Dan Blacksberg
@danblacksberg.bsky.social
Klezmer and Experimental trombone-based music in Philly, New York and around the world. Creates the Radiant Others Podcast!
Gonna try and run this account for fun and connection like it’s that other site circa 2012.
Gonna try and run this account for fun and connection like it’s that other site circa 2012.
Pinned
Gonna try and use this place like it’s the fun days of twitter. Expect more shares than my instagram, and a bunch of random thoughts that add up to my worldview.
Following a lot of tech people, music people, and radical Jews. The threads are there! Hang with me.
www.instagram.com/danblacksberg/
Following a lot of tech people, music people, and radical Jews. The threads are there! Hang with me.
www.instagram.com/danblacksberg/
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makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
Nightmare Neighbor
11.14
Studio 34
West Philly
11.14
Studio 34
West Philly
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Nightmare Neighbor
11.14
Studio 34
West Philly
11.14
Studio 34
West Philly
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here's the source of this, Wolff N. Kostakowsky's International Hebrew Wedding Music, published in NYC in 1916. It's in the public domain but I'm not sure if there's a better scan than this 4-part one on IMSLP.
a great sampling of early 20th century klezmer music with plenty of Romanian tunes!
a great sampling of early 20th century klezmer music with plenty of Romanian tunes!
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
here's the source of this, Wolff N. Kostakowsky's International Hebrew Wedding Music, published in NYC in 1916. It's in the public domain but I'm not sure if there's a better scan than this 4-part one on IMSLP.
a great sampling of early 20th century klezmer music with plenty of Romanian tunes!
a great sampling of early 20th century klezmer music with plenty of Romanian tunes!
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Julius Masri - Drums
Dave Ross - Guitar
11/14.
Studio 34
West Philly
Dave Ross - Guitar
11/14.
Studio 34
West Philly
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Julius Masri - Drums
Dave Ross - Guitar
11/14.
Studio 34
West Philly
Dave Ross - Guitar
11/14.
Studio 34
West Philly
I’m good with this.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’m good with this.
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I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
Somehow I had doubted this Facebook post.
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Somehow I had doubted this Facebook post.
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monolingualism sucks, English is overrated
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
monolingualism sucks, English is overrated
I loved this article by Janus Rose on @aftermath.site
Been super inspired the way these independent media sites do work and structure their business! Especially Aftermath and @404media.co who balance groundbreaking seriousness with a lot of fun play.
aftermath.site/ai-is-the-ul...
Been super inspired the way these independent media sites do work and structure their business! Especially Aftermath and @404media.co who balance groundbreaking seriousness with a lot of fun play.
aftermath.site/ai-is-the-ul...
AI Is The Ultimate "Forced Meme"
There are few things in this world more insufferable than a rich person trying to force their shitty ideas on everyone else. And in 2025, there are very few things that feel more forced than “Generati...
aftermath.site
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I loved this article by Janus Rose on @aftermath.site
Been super inspired the way these independent media sites do work and structure their business! Especially Aftermath and @404media.co who balance groundbreaking seriousness with a lot of fun play.
aftermath.site/ai-is-the-ul...
Been super inspired the way these independent media sites do work and structure their business! Especially Aftermath and @404media.co who balance groundbreaking seriousness with a lot of fun play.
aftermath.site/ai-is-the-ul...
Daniel Kahn – Part 2 - Radiant Others
It's time for Part 2 of our conversation with singer, songwriter, actor, translator, bandleader and more, Daniel Kahn! We continue right where we left off and dive right in with talking about the very...
radiant-others-a.blubrry.net
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Alongside all the music making, I also make the Radiant Others podcast, where I talk to musicians, scholars, and all the folks who create our beloved Yiddish world (and sometimes beyond)!
New episodes once a month. Most recent: a 2-parter with Daniel Kahn.
bsky.app/profile/radi...
New episodes once a month. Most recent: a 2-parter with Daniel Kahn.
bsky.app/profile/radi...
bsky.app
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Alongside all the music making, I also make the Radiant Others podcast, where I talk to musicians, scholars, and all the folks who create our beloved Yiddish world (and sometimes beyond)!
New episodes once a month. Most recent: a 2-parter with Daniel Kahn.
bsky.app/profile/radi...
New episodes once a month. Most recent: a 2-parter with Daniel Kahn.
bsky.app/profile/radi...
Funny that the music I was told is controversial “free jazz” is uploaded by a YT channel called “modern jazz classics.” Correct!
This is liberated Black music. Like Charlie Parker was liberated Black music. Listen for what’s there, not for what isn’t and you’ll be rewarded.
youtu.be/_oH63aiGCs4
This is liberated Black music. Like Charlie Parker was liberated Black music. Listen for what’s there, not for what isn’t and you’ll be rewarded.
youtu.be/_oH63aiGCs4
Ornette Coleman - Chronology
YouTube video by Modern Jazz Classics
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Funny that the music I was told is controversial “free jazz” is uploaded by a YT channel called “modern jazz classics.” Correct!
This is liberated Black music. Like Charlie Parker was liberated Black music. Listen for what’s there, not for what isn’t and you’ll be rewarded.
youtu.be/_oH63aiGCs4
This is liberated Black music. Like Charlie Parker was liberated Black music. Listen for what’s there, not for what isn’t and you’ll be rewarded.
youtu.be/_oH63aiGCs4
This shit feels like doom for…well, hopefully for the companies and these models.
