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stevenray

@stevenray@sfba.social

Photographer, sound artist, poet. Former sys admin. Political progressive, Left Coaster. Red wine yes, nationalism no. Pro dogs & cats & strange music.

I have never been older than I am right now. That happened yesterday, too

neurodiv, probably

PixelFed:
https://metapixl.com/45rpm (vinyl)
https://pixelfed.social/wine (wine reviews)
https://pixelfed.art/stevenlouisray (b&w fine art photography)

#fedi22 #experimentalMusic #wine #sanFrancisco #cats #dogs #art #poetry #socialism #equality #FreePalestine

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knittingknots2, to random
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Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give birth appointed to maternal mortality committee | Texas | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/23/texas-anti-abortion-activist

stevenray,
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@knittingknots2 @dianea they should lose their license to practice medicine, IMO.

geoff_eg, to Toronto
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The White Swan of Niagara (2022)

I think it goes without saying that anyone who visits Toronto and enjoys natural wonders should visit it was definitely the highlight of my trip to back in 2022. I desperately wanted to capture something that wasn't the 'standard' shot though. This is what I came away with, and I'm quite pleased with it. Really, you wouldn't necessarily know it's location without the title.

An ice covered rock stis at the bottom of a waterfall engulfed in mist. Birds fly above.
A long exposure of the falling water of Niagara Falls.

stevenray,
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@geoff_eg @skry really very nice. They have a quiet, mystical quality that’s timeless.

limebar, to random
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Here is a musical #ThrowbackThursday

I found this track among dozens of tracks I made from the early 90s. It doesn't have a name so I can't find the DAW work file easily. This was digitized off a four-track. I used hardware synths but I don't recall which ones. (Is there a way to find out the synth model from sysex dump?)

The question is should I try to recover these lost tracks I made and clean up and record them digitally and release them?

#limebar #myMusic

stevenray,
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@fstateaudio @limebar @MusicProduction @elsemusic I can recommend ReaFIR. It’s available for OSX as well.

dworkin, to random
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Jamie Raskin has a way with words.

Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe

stevenray,
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@dworkin I don’t know if he ever will, but I would love to see him be part of a presidential ticket in a general election, for either President or VP. I would vote for him in a hot minute.

gvy_dvpont, to random
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We've got this cheap egg cooker that plays the loudest, most terrifying alarm you've ever heard when it's done cooking. My wife requested that I make it "less aggressive" so I hacked it into the most gentle egg cooker of ALL TIME

(warning: probably loud)

Before shot: egg cooker finishing an egg before modification. Jarring alarm goes off, I say "fuck!" After shot: egg cooker finishes. A few moments later, a small mechanical music box next to the cooker starts playing Pachelbel's Canon

stevenray,
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@gvy_dvpont @lisamelton excellent work.

DemocracySpot, to random
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📷 Black Dog day.

stevenray,
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@DemocracySpot @lisamelton gorgeous

stevenray, to baseball
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Blake Snell continues to be a disaster for the Giants. 🙄

Bronwyn, to random
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OK I know I'm late to the party but that King Charles portrait is WILD.

stevenray,
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@4d3fect 😂 😂 😂 @Bronwyn

Skepticat, to random
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If I survived this, I would never fly again.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/21/asia/singapore-airlines-turbulence-passenger-intl-hnk/index.html

stevenray,
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@DemocracySpot @LikeItOrLumpIt @Skepticat the last time I was in an airplane was in 2006.

We have a couple sets of neighbors who fly to Europe a couple of times a year for fun (yes, I’m surrounded by people who are even more privileged), and I think what a profound lack of self awareness in the midst of our climate catastrophe.

I agree with the ocean liner versus Disney megalopolis bs choice. Though I feel like I might go very stir crazy after eight days. 🚢

stevenray,
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@LikeItOrLumpIt @DemocracySpot @Skepticat yeah. I'm in California, and I could see maybe taking a ship to see Alaska, provided it stopped in Washington State or BC first.

Get off, reacquaint yourself with solid ground, etc. Then continue.

Can't do that as easily between say, New York and the U.K.

Hard to get around the convenience (as is often the case in our modern society) of air travel. I've taken a train all the way across the U.S. Took over three days, versus 4.5 hours. Still. 🤷‍♂️

stevenray,
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@LikeItOrLumpIt @DemocracySpot @Skepticat I fantasize about going back to Europe (been 3 times, but not in thirty years), but thinking about air travel and climate issues gives me lots of cognitive dissonance.

stevenray,
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@DemocracySpot @LikeItOrLumpIt @Skepticat that'd work!

stevenray,
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@LikeItOrLumpIt @Skepticat @DemocracySpot it's lovely that the memory is still with you.

NorcalGma2, to random
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I am sitting here telling Summer the newest chapter in my health care saga.
My daughter felt strongly that I should get a second opinion on my thyroid diagnosis. So yesterday, I did the fasting blood tests again and gathered up my imaging results and sought out a more informed opinion from a doctor who knows me and my medical history.
This morning, that appointment happened.
It turns out that the doctor who decided that my thyroid was atrophied and put me on medication was wrong.
I am in excellent health for my age. My thyroid is small but just small normal. Because I took medicine she prescribed, I am grossly over medicated.
I was actually fine all along.
Summer offered a third opinion. She thinks I should file an official complaint.
I think Summer is right.
The silver lining is that I lost 18 pounds while I was going through this strange health odyssey.

stevenray,
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@NorcalGma2 well goodness, I’m glad you got that second opinion. Good grief!

stevenray, (edited ) to random
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Only a few pages in, this is already one of my favorite books of the year. Brilliantly written, an easy read yet so full of crucial perspective.

godsouza, to random
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: “We are running out of words to describe what is happening in Gaza. We have described it as a catastrophe, a nightmare, as hell on earth. It is all of these, and worse,” Senior UN aid official Edem Wosornu said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/21/unrwa-says-food-distribution-in-rafah-suspended-citing-insecurity

stevenray,
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@godsouza I'd like to know why the United Nations doesn't send a peacekeeping force into Gaza to end the slaughter.

LehtoriTuomo, to actuallyautistic
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I love Unmasking Autism. I've now read almost the first half and there's this constant flow of "that's me!", "oh!" and "wtf?!" from my part.

Part about learning certain characteristics being unwanted and masking by overcompensating for them was especially revealing. Things that really resonated:

"Pretending I didn't know the answers to questions" and "Keeping silent when people said things that weren't true" in order not to appear arrogant.

"Solving problems by myself" and "Not getting 'too excited' about anything, including good things" in order not to appear annoying and loud.

"Nodding or laughing, even when I have no idea what's going on" in order not to appear clueless and pathetic.

"Not voicing my needs" in order not to appear sensitive.

I'm in this picture and I don't like it... It's not that I recognize ever being certain things but I recognize overcompensating.

@actuallyautistic

stevenray,
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@LehtoriTuomo @actuallyautistic hey, I’m seeing multiple books with that title. Could you tell me the name of the author?

stevenray, to books
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Four pages to go. Karen Tei Yamashita’s ‘I Hotel’. 605 pages, what a book! Historical fiction depicting the lives of Asian Americans in San Francisco from 1968-1977. Recommended!

Starcade, to random
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So a happy accident of having Apple TV+ is discovering an overwhelming number of sci-fi offerings available.

The first of which I'm watching is...

Constellation (2024)

It's about an astronaut on the International Space Station, which after an accident occurs, leaves limited life support and systems, and she's by herself while having to jerry rig her escape home.

There was an experiment that occurred just before the accident happened and NASA wants it transported back.

It has an intriguing set up. What's slightly creepy is that it plays with the time line, and has the astronaut is back on Earth, apparently seeing things after she kidnaps the experiment. It's not exactly clear what's happening.

Stars Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks, James D'Arcy, Rosie Coleman, Davina Coleman, William Catlett, Julian Looman, Barbara Sukowa, Henry David, Sandra Teles, and Carole Weyers

stevenray,
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@Starcade thanks for this. Will add to my list. I love Jonathan Banks!

stevenray,
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@Starcade I just watched the trailer and it definitely looks good.

jepyang, to random
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rewatching the first episode of True Blood and wow goddamn Lafayette is so gender

stevenray,
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@jepyang what a Great show that was.

stevenray,
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@jepyang well I thought at some point they took a big left turn and lost their way. Or, at least they lost me. First few seasons though yeah, fantastic. Never forget Bill saying Sookehh in his husky voice. 😁

EricIndiana, to animals
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Sheena and Joey

stevenray,
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@EricIndiana @UnitedSpaceCats great names 😁

catselbow, to photography
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A male carpenter bee's face, for .

[Re-posting this from last year's World Bee Day, just because I like this picture -- and these bees -- so much!]

stevenray,
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@catselbow amazing detail.

stevenray, to random
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A pretty interesting article about how the influence of aging, transportation advances, migration patterns and population consolidation will cause hundreds of cities in Japan to become ghost towns over the next century.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/20/japan/society/japan-2120-future-cities-depopulation/?utm_source=pianodnu&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=72&tpcc=dnu&pnespid=_fgrkpno_rhi7.mg_06tsfji6xsjry8kkq8mqurqrvkvofabud76rdrznxxavwmf1kdntgd8

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