Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Whenever I have energy available after working, I spend some time working through the 1984 edition of the Simandl bass method book, getting better at playing and creating on the bass. Doesn’t matter if I may never play another gig. Creation and joy, unmonetized, for its own sake. 000
Reposted by PaulJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is a great read! I love what @hearingthingsco.bsky.social is doing!!!hearingthings.coAI Album Covers Have No Place in Hip-HopA visual artist who built his career on creating covers for independent rap records laments how AI is bastardizing his life’s work. 2606
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Remember, you don’t have to read any of the linked posts about maladjusted sociopaths to be able to deal with them successfully in any context. You can just move on and do literally anything else. 001
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Nobody ever watches to the end, right? Least of all when someone says “watch to the end”, right? Watch to the end. These three minutes will inspire you to think differently. The comedian (historian?) speaking is David Nihill, who is not active here, but you can find him on IG. 010
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Along with everything else, it’s nice that student loans are coming out of forbearance just before election season, to remind you of how worthless the Federal government is for matters of regular people before we vote. “Not rich? Go pound sand” is a defining ethic of our time. 020
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Last week’s post about diesel topping out at $9.99 will soon seem quaint. At this rate we’ll all be working from home by mid-October due to lack of supply, and just in time for people to express their feelings in the voting booth. 040
Reposted by PaulAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 11/09/2026Anyways, today is a very good day to follow, subscribe, and donate to news outlets that take a strong stance against Generative AI slop: go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT 28328
Reposted by PaulLarry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026EU needs to follow Spain's advice: Spain urges EU to create climate adaptation fund, set binding targets www.reuters.com/sustainabili...reuters.comSpain urges EU to create climate adaptation fund, set binding targetsSpain has urged the European Union to create a dedicated climate adaptation fund and establish binding adaptation targets as costs mount from accelerating climate change, which this summer triggered... 216467
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Conan was not ready for the bluntness of the Dutch. I think this is my favorite episode yet. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026So yeah, it’s raining in LA and OC as a direct after-effect of people panic buying toilet paper at Costco, which itself ensured that it would rain heavily this morning. This thought process is not brought to you by AI, but instead by a small dash of creative thinking for its own sake 010
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is a good explainer on a topic that sounds like oatmeal to most people, but really does affect everyone, whether they know it or not. 011
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 01/09/2026They already charge $35 a glass for brand-name tequila at the stadium. The owners are doing more than fine. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Just learned the “you’re laundry’s done” ditty that our LG ThinQ stackable washer plays when a load is done, one octave down. A weird after-effect of regular sight-reading practice for bass, but I’ll take it 010
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The worst heat/humidity combo I can recall here in over a decade. Was exactly like this in Barcelona a few weeks ago. 020
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Monday: Dolly passes Tuesday: Tim passes Wednesday: Yayoi passes Thursday: Lake America? What? Friday: ???? Saturday: Jane, stop this crazy thing 010
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Just canceled Duolingo after 6.5 years in favor of Unedo. Nothing like spending a week in Spain to see how close I am to getting better at Spanish, and how Duolingo just doesn’t do enough to keep intermediate learners engaged with challenging material. No regrets, it’s just time for a better option. 000
Reposted by PaulReconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The median American voter, voted for it be 2019 again and for Trump to make them rich, under the very mistaken belief that Worse Things Aren't Possible, and quite literally everyone is paying for it 171728249
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 18/08/2026RIP Frank Beard. 2/3 of the coolest guys in the world (to me, anyway, when I was 11) have now gone to the great gig in the sky. As someone already said here, please put Billy Gibbons in bubble wrap. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A lot explained in a few paragraphs. The national debt may actually matter under a Republican administration? Also, a clue as to why companies are reluctant to hire, as they wait for the other shoe to drop. 110
Reposted by PaulJuan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 13/08/2026the students from abroad typically pay more in tuition and so subsidize working class US students. This policy is an attack on upward mobility 7536116
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The best thing about Instagram might be where people out themselves as terrible people in the comments section, then 100% of the time you check and they’ve made their profile private because they can dish it out, but they can’t take it 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 09/08/2026What brings me joy? A lot, thankfully. Like this. Every part of this is great. Another drummer for me to follow and learn from as a bass player.youtu.beLady Gaga Drummer Hears Death For The First TimeYouTube video by Drumeo 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The conservative cultural war machine is basically a huge vat of poison that miserable people spend their lives looking to dump into areas of life that bring other people joy, and into places where people just want to exist as who they are. This isn’t new, but we’re stuck with it. 100
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The comments note that this is just energy costs and does not include military expenditures. Number go up for me and you, as we make the world’s worst people richer. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Flying back to the States after two weeks in Europe where food quality and flavor is head and shoulders above what we as Americans are stuck with. People just don’t even know. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026It’s a spendy option but if you’re looking to build immunity to social media and inoculate yourself against its most harmful effects (doom cloak over the mind, anger, time wasted), I highly recommend a two-week trip to Europe where you’re 9 time zones ahead of America’s outrage of the day 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Couldn’t help but think about this when I saw a BYD Seal roll down the street here in Madrid yesterday. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Being on vacation in Europe with the algorithm-free Bluesky feed has been nice but also revelatory in terms of having a better blend of people and ideas - not just having American anxieties put in front of my face on the regular. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Just had to mute a 4chan term from 2009 that I thought I’d never see again. The day can and will only go up from here 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Can you eat healthy without buying their bagged salad and without supporting this administration? Yes, to both. 010
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Not only did Spain beat Argentina 1-0, they also beat them 2-0 on disallowed goals 001
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026As it should be. Spain the Men’s World Cup champions, Argentina the Men’s Diving champions. Can’t wait to see if they’re still partying when I’m in Barcelona in about two weeks. 🇪🇸 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026So that’s two goals for Spain now called back, the second one somehow more preposterous than the first. 020
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026That is not a foul, that is a flop, and that should be a goal. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Fernandez with the arrogance to protest an obvious red card after making zero play on the ball. What a garbage squad. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Things that Spain’s goalie could have been doing with all the action on the other half of the pitch, but now he has to pay attention a little: - whipping up some flan - writing the Great Spanish Novel - drafting a LinkedIn post - enjoying a mojito 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Have to give props to Argentina’s goalie, even with that fumbled ball earlier. He’s getting totally shelled right now and hanging in there. Trying to tell my brain “he’s not an underdog, you don’t have to reflexively pull for him” 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Spain clearly the more motivated team, dictating the pace with some excellent chances in the last several minutes. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Cucurella with a brilliant backfooted advance and his reward is to be taken down by an Argentinian defender kicking the ball out of bounds with no foul. Play on, of course. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Which is more likely, a guy falling asleep in a luxury box, or the refs totally in the bag for Argentina, even if both things can be true? 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A central problem with late-stage capitalism is that the smartphone is the end of the line in terms of affordable technology that could have a radically positive impact on people’s lives. Thanks in part to runway wealth inequality, there’s nothing that can be publicly adopted at scale anymore. 1/x 100
Reposted by PaulEmily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA. 10186897366
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Just trying to do a good job at my job while throngs of paid politicians can barely function moment to moment, having cooked their brains on radical/crackpot social media and cable TV. 000
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Impossible not to root for Olivia Miles. Total package as a rookie, just buttery passing and court vision. We should all be so lucky as the Lynx 050
Paul @paulaheim.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Seeing multiple Democratic Senator posts ratioed today for their comments on the same thing that happened is, uh, probably not a good sign for their ability or willingness to do what’s needed for their constituents. 050