Jeff Green

Just saw a little WaPo blurb that the Starlink restrictions on Ukraine's use originated from the White House. Hopefully November's elections will put some form of a leash on that sort of one sided impulsive behavior...though not sure if it's true or impulsive.

YouTube has basically turned into one giant marketing platform, for themselves and everyone else. Its true value is dropping quickly when needing to work against the antigravity that pervasive marketing projects. However the silver lining is that it is an antidote to YouTube addiction.

Here's video for all to see concerning the current risks that AI presents. The base is the series of events surrounding xAI and the grok account on X. Kind of scary when I think of the possibilities. AI needs some sort of guardrails until a secure point is reached. youtu.be/r_9wkavYt4Y?...

Re-reading Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chögyam Trungpa, an excerpt: But we were not satisfied and we thought, "Since this one object makes my room so beautiful, if I get more antiques, my room will be even more beautiful." So we began to collect, and the end result was chaos. My life.

Somehow I ended up on a substack mailing list and I'm beginning to be thankful for it. The catchphrase on this one was "You are a puddle, music is rain”. When I looked further I discovered a delightful list of "25 Unconventional Meditation Prompts". Check it out, substack.com/redirect/2/e...?

May take you awhile to get through this collection. It's an enjoyable trip. open.spotify.com/album/0WCD3I... #piano #claudioarrau

It looks like you have to sign up to The Contrarian (there's a free signup option) to see this list of substack offerings, but anyway here it is: contrarian.substack.com/recommendati...

Crap!!! apnews.com/article/publ...

Since dropping my Washington Post subscription I've been drifting around various news sources. I've discovered a good one in AP News. apnews.com #apnews

For those who delve into the linux world, I want to say that the Brave Search AI is pretty helpful. I found that it was a great time saver and more relevant than the AI in other search engines that I tried...uh, a non-comprehensive search of AI helpers.

Corrupt corrupt corrupt!! Kind of old news at this point...just can't get it out of my head. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

In defense of CPB and PBS, towards the end of the interview. Thoughtful and it actually would be great if people thoughtfully considered what they said...it feels that frequently people don't. youtu.be/Rg999svEckE?...

A "canary in the coal mine" situation but not enough people seem to care. The birdwatchers out there have certainly noticed, but they really don't have a place at the table. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Went to see Nickel Boys last night, one of the VTIFF features. It was very good, one of those movies that after viewing you say "I need to see that again", and then again after that viewing like a bouncing ball absorbing more of the movie after each bounce, never seemingly to get it all in. #movie

Wow!! #bsky user signup rate is really zipping along!

Sadness for one of the dominoes of stupidity. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

This situation makes me feel really queasy. youtu.be/0niuiBzK5Vw?...

You can also get the Washington Post's remarkable series in book form. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

I often get sleepy during my afternoon practice session at the keyboard, especially in combination with a pot of hot tea. Here apparently are some pluses that might occur in the nap that breaks up the session. #piano www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

"The point of the roof bolt story was that, left to itself, the free market would fail to protect ordinary workers" -- The Canary by Michael Lewis in the Washington Post Although I suspect the F*ck'em Party would prefer, and try, to bury this tidbit.

Perhaps we can call the default "White House Press Secretary" Foxy. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

A series of stories highlighting a bit of some of the (amazing) things that happen in the vast bureaucracy that is our government. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

It feels the mass of fired federal workers have a class action lawsuit for wrongful termination.

Some good news for those watching Trump's address to the nation tonight. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

After canceling my (re-)subscription to The Washington Post...due to another Bezos move...I subscribed to the free version of The Contrarian (contrarian.substack.com). Really nice site. For me their biggest deficit is the hard news side. They don't seem to have all of reporter resources WaPo had.

Ack!!! Big brother is really stepping up his game. U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Just a thought for all the (theory) musicians out there. Using bsky-users.theo.io one can the somewhat current users/ second being added to Bluesky...prob just an average. Anyway, multiplying by 60 gives the users/minute rate. Now thinking of this as bpm, Bluesky can be thought of as having a tempo.

This is an interesting idea, is Facebook moderating its notifications regarding the Trump chaos in government? My notifications list has grown suspiciously quiet and notifications on posts that had been about the chaos have disappeared. Sure does inspire "paranoidal" fears.

Well fudge. Last night after recording a piece on my Kawai keyboard in order to send my latest piano accomplishment to my niece, the instrument hung while transferring the song as an mp3 to a flash drive. I toggled the instrument off&on only to soon learn that it left the flash as write protected.

Does anyone have experience using Friendica, ie an alternative to Facebook? Would sort of like to start the long and tortuous journey of switching and not yet sure where to switch to.

I'm kind of at the intermediate (IM) stage of my piano skills, early IM pieces are really no problem. I wonder though about the learning aspect since the further I progress the more it seems that I don't know or can't do. I wish this channel would focus a bit more of its attention that, ie learning.

My piano teacher has a spinet that a friend was getting rid of. I've ignored it mostly however the middle C (4th octave) range E key on his upright that I typically use had serious sticking problems during my last lesson so I tried out the spinet. I really liked the action, but the sound was thin.