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  1. @lamb @wyatt Fortunately, Opus is available out of the box pretty much everywhere nowadays except in Safari prior to macOS 15.4. This was helped by Opus being a collaboration between vendors (Microsoft and Xiph), not just something coming out of Xiph's or Google's cathedral. I do see on caniuse.com/opus that Safari supported Opus in Apple's CAF container before Xiph's Ogg container; might Apple have identified some obscure patent encumbering Ogg?

    And you're right that Opus soundly beats MP3 in the "bitrate needed to stop being terrible" measure.

    #opus #mp3 #AudioCodecs #Xiph

  2. @lamb @wyatt Fortunately, Opus is available out of the box pretty much everywhere nowadays except in Safari prior to macOS 15.4. This was helped by Opus being a collaboration between vendors (Microsoft and Xiph), not just something coming out of Xiph's or Google's cathedral. I do see on caniuse.com/opus that Safari supported Opus in Apple's CAF container before Xiph's Ogg container; might Apple have identified some obscure patent encumbering Ogg?

    And you're right that Opus soundly beats MP3 in the "bitrate needed to stop being terrible" measure.

    #opus #mp3 #AudioCodecs #Xiph

  3. Monograf – Occultation Review

    By Creeping Ivy

    In the world of academia, the ‘monograph’ reigns supreme. A book-length study of a single subject, a monograph should synthesize essay-length analyses into one argument that contributes something new to the scholar’s field. To analogize the world of music to academia: the monograph stands in for the album, demonstrating an artist’s ability to cohere individual songs into one holistic listen. Monograf, a Norwegian post-rock collective, published its first monograph in 2019. Nadir made a novel contribution to post-rock by adding Norwegian folk music to soundscapes reminiscent of Godspeed You! Black Emperor.1 As it reviews sophomore effort Occultation, the tenure board will determine whether Monograf is worthy of that increasingly elusive professional state—job security.

    The academic analogy suits Mongraf, given the background of its primary composer. Erik Aanonsen is polymathic; he serves as vocalist and guitarist, writes the music and lyrics, and even provides nykkelharpa (a Swedish keyed fiddle). Aanonsen also leverages his degree in film scoring as producer and recording engineer for Occultation.2 With a keyboardist (Ingvill Trydal) and another fiddler in tow (Sunniva Molvær Ihlhaug), Monograf sculpt cinematic tracks that sound like a less droning Wyatt E. These songs weave serpentine riffs, atmospheric synths, and folky fiddling into a loud/quiet/loud tapestry. The fiddle melodies frequently take center stage, crescendoing into intense payoffs (“The Prophet,” “Cripplegate”). Despite being more compressed than a cinematic album should be, the production is delightfully organic, especially its crackling guitar tones. Essentially, Occultation scores its cover art: one can feel the heat rising in this druid-filled sonic desert.

    Occultation explores a more metal subject than its post-rock predecessor, mostly with success. With album two, Monograf adds doom, progressive, and even extreme metal credentials to their CV.3 Aanonsen, second guitarist Martin Sivertsen, and bassist Hanna Sannes Aanonsen often begin songs with the droning simplicity of an Om-inspired riff that develops into complex noodling à la prog-era Opeth (“The Prophet,” “Occultation”). Drummer Erlend Markussen Kilane adds more complexity, roving between jazzy snare work, thundering tom hits, and scene-stealing fills (“Cripplegate,” “Carrion Seller”). Vocally, Aanonsen still delivers the ghostly cleans that dominate Nadir, but he adds a raspy shout to Occultation. For the most part, these harsh vocals create urgency that the music doesn’t quite call for. But occasionally, Monograf snags a catchy chorus out of Aanonsen’s shout (“Occultation”).

    Monograf aptly structures Occultation as a whole, though the songwriting strategy grows repetitive. Occultation is a dyad; a mid-album breather (“Ashes”) divides halves comprised of two longer songs. “The Prophet” and “Cripplegate” kick things off with compelling call-and-response arrangements: the riffs call, the fiddle responds. “Ashes” is a welcome reprieve, smothering intimate acoustic chords and Aanonsen’s gorgeous cleans underneath drum flourishes that swell in volume. The track comes off, however, as a bit of an academic exercise. Once “Carrion Seller” kicks in, the listener realizes that the call-and-response song structure is something of a formula. Fortunately, closer “Occultation” varies the formula, feeling more like a slow burn than a riff/fiddle conversation.

    Monograf should feel secure in their new, metal-adjacent specialization. Despite my criticism of Occultation’s repetitive songwriting, its 40-minute runtime invites repeat visitations of its alluring soundscape. Fans of drone and doom should especially take notice. While its folk-infused heaviness is not an intervention on par with the most recent Wyatt E. release, Occultation skillfully balances hypnotism and memorability in its riffwork. On monograph three, I suspect that Monograf will inch closer to the oasis in the desert that is the tenure track.

    Rating: 3.0/5.0
    DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
    Label: Nordic Mission
    Websites: monograf.bandcamp.com/ | facebook.com/monografband | instagram.com/monografband
    Releases Worldwide: November 14th, 2025

    #2025 #30 #antestor #doomMetal #drone #folk #godspeedYouBlackEmperor #monograf #nordicMission #norwegianMetal #nov25 #occultation #om #opeth #overheadProductions #postRock #progressiveMetal #review #reviews #wyattE

  4. "#DHMakes: Embodied Craft as Critical Engagement" #DH2026 miniconference accepted! (Annual international conf: '26=Daejeon, South Korea+virtual.) Thanks @[email protected] & @[email protected] for leading submission & team drafting, + the full miniconf team (too capaciously large to fit in one tweet ⬇️) +

  5. This[1] is an excellent write-up on everything OpenAI: its weird ownership structure, Sam Altman, Microsoft's involvement, etc.

    I believe it is very important to have a skeptical eye about the company, Sam, and whether their goals are aligned with the interests of the public, with humanity.

    Q: Is using ChatGPT feeding Roko's Basilisk[2]?

    [1] newsletter.pragmaticengineer.c

    [2] Roko's Basilisk: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko%27s

    #OpenAI #SamAltman #RokosBasilisk #ChatGPT

  6. OpEd: Opposing wind port on #SearsIsland protects #wildlife

    "I strongly oppose the decision by Gov. Mills and the Maine Department of Transportation to locate a wind port on Sears Island in Waldo County. This is wrongly being touted as the least environmentally harmful location for a port, largely based on its requiring less dredging to establish access than using an available site at nearby Mack Point.

    Placing a port on Sears Island would destroy upwards of 100 acres of woodland and a sand dune habitat and be very harmful to the thousands of migrant birds that pass through the island. Mack Point is already highly industrialized and offers little benefit to birds and other wildlife. Claiming that Sears Island is the least environmentally harmful is simply inaccurate.

    One of the unmentioned reasons for the state’s desire to develop Sears Island is likely that it offers room for future port expansion, whether that be for assembling wind towers or anything else #MDOT wishes to do. MDOT controls 300 acres on the island and will surely find reasons to expand once it establishes a foothold.

    "Sears island is highly important to birds and is one of the premier locations in the state for observing spring and fall migrant songbirds. It is sad that some of the state’s largest environmental organizations have not taken a firm stance against developing the island. Check out the Alliance for Sears Island website for more information, and I urge you to contact your state legislators and ask them to oppose a port on Sears Island."

    John Wyatt
    Winterport

    centralmaine.com/2024/05/22/le

    allianceforsearsisland.org/

    #Maine #ProtectSearsIsland #WindTerminal #SandDunes
    #Searsport #ProtectWahsumkik #Wahsumkik #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectTheDunes #GovernorJanetMills #ProtectTheForest #Wassumkeag #AllianceForSearsIsland #WednesdaysForWildlife

  7. 🎬
    #OldHenry

    Un buonissimo western, semplice e dall'impronta classica ma ben fatto e ben recitato.
    L'ho iniziato con zero aspettative ed invece è stato una sorpresa.

    📝Voto: 6½ /¹⁰
    "Old Henry" di Potsy Ponciroli, 99 minuti, 2021.
    -All'inizio del XX secolo, il vedovo Henry vive con il figlio adolescente Wyatt in una piccola fattoria coltivando la terra e allevando animali. La sua tranquillità è interrotta dal ritrovamento di un uomo gravemente ferito …-

    #cinema #film #movies #19gennaio #cineMastodon #cineItalia

  8. 🎬
    #OldHenry

    Un buonissimo western, semplice e dall'impronta classica ma ben fatto e ben recitato.
    L'ho iniziato con zero aspettative ed invece è stato una sorpresa.

    📝Voto: 6½ /¹⁰
    "Old Henry" di Potsy Ponciroli, 99 minuti, 2021.
    -All'inizio del XX secolo, il vedovo Henry vive con il figlio adolescente Wyatt in una piccola fattoria coltivando la terra e allevando animali. La sua tranquillità è interrotta dal ritrovamento di un uomo gravemente ferito …-

    #cinema #film #movies #19gennaio #cineMastodon #cineItalia

  9. 🎬
    #OldHenry

    Un buonissimo western, semplice e dall'impronta classica ma ben fatto e ben recitato.
    L'ho iniziato con zero aspettative ed invece è stato una sorpresa.

    📝Voto: 6½ /¹⁰
    "Old Henry" di Potsy Ponciroli, 99 minuti, 2021.
    -All'inizio del XX secolo, il vedovo Henry vive con il figlio adolescente Wyatt in una piccola fattoria coltivando la terra e allevando animali. La sua tranquillità è interrotta dal ritrovamento di un uomo gravemente ferito …-

    #cinema #film #movies #19gennaio #cineMastodon #cineItalia

  10. 🎬
    #OldHenry

    Un buonissimo western, semplice e dall'impronta classica ma ben fatto e ben recitato.
    L'ho iniziato con zero aspettative ed invece è stato una sorpresa.

    📝Voto: 6½ /¹⁰
    "Old Henry" di Potsy Ponciroli, 99 minuti, 2021.
    -All'inizio del XX secolo, il vedovo Henry vive con il figlio adolescente Wyatt in una piccola fattoria coltivando la terra e allevando animali. La sua tranquillità è interrotta dal ritrovamento di un uomo gravemente ferito …-

    #cinema #film #movies #19gennaio #cineMastodon #cineItalia

  11. 🎬
    #OldHenry

    Un buonissimo western, semplice e dall'impronta classica ma ben fatto e ben recitato.
    L'ho iniziato con zero aspettative ed invece è stato una sorpresa.

    📝Voto: 6½ /¹⁰
    "Old Henry" di Potsy Ponciroli, 99 minuti, 2021.
    -All'inizio del XX secolo, il vedovo Henry vive con il figlio adolescente Wyatt in una piccola fattoria coltivando la terra e allevando animali. La sua tranquillità è interrotta dal ritrovamento di un uomo gravemente ferito …-

    #cinema #film #movies #19gennaio #cineMastodon #cineItalia

  12. Some fun indie/cozy-web directories:

    For those whose websites:
    - have a /now/ page: nownownow.com/

    - have a /uses/ page: uses.tech/

    - use Obsidian to publish: obsidian-gallery.craftengineer

    - sites with an RSS Feed are on the Feedle search engine:
    feedle.world/

    - Cozy sites hand-curates by real people:
    url.town/about

    Are there any other directories folks have seen?

    #Cozyweb #Obsidian #IndieWeb #Now #Uses

  13. HEMELBESTORMER + WYATT E.
    Instrumental Post-Doom + Antique Doom/Drone, Heavy Psych

    16.02.2026 | 20:00 Uhr
    Eintritt: 17€ | Ermäßigter Eintritt: 15€

    Vorverkauf: rausgegangen.de/events/hemelbe

    Der Slow Club wird während der gesamten Veranstaltung rauchfrei sein.

    ---
    HEMELBESTORMER ist ein niederländisches Wort, das grob mit „Himmelsstürmer“ oder „Angreifer:in des Himmels“ übersetzt werden kann und verwendet wird, um eine Person mit revolutionären Gedanken und Ideen zu beschreiben. HEMELBESTORMER ist eine belgische Band, die sich aus engagierten Veteranen der Hardcore-, Doom- und Black-Metal-Szene zusammensetzt.

    Seit 2012 bereist ihre einzigartige Mischung aus instrumentalem Post-Doom und verschiedenen anderen Genres die entlegensten Winkel des Universums, vorbei an Schwarzen Löchern, Nebeln und mysteriösen, blauen ringförmigen Galaxien, und fasziniert Zuhörer:innen auf der ganzen Welt. Immer auf der Suche nach einem Gleichgewicht zwischen Licht und Dunkelheit, zwischen erdrückender Schwere und unheimlicher Schönheit, fangen die Songs von Hemelbestormer, die sowohl monolithisch als auch vielschichtig sind, die Weite und Unermesslichkeit des Weltraums in all seinen Facetten ein. Sie bieten eine Reise, die den Verstand zum Schmelzen bringt und das Bewusstsein verändert.

    Bandcamp: hemelbestormer.bandcamp.com/

    ---
    WYATT E. machen Musik für Götter. Musik vergangener Tage, Zeiten und Zivilisationen. WYATT E. bringen Antiquity Doom Metal aus Belgien in den Slow Club. Schließe deine Augen und komm mit auf eine atmosphärische Zeitreise ins Jahr 587 v. Chr.

    Bandcamp: wyattdoom.bandcamp.com/

    #slowclub #ganzbaldimclub #hemelbestormer #wyatte #freiburg #konzert

  14. I saw JohnnyDecimal trending on Hacker News and it seems like an extension/compliment/super-set of how I organize my life but with a slightly different taxonomy and PKM integrated with GTD[1].

    TLDR: I combine and remix Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs with David Allen's GTD.

    [1] isaacwyatt.com/posts/2023-10-0

    #GTD #PKM #JohnnyDecimal

  15. @wyatt @kawa There have been a few attempts at "lossy PNG". One method, anticipated by the standard, involves reducing colors in a continuous-tone image to store it in indexed mode. The other involves adjusting pixels of 24-bit images to be better predicted by PNG's line filter, giving more zero bytes for DEFLATE to use

    Indexed: pngquant.org/
    Blurizer: github.com/kornelski/mediancut

    #png #LossyPNG #pngquant #ImageCompression

  16. Is there anyone out there that has a docking station recommendation? I have a 4k 144hz monitor and 1080p @165hz. I also have a DAC for my PC and it would be neat if I could hook that up to it as well to just have and all in one. I'd like to have the ability to use my two monitor setup with either of my laptops. I think I'd be able to use both.

    I don't know if it would be possible but it would be nice.

    #dockingstation #macbookair #tuxedopulse #workstation

  17. @gelatin @wyatt Maybe I'm missing something. If an attacker on a coffee shop WLAN sniffs your session cookie for a forum, they can proceed to ruin your life by posting illegal material under your name. There used to be a browser extension called "Firesheep" that would snoop others' cookies for Facebook until Facebook went all HTTPS all the time.

    #https #hsts #firesheep #facebook #PacketSniffer

  18. Did you not hear me? The money is meaningless. The well's true treasure is in the desires, dreams, and wishes poured into those coins. That's what you #stole.

    Jake Wyatt

    #quote #quotes #stealing

  19. Thanks for everyone at #behaviour2023, I had such a good time. 💖 Special thanks to
    Tristram Wyatt for organizing the
    @ScientistRebellion workshop, and to all ~70 others who joined! Action is better than despair ➡️ scientistrebellion.org/ways-to

  20. Thanks for everyone at #behaviour2023, I had such a good time. 💖 Special thanks to
    Tristram Wyatt for organizing the
    @ScientistRebellion workshop, and to all ~70 others who joined! Action is better than despair ➡️ scientistrebellion.org/ways-to

  21. Thanks for everyone at #behaviour2023, I had such a good time. 💖 Special thanks to
    Tristram Wyatt for organizing the
    @ScientistRebellion workshop, and to all ~70 others who joined! Action is better than despair ➡️ scientistrebellion.org/ways-to