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Joshua Iz

@joshuaiz.com
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DJ/Producer/Developer/Coffee Lover. Dad to Rafa, husband to @ebethallan. 1/2 of Iz & Diz. It iz what it iz. Dub is the teacher. Spreading ❤️. SSE at Monica + Andy. Working on FreeMix: freemix.fm joshuaiz.com vizualrecords.com

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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 2h
That is not what music is for or why it exists at all.
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Daniel @crabmusket.eurosky.social · 18h
Per @anildash.com "being able to say, 'wherever you get your podcasts' is a radical statement." AT Protocol and ActivityPub allows you to say 'wherever you get your posts'.
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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 29/09/2026
“We’re entering an era where privacy doesn’t exist” … that era has already begun. Messages that you wrote could be on someone else’s device and uploaded to Meta outside of your consent or control. You can’t possibly police your entire friends list across multiple platforms.
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 28/09/2026
It takes me an average of 8 hours to reboot too.
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Dean @deanrmarsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Posted this morning in case you missed it... and you did... because BS is getting as bad as twitter and doesn't bother showing 1% of people that follow me
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 28/09/2026
Cool interactive track maker on the just launched Kerri Chandler website. kerrichandler.com#machines
kerrichandler.com
Kerri Chandler | Official Website
Tour dates, live sets, Kaoz Theory, archive, gallery, merch and interactive studio machines from Kerri Chandler.
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Sarah @spressto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm going to Chicago's September AT Proto meetup. Join me to chat about open source technology and drink beer in Logan Square with good people. #chicago
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at://chicago - September 2026
Converge back at Life on Marz Community Club. Open to lightning talks, but we are more focused on conversations. Happy hour drink specials for the event, courtesy of Marz. We welcome folks from all kinds of backgrounds including artists, journalists, publishers, creators, academic researchers, end-users, and developers. **Remember to export/add it to your calendar, as we do not send event reminders / notifications** ## What Casual get together and discussion, followed by a DJ set. Many drink options to chose from for whatever preference. Lightning Talks include: - Introducing Corkboard.at by @ntm.bsky.social - Your talk here! Currently there are no plans to stream or record lightning talks on stream.place this month, but may set up something ## When The evening of Wednesday, September 30, 2026. Tentative schedule: | Time | Description | |-------|-------------------------------| | 5-6:30PM | Arrive, socialize, happy hour | | 6:30-7PM | Lightning talks | | 8-?PM | DJ Set from Joshua Iz | ## Where Life on Marz Community Club (2 minute walk / 300 ft north from the Western & Milwaukee Blue Line station, next to Margie's Candies) 1950 N Western Avenue, Chicago, Il, 60647 #ATProto #meetup #tech #dweb #bluesky
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EmDash CMS @emdashcms.com · 28/09/2026
EmDash 1.0 is here! A modern, secure CMS, built on Astro as the spiritual successor to WordPress. Plugins run in secure sandboxes, and the distributed plugin registry is powered by Atproto!
emdashcms.com
EmDash 1.0: an open source CMS for Astro
Announcing EmDash 1.0, a stable, free and open source CMS built on Astro.
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FreeMix @freemix.fm · 28/09/2026
Something big is coming. freemix.fm
freemix.fm
FreeMix: Music. Liberated. For the open web.
For producers, DJs, and artists across every genre. Upload, share, and remix with purpose-built music licenses. No ads, no algorithm. Free to join.
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 27/09/2026
It's ok if you haven't heard of something that is "popular". Audiences and media are so fragmented now a song or a show that is considered popular is not even near as popular as songs from when we had 2 main radio stations & 3 tv channels per market. We no longer have shared cultural milestones.
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Reggae Vibes NL @reggae-vibes-nl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#Review Written by Norman Darwen, this look at At The BBC: The Complete Recordings 1979-1981 explores how The Selecter captured the energy of the early Two-Tone era. Featuring Pauline Black, key ska classics, political themes, and BBC recordings that still feel relevant today.
reggae-vibes.com
Review | The Selecter - At The BBC: The Complete Recordings 1979-1981 | Reggae Vibes
Explore Norman Darwen’s full post to hear how The Selecter’s BBC sessions captured the raw spirit of early Two-Tone music.
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🀤 @mahotakemori.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
djmag.com/features/how...
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How Joe Smooth's 'Promised Land' harnessed the unifying power of music on the dancefloor
Early Chicago house gem, pop hit, dancefloor unifier, liberation anthem: ‘Promised Land’ is all these things and more
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House-of-Chicago.de @house-of-chicago.de · 26/09/2026
The Hot Mix 5 are a legendary DJ team from the USA. In 1986, three of its members founded the label of the same name, which produced numerous classics. Listed here are the first 20 releases. #hotmix5 #chicagohouse house-of-chicago.de/hot-mix-5-th...
house-of-chicago.de
Hot Mix 5 – The First 20 Maxis ’87-89 › House of Chicago Blog
Die Hot Mix 5 sind ein legendäres DJ-Team aus den USA. Drei seiner Mitglieder gründeten 1986 das gleichnamige Label, auf dem zahlreiche ...
