This Saturday I’ll be joined by Carl J Frano on WPKN from Noon to 3pm for a tribute to the late Becque Olson, who used to join Carl for an annual dosage of Broadway show music. 89.5MHz and streaming at wpkn dot org. And there’s also a lovely new WPKN app!

I recently replaced my 2003 Lexus with a 2020 Hyundai Sonata. Much better mileage and just enough room for my corpulence.

"This is what standing up to dictators looks like" listen to @garrykasparov.bsky.social and Masih Alinejad www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

Gathering of fascists in Moscow, Elon Musk's father in attendance

Although many hoped otherwise, we do not seem to be returning to a world in which the center left and the center right compete over tax rates or budgets. Every election is now existential www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Guest Host of my WPKN program this Weds will be Met soprano Helena Brown. She’ll speak with David Rosenmeyer, Conductor and Music Director of the Faifield County Chorale, about its upcoming Gala. 4pm at 89.5 and streaming at WPKN dot org. fairfieldcountychorale.org/2025/02/12/t...

ICE agents in Worcester, Massachusetts arrested a mother outside of her home with her newborn baby and 16 year old daughter. The 16 year old stood in front of the ICE vehicle holding the baby. She handed the baby to a neighbor & fled. Police caught up to her, in a heartbreaking scene.⬇️

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

The US Navy's new Director of Communications, Kristina Wong, is a Jan 6 terrorist and an anti-Ukraine, pro-Kremlin mouthpiece. Likely an unregistered foreign agent (spy).

I haven’t been on a real vacation in ages. www.keralatourpackages.com/blog/puli-ka...

Yip Harburg’s lyric. Tom Waits delivers. youtu.be/uUCVVU1qVdY?...

It's as American as chattel slavery, the Trail of Tears, Japanese internment, and Indian Boarding Schools. Project 2025 really isn't relying on any other history than America's. I need y'all to tap into what has been happening here all along.

#GVerse LMAO!!! And another Chinese meme featuring Cleatus. They really love this guy.👀

Song cue: youtu.be/K8kGjrjAKt4?...

WPKN has a new app! So delete the old WPKN LIVE and replace it with WPKN. The stream is excellent, and the selections are displayed in real time. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

It's midnight in Washington, and in case you're catching up... So far tonight, Republicans have blocked amendments that would: – Remove tariffs hurting families – Protect disaster response and recovery - Secure Social Security benefits - Preserve federal lands (Thread 🧵)

Michael Hurley RIP youtu.be/t8Jtk08Yu6Y?...

SUBMITTED FOR YOUR DISDAIN: The corniest band of all time, even worse than Lawrence Welk’s, was Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra. Here’s an agonizing hour of his “music”. There’s a Wiki bio down in the comments. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Wow. 1/

This was….five months ago

Fox never speaks badly about Dear Leader.

May it amuse youse: youtu.be/CdHJieI4CSs?...

The Trump regime's hypocrisy is so malodorous you can smell it everywhere on the planet and even on the International Space Station!

IT'S KRISTI GIRL! Just in time for the holidays—meet Kristi Girl! She’s tough on crime, fierce in fashion, and ready to turn every crisis into a photo op—one outfit at a time! 🚔💅 #KristiGirl #TrumpToys Created with @hailuoai.bsky.social Share/Subscribe: youtu.be/9N1MXaZAsvs

Greetings from WPKN, a happy place in the midst of Horror.

This Weds from 4 to 6:30pm my guest will be Michael Bielawa. We’ll talk about local history, what’s up at the Bridgeport Library, and his forthcoming book Haunted Waterbury. 89.5MHz and streaming at wpkn.org

I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

This is just a ridiculous way to govern www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at. A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth. HAIRCUTS. This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.

But you may as well subscribe, as I do. Well worthy.

Mr. Newberger is hard at work. Satire, but it’s not at all funny. youtu.be/LR6ZH6jHfWQ?...

Finally! A rational plan! Just kidding. youtu.be/7u1DJDKl0rM?...

Elon Musk is just a mooncalf. youtu.be/07n_vy1pVD0?...

The anti-kleptocracy measures were from my efforts; now sacrificed as part of Trump’s tribute to Putin and his cohort of oligarchs, for reasons that demand investigation.

Mr. Newberger is at it again. youtu.be/jw2lhMyxRxg?...

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 47 is out! The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news. Don't forget to subscribe!

Any time you see an article frame something as "took action against transgender sports," do more digging. 75% of the time, whatever they are talking about also bans trans people from bathrooms/medical care/targets trans adults. Sports is just a way to frame it as morally acceptable.

Here's what we lose when teams like USDS and 18F are suddenly deleted. New from me: www.wired.com/story/doge-m...

Stalin blamed the kulaks for their own starvation. Anyone who blames Zelensky for Trump's decision to cut arms and intelligence has succumbed to the same logic.

“Tesla now offers discounted financing on Cybertruck as the truck turns out to be a flop” 3/6/25 electrek.co/2025/03/06/t...

-The stock market is in a free-fall today. -Prices are STILL rising. -Public servants, hundreds of thousands of whom are veterans, are now jobless and in deep trouble. -Republicans are sidling up to Putin. This is NOT OK. 📌So a question: Where are Hakeem Jeffries or Chuck Schumer??? SPEAK UP!!!

FDR from before he was President. Such a radical. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2tjra...

The people who say nasty things about fat people are also saying nasty things about fat people using semaglutides (for diabetes or weight control) so basically fuck you forever for EVER being fat in the first place, I guess. It's so gross.

I think this is interesting youtu.be/kXcFasXBakQ?...

“This is private, confidential data including Social Security numbers and earnings of virtually all people in the country...” "Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Two of my heroes! And far better to listen to.

Craig Unger with some important background: youtu.be/YsIntuxmXf0?...

Military aid to Ukraine has always been a bargain for the U.S. We degraded Russia’s armed forces and replaced our own stockpiles with brand new weapons, all while brave Ukrainians— not Americans—fought the Russians off. Halting that aid is not only morally repulsive, it’s plain stupid.