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Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 1h

I need to do this "whole discog listen" thing more often :thinking emoji:

Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 1h

Ok, but like, the thing is… Thee Silver Mt. Zion is really freaking good. Fuck, I love these incredible artists.

Doing a full discography relisten was a brilliant idea. Just 7 wonderful studio albums & 3 great EPs.

Time to move onto bootlegs of live shows…

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Tele-Piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 1d

@alecrobbins
i think as a rule in video games if you see an old photo instead of it being in black and white it should be in N64 graphics

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Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 13h

I didn't know it going into the day, but today ended up being a Silver Mt. Zion discog day.

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Abram Buehner @abrambuehner.bsky.social · 22h

The PS2 truly is the best console ever because it is constantly becoming more powerful. Each time we say something "looks like a PS2 game" we're talking about a game of a higher fidelity than the last. What the PS2 is capable of in 2025 is so far beyond what it was capable of in 2003. That's amazing

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Polly, A Real One™ @pollyhead.bsky.social · 18h

My advice for speedrunners.

This is your speedrun. And in your speedrun you can do whatever you want. There aren't mistakes, just happy little time losses. Text is followed by a Bob Ross emote.

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Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 1d

Important music to me news update!! On the Constellation website, "Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra" has been moved out of the 'Legacy' section & into the 'Active & Current' section!!!

cstrecords.com/pages/artists

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Jax o'Lantern, Spooky Pumpkin Doll 🎃 @rufflejax.bsky.social · 1d

People don't actually care about children getting hurt by pedophiles, esp when those children speak up as adults and/or they never were the cute, blonde/blue-eyed innocent locked behind a steel door.

Pedophile punishment mania is more about finding someone on whom we can inflict endless pain

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Ilana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social · 1d

*deep breath*

The term Judeo-Christian is somehow both antisemitic and Islamophobic: it reduces Judaism to Christianity's predecessor on the one hand and implies only two Abrahamic religions on the other, when there are (at least) three

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 1d

Mega Gengar & Mega Clefable are the ones that I would love to see

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Mato @clydemandelin.bsky.social · 2d

It's the 17th(?) anniversary of the #Mother3 fan translation's release!

Enjoy this video of our best development glitches! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fXe...

MOTHER 3 Fan Translation - Best Development Glitches

YouTube video by Clyde Mandelin

www.youtube.com

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Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 1d

Not me only just now having realizations about myself and why I felt certain things while playing through the story in Super Paper Mario…

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 1d

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HORA K • COMMS OPEN! @hora-k.bsky.social · 2d

Gaia 🖤

#FFXIV #FFXIVART

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🏳️‍⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her] @alexandraerin.com · Apr 10

"Metroidvania", a portmanteau of "meteoroid" and "Pennsylvania"

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Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like you almost look like a DJ spinning records in the version without the card

Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 2d

So to say that I took a bit of a Tzadik detour this week may be a bit of an understatement. Around one third of the records on here were Tzadik releases, with half of those alone just being John Zorn Piano Trio albums.

Here are 25 albums that I listened to over the past week:

A 5 by 5 grid of album covers featuring the following releases:

Row 1: Suite for Piano by John Zorn (featuring Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, & Ches Smith), Arrival by In Camera, Symphonica by Ruins, Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock, & Ballades by John Zorn (featuring Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, & Ches Smith).

Row 2: Backlash by Freddie Hubbard, Orcutt Shelley Miller by Orcutt Shelley Miller, Electric Ordo Virtutum by Hildegurls, The Bold Idea of Being Satisfied by Thosar, & Of Ghosts and Goblins by Ikue Mori.

Row 3: Utsuho by À Qui Avec Gabriel, The Last Waltz (40th Anniversary, 4 CD version) by The Band, Avant l’orage by Genticorum, Y'a ben du changement by La Bottine Souriante, & Psycho-Acoustic by Tetsu Inoue.

Row 4: Samenai reimu to mawaru cylinder by Be-Sho, Marisa by Marisa, Patchouli Blue by Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Reisen by Sula Bassana, & Danse La Flandre by Marieke En Bart Et Het Reuzekoor.

Row 5: Impromptus by John Zorn (featuring Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, & Ches Smith), Sinnohvation by Insaneintherainmusic, Harvest by Neil Young, Fællesskab by Afsky, & Nocturnes by John Zorn (featuring Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, & Ches Smith).

Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 2d

So I uhhh, I may have extracted the Serge out of the photo (I also made a version with no card)

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Joe Driller Killer @shakewell.cryptoanarchy.network · 2d

I really hope the Bill & Ted run of Waiting for Godot does well enough that someone decides to make a movie version starring them. Both because Beckett is my favorite playwright and that would be sick as fuck, but also because as a theatre kid, I would take sick satisfaction in mainstream reactions.

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koyorin @koyorin.bsky.social · 2d

alia // comm for wyndhym!

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Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 2d

Brain meme

Small brain: Doing the 'dles

Big brain: Doing the dolls

Galaxy brain: The dolls doing you

Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, so this is not at all comprehensive but here are eight artists:

- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Ikue Mori
- Talking Heads
- Boris
- Laurie Spiegel
- Agalloch
- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band
- Wayne Shorter

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Avi Miller @avimiller.bsky.social · 2d

Only 8 artists?! I might have to think for a while on that one.

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Ceteee but Blue @ceteee.bsky.social · 4d

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Lenna 💛🩸 @lenna.gay · 4d

Made it even easier to see if you have this and access it if you do! Copy this into either your web browser or File Explorer address bar. It will take you right to that screenshot (or if it takes you to the main Settings window, you don't have that screen yet.)

ms-settings:privacy-systemaimodels

Nash @radiodeadair.com · 4d

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation.

"Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies.

Text and image generation
Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

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