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A crazy thing about all this is UMN saw what cuts like this did to the UW system and benefitted from being the upper midwest public university that was still well funded

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Agree with this, and to clarify: it goes both ways. If your opponent can’t or won’t do the same for you, then you get to dismiss them as unserious and dismiss their positions as unworthy of consideration. It’s not a bottomless pit of humoring bad people.

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hey @learnonaut.bsky.social GB Costco has Sonic the Hedgehog home arcade machines for $599, sorry not sorry for telling you

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

trying to find reverse on a Soviet tank, this is not a worthy adversary

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've scrolled the Bluesky "important bassists" posts and I got depressingly far without seeing Anthony Jackson's name. The Chaka records alone, good God. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRrO...

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Chaka Khan - What Cha' Gonna Do For Me

YouTube video by koollatter

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Sarah Hennies @sarahhennies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Prisoner’s Cinema vinyl has arrived, 180 grams of luscious and deep bass/percussion music by me and @successfulartist.bsky.social - out on Friday next week. Limited to 200 copies, order now and help us out a lot! sarahhennies.bandcamp.com/album/prison...

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Evan Ware @warevolf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Things will both go far better and far worse than you ever imagined in ways that you never anticipated. Hang onto your hat, enjoy the ride, and make sure you never trade the illusion of success for anything that you really value. #musochat

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

is FBOW ("for better or worse") an acceptable abbreviation in these circumstances?

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A7. #musochat Several; what they share in common is the realizing "this is it; this is perfect; this is why I do this" before the experience is over. Partial list: playing Reich M418M in 2006; all the times I've played Stockhausen's Musik in Bauch for appreciative audiences with Akros Percussion...

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Four words to illuminate what I mean here: "high school band director" #musochat

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A6. #musochat Math teacher. Lawyer (perhaps elder law; old folks generally like me). Something where I could help people, optimize systems, build things, etc. Given what the state of Wisconsin is doing to its non-Madison campuses and faculty: yeah, hell yeah I've thought about doing other things.

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A5. #musochat DEFINE SUCCESS FOR YOURSELF. So many benign and malign forces will try to convince you that the shape of your success has already been figured out. Don't buy it: look inward and figure out what's meaningful, and then build a path to pursue that in a sustainable way.

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A4. Sooooo many nudges along the way. Drum teacher who told me about the audio program near home. Perc prof who, after I arrived for audio, suggested I could to the percussion thing for real. MM prof who opened a door to percussion as tradition and paradigm for living. Too many to list. #musochat

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A2. Playing for 40 yrs.; dedicated to "percussion" and all its attendant corollaries for 30; there's a great convo to be had about percussionist paradigms in other musical pursuits. What I set out to do? To have a life in music and find deep meaning both in and outside of my job? Yes. #musochat

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I knew I was going to be a teacher before I knew anything about doing it through music. Was largely a drumset player in hs, largely without the concomitant "classical" awareness; if I hadn't been accepted into music school I would have become a math teacher. #musochat

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Playing for 40 yrs.; dedicated to "percussion" and all its attendant corollaries for 30; there's a great convo to be had about percussionist paradigms in other musical pursuits. What I set out to do? To have a life in music and find deep meaning both in and outside of my job? Yes.

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bill Sallak; he/him/his; Green Bay, WI, assoc. prof. at the respective UW campus. On paper, percussionist. These days: lots of audio engineering, teaching, technology (esp. modular synths) , and I just got a Chapman Stick and am figuring out how I'm going to destroy the world with it.

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smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Really simple, any night-friendly, breading-and-frying-free eggplant parmesan that's baked until blistered, cozy, and absolutely spoonable, with stretches of cheese trying to drag each spoonful back to the pan. Spoiler: It will fail; you will win. smittenkitchen.com/2023/09/simp...

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This post is making the rounds again for some reason and therefore I feel I must inform you that they’ve hired another one so there are now TWO forensic pathologists working in Iceland.

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Was being nostalgic about Douglas Adams' books when I realized that LLMs are Electric Monks, with an equal potential for hazard.

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What's particularly shocking are that 1) the cop was only charged with two misdemeanors and 2) the department's response to this was to *begin* having monthly audits on the system and restrict access to some subgroup of employees that is *less than everyone.*

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/09/2026

Critically Acclaimed ‘Ted Lasso’ Episode Just Stock Photos Of People Hugging Each Other theonion.com/critically-acclaimed-t…

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The doom talk exists so that we'll be thankful and relieved when AI merely ends up enshittifying everything around us instead of literally killing us.

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Can’t sleep, listen to Take On Giant Steps youtu.be/zGzjRIKxdPE?...

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Take On Giant Steps

YouTube video by Kai - saxpride200

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is so real. The shit people would say to my white mother was so heinous that she cut off multiple friendships within days of the attacks. A lot of people asking if my dad knew the hijackers or about The Plan. Oh, and my mom thought he’d died in the towers while being asked all of this.

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

haven't found any plums but have found a falcon who pretends it can't hear me

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Mom Friend S. Pumpkins @momfriend64.northsky.social · 11/09/2024

A sonnet for the morning
When light through yonder window breaks anew
And slowly stirring I am dragged through morn
The sun is glinting hard against the dew,
And groggily, I greet the day with scorn
I limp towards the kitchen with a scowl
The sunlight seems to scowl at me in kind
Then coffee winds its way along my bowel,
And slowly I reclaim my state of mind
There's but one task remaining to complete
The ritual that soothes the start of day
I look around to gather something sweet
When I find my plans are put astray
My empty icebox wounds me to the quick
Those plums were for my breakfast you dumb prick

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Also: it’s better if you pretend that the two little black wings are his

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 05/09/2026

uh holy shit

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts” - Wendell Berry

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My man looks like Gavin Newsom got a case of Double Stuf Oreos, a real estate license, and a lobotomy.

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The image is of a four panel comic.
The title reads, "Suddenly Finding A New Obsession".
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, in front of her computer. She has a bored expression on her face.
In the second panel we zoom in on her face. She looks suddenly alert.
In the third panel we zoom in even closer on her face. Her eyes and mouth are wide open in intrigue.
In the fourth panel we zoom out and see Sarah in front of her computer again, but this time she is dressed in a frog costume, surrounded by frog toys, and has an "I heart frogs" poster behind her.

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Talkin' Baseball @talkinbaseballbot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Brewers reliever Abner Uribe made a Minor League rehab appearance while Milwaukee's High-A team featured Lederhosen-style alternate uniforms (via @CMehring)

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The crucial question is whether it will be called “Prince Rhodeward Island” or “Prince Edrhode Island”

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

xkcd gets it. www.xkcd.com

xkcd.com

Trade

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 20/09/2025

on behalf of the bluesky team i am excited to announce our newest feature! Now in addition to replies and quotes, we have the "don't reply" here's how it works: 1. you see a post that does not mention you 2. you "don't reply" to it 3. the app shows you more posts

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Day 1 back on my 9-month faculty contract, at 9am, discovering that Workday has changed the meeting days/times for two of my four classes in ways that completely bork everything. UW-System should get s refund on the $50 million it spent buying this garbage software.

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

i have flung this can of paint against the wall. thank you for your attention to this spatter.

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Sarah Hennies @sarahhennies.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Available for preorder NOW, the first LP from my “new” trio LITHS with saxophonist Keir Neuringer (Irreversible Entanglements) and drummer Willie B. We’ve been playing together for four years in Ithaca and now there is a record thanks to Dinzu Artefacts! dinzuartefacts.bandcamp.com/album/ascend...

dinzuartefacts.bandcamp.com

Ascending the Depths, by Liths

8 track album

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