Shava Nerad
shava23.bsky.social
Shava Nerad
@shava23.bsky.social
Career activist, writer in retirement.
Founding execdir, The Tor Project
Digital divide, civil rights/liberties, political activist.

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If you don't know the song, this is a great version. It's essentially American vaudeville/music hall humor.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvvN...
Arkansas Traveler
YouTube video by Jerry Garcia - Topic
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December 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I'm reminded of the Arkansas Traveler paradox. Roof leaks when it's raining, but why fix it on a sunny day when it don't leak?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ark...
The Arkansas Traveler (song) - Wikipedia
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December 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I'd love to do what I've pondered doing for ages, which is setting up If This Then That or some similar system to make the timers relative to when I get up.

But I just do not have spoons now, when I actually need it all to just work.

Still, Wilson needs his sick day... Nothing for it.
December 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
So when I see an image calling for sound, these things just leap into my head.

Regardless, hope it works out!
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I've done a lot of foley for radio dramas, and I tend to make foley sounds all the time -- mostly onomatopoeia, but not conventional.

My fave to do was live staged radio dramas where the foley crew is on stage and people get to see you open and shut a stapler to create the sound of cocking a gun.
December 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I bet you could make a conversational non-lexical sound based on Gregorian chant? It's super easy to make conversation sound like Latin without involving real words.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igoh...
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM