Just saw the term “hopescrolling.”

The Times is really taking this hard.

If anyone were entitled to issue a “What’s my name?” smackdown, it’s Zohran Mamdani tonight.

New Dirt Kiss — XC ride in Russian Ridge Open Space District dirtkiss.beehiiv.com/p/golden-hou...

"Pink Pony Club" is actually a fucking awesome song. That is all.

Wait — there’s a Gormenghast opera by CAN keyboardist Irmin Schmidt??! www.facebook.com/100046800353...

I don't appear to have permissions to update the doc but here's a Google Sheets spreadsheet that details all of the advertisers for the Seattle ABC affiliate, owned by Sinclair: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Hi Bay Area, interesting to note that Nexstar, one of the two TV networks really interested in overtly controlling public discourse by censoring comedians, happens to own KRON here in SF. I suppose calling their advertisers might be interesting.

Stephen Miller is an unamerican revanchist confederate white supremacist neofascist who hates freedom and the gorgeous mosaic of American and global citizenry. He is unfit for any office of responsibility for other peoples’ lives and must resign or be forced from office now. Please like and share.

Ok doing a crash course in Swans, Gira and Jarboe and it seems I’m trending heavily Jarboe

Judith Butler: "It is important to refuse the notion that this is just how things are right now, invoking a feckless realpolitik that justifies complicity with a brutal and rising authoritarianism."

Best Swans album for a beginner?

Visual development art by Carol Wyatt for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004–2009), created by Craig McCracken, Cartoon Network Studios

ALETHEA EASON is reading live! for our Sept. 17 launch for STAR CROSSED vol. 1! Alethea writes poetry and quirky fiction for young (and not so young) adults. Her novels include Whispers of the Old Ones, Charlotte and Demons, and the DEBORAH EATS THE WORLD series. www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-par...

Do not celebrate the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Our commitment must be to dismantle the poisonous, intellectually bankrupt propaganda he was so well-paid to spread. He was a martyr all right — to his own folly, and to the cynical, corrupted, profiteering hate mongers he sold his soul to.

Blowback. Remembering 9/11 and the current tragedies of our times: These do not occur in a vacuum. They are unjust, wicked, cruel, yes, but there are forces of cause and effect. Our ordinary lives are yoked to monstrously destructive systems, and blowback is real. We must make better choices.

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

New flash fiction online today @reckoningmag.bsky.social ! “To Plant an Oak in Sand” is about rewilding a lawn. Which you should most certainly consider if you have one. Also…feelings. And oak trees 🌳 #solarpunk, maybe? Certainly #climatefiction reckoning.press/to-plant-an-...

I wanted to repost that last thing because it's a good reminder to train yourself to respond, ask for confirmation of what was just said, and push back audibly & clearly if someone says racist & misogynistic things in your presence. also a reminder that Americans don't have a monopoly on bigotry.

It’s raining in San Francisco in the depths of the dry season. Only for a minute or so. May it extinguish some fires.

The #Ozark #Bioregional Congress is a major ecological, cultural and community gathering with a long history of place-oriented organizing. If you're in the region, consider making the scene! ozarkareacommunitycongress.org/oacc46/

Out tomorrow! Another brilliant anthology by @datlow.bsky.social: www.amazon.com/Night-Day-Dr...

This week's guest is T.K. Rex! And first up is "The Flowers Where 580 Used to Be" in Tractor Beam! @tkrex.bsky.social @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social

Closer look at these

Ruth Asawa retrospective at #sfmoma was overwhelmingly amazing. The breadth, depth and scope of her constant productivity, her consistent mastery of diverse media and methods, and her life practice of art as life endlessly inspires. Closes in SF ON Sept 2, opens in NYC in Oct. Do not miss.

Thursday early-morning #mtb ride up Twin Peaks got me some nice glimpses across the Bay #sanfrancisco

1968-'69 Eerie horror mags collected HC It'll help me sleep

#sanfrancisco #streetlife

The symbolism is hard to miss: The country is on fire and we’re arresting and trying to deport the guys who are trying to put it out. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Sex work is 1000% more honorable and socially beneficial than working as an ICE agent.

We are a fallen people.

The best, most accurate look at the DC occupation is coming from the locals: local news & local residents capturing violent arrests, peaceful protests, safe tourist spots overrun with bored troops. It's a powerful reality check on Trump propaganda. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Leading global experts just confirmed what we’ve long known: Gaza is in famine. At least half a million Palestinians are facing starvation, acute malnutrition and death. And it’s likely to spread. The U.S. government is not a bystander to this genocide. We can end it today.

Couple of new words for the ole mute list: "Sanderson" "GRRM" "Newsom"

#seattle #streetlife

#seattle #worldcon2025

Tell Overdrive to get AI out of Libby company.overdrive.com/contact/supp... #library

"welcome to AI mode" fuck off

Evidence of vulcanism en route to Seattle for #WorldCon2025

Hey #Flamecon! I'll be on "Rebellions are Built on Hope: Organizing Andor Fans to Fight for Freedom from Fascism". Our panel about #ProjectFulcrum, the Star Wars fan activism campaign I did with @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social & @kaludiasays.bsky.social. Join us Sat. 1pm RM A bit.ly/flameconrebe...

I believe they call this "finding out" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

#Maine!!!

Speaking of influencers, if young men today just listened to the skate-punk-funk-crossover-thrash-metal musings of Cyco Miko & the gang they wouldn’t be taken in by grifters. Suicidal Tendencies warned us 80s & 90s kids...

#Maine! The Swinging Bridge over the Androscoggin River, Brunswick.

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