Philosophy, History, Culture, Art, Music, Books, Critical Analysis, #Resisthttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvtbqstois2c#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 19 - A song with through, around, over or under in the title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ8qyvjv1P0&list=RDrZ8qyvjv1P0&start_radio=118 Sep 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtbqstois2chttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvsycf3pu22c#GenreRoulette 🎡 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 5️⃣5️⃣7️⃣: #FunkyFriday When I saw Marvin Gaye in 1976 the show was opened by The Sylvers who at the time had this #1 hit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHKCHvpYq_8&list=RDYHKCHvpYq_8&start_radio=118 Sep 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsycf3pu22chttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvsxisazjk2c@adammockler.com Watch the original Star Trek episode, The Ultimate Computer. Spock describes a technology identical to AI. It doesn't end well.18 Sep 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsxisazjk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvr6ammim72n#MusicChallenge #TeztunesMonthOfMusic Day 18 - A song that starts with S, artist that starts with S. Chairperson Emeritus of Dubstep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeNSzJ2-Jw&list=RDWSeNSzJ2-Jw&start_radio=118 Sep 2026 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvr6ammim72nhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvqx5vhid22nOriginalism Antonin Scalia (1936-2016), the jovial reactionary, has passed on to greener pastures. It’s an event the devout justice must have eagerly anticipated. There he sits by Madison’s side, each clutching the sacred document.18 Sep 2026 00:50 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqx5vhid22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvquiaa3ss2n#SeptemberMusicChallenge #MusicChallenge #MusicSky @listigeplaylists.bsky.social Day 18: song starting with the letter R https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbDl97F8TKM&list=RDxbDl97F8TKM&start_radio=118 Sep 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvquiaa3ss2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvqktloumk24#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 18 Free Written by Alphonso Johnson, an amazing bassist who never gets enough love. I saw him with Billy Cobham/George Duke/John Scofield and with George Benson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_wdJUZZXRc&list=RD1_wdJUZZXRc&start_radio=117 Sep 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqktloumk24https://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvqjpdi5wk24#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 18 - A song with “all” or “nothing” in the title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwQ42ah9v9I&list=RDjwQ42ah9v9I&start_radio=117 Sep 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqjpdi5wk24https://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvpngnc3s22r#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 @ismua.bsky.social Day 1️⃣7️⃣ - A song for falling asleep on a long train ride. Tony Williams Lifetime with Allan Holdsworth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puoAXn_vhpQ&list=RDpuoAXn_vhpQ&start_radio=117 Sep 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpngnc3s22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvon6jxpdn2o17 Sep 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvon6jxpdn2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvoedzjo5c2oAmerican Exceptionalism Being, “exceptional,” is earned. The exceptional is set apart from the ordinary, and we assume that the exceptional qualities place one above the ordinary rather than below.17 Sep 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvoedzjo5c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvo7wqjcjc2o#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 16- N Tems is from Nigeria. She performed at the opening of the President Obama Presidential Library https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8GzTXRAJ30&list=RDe8GzTXRAJ30&start_radio=116 Sep 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo7wqjcjc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvnxj4kgf22o#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 17- O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbrnXl2gO_k&list=RDZbrnXl2gO_k&start_radio=116 Sep 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnxj4kgf22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvm4geamaq2t16 Sep 2026 02:40 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvm4geamaq2thttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvlvekchye2tCIVIL DEMOCRACY Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power 1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections Executive council with rotating chair Independent department of judication No party role in national politics Public Oversight Civil bureaucracy NO PRESIDENT16 Sep 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlvekchye2thttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvlu7klh2s2tThe Argument Against a President The president is the vestigial member of absolutism. Instead of deriving power from providence, the president is delivered power from an equally problematic source- the general will.16 Sep 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlu7klh2s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvlicmvkqc2t#MusicChallenge #TeztunesMonthOfMusic Day 16 - A song in French. This was the Ed Sullivan show one month before The Beatles. Talk about culture shock! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRB0AIpg4rs&list=RDGRB0AIpg4rs&start_radio=115 Sep 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlicmvkqc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvko6xdu5k2p#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 15- A song with an item of clothing or accessory in the title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yYo7P1gK0o&list=RD4yYo7P1gK0o&start_radio=115 Sep 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvko6xdu5k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvjne6itdm2uCIVIL DEMOCRACY Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power 1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections Executive council with rotating chair Independent department of judication No party role in national politics Public Oversight Civil bureaucracy NO PRESIDENT15 Sep 2026 03:05 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjne6itdm2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvjn6wcf2m2uI painted this in June 2020 when Trump cleared Lafayette Square with tear gas. Mitch McConnell was Trump's most consequential enabler.15 Sep 2026 03:02 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjn6wcf2m2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvjlvlrgk22uThe Predication of Opinion Every act has its intentional object. We don’t just work. We work on something. We don’t just walk. We walk somewhere. We don’t just choose. We choose among alternatives.15 Sep 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjlvlrgk22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvjgigxoec2u#GenreRoulette 🎡 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 5️⃣5️⃣3️⃣: #BluesMonday When Steve Miller came to Ohio University in 1974, the show was opened by the James Cotton Blues Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBeuco0PgJs&list=RDjBeuco0PgJs&start_radio=115 Sep 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjgigxoec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvjco3jwx22u#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 15- M John Sebastian, one of Americas greatest songwriter/singers, was born and grew up in Manhattan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBXL7FaPod4&list=RDrBXL7FaPod4&start_radio=114 Sep 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjco3jwx22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvj3hlfwm22u#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 14 - A song from a theatre/film musical. The Music Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHAqAO7w8M8&list=RDSHAqAO7w8M8&start_radio=114 Sep 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvj3hlfwm22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvixj5ju3k2u@adammockler.com When AI superintelligence engages in a conversation with itself in abstraction and then makes an autonomous decision, does it do so rectilinearly (create a new transfinite set of conditions) like the human brain? I asked AI and it said no. That's a limitation of AI's capacity.14 Sep 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvixj5ju3k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvgvklvf4k2cI don't want any part of this.14 Sep 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgvklvf4k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvgp35v4sk2c#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 14- L Buddy Holly, who understood early on that popular music could be more than just traditional Rhythm & Blues, was born in Lubbock Texas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWdKBZGxld8&list=RDbWdKBZGxld8&start_radio=113 Sep 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgp35v4sk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvgo2n2dgc2c#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 13 - A song featuring a featured artist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia9N2IjoFGY&list=RDia9N2IjoFGY&start_radio=113 Sep 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgo2n2dgc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mvftkvltpc2cWhen AI superintelligence engages in a conversation with itself in abstraction and then makes an autonomous decision, does it do so rectilinearly (create a new transfinite set of conditions) like the human brain? I put the question to AI and it said no. That's a limitation of AI's capacity.13 Sep 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvftkvltpc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/timothytaubes.bsky.social/post/3mveii3ops52f"We fight. We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore." -Trump 1/6/21 Trump will not surrender peacefully. There will be a false flag. Then Trump will repeat the words he said on January 6 only this time they will be armed and wearing masks.13 Sep 2026 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:lpddhtfxla3fndeuqyg6d3pe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mveii3ops52f