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Greg Potter

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• Musical instrument builder • Software developer

Greg Potter @gregpotter.me · 16/08/2026

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Can we get a definition check? The most common deffinition I'm finding for barbone is "vagrant". If this instrument is a thing, I would love to learn more about it. I'm finding other bar- instruments (barbaton/barbitos, barbat), but their descriptions don't match.

From the stats page of a Smush game, text that reads: Barbone; an old, large stringed instrument that was an ancestor of the double bass.

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Greg Potter @gregpotter.me · 27/05/2026

Pope Leo XIV showing way more understanding of AI than way too many other people in power and within AI industries themselves. www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Image of text that reads: It is not enough to invoke efficiency, nor to celebrate the benefits of innovation, if they are built on a chain of exploitation that remains deliberately hidden. If technology promises emancipation, yet produces new forms of global subordination, it stands in contradiction to the fundamental principle of human dignity.

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Greg Potter @gregpotter.me · 20/04/2026

@TrashPandaDiscGolf @udiscapp.bsky.social #EarthDayBingo2026

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Greg Potter @gregpotter.me · 18/01/2026

Made me wonder if lavender Oreos is a thing. It is not, but they did make this image as part of a real-or-fake game on the official website.

Package of Oreos that reads, “lavender flavor creme”, with an image of lavender flowers and an Oreo with a golden-yellow wafer and light-purple cream.

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Greg Potter @gregpotter.me · 04/05/2025

Opinion: The tenor trombone having become the dominant trombone is regression to the mean. The bass trombone and alto trombone are both better sounding instruments, but because the tenor covers most of their ranges with an in-between timbre, it became the norm, while bass and alto became more rare.

Types of trombone (top to bottom): piccolo in B♭, soprano in B♭, alto in E♭, tenor in B♭, bass in B♭ with F and G♭ valves, contrabass in F with D and B♭ valves.

Source: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trombone_family_composite_3.jpg

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Greg Potter @gregpotter.me · 10/04/2025

This is from a post by the official LA 2028 Olympics Instagram account, and is a textbook case of why the Oxford comma matters! This is literally an announcement of a change from “speed, boulder and lead” to “speed, boulder, and lead”. Their omission of the Oxford comma just makes it confusing.

The description of an Instagram post by the official LA 2028 Olympics account that reads:

Climbing in popularity. 📈 🧗

Sport Climbing continues to reach new heights and in recognition of its growth, we’re proud to spotlight new medal events: speed, boulder and lead! This announcement creates two more medal opportunities for Sport Climbing athletes in 2028. #LA28

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