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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 2h

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble x The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation live. Truly weird but beautifully cinematic music (given the members mostly composed for film, it kind of makes sense though, even if the band names don't because almost every member is Dutch) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGf1...

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The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble x The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation - Berlin Reunion [Full Show]

YouTube video by The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

"We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men — not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.” - Edward R Murrow

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 23h

From 2012, a #drawing using Pentel brush pens, of German model and fellow DevArt denizen, Miss Souls. #art #illustration

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've been a fan of Angolan MC/singer Pongo for some time, but I had no idea one of her tunes had been remixed by Anoraak (a French musician/DJ who often blends new wave and electro-disco into fresh sounds) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwUU...

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PONGO - Quero Mais (Anoraak Remix)

YouTube video by PONGO

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A great soundboard grade live recording of #LivingColour in 2003; few bands to this day are peers to them live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQZ_...

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Living Colour - Jazz Festival CH-Willisau 2003

YouTube video by comilfo

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#art: a mixed media illustration of #jazz bassist Charlie #Mingus. This was a preliminary iteration of what I ultimately published and sold as a print for a while:

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#art - a #drawing of former poet laureate of San Jose, Mighty Mike McGee. From a few years back, done with a parallel pen.

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nearly a decade on, Helen is the best musical export I've heard from Romania; fun well produced electro-pop: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enmp...

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Helen - Under | Official Video

YouTube video by Helen

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 28/09/2026

This is huge news, especially for all the "Bluesky isn't really decentralized" folks. Having the PLC Org as wholly independent is a big, important step forward. And great to see that Filippo is part of it...

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This really is more accurate than not. Blue sky is far from perfect, but the quality of the discourse is by and large better than pretty much everything except Mastodon, but it has better scaling at this point. That may change, but so far it's moderation and it's subsequent "bubble" is holding well.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Late night #mural work is a nice way to start the weekend, especially when it's something that you had stalled on for a year and a half. #art

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We used to be a proper planet, one that rewarded its top scholars in style.

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Outside of Skinny Puppy and Concrete Vehicles, I don't really think of Canada when I listen to post-punk (let alone industrial), but here's a nice history-spanning mix of Maple music contributions to the genre: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN5i...

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Canadian Post-Punk, Industrial and Synth Wave Mix 【 THE NTS GUIDE TO… 】

YouTube video by NTS

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#BlocParty is returning, and while I don't find "Clark Kent" their best, it certainly keeps in line with what folks who like UK indie/post-punk inflected pop. It's very safe, which is not what I expect from them. but I need to hear the whole album first I suppose... www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0rb...

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Bloc Party - Clark Kent (Visualiser) (Official)

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#sketchbook September 2026. A parallel pen #drawing of Jerry Cantrell (most famous for being in Alice in Chains). #art

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That really is the root of a lot of critics of Mamdani. He's actually just doing the job competently. He's not perfect, he's not superhuman, just focused and competent, and not casually swayed by amoral opportunism. That's it. That is readily available all over the place, if people elected it.

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not gonna lie, it's not her best, but Chaka Khan is still putting out albums and they are all still listenable (remember the earworm "Sugar" she put out a few years ago?) but this collaboration with Lenny Kravitz is a good tune, just not what I expect from her: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL1O...

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Chaka Khan & Lenny Kravitz - Bring the Party (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Chaka Khan

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ministry has often taken current events and run them through a low-budget, high fidelity hellscape of mockery and rage, fueled by courageous levels of drugs and noise. Their latest, "Singularity" keeps the formula intact, with an AI video that's more ironic than ever www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZczR...

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Ministry - Singularity (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Cleopatra Records

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Things I learned today: there is a soundtrack to a Francis Ford Coppola film that features #TomWaits and #CrystalGayle. Whatta combo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngDL...

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Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle - One From The Heart (1982) [FULL ALBUM]

YouTube video by 400 Películas

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Well, that's different. A #DeLorean with aspirations of fluxiness. Spotted between Santa Clara and San Benito Counties. #backtothefuture is still a dull film for me, but this was hilarious to spot.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Humans are better at imagining risk than calculating it. We overweight rare, dramatic risks and underweight ordinary ones. That’s why we fear plane crashes more than falls or car accidents. AI is similar, governments and scammers use it to harm people today, but an imagined Skynet is scarier.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 13/09/2026

"Many of us, rather than regarding voting as one more bit of annoying work that has to be done to keep our governments on track, regard voting as a singular opportunity to express ourselves." (from July 2024) www.liberalcurrents.com/elections-ar...

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Elections Are Purely Practical

Don’t be vain about your vote.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/09/2026

Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story?

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#sketchbook September 2026. The pianist. Cretacolor graphite pencil, pen + ink. #art #drawing

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Helms Alee live at The Bottom of the Hill in SF (one of its best live venues). #livemusic

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The incandescent rage I have every time I need ANOTHER app to use ANOTHER random ticketing system that won't simply send .pdf tickets to email, just so they can have app telemetry info...is searing. I literally have to use the app, then intentionally remove all permissions/uninstall. #darkpattern

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#art: "the flaws that make you dear to me" (1 & 2) "started from mixed media (almost entirely acrylic paint, acrylic ink, and various markers) on wood panel...re-stacked into a dozen layers, where further and final (digital) compositing happened. Details here: zeruch.wordpress.com/2026/09/05/a...

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#art, in this case a portrait #drawing of Mr. Gallego, delivered to him down in japantown in DTSJ.

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Corita Kent "The Pop #Art Nun" while influential outright, her life story is in many ways, the most interesting thing about her. "Corita Kent worked at the intersection of several powerful—and at times contradictory—cultural, political, and religious influences. " www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoe9...

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Corita Kent: The Pop Art Nun | Artbound

YouTube video by PBS SoCal

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hey @bloomberg.com why is this opt-out by default? I mean I know the answer but I'd like to hear your justification. #darkpatterns #badUX #surveillance #adtech

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sometimes, when rabbit-holing down a particular musical interest, one takes a HARD left research turn: "Humpy Bong were an English folk rock band formed in London in 1970, by former Bee Gees drummer Colin Petersen and Irish folk rock singer Jonathan Kelly." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpy_B...

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Humpy Bong - Wikipedia

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Michel Colombier put out an LP in 1979 that sounds like Weather Report, Steely Dan and Rick Wakeman all at once (cup of tea? YMMV). Features appearances from Herbie Hancock, Peter Erskine, Jaco Pastorius, Steve Gadd, and Larry Carlton among quite a few others. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEsl...

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Michel Colombier ‎– Michel Colombier [Full Album]

YouTube video by musique d'ascenseur

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"I fight pain and fear with art" - Yayoi Kusama

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#sketchbook August 2026. I've been a long time fan of the Portuguese band Dead Combo. One half of that combo was multi-instrumentalust Paulo Gonçalves, who passed away in 2021. I've drawn him before but this one I actually like how it's turning out. #art #drawing

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"To Speak From Wounds" Details at: zeruch.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/a... #art

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In the 80s, after a successful tenure in Wall of Voodoo, frontman/songwriter Stan Ridgeway went solo, writing 3 minute pop songs that seemed like even more like paranoid fever dreams from the edge of the space between seedy LA and the desolate fringe of the Mojave. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7iA...

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Stan Ridgway - Drive, She Said - 1986 + Lyrics

YouTube video by billyidol68

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Large Professor celebrates the hip hop classic "Breaking Atoms" by his original group, Main Source. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdg-...

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Large Professor Celebrates 35 Years of Main Source’s Breaking Atoms

YouTube video by Listening Room Atlanta

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Oh yeah. If the centrists Democrats think the pressure is bad now, any failure to go hard on oversight and accountability will have wine moms storming the barricades with Molotov cocktails in 2028.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"Americans like two-day delivery but dislike being promised that a Robot God will render them Paupers Forever. The fickle whims of the median voter continue to perplex me."

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's always been fine to say no. For years, the habit of sealioning online in particular, has pretty much meant I often give a single response on my position, and then tell them I'm not going to debate it further because I'm not interested in intellectual attrition by "stupid but relentless".

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

When one considers that somewhere between 15-30% of the entire planets VC money is controlled out of one street in Menlo Park, this is a much less surprising observation.

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#sketchbook professional singer (opera & burlesque) Isabella Ivy. Parallel pen on bristol paper. #art #drawing

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

RIP to #FrankBeard, drummer for #ZZTop (and ironically, the only guy on the band without a voluminous beard), who could play the hell out of Texas boogie shuffles, and bouncing backbeats: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zKV...

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ZZ Top - La Grange (From "Double Down Live - 1980")

YouTube video by Mercury Studios

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'm re-watching "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" which I find still entertaining, if also still weirdly stupid in a fun way. It's like a parody of the genre without awareness. It's camp and goofy an pretends to take itself seriously, which online enhances the better budget b-movie LOL of it all.

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Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda @zeruch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#MeshellNdegeocello has done tribute albums to Nina Simone, and a tour of Prince material, but every time I hear her version of #FelaKuti's "Gentleman" (a rare occasion where a cover seems to eclipse the original) I pine for a whole LP of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-2...

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Gentleman

YouTube video by Meshell Ndegeocello - Topic

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