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https://bitpunkfm.substack.com

A low-fi audiozine that puts the punk back in cypherpunk.

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2026-06-26 13:17:59 UTC

God Forgives, Brothers Don't is a new book that looks at military education and the slew of problems around them.
A book review and personal essay.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/god-forgives-brothers-dont?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

2026-06-18 00:33:13 UTC

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Awww, thanks :)

2026-04-20 15:41:47 UTC

Bitpunk.fm is now analog only.
I will still post the episode summaries on the rss feed. I'm committed to 8 more issues.
https://fountain.fm/episode/uGGe7kSOv7RDy5T1MBgy

2026-04-16 16:28:29 UTC

Reposting because I dislike rust.
#nevent1q…ssmu

2026-04-14 17:01:45 UTC

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No, but I've ordered it immediately! Thank you.

2026-04-03 14:53:09 UTC

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💜

2026-03-16 17:02:12 UTC

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My favorite Oscar Wilde piece tbh.

2026-03-05 16:14:02 UTC

Snow falls between notes
of a lone bugle calling —
muted by cloud chords.
A murder of missiles flies
past crooning crows on dead wood.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/silver-bugle

2026-03-04 21:21:47 UTC

Summer grasses—
All that remains
of soldiers' dreams.
Basho, 1689.

2026-03-04 21:20:44 UTC

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The cassette is the perfect symbol of censorship resistance!

2026-03-03 18:53:52 UTC

I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it.
— Siegfried Sassoon, British Officer and Poet, June 15, 1917
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/a-soldiers-declaration-1917-and-2026

2026-03-02 21:37:36 UTC

From the backlog:
I wish to see a taxpayer name
on every bomb and tank,
so the world would know —
directly whom to thank.
https://wastedblood.com

2026-03-02 15:25:56 UTC

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I appreciate it, but the physical book is a physical process :)
You can send a QR code with cashu. Just include your return physical address.
Or an opendime. But I think that costs as much as the book, idk.

2026-03-02 15:22:25 UTC

And I’m still pre-coffee, so I should add thank you to all those who are interested!
#nevent1q…h6he

2026-03-02 15:09:57 UTC

If you want the physical copy of wasted blood, and want to pay in bitcoin, you can send me a cashu QR code in the mail.
I made the physical copy available only via the post as a contrast of experience to the digital one.
The physical one, I bleed on. It’s not meant to be a fast process.
https://wastedblood.com

2026-03-02 15:06:01 UTC

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You can send a cashu token as a QR code. Just be sure to include your return address.
The only other way is the open dime, but I think that costs as much as the book.

2026-03-02 15:04:39 UTC

https://wastedblood.com/
https://image.nostr.build/0c995ff21c51dfb1dccf4cc49de4243438bba80fb90f1fc50c57bc93a18f57ed.jpg

2026-03-01 01:02:56 UTC

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Feel free to zap the note and then just download the book! Just put 0 in.
The physical book is only done via physical means.

2026-03-01 01:01:49 UTC

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Yes.

2026-02-28 14:22:42 UTC

War dreams of itself.
I wish I didn’t write a book so relevant.
https://wastedblood.com/

2026-02-26 04:00:51 UTC

My antiwar poetry collection is now digitally available as pay-what-you-want!
If you want to pay in sats you can boost bitpunk .fm the podcast!
https://wastedblood.com

2026-02-21 23:24:18 UTC

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Maxell golds!!

2026-02-21 23:23:41 UTC

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Thank you! Glad to hear that!

2026-02-20 18:59:32 UTC

I performed a live stichomancy reading today. It’s at the 49 minute mark.
Legally, I must say I am not a licensed stichomancer.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/poetry-on-tape-20226

2026-02-19 21:48:51 UTC

I dabble in stichomancy.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/on-stichomancy

2026-02-18 17:29:22 UTC

I have not found a nicer community than on Substack.
Nostr, for what it is, is great. And yes, Substack is a giant tech community.
But there are many people there discussing literature, from the classics, to modern novels, to poetry.
If you want to get back into reading hard books that will challenge you, this is the place. You can start with mine:
https://image.nostr.build/a12cec631770c2a74899f5bd61300d857cdd1f5334bd85bc384eb4bf7d2197a9.jpg

2026-02-17 16:32:58 UTC

How do you play a bugle call for a military funeral in a book?
https://clips.bitpunk.fm/blood-drop-hdr.mp4
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/when-the-ink-bleeds

2026-02-16 14:40:22 UTC

This one photo is a collection of The Bloody Sonnets in various media.
On the left is the 1952 edition with its Soviet introduction, claiming the imperialists want war. The other book is the 2018 English version by John Minahane, which keeps them as English sonnets.
Then there is some pamphlets from the two-woman play produced last year by the Bratislava based theatre D.P.O.H.
And now in 2026, we have a new cassette. 😊
While you are waiting for the book, I still have the translations posted.
This one is my favorite and you can see me use a scythe: https://bitpunkfm.substack.com/p/the-bloody-sonnets-16
https://image.nostr.build/5df2706f7107f2a82f05bbaa95af0f81c6e1f4d81dae68b2b8ce022714d6465c.jpg

2026-02-10 03:51:36 UTC

12 CVEs found in OpenSSL by an AI tool.
Damn.
OpenSSL is some of the most audited code, and there was some nasty zero days found.
I wonder if they turn this onto bitcoin core what will they find.
https://aisle.com/blog/what-ai-security-research-looks-like-when-it-works

2026-02-09 16:48:58 UTC

https://clips.bitpunk.fm/americanpatrol.mp4

2026-02-04 17:13:27 UTC

Bitpunk.fm 3.1 is now available!
https://image.nostr.build/37e82f5c1c9f407ccd55e99514152ae7cb77fb1df09adf6a98db5b66b0348c6a.jpg

2026-02-04 15:55:09 UTC

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@npub1m2m…r8p9 is like that…

2026-02-02 20:41:02 UTC

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1964 was a rough year for Chet, a rough decade. I love Chet’s music. His life is a sad tragedy of addiction sadly.
If none that happened, I can only imagine what more we could have got from him.

2026-02-02 15:21:30 UTC

They exist. 🥳
I talked with @npub1j0h…w6rf this morning and we are happy with them!
The books are in Europe, I have the red cassettes, soon they will meet and I will get them shipped out.
Thank you for all those that preordered! In the spirit of keeping things analog, I am only accepting orders via post, which is still available.
A digital version, including audio, will be made available once the analog ones have been enjoyed.
I will be in the EU in March and can send some maybe with Paketa when I get there.
https://bitpunkfm.substack.com/p/welcome-wasted-blood
https://image.nostr.build/060d1785bc003d7de69a976e8268c5fd02069b9083f3b026a3b568e4a35cd77f.jpg

2026-02-01 14:57:19 UTC

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Yeats is of course the one I know the best, and he for sure had a way for words. He has a very contradictory life though. In his poem “on writing a war poem” he seems to say there’s no point in political poetry and then goes on to be a very political person. :)
More recently I’ve been drawn in by Oscar Wilde. I only knew him for his plays, but I discover he wrote some poetry earlier in life. The Picture of Dorian Gray for example is how I view the United States right for a while — we have an outward image but a dying soul painting in our attic. I also like his positions against tyranny.
Who would you suggest I read more?

2026-02-01 01:47:56 UTC

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Thank you!

2026-01-31 23:45:24 UTC

I am writing a series on Substack about WW1. This post deals with the myth of dying with honor in war.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/mens-achilles-heel
https://image.nostr.build/9420a475ffcd6d2288e2394b6423bb46a35bc24714c8b9ead41f3845c4c7ba22.jpg

2026-01-23 14:50:50 UTC

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Thanks!

2026-01-23 05:24:06 UTC

I’m now on Bandcamp!
https://bitpunkfm.bandcamp.com/track/melting-the-sinking-snow

2026-01-22 23:17:51 UTC

I also put it on lnbeats.
https://lnbeats.com/album/ef5db97e-a5f3-5375-96a5-ea4749b3e8c3/aHR0cHM6Ly9maWxlcy5iaXRwdW5rLmZtL3NwZWN0cmFsLWhpZGluZy0yOC1tZWx0aW5nLXNub3cubXAz
#note1xrr…4s4l

2026-01-22 23:04:15 UTC

I did a Lofi-hiphop-jazz poetry thing. First time making a real track in a DAW!
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/melting-the-sinking-snow

2026-01-22 18:00:47 UTC

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Switch to V60. I’ve gone from French press to aeropress to now V60. I don’t want a machine. And I love it.

2026-01-22 14:06:26 UTC

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The scariest part of this is that AppleScript is still a thing

2026-01-20 19:17:53 UTC

Here’s a preview of the audio that comes as a red cassette for Wasted Blood.
If you are in the EU and want a physical copy, let me know! Maybe we can prevent shipping over the ocean twice.
https://clips.bitpunk.fm/bloodysonnets.mp4
Wastedblood.com
Cover design by @npub1j0h…w6rf , Slovak reading by @npub125h…td8j

2026-01-16 14:28:56 UTC

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I recommend you read Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth. He discusses this for the UK/Ireland a bit but he lives now in rural Ireland.
I did an audio review of it two tapes ago.

2026-01-16 05:09:25 UTC

Tomorrow I will go live for Poetry on Tape for the 52nd time in a row.
It is the one year anniversary!
Over 10 people contributed to this special episode and you are welcome to join.
12:00 - 12:45 eastern.
Which you can either on bitpunkfm.substack.com or live.bitpunk.fm.

2026-01-15 16:46:09 UTC

Latest bitpunk.fm is now live! Thanks to all those who requested the cassette first!
https://pod.link/1751139684/episode/MGQ4MWVlOTAtZjIzMC0xMWYwLTg5NTgtMGJhNTAzN2Q2ZWUz

2026-01-09 02:58:56 UTC

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Ah thank you so much!

2026-01-08 18:50:53 UTC

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There were some really good musicians though. I realized it’s much easier to sound good when you are surround by excellent players.

2026-01-08 18:45:59 UTC

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I know! I had my audio recorder with me but I forgot to hit record being so nervous! I’ll go back though!

2026-01-08 17:41:02 UTC

I played in a live blues band on Monday. My first time playing in a band since 30 years and my first time with an improv solo.
I wrote up my experience here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/walk-out-onto-the-street-roll-the

2026-01-08 13:53:08 UTC

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You need to get on Substack and follow write conscious. He is the most active book person on the entire internet.

2026-01-06 19:51:48 UTC

Last year I shipped or handed out over 200 tapes.
I close out 2025 with this one:
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/bitpunkfm-212-vespa-verses

2026-01-06 06:41:51 UTC

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I always liked scheme the best tbh. I was enjoying FORTH on microcontrollers before as well.
These are the most poetic of programming languages. Rust is like English — it is a good language in which to sell a pig.

2026-01-05 19:41:40 UTC

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It is the perfect kind of right-think. Impossible to wrong-think via the compiler. If only social media had such a checker, many a government would be happy.

2026-01-05 19:38:15 UTC

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Pedal :)

2026-01-05 19:37:58 UTC

I got a looper medal and tried it with a trumpet.
https://lnbeats.com/album/ef5db97e-a5f3-5375-96a5-ea4749b3e8c3/aHR0cHM6Ly9maWxlcy5iaXRwdW5rLmZtL3NwZWN0cmFsLWhpZGluZy0yOC1kZWFyLWZyaWVuZC5tcDM

2026-01-04 20:39:52 UTC

YouTube catnip for this crowd.
https://youtu.be/W_F4rEaRduk

2026-01-04 12:04:17 UTC

A poisonous mushroom has infected the United States.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/satans-bolete-rubroboletus-satanas

2025-12-31 21:14:27 UTC

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I’m waiting for the dvd!

2025-12-29 22:41:16 UTC

Bitpunk.fm, 2.12, Vespa Verses is done!
12 tapes, 12 months! Thanks everyone who listens digitally or requests the tapes. Here’s to 2026 and more cassettes!
https://image.nostr.build/f1a35976fdc723a9793e5c3518ab82bfb54447a98c8dba794b085ac373e4470c.jpg

2025-12-29 18:18:31 UTC

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This is great!

2025-12-27 00:39:43 UTC

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Yes, I’ve noticed this as well.

2025-12-26 19:17:18 UTC

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Sadly I do find bitcoin culture (in general) to be not positive. I’ve been moving away from it to a community of artists, who are much more open minded than most bitcoiners I find.
And I agree it’s the small majority, but they are setting the tone. Is it possible to ignore this? Of course. But the crypto-anarchy roots have been co-opted into something else.
This also happened with the OG hackers. In the 90s we talked about fuck the man and all this and now these same people (I know) are working for defense contractors.
At this point, I think it’s much more a radical idea to go without money, like Mark Boyle, then to be an advocate of bitcoin.
I wish I had a more optimistic view. There are pockets of interesting developments and people still. But I’d rather go to a poetry meetup than a bitcoin one at this time.

2025-12-26 18:58:00 UTC

I learned how to do Live Loops with a trumpet (at the 1:30 mark or so).
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/poetry-on-tape-261225

2025-12-20 00:35:10 UTC

Previously. On Poetry on Tape (today):
https://files.bitpunk.fm/clip-my-funny-valentine.mp4

2025-12-18 13:52:03 UTC

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Lovely!

2025-12-15 18:54:13 UTC

You can send me a postgram via lightning now!
PO Box 273029
Fort Collins, CO 80527-3029
#note1rtw…qgtn

2025-12-15 18:39:02 UTC

Bitpunk.fm 2.11 — Defiantly Analog is now available digitally.
This tape has everything:
An audio drama with poetry, Encouragement to rage against the machine, Doom Jazz, Hip Hop, and more.
Enjoy!
https://zine.bitpunk.fm/tapes/2-11/

2025-12-10 16:19:23 UTC

Bitcoin postcards!!
#note15vk…02dz

2025-12-10 14:29:03 UTC

Wasted Blood, my first printed collection of poems is on its way to the printer.
There will be a DeMu audio book after the 100 limited edition books are released.
For this audience, you can replace “cash” with “cashu” (mail me printed out cashu token) and the same procedure applies.
Many thanks to @npub1j0h…w6rf for bringing such a powerful design to the words!
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/welcome-wasted-blood

2025-12-09 14:12:39 UTC

Possibly the best website ever.
https://walkman.land/modern

2025-12-08 15:47:30 UTC

I’m sure this won’t happen with hardware wallets and their secure elements.
Nah…
#note16xp…srkv

2025-12-04 19:06:44 UTC

Batch of tapes shipping today for episode 2.11 Defiantly Analog!
https://image.nostr.build/8ce52aec08a3573033ca3675d650eaa8154cacb0a3b67acf3729fd478898e705.jpg

2025-11-21 14:43:56 UTC

Rust. So safe.
#nevent1q…s7s3

2025-11-20 19:57:30 UTC

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Sometimes, you have to go to an extreme to make people consider the middle.

2025-11-20 15:57:50 UTC

I started a non-profit. Support our troops!
Survive25.org

2025-11-17 21:31:18 UTC

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Thank you ChadF. Appreciate you listening and waiting :)

2025-11-17 21:30:05 UTC

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Proof of tape :)

2025-11-13 19:40:37 UTC

The best poetry cassette of this century.
https://fountain.fm/episode/uXnOuk5adOAurFpWKuJT

2025-11-03 19:29:14 UTC

Beer bottles look like missiles.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/spoiled-schlitz

2025-11-02 16:33:50 UTC

I like this method better than most hardware wallets.
#note1j9s…hp5l

2025-10-30 16:00:56 UTC

I am one of the leading Sauna poets.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitpunkfm/p/sauna-stillness

2025-10-29 00:03:29 UTC

This is an accurate depiction.
#note1y47…2x7p

2025-10-26 21:50:19 UTC

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Amazing. Yeah I have a grand stream acting as a bridge to a cassette answering machine. Works great!
I don’t have the patience to run my own pbx though. I’m using Callcentric which can support it if I wanted.

2025-10-21 20:07:34 UTC

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:) it is pretty cool. It’s why I can’t quite cut the cord. But I think this will be the right mix going forward. We shall see.

2025-10-21 15:37:36 UTC

bitpunk.fm is slowly moving to analog only. This next issue will be analog-first.
I will release the digital files only after all 20 tapes have sailed.
Help support the release of the digital version by requesting a tape via postcard with your return address to:
P.O. Box 273029
Fort Collins, CO 80525

2025-10-21 15:31:31 UTC

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I’m sure I will be back. It is becoming one of my favorite cities!

2025-10-20 16:52:49 UTC

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Try to work on getting the second shot off a bit faster. You can also experiment with a thumbs forward grip in your left hand.
I think you are overthinking your follow-up shots. Really try to push it and you'll be surprised with how much it improves your speed. You will maintain decency accuracy too especially at that range.
It is fun. I used to shoot in competition but was only just OK.

2025-10-14 15:14:20 UTC

People underestimate what they can accomplish in a year.
One year ago today, I published my first poem.
Since then I have:
- produced 12 issues of bitpunk.fm
- shipped or hand delivered over 300 tapes
- Read over 190 poems on 38 live poetry shows, every Friday.
- Published to bitpunkfm.substack.com over 140 poems
- 7 open mic performances including 1 in Prague
- Participated in 2 satellite spotlights
- Had 2 poems and 2 photos published in 1 subversive zine
- Performed poetry at 1 Dark Prague event
Some people count sats, followers, downloads, or other metrics, but these are the metrics that matter to me.
Thanks everyone who has been following along. I am excited to keep the tapes rolling this next year and launch my first poetry book and audio book, wastedblood.com

2025-10-14 13:36:11 UTC

People are slowly catching up to McLuhan.
#nevent1q…4k8s

2025-10-09 14:43:52 UTC

Pretty good practical advice for you meshtastic nerds out there.
#nevent1q…he7n

2025-10-08 15:33:27 UTC

Without cassettes you will never have the pleasure of opening a box of tapes and finding this.
https://files.sovbit.host/media/4d4ab737e2fbb5af0fd590b4b7e8c6fe76d3a02a9791ef7fdacf601f9e50fad8/0abfc109489d07ad974b9d46ecacb4874c26bf5136fe0c0ca58c84fd0723e5ba.webp

2025-10-07 14:56:22 UTC

The tapes waiting for me when I got back. Plus, tangerine dream was gifted to me in person.
Finding tapes in your mailbox is an amazing feeling. Has it happened to you? It can if you send a postcard with your return address to:
PO Box 273029
Fort Collins, CO 80525
https://files.sovbit.host/media/4d4ab737e2fbb5af0fd590b4b7e8c6fe76d3a02a9791ef7fdacf601f9e50fad8/2307ea3536919278f00887c93e1db6f01e738074e467c90c3f5315c3a20cc952.webp

2025-10-07 14:36:45 UTC

One of the most anticipated novels drops today.
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon.
It's one of the few chances to read a novel with the entire world at once by one of the greatest living novelists. You will not have this chance for the rest of your life, he is 88 years old.

2025-10-07 14:06:04 UTC

This is becoming my favorite conference.
I know it's "on brand" for me to say this but these irl events I find much more fulfilling.
Someone handed me a tape when they saw me, they remembered me from last year, and I was taken aback when I received applause for a poem mid-talk.
Thank you for all that attended. Thank you @nprofile…eh46 and @nprofile…548n for this amazing zine.
I have lots to think about now but first I must water all my plants!
#nevent1q…62s3

2025-10-05 20:54:36 UTC

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Yeah so castapod gives you the ability to add "custom rss." Not sure if that's called exactly that. But you can paste in a xml snippet.
You can do this at the podcast level or the episode level.
So you can start by finding a valid RSS feed, copy their <value> block, modify it for your node or lnaddress, and then just paste it in.
For this, it worked.

2025-10-03 08:50:02 UTC

Dark Forest zine.
Where parallel societies survive.
https://files.sovbit.host/media/4d4ab737e2fbb5af0fd590b4b7e8c6fe76d3a02a9791ef7fdacf601f9e50fad8/f9e3f0408b0f3f38fd0b6cc21b617172101adf98d7e8720a2c31ae10120af45c.webp

2025-10-02 20:36:15 UTC

The print is amazing! Super proud to be a part of this!
#nevent1q…mgy9

2025-10-02 08:24:36 UTC

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I've always liked the quote by John Coltrane that went something like first you get a rhythm, then you hear the melody.
Maybe that helps 🤷🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️