cultural gerontocracy must be destroyed

Really hope to see less nostalgia and 60 year old references to pop culture in music/film/art in 2026.

This one has probably been lost to time sadly but Fburg had an ad for Kenmore Cleaners downtown with this old ass dude saying real slow, “in by 10 dirty, out by 4:30”. I was at a party years later & someone said that dude used to kick barrels of laundry chems into the Rappahannock at the city docks.

the most Remember That Guy? option though is eastern motors

In 2026, as we all (hopefully) continue cancelling our subscriptions to heartless streaming overlords, I hope we all support more artists directly thru Patreon & Bandcamp. Daniel's is my favorite Patreon I support... great stuff going on here, & you get to follow the whole process.

Whole lot of new music coming out in 2026 & regular posts with it on my patreon. I can’t thank everyone who contributed in 2025 enough, it literally keeps me going rn! ❤️‍🔥 www.patreon.com/DanielBachman Daniel Bachman | music, mixed media art, indy folklore/history research | Patreon

these “christian nationalists” aren’t afraid enough of hell

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. According to Cherokee belief, trees & plants were alive & could talk in the old days & had their place in

"Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate" "A change of just one degree celsius may alter the pitch of one of these instruments by 0.8 hertz"

physical music media at libraries was crucial in my upbringing and it must continue to adapt. local streaming servers of local artists and library funded internet radio are two ways to digitize the practice.

Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.

Happy winter solstice

Cooking beans and listening to slowdive takes taking me back to the prep room at Sammy ts 2006 😂

I started making music 20 years ago with a guitar and a drum machine and now I’m right back where I started and somehow it feels brand new.

Enjoyed this review of One Battle After Another more than the film. 'One Battle After Another' Isn't Up For The Fight | Defector

Practicing deep listening to the drone of the kerosene heater.

We need more resources for public history in this country.

Rainbow emanating from the base of Double Top this morning.

Food shortages, tents filled with sewage, and medical neglect are the grim norm at ICE's Fort Bliss detention center. Every new facility that ICE rushes to open is destined to be plagued by the same inhumane conditions unless Congress takes action.

Has anyone visited the Emancipation Oak in Hampton VA? I think I’m going to brave the 4 hour drive on Monday. It’s the last big destination for my tree project. www.atlasobscura.com/places/emanc... Emancipation Oak - Atlas Obscura

Make getting involved fighting local fossil fuel buildouts your New Year’s resolution for 2026. IMO it is the easiest way to take action against US corporate fascism and climate breakdown. FERC approves Southgate pipeline amendment < Appalachian Voices #nomvp

Is there anyone writing on the improvisational aspect of making field recordings? I’ve really been feeling that lately with my last couple site visits.

According to @lucasfebraro.bsky.social, Spotify is running recruitment ads in Israel for armed units in the Israel Prison Service, the system that runs prisons where, according to the UN, Israel enforces a state policy of organized torture.

Thoughts on Settler Colonialism and Climate Breakdown for my post about sea level rise in the Chesapeake Bay region. My work is 100% self funded at the moment, thanks to everyone who helps us out with Patreon support! ❤️‍🔥 "Loblolly Pine Tsenacommacah"

…if beaches are lost to sea level rise, the few plants that are well adapted to the harsh beach environment will be lost. Habitat for…sand diggers, sand fleas, & beach tiger beetles will be lost. Shorebirds that rely on beaches for forage and nesting will face more limited resources.

We visited a section of the Chesapeake thats losing land to sea level rise & worked with a very young loblolly pine growing in the sand along the beach. This area was among the earliest places explored by settler John Smith in 1607 on expeditions/raids around the tributary rivers of Tsenacommacah.

With the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by the Senate on Wednesday, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is all but assured to become a federally recognized tribal nation. https://to.pbs.org/3KWT1IA

The rate of sea-level rise along U.S. coastlines has more than doubled over the past 125 years, according to a new analysis, contrasting the Trump administration's widely criticized assessment of climate science released this summer.

Somebody needs to do a documentary on the Top Dog Law guy.

Nice warm day out at Hugglett Point today. Got some great stuff. You can see the trees dead and dying from saltwater intrusion, with stumps sticking out of the water up and down the beach.

Driving back from Kilmarnock rn and Montross wins best Xmas decorations for all the towns in the Northern Neck this year. It’s almost too much.

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A really valuable read: open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...

Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.

Santa is not happy with this Christmas forecast 😢 Huge heat dome with temperatures 30-40° above normal across much of the nation’s middle. The only places which may escape the heat are the edges… NW/NE and Great Lakes. We’re still 9 days out and some changes are still possible. Stay tuned!

HELL YEAH

Anybody else live through any rain bomb style extreme precipitation events this year? This is a pic of me when our home flooded and we had to evacuate. 3 1/2 of water in places after 9” of rain in a short period of time.

Talking to our neighbor on the phone about whether this is a spaceship or not. 3I/ATLAS Showing Strange Protrusion as It Approaches Earth

For every 1°C that we heat the atmosphere can hold approximately 7% more water. Extreme precipitation willl become more frequent putting people living near seasonal rivers at great risk. We need robust early warning systems for people living near rivers! youtu.be/93K0ZyfTUPs #ClimateLiteracy

Hoping that American artists & music press gets more engaged with climate breakdown in 2026. Our country is in a dangerous era of anti science thinking, engagement from cultural workers could be a powerful way to confront that. ❤️‍🔥

It may be cold today for many🥶, but winter as a season is warming quickly across the country🌡️📈. Learn more about how winter is changing in the long-term across the U.S. tomorrow at our new climate-focused webinar series! 🗓️Tuesday, December 16 | 12pm ET 🔗Register: buff.ly/HOGFZIP

I just want to say how happy and proud I am of @aldonanana.bsky.social for taking a huge leap of faith leaving a toxic work environment and moving to the free lance lifestyle as a professional genealogist!❤️‍🔥 olivemillgenealogy.com Olive Mill Genealogy – Genealogist in Madison County, Virginia

Finally heading back to this area tomorrow to work with pine trees that will soon become ghost forests experiencing sea level rise & salt water intrusion. Last time we were out here we got the dates wrong & the beach access was closed for shore bird nesting. Three locations left for my tree project.

As global temps rise, each 1C of heating corresponds to about a 7% increase in atmospheric moisture.

Does anyone out there know how to get a message to Bob Dylan. The Hobart Smith birthday party in Saltville VA would like to get in touch because he cited Smith as a main influence on his early sound.

Our lettuce miraculously survived the sub 0 wind chill last night. The diakons…not so much, but we might be able to salvage some.

Aldona & I have a new Encyclopedia VA entry up today about legendary Salem ballad singer Texas Gladden. Really grateful for all the work EV staff put into this, it was very cool to try & use her own words as much as we could. Texas was the sister of famous songster Hobart Smith, she was also a poet.

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