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william light

@wrl.sh
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"the phase is constant, modulate the rest of the universe instead." i made st4b. musician and audio/dsp developer. he/him, pan. blm, trans rights. american living in the netherlands. lhiaudio.com soundcloud.com/williamlight

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william light @wrl.sh · 17h
this is an account that will bend over backward to defend ai at any cost so this isn't landing the way they intended for me
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william light @wrl.sh · 30/09/2026
buddy they keep telling me they're gonna show em to me. they keep telling me I've gotta set em up.
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william light @wrl.sh · 30/09/2026
"finally, we don't have to pretend to like other humans anymore!"
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william light @wrl.sh · 30/09/2026
one thing that fucks me up about ai (among all the rest of the things) is how many sociopaths I've apparently been working alongside for years who are all taking their masks off simultaneously
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william light @wrl.sh · 29/09/2026
4'33" (beverly hills mom "whatd you say sugar?" bootleg)
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william light @wrl.sh · 29/09/2026
jeremy i was so looking forward to your massive x video i hear it's all the rage all the cool kids are using it
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william light @wrl.sh · 29/09/2026
4'33" (beatmania edit)
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william light @wrl.sh · 29/09/2026
"the company is irrelevant, the products are boring, but at least they treat people like shit too" type beat
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william light @wrl.sh · 29/09/2026
the way they did you on this is staggeringly unprofessional and i'll be real ni is no where near relevant or important enough to be fucking people around like this not like being relevant or important excuses the behaviour ofc i just want to get some shots in
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william light @wrl.sh · 29/09/2026
4'33" (bass boosted) 4'33" (slowed and reverbed) 4'33" (sped up) 4'33" (speedcore) 4'33" (noisia remix) 4'33" (chopped and screwed) 10 hours of silence randomly interrupted by 4'33"
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william light @wrl.sh · 28/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ywn...
youtube.com
i thlammed my penith in the car door
YouTube video by mibble
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 28/09/2026
i think this is correct, and it's why everything is a fucking platform
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william light @wrl.sh · 28/09/2026
god and "acting like it does" still falls into the anthropomorphisation trap
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william light @wrl.sh · 28/09/2026
agreed. i have been having a pretty good time in the zig ecosystem thus far just in general.
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william light @wrl.sh · 28/09/2026
i do wish zine had a more formalised "theme" system to make getting started a little less... manual? but i find superhtml and supermd really compelling and i have been playing with it lately as well
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 27/09/2026
✨if you use LLMs you are dead to me✨ ✨if you use LLMs you're a piece of shit✨
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william light @wrl.sh · 25/09/2026
yeah this is what i mean. if you're picking a type of software to write and a group of people to try and earn a buck from... musicians haven't been that in a long time. maybe ever. and yet, vibeslop plugins abound. it's so strange.
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william light @wrl.sh · 25/09/2026
you're fighting the good fight
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william light @wrl.sh · 25/09/2026
nc is the way
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william light @wrl.sh · 25/09/2026
brennan day wrote a good piece: brennan.day/llms-democra... through this lens, it seems like people shipping slop audio software view musicians as something to be "extracted" from with low to no effort
brennan.day
LLMs Democratize Extraction and Scale Malice
Responding to Coyote's essay on data ownership, I look at how genAI has democratized the kind of extraction that once required corporate infrastructure—iLa…
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william light @wrl.sh · 25/09/2026
it's also wild because there's really not much money (comparatively) in music tech so seeing people just be like "hey do you know what the market needs? another low-effort tape saturation" like shipping more slop is going to benefit anything i don't get it
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 25/09/2026
ai doesn't "hallucinate" it's structurally indifferent to truth ai doesn't give people "ai psychosis" it automates cult dynamics it's a bullshit engine that makes people go auto cult
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william light @wrl.sh · 25/09/2026
the audio developer conference this year has so many talks about how to give up and just vibecode everything, it's depressing
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william light @wrl.sh · 25/09/2026
there's definitely some people still fighting the good fight but with even established developers giving up and shipping vibeslop (and acting like we're all lucky for them to be doing so) it's pretty grim out there
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fox noises (spooky) @jjbbllkk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's 2026. Over half the new plugins coming out are slop coded shit. The grifters are charging for it and the rest have absolutely zero idea how music software development actually works. They should be paying you to install this shit at this point.
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william light @wrl.sh · 19/09/2026
don't forget that it makes the other programmers more depressed too
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william light @wrl.sh · 19/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/bone...
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william light @wrl.sh · 19/09/2026
oh cool google maps has started insisting that i log in to view opening times we need to normalise hazing the people who implement this horseshit i swear to god
a google maps modal disallowing viewing opening times for logged out viewers
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william light @wrl.sh · 19/09/2026
you don't have to be upset about lobsters, you can just not post there
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blep @amee.ee · 18/09/2026
made a new plugin! its a spectral morph plugin and it is currently on sale (first week only)! fx.amee.ee/plugin/spectra
fx.amee.ee
spectra
spectra is a spectral morphing/envelope transfer engine that lets you freely merge and mix two audio signals in interesting and unique ways!
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william light @wrl.sh · 17/09/2026
i love this, who do i attribute?
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william light @wrl.sh · 17/09/2026
didn't realise how badly i needed this
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william light @wrl.sh · 14/09/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysthymia
en.wikipedia.org
Dysthymia - Wikipedia
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william light @wrl.sh · 11/09/2026
this is a yearly observance for the whole friend group www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FWC...
youtube.com
GOD Bless The U.S.A (9/11 Dance/Footwerk Group)
YouTube video by djyungtellem
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/09/2026
Just trying a new marketing trick
a picture of a wind farm that says

