$220 million for a fascist ad campaign is bad enough. But it's all to line the pockets of Noem's friends and their families. The details in here are nuts. www.propublica.org/article/kris...

He got a doctorate in physical therapy and worked in Tucson as a PT for 23 years. But he had sold $140 worth of LSD when he was 18, so he became ICE bait. Now he's been deported to Laos, the country he left at age 6. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports. tucson.com/news/local/s...

The Ethicist | My husband was sentenced to 30 years in prison for defrauding homeless orphans on Medicaid. His lawyer says we should appeal, but is it okay to skip straight to mass-purchasing Trump crypto to get a pardon?

"From the mid-1970s until her death, Merril spent much time in the Canadian peace movement, including traveling to Ottawa dressed as a witch in order to hex Parliament for allowing American cruise missile testing over Canada." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_...

Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”

Some video kicks open.substack.com/pub/jaybabco...

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique

Analysis | The Epstein revelations have roiled Trump’s base. Here’s how many kids worldwide his administration will have to starve to win the base back.

genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other

Opinion | It's time for eight brave House Democrats to step up and block the release of the Epstein files. by John Fetterman and Tim Kaine

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and it is now clear to me that the President of the United States is a pedophile. But at least I know that the Cracker Barrel logo won't be changed any time soon.

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I was just detained by ICE for 10 days despite being a citizen carrying Real ID. But at least I know the Oberlin Student Senate won’t be doing land acknowledgements any more.

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Interesting bit of retro-futurism, BBC's Tomorrow's World programme in 1967 filming the light machines of Mike Leonard at his house in Highgate - with music by his tenants, Pink Floyd. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzY9...

It's a night of listening to Bunny Berigan 78s in a room in NYC with friends and strangers. Livestream from The Hot Club on zoom til 1030pm EST. hotclubny.org

Opinion | Eight Democratic senators just sold their constituents out for nothing more than a pat on the head from Joe Scarborough. Even Judas asked for 50 pieces of silver.

This is a very specific chess analogy

This was a very enjoyable thread.

Hmm it doesn't look like they really have the votes. (Which would be good, because this is a bad deal.)

"Fugs Film!" feature doc world premiere Wed Nov 12 at IFC Center in NYC w/ filmmaker Chuck Smith and Fug Ed Sanders doing Q & A, 2nd screening Nov 14 w/ Smith and Jeffrey Lewis Q & A // also you can screen it online in your hovel for a brief period, info at link www.docnyc.net/film/fugs-fi...

Thank you to all 12,205 players who joined our Memorial Arena for GM Daniel Naroditsky. Today would have been Danya's 30th birthday. We will remember him for his passion and inspiration, as one of the brightest advocates for chess. lichess.org/tournament/n...

Playing the sounds of autumnal ambiance on the air/net streams from 10am-Noon ET. Tun in via 91.3FM or Direct: wvkr.org Apple: music.apple.com/us/station/w... Follow this thread for playlist

Wow! How have I never seen this. Thank you @dadadrummer.bsky.social and, laterally @byroncoley.bsky.social and I guess even more laterally @jonpareles.bsky.social

The Josephine Foster e.p is moving fast. Only 3 left on our Bandcamp and prob no chance for a restock so hop on it if ya want it 😬 eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/distro...

Monster seen in natural habitat! 🧟‍♂️ Doyle caught at Tower Records on Sunset, 1981... the two old ladies flipping thru the Religious racks never knew what hit them 👹 More Misfits macabre-ness: www.bazillionpoints.com/books/preord... #doyle #themisfits #misfits #horrorpunk #walkamongus #hardcorepunk

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Sorry, been listening to the new Dylan album a lot

Three of my neighbors were forcibly illegally detained over night by masked ICE agents who refused to show ID, my youngest kid died of measles, and I can’t afford to feed the other two, but at least I sleep easy at night knowing the damn Jew at the bagel shop has to say “Merry Christmas” this year.

Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake

Just remembered that adding beer to whatever you've got cooking on the stove is almost always a good idea.

if you’re only a casual Tesla watcher you might not realize that Elon has mostly pivoted away from cars and is now constantly talking about populating the earth with humanoid robots

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Save a little Thursday in a glass dish. A day will come when you'll be glad to have it warmed up on toast points.

There's lots in this piece that I'd argue about, but the central point is spot-on: social problems all over the world are rooted in the long-term, state-encouraged dispossession of smallholders by industrial agriculture, wrecking communities as it empties the countryside.

New York to the haters: Drop Dead in this week's Groove, @dmey.bsky.social makes the case that while the billionaires and conservative crybabies wail and gnash their teeth, New York is, in fact, at the start of a new golden age: nygroove.nyc/nyc-golden-a...

How it started. How it’s going.

This sentimental old softie still associates this time of year with the album that utterly bewitched him at age 17, in 1988. I know every non-word.

“To design it he leaned into his fascination with the mythologies of traditional masks from African antiquity and his childhood memory of seeing Parliament-Funkadelic in concert; the sculpture is named after the band’s 1975 album.”

Good listen, check it out. A 'Behind the Music' on the final, lost Pussy Galore album: pop-catastrophe.co.uk/pussy-galore...

New awareness campaign

SCOOP : I got hold of the death threats, doxes and attacks teachers in Arizona are facing after a TPUSA spokesperson inaccurately claimed they mocked Charlie Kirk during Halloween. "We’re coming for you. Literally driving to Tucson as we speak You fucking wait.” www.wired.com/story/arizon...

Enthusiasm level update: the woman handing out Cuomo flyers on the corner said “you can just throw it away if you want”

Source: Dick Cheney to be buried in an undisclosed location.

AFA MEMBERS ONLY: JACQUES TATI’S ‘TRAFIC’ (FREE SCREENING) *rare 35mm screening! November 5 at 7:00 You can become a member today! Details: www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...

I am transitioning to the other realm.

"This week I logged on to Suno, an artificial intelligence music platform. I had just read a new study that found that most participants couldn’t distinguish Suno’s music from human compositions, and I wanted to try it for myself." www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-...

The New Yorker have somehow made one of the greatest comedy skits in British television funnier through idiotic editing