I’ve had to sit through Schumer deliver the same lame speech at least three times now

Listen again: a closer listen / 10th May 2026 26th - #Drone Playing tracks by Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart, Raz Mesinai, Charbel Haber, Nicolás Jaar and Sary Moussa, Nkisi, Masimba Hwati & Paul Nataraj and more. @acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...

Journalists, let’s be careful about the language we use when writing or talking about AI. Here’s a thread — @emilymbender.bsky.social, I know you pay attention to this, too, so feel free to chime in. (1/x)

@subvert.fm Is there a WordPress embed (that is, an embeddable player) for Subvert albums or tracks?

🎂 Some thoughts after 20 years 🎂 of slow-cooking critical thinking through conversations at Radio Web MACBA re-imagine-europe.eu/news/radio-w... 🙏

Sunday! listen.camp 10-11am: Modern Jetset @irisberkeley.bsky.social 4-5pm: Modern Jazz from around Europe @londonpete99.bsky.social 6-7pm: A Closer Listen @acloserlisten.bsky.social Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/ *⏰CEST

a nice series of mixes I made in spring 2020 soundcloud.com/acloserliste...

a nice series of mixes I made in fall 2020 soundcloud.com/acloserliste...

AI is a massive problem. Every semester I fail people for using it, but I'm confident there are a lot more. It generates an intense air of mutual suspicion and anxiety because the temptation to use it is so strong, no matter what the consequences might be.... nymag.com/intelligence...

There was a time when the ultra-wealthy in this country at least pretended to acknowledge their privilege and their luck. It helped fuel a sense of civil obligation. These days, however: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/n...

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

A new report this morning revealed historic levels abuse by ICE against detainees. And the government was documenting it all. www.adamkinzinger.com/p/top-news-c...

Of course, we would strongly encourage you to also read the full research article, which we published last week!

Curious about the role of VC influence in defence but no time to read my full research artice? I have a shorter version of the @finandsoc.bsky.social article on VC and military AI up now with @theconversation.com. Check it out! theconversation.com/the-silicon-...

Fortunes in general

I have been publishing YA novels for 20 years. I have seen a lot of nonsense written about the category, but this HarperCollins imprint has set a new bar. If anything is “cynical” or tailored for “shock value,” it’s this campaign, which might as well be from Moms for Liberty. This is loathsome.

“There’s this river of music inside of Jeff. He is a remarkably sensitive human being who is all about being in a situation and listening and wanting to be of service to the music, without any theatrics or bombast. He just does it.”—Flea in Pitchfork Jeff Parker profile pitchfork.com/features/how...

A CLOSER LISTEN WEEKLY #108.5 Spring Mini-Reviews Marathon II acloserlisten.substack.com/p/a-closer-l...

Rhythm Nation was one of the first CDs I ever had and for a while was one of only a handful I owned. In retrospect the sound of that record had a huge role in shaping my sensibilities.

This one is for Dana Bash (and for the great Jamie Raskin in a different way), because in the middle of a berserker rampage by the right, those of us on the liberal-to-left spectrum are supposed to stop it through seraphic politeness, according to the lost souls in the middle of the road.

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

Welp. That's an easy uninstall.

I love @mayor.nyc.gov! @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social YES!

If you think AI surveillance cameras aimed at drivers’ faces is a good idea (no matter how well intentioned the justification), you are a naive fool. This data will be harvested, sold to fascists, and used to imprison activists. Oh, and car companies will 100% use it for ads you can’t turn off.

got to go crazy with with Mack from Phantom Power! Thank you Mack! www.mackhagood.com/podcast/will...

Oh hell yeah, the @romanmars.bsky.social / @alondra.bsky.social superhero team-up I’ve been waiting for! It’s so good it should have its own clause in the constitution.

Happy 50th to @stevereich.bsky.social's 'Music for 18 Musicians'!

Minneapolis 👇💕

WFMU’s print zine, Lowest Common Denominator, is accepting submissions for our summer Issue! We’re looking for: • Art: Comics, illustration, collage, photography, etc.—one page or less preferred • Writing: Up to 500 words Deadline: Fri., 5/15 Submit at wfmu.org/lcd. Questions? Email [email protected]

the penne opticon

We really need to stop congratulating the rich and famous for vaguely gesturing towards the bare minimum just bc they see which way the wind is blowing.

I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example. www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...

an incredibly important project by Connie Walker — most Canadians don't know that the government has an archive of 38,000 residential school survivor testimonies, which are slated to be destroyed next year www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

clavicular? sneako? are we living in a dick tracy comic??

I spent two weeks looking into accusations that Hasan Piker is antisemitic. What I found was damning: prominent organizations and leaders have spread total falsehoods about him. Whether he's antisemitic is for you to decide. But everyone should care when the ADL & politicians spread disinformation.

This is murder. Inflicted not just on the students and faculty of this wonderful institution, but on the American people. Without higher education, we are doomed to be a nation of peasants, lorded over by a handful of wealthy aristocrats.

so what I’m getting from this is that no one at the paper relentlessly running op-eds about how college is “woke” now could even be bothered to go to history class when they had the chance

Media companies are increasingly blocking the Internet Archive from archiving their material (but at the same time using the site to gather data for their stories). [wired.com]

I don’t know how people keep forgetting that workers rights were entirely written in blood and the capital class had to be threatened with violence before they agreed to things like 8 hour working days and 2 day weekends.

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

They don’t know how war works and they don’t know how negotiations work—but they do know how grift works. Our oligarchs will make money, Putin will make money, and that’s the only "victory" they care about. As a war this is obviously a defeat for the US—had the US won it would be dictating terms.

🐰🇮🇷 Close the Strait! 🦆🇺🇸 Open the Strait! 🐰🇮🇷 Close the Strait! 🦆🇺🇸 Open the Strait! 🐰🇮🇷 Open the Strait! 🤭 🦆🇺🇸 Close the Strait! 🐰🇮🇷 Open the Strait! 🦆🇺🇸 Close the Strait! Look, I say we're closing the Strait, and that's final! Don't try to talk me out of it! 🤡

6-7pm: A Closer Listen Joseph from ACL mixes the latest in new releases, showcasing records recently reviewed on the blog as well as some special treats. @acloserlisten.bsky.social | acloserlisten.com #Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone *⏰CEST

Congrats to my old friend Aadam Jacobs, deservingly receiving international recognition from numerous press sites for creating probably the most important live music archive of the past 30 years, simply by being Aadam.

We assassinated their head of state. We abused and betrayed negotiations twice. It’s not gonna be a third time. There’s no easy way back from this.

"With his bloodthirsty utterances, his fierce loyalty to Trump and his appalling inability to manage this huge moment in world history, Hegseth is every bit the disaster that anybody sensible could have seen coming," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.

Pete Hegseth believes that Jesus guides Tomahawk missiles, even when they hit elementary schools. I wrote about the roots of his militant faith - from the Crusades to the confederacy - and what they mean for the US and Iran today.