wish I was in NYC for this! coming up soonish a great show to catch with a wonderful purpose if you’re in the area @jenpkelly.bsky.social ❤️ @leeranaldo.bsky.social

Going to Montreal for a few days on Friday. Anyone have recommendations, food or otherwise?

Alysa Liu vibe shift. Prince Andrew: in jail. Tariffs: canceled. War with Iran: canceled. JD Vance: excommunicated. We will ice dance to Donna Summer on the graves of our enemies

Playing some shows before I experience ego death/become a dad; they should be my last live appearances for six months to a year. New songs!

it’s breathtaking to see how this country is in decline by every possible metric

hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message: - the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next - a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9

Just as with every other AI-fueled grift related to anything other than coding assistance or interpreting large sets of data, take this person’s claims about a six figure income with a massive grain of salt—the real con is the classes on AI-assisted writing she’s selling to gullible/lazy dopes

if the whole genocide thing wasn't enough for you, another good reason to get AIPAC money out of democratic politics is that the organization now exists to move republican donor money into democratic races to sow chaos and get the most republican-friendly democrat elected

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

Why is this the first time that there has been a concerted effort to introduce fake Epstein files at the same time as everyone is trawling through the real thing? That’s what I want to know

[whispering to Miller] He'll throw you to the wolves. You'll never get a pardon. It's now or never! [slithering over to Trump] He plots against you sire! Throwing him in the dungeon will send a message to the others!

very grateful to The Quietus for publishing this essay- on everyday fascism and the promise and problem of “beauty” as an inadequate but therapeutic response to the ugliness of the present - plus there are some thoughts on disco and Patricia Highsmith- this felt like a risk but I’m glad it’s out

As ICE agents ravage Minneapolis, residents offer a blueprint for resistance and a glimpse of hope in the age of fascist terrorism. @ryanlcooper.com reports: trib.al/TUidtOg

I tried the Mussolini show. It’s very well made, but making Mussolini a fourth wall-breaking narrator gives it a House of Cards-meets-social studies fascism unit quality that I had a viscerally negative reaction to, not because it was unpleasant (it was) but because it was dull!

TRUMP: honk honk honk, I'm a big goose. everyone tells me whenever I enter a room, that's the biggest goose I've ever seen and I say yes. I'm a big goose. in a good way. a lot of Somalians are small stupid gooses but I'm a big goose BBC NEWS: a disciplined Trump sticks to the script on the economy

I’m the one in the brown hat. What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs. Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car. #AbolishICE

I appreciate foreign commentators really leaning in to say that dem leadership is dogshit because it is going to make the campists become even more neurotic

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On the ground here in Minnesota, it’s hard to reconcile the immense bonds of community that have been built in a week with the fact that we live in a country whose government appropriated billions of dollars to an unaccountable paramilitary force whose sole purpose is ethnic cleansing.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

Waiting for the 2025 wrap-up from @last.fm, so I had a look via their Labs feature. First time The Beatles take the top spot; my progression to full 6Music Dad continues apace. (Good to see some fresh talents such as Say She She, Cindy Lee and @willstratton.bsky.social getting a look in though!)

The album I first came to love in 2025 was @willstratton.bsky.social's POINTS OF ORIGIN, which as a native Californian I'd put in the pantheon of great albums about my home state.

Honestly at this point I think Bandcamp would be better served by developing a more substantial social review aspect of the site a la Letterboxd. Where else (that isn't evil) has a better vantage point for that?

Split pea soup is grinch food

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“What’s Hot Classic” is so funny on here

Benny Safdie was also filming next to us in the nosebleeds, maybe he’s ADing or something

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Heartened to see people posting their end of year listening stats from anywhere other than Spotify

I have noticed that the overall tone of this site tends to be (on average) more depressive than the one full of Nazi incels, crypto scammers, etc. It makes no damn sense. Compels me, though…

Re: Spotify buying WhoSampled, and probably triggering many artists getting work taken down, I’ve just uploaded the original demo of my song Gray Lodge Wisdom (2013). I wish I could have refined this into an official release at the time, but I didn't want to risk it soundcloud.com/wstratton/gr...

There are no words for how evil this is

It's a beautiful day for sweeping and staggering electoral victories by the American left!!!! Let's goooooooo

I can’t believe people are still talking about this in this fashion over here. I’m sorry, but you are living in an alternate reality.

They’re doing this because it’s so successful

It’s fall, hello

FanTASTIC news let’s get this done

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Thinking about becoming a content creator. Seems like a good time to get into it before it becomes an oversaturated space

I’m giving up coffee. Coincidentally, I’m making a slowcore album

Look, I like the Geese record, but does he have to be singing in nearly every second of every song? I loved the instrumental sections of Heavy Metal, and they made the vocals hit harder, give me more of that please

Current listening: Tom Waits - The Life of a Showgirl (1976)

Over the weekend we watched the first episode of The Lowdown, the new comedic neo noir-ish show set in Tulsa and starring Ethan Hawke. Very well written, great performances so far. Appropriately dusty and Chandleresque. Looking forward to seeing if the rest of the series holds up