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New track for this week. Good moving ambience. May be my best one yet. on.soundcloud.com/jVFPe9E59lsW...
Marbles Rings Iroi 1 6.28.26
Ambient reverb washes over this arpeggio. Maybe my best track so far.
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June 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
New track for this week. Good moving ambience. May be my best one yet. on.soundcloud.com/jVFPe9E59lsW...
It's the weekend, and so it's time for new music! This time I used a module that scans images to make sounds. Very fun on.soundcloud.com/1Wpngtcxx3sp...
Made with Dylan 6.20.26
I used a special module in VCV Rack that uses an image to create music. Very fun
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June 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM
It's the weekend, and so it's time for new music! This time I used a module that scans images to make sounds. Very fun on.soundcloud.com/1Wpngtcxx3sp...
New track today. A little bit of techno for the weekend. My favorite part of this was getting a hi hat to sound like an ominous ringing bell. There's really no end to what you can do in sound design land :) on.soundcloud.com/1pVQKjhr8rwf...
Ducked Thumping Beat 6.13.26
Just working on the ducking production technique, and this eerie ringing bell came along for the ride.
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June 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
New track today. A little bit of techno for the weekend. My favorite part of this was getting a hi hat to sound like an ominous ringing bell. There's really no end to what you can do in sound design land :) on.soundcloud.com/1pVQKjhr8rwf...
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This bizarrely cruel activity is brought to you by Donald Trump and his Supreme Court.
Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
This bizarrely cruel activity is brought to you by Donald Trump and his Supreme Court.
One of the best giveaways I've seen on Perfect Circuit. All Arturia! wn.nr/9xVN9MN
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June 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
One of the best giveaways I've seen on Perfect Circuit. All Arturia! wn.nr/9xVN9MN
It's time to put just a bit more music out into this world. This is week 6 of this project, and it's nice to have some feeling of completion with very little pressure. on.soundcloud.com/oxU3NXoXrJ5v...
MATHS Plaits Rings Clouds 5.25.26
First use of Integral Flux' Leviation (MATHS clone) in VCV rack. Sounds like a very dramatic warning. Plus I added a lead line to bring some musicality.
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May 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
It's time to put just a bit more music out into this world. This is week 6 of this project, and it's nice to have some feeling of completion with very little pressure. on.soundcloud.com/oxU3NXoXrJ5v...
Holy moly, I'm actually posting music on the weekend as planned. No modular synth weirdness this time. This is just a fun loop that I made in Ableton yesterday. on.soundcloud.com/ZkhCZmm5LPrl...
New Milkshake
The kicks are heavily inspired by Sean Paul's Temperature, and I had to add a single triangle hit a la "Milkshake". All built around the "Agogo Atabaques" cowbell(?) sample from Ableton
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May 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Holy moly, I'm actually posting music on the weekend as planned. No modular synth weirdness this time. This is just a fun loop that I made in Ableton yesterday. on.soundcloud.com/ZkhCZmm5LPrl...
New week, new track. This one adds a chord progression to one of my favorite modular synth projects. Nice and breezy, but the bell-like percussion underneath brings a little frantic chaos. soundcloud.com/mrbenbell/ri...
Rings Clouds Canadian Keys 5.20.26
Going from just VCV sounds to adding keys in Ableton. I dug up a Mutatble Instruments
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May 20, 2026 at 4:20 PM
New week, new track. This one adds a chord progression to one of my favorite modular synth projects. Nice and breezy, but the bell-like percussion underneath brings a little frantic chaos. soundcloud.com/mrbenbell/ri...
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Texas Children's caved and ended care under pressure in April 2022, over four years ago and they still got targeted by DOJ and Paxton.
NYU caved and they still got served with a grand jury subpoena.
Caving and abandoning will not save you. You have to fight these bastards or they will destroy you.
NYU caved and they still got served with a grand jury subpoena.
Caving and abandoning will not save you. You have to fight these bastards or they will destroy you.
