Speaking of that "crisis of confidence" speech from Carter... That national solar bank accounting for 20 percent of American energy sounds mighty fine right about now... 25-30 years late, maybe, but never too late to cut dependence on fossil fuels, right?

Man, remember when Jimmy Carter gave that "crisis of confidence" speech? I don't, because I wasn't alive then. But I sure am thinking about that right now, for a lot of reasons.

Okay anyway in real cool news: I have started writing for esteemed music blog START TRACK run by @filip.start-track.com and the first of many articles to come is now live. Please go check out Lord Jane's new EP "The Lifting of the Fog" -> start-track.com/ep-lord-jane...

You ever sit in a library pondering that perhaps everything has gone to shit, but then you look out the window and see the sky and trees and remember the Earth spins on regardless, and you just gotta give the Earth a round of applause in your head like "Good job Earth, give it up for the Earth!"

Megyn Kelly - as it is with all like her - feeds off your anger. She lives to consume your time and energy. And yet her cravenness will consume her, and history will only record her dark nature. Amen.

As someone who never considered myself “handy”, watching this has made me feel incredibly superior and better about myself. Get good, Barstool Boy!

Ohtani winning NL MVP: Makes sense, Tungsten Arms O’Doyle, historic performances, World Series winner, fine Judge winning AL MVP: The entire city of Seattle should march to the Bronx and rip Yankee Stadium down to the studs out of spite. Justice for Big Dumper.

Once more I declare that while my connection to any sort of religion is similar to that of a 56k modem (slow, old, falling apart), even I can tell you this is the kind of thing Jesus would have flipped tables over.

<cheese> In terms of professional fulfillment, I feel it the most when I write music, and when I write about other people's music. It lets people know that someone - even if it's just a strange man in his house in New England - is listening. </cheese>

Great insight here and a reminder of why staff-owned publications like @defector.com and @aftermath.site and @flaminghydra.com et al are so important. To this day I still curse Jim Spanfeller's name.

We need to bring back tape hiss. we need to bring back no high end when you hit the Dolby button. We need to bring back audible punches. We need to bring back sounding like shit.

a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

FIFTY years ago today, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members on board. As we must every November 10th, let us memorialize these souls with Gordon Lightfoot's ballad "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald": www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...

Just called @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov to say good on them for voting "No" on the cloture vote last night, and asked if they could knock some sense into Schumer and the Dems who caved. Go Mass, baby.

Ok, so the shutdown isn't over yet. The Senate's final vote hasn't happened. Which means there may still be time. (Which is a very hopeful and copeful thing to say. I know.)

Don’t get it twisted, The entire GOP would rather see us starve, weak moderate Dems will cave to them, and stronger establishment Dems may look good and vote fine but they won’t pressure their weak moderate colleagues to give the GOP the finger. This is why people are tired of this system. Enough.

I SEE YOU, @schumer.senate.gov I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW A) YOU SOLD OUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TONIGHT AND ON MANY NIGHTS AND B) YOU MADE FUN OF MY THEN-GIRLFRIEND/NOW-WIFE’S RED SOX HAT MEET ME IN THE OCTAGON, CHARLES

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

ATTN @democrats.senate.gov - DO NOT CAVE I KNOW. SHHHH. SHHHHHHHH

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

Dems: The funding bills on which you’ve asked us to vote put Americans at a serious disadvantage. We won’t budge. GOPs: Okay, but what if… we put Americans at MORE of a disadvantage… AND we banned abortion, just for kicks?

bluesky translates into real world experiences, part ???: seeing @lukeoneil47.bsky.social and @evangreer.bsky.social et al at the sinclair for some art and culture

Elon Musk got a trillion dollars and no one with any actual power batted an eye. Meanwhile 42 million people keep worrying about whether they’ll eat tomorrow, and suddenly it’s all “Oh we can’t feed you because of (insert procedural nonsense here)”

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Watching Senate proceedings on C-SPAN. Republicans blame Democrats for using people as "leverage", then immediately turn around and use people as leverage, then blame media for not blaming the shutdown on the Democrats. I didn't know it was Groundhog Day.

The vibes this week (personally) were too good and a new @themountaingoats.bsky.social album (and a fire one, at that) caps it off wonderfully. Now for a whole bunch of other vibes (globally) to get really cool all of the sudden.

If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing

Good God, Lemon. I should have studied law, or theory, or economics, or political science, or education, or something other than how to use Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut, things I already knew how to do!

good morning

Me last night:

be stoked, stay stoked, all around the country the people are back at it

Libbed out too hard last night, folks. Got too yooted on the hopium. Time to drink a big cup of coffee, slap my face, and get to work.

Last thought before bed: I sure am glad my eleventh-grade AP U.S. History teacher taught me who Eugene V. Debs was. Good night, everybody!

Just had a premonition of a phone call with my mom tomorrow: "I'm just saying, that Zohran Mamdani is six months younger than you and he's MAYOR OF NEW YORK."

DEAR ZOHRAN'S SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM. This is an R46 train with an R46 bell. The R46 did not HAVE pre-recorded announcements! Also the bell NEVER comes before the station announcement! (but besides that: hell yeah)

WE POPPIN' BOTTLES (of water, to stay hydrated) FOR ZOHRAN TONIGHT BABYYYY!

I don't know whether Bill Ackman is clueless here or intentionally racist, but either way: He is a putz. And so is Andrew Cuomo.

Schumer probably believes that a Mamdani vote would hurt his public image, for one reason or another. Chuck, brother. Your public image is hurt either way. The time to worry about that was at LEAST five years ago. Also, apologize for making fun of my wife's Red Sox hat.

Portnoy is a putz. He built his empire by preying on vulnerable folks, and it will eat him in the end. Also, the last time I saw him doing his shitty "One Bite" review at the Pizzeria Rustico by the Garden, I should have stepped on his foot. Not one of the North Shore's best and brightest.

I wrote this song “In The Event Of Your Untimely Death” a few weeks ago as kind of a silly little goof. Given the news of the day, I suppose it’s fitting to post. Excuse the poor lighting/audio and messy office and overall personal appearance!

Only thing I’ll say about Dick Cheney is that he got shot real bad by his friend on that hunting trip and still managed to live to 84. If only we all had that kind of health care!

All part of the grift, folks.

Cold, ice cold take: We need to cut down gambling on anything outside of a blackjack table in Vegas. And those companies like Kalshi, Polymarket, etc. have got to go.

what do you MEAN there’s no more baseball this year

It is November 2nd. I have seen far too many Christmas commercials. We JUST set the clocks back. Enough.

The Mets are technically undefeated in 2026. The season starts now. Let’s go Mets baby. All about the Mets baby. WOOOOOOOO

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

I hate to roll out the old argument again but if Obama had flaunted running for a third term, guys like Coach Tommy would have been apoplectic. Now it's "Well, don’t close the book on President Trump?” Close the fuckin’ book!