OpenAI's "guardrails" for copyright infringement are falling for the oldest trick in the book. OpenAI will never stop Sora from doing copyright infringement because the AI generator was built with stolen content. www.404media.co/openai-cant-...
OpenAI Can’t Fix Sora’s Copyright Infringement Problem Because It Was Built With Stolen Content
OpenAI’s guardrails against copyright infringement are falling for the oldest trick in the book.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This shit feels like doom for…well, hopefully for the companies and these models.
Ooh can’t wait to have time to dive into this new Maintenance Phase episode. Raw milk being legal in Pennsylvania, it’s been such a thing at farmers markets and co-ops for years.
saw that there was a new maintenance phase on *raw milk* and thought "well, this will be alarming and fascinating" and it was many levels beyond my expectations on both counts. so good.
www.maintenancephase.com
www.maintenancephase.com
Maintenance Phase
www.maintenancephase.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Ooh can’t wait to have time to dive into this new Maintenance Phase episode. Raw milk being legal in Pennsylvania, it’s been such a thing at farmers markets and co-ops for years.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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WHOA
More (51%) non-Orthodox rabbinical students are queer or trans (LGBTQ) than NOT, according to a new survey.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
What the first major study of the US rabbinate reveals - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The rabbinate is older, happier and more diverse than previously known, according to the study.
www.jta.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
WHOA
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Jfc man, come on
By prohibiting SNAP recipients from purchasing processed foods, Gov. Reeves hopes to curry favor with the Trump administration as he seeks funding for a proposed rural health initiative to improve health-care access and outcomes for patients while bolstering the state’s rural medical workforce.
Reeves Seeks to Ban SNAP Recipients From Sugary Foods
Gov. Tate Reeves aims to ban Mississippi SNAP recipients from buying unhealthy foods as part of a bid to woo Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Jfc man, come on
What pretend-effective actions are power holders of money and access in music going to we say we should do in light of this?
“Deezer estimates that 50,000 AI-generated songs are uploaded to the platform every day – 34% of all the music submitted.”?!?!?
🤢
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Deezer estimates that 50,000 AI-generated songs are uploaded to the platform every day – 34% of all the music submitted.”?!?!?
🤢
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI slop tops Billboard and Spotify charts as synthetic music spreads
Hits include country songs and a Dutch anti-refugee anthem, both entirely made without human composition
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What pretend-effective actions are power holders of money and access in music going to we say we should do in light of this?
“Deezer estimates that 50,000 AI-generated songs are uploaded to the platform every day – 34% of all the music submitted.”?!?!?
🤢
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Deezer estimates that 50,000 AI-generated songs are uploaded to the platform every day – 34% of all the music submitted.”?!?!?
🤢
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Thanks to @yoni191.bsky.social for setting this up! Can’t wait! Tomorrow at 8:30 at Studio 34 in west Philly!
Super fun show in west Philly coming up this Friday! I’m playing with one of the coolest artists. I haven’t met in person yet, the one and Yotzeret Sheydim!! We’ll be doing a Noise Shabbat, incoming on a stacked bill!
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Thanks to @yoni191.bsky.social for setting this up! Can’t wait! Tomorrow at 8:30 at Studio 34 in west Philly!
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screaming in day four of migraine: YOU WILL TAKE MY IBUPROFEN FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
screaming in day four of migraine: YOU WILL TAKE MY IBUPROFEN FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS
The late, Adrienne Cooper’s adaptation of a Hasidic shabbes song. Lyrics “if my voice were louder” can feel not up to today’s urgency. Like, Past time to get loud!
But when she sings these conditional words, they sound like a command to us all. Her power through her music.
youtu.be/Sr5JwgnkVxo
But when she sings these conditional words, they sound like a command to us all. Her power through her music.
youtu.be/Sr5JwgnkVxo
Peace in the Streets
YouTube video by Adrienne Cooper - Topic
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The late, Adrienne Cooper’s adaptation of a Hasidic shabbes song. Lyrics “if my voice were louder” can feel not up to today’s urgency. Like, Past time to get loud!
But when she sings these conditional words, they sound like a command to us all. Her power through her music.
youtu.be/Sr5JwgnkVxo
But when she sings these conditional words, they sound like a command to us all. Her power through her music.
youtu.be/Sr5JwgnkVxo
We need to bring our full humanity to the everything we do now more than ever. Music is a great place to practice. Here’s some extremely full-human music. Good night!
youtu.be/kB-zG5EmdTk
youtu.be/kB-zG5EmdTk
Albert Ayler - The Hilversum Session - 01 - Angels
YouTube video by kavboj
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
We need to bring our full humanity to the everything we do now more than ever. Music is a great place to practice. Here’s some extremely full-human music. Good night!
youtu.be/kB-zG5EmdTk
youtu.be/kB-zG5EmdTk
I dream of a day when these companies curdle into shriveled husks and maybe, just maybe, we’ll get something better.
In the meantime, I’ll be listening to @edzitron.com.
Thanks to @darcyjamesargue.com for turning me on to Ed’s great work last year.
In the meantime, I’ll be listening to @edzitron.com.
Thanks to @darcyjamesargue.com for turning me on to Ed’s great work last year.
Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft
As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked or f...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I dream of a day when these companies curdle into shriveled husks and maybe, just maybe, we’ll get something better.
In the meantime, I’ll be listening to @edzitron.com.
Thanks to @darcyjamesargue.com for turning me on to Ed’s great work last year.
In the meantime, I’ll be listening to @edzitron.com.
Thanks to @darcyjamesargue.com for turning me on to Ed’s great work last year.