NOT MANI FROM THE STONE ROSES AND PRIMAL SCREAM! Ugh, this year is relentless

Tired: 6…7 Wired: 3/4 zip and a matcha

Since 2012, just three major labels control 85% of the sale and distribution of music in the US: Sony, Universal, and Warner. Marinate on that.

I heard “6,7” in a FOIA-able federal government meeting. That phrase is officially cooked.

Being in a hardcore band is 100x cooler than being a tech bro. Teenage bros: just grab a guitar or some drums, turn it up to 10, scream about your problems. Repeat as needed. PS “Crisis of Masculinity” sounds like the name of the debut album by the a band heavily influenced by Judge.

Plain language suggestion #1: ditch the cumbersome “Emoluments” and replace it with “Corruption.”

Might have to screen up some “I survived a 43-day government shutdown and all I got was this lousy t-shirt” shirts for my fellow Federal employees

Hi from 50 UN Plaza, a federal building where many of my 18F colleagues used to report. Day 40 of the shutdown. 2 missed paychecks, part of a third. Federal employees (including my colleagues @ Dept of Ed) continue working without knowing when they’ll be paid, or are furloughed. #Shutdown2025

Max’s outerwear game remains unmatched. Saw this coat IRL!

A comprehensive high-speed rail system sure would come in handy right now…

They are fencing off the Vaillancourt Fountain at EMB 😢

An interesting day to be a Ugandan-American from NY

Anyone who thinks generative AI will one day overtake humans has never read a poem, novel, or an essay about sports (in this case, baseball) penned by an Irish author.

AQI in Los Angeles is about to be terrible. God bless them.

ABSOLUTE SCENES CHEZ KIGONGO

Using Sylvester in a pumpkin spice latte commercial is absolutely criminal. Straight up Geneva Convention

“Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake uppppp. The government’s been shutdown for a month”

Dodgers y’all

A Simple Minds deep cut in a ChatGPT commercial? Just no…

Happy Halloween 🐈‍⬛🍫

Gate Night greetings to all the bored suburbanites who celebrate

My favorite part of the @mostlyskate.bsky.social interview with Kalis was him talking about how skateboarding isn't a sport, it's culture and an art. That was excellent.

$118 (including fees) to see Cut Copy in Downtown LA? Man…

Strip the Astros’ 2017 title

The legalization of mobile app-based sports betting = a straight up disaster. Never mind the normalization of gambling lexicon into sports chatter and reporting. Doggg…gambling, like any other addiction, can and will destroy your life.

Shame your friends for posting AI slop in the chat. Especially music (eg Misfits songs in a doo-wop style). It’s an insult to every one who put in the hours to learn an instrument or how to produce.

SNL hasn’t been funny in decades and musical guests are always mixed terribly.

Doggg, the government is still shut down.

Why use AI to identify the flowers on display at the shop WHEN U CAN JUST ASK THE PERSON BEHIND THE COUNTER. Enough with this anti-social filth!

World Series prediction: Dodgers in 6

What did you think of the new Deathwish video? Who stood out in There’s video? How is Kai Kishi that good!?! Liston for takes on this week’s Mostly Skateboarding Podcast with @kigongo.bsky.social , @frozenincarbonite.bsky.social, and me. www.mostlyskateboarding.net/2025/10/deat...

Saw a good dog on the bus

A lady on the bus is watching videos of burglars getting shot during failed home invasions. No headphones.

Digital delay on a Friday night 🥱

Elite tier burn

People out here arguing about the headcount of the Civil Rights movement vs No Kings. Social media really is an intellectual dead zone…

No end in sight for the federal government shutdown.

Releasing singles and albums in different formats (format wars) is a long-established chart manipulation tactic. The critics should probably read more. Everyone did this in the 90s. Even indie labels were dragged into the mud.

A friend of mine described The Black Keys as “domestic beer commercial soundtrack music AKA ‘Bud rawk.’” A clumsy term shouldn’t have stuck, but somehow it did. Man, we all used to spend a lotta time sitting around roasting popular bands. And unlike social media, you can go deep when hating IRL 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Dean & Deluca > Erewhon

Re - taking filming @ shows. Concert attendees should follow the same rules as most photographers: first three songs, then you’re done.

A little Television for @ptrq.bsky.social. This Jazzmaster is in desperate need of fresh strings and a setup. I’ll do that this weekend…

A lot of people got dogs during COVID and never trained them. Bringing an unruly or straight up untrained dog into restaurants or stores is a problem waiting to happen.

The government’s been shutdown for a week. Has Mark Cuban posted unsolicited advice for furloughed federal employees yet?

🗣️ We're hosting an archival version of "plainlanguage.gov" to help make sure this trusted resource remains available to folks who need it.

Shout out to Teen Vogue for consistently delivering the goods over the last decade.

I met Yngwie Malmsteen at Sacramento Airport and he was super nice 🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake uppppp. It’s the first of tha month. The government is shut dowwwwn

I still have no idea if I’m essential or non-essential. Anyway this political brinksmanship is an insult to every federal employee who has taken the Oath of Office.