Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 8hone thing you learn from reading texts like Thucydides is the golden age Greeks shot themselves in the foot with petty internecine warfare that largely could have been avoided if anyone had half a brain 170
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 20hthe almost-32-year-old urge to try to figure out what you actually want to do with your life 030
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 07/10/2026partner brought home a boba tea they forgot to order unsweetened and oh my GOD people drink this? in these quantities?! 240
Reposted by AubreyThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form. 184108561811
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 07/10/2026now is a good time to remind everyone that Riot is not in the National Recording Registry and they take suggestions from the public 100
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 07/10/2026i’m gonna get one of those “i bought this before i knew elon was crazy” stickers for my 2012 honda insight 080
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 06/10/2026start with Queen Anne to Bellingham so I can get my master’s at WWU without moving please 020
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I gotta be honest, I thought arts admin would be more arts and less trying to convince my bosses to use the spreadsheet I already made instead of the spreadsheet they made and want me to copy all the info into 170
Reposted by Aubreydaily dose of Emily Dickinson @hcguguembot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026These Strangers, in a foreign World These Strangers, in a foreign World, Protection asked of me — Befriend them, lest Yourself in Heaven Be found a Refugee — 032
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 04/10/2026it’s so nice to see Mariners legend Ty France get national attention for doing what he did so well in Seattle: not hitting home runs 051
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 04/10/2026thinking about the last time I saw Robbie Ray pitch in game 1 of a division series… 000
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 04/10/2026grain of salt, take nothing for granted, etc etc but I do wonder when the last time polling for a Kansas senate seat was tied a month before the election 100
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 03/10/2026you’d need to cut it fairly extensively but I think it wouldn’t be very difficult to do an opera of Romeo and Juliet where the libretto was all just Shakespeare’s text 131
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 03/10/2026music library building thread (I started a couple days ago but forgot to poast) 110
Reposted by AubreySpacey Kacey @kaceyisspacey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Going like "we have to talk about what we'll do about rapists when we abolish prisons" right now feels like going "we have to talk about what we'll do about space pirates when we live amongst the stars". Like id like it if we got to step one first. 2445
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I might be sort of making this up but I think the Rhinemaidens are specifically not related to Wotan. They’re representations of the natural world, like Loge, and a separate group from the gods, who are basically just people but dumber 220
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 03/10/2026a lot of terminally online leftists are going to be very upset that Zohran chose not to extensively quote Marx and Lenin on the podcast by and for idiots 140
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 03/10/2026we’re about to see approval ratings that previously only existed in theory 020
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026this is a wild thing to try to convince *the pope* of. “would you consider changing your mind on a basic principle of Abrahamic theology” only works for things like starting wars 060
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026they’re called the indiana fever because a lot of their fans aren’t vaccinated 3160
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 30/09/2026get in, losers, we’re reintroducing the concept of consequences 0112
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026forgive me for being hopelessly naïve but we also need a massive class action lawsuit on behalf of everyone on the SAVE plan who’s been strung along by the current administration and supreme court 110
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was lukewarm on the mayor's budget but seeing the council publicly make shit up to be angry about for hours has fully mayor's-budget-pilled me 020
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 28/09/2026lots of people sharing their personal experience of paying lots of money for college in their youth. that's unfortunate but average annual college tuition in 1979-80 was about $3000 in today's money. Today it's over $10,000 020
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i didn’t want to have too much cultural cachet so i listened to Choosin’ Texas and it sounds like a Kacey Musgraves ripoff 040
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 27/09/2026saw a guy with a Goehring jersey at the Mariners game. Not sure what to make of that 200
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'm gonna take another crack at filling up the ol' external hard drive with music again. If anyone has lists/starter kits for building a music library I'd love to hear 'em, my plan right now is to use Ted Libbey's NPR Guide for classical music and the National Recording Registry for everything else 050
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 26/09/2026what’s going on with the random 3/4 bars in Carter Family recordings 120
Reposted by AubreyFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026Why is the U.S. public so much more negative on AI than almost anyone else? Well, I think the fact that the U.S. AI industry is being lead by a bunch of very visible, crazy weirdos who talk about how AI will take everyone’s job and maybe kill us all the time is a pretty key factor. 411184231
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026ISeattle's fuckass city council majority all ran on being Not Kshama Sawant and then once they got in office promptly did all the stuff that gave Sawant a reputation for being difficult to work with. Now Sawant's not even on the council anymore so they have no north star. Pathetic 000
Reposted by Aubrey👺 hell camino acid 👻👹 @sexdracula.rocks · 25/09/2026the "don't bring iced coffee to an interview" discourse is great bc it's such a succinct and clarifying example of how private businesses aren't efficient & logical enterprises, they're just arbitrary in-groups ruled by sociopaths, power tripping on their ability to enforce pointless bullshit norms 101086265
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think we should make it so if you are an incumbent city council member and you lose re-election you have to work in sewer maintenance for a year 140
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026sorry there is no way eating a cup of live worms to fight off bad bacteria in your gut is supported by medical science 150
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“1. Sgt. Pepper’s 2. Revolver 3. Pet Sounds” -ass list 010
Reposted by AubreyThe Needling @theneedling.com · 25/09/2026Car-Free Pike Place Market Pilot Deemed Too Successful to Continue: tinyurl.com/uund6kej 743490
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026it’s cause it’s September, in 4 months we’ll be ranked 11th from the bottom 020
Aubrey @aubreypiano.bsky.social · 24/09/2026if the global economy is going to completely crater can it just like, do it already so we get it out of the way earlier 110
