“Measles scare hits creationist Ark Encounter as unvaccinated visitor spreads infection” www.rawstory.com/ark-encounte...

Is that number of teenage girls the president has raped?

VSO threatens former violinist with legal action after speaking out about abuse allegations vancouversun.com/news/vso-thr...

Apple pie, out of the oven! Now we wait for it to cool.

Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT? Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador. These are their stories. https://propub.li/492QTqQ

The deportees sent by the Trump administration suffered torture, inhumane conditions and, in some cases, sexual violence. Here’s what they told us:

At last, a chance to repost my favourite ever font-related controversy with alt-text, now that Calibri is back in the news.

I need to stop being friendly to strangers and acquaintances. It must be a holdover from when I was a dog in a previous life. How do I learn to adopt the cool politeness of a cat with claws temporarily retracted?

I put up a recent track I'm fond of for bandcamp friday! another arcadia is a love letter to the deep desert: isaacschankler.bandcamp.com/track/anothe...

“Being complicit in criminal stuff and not standing up to bad people doing bad things carries possible risk of consequences for use of free will— Even if you were — say it with me — just following orders. News at 11.”

Please stop using Grok or any AI to prove a point on social media. Every time you use it, it drinks fresh water and sucks up energy. Every time you use it, it pollutes a neighborhood (that is probably Black or brown. Every time. Boycott it for the sake of the planet and your fellow human beings.

He said "Amen" straight into the drop Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible

Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist? MAMDANI: I've spoken about-- TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.

After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run. We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader. If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇

Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...

Big yawns

This is brilliant!

Are you still using Spotify Premium? Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify

Dance break over. And now, I attempt to uninstall and reinstall ProTools. 😭

I think we can all use a little dance break. Please join me in "Da' Dip": www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKA9...

Perfect for Halloween: A great video (and tune) by one of my favorite bands. youtu.be/PxVyn15OZ7E?...

Join here - more actions coming soon: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

One year ago

"Look at 1930s, 1940s Germany," the Illinois National Guard member continued. "There is a point where if you didn't stand up to the Gestapo, are you just actively one of them now?"

First official review for "The Audacity"! "A sonically engaging effort, the modern recording techniques illuminates Shim’s superb playing and atypical vision that we can all appreciate." - Take Effect takeeffectreviews.com/october-2025...

This is a dry-run for the mid-terms.

Tonight, I’m performing in Chicago: Ear Taxi Festival 6 Degrees Composers Music of Regina Harris Baiocchi, Kyong Mee Choi, Ester Hana, Janice Misurell-Mitchell. Patricia Morehead, Africa Brown 7:30 p.m. Columbia College/Sherwood Hall eartaxifestival.com

How is it that CLE has more vegan food options than SJC??

the shittiest art you DO make is always better than the perfect art you never make

Out today: "Canto Caló" by Nicolás Lell Benavides. With two major works exploring New Mexican identity, ancestral memories of grandparents, and how those live and breathe within us, cultural connections over generations and what is lost and gained when we revisit our roots:

Timeline cleanse. Here’s Pebbles, sunbathing while keeping an eye out for squirrels.

It’s been a looong week. - Monday afternoon.

OK, apparently we have to do this again.

I crossed something off my to-do list that I intended to complete in Jan 2024. (I actually finally did the thing!) Omg. A huge weight has lifted!!

Big day today! First, it's Bandcamp Friday! A great time to pick up my new album. meerenai.bandcamp.com/album/the-au...

just a reminder that bandcamp friday is tomorrow & streaming services are interrupting music streams with ai generated shit, flooding the database with artists that don't exist in any way other than profiting the platform owners so instead of paying a monthly fee, buy an album or two each month ok

Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

Good news of the day! 🌈📚

Timeline cleanse. Here's Pebbles, the most beautiful doggie in the world. As an only child, Pebbles gets her own professional photoshoot. Photo by Ellen Shershow Photography.

So my new album is still new. (Am I allowed to call it new if it’s more than 24 hours old? Damn.) Please take a listen. (Ain’t too proud to beg, I guess.) tr.ee/vP6B28K93d

One of the best comedy specials I’ve seen. 10/10. No notes!

An excerpt from “Whispers on the Wind” by @ebakermusic.bsky.social from my recital on Sunday night at the Center for New Music in San Francisco. #contrabassflute

California’s S.B. 524, which puts important safeguards on police using AI to write police reports, has passed through the statehouse. Now it’s time for us to tell Governor Newsom to sign it into law. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Robin Williams told the story of being on a German talk show, and being asked why he thought there wasn't much comedy in Germany; he replied "Could it be because you killed all the funny people?"

I have a solo show tonight in San Francisco!

‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms. ‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms. But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.

Charlie Kirk Quote “I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.” www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk...