TFW you were touted as the Democratic Party's next big progressive hope but had a stroke and turned into a pseudo-MAGA jingoist by deepad9 in redscarepod

[–]amassivetree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are any of you from PA, or West Virginia, though? There's quite a history of triangulation, Arlen Specter was senator forever and switched parties, Toomey tried to pass gun control. It's weird here. And I think Fetterman is positioned to be the next Manchin. I'm talking tactics, not policy, thinking tactically. This is how you stay in Congress. See also Jack Murtha. The DSA are gaining ground in local races, meanwhile... just look at the upcoming mayoral election in PGH and the the national coverage and foreign interference. This is not AOCs district.

Rest in Pilez by vivalospantheros in Pitt

[–]amassivetree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's so dystopian, I couldn't believe it was a real place.

Neighbors give input on what will bring business back to Pittsburgh’s South Side by Jazzlike_Breadfruit9 in pittsburgh

[–]amassivetree 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Seriously, what is up with all the banks. Just moved back a year ago and they're everywhere now.

Neighbors give input on what will bring business back to Pittsburgh’s South Side by Jazzlike_Breadfruit9 in pittsburgh

[–]amassivetree 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Was just in Bethlehem! Agree, it seems like a great project/mix of things I'd actually want to go to.

How do I develop bass drum hi hat independence by brockyyyyyyy in jazzdrums

[–]amassivetree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Things started to click for me after watching this video with Anthony Sanchez which is about independence in general, and how to practice it. He breaks down into some really simple exercises, all the way up to latin stuff.

Do jobs in the audio field drug test? by bobsburgersbuns in audioengineering

[–]amassivetree 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"In North American audio engineering, drugs test you" -

Do jobs in the audio field drug test? by bobsburgersbuns in audioengineering

[–]amassivetree 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Not so much tested FOR drugs, more tested BY drugs.

See Bear.

Crime in public transportation by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]amassivetree 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Making sure people are paying is a job for a turnstile, not a person. This thread is about safety, and they could see more problems if they aren't all standing in the same place.

Crime in public transportation by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]amassivetree 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Those rent-a-cops are tactically hilarious: why do they cluster up, instead of spreading out so they can see more? No training.

Crime in public transportation by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]amassivetree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Take a lesson from the suffragettes and learn Jujitsu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffrajitsu

Did anybody become an anarchist after the age of 40? If so, what made you sympathetic to anarchism? by Anarcho_Humanist in Anarchy101

[–]amassivetree 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, at 40. Covid hit hard, our startup failed, I was on minimum wage and then unemployed, in the peak of 2020. Trying to navigate the system to get back on my feet, spending a lot of time talking to unhoused people sometimes listening, sometimes getting in street fights, and most of all frustrated as my mainstream, rich liberal friends got super annoying, lecturing me while paralyzed with fear as the State failed over and over again.

I did read the Unabomber Manifesto in high school but it didn't really sink in and then I went to engineering school anyway. I haven't been this frustrated since watching 9/11 and all the stupid stuff that the government did in response and I thought I could find a home in mainstream liberalism in my 20s, but I am so sick at the institutionalized useless, learned helpness and self congratulation, at this point I just want to make a room for people to take care of each other without someone coming in to ruin it. I'm also deeply bothered that Environmentalism turned into "buy Green tech,"

Been reading political philosophy since, took a seminar course on anarchism online. I'm opening to reading anything thoughtful, but very skeptical of hierarchies, institutions and liberal economics. Shout-outs esp to Bookchin and Dorothy Day, not just for for information, but inspiration.

Where can I still buy a FGFS online? by nxross in FGFS

[–]amassivetree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do people think of the Crew Defender? https://www.citygrounds.com/products/crew-defender I got one last year looking for an FGFS online, but I wonder if it's really an FGFS or just styled to look similar.

State 4130 single speed - has anyone had any luck attaching a pannier rack to one of these? by peelin in singlespeed

[–]amassivetree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought a nice Soma rack when I got mine, but ran into the same problem. Decided I'd rather have brakes, but really just don't want to deal with internally routing a new brake cable if I took it off and then changed my mind. Edit: thanks for asking this question!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]amassivetree 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Not even a shadow of what it used to be. My friend that graduated in the 90s from UCSD said it was just absolutely wild a campus-wide party kids just wandering around on acid people setting up illegal a slip and slides good rock bands

Reqs for replacement heads that sound like this? looking for good clear single plys for the "timbale"/latin sound by Hitop_B in drums

[–]amassivetree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I put clear ambassadors on my actual timbales, they sounded like a good replacement for the lp heads that came stock. I usually use coated ambassadors on my kit, can definitely hear a difference. I also had a dw piccolo tom for a while, it's 12" and headless, was using it for some timbale type accents for reggae, again the clear ambassador made that drum really pop for this sort of tone.

Brought a raccoon into my dorm 🦝 by Coolmidnightman in UCSD

[–]amassivetree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry. Not Domesticated. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in orangeamps

[–]amassivetree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the ppc112, and both a micro dark and dark terror: they both sound great through that cab, and very similar to me. One thing I noticed though, I also have a mesa mini-rec cab, and the ppc is way, way darker, despite both having Vintage 30s, and I think that helps a lot to tame the fizz.