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Ross Grady

@rossgrady@dood.net
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I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype.

I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards.

Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 31, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Latino Credit Union Fairy Ring
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 25, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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I just watched it and the only part I liked was the 2 seconds in which I thought Callum Turner was Josh O’Connor. RE: https://flipboard.com/@gizmodo/i09-ifm0rl1hz/-/a-iZlRYl4gSeGDpGUdG7nDfQ%3Aa%3A1876139665-%2F0
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 22, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Replying to @jason0x21@triangletoot.party
@jason0x21@triangletoot.party @shovemedia@triangletoot.party No clue. Seems profoundly unlikely. What do you need? I have a wide assortment of random stuff (and we also have a ton of random parts at Splat Space that were all donated by someone).
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 22, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Me, pointing at the screen at 0:16: “there’s the tubular bells!” https://youtu.be/JEquvyaBCLI
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 21, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Zero seconds after seeing these photos (of an album I think I haven’t heard in 30+ years), I said, loudly, “I love my baby cause she does good sculpture, yeah” This is what a good 90% of my brain cells are tied up with. RE: https://sfba.social/@historyofpunkrock/116955685384189569
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 20, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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YouTube served me one of this guy’s videos literally yesterday and I had no idea of the tragic backstory til just now. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/27/one-mans-quest-to-fix-every-deadly-guardrail
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 20, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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The Clash eternally embarrassed about naming an album Sandinista! https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ortega-says-nicaragua-will-no-longer-hold-elections-2026-07-20/
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 20, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Fuck literally every single person working in this administration. “Gonzales was a private with the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command in Ansbach, Germany. She graduated last year from Hebron High School in Carrollton, near Dallas, school officials said.” She died in Jordan. She was a literal teenager.
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 20, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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The Atlantic goes long — delightfully, pettily long — on Pete Hegseth’s shitty workout form. RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116952226394041901
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 19, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Replying to @rossgrady@dood.net
And while we're at it, Napalm Death, same festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyrX5BHh7UU
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 19, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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An hour of Carcass at Hellfest 2026, pro-shot/mixed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4cTasxoH8U
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 19, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Few movie scenes make me more uncomfortable (consistently, every time) than this one, from the documentary X: The Unheard Music Here's one of my favorite songs OF ALL TIME and then, there it is, the ghoulish spectre, talent vampire Ray Manzarek, fist-pumping in the control room. (Manzarek produced the first four X albums, some of my favorite records ever, so you'd think I'd feel more kindly towards him . . . but . . . The Doors. 'nuff said.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emY12SGdrIM
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 19, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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I keep thinking riffs on “this is the future Libertarians want” — people who would prefer not to shit themselves to death can simply individually replicate the apparatus of a functioning state? RE: https://beige.party/@TheJen/116946737198019612
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 18, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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First single from the upcoming Jake Xerxes Fussell album, and of course it's lovely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qnfuqEX0QE
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 12, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Replying to @rossgrady@dood.net
Side note: the last Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was a total drag, and I think I’m done with it for good. Learning that they could have booked this movie but didn’t just seals the deal.
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 12, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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When I was in high school, PBS broadcast Sherman’s March, the Ross McIlwee documentary. It blew my mind. Somehow, mysteriously, the local PBS affiliate had an equipment room in our high school (???), and the next day I found someone to run me off a VHS dub of the movie. People always talk about life-changing moments, but for real, it’s kind of amazing that I can pin this one down. RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116908932670981829
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 12, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Statistically speaking, no matter which short illness killed Lindsey Graham, odds are overwhelmingly good that RFK Jr made it worse.
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 11, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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I would believe that #KiCAD has a perfectly rational way of doing things, and I just need to learn what that is, were it not for the objectively asinine way it handles board outlines, a thing that literally every PCB requires.
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 10, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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I have my issues with the Bull City reddit, but they came through with flying colors on this one. https://www.reddit.com/r/bullcity/comments/1usbk7z/sneak_preview_red_phone_booth_durham/
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 10, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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FAETOOTH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pMQa5zwAoQ
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 10, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Shout out to the rich asshole owner of the Carolina Hurricanes for giving me one more reason to cite when ppl ask me why I’m not a Canes fan. https://youtu.be/16dVEUL1EaM
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 08, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Good article, worth reading. Don’t let this tragically funny, apparently sincere opening sentence put you off: “Ivy League college students are, by definition, intelligent.” RE: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/116886597410249619
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 03, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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This drink, from _beta cocktails_ by Kirk Estopinal and Maksym Pazuniak, is every bit as delicious and easy drinking as you’d expect it to be. Even if you don’t have raspberries (which I do not). Easy Does It 1 oz Plymouth Gin 1/2 oz Aperol 1/4 oz Campari 1 oz grapefruit juice 1/2 oz simple syrup (1:1) 3 raspberries Shakes and strain over a rock. Garnish with 3 raspberries on a skewer. Source: Toby Maloney
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 03, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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It's amazing how Sinead O'Connor could transform an objectively terrible idea -- Roger Waters + The Band + The Hooters performing "Mother" -- into something beautiful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rNEeGQJas
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 02, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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My spouse is *very* happy that Alex Ovechkin will be back for one more year. I have mixed feelings — the whole chase for the Gretzky record was a huge distraction, and now this year is gonna make Fleury’s farewell tour look like an office birthday party. OTOH, I think the trades and UFA signings are gonna make the 26-27 Caps an interesting (and fun) team to watch. So: we’ll see. I still wouldn’t bet on them to make it past the 2nd round of the playoffs, tho. #NHL #Hockey
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 02, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Replying to @c_reider@sonomu.club
@c_reider@sonomu.club My reading of it was like "Bandcamp consistently outperforms our legacy marketplace, so fuckit" but yes, who knows?
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 02, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Replying to @c_reider@sonomu.club
@c_reider@sonomu.club I don't pretend to understand the whole Songtradr ecosystem, but the thing they say they're sunsetting is Songtradr Marketplace, and they seem to be telling everyone to migrate to Bandcamp for direct sales (and to MassiveMusic, which they also own, for licensing). Was Songtradr Marketplace also direct sales, or was it more like a distro? No idea. But the direction to join Bandcamp is repeated in multiple places in the FAQ, so . . .
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 02, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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YES I have been watching all of the video from the #Rush tour with Anika Nilles on drums and YES I just bought a ticket for one of the Charlotte shows. Last time I saw Rush in Charlotte was probably . . . 1984?
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jul 01, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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YESSSSSSS new Wednesday set on KEXP!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZTeelebpPI
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jun 29, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Had it been sucked into an engine, the experience would have been somewhat spicier. RE: https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/new-york-bat3un55z/-/a-eZlSzaWbTDadHoZEOgWT-w%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jun 29, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Replying to @sam@social.coop
@sam@social.coop the archives of Tape Op magazine are still an absolute goldmine for this topic. How I learned 50% of what I know. The other 50% came from just trying shit. https://tapeop.com/
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jun 29, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Y’all this new Beth Orton album is already a lock for my 2026 top 10: https://bethorton.bandcamp.com/album/the-ground-above-2
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jun 28, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

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Replying to @donaldball@triangletoot.party
@donaldball@triangletoot.party I was scrolling back through everyone I follow on here yesterday, trying to remember someone's handle because lord knows searching for things is just impossible, and it was like the graveyard of people who tried out Fedi for a minute when Twitter imploded, and then decamped for Threads or Bsky or whatever. In some cases it was the jank, and in some cases it was just never acheiving the critical mass of everyone in the same place at the same time that we had on Twitter, and in some cases [they claim] it was because someone on Fedi told them to use CWs. I'm keeping one eye on Bsky because some American news breaks faster & is discussed differently over there than here. And in some cases that's useful. But in other cases, it's tedious AF. So yeah, I like it here. People tend to be more thoughtful. Maybe because the character limit is longer? :)
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jun 28, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Been looking at Bluesky via Tapestry (it’s great, you can’t actually post, which is useful in this scenario). I intentionally don’t follow many people over there, but even with that, the snotty dunk-centric discourse shows through. Like, apparently the Europeans are all arguing with the Americans about whether air conditioning is evil. The flavor over there is a little more along the lines of what everyone here was afraid would happen when Mastodon added QTs. (Which hasn’t really come to pass here.) I don’t have to go into detail about the ways in which some Fedi people are tiresome, because I am posting this on Fedi. Y’all know. My conclusion from this very limited experiment is that both Fedi and Bsky have tedious asshats, and it’s largely down to picking which kind you will tolerate having RT’ed into your timeline by people whom you had hoped would be more discerning.
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jun 27, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
13-year-old me would NOT have been able to process this AT ALL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyQxqxoRgzs
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jun 27, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Billy Bragg is a Boomer but he's been honorary Gen-X for the past 40 years or so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wUi4bJUh-Y
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jun 26, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Get on my level, ppl.
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jun 23, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
This is a cool project, but even cooler is how much detail the guy goes into in his writeup, about all his ideas and how he used trial-and-error a lot to get to a working final product. It is SO important to have this kind of visible documentation of how many of us figure this kind of stuff out. It hopefully sends the message that all you really need is some persistence and patience and a willingness to try stuff. RE: https://toot.community/@mick_collins/116796331637400251
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Jun 17, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
I knew who it was without doublechecking. A few years ago I was driving home from work on 147, and the smell of industrial solvents was so strong as I drove past Brenntag, I called 911. Fuckin scumbags. https://www.reddit.com/r/bullcity/comments/1u8hci9/were_suing_to_stop_water_contamination_in_durham/
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · May 11, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Are you wondering whether your state has preemptively given in to the Robot Industrial Complex and classified those little delivery robots as “pedestrians”?

Here is your resource: https://www.pedbikeinfo.org/resources/resources_details.php?id=5314
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Apr 16, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
At no point in the past 30 years of my career in the technology industry has any boss ever said "gee Ross, the latest technological advances have made you 5x more productive, would you like to cut back to working 8 hours a week for the same pay?" and I have very much noticed the absence of that discussion.

RE: @ellesaurus@toot.lgbt
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Apr 10, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Nicely cut footage of October '69 VU with audio from a club show a few days later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwgkhIkSZFo
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Apr 10, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Replying to @rossgrady@dood.net
I mean, COME ON (IYKYK) https://archive.org/details/ajc00225_rainer-maria-1997-11-30/rainer+maria_1997-11-30t02.flac
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Apr 10, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Replying to @rossgrady@dood.net
https://archive.org/details/ajc02140_badlivers1991-02-23/badlivers1991-02-23t14.flac
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Apr 09, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Replying to @rossgrady@dood.net
Or one of *many* covers by ANTiSEEN which [to be perfectly honest] were always better than their originals: https://archive.org/details/ajc02297_antiseen-1992-04-15/Antiseen1992-04-15T15.flac
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Apr 09, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
The Aadam Jacobs Collection really is a bottomless treasure trove. Random selection: https://archive.org/details/ajc00345_antietam1990-09-28/antietam1990-09-28t12.flac
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Mar 27, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Replying to @freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz
@freakboy3742 This site is kind of the mother lode of fictional jerseydom: https://www.geekyjerseys.com/
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Mar 10, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Yagody are playing #BigEars and I think I might ought to check them out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKvxBb3iWKI
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Feb 22, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Great article in the Guardian detailing the DHS tactic of blatantly lying about victims of their own assaults — people wrongfully arrested and accused of assaulting ICE officers — and how the tactic is falling apart in court.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/doj-protesters-federal-agents-cases?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Ross Grady @rossgrady@dood.net · Feb 15, 2026
Ross Grady
@rossgrady@dood.net

I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype. I'm leftist, anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+++, pro-BIPOC, anti-TERF/SWERF, bored with "free speech" arguments, and I believe all cops are bastards. Currently living on a single-user instance running #Akkoma.

dood.net
Love Hultén is back again with another mind-blower (of course). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJpUBLeon4A
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