Posts by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AYZLa5AMBY5gaVHZy4 by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-08-09T23:10:49Z
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@grammargirl Generations ago some of these people might be building the Watts TowersWhy aren’t these considered #OutsiderArt?Because buyers would be pressured not to tear that shit out There’s a point where poor taste crosses the line into what galleries and art historians study and sellPeople ridiculed those famous “outsiders” and would probably have mocked them on social mediaNow they’ve got tour guidesExtreme McMansions like this may get heritage status if we survive them
(DIR) Post #AYf5vaHjFSOWreimRs by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-08-12T17:43:39Z
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@grammargirl I’ve become really sensitive to #emoji after being involved in proposing one ❤️🔥🪗So the subtle controversies about the meaning of the different smiles make me second-guess every time I see one nowSo I would probably think 🙂 was just a :-)But then recall the article about Gen Z interpreting their boss’s smileys as critical of their work:https://wapo.st/3DRHgvRIt’s almost a rule that emoji usage changes meaning in weird and unpredictable waysAsk @emojipedia for numbers
(DIR) Post #AYhG6Px5OUCbrPn2oq by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-08-13T05:02:19Z
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@Dhmspector @brewsterkahleEverything with copyright is overly-complicated, so what do I know?But I think things are likely to be locked up unless they were produced before 70 years agoSo the rolling date of “out of copyright” is now 1923 (moving forward every year)#copyright #music
(DIR) Post #AYj2fWmuxYjU9gnkcS by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-08-14T15:25:58Z
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@grammargirl I’d be proud to use that blurb without the ellipses 🎣 But if folks raised a stink the controversy might well drive sales
(DIR) Post #AYndoVfpeOfBNlabkO by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-08-16T20:41:04Z
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@grammargirl 🥉 Award fraud : If there was an application fee for an award they never gave out, I would think you’d be legally entitled to your money backHow many social media followers do you have now? 🪧 #PeabodyAwards
(DIR) Post #AZRhcxOyMjlQJDPHGq by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-09-05T04:32:10Z
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@grammargirl They used to think a single flood like this dug the entire Columbia River Gorge Now they figure it was about 40 floods, each caused when a glacier melted, freeing up water behind it that was suddenly “13 x the flow of the Amazon River” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula_floodsNone of that millions of years stuff like the Grand CanyonThe Gorge was blown out in a fraction of that with its explosive floodingBut if we don’t stop the water rising, nobody will have any high ground#ClinateChange
(DIR) Post #AZSif3CQ4lKZyt3bea by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-09-05T16:18:31Z
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@grammargirl Hollywood Math, where nothing turns a profit, but somebody walks off with the money
(DIR) Post #AZjKY9kUXLiovSrXCS by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-09-13T16:38:29Z
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@grammargirl I wonder if “Friend” is heading this way tooNot only thanks to the button on social mediaBut now we know people on social media as our friends, who we have never met, but we may discuss them in real life as if we know them Are they our friends? How else do we refer to them without using more complicated language like, “this person I know only from Instagram”
(DIR) Post #AZjRfaNQdGSFDXZ4WO by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-09-13T17:58:15Z
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@grammargirl It’s a stumbler. What do we call them? “Person I only know online but have talked to most every day for years”
(DIR) Post #AZjRnNExMFfSn8JcsC by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-09-13T17:59:39Z
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@grammargirl Mostly those are the ones I wish were nearby to be friends in real life
(DIR) Post #Ab6qnSiVhqpmSgwRBQ by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-10-24T04:14:52Z
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@taylorlorenz This is where the hyped-up idea of scary clowns comes fromCircus makeup 💄 was designed to be seen from waaay far awayTaking that to a close-up audience is like playing trumpet in your face 🎺 Needs to be toned down to maybe a squeaky nose 🔴#clown 🤡
(DIR) Post #AcS7R9VjwssaiaPHuq by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2023-12-04T02:57:48Z
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@grammargirl That’s an interesting point “Conflict of disinterest” (neologism?) = Where pointing out you have an investment might be seen as more of a promotion than not
(DIR) Post #AheKZ8fnE3S6ZwE1NQ by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2024-05-07T12:30:09Z
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@ekkihugsa @catsaladIn the brilliantly witty young adult novel The Swifts, by Beth Lincoln, all the members in the family are named by picking random words out of huge dictionaryThe book is an ongoing language treat for young readersFrom the introduction:“I would say if someone is rude about the way you speak, write, or spell, then they are showing a distinct lack of understanding, and it’s perfectly reasonable to make up a creative word to describe them.“#YA
(DIR) Post #ApSz4AykByhT4Vtk3M by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T04:44:12Z
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@richard The #FolkMusic and #jazz and #accordion bands we used to promote on Twitter did not migrateNone were as big as Mandatory FB where all the gig announcements get captured But our music community got shattered to the corporate winds
(DIR) Post #AsSmxi23nJOxcpmmAa by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2025-03-27T00:25:29Z
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@mr64bit @catsalad That was at least as good as the other ones I saw
(DIR) Post #AshnctjXDiZO9NHI1o by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2025-04-03T06:14:24Z
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@strypey #Tranthropomorphismers#SciFi #Transformers
(DIR) Post #AyM795foNP7vwscOrQ by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2025-09-19T03:28:09Z
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@yuki @mykie If I ever get knighted or sainted or whatever, change my name to emoji❤️🔥🪗
(DIR) Post #B0uh5iiWXiCeVTdtA0 by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2025-12-04T18:37:05Z
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@aral @paul_ipv6 Hope it grows. If it was the United Nations #Eurovision might end up just being Isreal the US
(DIR) Post #B2rzArFPwkmuHtwhJw by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2026-02-01T07:02:21Z
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@Nonilex If she’d stuck it out with today’s Epstein announcements Marjorie Taylor Green should’ve crossed the aisle
(DIR) Post #B2rzZ63gX3SXAl13Ca by AccordionBruce@mastodon.social
2026-02-01T03:35:49Z
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@imbl @xgranade Like the plastics recycling ♻️ badges being developed by a plastics advertising company in order to convince people to buy more plastic garbage