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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 22h

I have to do a little repair task today, but before that I thought I'd make a quick morning loop. Mostly trying to get my head around sequencing the Microgranny from the Machinedrum.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Went back to the stock firmware on my Machinedrum after a crash I’ve never seen before prompted some thinking. Which is basically that I don’t want this. Not a box that can do everything, and not a frictionless experience. Still having fun and still my favorite drum machine, of course.

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Conrad Zimmerman @conradzimmerman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When you think about it, we've turned entire generations into script kiddies without them even knowing what that is.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think it would have been extremely cool if on My Bloody Valentine’s mbv, “Nothing Is” had been the closing track, and ended in a locked groove so that repeating static groove doesn’t end until you get up and make it stop.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Seeing all the videos of that vibe-coded emu flood my feed gave me an urge to get the Machinedrum back, and I’ve been having a lot of fun getting reacquainted with it. Trying the synth machines in the X CFW. Love this box.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On the fence given the context, but I’m a little bit glad that people are kinda rediscovering how cool the Machinedrum is. Love that drum machine so much.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

a couple shots from Cabaret Voltaire at Metro - 9/16/26

A bass and synth stand in the foreground in front of a video backdrop displaying “CV” in lettering a design stylized to look similar to a bad analog signal on a CRT TV

Stephen Malinder of Cabaret Voltaire playing bass in front of a video backdrop displaying “NAGNAGNAG” over and over again

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A screenshot of a Tumblr post about scientists wanting to tell people about their science

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

it’s okay DLSD bridge, I get it. I wouldn’t wanna work in this heat either.

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Jennifer X. Pumpkins 🎃 @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

"You're walking through the desert when you see a street shark on its back, belly baking in the hot--" "What's that?" "What's what?" "What's a street shark?" "You know what a ninja turtle is?" "Yeah..." "Same thing. Let's get back to the test."

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Beaming a little from the @peterhookthelight.bsky.social show tonight at Metro. A whole bunch of fun 🤘

An Ampeg amp with a couple cabs, a Shergold Marathon 6-string bass, and a Roland SPD percussion pad, all set up on a stage.

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Holy fuck a world where we dont have to pay rent, medical bills, where we have food enough to eat, where our friends and loved ones dont have to work themselves to the bone and we could actually spend all our time together

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

trying to learn about audio equipment and intentionally looking for stores with one star reviews so i know the person at the shop is an enthusiast and not a businessperson

A Google review of an audio store reads: "Worst phone interaction I've ever had in my entire life. I called to ask if they had an electrostatic headphone amp, I was informed that it was a waste of money to own electrostatic headphones. Then I tried to say that I know a lot about headphones and own many and that I am just looking for an amplifier, but then I was interrupted and told that I don't know anything. Wild!"

A Google review of an audio store reads: "I normally have tremendous empathy for the mentally ill but not with this guy. He's abusive, slanderous and bizarrely demanding -- and that's if he likes you. Maybe he can still repair stuff but I wouldn't know; I walked away after the third time he screamed at me for asking a simple question and that's no exaggeration. Actual screaming. Just wild."

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Ben Hanson @yozetty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Based on the attract screen, you won't see the name of this 90s arcade game coming...

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

SORRY THESE ARE LATE I WAS BUSY IGNORING REALITY IN THE HOPE OF EXPERIENCING A BRIEF MOMENT OF HAPPINESS

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☆ Spookxa ☆ @luxssa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This transcends language

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Fully expect that someday the “a Diet Coke is just a fridge cigarette” thing is going to be revealed to have been instigated and spread by a marketing team.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It feels so weird sometimes to think of some bands as ‘80s bands. Like, Violent Femmes, Skinny Puppy, and Sonic Youth, for instance.

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

movement in non-euclidean quaternionic space

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Extremely awesome. An absolutely inspiring watch. Loved it.

A sign from the Music Box Theatre with words on the marquee sign reading “We are Fugazi”

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Sometimes you feel bad about staying up too late scrolling feeds, but sometimes that results in finding out right before bed that someone shitty died.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

the best chance the Prairieland anti-ICE protesters have is that we keep their names and their case on our lips as we eventually move to a post-Trump era, that we fight for their pardon as an essential part of departing from fascism.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The ideology in question is opposing fascism. This horrific action is a shot across the bow at all of us—everyone who cares about their neighbors, who dares to dream of a better world, who opposes ICE terror and authoritarian repression. We cannot allow the state to disappear them.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Out of work and catastrophizing. Hell yeah.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Kinda neat, but also this hit me with the brick of realizing that I've been on and off scrobbling for almost 20 years(!?).