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Livicated Reggae Documentary @livicated.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Legendary Jamaican dub producer Scientist, born Hopeton Brown, and Roger Steffens have been crossing paths for decades. And whenever their paths crossed, Roger did what Roger does: he brought his camera, asked questions and documented the moment. #reggae #scientist #dub #rogersteffens #livicated
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Matt McQuilken @mattmcq72.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Late night Larry youtu.be/WRdT_J_kiyE?...
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FINGERS, INC. BRING DOWN THE WALLS (1986)
YouTube video by Renegade Sound
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 24/09/2026
I see this and wonder what it sounds like.
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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 24/09/2026
Bad Brains are releasing their fabled first demo tape recording for the first time. Are You Ready: The First Studio Recording (Inner Ear – March 1979) drops on 6 November 2026 buff.ly/q40CmRh
Colour photograph of Bad Brains.
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 24/09/2026
My mom just asked me who Grandmaster Flash is. I knew this day would come.
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Evelyn @kandake.africa · 23/09/2026
I've been using a local sandbox for all my atproto work after a couple "mishaps" that I spent the last week reworking into a scaffolding sandbox anyone can use. Read all about it!
50-shades.pckt.blog
Atmosphere in a Box - All your sandbox needs
This has been the year of ATprotocol development for me, starting with Stratos, A social-app fork and then starting my own business focused on building local first decentralized tech on protocol. For every project I'm doing some pretty intense testing with a variety of tools and apparatuses for exhaustive testing to confirm everything functions. For some things I'm working on I need a large number of PDS users which has occasionally been noticed. And earlier this year while doing some intense lo...
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daniel holmgren 🫠 @dholms.at · 23/09/2026
i think we need to do a permission sets push... permission sets are mainly for giving nice human-readable, user-friendly descriptions of resources! if your OAuth screen looks like this, consider publishing/using permission sets. this is scary/useless/non-sensical to users
an atproto oauth screen that has the generic "repository - public changes" and "authenticate - perform actions on your behalf" resources
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 23/09/2026
I was lucky enough to have a Media Studies class by Todd Gitlin in college and one of the quotes I remember is: "Your rights will always be taken away in the name of national security" and he was so right.
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 23/09/2026
Click the 'Sky' button on the top right. You'll be glad you did.
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 23/09/2026
This thread is a whole feeling. It really boils down to the need for just a small bit of empathy and humanity that was unfortunately lacking. Shit happens but staff should at least help the passengers navigate a completely unexpected situation. BA just completely dropped the ball here.
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awl @atomly.com · 02/06/2025
fuck gavin newsom. all my homies hate gavin newsom.
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House of Reggae @houseofreggae.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Excellent short film from the early 80s looking at sound systems around Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill including Daddy Vego's People's Sound... #reggae #reggaesky
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nate @zzstoatzz.io · 22/09/2026
chicago atproto folks! next wednesday!
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at://chicago - September 2026
Converge back at Life on Marz Community Club. Open to lightning talks, but we are more focused on conversations. Happy hour drink specials for the event, courtesy of Marz. We welcome folks from all k...
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chicago.at @chicago.at · 22/09/2026
chicagoland!! it's us, at://chicago come to Life on Marz next Wednesday for a casual social!
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at://chicago - September 2026
Converge back at Life on Marz Community Club. Open to lightning talks, but we are more focused on conversations. Happy hour drink specials for the event, courtesy of Marz. We welcome folks from all k...
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 21/09/2026
Yeah sorry, protesting is not only for when it is convenient or when it doesn’t have consequences for you. When it bites is when it actually means something.
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 20/09/2026
Qualia is job 1.
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 19/09/2026
Nice writeup for Jevon Jackson’s release on Vizual in 5Mag. 5mag.net/tracks/new-r...
5mag.net
"Halsted & Lake" is a masterclass in Chicago house from Jevon Jackson
Jevon Jackson is one of Chicago house music's stalwarts, a fixture at lofts, basement parties, clubs, raves and everything in between for decades
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 19/09/2026
"The original practitioners established dub not just as a distinctive reggae offshoot, but as the prototype for all electronic music and its associated practices." Dub Music — A History of Jamaica’s Criminally Underappreciated Musical Artform:
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Dub Music: A History of Jamaica’s Criminally Underappreciated Musical Artform
The original practitioners established dub not just as a distinctive reggae offshoot, but as the prototype for all electronic music and its associated practices.
