latest Desert Oracle; @courtneydn.bsky.social and I are fantasizing (planning) a return trip to both places. Plus, as former Las Vegans we can vouch for both Sam’s Town and Ethel M’s at Christmas.
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Thanks to @kenlayne.bsky.social talking about the holidays in Sante Fe and Taos on the latest Desert Oracle; @courtneydn.bsky.social and I are fantasizing (planning) a return trip to both places. Plus, as former Las Vegans we can vouch for both Sam’s Town and Ethel M’s at Christmas.
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Not with that attitude
December 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Not with that attitude
I can't believe that the atomic clock (that people use for encryption) was disrupted by a power outage and they didn't have a weather-proof backup system. This country is a clown circus 🤡.
byteiota.com/nist-ntp-out...
byteiota.com/nist-ntp-out...
NIST NTP Outage: Time Infrastructure Fails in Boulder
NIST Boulder time servers went offline Dec 17 after power failure. Backup generator failed. Atomic clocks on battery. Here's what broke and how to protect your systems.
byteiota.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I can't believe that the atomic clock (that people use for encryption) was disrupted by a power outage and they didn't have a weather-proof backup system. This country is a clown circus 🤡.
byteiota.com/nist-ntp-out...
byteiota.com/nist-ntp-out...
Yucca Yuletide: A Desert Holiday
Podcast Episode · Desert Oracle Radio · 12/20/2025 · 28m
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December 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The best desert photography you'll ever see
There's recent stuff at pjfinn.net
December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The best desert photography you'll ever see
Newark Penn Station is my favorite transit center in the US (with Grand Central Terminal right behind). Absolutely gorgeous with architectural and artistic details everywhere. Still has benches you can relax on without dividers. Arrival/Departure sign that rattles when it changes. Just perfect.
December 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Newark Penn Station is my favorite transit center in the US (with Grand Central Terminal right behind). Absolutely gorgeous with architectural and artistic details everywhere. Still has benches you can relax on without dividers. Arrival/Departure sign that rattles when it changes. Just perfect.
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My latest: “That is a world worth fighting for with everything we have, including using our most sacred symbols and in physically standing between menacing forces and their intended targets. This Advent, we are invited to prepare ourselves anew for this reversal of power. Are we ready?”
For today’s Unsettling Advent entry, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social writes that God is still coming into being, even amidst the cruelty of ICE and the terror of state violence.
“It must have seemed hopeless in first-century Palestine ... but that is where the light of the world chooses to be born.”
“It must have seemed hopeless in first-century Palestine ... but that is where the light of the world chooses to be born.”
Unsettling Advent 2025, Day 20
“He has brought down the powerful from their thrones and lifted up the lowly.” (Luke 1:52)
advent.wordandway.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My latest: “That is a world worth fighting for with everything we have, including using our most sacred symbols and in physically standing between menacing forces and their intended targets. This Advent, we are invited to prepare ourselves anew for this reversal of power. Are we ready?”
I am weirdly fascinated by the Cleveland Bus Terminal.
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I am weirdly fascinated by the Cleveland Bus Terminal.
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My latest book of speculative poetry Entropocene is officially out today
bookshop.org/a/197/978196...
bookshop.org/a/197/978196...
Entropocene
Check out Entropocene - <p>A collection of Elgin Award nominated speculative poetry chapbooks, plus various published and unpublished works. Thematic verse covering: time, telepathy, utopia, science, ...
bookshop.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
My latest book of speculative poetry Entropocene is officially out today
bookshop.org/a/197/978196...
bookshop.org/a/197/978196...
Be back in two hours, I'm going invading
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Be back in two hours, I'm going invading
Next weekend I am finally going to St. Dymphna's national shrine in Massillon, OH! I am starting an effort to convince the ELCA Lutheran Church to add her to their calendar of saints, and I'll also interview people for a project that'll be out in January.
I will also be eating my weight in pierogi.
I will also be eating my weight in pierogi.
December 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Next weekend I am finally going to St. Dymphna's national shrine in Massillon, OH! I am starting an effort to convince the ELCA Lutheran Church to add her to their calendar of saints, and I'll also interview people for a project that'll be out in January.
I will also be eating my weight in pierogi.
I will also be eating my weight in pierogi.
I found a 12 hour lecture series on the Mongol empire so I'm going to have to start work tomorrow not knowing the ending. No spoilers, please.
December 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I found a 12 hour lecture series on the Mongol empire so I'm going to have to start work tomorrow not knowing the ending. No spoilers, please.
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"We can act on our strongest convictions that dehumanization anywhere is unacceptable because we are all bearers of the image of God."
Check out my latest article with @faithandleadership.bsky.social
faithandleadership.com/i-was-slamme...
Check out my latest article with @faithandleadership.bsky.social
faithandleadership.com/i-was-slamme...
I was slammed to the ground and arrested outside an ICE facility. It was a holy experience.
Internment sites are being operated across the country, writes a Chicago pastor. What we do with this knowledge tells us everything about the Christians we are.
faithandleadership.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"We can act on our strongest convictions that dehumanization anywhere is unacceptable because we are all bearers of the image of God."
Check out my latest article with @faithandleadership.bsky.social
faithandleadership.com/i-was-slamme...
Check out my latest article with @faithandleadership.bsky.social
faithandleadership.com/i-was-slamme...
I've been afraid to move to Greater Minneapolis bc of Too Much Snow but I looked it up and they get less than Albany.
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I've been afraid to move to Greater Minneapolis bc of Too Much Snow but I looked it up and they get less than Albany.
ICYMI
New episode! "Christmas In Chelsea with St. Nicholas"
St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, and Clement Clarke Moore. The music's mine, except for the brass ensemble part.
