I wrote to my U.S. Senators and Representative this morning, pleading with them to take action to curb the unconstitutional and deadly actions by ICE. I reminded them of their oaths, their responsibilities, and that they know how things *will* eventually go. I don't expect much, but I have to try.

Searched for my U.S. Representative on here to see if there was an account I could interact with. Instead, found this. 😞

Read this.

I am going to this for general learning. I don’t consider myself an ideal candidate. Join if you can. I'm attending Contest Every Race's event, “Ready to Run” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/contest-ever...

🎵Listening to the wind howl🎵 🖤

Ashes, ashes, all fall down.

RIP Bobby.

About to see Richard Thomas in _Mark Twain Tonight!_ by Hal Holbrook. My wife invited me to tag along with her school group. I got to see Mr. Holbrook holding court as Samuel Clemens in college, nearly forty (gulp) years ago. We need Mark Twain (& art & wit & satire) right now.

An annual tradition youtube.com/shorts/pfkNY...

How and when do we get our country back?

It sucks being the citizen of a pariah state

Sorry for a paywall link to a “challenging” source for some, but this is infuriating. I WATCHED THE WHOLE THING ON C-SPAN!!! Plus the J6 Committee hearings. I’m so upset rn www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...

Still haven’t figured out the appropriate greeting or attire to commemorate Treason Day, but here we are, five years on. Hope all of my fellow supporters of democracy and the Constitution are holding up OK in these challenging times.

Seems like a lot going on here

I have soooo quit this, to my own detriment, I understand…but just the other day I was remembering how hard it felt to try to keep up on the clock app, the gram, all the other meta things, plus the channel. It destroyed what little time I already have for making music. So. I'll figure something out.

Maybe this year I will finally stop writing '2019' on my checks… 😏

The Second-Order Streisand Effect is a social phenomenon where if a party makes an effort to censor information, discussion and news about the censorship paradoxically leads to an increased awareness of Barbara Streisand, a musician whom most "Zoomers" would probably have otherwise never heard of

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1. n.pr/4scrT9d

BEEF JERKY TIME!

Happy Festivus to the rest of us.

LPT for those building out or adding gear to a home recording/production studio: you always need a couple more cables than you thought you’d need.

I just learned that Raul Malo has passed. (He had been fighting illness.) One of the great voices has been silenced. I will be listening to The Mavericks and Raul solo today.

The parks were intended for everyone. The holidays are opportunities to make our parks and our history a part of growing up. Help us get the word out to the superintendents. If this administration won't life em up, we will. Keep MLK day and Juneteenth no fee days. Its the right thing to do.

Chattanooga and surrounding area folks, here is a petition to save Enterprise South Nature Park from industrial development encroachment. I signed it, and hope you will too. #CHAparks c.org/pVkJJPC226

All eyes are on Montgomery County, Tennessee today! (As well as Davidson, of course, and some others…where are my Ashland City friends?) Special election in #TN07 will be decided tonight! Thanks to all who have supported, volunteered, and, most importantly, VOTED! Go vote if you haven’t. 🗳️✅🙏

Las elecciones son mañana para el Distrito 7. ¡Vota por @aftynbehn.bsky.social

Virtual #TN07 election eve rally with Aftyn and special guest speakers: mobilize.us/s/HvKnF7

Y'all. I may be smoking the hopium, but this report struck me with an energy about the future that I haven't felt in a while. Read it, if you haven't already. Contact your reps (which in Tennessee feels useless, but still, do it). And in #TN07, please vote for Aftyn Behn on Tuesday, December 1st!!

Anyone else feel the need to make a timeline chart with swimlanes and milestones to plan their Thanksgiving prep-cook-dress-serve system? Or, if you like your time vertical, I suppose an old Gantt chart would do. Just me? Yeah, just me nerding.

Chattanooga, BOLO www.reddit.com/r/Chattanoog...

For your Day of Giving (Tuesday, 2nd December) consideration, please view this appeal from the students at Lookout Valley High School. youtu.be/7aaxOBqpD6c?...

OK that historical drama about Charles Guiteau and James Garfield was pretty good. Now someone do one on Czolgosz and McKinley.

“Autumn In New York” hits different today, amirite?

Yes Georgia, yes Virginia, c’mon everybody else, let’s go

If you run into any problems or have questions when casting your vote today, call the Election Protection Hotline.

I encourage you, if you’re eligible and able, to vote today in your applicable local and/or state elections. 🗳️✅ Thank you!🙏

I just picked an anniversary show to listen to; no real reason to pick that one. Surprise “Sunrise.” No way! RIP Donna. 1977-11-04, Colgate U, Hamilton NY

It is now time for our annual listen to "Opus 4" by Art of Noise from their 1986 album IN VISIBLE SILENCE.

🎃Happy Halloween!🎃 💜🖤🐈‍⬛🧙💀🍫👻🖤💜

Nobody: Not a soul: Me: 🎵Well I keep rockin’ while I still can Got a Tupac habit and a🎵 *record scratch*

I still don’t feel right ordering a “Starry” to drink

Man, a year ago we were making hot dish and curry, wearing pearls and plaid, and watching TikToks of Republican women casting early voting ballots for the candidates their husbands wouldn’t want them to. Something very strange and wrong happened on election night. I’m no conspiracy theorist, but 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Reading through the list of corporate sponsors of the Abominable Ballroom™️ (via the venerable @hcrichardson.bsky.social’s daily letter), and I feel trapped. How to extricate oneself from Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon completely? I could attempt in my personal life, but at work? All embedded.

Mandela effect moment: listening to Steely Dan’s “Glamour Profession” for the umpteenth time and he (Donald F) goes “6:05, outside the stadium” And I could swear that it was “*behind* the stadium” all this time. More importantly: Rest in power, Anthony Jackson.

Exact same reaction here. Also, the iOS push notification from @nytimes.com said “posing potential ethical conflicts.” Dear Gray Lady, honestly: we are *so* far beyond “potential ethical conflicts.”

Happy Diwali 🪔 btw

Hey @sallywhite.bsky.social @jfaz.bsky.social this is relevant to a couple of recent conversations

Oh man. Susan Stamberg and Ace Frehley? These are foundational figures from my youth. Susan more so than Ace, if we’re being honest. But still. May they rest in eternal peace.

Totally up to you, but here's a link to easily send a message to your congressional representatives to ask them to oppose the administration's use of National Guard and other troops in our cities. action.aclu.org/send-message...

Oh here’s some #TNpolitics news: