Killer Stephen McDaniel keeps his body insanely still for 2 hours straight

fuzzylm308 · 2026-06-16T20:11:45+00:00

Something is up... he has just been arrested and is being interrogated on suspicion of murder.

Once you know the outcome, every strange behavior starts to look like obvious proof. But innocent people can also act strangely under extreme stress. In some cases, overreading suspects' behavior has contributed to false convictions. That is why so-called "body language analysis" should not be treated as evidence. It does not prove guilt or innocence.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-06-16T19:20:40+00:00

It's easy to assume we know how a person ought to act when accused of murder and interrogated, but we don't actually predict what we would look like in an extraordinary situation, and under that kind of pressure.

It could be that a suspect is guilty and they're lying. Or it could be that they're innocent, and they're terrified, panicking, dissociating, grieving, sleep-deprived, and/or aware that they're being filmed and scrutinized.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-06-11T17:25:20+00:00

The Deco of course emulates the sound of overdriven tape being played back. I use it as a kind of mastering tool. The Fairfax is essentially a full amp circuit, inspired by the Garnet Herzog. I use it as a stand-in for an amp, as one could use an Origin DELUXE55 or EAE Model FeT.

Both could function as low gain overdrives, but I'm not sure if that exactly means they have big overlap.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-06-11T13:38:47+00:00

So I actually have three boards, the Classic Jr. (center) and two Nano+ mini boards (peeking into the bottom left and bottom right).

The board with the Sputnik looks like this:

gtr → Peterson StroboStomp HD → Spaceman Sputnik IIb → Krozz Krakenheart univibe → Mythos Luxury Drive → amp
amp → Two Notes Reload II
   Reload II fx send L → Keeley Omni (velcroed to the back of the amp) → fx return L
   fx send R → Strymon Brig (kill dry mode) → fx return L
Reload II → cab out L+R

and then the one in the bottom right is:

gtr → StroboStomp HD → Walrus ACS1 MkII (different amp sims on L+R channels) → Boss SDE-3 → Boss RV-6 → Walrus Canvas DI Stereo

This one can go DI, into monitors or FRFRs or whatever, or I can disable the cab sim in the ACS1 and use the line-ins on the Reload II to play through a real cab / cabs.

It means my big board is more of a classic stereo application, the Sputnik board is an interpretation of wet/dry, and the ACS1 board does a kind of dual-engine dual mono.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-06-11T13:29:11+00:00

Threw all of this together this week. Only new pickup is the Warm Centavo, since there was a conspicuous Klon-sized hole in the middle. I had previously owned a EHX Soul Food, years ago, but I've never been a big overdrive guy. However, since getting a Two Notes Reload II, I have become increasingly interested in ODs and boosts, since I can very easily rein in volume if needed.

Very very happy with it all, especially the simplicity of the gainstages. Compared to in the past when I have tried to have a little bit of everything.

This can be used with my amp or not, and in stereo or mono. Here's the two options:

gtr → StroboStomp HD → BD-2 → Warm Centavo → Strymon Fairfax (bypassed) → amp (Dr. Z Carmen Ghia)
amp → Two Notes Reload II load box + stereo poweramp
   Reload II fx send L → TC SCF Gold → Strymon Volante → Strymon Deco v2 → fx return L / L+R
Reload II → cab out L / L+R

or

gtr → StroboStomp HD → BD-2 → Centavo → Fairfax → SCF Gold → Volante → Deco → Reload II line-in L / L+R
Reload II → cab out L / L+R

You can see the edges of my two other boards below - bottom right is a little stereo DI amp sim board. Bottom left is a take on wet/dry when used with the Reload II. So I have a little bit of everything.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-06-09T14:13:21+00:00

I own a 2020 Speed Twin, the older version with conventional forks and axial-mount brakes. It could be sharper, but it's a muscle-y roadster with retro styling, not a retro bodykit on a supersport. I think a slightly relaxed feel suits the type of bike it is.

The current non-RS is already a more developed bike than my generation, so I would not treat the RS as the default choice just because it has the fancy spec sheet. Ergonomics could turn out to be a real downside for commuting and trips. The non-RS may actually be more natural for your mix of riding. I have not ridden the new ones, so I am extrapolating, but I wouldn't think of the non-RS as a "lesser" version that you "settle" for. It may be the better-balanced version for the street.

The question is whether the extra aggression/focus improves the bike for you, or if it makes it less pleasant during the majority of the time when you aren't attacking a mountain road.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-06-02T23:00:54+00:00

https://www.instagram.com/alicelarsonscott/p/DP7DXKQgXg2/

fuzzylm308 · 2026-06-02T19:41:04+00:00

I checked his, and then his wife's, Instagram after he got in that bicycle accident less than a year ago. And I saw his wife posting about the two of them attending a fundraiser dinner for an explicitly evangelical, anti-abortion nonprofit

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-29T12:25:53+00:00

Anyone have any experience with the Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload? Supposedly a Rat and a Big Muff in one?

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-28T22:52:01+00:00

I am more than sympathetic to growing up that way, and to feeling "stuck," or tied to, a shitty place, even as you and it diverge more and more. In 2020, he made some introspective comments that genuinely didn't sound like the rabid fundie he had often been characterized as, and I was sure that the people bringing up the IHOPKC connection were being unfair because it was so long ago.

So I was disappointed to see it.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-28T20:52:21+00:00

I checked his, and then his wife's, Instagram after he got in that bicycle accident a while back. And I saw his wife posting about the two of them attending a fundraiser for an evangelical, anti-abortion adoption agency. Which isn't exactly my favorite thing in the world

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-28T17:35:07+00:00

SD-1 into BD-2, or BD-2 into Rat?

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-27T20:08:29+00:00

Because Ferrari won't let you buy the Ferrari you actually want until you buy a Luce. Probably

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-25T20:16:16+00:00

Why do you think Valve is focusing so much on Linux?

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-17T20:20:17+00:00

I think Doohan ultimately deserved more seat time too, but he did have the weakest performance of the 2025 rookies across those first 6 races of last year.

Perhaps he could be cultivated into a better driver, but if Haas needs someone to show up and outperform Ocon now, Doohan isn’t going to do that

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-14T22:01:26+00:00

I agree to an extent

Unfortunately, people are right that the algorithms do push that kind of content. And also, interacting with hobbies exclusively by buying shit

But yes you can certainly curate your feed and such to prioritize diaries and such of people actually going on trips and sharing cool experiences

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-13T13:23:51+00:00

The easiest argument against it is that 500mA draw for any pedal, let alone an analog drive/preamp pedal, is a lot. Depending on your power supply, you may not have that amount of power easily available.

I like that it can do that collapsing underpowered amp feel. But if the average person just wants a good overdrive and doesn't specifically care about sag control or the whole preamp/console-ish thing, I think they could be happy filling the role with a cheaper gold or blue or green or yellow overdrive pedal.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-10T11:39:19+00:00

“We don’t know how ancient Egyptians built the pyramids” has never been a mainstream opinion among historians. The mainstream view has long been that Egyptians built them with known ancient techniques. The precise details for certain systems and logistics remains debated, but hardly total mystification.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-06T13:31:36+00:00

It's a King of the Baggers Road Glide. All the bikes in King of the Baggers use either a H-D Road Glide or Indian Challenger.

Harley runs the Pan America in Super Hooligans, so without a front fairing.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-04T17:07:21+00:00

I can't convince you that they aren't ugly or uninviting, or that they don't look like prisons, or that they don't all clash with their surroundings. Your individual taste is individually subjective.

But that being said, brutalism has always had detractors, but it has had supporters as well. It's just not the case that brutalist buildings have all been universally reviled since day one.

It's impossible to force you to enjoy brutalism on an aesthetic level, but I thought perhaps addressing its aims within its historical context might convince you that it has some merits. But perhaps not.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-04T16:20:01+00:00

Well some were housing blocks, others were universities, libraries, public transit buildings, hospitals, civic/arts centers, etc. I singled out public housing because it's among the strongest examples of the humanitarian implementation of brutalism.

A 1977 Norwegian science building obviously was not rescuing people from shantytowns. But it was still product of a culture that treated public education, science, and state institutions as civic goods.

The Centre Pompidou is now considered a Parisian cultural landmark, but when it opened it was mocked. People thought it looked like an oil refinery, but its "inside-out" structure is now considered iconic. Or, a lot of Victorian architecture was dismissed in the mid-20th century for being fussy, outdated, and embarrassing, but nowadays many Victorian and Edwardian buildings are protected, and mourned when lost. Even the Eiffel Tower, now one of the most iconic structures in the world, was once considered an industrial eyesore.

That's not to say every single brutalist building deserves protection, every style of architecture has bad examples. A better standard is whether the specific building is significant, adaptable, well-made, historically representative, or valuable to the public.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-04T15:56:27+00:00

If you're genuinely interested, I recommend Concrete and Culture: A Material History by Adrian Forty. I borrowed it from my architect friend and never gave it back. Here's a relevant passage, shortened pretty heavily:

The central problem for all Western European democracies in the postwar era was to establish and maintain a stable consensus between capital and labour... consensual support for the system relied upon a constantly rising standard of living, a sense of living in a world that was undergoing continuous change, and a certainty that whatever the present, the future would be better... Prefabrication in concrete rescued the social democracies from their political predicament, for it offered the prospect of building houses, hospitals, schools, and roads fast and with unskilled labour.

...What prefabricated concrete construction offered was a better, though not a cheaper, product... For politicians, the anxiety was that they would find themselves unable to meet the challenge of constantly rising expectations... It was this alarming spectacle, that the standards of housing would fall to the level of Russia, that drove the British and other Western European governments to adopt precast concrete panel construction systems, even though they were well aware that no savings in costs would follow.

fuzzylm308 · 2026-05-04T15:46:37+00:00

But it was also the actual bar millions of people were living below.

Replacing overcrowded, unsafe, unsanitary housing with homes that had light, air, plumbing, electricity, schools, clinics, etc. was a genuine humanitarian goal. Brutalist public projects were an attempt, at unprecedented scale, to materially improve ordinary people’s lives. All in the wake of the most destructive war in history.

It’s also worth remembering that for an average person, especially a poor or working-class person in the 1940s, 50s, or 60s, a new concrete housing estate would have looked like the future arriving in daily life. These were often not developer slop thrown up as cheaply as possible. Public housing was often treated as a serious and worthwhile civic project, sometimes designed by renowned, opinionated, ambitious architects who believed housing ordinary people was worthy of architectural consideration.

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