Written, produced, edited, and narrated by the holly jolly @kenlayne.bsky.social.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, and Clement Clarke Moore. The music's mine, except for the brass ensemble part.
Written, produced, edited, and narrated by the holly jolly @kenlayne.bsky.social.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Christmas In Chelsea with St. Nicholas
Podcast Episode · Desert Oracle Radio · 12/05/2025 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
ICYMI
Tip of the day from Shaker music theory book discussing "speediometers" (metronomes) - and what to do without one:
"A bullet, attached to a smooth string, 39 1-2 inches long, from point of suspension, to the center of the ball, will very nearly vibrate seconds."
play.google.com/books/reader...
"A bullet, attached to a smooth string, 39 1-2 inches long, from point of suspension, to the center of the ball, will very nearly vibrate seconds."
play.google.com/books/reader...
A Short Abridgement of the Rules of Music, With Lessons for Exercise, and a Few Observations : for New Beginners - Google Play
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December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tip of the day from Shaker music theory book discussing "speediometers" (metronomes) - and what to do without one:
"A bullet, attached to a smooth string, 39 1-2 inches long, from point of suspension, to the center of the ball, will very nearly vibrate seconds."
play.google.com/books/reader...
"A bullet, attached to a smooth string, 39 1-2 inches long, from point of suspension, to the center of the ball, will very nearly vibrate seconds."
play.google.com/books/reader...
New episode! "Christmas In Chelsea with St. Nicholas"
St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, and Clement Clarke Moore. The music's mine, except for the brass ensemble part.
Written, produced, edited, and narrated by the holly jolly @kenlayne.bsky.social.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, and Clement Clarke Moore. The music's mine, except for the brass ensemble part.
Written, produced, edited, and narrated by the holly jolly @kenlayne.bsky.social.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Christmas In Chelsea with St. Nicholas
Podcast Episode · Desert Oracle Radio · 12/05/2025 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
New episode! "Christmas In Chelsea with St. Nicholas"
St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, and Clement Clarke Moore. The music's mine, except for the brass ensemble part.
Written, produced, edited, and narrated by the holly jolly @kenlayne.bsky.social.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, and Clement Clarke Moore. The music's mine, except for the brass ensemble part.
Written, produced, edited, and narrated by the holly jolly @kenlayne.bsky.social.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
It would have been funnier if bluetooth was named after Forkbeard
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It would have been funnier if bluetooth was named after Forkbeard
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Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
Upcoming in my Exemplars of Faith Series
Dec: Ariadne of Phrygia - Eastern Orthodox (Prayer Rope or Rosary)
Jan: Elisabeth Fedde - Lutheran (Longworth Rosary)
Feb: Ann Lee - Shaker (Book)
Mar: Marina of Antioch - Coptic (Mequtaria)
Apr: Hripsime - Armenian Apostolic (Vardaran)
#exemplarsoffaith
Dec: Ariadne of Phrygia - Eastern Orthodox (Prayer Rope or Rosary)
Jan: Elisabeth Fedde - Lutheran (Longworth Rosary)
Feb: Ann Lee - Shaker (Book)
Mar: Marina of Antioch - Coptic (Mequtaria)
Apr: Hripsime - Armenian Apostolic (Vardaran)
#exemplarsoffaith
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Upcoming in my Exemplars of Faith Series
Dec: Ariadne of Phrygia - Eastern Orthodox (Prayer Rope or Rosary)
Jan: Elisabeth Fedde - Lutheran (Longworth Rosary)
Feb: Ann Lee - Shaker (Book)
Mar: Marina of Antioch - Coptic (Mequtaria)
Apr: Hripsime - Armenian Apostolic (Vardaran)
#exemplarsoffaith
Dec: Ariadne of Phrygia - Eastern Orthodox (Prayer Rope or Rosary)
Jan: Elisabeth Fedde - Lutheran (Longworth Rosary)
Feb: Ann Lee - Shaker (Book)
Mar: Marina of Antioch - Coptic (Mequtaria)
Apr: Hripsime - Armenian Apostolic (Vardaran)
#exemplarsoffaith
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Vance and Coy Duke were replacements for Bo and Luke Duke on the fifth season of The Dukes of Hazzard during a 1982 contract dispute. The characters were unpopular, and the original actors returned to the show after 19 episodes. Vance and Coy written out permanently.
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Vance and Coy Duke were replacements for Bo and Luke Duke on the fifth season of The Dukes of Hazzard during a 1982 contract dispute. The characters were unpopular, and the original actors returned to the show after 19 episodes. Vance and Coy written out permanently.
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Thanks to my local newspaper Hi-Desert Star for running an announcement about Electronic Brain Magazine
bookshop.org/a/197/978196...
bookshop.org/a/197/978196...
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Thanks to my local newspaper Hi-Desert Star for running an announcement about Electronic Brain Magazine
bookshop.org/a/197/978196...
bookshop.org/a/197/978196...
Structurally simple but endlessly fascinating to me. My favorite CCR. Seems extra-relevant here (US) and now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mkr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mkr...
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Effigy (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Creedence Clearwater Revival
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Structurally simple but endlessly fascinating to me. My favorite CCR. Seems extra-relevant here (US) and now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mkr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mkr...
New introvert hero/role model...climbs a 60 foot pillar and lives on top of it in a basket for 37 years
www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...
www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...
Saint Simeon Stylites | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Saint Simeon Stylites, Syrian Christian hermit who was the first known stylite, or pillar hermit. He was called Simeon the Elder to distinguish him from several other stylites also named Simeon. Learn...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
New introvert hero/role model...climbs a 60 foot pillar and lives on top of it in a basket for 37 years
www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...
www.britannica.com/biography/Sa...
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Thanksgiving In the High Desert
Podcast Episode · Desert Oracle Radio · 11/25/2025 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM