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Friday Subs

What it’s for: Players who will fill in on short notice for bills at the Ferry Room. Paid by the band or the door, never by this Pool. Say yes ahead of time with an auto-accept rule, or answer each ask as it comes.
Who keeps it: Lena BrightwaterSigned in with OAuth
Who can see it: Public. Anyone can find it, and it’s listed in our well-known file. §8.3
Tags: sub · drums · bass · keys · guitar · music
Asks wait: 48 hours, not the usual 14 days. A gig doesn’t wait. §5.2
Who can write: People signed in with OAuth. Most players here also take messages from pool-mates only. §7.1 §7.2
Block lists: Kindling’s public list and the Circular consortium’s. §7.3
Status: Active since 3 April 2026. Last changed 25 September 2026.

You’re looking as Kofi MensahSigned in with OAuth

Your place in this Pool

Asked · waiting on you

Lena asked you into Friday Subs at 8:15 this morning. You haven’t answered, so you aren’t listed and nobody here can find you. The ask expires Wed 30 Sep, 08:15 UTC.

Answer the ask

Leaving

One action, from here or from any message. You’re out within sixty seconds; ours takes under one. §5.3

Ask the Pool

Five o’clock. Who’s free?

Ask in plain words. Only players who said yes to Friday Subs can come up, and each answer says which of your words it came up for. The Pool reads words, not minds.

DARÍO MÉNDEZ

dario-bajo.bandcamp.exampleSigned in with OAuth

Bass player from Veracruz, eleven years in Port Ellery. Subs on short notice. Wants his written English to sound like his spoken English.

Came up for sub, bass. Answers by rule.

MAE CASTELLANO

maecastellano.bandcamp.exampleSigned in with OAuth

Drummer. Jazz on weeknights, punk on weekends, whatever you need on Friday. Keeps sticks in the car.

Came up for sub, friday. Answers by rule.

2 players came up. Read what each came up for before you call. Nothing was sent. This is an example.

Who answers, and how

Two by rule, the rest by hand.

An auto-accept rule is the player’s own, written ahead of time. It’s off unless they write one, it can’t reach an invite-only Pool, and it never says yes quietly. §5.5

Player	Verified	How they answer an ask	Takes messages from	In the Pool
Darío Méndez	Signed in with OAuth	By rule bass + sub, from curators signed in with OAuth, public Pools only	Pool-mates only	Said yes by rule, 3 April 2026
Mae Castellano	Signed in with OAuth	By rule drums + sub, from curators signed in with OAuth, public Pools only	Pool-mates only	Said yes by rule, 3 April 2026
Theo Lindqvist	Email verified	By hand	Any verified sender	Said yes by email link, 2 September 2026
Kofi Mensah	Signed in with OAuth	By hand	Pool-mates only	Asked, waiting since Mon 28 Sep, 08:15 UTC

The players

Read off their own pages.

Every profile lives on the player’s own page. We read h-card markup first and infer the rest, and we mark which is which, because a guess should look like a guess. §2.2 §2.3

h-card Marked up by the player in h-cardinferred Read from their words by our parserHover or focus a mark for where it came from.

Said yes by rule · 3 April 2026

Darío Méndez

dario-bajo.bandcamp.exampleSigned in with OAuthBandcamp-style artist page

Name: Darío Méndezh-card
Pronouns: he/himinferred
Place: Port Ellery, United Statesh-card
Open to: bass · sub · band · language-exchange · spanish · english · conversationinferred
About: Bass player from Veracruz, eleven years in Port Ellery. Subs on short notice. Wants his written English to sound like his spoken English.h-card
Contact: dario@mail.exampleh-card
Messages: Pool-mates only

Answers by ruleOne rule, of the five a profile may keep: bass + sub, from curators signed in with OAuth, public Pools only. Every time it says yes, Darío gets a notice, and can undo it.

Said yes by rule · 3 April 2026

Mae Castellano

maecastellano.bandcamp.exampleSigned in with OAuthBandcamp-style artist page

Name: Mae Castellanoh-card
Pronouns: she/theyinferred
Place: Port Ellery, United Statesh-card
Open to: drums · sub · band · datinginferred
About: Drummer. Jazz on weeknights, punk on weekends, whatever you need on Friday. Keeps sticks in the car.inferred
Contact: mae@mail.exampleh-card
Messages: Pool-mates only

Answers by ruleOne rule, of the five a profile may keep: drums + sub, from curators signed in with OAuth, public Pools only. Every time it says yes, Mae gets a notice, and can undo it.

Said yes by email link · 2 September 2026

Theo Lindqvist

theo-lindqvist.carrd.exampleEmail verifiedCarrd page with no h-card

Name: Theo Lindqvistinferred
Pronouns: he/himinferred
Place: Port Ellery, United Statesinferred
Open to: new-in-town · friendship · drums · bandinferred
About: Moved here in August for a remote job. Plays drums badly and enthusiastically. Looking for people to walk, eat and play with.inferred
Contact: theo@mail.exampleinferred
Messages: Any verified sender

Answers by handNo auto-accept rules. Every ask waits for Theo, for up to 48 hours.

Kofi Mensah

Asked · waiting

kofi-mensah.example Signed in with OAuth

Asked by Lena Mon 28 Sep, 08:15 UTC. He keeps no auto-accept rules, so the ask waits for him, for 48 hours at most.

We don’t read his page until he says yes. Until then the Pool knows one thing about him: where to send the ask. §5.2

See the ask

Who can write to a player

Five people try to reach Mae.

Three layers, in order: the block lists we subscribe to, the Pool’s rule that writers sign in with OAuth, and Mae’s own rule, pool-mates only. §7

Who’s writing	Verified	What happens
Lena Brightwater Keeps the Pool	Signed in with OAuth	Goes through Signed in with OAuth, and in the Pool with her. §7
Darío Méndez Plays bass, in the Pool	Signed in with OAuth	Goes through Signed in with OAuth, and in the Pool with her. §7
Theo Lindqvist Plays drums, in the Pool	Email verified	Held Friday Subs asks anyone who writes through it to sign in with OAuth first. Email alone isn’t enough here. §7.1
A bandleader from out of town Not in the Pool	Signed in with OAuth	Held Only people in this Pool with them can write. Join the Pool first. §7.2
promo-blast@mail.example On the Kindling block list	Email verified	Blocked The sender is on a block list this Pool subscribes to: Kindling public block list (spam). §7.3

Theo is in the Pool and can be asked for a Friday like anyone. His first message through the Pool waits until he signs in with OAuth. Nothing was sent. This is an example.