Oh, FIFA, you revolting, money sucking parasite. apnews.com/article/fifa...

Pa., 24 other states sue Trump administration over Medicaid work-requirement rule www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/06...

Man, ALL the vids from the Mall make Hopper paintings look like mosh pits at a rave.

I saw the Feelies for the first time nearly 40 years ago. I'm not being dramatic—they changed the way I experienced music. I hope it's not true that they're done. It makes a man feel a bit on the old side. www.oldaf.net/p/gone-gone-...

AI mashup featuring Slint and our beautiful #reflectingpool. www.instagram.com/p/DZ0B1c5ocY...

Isn't everything technically historic?

Every week I look forward to the Metropolitan Diary. It’s perfect in every way. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/n...

Huge props to Jacob Teeter. A bunch of his bigoted teammates on the York (PA) Revolution refused to play a Pride Night game. Jacob refused to step back, which is beautiful. Seeing more of the bigotry in baseball, an offshoot of MAGA hate vibes for sure. www.ydr.com/videos/news/...

holy shit????? ICE is getting rid of seven of the 11 would-be concentration camp warehouses they purchased and sec. mullin indicates new mass detention centers are not priority. huge!

#GiftArticle This feels like the end of education, the end of writing. Just a massive disconnect between why work might actually be good for your brain, your long term well-being versus "I'd rather soil my brain with a steady buzz of dopamine." Oh my son. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

Trump with world leaders during the G7 today in France, June 17, 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Just finished reading the Tate brothers story in the NYer. If there is any karma in this universe, those two and the many people who enabled them will suffer a fate that belongs in a horror flick brimming with pain and everlasting trauma. They are human only in that they have opposable thumbs.

This makes me nauseous. Billionaires wealth over the past 2 years increased 40%. They're paying less in taxes than ever before. And I have zero faith that Dems will work to correct this. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/b...

The insight of @clintsmithiii.bsky.social. Hegseth is a standout racist, and a boob who benefits from a very different affirmative action for boot lickers. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

If you need a script for getting your company off Twitter, I WROTE YOU ONE. Multiple people have used it, successfully, to explain the legal liability your company incurs by forcing employees to be on a platform with child sexual abuse material. I will help you use it. anildash.com/2026/02/23/t...

I didn't know one bit about this...I'm paying 84% more for my water than someone within a municipally owned system. AQUA also sends me a letter every 6-8 weeks to tell me that the water pipes are my responsibility, but they'll insure me for $100 a year or so. truthout.org/articles/pen...

black people electing black people to congress in districts where they form a plurality or majority? potentially invidious racial discrimination. the only way to escape constitutional scrutiny is to elect a white conservative, then we know dr. king's dream of colorblindness has been achieved

"When writing is hard, it’s often not just because we are tired, underfed, or inefficient but because our mind is trying to tell us crucial things." AI writing is the crap. And not that hard to sus out. #giftarticle www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

This was truly a fascinating story. Now the @themarshallproject.org and @mauricechammah.bsky.social have compiled a bunch of the songs. They're good! www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/10/p...

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.

One of the all time great bands...

Events have happened in my life forcing me to think about how old I am. I've been writing those thoughts. A proj on #aging at oldaf.net. Bill Callahan released a phenomenal record that has soundtracked some of my mental wrestling. He is, imo, essential. Listen & read! www.oldaf.net/p/reality

If you haven't heard @marisamusic.bsky.social before, now is the perfect time. Totally cool that she's getting attention for this new radical guitar project. But go deep on her whole catalog. Worthy. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/a...

I know many times over that Miller is a hateful, soulless piece of garbage. I'm wondering if any journalists are looking into how he's enriching himself through this regime. We've seen so many others do it, and I can't imagine he's not. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Reginald Dwayne Betts really hits me with his writing—his introspection, his eye for detail. And his courage. Reminded me to get his book of poems "Felon." I've read a couple and can't wait to have all of it. #giftarticle www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/m...

Today in Congress, @raskin.house.gov says he supports term limits for Supreme Court justices, and notes it’s constitutional for Congress to pass such a law. It’s popular too. He’s right on all counts. 1/

ACT NOW: Congress is planning to vote this week on yet another reconciliation bill that would hand ICE an additional $70 billion for mass detention & deportation, ON TOP of the $170B approved last year Call your Member of Congress & Senators: 202-224-3121 www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

With all the money they save on taxes you'd think they'd hire someone to help them not say just the dumbest crap. www.commondreams.org/news/jeff-be...

I like this hanging around reportage, even if it isn't truly a day in the life of KV. But it's fun to know this is a Styles piece. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/s...

I've heard a couple podcasts with Henry Winkler and remain convinced he's the famous actor I'd most like to get lunch with and talk to. This is great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui0g...

Really important work here, especially in light of ICE/fed gov't owning two warehouse spaces it still wants to convert to detention facilities for people living here without documentation.

They also save people's dignity and sense of self by making it easier to hold on the ties to their families. How can you expect them to "get better" if you rob them of love? truthout.org/articles/fre...

Hey #Pennsylvania. I just emailed my state lawmaker to abolish the death penalty in PA, and you can, too! Use this template from @padp.bsky.social and @uscedp.bsky.social: actionnetwork.org/letters/abol... No reason PA shouldn't be the next state to get rid of this useless practice.

We should probably talk a lot more about smug Chief John Roberts culpability in creating the ICE fiasco. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

The SAVE Act stalled in the Senate. It’s a major victory in the fight for the freedom to vote. Thank you to everyone who spoke out against what threatened to become the most restrictive voting bill ever passed by Congress.

For the record: The Washington Post is run by partisan hacks who think we won't remember that they took the *exact* opposite stance when it was Republicans pushing their own gerrymandering grab in Texas last year -- *without* putting it up for a vote.

Jake Mangum spots kid in the crowd, tosses the ball, and her brother catches it and gives it to her. Dudes rock.

Gwenifer Raymond...blistering. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ2E...

On multiple occasions Patel’s security detail had difficulty waking him because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to info supplied to DOJ and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment”was made because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors

This is one of the funniest things I've read in a while. Caity Weaver is a bad ass writer. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Does anyone else doubt this? "The average American uses an astounding 141 rolls of toilet paper a year." The amount of fiber you'd need to produce that much poop is mind boggling. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

What a fantastic surprise to find this. Minutemen were incredible. Double Nickels is audacious: 44 songs (including VH's Ain't Talkin' Bout Love) with barely a weak spot, so tight. And D was simply one of the best guitarists.

This is why Philly's violence rates have gone down. Perfect example of a community-driven solution that actually addresses the causes of violence. www.thetrace.org/2026/03/push...

This is important. Executions that don't make us safer, don't deter crime, are surging. This tracks with a power structure with a massive deficit in empathy and humanity. The death penalty doesn't target the worst, it targets the poor, the ill, Black and Brown. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...

This record makes me want to pick up my guitar.

Autechre Guitar came out exactly one week ago. Today is Bandcamp Friday and Pitchfork has published a gorgeous review, written by Sam Sodomsky, detailing “the tenderness [Parish] draws from a group often defined by its obliqueness.” (7.9) pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

it gets old beating up media framing, but I HATE "Trump's big gamble!" framing. Especially when everything listed after "gamble" is objectively horrible! In any other context we'd call this "the dumbest gamble" or simply eschew the gambling analogy and cast it as reckless and irresponsible.

I love this record. Took it out on a quiet dog walk today to soak it in. Beautiful, intricate playing. You should buy it so Shane keeps doing these kinds of projects.

Another excellent piece.

I love that James Blackshaw is not only back but also releasing some of the best music of his career. No big press fuss, no big social media campaigns, just a guy making the best acoustic guitar music around. jamesblackshaw.bandcamp.com/album/fractu...