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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's definitely not an everyday thing, but it happens often enough that it makes me smile. Occasionally, in my software engineering work, some really esoteric bit of knowledge from my audio engineering days will come in super handy in a very specific way. Today's edition was with Core Audio on MacOS

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Shout out to @momfriend64.northsky.social for putting this wildly personal niche game on my radar.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This a post for possibly like 3 people, but: VKB Sim is a pretty cool game accessory company, and I'm saying this a solid year after I've been using them. They have somehow nailed price/performance ratio + modular design + impressive functionality at a really reasonable cost. #elitedangerous

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I need to take responsibility for the fact that I slept on Elite Dangerous, even while it sat available in my Steam backlog. This game is fucking amazing.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

If only the dear U.S. Carmakers could step foot out of the hellish United States that they lobbied for all these years, and see how things *could* be if they weren't paying off members of congress for infrastructure decisions that benefit only them, and not society at large.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We can, and should, hold onto localized hope. Especially for things that are directly within our sphere of influence and our community. We should also be very clear eyed about the consequences of all of the different crumbling systems that we are watching. Small hope with large despair is hard.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Ah yes...the 'ole "I really don't like when people smarter than me tell me it's possible to look at behaviors in someone and see trends, so instead I choose to think that this terrible behavior came out of nowhere and actually I'm the first to even see it" shtick.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

This is a no-spoiler zone, but just confirming that the villains in Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West are so, incredibly accurate in their character portrayal and motivations that it feels a bit like prophecy. #HZD #HFW

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I’m becoming more convinced that being an adult is deeply internalizing that: 1) people will not change until *they* want to 2) most people don’t change 3) but celebrate fully with the few that do, and never let go of that optimism in spite of 1 and 2

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Meanwhile, in countries with functional government:

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I am a big proponent of #opensource #selfhosting #linux and all of the things that decrease dependence on big tech, and increase personal autonomy and privacy. There are a shit ton of amazing #FOSS tools out there. That said, Thunderbird's search function is an absolute steaming pile of garbage.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

In large, complex systems, it takes a while for effects to propagate. As effects build, they don't always manifest in predictable ways. It takes constant assessment of the data, models, etc. to see how far a system has deviated from it's baseline. 1/2 🧵

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

So, I have no reason to be gleeful at the moment. But, tentatively, it would be a small consolation if the short term failure of the American experiment did the 'ole reverse psychology on the rest of the world moving towards renewables over the long haul.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

One of the weird side effects of having grown up in far-right-adjacent Evangelicalism in the 90's is that I sometimes forget that for most people, these ideas are shocking. I remember being no older than 14, and being at Bible studies where these ideas were routine, and all heads in the room nodded.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

One of my favorite things right now is being a longtime fan of the Flashbulb, and then learning that @bennjordan.bsky.social turned into a crazy-good independent journalist and is doing some excellent reporting on very important issues.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

*long, exasperated sigh and rubs eyebrows and eye twitches and grabs a shot of something hard and burnable*

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I was joking with a friend today on Signal, for national security reasons, obviously: “Is this Ford? This Pete fucking Hegseth, feel me? Listen, Y’know that dope ass F-350 in black that’s really lifted? Put missiles and plane wings on it. Have it to me by tomorrow. Bottle of whisky incoming” 1/2 🧵

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

If you’re lucky enough to have not spent much time around Evangelicals, it’s important to know that they talk about the “end times” with the excitement of “knowing” the bad future for non-believers, while “knowing” they will be rescued from the suffering. 1/2🧵

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Not that this is the first time that fascists laughably have zero cultural awareness, but For All Mankind has already done this plot line way fucking better.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

There is *no path forward* to something better in the United States that doesn't involve acknowledging, reckoning with, and dismantling the right's astoundingly successful, decades-long propaganda takeover of American media. Unequivocally. Until that changes, we are fucked. Full stop.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This was a fascinating watch. For one, hearing @kaitlancollins.bsky.social erudite expertise is pretty awesome. I also think it highlights the disconnect between Journalism's professional ideals vs. serving a society with eroding critical thinking skills and media literacy. youtu.be/NkklCAKeUs0?...

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How to Cover a Sh*tposting White House with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins

YouTube video by Hasan Minhaj

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/03/2026

I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane: The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My current coping mechanism is reading any news about this regime voiced like a gauche 80’s low budget supervillain: “Rules?! Mwahahah! We don’t need rules, or love, or peace! Why, those are the tools of weaklings! *twists mustache* We’re going to show our power & bomb a school full of children!”

