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samvarma

@samvarma@fosstodon.org

Chicago, U.S.A. | Guitarist, video editor, photographer

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mattsheffield, (edited ) to random
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🧵 A small positive of Elon Musk buying Twitter is that he's made it impossible for Donald Trump's Truth Social to succeed.

Traffic at TS has been declining for months despite Trump flooding the site with posts about his high-profile NY criminal trial.

There simply aren't that many far-right political junkies out there. The few that do exist are running amok on Twitter. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/24/truth-social-traffic-trump-media-djt-data.html

samvarma,
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@mattsheffield to the extent that it's not a straightforward money-laundering op

samvarma,
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@mattsheffield wow so it's just another one of the grifts he's inflicting on his flock. I thought I had read that some of his billionaire donors were shoveling money at it… likely mis-remembering something and conflating that

kev, to random
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I replaced the blades on the mower. I think its fair to say that the old ones were past their best. 😳

samvarma,
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@kev lol I thought those were like exotic 80s Casio watch straps before reading

Theblueone, to random
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The NYC hospital my wife has worked for 20 years serving a needed population in Lower Manhattan as a cardiologist is now closing. Another sad loss for NYC and a huge adjustment for my family as she now has to find a new job.

The hospital property will be turned into luxury condos in short order.

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As Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital Faces Closure, Patient Care Suffers - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/nyregion/beth-israel-hospital-closing.html

samvarma,
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@Theblueone oof sorry to hear that

samvarma,
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@Theblueone no place was ever like "fuck it we're swimming in em"

Theblueone, to guitar
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Guitar of the Day #guitar

samvarma,
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@Theblueone played my PRS 594 at the gig last night for the first time in about a year (been living the Schecter USA Nick Johnston life) and man it was like coming home.

And then Music Man will drop something that has me like

video/mp4

samvarma,
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@Theblueone for real. Everything about them is so great. Had a Valentine that I gigged for about 3 years but had to stop because I developed knuckle issues on my left hand from scrunching my fingers up so hard on the broom handle neck

Theblueone, to music
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The Firm - London 1984 (FULL SHOW)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FphCqfAQ37k

samvarma,
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@Theblueone that opening tune is a monster. Who's the bass player?

mike, to random
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I wonder how much more of this type of thing it's going to take before people just raise the Jolly Roger instead.

https://www.androidpolice.com/new-amazon-prime-video-ad-format-incoming/

samvarma,
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@mike it's already happening. A guy I know is buying some box from a coworker that is a couple hundred bucks and allegedly gives access to absolutely anything you want. Any channel, any movie, any streaming service, anything. I also have another friend who bought something similar it gives him a very rudimentary cable TV type interface, but he has access to absolutely everything.

For a one time fee. If it saves you a couple hundred/mth even if the box only lasts for a couple years that's big $$

samvarma, to random
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Cc @Theblueone

samvarma,
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@ology @Theblueone no, but currently scheming

samvarma,
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@Theblueone @ology that purity of intent is intimidating

samvarma,
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@Theblueone @ology "I got m'one volume awn 10, an' y'all still ain't hearin' m'twangin'... imma turn up on th'other wun too!"

samvarma,
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@Theblueone @ology a single pick up and two knobs why that's almost phallic

Theblueone, to guitar
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Well I just ordered myself one of these...a DSM Humboldt Electronics Simplifier DLX

samvarma,
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@Theblueone I can't wait for you to turn it on and for things to suddenly become more simple

samvarma,
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@Theblueone also I want a report

samvarma,
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@_slotek_ @Theblueone you try the new UA pedals? Amazing, by all accounts

samvarma,
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@boxspring @_slotek_ @Theblueone has anyone told you about the Friedman IR-X yet heh heh

Theblueone, to guitar
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Guitar of the Day #guitar

samvarma,
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@Theblueone hahaha I see what's going on there what an epic troll

samvarma,
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@Theblueone looking at the scoop on the lower horn it looks like they actually relic-ed a silver sky which is kind of bad ass and that relic job is just epic

samvarma, to photography
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A thread of my faves from the most recent trip...

samvarma,
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Chapel at the Pueblito in Mayakoba, Playa Del Carmen

Exterior view of a white Mexican church facade with open doors revealing a cross inside, ornate decorative elements, a round window with a bell, and a cross at the top.

samvarma, to random
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Heard a rumor that the Jack Reacher guy is in the running for Batman, and I can't stop thinking that it's finally the right one

samvarma,
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@Swanye lol no the guy from the Amazon series

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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samvarma,
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat that movie was awesome

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