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Eric
@ericcalkins.bsky.social
oaf who’s too online for his age

Sometimes I chat on Twitch streams as zero_history (temporarily “TheNextPoggingBarrel”; long story…)
Don’t spoil yourself if you’re intent on seeing this show live, but I saw him in Austin last week and it was so moving and beautiful. The Artist of my lifetime. (Link from a different show but I really wanted to capture the ending tag, because it hits so hard, man).

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David Byrne - Opener: Heaven - Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY | October 1, 2025
YouTube video by Chris Connelly
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Saw him in Austin last week and believe me when I tell you it was a real struggle to just not weep openly for the first 15 minutes.
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This one is alive and something’s gonna come through it
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hades 2’s God Mode is pretty good for this sort of thing, though my nitpicks are that I’d like it to scale faster and cap its damage reduction at 90% instead of 80%.
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ran into pre-fame Beck in the early 90s at the original Emo’s in the courtyard between the indoor/outdoor stages. He was just fucking around with a couple of pedals, a mic, and a practice amp (that was set at a respectful volume) to about 5-10 onlookers. Was wild when he made it big.
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Feels GREAT right now to be married to someone who naturalized from Taiwan in the late 70s as a three year old and became a citizen way back then! Feeling VERY secure about it all, for both her and her other naturalized citizen family that lives here! Nothing to worry about at all, nope!
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Reposted by Eric
There's a pretty great Tumblr post about this:
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.

If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM