John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Guitar workshop with 2025 GFA winner Virgile Barthe. 000
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This weekend, come see me, NJGO, and the premier of my composition "Breakfast Around the Sun"! Louisville Kentucky. 000
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Today I begin a clinical trial for a medication called vepugratinib. It's like balversa, but more targeted. I had a really good response with a short stint of balversa, so I'm hoping this can be my long term ok ish solution. 010
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I hear he's a free agent this year so it was kind of inevitable. 100
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I get what you're saying. The cut is going to come from somewhere, and whether it comes from the musicians (supply) or the venues (demand) is going to depend entirely on who is harder to attract to the platform. 120
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I've been dealing with cancer for the last four years and honestly the impact on my mental health has been similar. 030
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Done with chemo! For... good? That'd be nice. Until recurrence at least, which might be never. Here's hoping! Neuropathy recovery continues, though it is by no means a reset to what it was like before. My level of guitar ability is adequate for my ensemble, at least! And playing is fun again. 020
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 25/11/2025My condolences. My ability to ward off strangers from talking to me in any scenario remains on point. 110
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Information gained (or influenced) by congressfolk is explicitly does not result insider trading, according to the law (but not the simple meaning of the words). 010
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025"Fools Rushing In", by... me! Played by people I don't know!! In South Africa?!? These four are all way better at guitar than I am. They sound stupendous. Hope that Dillon Davies (on the right) posts the whole thing on YouTube so I can show off the whole thing! 010
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 14/11/2025My thumbs have recovered enough (from neuropathy) that I was able to use chopsticks to eat sushi for the first time in almost a year! The recovery is slow, but it's real. 000
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025The past couple weeks I've been seeing some of the life return to my left pinky, which is fairly important for guitar. These days, when rested, I can usually do a full two-octave scale up and down twice before that finger totally gives up. Progress! 000
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Halfway done with a gemzar/carboplatin regimen, and it's kicking my ass. Feel like shit for 11 days out of every 21. On day 12 today, feeling some approximation of my normal self. I continue to regain strength/coordination, being off Padcev since April. No regrets, including my decision to stop. 110
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025So far so good, signatera test days negative for tumor DNA, which means it's very likely I have no active cancer in my body. There can still be dormant micro-metastases, so I'm doing an adjuvant therapy to increase my odds of avoiding a recurrence long term (forever?). 120
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2025This would just keep people capable of self-reflection out of power. 000
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I'm trying to imagine the right wind outrage at attempting such a change today. The mask issue was surprising enough. But getting people to stop doing something enjoy wherever the fuck they feel like it? Right out. 220
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Accusing a nerd of confusion star wars and star trek is a pretty damning insult. 170
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Started a new therapy last week. Four months / 12 infusions. But then... never again! Until recurrence which is admittedly likely (but not certain). Predictably, I don't feel good. 010
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 14/09/2025I haven't seen the finale yet, but I've hated 3 so far, mostly because of how far removed the mule and the robot are from their book representations. I really enjoyed season 1 and 2, minus the stuff about 2nd foundation which, again, seemed miles away. The dynasty is great though. 100
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 12/09/2025It was astoundingly clear from the video that the wound was not survivable. 010
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 26/08/2025For three guitars. In particular, those that belong to Jeff, Marty, and Larry (Hudson's Crossing): musescore.com/user/1004914...musescore.comHaze DanceDownload and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music for Guitar (Mixed Trio) 010
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 02/07/2025The solution is simple: use an LLM to review. "Hey Google, reject this code review but make it look like I read everyone carefully" 010
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025TS is migrating to federated repos :/ it feels misguided to me but alas. 000
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 21/05/2025I joined Google on a Monday. That Friday, they killed reader. I was devastated. 080
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I hate the idea that we should roll over on whatever cultural wedge Fox News pushes for a given cycle. It will ALWAYS be something. SOME "othered" group will be targeted because that's how they rally. That's literally all they do. That and protect business interests. We need to protect PEOPLE. 010
Reposted by John AsmuthBiggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 12/05/2025ART OF THE FOLD........ 390234234387
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 10/05/2025first complete draft musescore.com/user/1004914...musescore.comBreakfast around the Sun – jasmuthDownload and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music for Guitar (Mixed Quartet) 110
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 23/04/2025At some point you have to realize that the game is you, making the game. 020
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Are there any stories related to religious traditions that aren't apocryphal? 000
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025This seems fairly off topic and unrelated to anything I was saying. I'm going to stop engaging. 000
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025All I've done in this thread is clearly state that the issue people were having is the disregard for civilian casualties and connect it to the accepted definition of "war crime". Only one person here has been self-righteous. 100
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025I don't know. The US and its allies regularly commit acts that fall under the definition of war crime. There is no authority to hold us accountable. 100
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025I didn't anticipate you having trouble looking up the Geneva convention if you wanted to refer to it or read it. I still don't. The situation you describe is not like the one we're discussing. 100
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025No, it seemed common sense to me that callous disregard for civilian life would be a war crime. But before I labeled it that way here I literally read the Geneva convention. It's not long, and this issue is spelled out very clearly. 100
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025It means that you know way less than would justify the statements you made. Making an attack with explicit knowledge of likely civilian death is an explicit war crime per the Geneva convention. You seem to try to change the subject a lot. It's disingenuous. 110
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Take that thought and carry it with you in future threads regarding civilian casualties. 100
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025You're making false equivalences. War is brutal enough, but its inevitability is recognized. Collectively, we decided some acts are over the threshold and we call them war crimes. Bombing a residential building full of civilians to get a single person is one of them. 100
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025People are pointing out that this all falls under the realm of "war crimes". Violence begets violence. 100
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Yep they're bad. So is rocketing an apartment building to get one guy. 100
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Wait - should I prioritize this or the tar remote execution issue? 000
John Asmuth @skelterjohn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025We're already living in the darkest timeline so this should be easy. 000
