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Amrk @amrk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I googled her name and she’s a health policy researcher who writes think tank reports about gambling harms, we have found the patron saint of UK Bluesky

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

How about when they start a sentence with “Make no mistake”?

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Napoleon went on to invent the Neapolitan chord, a subset of the whole tone scale which he learned in his youth at the Paris Conservatoire.

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Also the Muppets are apparently all left handed

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

They gained zero muscle mass while serving though

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Purple card. Let’s take a break and listen to Prince.

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

You should check out the USWNT. They are something else.

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The chord changes on All Things Must Pass are quietly bananas

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

What did Cucurella say, though, that actually reached Messi on Mt Olympus?

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Argentina team is a transmission vehicle for Messi.

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

It means you have a subscription to the Criterion Channel?

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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

R.I.P. Éliane Radigue, one of the most innovative and radical composers of our century- if you haven’t heard her music yet, prepare for something simultaneously delicate and oceanic. I don’t love the word “genius” but she deserves it.

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

At under a thousand dollars this is a steal!

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

On a distant Christmas my mom bought this box of ornaments at Reny’s for 88 cents

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

His sideburns are totally unequal in length.

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Gauguin Vargas *Vauhini Vara’s! “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age” is amazing and highly recommended by one person you know (or are at least connected to)

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Did Adrien Brody just back up to throw his gum to his wife? Did she just try to catch it? What is happening

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

This is really offensive and I won’t be a part of it

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Composers, come work with Ensemble Dal Niente and the Empyrean Ensemble, and have a new piece premiered. No fees or restrictions. Please spread the word and make sure people have a chance to consider applying. We're accepting applications until April 15, 2025. arts.ucdavis.edu/taproot

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Taproot New Music Festival - Music

November 6–9, 2025

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A teenager water skiing as Mount St. Helens erupts in the background (May 18, 1980).

A 19-year-old Jim Hobson, of Battle Ground, is shown here water skiing on May 18, 1980, as Mount St. Helens erupts in the background.

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

@chaujkelly.bsky.social @lauriesanmartin.bsky.social and I were at Dunloe’s which used to be B & L and look what LSM spotted:

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I’d love to compare notes w you in a week or two. I need to block out some time to dig in w Dorico. Using Finale became increasingly annoying as the kludgy workarounds piled up but now it’s weirdly bittersweet, each time I use it I wonder if it’s the last time

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Yeah that’s similar to my current set up which involves an old laptop that’s offline —it’s basically a toaster oven—that I just use for finale while I learn another notation program.

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I’m sorta running Finale 26 on Sequoia and sometimes pages don’t print (and can’t write them to PDFs).

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Bryndan learned how to solder today

A young man wearing glasses, appearing slightly stressed out, leans over a table holding a solder iron. He is poking around in the guts of some sort of audio equipment.

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Sam Nichols @samnichols.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Lynx putting together a project in the Sound Lab.

A young woman sits cross legged while holding together two pieces of metal.

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Laurie San Martin @lauriesanmartin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The national news is making my head spin. But I’m so grateful for moments with outstanding people and musicians. Come hear the orange Road String Quartet at Pitzer center thurs, 1/23 @12noon and fri, 1/24 @5PM. Both concerts are free.

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Markus Hesselmann @hesselmann.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

"It has been said that climate change looks like the dissemination of ever more alarming amateur footage until, someday, you’re the one making the footage." Teju Cole @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...