Wow: Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, one of the biggest children's hospitals in the nation, will be forced to create the nation's first ever "detransition clinic" as part of a $10 million settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
May 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Texas Children's caved and ended care under pressure in April 2022, over four years ago and they still got targeted by DOJ and Paxton.
NYU caved and they still got served with a grand jury subpoena.
Caving and abandoning will not save you. You have to fight these bastards or they will destroy you.
NYU caved and they still got served with a grand jury subpoena.
Caving and abandoning will not save you. You have to fight these bastards or they will destroy you.
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Egon Schiele (1907)
March 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Egon Schiele (1907)
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“I heard the officer say ‘that ain’t shit’.”
NASHVILLE — ICE shatter a car window in front of a newborn, refuse to look at man’s license & work visa… drag him out of his car, hit him, mock him for being Guatemalan (he’s from Mexico), laugh when he begs to say goodbye.
NASHVILLE — ICE shatter a car window in front of a newborn, refuse to look at man’s license & work visa… drag him out of his car, hit him, mock him for being Guatemalan (he’s from Mexico), laugh when he begs to say goodbye.
February 24, 2026 at 4:25 AM
“I heard the officer say ‘that ain’t shit’.”
NASHVILLE — ICE shatter a car window in front of a newborn, refuse to look at man’s license & work visa… drag him out of his car, hit him, mock him for being Guatemalan (he’s from Mexico), laugh when he begs to say goodbye.
NASHVILLE — ICE shatter a car window in front of a newborn, refuse to look at man’s license & work visa… drag him out of his car, hit him, mock him for being Guatemalan (he’s from Mexico), laugh when he begs to say goodbye.
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NEW: The unsealing of the FBI’s search warrant affidavit for its raid of a Fulton County, Georgia, election facility prompted swift condemnation from voting rights advocates, election experts and former federal officials. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘An absolute travesty': Critics slam affidavit behind Fulton raid for relying on 2020 election lies
The affidavit reinforced fears that the FBI’s seizure was not about uncovering new evidence but about resurrecting a false narrative.
www.democracydocket.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:33 AM
NEW: The unsealing of the FBI’s search warrant affidavit for its raid of a Fulton County, Georgia, election facility prompted swift condemnation from voting rights advocates, election experts and former federal officials. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Hearing some Palantir employees are outraged is encouraging, but seriously who can be this naive about the company they work for?
SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Hearing some Palantir employees are outraged is encouraging, but seriously who can be this naive about the company they work for?
I'm really digging the new Tortoise album. This is one of my all-time favorite bands. So there's some warm fuzzy nostalgia, but it's also just a solid album. My favorite tracks: "Layered Presence", "Elka", "Organesson". intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/touch
Touch, by Tortoise
10 track album
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January 12, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I'm really digging the new Tortoise album. This is one of my all-time favorite bands. So there's some warm fuzzy nostalgia, but it's also just a solid album. My favorite tracks: "Layered Presence", "Elka", "Organesson". intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/touch
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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gotta be the time I enjoyed cheese
December 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
gotta be the time I enjoyed cheese
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Undecided voter: “How can someone like you convince me that my vote matters”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Undecided voter: “How can someone like you convince me that my vote matters”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
James Talarico: “They wouldn't be trying so hard to stop you from voting if your vote didn't matter — Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the entire country. That is by design”
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Earlier this week, Kristi Noem told me under oath that she has not deported veterans. I then introduced her to one that she did deport.
But it’s much worse than that:
@moulton.house.gov got DHS to admit that they’ve deported at least 8 vets and are planning to deport dozens more.
But it’s much worse than that:
@moulton.house.gov got DHS to admit that they’ve deported at least 8 vets and are planning to deport dozens more.
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Earlier this week, Kristi Noem told me under oath that she has not deported veterans. I then introduced her to one that she did deport.
But it’s much worse than that:
@moulton.house.gov got DHS to admit that they’ve deported at least 8 vets and are planning to deport dozens more.
But it’s much worse than that:
@moulton.house.gov got DHS to admit that they’ve deported at least 8 vets and are planning to deport dozens more.
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insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”