WIND POWER

Crossed out: It generates clean energy, lowers your power bills and gives back to your community


instead (in larger not crossed out) There’s a 10% chance it will kill off the entire human species in just a few years!!
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william light @wrl.sh · 11/09/2026
yo which gym and which city
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Jekky🇵🇸 @jekky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
They dont even try to hide the fact that they track everything you search and talk about like crazy now. A family member of mine is currently in emergency care and half the google news thingies on my phone were about people in hospitals. Like bro cmon
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tante @tante.cc · 11/09/2026
How a laxer "AI" contribution policy ruins a creative project environment: "caustic, antisocial behaviour causes people who previously were valued in the space to leave. When these people have left, the behaviour of the persons whose caused them to leave becomes the new community norm"
blog.fallible.net
It Breaks a Village: Bevy's 6th Birthday – fallible
This post, like all my posts, was written by me. It came out of a lot of conversation and reflection with many people. It is long. I promise you there's valu...
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william light @wrl.sh · 11/09/2026
cultural heritage
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is, BTW, why they want to replace actual web searching with AI generators that they can program to tell whatever lie they like best.
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Vorso @vorso.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
ACID CLAVICHORD TILT
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gabby @fullmoon.id · 08/09/2026
Wow, two researchers were tackling the Navier-Stokes problem for a year without advertising their approach while using OpenAI models for assistance. When OpenAI hears of this they “discover” the exact same approach and won’t disclose whether their model plagiarized the researchers’ private sessions
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 08/09/2026
so what openai has done is spend "$2000" (let's pretend their numbers aren't also fake) to rob a bunch of math grad students, postgrads, and professors from the enjoyment of solving a fun puzzle and opportunities for learning. the social value of doing this is entirely negative.
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tante @tante.cc · 08/09/2026
The most surprising realization I had in the last years was how important it is to be public about your refusal to participate in harmful acts therefore giving others "permission" to do so as well. It really matters.
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william light @wrl.sh · 08/09/2026
look at those luddites with their... demonstrably higher science aptitude don't they know they're being left behind??????
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In a more civilized age, the fact that actors refused to be in your racist movie might have forced some introspection, but now, thanks to AI, you can just do digital blackface.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A perfect example of what AI is really for: removing consent, removing the social safeguards that used to keep the worst ideas at bay, and doing racism at scale. theplaylist.net/paul-schrade...
theplaylist.net
Paul Schrader Says He Turned To AI Because “No Black Actors Wanted To Play In A Movie Where There Are No Good Black People”
Paul Schrader explains why he turned to AI actors for ‘Three Guns At Dawn’ after Black actors rejected the original roles.
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william light @wrl.sh · 06/09/2026
like it's none of my business but just for the thought experiment
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william light @wrl.sh · 06/09/2026
which one does miss new booty have
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william light @wrl.sh · 05/09/2026
"nominative determinism doesn't exist" people when kristina sexton intimacy coordinator walks in the room
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