Nicholas Wise
@tunlonk.bsky.social
Jazz musician and educator. Alto Saxophonist. 23/M. I play Smash, RoA, Tetris, and some other games too, but not as often as I used to. Leftist.
@thelanguagejones.bsky.social was just watching your recent video on music and language. In my undergrad in jazz studies, Henriques Eisenman did a whole workshop on transcribing and harmonizing speech. He said a big inspiration was Hermeto Pascoal. You may like this: youtu.be/H8bX190aZ8Y?...
Henrique Eisenmann - Niños Peruanos / Zurich
YouTube video by Henrique Eisenmann
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December 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
@thelanguagejones.bsky.social was just watching your recent video on music and language. In my undergrad in jazz studies, Henriques Eisenman did a whole workshop on transcribing and harmonizing speech. He said a big inspiration was Hermeto Pascoal. You may like this: youtu.be/H8bX190aZ8Y?...
Anyone else feel like Rivals 2 feels ass to play? I feel like all my moves are wading through mud, even on the fast characters, meanwhile half of them don't do shit until the opponent gets to 60%. I am so confused why they chose to set the base knockback so insanely low. Looks like its back to R1...
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Anyone else feel like Rivals 2 feels ass to play? I feel like all my moves are wading through mud, even on the fast characters, meanwhile half of them don't do shit until the opponent gets to 60%. I am so confused why they chose to set the base knockback so insanely low. Looks like its back to R1...
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An endorsement from the largest local union of professional musicians in the world sounds a little different than the others but the meaning is the same: solidarity forever. Thank you Local 802 AFM!
July 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
An endorsement from the largest local union of professional musicians in the world sounds a little different than the others but the meaning is the same: solidarity forever. Thank you Local 802 AFM!
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ICE is violating the rights and due process of thousands of immigrants.
It's incumbent upon all of us to stand up and speak out.
It's incumbent upon all of us to stand up and speak out.
June 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
ICE is violating the rights and due process of thousands of immigrants.
It's incumbent upon all of us to stand up and speak out.
It's incumbent upon all of us to stand up and speak out.
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brad lander primary chuck schumer
June 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
brad lander primary chuck schumer
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Lander deserves a ton of respect for his willingness to subordinate his desires to blow up a genuinely evil man's campaign.
Brad Lander has arrived at his election night party. "The ranked choice tabulations will take a few days, but this much is clear: We are sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs," Lander said to applause. "With our help, Zohran Mamdani will be the Democratic nominee"
June 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Lander deserves a ton of respect for his willingness to subordinate his desires to blow up a genuinely evil man's campaign.
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The path for Democrats is very clear: have good ideas, believe in them, state them clearly, stick to them, act decisively in support of these ideas, speak to the young half of the electorate, support other democrats who do these things. Follow Mamdani and Lander's example or fade into nothingness.
June 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The path for Democrats is very clear: have good ideas, believe in them, state them clearly, stick to them, act decisively in support of these ideas, speak to the young half of the electorate, support other democrats who do these things. Follow Mamdani and Lander's example or fade into nothingness.
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I saw so many people talking about how Mamdani and Lander were clearly running because they love their city and want to make life better there, while Cuomo seems to hate and fear it, and that feels like the key piece of this campaign that could be replicable by progressives everywhere
Great point by Courtney Gross on @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social. The portrait of the City painted by Andrew Cuomo (and many of the city's elites) as a crime-ridden, apocalyptic hellhole ... it just doesn't match what most New Yorkers see every day.
June 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I saw so many people talking about how Mamdani and Lander were clearly running because they love their city and want to make life better there, while Cuomo seems to hate and fear it, and that feels like the key piece of this campaign that could be replicable by progressives everywhere
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Metro Vancouver’s top manager makes more than $500,000 a year.
Is that a lot?
Here’s why Metro Vancouver doesn’t think so, but why a different comparison tells a different story.
Is that a lot?
Here’s why Metro Vancouver doesn’t think so, but why a different comparison tells a different story.
June 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Metro Vancouver’s top manager makes more than $500,000 a year.
Is that a lot?
Here’s why Metro Vancouver doesn’t think so, but why a different comparison tells a different story.
Is that a lot?
Here’s why Metro Vancouver doesn’t think so, but why a different comparison tells a different story.
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For young people it's instructive to go see how old folks complain of high power bills (~$100s) and the government takes aggressive action, whereas on housing (~$1000s) It's an endless parade of rarely meaningful policy.
June 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
For young people it's instructive to go see how old folks complain of high power bills (~$100s) and the government takes aggressive action, whereas on housing (~$1000s) It's an endless parade of rarely meaningful policy.
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Cars, which kill hundreds of New Yorkers every year, are allowed to go 10 mph above the speed limit before they get ticketed by speed cams.
Lyft initially declined to comply with Mayor Adams's proposed e-bike speed limit, pledging instead to slap speedometers and let riders self-regulate.
But that's before Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro stepped in and called the bikes "an emergency threat to life and property." buff.ly/ZOq4T0g
But that's before Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro stepped in and called the bikes "an emergency threat to life and property." buff.ly/ZOq4T0g
UPDATE: Citi Bike Will Slow Down E-Bikes After Randy Mastro Cites Public Health 'Emergency' - Streetsblog New York City
Lyft caves to pressure from Mayor Adams.
nyc.streetsblog.org
June 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Cars, which kill hundreds of New Yorkers every year, are allowed to go 10 mph above the speed limit before they get ticketed by speed cams.
May 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Watching the #BoBC7 crew battle and @shinymark.bsky.social is playing such a clean game. Really satisfying to watch.
March 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Watching the #BoBC7 crew battle and @shinymark.bsky.social is playing such a clean game. Really satisfying to watch.
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Really interesting article, this part stuck out particularly well to me:
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Really interesting article, this part stuck out particularly well to me:
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Just checking in on the status of two of trump's campaign promises: lowering egg prices and reducing smuggling across the border
March 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Just checking in on the status of two of trump's campaign promises: lowering egg prices and reducing smuggling across the border
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“While Pierre Poilievre tries hard to position himself as a champion of working-class Canadians, a quick look at his track record says otherwise.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
March 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“While Pierre Poilievre tries hard to position himself as a champion of working-class Canadians, a quick look at his track record says otherwise.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
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These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority
March 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority
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I saw that Liberal sources had told Global News they felt Trudeau had pulled the party “too far to the left” and they seemed to think that was the problem with his leadership
If that’s the takeaway the Liberals are going with, they are incredibly boned
If that’s the takeaway the Liberals are going with, they are incredibly boned
January 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I saw that Liberal sources had told Global News they felt Trudeau had pulled the party “too far to the left” and they seemed to think that was the problem with his leadership
If that’s the takeaway the Liberals are going with, they are incredibly boned
If that’s the takeaway the Liberals are going with, they are incredibly boned
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$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
January 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.