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Felix Petrescu aka waka x @waka-x.bsky.social · 58m

remodevico.gumroad.com/l/colorkids

ColorKids Synthesizer free download: https://www.remodevicocomposer.eu/maxforlive/colorkids/ programmed by Remo De Vico #kids #synth #ableton #musicproducer #play #sounddesign #sound #drawing #colors ...

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Felix Petrescu aka waka x @waka-x.bsky.social · 1d

AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders
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AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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Stefan Tiron @tironstefan.bsky.social · 1d

"we came to #Germany.. And now we're slaves of the machines" (unnamed worker from the Ford plant ~1973)

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Stefan Tiron @tironstefan.bsky.social · 1d

#mustwatch #documentary #music #sound #history #gastarbeiter #Europe

Cem Kaya shares unique insights into the independent, and as yet, unknown music of emigrated #Turkish guest workers. One of the best documentaries I've every seem, interviews, raw footage.

www.ardmediathek.de/video/wdr-do...

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 8d

Protecting women #cartoon

A cartoon of two protestors with English flags who are shouting at an injured woman entering a victim support centre with the caption 'was it an immigrant or did you deserve it?'

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Felix Petrescu aka waka x @waka-x.bsky.social · 3d

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‘I’m 73 and never hurt a fly’: mass arrests at Palestine Action protest | The View From ...

YouTube video by The Guardian

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Felix Petrescu aka waka x @waka-x.bsky.social · 5d

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ChatGPT is hiding this from you (already affecting your life)

YouTube video by AP Mastering

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ninobeatz @ninobeatz.bsky.social · 6d

🚨Plugin Update🚨 Alexander Zolotov has updated ‘Fractal Bits (v1.2b), Relic Flow (v1.0b) and Relic Waves (v1.1b)!! Update contains fixes and performance improvements. Update yours now in App Store!!

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Felix Petrescu aka waka x @waka-x.bsky.social · 6d

#DAC #audio
now this is really hot:)
Fiio's aptly-named Tiny DAC brings hi-res sound to your phone, for a very affordable price

www.whathifi.com/hi-fi/dacs/f...

This Tiny device can supercharge your phone's audio for a rather affordable price

The palm-sized DAC/amp offers parametric EQ, multiple output options and compatibility with all major streaming services

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Felix Petrescu aka waka x @waka-x.bsky.social · 6d

#music #rain #today
Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film
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Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Full Album)

YouTube video by Stereolab

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 6d

Yet another reason to not buy devices that don't allow you access your own file system.

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Felix Petrescu aka waka x @waka-x.bsky.social · 6d

#vst #instrument
playing here with Kontrast.
At 1st site I was blown away of how organic it can get and
the (I've never seen before) "multi-playheads" when using MPE!
This IS smth else!

www.tracktion.com/products/kon...

Dawesome Kontrast - not another wavetable synth - Tracktion Software

Wavetable synth reinvented. KONTRAST lets you explore sound as terrain — alive, evolving, rich with color, texture, and movement.

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Felix Petrescu aka waka x @waka-x.bsky.social · 6d

#vst #synth #new
one of my fav virtual instruments makers ever,
Peter (Dawesome) just released the next step in wavetable synthesis evolution:

Kontrast
Do check it. Fully working 30 days trial.
It's smth else:)

www.tracktion.com/products/kon...

Dawesome Kontrast - not another wavetable synth - Tracktion Software

Wavetable synth reinvented. KONTRAST lets you explore sound as terrain — alive, evolving, rich with color, texture, and movement.

www.tracktion.com

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jenspooki @jenoki.net · 6d

new kaneel release!
check it out!

Traverses, by kaneel

7 track album

kaneel.bandcamp.com

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Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · 6d

A pause from electronic music for an important call to action, especially for my colleagues here in Germany.

The foundation of what we do depends on our speaking up for basic human rights.

Director of Oyoun, Berlin cultural space, among illegal flotilla abductions - CDM Create Digital Music

Louna Sbou, the director of Berlin cultural space Oyoun, is one of hundreds of civilians whom Israel illegally detained in international waters yesterday. It's yet another moment highlighting the ongo...

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Felix Petrescu aka waka x @waka-x.bsky.social · 6d

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SOUND DUST_seeker

YouTube video by SOUND DUST

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Stefan Tiron @tironstefan.bsky.social · 7d

#mustread #hope #sad

A charming
little essay by Charles Mudede starting with Spinoza's definition of despair, and the difference btw depression and sadness during such desperate times.

www.thestranger.com/news/2025/07...

In Defense of Sadness in a Depressing Time

How do we deal with all of this? The president is threatening to take over New York City because voters want to elect a candidate who simply promises to make a very expensive city affordable. Federal ...

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 7d

I have ten of these PHYSICS FOR CATS pins to give away! Share the post below👇 for a chance to win one. (UK only: you can share from anywhere but I can't send you a pin).

A pin badge depicting a black cat floating in a black void orbited by colourful particles.

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Stefan Tiron @tironstefan.bsky.social · 7d

#documentary

Irreverent look at the characters, prickly & irrepressible excentrics of NY. Never worry again about getting more than you ordered. Newly re-released.
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I Like Killing Flies - Official Trailer - Oscilloscope Laboratories HD

YouTube video by Oscilloscope Laboratories

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Felix Petrescu aka waka x @waka-x.bsky.social · 7d

#music #mixes #today
www.mixcloud.com/genres/andre...

Browse Andre Navarro

Listen to the best Andre Navarro

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Felix Petrescu aka waka x @waka-x.bsky.social · 7d

#music #night
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Broadsides, by Weston Olencki

6 track album

westonolencki.bandcamp.com

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Stefan Tiron @tironstefan.bsky.social · 8d

#video #city #Bucharest
Glad to be in video selection by cinematographer friend & video curator Cristian Drăgan (and such good companionship).

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INET - Institute for New Economic Thinking @ineteconomics.bsky.social · 12d

Is inflation just a number game or does it hold deeper societal implications?

👉 youtu.be/fjoDjv1R3to 👀

@isabellamweber.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social challenges traditional economic stances on inflation & delves into the social dimensions of pricing.

Sellers Inflation [Isabella Weber]

YouTube video by New Economic Thinking

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Stefan Tiron @tironstefan.bsky.social · 8d

We're trying to close read too much of oligarch tech intellectuals endless lectures, posts & manifestos (akin to a new tea leaf 'Kremlinology'). Their feat is not Thiel's Schmittian or Karp's Adorno infusions, but investment portfolios dressed up as philosophy.
www.theideasletter.org/essay/silico...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 10d

"Democracy is an outdated software system"
Gil Duran on The Nerd Reich
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Gil Duran on Trump, Tech, and “The Nerd Reich”

YouTube video by Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California

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