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"What if...and hear me out here...we pay you $1 million dollars to stop your chemotherapy now (even though there's a good chance that you can fully recover) and instead you just start smoking again. Side note, as part of the deal: we'll also need you to start working at Philip Morris International."

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I was well into my early 30's when I finally started to have some confidence in my critical thinking skills. It wasn't that I outright lacked them prior to that, but my former naive, conservative/religious worldview undercut my brain's skill in evaluating the motives of myself and others. 1/2

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

“If I had to accurately observe my own actions, and their impact on others, I would crumble under the weight of it. In fact, my genius is just avoiding that problem altogether.”

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Y'know, there are many legitimate points in time where one could argue that America started it's steep decline. That said, if "Newt Gingrich gets elected" isn't in your top 5 choices, you gotta do some reading on the sheer magnitude of malicious dipshittery that he normalized in the Republicans.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

My main complaint with @groundnews.bsky.social is the political spectrum framing *first*, with factuality of the sources second. Like, if you tell me it's a "blind spot for the left", but then *all* of the right "sources" are mixed-to-low factuality, then that's just the false equivalency fallacy.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Yeah, honestly having my formative years during the ‘90’s RTS golden era makes the current regime feel that much more clueless.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

To be honest, i don't know what the balance of "staying informed" vs. "doom spiraling" is. My ratio is probably way off. But yeah. #windenergy #renewables youtu.be/wBC_bug5DIQ?...

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How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows | Climate Town

YouTube video by Climate Town

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Honestly? At this point, maybe renewables in the U.S. should do guerrilla advertising, like "Fuck clean energy and the climate!! All we're tryin' a do is lower your power bill so you can own the libs!" I wouldn't be mad. You gotta play the hand you've been dealt.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This is the kind of shit that shows how coordinated the campaign is behind the scenes from the fossil fuel industry.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I still don’t know if I have a properly unpacked opinion on my time in the game industry, but I do still keep in touch with friends there, and this just tracks so well with everything else that’s happening. apple.news/A9ARw_TXzSKG...

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“It doesn't feel safe”—Many international game developers plan to skip GDC in US — Ars Technica

Stories of border issues lead to pervasive travel fears across the worldwide industry.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

It will never cease to depress me that there are people that read Trump’s strange, meandering, 6th grade level charlatan sales pitch about some event, and go “Yeah, *this* is what I voted for!”

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This looks epic. We took a trip to #barcelona early last year, and I was so bummed that there was no wind while I was there.

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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Did anyone really think that the vote on the Iran war was going to go any way but this? None of those chickenshit RepubliKKKans want to go back to their districts and tell Cletus and Meemaw they voted against the war that's going to bring Jeebus back.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

To say that I "enjoyed" this video is probably incorrect. It was very well done, and worth the watch. It was also infuriating, and explains so much of why #cycling in the U.S. sucks. Also, massively fuck John Forester. youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...

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This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America (Vehicular Cycling)

YouTube video by Not Just Bikes

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

“Fiduciary duty to shareholders” has the legal pomp and circumstance to worm its way into the core value system of every self-important MBA, but goddamn it could’ve just as easily been “Ethical duty to the greater good of society”. That dog will hunt.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

It's at the point where I get viscerally nauseous when I see some wealthy/famous person decadently savoring their own bullshit-sundae advice that brow beats regular folks for needing to "work a little harder." Just absolutely fuck you, and your smarmy fucking entitlement.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 18/02/2026

The American public is absolutely teeming with a variety of conspiratorial and cultic pseudo-knowledges, across every political clade and creed, every class and walk of life and education level. And it’s not just one diffused cloud of consspirituality but a marketplace of bespoke and targeted belief

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The absolute fucking audacity to treat an AOC moment with a few extra "ums" as a 1990's-esque political headline story, while the literal dipshit-in-his-pants fascist rapist is still in office at this very moment. I cannot with people that don't fucking understand that we are a full up oligopoly.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Turns out that the biggest meta-mistake of modern society was looking back at the barbarism throughout history and smugly thinking we've advanced beyond all that.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 08/02/2026

Some people can't afford the cost of a Real ID, or a copy of their birth certificate, which is why it's important for those of us who can help to help. Even helping just one person goes a long way. This is about preparation for any foolishness while we continue to fight for our right to vote.

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srfaudio @stephenfroeber.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

It's like...in what world does *any* of this sound like it's even on the same continent (literally and figuratively) as a legitimate process? The shake in his voice as he attempts to respond speaks volumes.

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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