One week away!

Finally jumping into this one

Teachers: "Please help us get AI out of schools, it's ruining education!" Students: "Please don't make us use AI, it's ruining our lives!" Politicians: "We hear you and we want to help you harness the power of AI." #NihilismAndTechnology

Minibeast is a three-piece band comprised of Peter Prescott (formerly of Mission of Burma, Volcano Suns, Kustomized) playing guitar, keys, noises (mouth & other) Minibeast (Providence, RI) minibeast.bandcamp.com The Conformists theconformists.bandcamp.com/music CAN’T canapostrophet.bandcamp.com

Side two 😮‍💨

“why did the US spend so much money killing people in Afghanistan when it could’ve used that money to help people in the US?” — one of my Afghan refugee students

mark your calendars for TUESDAY JULY 7 at @leftbankbooks.bsky.social —  I'll be chatting with the endlessly talented, the one and only, @kellathornton.bsky.social left-bank.com/event/2026-0...

As seen in South STL this morning.

Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

Probably not good that one of the few beliefs held across the entire political spectrum is that a shit ton of events are false flags Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Now that’s a jazz album cover

anyone know what these small black bugs on my elderberry are?

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this is such a shit, undemocratic decision - it will so clearly suck, and cause a bunch of problems, and it bring zero jobs to st. louis www.stlmag.com/news/midtown...

That time of year

Wife is out of the house so I’m playing this one loud

Finally watched this. Must see for STLians www.pbs.org/show/percy-g...

Great

could be us stl theconversation.com/detroits-pop...

We have entered the “you can’t kill me if I commit suicide” phase of American Decline

“We always seem to have money for war. But not to feed the poor.”

If only we could all agree on this basic reality

There's something old-timey about Monk's music. Something like old, elaborately carved wooden furniture about it. You can almost smell his music. youtu.be/GuoIJA7_Tm0?...

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

It’s only a war crime if somebody else does it

When Raw Power is not raw enough

Love walking by and seeing kids listening to the good stuff!

Obviously I’ll probably only end up being able to catch half of these but here’s my Big Ears short list

Getting ready for my first time at Big Ears

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Godspeed You Reverend Gary Davis

Tucking this one away for when It Happens.

Remember when people were fired for *reposting* accurate quotes from Charlie Kirk after he was killed.

The attacks in Ecuador, Iran, Somalia, and the Eastern Pacific from March 6 through March 8 are part of President Donald Trump’s escalating world war against variously defined “terrorists.”

Delusional, yet he has a knack for predicting the future.

up now in @thenation.com - FEMA failures, Jeff City sabotage, and an argument for city-county blobification www.thenation.com/article/poli...

We’re opening for their drummer in a bit, so I’ve been on a Mission of Burma kick.

Always

When the drum full on the muzak sounds like someone is picking up the phone…

ICYMI: This is bad.

Too many “Conservative” parties aren’t conservative anymore. They’re right wing extremists, or worse.

Pinning this one until we reach quorum…

This one rips. Dave Holland on Bass and a dude on tuba!

What is the best Talk Talk album? *yes the solo album counts **no the earlier synth pop doesn’t

Saturday morning coffee