#KeinVergessen Heute vor 34 Jahren begannen in Hoyerswerda (Sachsen) schwere rechtsextreme Ausschreitungen, die mehrere Tage andauerten und an denen sich hunderte Menschen beteiligten. Die Polizei greift kaum ein. Ein Rückblick auf die #Baseballschlägerjahre 🧵1/9 www.hoyerswerda-1991.de/start.html

Anyone want to see @clppng.bsky.social @ Hafenklang in #Hamburg tonight? I have one spare ticket to give away!

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social "There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

Zeitloser Ohrwurm

Bob Larkin’s cover art for the STAR TREK novel "The Starless World" by Gordon Eklund, 1978.

"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie."

I understand an argument has been made about why to stay on the former Twitter. Here is my counterargument: It's a miserable fucking place run by a fascist catering to fascists, and I've been much happier not being on it, so there

Noch zwei Wochen – dann gibts ein brandneues Abenteuer mit dem kleinen Perry, Thora und Gucky! Wer schon mal ein wenig angeteast werden möchte: Es gibt einen Trailer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=42gj...

Man muss es immer wieder betonen: Seenotrettung ist kein Verbrechen.

What GIF pops up when you type your name?

HOLY SHIT this is the absolute gayest (laudatory) thing I have seen in a month where I taught Clarion and attended Readercon. youtu.be/dB7NsWHCQv4?...

Meine Fresse. Die Nazis furzen seit Jahren die gleiche gelogene Grütze in den Äther, aber die sekundärbegabten Praktikanten bei der ARD können keinen Factcheck vorbereiten?

Ja. Men jeg ryger ikke.

Italians know how to protest - and look damn hot while doing it. #venice #fckbezos

Thor was not amused. Or, arguably, Jupiter, as we're in Italy...

Buongiorno di Venezia! ✊

Ah, Venice.

#otd Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, stars Jimi Hendrix Experience, Janis Joplin, The Who, Moby Grape, Otis Redding, Mamas And The Papas and The Grateful Dead. Brian Jones was among the crowd.

Never forget that #SesameStreet once did a sketch based on Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, which involved a Swedish fisherman counting seals until he found the seventh one.

Born #otd Orpheus, Demi-God, founder of classical culture. King Solomon according to the Ethiopian calendar, Patron of Magic.

#otd CIA. The report on President Ford's commission on the Central Intelligence Agency was published in 1975. It referred to some of the agency's activities as "plainly unlawful".

Guter Text, aber Reskeet auch weil: Vielleicht weiß ja jemand was, wo jemand kompetentes für Was mit Medien (TM) gesucht wird?

#otd St. Joan of Arc burnt at Rouen in 1431.

While @louiestowell.bsky.social is referring to #Loki here, think that @kriegundfreitag.bsky.social may feel seen... #stickfigures

#otd Prince Buster born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1939. He began his career as a boxer and DJ before "Wash Wash" and "I Feel The Spirit" brought him fame in 1962. "Al Capone" reached No. 18 in the UK charts in 1967. After over 200 singles he finally concentrated on production.

Omg, 😍. “This is a site for pictures of owls… in towels.” owlsintowels.org

#otd The Crickets released their first record in 1957, with Buddy Holly as lead singer.

#otd The Venerable Bede dies in 735.

This Sunday,May the 25th a new GET YOUR GENKI show will be available on @currybunradio.net . With songs from @yuragilandsjp @superkickass_ and a special with @v3PqSj5iwriFMIv ! Their debut album is available on our Bandcamp Page! Broadcasting times 👇 currybun.net/show/genki-s...

#otd Bob Dylan's Bar Mitzvah in 1954.

Nothing like unwrapping a fresh cassette tape... Look how pretty it is! @getyourgenki.bsky.social have outdone themselves again. Get your next dose of Japanese indie tunes on getyourgenki.bandcamp.com 🎸🎌

#otd T.Rex reach UK No. 1 with "Metal Guru" in 1972.

May 19, 1925: Malcolm X born in Omaha, Nebraska. From hustling, drug addiction and imprisonment, Malcolm Little became Malcolm X, fervent Black Muslim, and prophet of black revolution. He was murdered in 1966 after his breakaway from the parent Muslim group.

Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name. His Holiness Franzbrötchen III

Habemus hot dog! Hail Eris!

#otd The Mamas and The Papas reach US No. 1 with "Monday, Monday" in 1966.

I skipped the #otd for May 6th, so here it is: Orson Welles born in 1915. "Citizen Kane" established as a new force in the cinema. Also acted in "The Long Hot Summer" (1958), "A Man For All Seasons" (1966), "Catch 22" (1970) and many other films. Recently taken to TV commercials.

#otd 1972: Captain Crunch, John Thomas Draper, arrested by the FBI in Los Gatos, CA. Named after the cereal which used to give away toy whistles that had a perfect 2,600 cycle tone, the tone needed to enter the "tandems", long distance telephone circuits between cities. He was the friend of (1/2)

#otd 1967: International Times 14 Hour Technicolor Dream All Night Rave at Alexandra Palace, London. Among the 41 groups playing were the Pink Floyd who premiered their 2nd single "See Emily Play". First event of the "Summer of Love".

#otd Benito Mussolini executed by Italian partisans in 1945, whilst trying to flee the country. Sic semper tyrannis.

Born #OTD in 1918: Ella Fitzgerald, great blues and jazz singer, famed for her scat-singing.

#OTD in 1916: "Easter Rising" in Dublin against the British. ✊🇮🇪

#OTD 1976: Timothy Leary released from jail in San Diego. He had served half of a ten-year sentence for marijuana possession.

#OTD James Last, of easy-listening fame, born in Bremen, Germany, in 1929.

#OTT, April 15: Bessie Smith born in Knoxville, Tennessee. The greatest woman blues singer ever. Her songs have influenced all, from Billie Holiday to Janis Joplin. She died in a car crash in 1937, leaving behind her such classic recordings as St. Louis Blues & Gimme A Pig-foot And A Bottle Of Beer.

Found this in a giveaway box on the street today. Let's see if we pick a daily fact... Published in 1977, mind, so nothing newer than that. But not much happened in Rock after that anyway, right?

Wenn ihr die MdaVs hört, bitte ausfüllen! Falls ihr die MdaVs nicht hört: Warum zum Henker nicht?! Sofort abonnieren!

Elon Musk is not a genius - he’s the afterbirth of apartheid wealth, suckled on stolen labor and colonial myth, incubated in a delusion where whiteness is worth and arrogance is intellect. 1/8

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