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Shepseskare in Love @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
keith haring, grace jones, fela kuti, and jean-michel basquiat photographed by andy warhol. at mr. chow, nyc (june 1986)
a white man, a jamaican woman, an african man, and a black man walk into a restaurant....
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 18/09/2026
Bleep/Clone are on fire today with the Larry Heard reissues.
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 18/09/2026
Five years in the writing and forty in the gathering, 'Dub Revolution' rebuilds dub's beginnings out of the engineers who were there, the political map they worked inside, and the studios that doubled as shelter. The Tonearm's Lawrence Peryer rewinds. David Katz Cuts a New Version of Dub's History:
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David Katz Cuts a New Version of Dub's History
Five years in the writing and forty in the gathering, 'Dub Revolution' rebuilds dub's beginnings out of the engineers who were there, the political map they worked inside, and the studios that doubled as shelter.
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 18/09/2026
It's that time of year again.
The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts with columns and sign covered up and Spirit Halloween sign.
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909originals @909originals.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For this week's #MyRecordBag, Icelandic house artist Intr0beatz serves up his favourite 'deep gems' – tracks that left an indelible mark over his musical career. Featuring tracks by Pépé Bradock, Goldie, Crystal Waters and more. 🔊 909originals.com/2026/09/16/m...
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#MyRecordBag – Intr0beatz' deep gems
For this week's #MyRecordBag, Intr0beatz serves up his favourite 'deep gems' – tracks that left an indelible mark over his musical career.
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Matt Henderson @matthen.com · 16/09/2026
Trying to forecast the future on a Galton board
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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Arguably the greatest song to be recorded 4 times by 3 iterations of a band under 3 different names and in 2 languages, and then remixed once before it reached number 2 (eventually scoring a number 1 when it was covered by my mate's little brother's band a decade and a half later)
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nate moore @natemoo.re · 16/09/2026
this is from October 29, 2016. nails every ai prediction and calls altman/musk out by name. bummer that we slipped into the dumbest possible timeline not even a week later. > If everybody contemplates the infinite instead of fixing the drains, many of us will die of cholera
idlewords.com
Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People
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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 15/09/2026
Tony Humphries helped bring the Jersey Sound to the masses. From his legendary Club Zanzibar residency to his influential KISS-FM Mastermixes, Humphries played a pivotal role in shaping East Coast house music. Now, a new set of compilations dives into that history and his deep archive.
daily.bandcamp.com
How Tony Humphries Brought New Jersey House to the Masses
The icon’s vast radio archive, chronicled on a new compilation, is a key document in club music's history.
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 15/09/2026
Blast from the past
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 15/09/2026
Really enjoyed this podcast! Brought a lot of good context to the book. I've never met David but we have a lot in common: growing up in the Bay Area, listening to the same reggae radio shows, visiting the same record stores. Recommended.
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 14/09/2026
According to the Center for Confirming Our Misguided Beliefs, Democrats need to do the same thing that lost them the elections the last two times.
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 14/09/2026
Cool map projection explorer: www.geo-projections.com
geo-projections.com
Map Projection Explorer
Explore the world in different map projections
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danielroe @danielroe.dev · 14/09/2026
🙋‍♂️ ever wanted to build something without needing to configure a db, auth, file storage or a cms? it turns out you already have all four if you have a bluesky account 👉 airspace is a typed client for it
getair.space
airspace
The database you already have.
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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 14/09/2026
For the last 2 years I have been tracking a generational change in the nature of software development, and I think I've finally decided where all of this turmoil is going to end up. It's good news, but not for everybody. seldo.com/posts/we-are-all-product-…
seldo.com
We are all Product Engineers now | Seldo.com
Agents are eating the software development lifecycle from the bottom up — code generation already gone, review and ops following fast. What remains is figuring out what people actually want, which can't be automated or scaled. That job is called product engineering, it pays $240k, and nobody's training for it.
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 13/09/2026
“So, I built that amplifier for Tom. He promptly called it a Sound System. That’s where the name derives from: he called it a soundsystem.” Hedley Jones — The Renaissance Man Who Pioneered Jamaican Soundsystem Culture:
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Hedley Jones: The Renaissance Man Who Pioneered Jamaican Soundsystem Culture
The life and career of Jamaica's first soundsystem amplifier builder
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 12/09/2026
Every topic is divisive if you don't believe in science.
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Trezy @trezy.codes · 11/09/2026
Y’all, what’s it gonna take to get more of you on @grain.social? Even beyond the generally very high quality of the images being posted, the app is just gorgeous. Fucking nailed it, @chadtmiller.com. ❤️ #atproto
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