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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 07/06/2026

Please, join us in community as we celebrate the life of Riley O'Neil and Jam in his honor. 📍 Palmisano Park (Fitness Course) - 41.84177, -87.64905 ⏰ Monday, June 8th, 7p Start, 6:30p Meetup

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A great resource for supporting the immigrants on hunger strike at Delaney Hall, and the people protesting in solidarity with them:

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Getting ready to leave for work and it’s kinda hard to get going, because maybe I’d rather die today.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I feel like I've been getting served a bunch of liberal debate streamers in other apps lately, and it keeps uncomfortably making me think of that era on Twitter where it seemed like half the timeline was people dunking on right-wing weirdos and bigots.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

More guitar rambling: Got out my old worn copy of the Cure - Greatest Hits songbook and was thinking about how I chuckled about how there were a bunch of parts that were wrong and wondering about how common it is for transcribers to watch performances as part of transcribing songs for these books…

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 18/04/2026

and they only passed this law because video stores were going to out the porn-rental habits of Supreme Court justices!

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Well known among my friends but anyway: the Smashing Pumpkins is one of my favorite bands and I’ve been on a kick of listening to them a bunch again lately. Hoo boy there’s something about whenever I get into an SP mood that has me pick up my guitar and fall in love with playing all over again. 🖤

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I’m a couple weeks late on this, but the new Nothing album fucking rips. I love it. Excellent vibes all throughout.

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Baudrillard would have been so insufferable if he were still alive in this era. we got the president tweeting AI Fortnite fancams of the US bombing Iran for the approval of his online army of vice-signaling rightoid gooners. like we get it bro, the Spectacle has become the Real, you were right

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Doing a deep dive into Cabaret Voltaire’s discography and for some reason I had always had the idea for some reason that “Do the Mussolini (Headkick)” was referencing DAF’s “Der Mussolini” and had no idea that the CV song came first until I looked it up today. Don’t know why I thought that before.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Probably won’t but I keep feeling a small urge to start a Letterboxd page even though I don’t feel like I watch enough movies to justify it. Makes me wonder if there’s a similar thing for music. I guess RYM but you can’t follow people’s updates there anymore.

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Kaz Fluffs @kazfluffs.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I'm constantly disgusted with people who claim everything wrong with the world is down to human nature, attempting to naturalize what ultimately is down to culture and structures. It's only because colonialism has so thoroughly sucked all the air out of the room that anyone can make those claims.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The Democrats want to manage the disaster, the fascists want to let it rip. We're stuck in the middle and have to rely on each other, our communities, and our ability to organize.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Speaking of thematically appropriate reading, I was just on the train reading the Society of the Spectacle, and one of those AI voices starts blaring from someone’s voice with this completely rambling and incomprehensible story. What a wild moment. 😵‍💫

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batski @babski.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Details for the memorial ride for Alex Pretti in Chicago this weekend. - Meet at 1:15pm, Roll at 1:30pm - John Walsh Park (E end of The 606) - Route to come, we will roll @ party pace (casual, no drop) toward the VA on Damen where a memorial is set up for Alex. See you Saturday.

Poster for a bike ride, blue and white background with Chicago stars in red and an illustration of Alex Pretti smiling and wearing a bike helmet. Text reads "Chicago Memorial & Protest Ride for Alex Pretti. We ride in unity. Saturday 1.31.2026. 1:15 meet, 1:30 roll. Walsh Park, Eastern end of 606. Ride together. Stand together.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 25/01/2026

We still don't know the names of the ICE agents who killed Gonzàlez behind the wheel of his car outside Chicago in September. They were unmasked in this BWC footage from Franklin Park police. If you have any information at all about these men—please text us on Signal at unraveled.66

Two federal agents in t shirts and vests

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Borrowed my partner my copy of the Left Hand of Darkness, and they’re currently stuck out of town with family because of the winter storm and said they should have brought it to keep reading and I couldn’t help but agree since it’s also extremely thematically appropriate. ❄️

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Delaney Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way ❄️ @infinitesnow.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“i don’t feel like i can go home because i heard agents were looking for me. i don’t know what they’ll do when they find me” chills me down to the fucking bone. this woman woke up to paint spider man on kids’ faces and now she can’t go home because she’s being HUNTED DOWN FOR WITNESSING A MURDER

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.

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How to Disappear Comparatively @candlesayshi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Hoping everyone stays safe, but I’m glad and excited to actually have a bit of some cold winter weather

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Every part of this thread, the resistance and the horrors, makes me weep for different reasons Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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