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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 13m

In July, I realized monitoring & testing of people with high risk exposures had essentially stopped since May. I checked today, and these numbers haven't moved. Monitoring & testing is not occurring, despite the fact that exposures almost certainly are.
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Graph of human H5N1 monitoring and testing, showing tests have stopped in May 2025

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 13m

The newsletter from agricultural producer news site WATT Poultry is now a primary source of my anxiety. H5N1 is exploding in North American poultry. Every day, a headline like this.

But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.

Headline: "Avian flu invades flock of nearly 2 million Washington hens"

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revoltoftheapes.bsky.social @revoltoftheapes.bsky.social · 11m

Might fuck around and
Just be trying to get by
Like anyone else

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dona 🍤🥔 @aldonanana.bsky.social · 16m

We should all mask more

Lede from Time Magazine article linked below

“A surge of influenza cases in countries across Asia has led some medical experts to warn that getting sick more easily throughout the year may be the new reality.”

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 48m

I would expect nothing less from anyone who lives with you.

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 1h

Ah!!! Little buddy!!!!!!!

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 15d

WRENS
Ryan Easter - trumpet, voice, words
Elias Stemeseder - synths, una corda piano
Lester St. Louis - cello, electronics
Jason Nazary - drums, synths

out in November

Half of What You See, by WRENS

9 track album

outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 1h

the 1 ml of coffee you'll get from that will be amazing I'm sure.

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 2h

I just read this interview last week in @tapeopmagazine.bsky.social where Turbo talks about how much he still loves Fruity Loops.

Turbo

Atlanta-based producer and songwriter Chandler Durham, professionally known as Turbo, has been behind hits from Travis Scott, Gunna, Lil Baby, Nav, an

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 2h

It might be! Nothing gets folks as hot as incel beats.

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 2h

Trying to decide if I care enough to update my Discogs page, which is better than last time I looked, but is missing a lot and has the wrong information for some things. And the label page is barely existent (thank you to whoever made that though).

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 2d

Fluid Motion (2002)

Sam Rivers
Doug Matthews
Anthony Cole
Jonathan Powell
David Manson

Fluid Motion with Sam Rivers - Fluid Motion (Full Album) - YouTube

The full album for Fluid Motion / Music by Fluid Motion with Sam Rivers playlist Fluid Motion with Sam Rivers - Fluid Motion / Fluid Motion with Sam Rivers F...

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The Richmonder @richmonder.bsky.social · 1d

Federal cuts to Ryan White funding are changing Richmond’s HIV care landscape

“If they cut much more, it doesn't hardly make sense for us to keep the program at all.”

www.richmonder.org

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 3h

always surprised to discover soundcloud is still a thing

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 3h

Good times! I stripped the entire left crankarm & pedal off my bike once during a long charity ride.

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Walter Wright @walter-wright.bsky.social · 3h

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 13h

Who is María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize? Historian Greg Grandin calls her a "shocking choice" who is "completely aligned with the most militarist and darkest face of U.S. imperialism."

2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader María Corina Machado “Opposite of Peace”: Greg Grandin

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure. Machado was set to run for president last year, but she was disqua...

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 19h

I won't go on & on about it. But what Dr. Demento put out into the world was special. It connected who knows how many people to music they didn't know they needed. to weird music. to big laffs, which we need. his final show will cost you three bucks, but it's priceless. 3/3 drdemento.com/online.html

Dr. Demento - Streaming

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · Sep 3

Selling a Korg Wavestate if anyone in RVA is interested. Sick machine I just don't really use it.

richmond.craigslist.org/msg/d/richmo...

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 3d

Max Roach, Abdullah Ibrahim
Streams of Consciousness (1978)

Max Roach and Abdullah Ibrahim - Streams of Consciousness (Full Album)

YouTube video by Bitches Brew

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 21h

JFC

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 22h

Also a lot of actions ACT UP undertook, like trespassing on government property, were misdemeanors in 1985 and are now felonies that can come with terrorism charges.

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 23h

ACT UP and its history are at the core of my political consciousness but I also think very often about the fact that many ACT UP actions were rooted in the premise “Cops won’t beat white men on camera” and I don’t think political action can assume that anymore.

Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 23h

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 23h

I got my tongue pierced in a double wide when I was 16. Simpler times.

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 1d

This feels a bit simplified but seems generally accurate as to how most bass amps are EQed. Hadn't really thought about it this specifically.

Makes me love my Acoustic Image amp even more.

Bass Guitar Frequency Chart - Every Important Frequency to Know - Music Guy Mixing

The open E to an octave up on the G string spans roughly 41Hz to 200Hz. I cover it all in this bass guitar frequency chart.

www.musicguymixing.com

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