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Sat Dec 5 06:00:01 EST 2020 ======================================== Slept from eleven-thirty to seven without waking. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Many weekend mornings, when I was a kid, Mom and Dad would putter around the house, play NPR on the radio, read the paper, and drink coffee. Very comfortable. I miss Dad. https://www.metafilter.com/189562/A-New-Jazz-Century https://www.adultswim.com/music/new-jazz-century > From the Adult Swim Festival 2020, a remarkable performance by saxophone player Colin Stetson, which includes two unreleased tracks, "The love it took to leave you" and "Strike your forge and grin." > The Adult Swim Festival is here to fill some of the 2020 music festival void by featuring many other musical performances from artists like Kaytranada, Algiers, and Kamasi Washington, among others. Adult Swim has also put out a jazz compilation called New Jazz Century, which includes tracks from Colin Stetson, Sons of Kemet, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Matana Roberts, and more. > In case you're wondering what's brought avant garde saxophonist and composer Colin Stetson and Adult Swim together, it's Toonami's (Adult Swim's anime division) upcoming adaptation of Junji Ito's horror manga Uzumaki, which Stetson is composing original music for. The miniseries will air in 2021 due to pandemic-related delays. https://www.metafilter.com/189360/Find-the-bathtub Disorienting. I found the bathtub. https://supercollider.github.io/ > SuperCollider is a platform for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition, used by musicians, artists, and researchers working with sound. It is free and open source software available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. https://uncannymagazine.com/article/fandom-for-robots/ https://kottke.org/20/12/52-things-i-learned-in-2020 https://medium.com/fluxx-studio-notes/52-things-i-learned-in-2020-6a380692dbb8 > 16. When swimming became popular in England in the 19th century, the new municipal swimming pools displayed frogs in tubs, so that would-be swimmers could learn from their movements. > 30. In Warsaw’s Gruba Kaśka water plant there are eight clams with sensors attached to their shells. If the clams close because they don’t like the taste of the water, the city’s supply is automatically shut off. Servings: grains 6/6, fruit 1/4, vegetables 3/4, dairy 4/2, meat 3/3, nuts 0/0.5 Breakfast: coffee Brunch: banana Lunch: coffee, wrap with egg, sausage, potato, and avocado Dinner: sandwich with cucumber, sausage, and cheese

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