I got a lot of fascinating new-to-me insights from listening to this, and I've been a big not-fan of the ongoing moral panic for about 44 years. Well done, Sarah Marshall. content advisory: includes not only Patrick Swayze but many things much worse than Patrick Swayze

On the 7th day of Xmas, it is traditional to pitch a wang dang doodle all night long. 7th of #TwelveDrummersDrumming: Herlin Riley

This is canon.

Day 6 of #TwelveDrummersDrumming Guardian of the Groove James Black

PSAF is a small, all-volunteer organization. 100% of donations will be used to mitigate suffering.

The multi-headed monster which guards the Money River running through the DNC has been doing this for a long time, because it works. "Play possum" was presented to the base as counterintuitive and smart. This is how bad ideas are laundered into what L. Ron Hubbard called "acceptable truths."

Mike Mills smiled at me when he noticed I was mouthing along with his vocals while the attention of the audience around me was on some center-stage Stipean antics.

Hard hitter Nikki Glaspie hitting hard. 5th of #TwelveDrummersDrumming

I can't find audio of Carlo Nuccio doing what I loved best, in a free-form setting. I never saw or heard a performer better at taking charge of time and space. There are a lot of recordings of Carlo's immaculate contributions to pop gems. Here's one you've heard and… 4 of #TwelveDrummersDrumming

I never asked "when am I gonna use this?" but I keep getting answers to it. A: Four decades from now, someone will ask a silly question about a silly movie, and you will immediately know the correct response is 'Queequeg.'

The third day of #TwelveDrummersDrumming Herman Ernest III

A story of systemic racism and the Army Corps of Let-Us-Try (and of Nancy Mace, not mentioned in the text).

I'm unfamiliar with these movies, but I'll go with: Fair lady! Tell me, if my asking does not seem foolish, who the fuck is Tom Bombadil?

I don't care whether you think the season should be over now -- I intend to post #TwelveDrummersDrumming this Christmastide. Here's Smokey.

When I win the War on Xmas (which is highly unlikely) there will be no hype or decorations before Advent, there will be no fireworks on the formerly famously Silent Night, and people will be encouraged to be good to one another at least until they hear the twelve drummers drumming.

Update: Leo Nocentelli is in the house.

George Porter, Jr.'s 78th birthday is tomorrow, but he kicks off the celebration tonight and rolls into the 26th as he has for years. If I could recommend just one show a year to almost anyone, it would be this one. Advertised showtime: 9 US central time, streaming live.

"From now on, it will not be your job to determine whether something is true, but whether it is in the spirit of Nazi revolution." - Bernhard Rust, Reichserziehungsminister

Born on this day in 1943, Walter Wolfman Washington

"The one mistake I think [the EU AI Act] makes is they spend a lot of time regulating the AI and not the humans behind the AI," he said.

I don't have any energy to give to a new Mozilla CEO announcement so I'm just gonna point you here, which still holds true.

Ten years ago, I got so tired of conservatives virtue-signalling by telling me they wished he wouldn't do the mean tweets that I started saying, "Well, I reckon he only does it because he's a mean-spirited piece of shit and he knows that won't stop you from from voting for him."

You will be visited by three spirits.

Documentarian Martin Shore captured a fascinating conversation between George Porter, Jr., Cyril Neville, and Ivan Neville about their resilience in the face of Mardi Gras brutality from cops, rent-a-cops, and citizens back in the day. #nolasky

Happy birthday to @chris-stamey.bsky.social and Peter Buck.

I don't often feel like I gotta hand it to the Democrats, but they do know how to put together a team to prevent the POTUS' naps from being televised.

insert a movie into another movie: Godzilla Kramer vs. Kramer Mechagodzilla

@travisview.bsky.social interviews Thomas Kelly, who's recently introduced a lot of cognitive dissonance about cognitive dissonance into the world. soundcloud.com/qanonanonymo...

Excellent!

The best skeet-sized answer to 'why doesn't/can't/won't ________ resist totalitarianism?' may be 'because ________ is being run as a business.'

Blimey www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sIM...

An immediate corollary to the policy against saying anything which could "potentially endanger" the physical safety of staff is that no one can say anything which might piss off a klansman.

Thinking of making this a Kyle Roussel fan account. youtu.be/VvHzmlpPgb4?...

Then they came for trans folk, but very smart, highly paid consultants said that voicing an opinion would be bad messaging, so I played possum.

Yes, but it would also be virtually impossible to create so many imaginary coins to trade and imaginary people to chat with.

Make a band singular Styk

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"mass slaughter, mayonnaise, and missionary position"

While I haven't seen any evidence Tyler Robinson was a groyper, I have been getting a lot of questions bc I write about Nick Fuentes. Here is a thread of some of my work about Fuentes and/or his followers.

the fact that this kid did a gopnik meme doesn't mean he was far right or a groyper or anything but it does mean he was the kind of Online who could have been exposed to those communities

E.R. Eddison, non-Decca Mitford sisters.

🔊Soul Power @wwozneworleans.bsky.social Playlist 06/14/2025 with Soul Sister, 8-10pm CT. 🎶 Listen via the Two Week Archive at wwoz.org. 📝 Hour 1 dedicated to my favorite Sly Stone recordings.

Before all of this, RWNJs boycotted Target because they were letting people use their bathrooms. It had little or no effect.

I had thoughts about the plantation burning. Lots of thoughts. time.com/7287295/burn...

Remember this vote next time you see @schiff.senate.gov posturing about corruption on MSNBC. This is a vote to make Donald Trump (and Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos) richer, while hurting families who deserve a fair economy and a functioning democracy.

The Biden WH gaslit their stans about his capacity for a few years, and until he dies and for a while thereafter corporate media will be able to leverage the cognitive dissonance about his health to bring eyeballs to ads, so they will.

"South Carolina law enforcement officials and politicians, including Gov. Henry McMaster, have essentially said that it is lawful for someone to unnecessarily shoot you to death in circumstances manufactured by the person who killed you."

This is a great resource.